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Hellooooo friends! Today on the show, we bring you the glorious Allira Potter. Allira has curated an incredible career by being herself and embracing what the universe throws at her. Despite having numerous hurdles in her path since her mother’s death when she was a teenager, Allira has flourished and thrived. Allira is a body positive warrior who helps her audience practice self-love every single day. In this chat, we talk with Allira about processing grief after her mother’s passing, how spirituality completely changed her perspective, and finding new love. For more from Allira, follow her on Instagram @allirapotter. If you enjoyed this episode, may we also recommend you listen to our In Conversation chats with Rae Johnston and Jules Von Hep. Thank you so much to today’s sponsor, Hayu. Head here or download the app to start your free trial. If this is your first time checking us out (hey, you), we are an independent media company that is dedicated to telling young women’s stories. The best way to support Shameless is to click ‘Follow’ on your Spotify app, and to tell your mates about us. We will reward such good behaviour with a puppy! Not everything in this paragraph is true! To catch up on everything Shameless, head to our website www.shamelessthepodcast.com. We cherish your feedback on the show, and would bloody love to hear your wonderful voices. If you’d like to weigh in on an episode - whether it be a segment in a Monday episode, an In Conversation guest, or this month’s book club pick, we’d love for you to call our Shameless Hotline. You miiiiight just be featured on an episode. Thanks so much for lending us your ears for this episode! Have a great day! Stay hydrated! This episode was produced by Annabelle Lee for Shameless Media.

6 Jan 202142min

Goooood morning, everyone! HAPPY LAST DAY OF 2020! Today on the show, we bring you the formidable Samantha Wills. You likely know Samantha’s name from her eponymous jewelry line, Samantha Wills. Back in 2004, Sam decided to invest her last $500 to showcase her jewelry - jewelry she was then selling at the Bondi markets at Australian Fashion Week. People fell in love, and very soon, she was overwhelmed with orders. Three years in though - despite boasting a successful and very popular business - Sam found herself $70,000 in debt. So, how did she turn it all around? And why did she decide to close, rather than sell, a 10 million dollar business? In this chat, we go everywhere, from burnout to chronic illness to broken relationships to business. For more from Samantha, follow her on Instagram @samanthawills. If you enjoyed this episode, may we also recommend you listen to our In Conversation chats with Kylie Brown and Michelle Battersby. Thank you so much to today’s sponsor, Bioré. Check out their new Brightening Collection here. If this is your first time checking us out (hey, you), we are an independent media company that is dedicated to telling young women’s stories. The best way to support Shameless is to click ‘Follow’ on your Spotify app, and to tell your mates about us. We will reward such good behaviour with a puppy! Not everything in this paragraph is true! To catch up on everything Shameless, head to our website www.shamelessthepodcast.com. We cherish your feedback on the show, and would bloody love to hear your wonderful voices. If you’d like to weigh in on an episode - whether it be a segment in a Monday episode, an In Conversation guest, or this month’s book club pick, we’d love for you to call our Shameless Hotline. You miiiiight just be featured on an episode. Thanks so much for lending us your ears for this episode! Have a great day! Stay hydrated! This episode was produced by Annabelle Lee for Shameless Media.

30 Dec 202044min

Link to this episode in the new The Shameless Book Club feed: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0D39Y5QgX53l9PngQlT7AS?si=239a0943f6854fef OHHH, it's the last book club for 2020, friends! This month, we read Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi - a novel that centres around Gifty, a neuroscientist at Stanford who studies addiction and depression neural circuits through experimenting with mice. This, we come to learn, is no coincidence. Transcendent Kingdom deals with grief, mental illness, and religion, and also takes us back through Gifty’s life: From her brother’s opioid addiction to a disappearing father to being sent to Ghana to live with her Aunt while her mother battles depression at home. Transcendent Kingdom was a NYT bestseller and is Yaa Jessie’s second published work. Mich sat down for an interview with Yaa about her novel, which we will play in the second half of this episode. Thank you so much to today’s sponsor, Penguin Books Australia and The Push by Audrey Audrain. Head here to buy a copy. If you’d like to share your thoughts on our January pick, ‘Daisy Jones and The Six’ by Taylor Jenkins Reid, record a voice message and send it to hotline@shamelessmediaco.com (that's *CO*.com). Or, if you’re after some variety ,here’s a link to record a voice message via our website, too. Grab yourself a copy of ‘Daisy Jones and The Six’ and join our convo next month! We’d love to have you! Head here to purchase it. To catch up on everything Shameless, head to our website www.shamelessthepodcast.com. Shameless Podcast is run by three women in their twenties, and thrives on the support of our incredible listeners - that's you! So, if you’d like to support the show, we would like that very much. Hit ‘follow’ on Spotify, and leave a review if you’re feeling especially generous. Then sit back and bask in our eternal, abundant love. Your hosts are Michelle Andrews (@michelleandrews1) and Zara McDonald (@zamcdonald). This episode was produced by Annabelle Lee for Shameless Media.

25 Dec 202050s

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVE, FAVOURITE PEOPLE! Today, we bring you a very special episode with you guys, the Shameless community! We think there’s no better time to reminisce on the year that was, all while hearing your thoughts on everything from your favourite pop culture stories of 2020, to which Shameless interviews have stayed with you the most, and what lessons you’ll be taking into 2021. We will be back with normal programming on January 18! In the meantime though, keep an eye out for our summer series of In Conversation episodes that we will be dropping every Thursday. A huge thank you to all of you for your ongoing support throughout 2020. It has been a bloody weird year and we are so lucky to have been able to do it all by all of your sides. Thank you so much to today’s sponsor, Marc Jacobs’ new fragrance, Perfect. To check it out, head to Myer or David Jones. If this is your first time checking us out (hey, you), we are an independent media company that is dedicated to telling young women’s stories. The best way to support Shameless is to click ‘Follow’ on your Spotify app, and to tell your mates about us. We will reward such good behaviour with a puppy! Not everything in this paragraph is true! To catch up on everything Shameless and to find the full chats you heard in today’s episode, head to our website www.shamelessthepodcast.com. We cherish your feedback on the show, and would bloody love to hear your wonderful voices. If you’d like to weigh in on an episode - whether it be a segment in a Monday episode, an In Conversation guest, or this month’s book club pick, we’d love for you to call our Shameless Hotline. You miiiiight just be featured on an episode. Thanks so much for lending us your ears for this episode! Have a great day! Stay hydrated! This episode was produced by Annabelle Lee for Shameless Media.

23 Dec 202055min

HELLOOOO AND MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL! On today’s show: Exactly what’s gone down between The Slumflower and Florence Given, Cody Simpson randomly pops up in Australian Olympic trials, a definitive ranking of all of the best and worst Christmas songs of all time, and a wrap on the year that was. What has 2020 taught us about ourselves and the world? This week, Zara recommended Zoe Foster Blake’s dinner playlist on Spotify and Mich recommended watching Geordie Shore (lol). Thank you so much to today’s sponsor, Pantene and their Intense Rescue Shots. Check them out here or at all major retailers. As you would’ve heard at the end of today’s show, our very last In Conversation episode for 2020 will be with all you lovely people. Call our Shameless Hotline and tell us what you’ve learned about this year! It can be about social media, your favourite story or Shameless segment of the year - absolutely anything. If this is your first time checking us out (hey, you), we are an independent media company that is dedicated to telling young women’s stories. The best way to support Shameless is to click ‘Subscribe’ on Apple Podcasts or ‘Follow’ on your Spotify app, and to tell your mates about us. We will reward such good behaviour with a puppy! Not everything in this paragraph is true! To catch up on everything Shameless, head to our website www.shamelessthepodcast.com. We cherish your feedback on the show, and would bloody love to hear your wonderful voices. If you’d like to weigh in on an episode - whether it be a segment in a Monday episode, an In Conversation guest, or this month’s book club pick, we’d love for you to call our Shameless Hotline. You miiiiight just be featured on an episode. Thanks so much for lending us your ears for this episode! Have a great day! Stay hydrated! This episode was produced by Annabelle Lee for Shameless Media.

20 Dec 202053min

Happy Thursday friends! Today on the show, we bring you the hilarious Nazeem Hussain. Nazeem is a comedian, actor and TV personality who has performed stand-up at comedy festivals all around the world. Nazeem created and starred in the SBS show ‘Legally Brown’, the sketch comedy series ‘Orange Is The New Brown’ on Channel 7, and has his very own, critically-acclaimed Netflix Special called ‘Nazeem Hussain: Public Frenemy’. In this chat, we spoke with Nazeem about the close bond he has with his younger sister, his experience forming an unlikely friendship on ‘I’m a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here’, and the joys of fatherhood. For more from Nazeem, follow him on Instagram @nazeemhussain. If you enjoyed this episode, may we also recommend you listen to our In Conversation chats with fellow comedians, Celia Pacquola and Matt Okine. Thank you so much to today’s sponsor, JBL. Check out JBL’s True Wireless range here, and use the code ‘SHAMELESS’ at checkout for 25% off! If this is your first time checking us out (hey, you), we are an independent media company that is dedicated to telling young women’s stories. The best way to support Shameless is to click ‘Follow’ on your Spotify app, and to tell your mates about us. We will reward such good behaviour with a puppy! Not everything in this paragraph is true! To catch up on everything Shameless, head to our website www.shamelessthepodcast.com. We cherish your feedback on the show, and would bloody love to hear your wonderful voices. If you’d like to weigh in on an episode - whether it be a segment in a Monday episode, an In Conversation guest, or this month’s book club pick, we’d love for you to call our Shameless Hotline. You miiiiight just be featured on an episode. Thanks so much for lending us your ears for this episode! Have a great day! Stay hydrated! This episode was produced by Annabelle Lee for Shameless Media.

16 Dec 202043min

Happy Monday wonderful people! On today’s show: The influencer s*x tape that’s made us see coconut oil in an entirely new light. Plus, Johnny Depp’s celeb-laden love life is outed as part of his court case against Amber Heard, Taylor Swift outdoes herself by releasing her second album in 2020, and - last but not least- the Red Table Talk that sparked a huge discussion about star power and privilege. This week, Zara recommended the episode of The Cut, ‘Would You Move Back Home? Could You?’. Mich recommended the gorgeous art and v handy pre-framed section from Society6. Thank you so much to today’s sponsor, Marc Jacobs’ new fragrance, Perfect. To check it out, head to Myer or David Jones. If this is your first time checking us out (hey, you), we are an independent media company that is dedicated to telling young women’s stories. The best way to support Shameless is to click ‘Subscribe’ on Apple Podcasts or ‘Follow’ on your Spotify app, and to tell your mates about us. We will reward such good behaviour with a puppy! Not everything in this paragraph is true! To catch up on everything Shameless, head to our website www.shamelessthepodcast.com. We cherish your feedback on the show, and would bloody love to hear your wonderful voices. If you’d like to weigh in on an episode - whether it be a segment in a Monday episode, an In Conversation guest, or this month’s book club pick, we’d love for you to call our Shameless Hotline. You miiiiight just be featured on an episode. Thanks so much for lending us your ears for this episode! Have a great day! Stay hydrated! This episode was produced by Annabelle Lee for Shameless Media.

13 Dec 202053min

Hey, legends! Today on the show, we bring you the formidable Kylie Brown. Kylie is in the public eye, partly, because her husband Jonathan Brown is a well-known former AFL star and radio personality. But it’s what Kylie has managed to do with her profile and platform that has blown us away. After struggling with chronic endometriosis for two decades, and undergoing no less than nine surgeries - including a hysterectomy at 34 - to manage her condition, Kylie opened an Instagram account to track her journey and spread awareness about endo. In this chat, we talk about Kylie’s battle with her body so far, and why she decided to run a marathon when the odds were well and truly stacked against her. For more from Kylie, follow her on Instagram at @endo.runner. If you enjoyed this episode, we recommend you check out our chat with fellow endo warrior Bridget Hustwaite. Thank you so much to today’s sponsor, Vodka Soda & and their new Pink Gin Soda &. For their ‘special pack’ deal, check out the link in their instagram bio @ginsodaand or find their products in-store. If this is your first time checking us out (hey, you), we are an independent media company that is dedicated to telling young women’s stories. The best way to support Shameless is to click ‘Follow’ on your Spotify app, and to tell your mates about us. We will reward such good behaviour with a puppy! Not everything in this paragraph is true! To catch up on everything Shameless, head to our website www.shamelessthepodcast.com. We cherish your feedback on the show, and would bloody love to hear your wonderful voices. If you’d like to weigh in on an episode - whether it be a segment in a Monday episode, an In Conversation guest, or this month’s book club pick, we’d love for you to call our Shameless Hotline. You miiiiight just be featured on an episode. Thanks so much for lending us your ears for this episode! Have a great day! Stay hydrated! This episode was produced by Annabelle Lee for Shameless Media.

9 Dec 202055min