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Link to this episode in the new The Shameless Book Club feed: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1uqMITiWOWN4yR5Uz5ierO?si=043dae8ac94c478b Correction: An earlier edit of this episode said the fictional town of Massacre Plains was based in the Northern Territory of Australia. This is incorrect - the town is based in New South Wales. HELLOOOOO BOOK CLUB PALS! This month, we’re discussing the 2020 Miles Franklin Literary Award winner, The Yield, by Tara June Winch. The novel tells the story of a woman who has returned home after the passing of her Poppy, Albert Gondiwindi, and felt like her life had passed her by ever since her sister, Jedda, vanished as a child. August’s perspective is interspersed with that of Albert, via his almost diary-like Wiradjuri dictionary entries, and a letter from 1915, written by the German reverend Ferdinand Greenleaf, who established a mission in Massacre Plains. Today on the show, Mich, Zara and Annabelle talk about the characters they adored, the scenes most vivid for them, and the importance of the Wiradjuri language. Thank you so much to today’s sponsor, JustCo. Register for a trial or book a virtual tour here. If you’d like to share your thoughts on our September pick, ‘A Lonely Girl is a Dangerous Thing’ by Jessie Tu, 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 ‘A Lonely Girl is a Dangerous Thing’ and join our convo next month! We’d love to have you! Head here to purchase it. Craving more? You’re only human. Here are all the links your heart desires! Our Insta profile. Our book-club. And our weekly newsletter. Head here to pre-order our proudest project to date! Our beautiful baby! Our book, The Space Between. 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 ‘subscribe’ on Apple Podcasts or ‘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.

28 Aug 202050s

HEY HEY! Happy Thursday! Today on the show, we bring you our good friend and resident foodie, Jess Nguyen. Jess is a home cook and recipe creator who, after being made redundant from her job at Mecca in March this year, made herself the go-to source of delicious, easy-to-cook meals. It’s not even been six months since her redundancy, and Jess has already worked with brands like Vogue Australia to bring joy to her rapidly growing Instagram following of almost fifty thousand people. In this chat, Jess tells us about the moment she learned she’d been made redundant from her job in public relations, to how food is her form of therapy, and why it’s been that way since childhood. Thank you so much to today’s sponsor, Medibank and their Live Better at Home program. Head here to find out more. If you’d like to hear more from Jess, which you no doubt 1000% do, check out her Instagram @jessica_nguyen_. And for those other In Conversation interviews we mentioned at the end of today’s episode, click here for Melissa Leong and here for Cyan Ta'eed. 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! But wait! There’s more! Our back catalogue of In Conversation interviews. Follow Shameless on Instagram. Join our book club Facebook Group. Subscribe to the weekly Shameless recommendations newsletter. Pre-order our upcoming book about life in your twenties, The Space Between. 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.

26 Aug 202045min

Happy Monday morning, absolute faves! On today’s show: Does former Bachelorette Georgia Love have a right to complain about her wedding being cancelled for the second time? Plus, The Masked Singer Australia has been shutdown after seven crew members tested positive for COVID-19, and how do we feel about television shows being considered 'essential services'. Then, actress Olympia Valance had her intimate photos hacked from her phone and shared illegally online and the media coverage could not be more different compared to the headlines surrounding Vanessa Hudgens' photo leaks 13 years ago. This week, Zara recommended the Call Your Girlfriend podcast episode, Shine Theory 101. Mich recommended The Daily’s two-part series on cancel culture. You can find part one here and part two here. Thank you so much to today’s sponsor, Medibank. Check out their Live Better program 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 ‘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! But wait! There’s more! Follow Shameless on Instagram. Join our book club Facebook Group. Subscribe to the weekly Shameless recommendations newsletter. Pre-order our upcoming book about life in your twenties, The Space Between. 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 Aug 202054min

IT’S A VERY HAPPY THURSDAY INDEED!!!!! Today on the show, we bring the incredible Jameela Jamil (a woman who probably doesn’t need an introduction, but of course, we’ll give her one anyway). Jameela is a British actress, former radio host, writer, and activist who rose to global fame through her role as Tahani Al-Jamil on The Good Place. She is also the brainchild behind the I Weigh movement - a force of more than one million people who band together to challenge dangerous diet culture on platforms like Instagram. In this chat, Jameela explains what it’s like going head-to-head with the Kardashians over laxative teas, as well as how she defines success. Thank you so much to today’s sponsor, Andalou Naturals. Head here to find out more. If you’d like to hear more from Jameela, which you no doubt 1000% do, check out the I Weigh movement on Instagram @i_weigh. And for her podcast, I Weigh with Jameela Jamil, head 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 ‘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! But wait! There’s more! Our back catalogue of In Conversation interviews. Follow Shameless on Instagram. Join our book club Facebook Group. Subscribe to the weekly Shameless recommendations newsletter. Pre-order our upcoming book about life in your twenties, The Space Between. 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.

19 Aug 202047min

HI! HELLO! HOW ARE YA??! On today’s show: The influencer who broke lockdown laws and was taken down by social media vigilantism. Then, is Rihanna planning total world domination? And finally, we go deep on the Bachelor season premiere and *that* red hair rant. This week, Zara recommended the Bloody Floradora cocktail. Mich recommended another thing you can digest! This green shakshuka by Shameless Media’s resident head chef, Jess Nguyen. Here’s the link to Soaliha’s Instagram post we referenced about the premiere of The Bachelor. Thank you so much to today’s sponsor, Maybelline. Check out their New York FIT ME! Matte and Poreless Foundation 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 ‘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! But wait! There’s more! Follow Shameless on Instagram. Join our book club Facebook Group. Subscribe to the weekly Shameless recommendations newsletter. Pre-order our upcoming book about life in your twenties, The Space Between. 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 Aug 202056min

HAPPY THURSDAY EVERYBODY!!! Today on the show, we bring you very candid, very clever, Alisha Aitken-Radburn. Alisha is something of Bachelor royalty after appearing on the Honey Badger’s season in 2018, and then on two consecutive seasons of Bachelor in Paradise. In this chat, we cover Alisha’s career in politics and her time in the Bachelor mansion. And then, Alisha talks for the first time about those cheating rumours surrounding her relationship with Glenn. Thank you so much to today’s sponsor, Maybelline. Check out their New York FIT ME! Matte and Poreless Foundation here. If you’d like to hear more from Alisha, which you no doubt 1000% do, follow her on Instagram @alisha.aitkenradburn. And for those In Conversation episodes we mentioned at the end of today’s episode, click here for Osher Günsberg, and here for Brooke Blurton. 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! But wait! There’s more! Follow Shameless on Instagram. Join our book club Facebook Group. Subscribe to the weekly Shameless recommendations newsletter. Pre-order our upcoming book about life in your twenties, The Space Between. 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.

12 Aug 202050min

G’day glorious people! On today’s show: The music video for the new single 'WAP' by Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion is here and it's SO damn saucy it broke the internet. Plus, what Bachelor in Paradise’s Ciarran and Timm tell us about male possessiveness over women. And then, the anti-wrinkle, anti-aging, totally baffling vagina masks that one Aussie model wants you to buy. This week, Zara recommended the episode of The Daily, The Day That Shook Beirut. Mich recommended you watch the documentary, Three Identical Strangers, on Netflix. Thank you so much to today’s sponsor, Maybelline. Check out their New York FIT ME! Matte and Poreless Foundation 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 ‘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! But wait! There’s more! Follow Shameless on Instagram. Join our book club Facebook Group. Subscribe to the weekly Shameless recommendations newsletter. Pre-order our upcoming book about life in your twenties, The Space Between. 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. Have a great day! Stay hydrated! This episode was produced by Annabelle Lee for Shameless Media.

9 Aug 202057min

HELLOOOOO FRIEND! Today on the show, we bring you the absolutely energising G Flip. G is a drummer-turned-solo-artist, singer songwriter, and music producer, who after uploading her single ‘About You’ to Triple J Unearthed in February 2018, has since become a star. G has performed at music festivals like Splendour in the Grass and One Night Stand to her thousands of fans, and released her debut studio album in August last year. In this chat, G tells us about realising she was gay when she was just a child, the heartwarming moment her dad joined her on stage last year, as well as navigating a break up publicly amidst the train-wreck of a year that is 2020. Here is that video of G bringing her dad onto the stage at One Night Stand in 2019 and IT’S SO DAMN WHOLESOME PLS WATCH. If you’d like to hear more from G, which you no doubt 1000% do, follow her on Instagram @gflip. And for those In Conversation episodes we mentioned at the end of today’s episode, click here for Bridget Hustwaite, and here for The Veronicas. Thank you so much to today’s sponsor, Nissan and their brand new Nissan JUKE. Head here to find out more. 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! But wait! There’s more! Follow Shameless on Instagram. Join our book club Facebook Group. Subscribe to the weekly Shameless recommendations newsletter. Pre-order our upcoming book about life in your twenties, The Space Between. 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.

5 Aug 202043min