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When you think of Jana Pittman, the first thing that usually comes to mind is hurdles. Right? Hurdles, the Olympics, and maybe that memorable headline - “Drama Jana.” But what if we told you that was by far the least interesting thing about the former two-time world champion? Because it’s the truth. Jana is 35 now and she’s a single mum to three kids - how that happened is a fascinating story. And, because she likes a challenge, she is studying medicine and the type of doctor she wants to be has nothing to do with sport... Show Notes Your host is Mia Freedman. With thanks to special guest Jana Pittman. Find Jana's book at apple.co/mamamia  This podcast was produced by Elissa Ratliff  CONTACT US Suggest a guest via: podcast@mamamia.com.au Or join the conversation on facebook This show is part of the Mamamia Women’s Network   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

If you open up a fashion magazine in Australia you'll most likely be greeted by a group of size six models smiling/grimacing back at you. Sure, they're beautiful and their clothes are amazing but they only represent 20% of the population. And this is what model, agent and soon to be author, Chelsea Bonner is trying to change, one body positive model at a time... Show Notes Your host is Mia Freedman. With thanks to special guest Chelsea Bonner Find out more about Bella Management here.  This podcast was produced by Elissa Ratliff  CONTACT US Suggest a guest via: podcast@mamamia.com.au Or join the conversation on facebook This show is part of the Mamamia Women’s Network   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jelena Dokic has lived a very extraordinary life in just 34 years. From the outside, she seemed to have the perfect story. She was a refugee turned world number four on the tennis circuit and by 16, she had defeated world number one Martina Hingis at Wimbledon. But on the inside, Jelena was struggling. Her father and coach, Damir, started abusing her when she was just six years old. He’d beat her, take her money, lock her out of hotel rooms and taunt her. At one stage, he even made her change nationalities from Australian to Yugoslavian. Until one day, when she was 19, she decided to leave home. And she’s never looked back. Show Notes Your host is Mia Freedman. With thanks to special guest Jelena Dokic Buy Jelena's book Unbreakable by going to apple.co/mamamia This podcast was produced by Elissa Ratliff  CONTACT US Suggest a guest via: podcast@mamamia.com.au Or join the conversation on facebook This show is part of the Mamamia Women’s Network   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information

Over the next two weeks, we will be dipping back into two of Mia's favourite episodes. The second? Magda Szubanski... Magda Szubanski has written and created some of Australia's best comedy shows and characters. And this year, she's even been instrumental in changing the law when it comes to Marriage Eqaulity in Australia.  So what is it like being Magda? What's life been like since coming out? And how has her family history impacted on her life now? Mia chats to her about it all... Show Notes Your host is Mia Freedman. With thanks to Magda Szubanski. Find out more about Magda's book Reckoninghere. And buy it at apple.co/mamamia No Filter is produced by Elissa Ratliff. You can find out more about this Podcast on the Mamamia Podcast Networks facebook page. You can contact the show by emailing podcast@mamamia.com.au or calling the pod phone on 02 8999 9386   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This is the first of a two-part series over the Christmas break where we'll look back at some of Mia's favourite interviews. This week it's Turia Pitt. At the age of 24, Turia Pitt was caught in a bushfire while running an Ultramarathon in Western Australia.  She suffered burns to 65 % of her body and has since had over 200 operations to get back to full health. Turia could have been defined by that fire in every sense. But she wasn’t. She has gone on to become one of the most influential women in the country, inspiring everyone she meets. And not just because she overcame incredible hardship - but because she continues to do so. Show Notes Your host is Mia Freedman. With thanks to special guest Turia Pitt This podcast was produced by Elissa Ratliff  CONTACT US Suggest a guest via: podcast@mamamia.com.au Tweet us @mamamiapodcasts Or join the conversation on facebook This show is part of the Mamamia Women’s Network See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

American journalist Anne Helen Petersen has been writing about celebrities since she was at uni and over that time she's noticed one thing - the rise of unruly women. Unruly is described as disorderly, disruptive and not amenable to discipline or control. And, if you look around Hollywood you'll see this kind of behaviour everywhere. So Anne decided to collect her thoughts and research into a book and that’s how Too Fat, Too Slutty, Too Loud was born. Show Notes Your host is Mia Freedman. With thanks to special guest Anne Helen Petersen Buy Anne's book Too Fat, Too Slutty, Too Loud by going to apple.co/mamamia This podcast was produced by Elissa Ratliff  CONTACT US Suggest a guest via: podcast@mamamia.com.au Tweet us @mamamiapodcasts Or join the conversation on facebook This show is part of the Mamamia Women’s Network   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Andrew Daddo does a lot of things. From writing kids books, to hosting parenting podcasts to acting in Round The Twist. Oh....and being a dad to his three kids. But behind the public profile he's just a normal guy who likes to make his own surfboards and hang out with his family. So what was life like inside the famous Daddo household? How did he wind up in the jungle on I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here? And how easy it is to write a children’s book? Show Notes Your host is Mia Freedman. With thanks to special guest Andrew Daddo. Buy Andrew's books by going to apple.co/mamamia This podcast was produced by Elissa Ratliff  CONTACT US Suggest a guest via: podcast@mamamia.com.au tweet us @mamamiapodcasts or join the conversation on facebook This show is part of the Mamamia Women’s Network     See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sophie Monk has been a celebrity for almost 20 years. During that time she has been in a girl band, been a solo singer, an actress, a TV star, engaged 2.5 times, posed for Playboy, starred alongside a cast of famous faces for UberEATS Australia and most recently been Australia’s 2017 Bachelorette But that last fact is probably the least interesting thing about Sophie. She spent a decade in Hollywood being told she was too thin, too fat and too blonde. She developed a thick skin. And she realised that after all that, people liked her best when she was just being herself. So that is what she has done - been herself. On national television. And it’s worked a treat... Show Notes Your host is Mia Freedman. With thanks to special guest Sophie Monk. This podcast was produced by Elissa Ratliff    CONTACT US Suggest a guest via: podcast@mamamia.com.au tweet us @mamamiapodcasts or join the conversation on facebook This show is part of the Mamamia Women’s Network and was brought to you by Uber Eats   See

Justine Clarke has been performing on stage and screen for decades but most people will remember her as Roo from Home and Away in the 80s. So what was it like to have that level of fame as a child and how did she deal with it? She also tells us what it's like to work on a show as iconic as Play School and what really goes on behind the scenes. And what is it like being 46 in an industry that prizes youth and beauty above most other things and why she's chosen her face over her career. Show Notes Your host is Mia Freedman. With thanks to special guest Justine Clarke. This podcast was produced by Elissa Ratliff    CONTACT US Suggest a guest via: podcast@mamamia.com.au tweet us @mamamiapodcasts or join the conversation on facebook This show is part of the Mamamia Women’s Network This episode was brought to you by Wonder, out November 30th.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Until a few years ago, professional violin player, former presenter of the Classic Breakfast program on ABC Classic FM and music teacher Eddie Ayres had presented to the world as female. You might remember his name being Emma back then. But while on a solo bike ride of Pakistan in 2013, Eddie watched the Oscar Winning film Boys Don’t Cry - and it was here that he realised he was not a self described ‘butch lesbian’ but transgender. What happened next was quite literally life changing. Show Notes Your host is Mia Freedman. With thanks to special guest Eddie Ayres Buy Eddie's book by going to apple.co/mamamia This podcast was produced by Elissa Ratliff    CONTACT US Suggest a guest via: podcast@mamamia.com.au tweet us @mamamiapodcasts or join the conversation on facebook This show is part of the Mamamia Women’s Network See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

“People want to see people who look like them on television - the true diversity of the community - but traditionally male, middle-aged white executives would choose women based on their penises” Ever since news broke last month about Harvey Weinstein's alleged history of sexual assault journalist, feminist and author Tracey Spicer sent out a tweet asking if there were women in Australia who had similar stories about men in the Australian media. What happened next floored her. She was inundated with anguished emails and phone calls from hundreds of women who wanted to speak up. Tracey, who told her own stories of abuse in her memoir The Good Girl Stripped Bare, is now working with police and other media organisations to take on - and take down the boys club. Show Notes Your host is Mia Freedman. With thanks to special guest Tracey Spicer Buy Tracey's book by going to apple.co/mamamia This podcast was produced by Elissa Ratliff    CONTACT US Suggest a guest via: podcast@mamamia.com.au tweet us @mam

Kerri-Anne Kennerley is simply described as the Queen of Australian TV. Since she was 13, "KAK" has been a presence on our screens - interviewing thousands of people, singing, dancing and making politicians do the Macarena. Kerri-Anne has just released a memoir called, fittingly, A Bold Life. And when she came into Mamamia to talk about it, we couldn’t possibly contain that much razzle-dazzle star power in our tiny podcast studio so we sat her down in front of the whole Mamamia team to talk about love, loss and finding out you'd lost your job by reading it in the paper. Show Notes Your host is Mia Freedman. With thanks to special guest Kerri-Anne Kennerley. Buy Kerri-Anne's book by going to apple.co/mamamia This podcast was produced by Elissa Ratliff    CONTACT US Suggest a guest via: podcast@mamamia.com.au tweet us @mamamiapodcasts or join the conversation on facebook This show is part of the Mamamia Women’s Network See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Marian Keyes is one of the most successful authors in the world. She’s sold 35 million books in 35 languages and she’s done that by writing about women’s lives….in all their messiness. She writes the words and the feelings that are inside your head and she makes women feel seen and heard and understood. In a laugh out loud way. She’s able to do this because she - like most of us - has had some bloody tough times in her own life. She’s battled addiction, crippling mental illness….and it’s those experiences that give her writing and her such incredible warmth and truth... Show Notes Your host is Mia Freedman. With thanks to special guest Marian Keyes Buy any of Marian's books by going to apple.co/mamamia This podcast was produced by Elissa Ratliff  CONTACT US Suggest a guest via: podcast@mamamia.com.au tweet us @mamamiapodcasts or join the conversation on facebook This show is part of the Mamamia Women’s Network See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This is not your ordinary No Filter. Today, the tables have been turned. Mia Freedman has been a parent for 20-years and we invited her son Luca into the studio to grill her about their unique relationship. Mia tells Luca about the time she dropped him as a baby, what her first thoughts were when she gave birth, and how she reacted when she first found out he was watching porn. This interview will have you laughing, crying and a little bit in awe of how a mother and son can be so open and honest with each other. Show Notes Your host is Mia Freedman. With thanks to special guest Luca Lavigne Read Luca's chapter in Work Strife Balance by going to apple.co/mamamia This podcast was produced by Elissa Ratliff    CONTACT US Suggest a guest via: podcast@mamamia.com.au tweet us @mamamiapodcasts or join the conversation on facebook This show is part of the Mamamia Women’s Network This episode was made possible by Bad Moms 2 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Andy Gourley is a 47-year-old pastor, former accountant, skateboarding fan and the founder of Red Frogs, a volunteer group providing support and a positive peer presence to large groups of young people. Nowhere is that more important than at schoolies.  Every year, since 1997, Andy and his team have travelled to the Gold Coast to help partying teens stay out of trouble.  So where did it start? What are the best tips for parents sending their kids off to schoolies? And what's this got to do with red frogs? Show Notes Your host is Mia Freedman. With thanks to special guest Andy Gourley This podcast was produced by Elissa Ratliff    CONTACT US Suggest a guest via: podcast@mamamia.com.au tweet us @mamamiapodcasts or join the conversation on facebook This show is part of the Mamamia Women’s Network This episode of No Filter was brought to you by ALLEN’S and its iconic Red Frog lolly. ALLEN’S is a proud partner of Red Frogs Australia, a support network which uses the simple act of sharing a Red Frog l

You know that Tiffiny Hall is the energetic personal trainer with the long blonde hair who has appeared on several seasons of The Biggest Loser. What you probably don't know is that she’s also the author of four fiction novels and five nonfiction books. She’s one of the highest qualified female martial artists in the world for her age. And just a week after giving birth to her first child, Arnold, she flipped the usual post-baby-body Instagram selfie on its head. Instead of sharing a picture of her flat stomach after birth, she shared what an actual post-pregnancy stomach looks like. Tiff is warm, funny and incredibly clever - and chances are, she will blow every preconception you had about her in the first 2 minutes of this interview. Show Notes Your host is Mia Freedman. With thanks to special guest Tiffiny Hall Buy any of Tiff's books by going to apple.co/mamamia This podcast was produced by Elissa Ratliff    CONTACT US Suggest a guest via: podcast@mamamia.com.au tweet us @mamamiapodcasts or jo

When couples therapist Esther Perel speaks to large groups of people about her area of expertise, sex and relationships -she asks the audience to raise their hands if their lives have ever been affected by infidelity. Maybe it was one of their parents. Maybe it was their own partner. Maybe it was them. Or maybe they were the third party. She says around 80 percent of the room raises their hand. Esther is an author, a psychotherapist and a self-described expert in relationships and sexuality. She has a cult following to rival that of Brene Brown or Elizabeth Gilbert, and on this episode of No Filter she speaks to Mia about why it has never been easier to have an affair, the reason happy people cheat and how infidelity can sometimes make a relationship better. Get ready to listen to the most fascinating conversation about love, cheating and relationships you have ever heard. Show Notes Your host is Mia Freedman. With thanks to special guest Esther Perel Buy Esther's book The State of Affairs by going to a

Janine Middleton is not who you would expect to be the CEO of Australian Marriage Equality. She’s not Lesbian. She’s Not Gay. She’s not Bisexual, not Transgender, not Queer or Questioning and she’s not intersex. In fact, no one in her family is. She’s in her late 50s. Is a former investment banker. Lives on Sydney’s North Shore. And she wears pearls. And yet, she is on the frontlines, pushing for marriage equality in Australia. And she needs you to be too. Show Notes Your host is Mia Freedman. With thanks to special guest Janine Middleton This podcast was produced by Elissa Ratliff    CONTACT US Suggest a guest via: podcast@mamamia.com.au tweet us @mamamiapodcasts or join the conversation on facebook This show is part of the Mamamia Women’s Network     See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In 2011, Manal al-Sharif defied Saudi Arabian laws when she posted a video of herself driving on YouTube. Her decision and her Women2Drive campaign landed her in jail for eight days. But it also made her passionate about changing the way her country views women. Six years after that act, Saudi Arabia has announced that it will allow women to start driving in 2018. Manal has written a book about driving, about what life is like for women in Saudi Arabia underneath the abaya and about being forced to leave her homeland. And now, she talks to Mia Freedman. Show Notes Your host is Mia Freedman. With thanks to special guest Manal al-Sharif. This podcast was produced by Elissa Ratliff    CONTACT US Suggest a guest via: podcast@mamamia.com.au tweet us @mamamiapodcasts or join the conversation on facebook This show is part of the Mamamia Women’s Network     See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Scott Pape was just 35 years old when he and his wife Liz lost all their possessions in 2014. Everything. Every photograph, item of clothing, piece of furniture….all of it.  And as he stood there looking  at the charred remains of his house after the Victorian bushfires that devastated the area where he lived with his young family, he had an incredibly surprising reaction. Surprising even to himself. It would go on to be the basis for his extraordinary best-selling book The Barefoot Investor: The Only Money Guide You'll Ever Need which was released less than a year ago and has topped the book charts ever since...and he will make you consider things you never thought you could ever be interested in. Show Notes Your host is Mia Freedman. With thanks to special guests Scott Pape. Buy Scott's book at apple.co/mamamia This podcast was produced by Elissa Ratliff    CONTACT US Suggest a guest via: podcast@mamamia.com.au tweet us @mamamiapodcasts or join the conversation on facebook This show is part o