Episode 21 29 April 2025

Madonna, Migraines & A Dog On A Bus

Kim K snogging Lewis Hamilton, Madonna losing a corset on a golf cart, Trump picking a fight with the Pope, and science confirming that Australians aged 35 to 54 are the most miserable people in the country. That's us. We have thoughts. Plus Philsy's dog got on a school bus, we settled what women are too old for (mostly nothing), and someone recommends a restaurant in Bowral.

This week on Grab Her By The Mic, we're spiralling through the headlines, hyperfixating on what's actually going on in Australia right now, and playing a game that Madonna definitely inspired.

In our brand new segment, the Weekly Spiral, we unpack Kim K and Lewis Hamilton's beach snog, Madonna rising from under the Coachella stage in a twenty-year-old corset (that someone then lost on a golf cart), and Trump picking a fight with the actual Pope. The Pope's approval rating is nearly double his. We have thoughts.

Han's Hyperfix this week is the ANU study that confirmed Australians are now officially sadder than during COVID lockdowns - and the 35 to 54 age bracket is the most miserable group of all. That's us. Science said so. Han also unpacks what life was actually like for women in 1976, the year 59% of Australians apparently want to go back to. Spoiler: it wasn't great. Philsy brings us her Hyperfix on Coco, her deeply unhinged dog, who this week got on a school bus, caused a kitten heel incident, and may or may not be getting a taser collar. 

We also play Age Against The Machine for the SideQuest - where we settle once and for all what women are too old for. The answer, mostly, is nothing. Then we wrap with our brand new Obsession of the Week: Philsy recommends Italo in Bowral, Han recommends Big Mistakes on Netflix.

Don't go anywhere after the outro - Chaos Correctional is up, where we fact check ourselves and find out exactly how wrong we were.

See you next Tuesday. 💋

🚨 Chaos Correctional

Stick around after the outro for Chaos Correctional - where Han cleans up the confident nonsense we said on air.


This week we correct:

  • Whether you should ask your kids what they learned at school straight away (Philsy was right)
  • What a "head" of yarn is actually called
  • Where Kim K and Lewis Hamilton went carpet shopping (not Coachella)
  • Whether Madonna just released a new song
  • How her Coachella outfits actually went missing
  • Whether Trump brought in anti-abortion legislation
  • Whether the Pope is anti-abortion (it's complicated)
  • Whether dog taser collars are legal in Australia
  • How long the ANUpoll has been running
  • Who Australia's Prime Minister was during Obama's presidency

🔗 Links & Things We Mentioned

🍷 Recap & Rosé

🌀 Weekly Spiral

😢 The HyperFix

🤤 Obsession of the Week

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