Something To Talk About
Something To Talk About
When Australia's celebrities are ready to talk, they come to Something To Talk About. A new episode of the Stellar podcast is available every Sunday.Social links:
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Tommy Little: “This is going to be real vulnerable”
It may surprise you that Tommy Little is big on self-awareness. Having carved out a two decade long career in stand-up, radio, and television that has traded on his self-deprecating style of humour, Tommy is now in pursuit of something much bigger. In this episode of the Stellar podcast, Tommy re…
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Dr Chris Brown: romance, renos and a wild encounter with “cocaine hippos”
Dr Chris Brown is a man who doesn't stay still for long. Since moving networks from Ten to Seven three years ago, the former Bondi Vet, I'm A Celeb and Dancing With The Stars host is back front and centre to launch two new projects that have taken him across Australia and around the globe, leaving …
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Lisa Wilkinson breaks her silence
Across more than four decades as a journalist and television presenter, Lisa Wilkinson has told plenty of compelling stories. But in the past five years, she has spent more time making headlines than reading them. Now, Lisa sits down for her first interview in more than four years to unpack the pe…
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Sneak peek: an Easter weekend teaser
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Twenty years after Idol, Jessica Mauboy can’t forget the body shaming
When a 16-year-old Jessica Mauboy stood on a makeshift stage in the middle of the desert for her Australian Idol audition, she was just a shy kid from Darwin with a massive voice. Within a few years, she was catapulted from the Top End to the top of the charts. Earlier this year, Jessica returned …
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Amber Sherlock thinks TV still isn’t ready for women over 50
In November last year, newsreader and weather presenter Amber Sherlock was let go from her role at the Nine Network, an announcement that made headlines and had paparazzi camped outside her house. Suddenly, after almost 20 years at the network, Amber found herself without the security of a full-ti…
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Melanie C on sexism, ageism and the Spice Girls’ group chats
Thirty years ago this July, a catchy song called ‘Wannabe’, sung by a then-unknown pop group called the Spice Girls, hit radio airwaves – and a global phenomenon was born. For Melanie C, who was just 22 at the time and one-fifth of the group that brought “girl power” to a new generation, the sudd…
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Astronauts, trolls and aliens: 2026 Australian of the Year
Like many of us, Katherine Bennell-Pegg grew up with a dream of one day becoming an astronaut. But unlike most childhood dreamers, Katherine actually achieved hers. In 2024, she became the first astronaut to officially represent Australia and the first Australian woman to receive professional ast…
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Why Rove McManus doesn’t test his comedy at home
For more than a decade, Rove McManus was one of the most familiar faces on Australian TV. Rove Live helped launch the careers of some of Australia's brightest talents – including Carrie Bickmore, Peter Helliar, Hamish Blake and Andy Lee – it attracted some of the biggest stars on the planet, and cr…
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Tanya Hennessy: "Why I need to apologise to every mother I’ve ever met"
Tanya Hennessy had just begun her seventh round of IVF when she joined the Stellar podcast last April. Just weeks after we recorded that episode, she found out she was pregnant. On December 20, five days before Christmas, Tanya’s long-awaited first child, a baby girl named Scottie – whose full …
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