Melissa George is ready to talk about Shane & Angel

Melissa George was just 16 when she became a household name as Angel Parrish on Home And Away. Nearly three decades later, she's built one of Australia's most enduring international acting careers, starring in everything from Friends to The Slap, earning a Golden Globe nomination for her role on I…

Bridey Drake: The brutal reality of being judged by 11 million people

Bridey Drake has built a career as one of Australia's biggest content creators, from her childhood bedroom on the NSW Central Coast. Since first posting in 2019, she's amassed millions of followers, launched her pyjama business Night Sweet Thing, won Australian TikTok creator of the year and taken…

Jodi Gordon on shame, sobriety and starting over

For more than 20 years, Jodi Gordon lived much of her life in the spotlight. But behind the scenes, she was quietly struggling. Four years ago, she revealed her struggles with depression – and spoke for the first time about going to rehab for alcohol addiction.   On this episode of the Stellar pod…

The hidden benefits of peaking later in life

Frances Whiting has spent almost 30 years writing her beloved Sunday column in Queensland’s Sunday Mail. But behind a career built on telling other people’s stories, some of the biggest chapters in her own life arrived later than expected. On this episode of the Stellar podcast, Frances reflects o…

Chrissie Swan’s second (and last) podcast interview

Chrissie Swan doesn’t do many interviews. “I’m like Halley’s Comet,” she jokes of the astrological phenomenon that only appears every 75 years or so. Now, Chrissie is orbiting back to the other side of the microphone, a place she readily admits she doesn't tend to be.  This week on Something To Ta…

Breakfast TV’s ‘crab girl’ Taylor Haynes on going viral

One minute, Taylor Haynes was doing a live cross at the Sydney Fish Market. The next, the Today show reporter was going viral around the world. After a crab latched onto her finger during an Easter weekend segment, Taylor became an overnight internet sensation, dubbed “the crab girl” across every …

Why a silver medal isn’t good enough for Jessica Hull

Jessica Hull is one of the fastest women in the world and the first Australian woman in history to win an Olympic medal in the 1500 metres. But she says that silver medal in Paris was never the end goal. It was proof of what’s possible. On this episode of the Stellar podcast, Jessica shares why th…

Tammy Hembrow on "absent mum" claims and the sexist double standard

Tammy Hembrow is one of the most talked-about people on the internet, but depending on your algorithm, you might only know one version of her. The devoted mother of three. The fitness entrepreneur helming a multimillion-dollar empire. The glamorous influencer generating headlines everywhere she goe…

“I’m finally pregnant”: Erin Holland’s 20-round IVF journey

Erin Holland’s road to motherhood has been anything but easy. When she last joined the podcast in January, Erin was in the middle of a four-year fertility journey with her husband Ben Cutting and had just learnt the latest in a long line of IVF transfers had failed. Now, just ahead of Mother’s Da…

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…