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Something To Talk About podcast: Zara McDonald

Zara joins Sarrah to discuss the real-world implications of having opinions online, the emotional toll of being a young female founder and the siloing of celebrities.

It’s one thing to start a pop-culture podcast with your best friend at the age of 23, but it’s another to find yourself running a multifaceted media company with 15 staff, five podcasts and more than 100 million downloads all before you hit 30. For Zara McDonald, it’s her reality.

On this episode of Something To Talk About, Zara joins Sarrah to discuss the importance, but also the danger, in having a hot take; the perks and the pressures of being a young female founder and the fractured nature of celebrity culture in the era of the algorithm.

You can listen to Zara weekly on the Shameless podcast or follow her on Instagram here.

Something To Talk About is a podcast by Stellar, hosted by Editor-In-Chief Sarrah Le Marquand.

Find more from Stellar via Instagram @stellarmag or pick up a copy inside The Sunday Telegraph (NSW), Sunday Herald Sun (VIC), The Sunday Mail (QLD) and Sunday Mail (SA)

It’s one thing to start a pop-culture podcast with your best friend at the age of 23, but it’s another to find yourself running a multifaceted media company with 15 staff, five podcasts and more than 100 million downloads all before you hit 30. For Zara McDonald, it’s her reality.
On this episode of Something To Talk About, Zara joins Sarrah to discuss the importance, but also the danger, in having a hot take; the perks and the pressures of being a young female founder and the fractured nature of celebrity culture in the era of the algorithm.
You can listen to Zara weekly on the <a href="https://www.instagram.com/shamelessmedia/?hl=en" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.instagram.com/shamelessmedia/?hl%3Den&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1732940664402000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2rOMrqyafiXb_tJOO4kL52">Shameless podcast</a> or follow her on Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/zamcdonald?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&amp;igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.instagram.com/zamcdonald?utm_source%3Dig_web_button_share_sheet%26igsh%3DZDNlZDc0MzIxNw%3D%3D&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1732940664402000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2wk5HRkhyHt42FXuAlpcTv">here.</a>
Something To Talk About is a podcast by Stellar, hosted by Editor-In-Chief<a href="https://www.instagram.com/sarrahlemarquand/?hl=en"> Sarrah Le Marquand.</a>
Find more from Stellar via Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/stellarmag?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&amp;igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==">@stellarmag</a> or pick up a copy inside The Sunday Telegraph (NSW), Sunday Herald Sun (VIC), The Sunday Mail (QLD) and Sunday Mail (SA)

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.

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.

Something To Talk About

Zara McDonald on pop culture, progress & the pressure of the hot take 

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