Hey Lifers! Welcome to your weekend snacky snack.

Laura has discovered a hidden talent, ventriloquism. It came out of a three hour drive back from Ulladulla. We also take a trip down memory lane with Healthy Harold the giraffe.

Henry Cavill has gone viral for his dating advice: "if you like her, just ask her out. It's always worked for me." The internet has thoughts. We do too. When your face card is Superman, you are officially disqualified from giving the rest of us romantic guidance.

We also can't stop talking about little 12-year-old Billie Eilish crying over Justin Bieber and the full circle Coachella moment that just happened that is genuinely the most wholesome thing on the internet right now. Laura had the same energy for Zac Hanson.

Then we unpack the Ugly Duckling Theory. David Haye on I'm A Celebrity described his model girlfriend as having "the personality of an ugly girl" as a compliment. We unpack why the intention doesn't really matter, why this theory only ever gets applied to women, and what it says about how we value women's personalities as a consolation prize for looks.

And finally Jimmy Nicholson's lawn war. His neighbour mowed right up to the property line and left Jimmy's one metre strip wild. We debate whether that's un-Australian.

⏱️ TIMESTAMPS

• 00:00 — Intro
• 00:37 — Laura is a ventriloquist now
• 07:52 — Henry Cavill's viral dating advice and why he's not allowed to give it
• 13:30 — Billie Eilish's 2013 Justin Bieber obsession and the Coachella full circle moment
• 21:50 — I'm A Celebrity's David Haye and the Ugly Duckling Theory explained
• 33:15 — Jimmy Nicholson's neighbour mowed only his side of the lawn. Is this un-Australian?

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If you're in need of a laugh and a reminder that life in your 40s can actually be the best chapter yet, this is the episode for you. Our guest today is Lizzy Hoo. You'll know her from Have You Been Paying Attention, The Cheap Seats, and her own Amazon Prime special. She's also the host of The Lizzy Hoo Show podcast and has been performing standup comedy all over the country since 2017, when she walked into a standup course on a complete whim and accidentally found her calling.

We chat:

• Taxidermy pigeons
• Growing up with a Chinese Malaysian dad and an Irish Australian mum
• Quitting her corporate career at 32 to do standup, the year she made $50 from comedy, and the moment she realised it was actually a viable career
• What it was like to be fast tracked in the industry and go from open mics to the Opera House within a year
• Being in an open relationship in her 40s, how it ended and what she actually took from the experience
• What dating in your 40s actually looks like compared to your 30s
• Coming to terms with not wanting kids, trying for a while, facing the question of IVF, and finding genuine peace in the decision
• Why the loosest people Lizzy knows are her mum friends, and the 20 year tradition of their annual Christmas party
• Navigating friendships when everyone is in completely different life stages

You can find more from Lizzy’s website and her Instagram

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Hey Lifers!

Britt has officially landed in Italy with a one way ticket! She's back with her husband after nearly four months apart and we are a cross-continental podcast once again.

But before she left, something scary happened. On the last day of filming MAFS After The Dinner Party, Britt completely lost track of what year it was. Her neurologist says it's a new type of migraine symptom.

Laura meanwhile survived a truly feral Sunday with the kids, and then found something in a memory box from her mum that explained a lot; her old school report cards. A five year old Laura's year one teacher wrote that her "incessant talking is annoying" and her "incessant fidgeting distresses others." We get into what that means for a kid who probably just needed support, the difference between how schools talked about kids then vs. now, and Laura's secret coping mechanism she's never fully explained before.

We also had a one hour Uber ride with a man who hunts Yowies, Australia's answer to Bigfoot, and believes one tried to save him from alien abduction.

Then we talk about Aubrey Plaza, who recently announced she's pregnant with her new partner less than a year after her ex-husband died by suicide. The internet has had a lot to say, and we unpack why:

• Why she was always going to lose no matter what she did
• The biological reality of being a 41-year-old woman
• The Victorian widow — the actual rulebook women were held to for 150 years, and how little has changed
• Whether men in the same situation would be judged the same way
• Why grief and happiness are not mutually exclusive

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