Hey Lifers! Welcome to Offcuts, your little weekend snack!

It’s Laura’s wedding anniversary (four years, almost ten together, and they had to check the photos to confirm), and we’re taking a trip down memory lane. We revisit the wedding photo where Laura’s little toe escaped every shoe, and Britt confesses to the peck she was dared to give Matt’s cousin for content.

Then we dig into the Call Her Daddy saga. Sofia Franklin has released a memoir, Daddy Issues, and for the first time we’re hearing her version of what happened with Alex Cooper and Barstool: the contract, the salary, and why she says she never got a choice. We talk about why we’re drawn to this story, the legal side of who owned what, and why it’s too easy to pick a villain.

After that, a 97 year old man danced to Staying Alive at his own birthday party and died shortly after. Is it joyful, sad or both? We talk about how we’d want to go, and whether we’d want to know when it’s coming (spoiler: no).

Plus, new stats say more men than ever are living with their mother until 35. We debate the “relationship recession,” why the numbers sound more alarmist than they are, and how much of it comes down to the cost of moving out.

Finally, Georgie Stevenson’s New Harvest dropped a Black Friday campaign, then scrapped it the next day after backlash over the model they hired. We unpack why the response was a masterclass, whether it was fair to pressure them, and how a loss turned into a marketing win.

0:00 Intro
0:11 Laura’s wedding anniversary
2:16 The wedding photo where her toe escaped
3:14 Britt kisses Matt’s cousin for content
6:39 Matt’s Sydney to Hobart on Christmas Day
10:59 Who is more likely to get cancelled?
12:47 The Call Her Daddy saga: Sophia Franklin’s side
26:24 The man who died dancing to Staying Alive
31:23 Why more men live with their mum until 35
36:24 Georgie Stevenson’s Black Friday backflip

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Hey Lifers:

Peptides have gone from a niche biohacking term to something that we seem to get questions about almost every day in the facebook group. You might have heard of them being marketed as the fix for anti-aging, gut healing, weight loss, clear skin, muscle growth and a whole lot more. All of a sudden they’re everywhere but nobody actually knows what that means, whether it's safe, whether it's even legal here in Australia, or whether it's just the next wellness trend dressed up in science-y language.

So today we're unpacking all of that and asking the questions everyone's too embarrassed to ask. Are peptides actually backed by science?

To break it all down, we've got Dr Jamie Addlestone who deals with this exact conversation with patients every single day. Dr Jamie Addlestone is a consultant GP, longevity medicine and medical aesthetics doctor with over 15 years of clinical experience.

We need to advise that this conversation is not medical advice. It is general in nature. You must speak to your own GP or specialist doctor before starting any type of medical treatment.

Jamie shares:

• The difference between TGA-approved peptides and the untested "gray market" ones
• What's really in the "Wolverine Stack," and how gray market vials are often mislabelled or contaminated
• Why "natural" doesn't mean "safe," and the real side effects he's seen in patients
• The truth about GLP-1s like tirzepatide and retatrutide
• The rise of libido peptides, the "Adonis Protocol" and his take on the Brian Johnson biohacking movement
• Why he's not "anti-peptide"

Content Note: We actually recorded this chat with Jamie back in August. Now, peptides are a really fast-moving space, so some of the science, research and specific info we talk about may have changed since we sat down with Jamie. Think of it as a snapshot of where things were at the time. And as always, nothing in this episode is medical advice, so please chat to your GP or a qualified health professional.

TIMESTAMPS (YouTube)

• 00:00 — What is a peptide, and why is everyone suddenly talking about them
• 05:29 — Approved vs. unapproved peptides, and what's really in the "Wolverine Stack"
• 08:25 — How companies legally sell untested peptides through the "research purposes only" loophole
• 17:35 — The real risks: cancer concerns, acromegaly, infections and other long-term unknowns
• 21:52 — Brian Johnson, biohacking and the difference between lifespan and health span
• 34:26 — TRT, libido peptides, the "Adonis Protocol" and the Enhanced Games
• 39:17 — The worst outcomes Jamie's seen in patients, and where GLP-1s genuinely change lives

You can find more from Dr Jamie Addlestone here: https://www.instagram.com/drjamieaddlestone/?hl=en

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Hey Lifers!

Welcome back to your Wednesday episode! Britt is officially five months pregnant (baby is the size of a mango 🥭) and has started this one with her pants undone. We get into baby names: why you always need a backup, and Laura reveals Britt’s very secret potential saved name…

Then it’s New York! WE MADE IT TO TIMES SQUARE. Britt tells us how she almost cried, the full saga of Cardboard Laura, a 2.5-hour phone call at 1am, and Britt’s attempts to get the NYPD to arrest a piece of cardboard. She also went full sports mode in New York, which leads us to Knicks players Tyler Kolek and Deuce McBride calling Taylor Swift the team’s “fakest” celebrity fan. Is it fair? Does Taylor even care? And who gets to call themselves a real fan anyway?

Then the Skims 12-day accessories advent calendar went viral for all the wrong reasons. Is it a rip-off, or does it just show how overpriced Skims accessories are? (A pack of hair clips for $90?!)

And in suck and sweet: Cardboard Laura haunting Britt and Ben’s tiny hotel room, Poppy finally walking (straight to Matt, obviously), and a sweet friendship win for Lola.

Join Life Unlocked on Patreon to hear our episode revisiting where Life Uncut began and our very first episode. New sign-ups also go into the draw to win one of six $500 Jetstar vouchers! ✈️

Timestamps:
00:00 Britt’s pants are undone & the great baby name debate
08:10 We made it to Times Square! (but where’s the billboard?)
14:04 Cardboard Laura takes NYC (& nearly gets arrested)
22:19 Is Taylor Swift a “fake” Knicks fan?
32:59 The Skims advent calendar backlash
41:58 Suck & sweet

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Hey Lifers! Welcome to Offcuts, your little weekend snack! Britt is still in New York, so Producer Soph is back in the hot seat with Laura.

First, the discussion group post that has us speechless: a Lifer asking if anyone else gets toilet paper stuck to them after they wipe. Radical honesty is working! Then, the Auckland Marathon has done it again. After leaving women’s names off the 2026 merch, they printed men’s names on the women’s jerseys in 2025. How many mistakes before someone has to go?

We also get nostalgic about David Jones and its possible store closures, and unpack a study suggesting parents do have a favourite child (and it’s probably the youngest daughter). Tell us who the favourite was in your family!

Then, the new way people are cheating: shared notes in the Notes app, disguised as a grocery list. Laura shares how she found out her ex had been cheating (it was in the spam folder).

Finally, Airbnb is banning checkout chores from November 20. As a host, Laura has thoughts, and we ask where the responsibility falls.

Listen to our radical honesty chat here!

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Hey Lifers! If you’ve listened to a true crime podcast in this country, chances are you’ve had many hours of this man’s voice in your ears. Today we’re joined by Hedley Thomas, the investigative journalist behind The Teacher’s Pet, Shandee’s Story, Bronwyn and the biggest podcast in Australia right now, The Poisoned Wife.

Content note: This episode discusses murder, death, suicide and assault. Please take care while listening.

With almost 170 million downloads, eight Walkleys and two Gold Walkleys, Hedley’s work doesn’t just tell stories, it changes outcomes. The Teacher’s Pet helped put Chris Dawson behind bars for the murder of his wife Lynette, 40 years after she disappeared.

But Hedley has a story of his own. He opens up about his grandmother Gladys, who vanished from Sydney’s northern beaches in 1956, and how it quietly drove him to Lyn’s case. He shares why he waited until after his dad passed to make The Teacher’s Pet, how he “winged it” with a handheld recorder and still had the country hooked, and the moment he found out Dawson’s lawyers were using his grandmother’s story against him.

We also get into the battered, padlocked suitcase that landed on his desk and became The Poisoned Wife, why he believes police are missing a trick by resenting podcasters instead of working with them, and the terrifying night in 2002 when shots were fired into his bedroom while his family slept.

It’s a fascinating, emotional and genuinely important conversation about justice, persistence and the women who deserve to be remembered.

If you loved this one, make sure you go back and listen to our 2022 chat with Lynette’s niece, Renee Simms: Apple I Spotify

Catch Hedley’s new series, Hedley Thomas Investigates, coming to Paramount+ in 2027.

⏱️ TIMESTAMPS

• 0:00 — Welcome Hedley Thomas
• 2:34 — The grandmother who vanished from the northern beaches in 1956
• 9:57 — Winging it: making The Teacher’s Pet with a handheld recorder
• 22:05 — The padlocked suitcase that started The Poisoned Wife
• 30:38 — Why police resent true crime podcasts (and why they shouldn’t)
• 38:03 — The night bullets were fired into his bedroom
• 44:34 — Rose McQueen’s death and the opportunity police missed
• 55:28 — Justice or peace for families: what really drives Hedley

If anything in this episode has brought up difficult feelings, please reach out to Lifeline on 13 11 14 or 1800RESPECT on 1800 737 732.

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Hey Lifers!

Welcome to your Wednesday ep! Britt is in New York doing some very exciting Life Uncut business (more on that soon 👀). Laura couldn’t make the trip, so we’re sending her over as a six-foot cardboard cutout. Britt, if you’re listening, we want cutout Laura on the subway, in the taxis and at every nice dinner. Lifers, please apply peer pressure in Britt’s comments.

So in the meantime, Producer Soph is in the hot seat and we’re talking Halloween, marathons and whether celebs are too radically honest. ( Jennifer Lawrence has told Call Her Daddy that her butthole never recovered after two kids). Is this exactly what we need from celebrities?

Next, a vulnerable one. Sophie opens up about the loneliness of moving abroad. Three years after moving to Australia, she went home to New Zealand and realised she felt like a visitor in both places. We get into the “stuck between two homes” feeling, how many hours it actually takes to make a close friend, and what it’s like raising a family without your village nearby. We want to hear from you, Lifers: if you’ve moved away, how long did it take before your new place felt like home?

Finally, a Substack piece got us asking: can you really be friends with someone if you disagree with their job? Is cutting someone off over their 9 to 5 fair, or is it a privilege not everyone has?

From AI and defence tech to private equity and fast fashion, how do you even define an “evil” job? We also talk about why your friend’s power in the company matters, whether a receptionist and a CEO deserve the same judgement, and how our videographer Ness, who is vegan, stays close friends with a butcher. Then there’s the “Severance” approach of people who switch their morals off for 40 hours a week. And are we all just picking and choosing our moral high ground?

Have you ever cut off a friend because of what they do for a living? We want to know!

Plus Sucks & Sweets, including a sausage dog who waits at the door and some more car park rage from Laura.

TIMESTAMPS
0:00 — Britt’s in New York & Laura’s six-foot cardboard cutout
2:55 — Sophie’s trip home, the Halloween lemon saga & why Halloween is the best holiday
13:25 — Why you should go watch a marathon (and never run one)
17:05 — Jennifer Lawrence’s butthole confession & radical celebrity honesty
21:00 — The loneliness of moving abroad: feeling like a visitor everywhere
33:00 — Can you be friends with someone whose job you disagree with?

Don’t forget, our Patreon episode drops tomorrow! Laura and Britt revisit the very first Life Uncut episode they ever recorded, seven years on.

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