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Michael Paynter is one of Em's best friends, they've worked together on her music, he also has mad singing skills (best believe that he is a SING-GER!) which he's currently showing off 8 times a week, playing Jesus in the latest version of the Andrew Lloyd Webber rock opera ‘Jesus Christ Superstar'. Together they'll discuss his awe inspiring take on the role of Jesus, from why he chose to accept the gig, the part Mahalia Barnes played in his decision, through to the enormity of taking on this kind of role and the emotional toll it takes on him during each performance. Plus Em asks him how he prepares himself before a show and what it's like to take on a musical like this when he's never even acted or done musical theatre before. Then in our Sealed Section, on our premium service Emsolation Extra, Em and Michael Paynter give you an extra 35 minutes where they discuss how they first met, their shared love of John Peter Farnham and both of them work their way through a bunch of hilarious and revealing rapid fire questions. Michael will also truly captivate you and prove his status as a SING-GER by singing his favourite John Farnham song ‘Burn For You'. You can sign up and listen for $1.87 a week, or watch the entire video of this conversation via the Supercast website for $2.50 a week at emsolation.supercast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

She's been the Beyoncé of the Rusciano household ever since she lost to Julie Goodwin on the first season of ‘Masterchef Australia'. Now the multi-talented Poh Ling Yeow is back as a judge on the new season of ‘Masterchef Australia: Back to Win' premiering from 7.30 Monday April 28 on 10 and 10Play. Inside Poh discusses the upcoming season, how she's navigated 2 divorces and managed to remain besties with both her ex's, the expectations placed on women to have a career and children, and why she loves being alone. Poh also claimed before the chat that she is an actual bog witch (hence the reference in the episode title) and has so much knowledge to impart, from her experience of menopause, how she prioritises self care and managing guilt and making time to relax. So prepare to fall in love with Poh even more than you already do and to be schooled on how to be the ultimate bog witch. Then in our Sealed Section, on our premium service Emsolation Extra, Em and Michael discuss their picks for the new Catholic Pope and how it needs to be more like Drag Race, plus they reveal all the new TV series they're consuming, including why the new season of ‘Hacks' is disappointing Em. You can sign up and listen for $1.87 a week, or listen and watch the video of our main episode via the Supercast website for $2.50 a week at emsolation.supercast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is this real life? Apparently, it is, so we begin with a discussion on how wild all the topics are that we wanna discuss this week. We side quest into Em's favourite corner of TikTok, the developing feud between Chinese luxury goods manufacturers and the Trump administration. Then it's onto Katy Perry and Gayle King's 11-minute feminist statement to “take up space” on Jeff Bezos's wang shaped rocket. We reluctantly follow that up with Peter Dutton's attempt to highlight the housing crisis bringing his son Harry to a press conference, with disastrous results. Finally, Em and Michael review Lady Gaga's Coachella performance before they have to run off to try and secure their tickets to see her ‘Mayhem Ball' tour. Then in our Sealed Section, on our premium service Emsolation Extra, you get the rest of their full Lady Gaga Coachella review, whilst they continue to try and buy their Gaga tickets, plus they tackle an Emsolation Facebook Group post about weaponised incompetence. You can sign up and listen for $1.87 a week, or listen and watch the video of our main episode via the Supercast website for $2.50 a week at emsolation.supercast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

(CW: Discussion of miscarriage) This week, comedian, writer, and recovering lawyer Sashi Perera joins Em in the studio to reveal how she moved from being a refugee lawyer for the UN, to becoming a standup comedian. Sashi's hilarious social media clips helped her go viral before her debut stand up show, that show then secured her a Best Newcomer nomination at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival in 2023. She's also the only Australian comedian featured as ‘One to Watch' at the UK 2021 Funny Women Awards and a two-time RAW Comedy finalist. You'll learn the value of trying something different, how Sashi flipped her career in her 30's, the freedom of not worrying about what others think, how she shared her IVF journey and the miscarriages that came from it, dealing with anxiety and ADHD, and the process of writing her upcoming book ‘Standstill'. Then Friday in our Sealed Section, on our premium service Emsolation Extra, Em & Michael talk the final episode of Season 3 of ‘The White Lotus' and watching ‘Dying For Sex' on Disney+. You can sign up and listen for $1.87 a week, or watch our video episodes via the Supercast website for $2.50 a week at emsolation.supercast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week comedian, TV and radio host, fashion enthusiast and actual friend of both Em and Michael, Joel Creasey joins the pod. Having seen his new standup show ‘Thanks For Being Here' Em and Michael were determined to get Joel in to talk about his hilarious new tour and reflect on his 15 years of doing standup comedy shows. There's reminiscing about Em and Joel's early days of comedy gigs and their specific after show ritual, how busy Joel is and the benefits of his time working a stage musical like ‘Rocky Horror Picture Show'. They even manage to cover off their mutual love of politics and ‘RuPaul's Drag Race'. Then in our Sealed Section, on our premium service Emsolation Extra, Em allows Joel to reveal his deep love of US Politics and his teensy tiny (actually huge) obsession with one particular CNN political reporter, plus all three of them work through a specific Spicy Sunday Low Key Hot Take and surprisingly Em and Joel do not agree on the specifics AT ALL! You can sign up and listen for $1.87 a week, or watch BOTH video episodes via the Supercast website for $2.50 a week at emsolation.supercast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

‘Adolescence' is the new Netflix drama series the world is talking about. Em is terrified to watch it, but Michael wasn't, so he offers up his review on if Em would be able to cope with it. Then Em reviews the last two episodes of ‘The White Lotus' from that revealing confession scene in Bangkok, and that problematic threesome between the two brothers as well. Then we move onto another week of your Spicy Sunday Hot Takes starting with Emily's low key hot take that the killing off of the character Patrick in ‘Offspring' was the best decision Michael ever made *shock horror*. There's also the hot takes that spoiler alerts can get in the bin and an Aperol Spritz take that inspires a revealing confession from Em. Then in our Sealed Section, on our premium service Emsolation Extra, Em gives us the full, detailed review of her night seeing ‘Jesus Christ Superstar' plus the chaos of adding a journalist to your private US Government chatroom. You can sign up and listen for $1.87 a week, or watch it for $2.50 a week at emsolation.supercast.com and don't forget you can watch highlights from this episode in full maximalist colour on our YouTube channel at youtube.com/@emsolationpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Christine Anu has been a part of our lives since the early 90's, in fact Em forced her dad Vincie to drive her directly to Brash's to buy her debut album ‘Stylin' Up' after hearing her single ‘Party' on the radio in 1995. Today she sits down with Em to talk about her role as Hermes in Em's favourite musical ‘Hadestown' which is currently playing in Sydney and moves to Melbourne from May 8. Inside they'll talk about how groundbreaking her career was in the 90's, the toll this role takes on her after every performance, plus a side quest about one of Em's ‘Rage and Rainbow' vagine costumes catching Christine's eye mid conversation. Em also talks about why you need to make the effort to see Christine in this show if you can, how much of a trailblazer she was as an Indigenous Torres Strait Islander woman dealing with the music industry in the 90's, plus the journey she's been on to achieve self acceptance, while navigating grief, perimenopause and so much more. It's a deeply moving chat that's bound to inspire you and make you love Christine even more than you already do. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In her biggest backflip since she revealed her sudden love of Crocs, Em opens this episode by revealing she isn't into surprise wang being foisted on her anymore after having surprise appendage dropped uponst her eyes by Jason Isaac's character Timothy Ratliff in last week's ‘White Lotus' episode. Then Em and Michael chat about the preview screenings of the new live action remake of Disney's ‘Snow White'. There was controversy around its production and then its release was delayed, so rumours quickly built that it was bound to be a failure, but the early reviews are raving about it, with some saying it's Disney's best live action adaptation ever. Finally, with Neurodivergent Celebration Week underway, Em wanted to talk about her goals around reframing how we view and talk about people who are neurodivergent in the speeches she'll be giving about it this week. Plus we're putting the call out to join our committee for Em's upcoming perimenopause podcast ‘Rage Against the Vagine'. Then in our Sealed Section, on our premium service Emsolation Extra, Em gives us the full rundown on her weekend at the F1 Grand Prix, plus we take on more of your Spicy Sunday Hot Takes including which is the superior Disney soundtrack. You can sign up and listen for $1.73 a week, or watch it for $2.30 a week at emsolation.supercast.com and don't forget you can watch this episode in full maximalist colour on our YouTube channel at youtube.com/@emsolationpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After appearing at the ‘All About Women' conference in Sydney, Em has found even more perimenopause experts, you can expect all of them to make an appearance on our upcoming peri pod series ‘Rage Against the Vagine'. Last week, Em totally forgot to mention she's got a brand new book coming out in October. ‘Blood, Sweat and Glitter' will cover off everything that's happened since her ‘Rage and Rainbows' tour wrapped in 2019 and feature stuff Em hasn't talked about before, graphic novel aspects, lists, medical info and drawings by Em's daughter Odie too. Then there's Em and Michael's track by track review of Lady Gaga's new album ‘Mayhem' for you to enjoy, which also magically leads us into Michael's feels around the last episode of ‘The Newsreader' finally being broadcast on free to air TV. We also managed to slide in a quick review of Michael's night at Billie Eilish and Em forced Michael to ask her about the F1 situation as it stands, so expect much confusion from Michael and an F1 update delivered at Em's normal speed too. Then in our Sealed Section, on our premium service Emsolation Extra, we talk about your latest Spicy Sunday Hot Takes like Grease 2 is better than the original, how to stack a taco and Em even argues why Frozen 2 is better than the original. You can sign up and listen for $1.73 a week, or watch it for $2.30 a week at emsolation.supercast.com and don't forget you can watch this episode in full maximalist colour on our YouTube channel at youtube.com/@emsolationpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Em and Michael's version of the Super Bowl has been and gone and they are ready to react to all their favourite, awkward and mind-blowing moments from the Oscars. Inside you'll hear their reaction to the moment Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo hit the stage to perform live, plus everything from Conan's hosting, to their fave speeches and wins, and the weird moments that left them questioning what the hell was actually going on. Then, inspired by a post Em brought to the Emsolation group on Facebook, we'll select some of your Spicy Sunday Hot Takes and discuss and dissect them. There's everything from Chris Hemsworth not being that sexy, to Shrek not deserving an Oscar over Monsters Inc, Em is even inspired to defend the achievements of Beyoncé and Taylor Swift after accusations of them both being overrated. Strap yourself in, it's gonna be a bumpy listen, even more so if you're driving while you do that. Then in our Sealed Section, on our premium service Emsolation Extra, Em and Michael spill all the secrets from Em's weekend celebrating her birthday at Sydney Mardi Gras. You can sign up to our 7-day FREE trial and listen for $1.73 a week, or watch it for $2.30 a week at emsolation.supercast.com and don't forget you can watch this episode in full maximalist colour on our YouTube channel at youtube.com/@emsolationpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It is finally here, Em has taken control and decided we can all get together and make her essential perimenopause podcast series. ‘Rage Against the Vagine' will happen by all of us becoming patrons of it and you can do that by buying Regina merch or just support us to help make it happen at https://emrusciano.store/ NOW! Then it's onto Michael's hot tips on who's going to take home an Oscar award on Monday, he's even predicting that ‘Wicked' can win, even though it hasn't picked up any major awards so far. Plus Em reveals the chaos of her last minute catering scramble for Odie's 18th birthday on the weekend. Then in our Sealed Section, on our premium service Emsolation Extra, we discuss the latest episode of ‘The White Lotus' and how Mike White could benefit from having a female writer on his show. You also get a full rundown of Em and Michael's night at Kylie Minogue's Tension show and why some fans need to calm down, PLUS ‘The Newsreader' Game is back where Em and Michael try to read weird news headlines without laughing. You can sign up to our 7-day FREE trial and listen for $1.73 a week, or watch it for $2.30 a week at emsolation.supercast.com and don't forget you can watch this episode in full maximalist colour on our YouTube channel at youtube.com/@emsolationpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Here's ANOTHER exclusive sneak peek from inside our premium service Emsolation Extra with the first 10 minutes of Part Two of today's AMA, where Emsolation Extra subscribers got to ask Michael even MORE questions about the final season of his award winning series ‘The Newsreader'. This episode does contain spoilers to season 3. To access the full 30-minute episode, plus over 175 other audio and video episodes and other perks, you need to be an Emsolation Extra subscriber. Sign up to our 7-day FREE trial and start listening right now at emsolation.supercast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

‘The White Lotus' is back for Season 3 and Em and Michael have much to discuss, from the theme song changing, to the endless monkey cutaway shots, to all the new characters and even what appears to be a Lannister style attraction moment between the brothers. Okay that was a choice, Em is feeling weird about it, Michael not so much. Meanwhile there's drama in the BeyHive around the price gouging for tickets to Beyoncé's upcoming Cowboy Carter tour and Em and Michael are LIVING for Lady Gaga's new single ‘Abracadabra' so they both deserve a full debrief. Then, inspired by the response to our Dr Stacy Sims episode, Em is determined to get her perimenopause podcast underway and reveals how you can make it happen, plus we touch on Kendrick Lamar's Super Bowl Half-time performance. Then in our Sealed Section, on our premium service Emsolation Extra, Em and Michael discuss the Netflix series ‘Apple Cider Vinegar', their prep for Mardi Gras in Sydney and Kylie Minogue live in Melbourne, plus they pick their all time favourite Kylie songs. You can sign up to our 7-day FREE trial and listen for $1.73 a week, or watch it for $2.30 a week at emsolation.supercast.com and don't forget you can watch this episode in full maximalist colour on our YouTube channel at youtube.com/@emsolationpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Here's your exclusive sneak peek from inside our premium service Emsolation Extra with the first 16 minutes of today's AMA, where Emsolation Extra subscribers got to ask Michael questions about the final season of his award winning series ‘The Newsreader'. This episode does contain spoilers to season 3. To access the full 32-minute episode, plus over 170 other audio and video episodes and other perks, you need to be an Emsolation Extra subscriber. Sign up to our 7-day FREE trial and start listening right now at emsolation.supercast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is the episode that we hope might go some way to helping you change your life. If you're a regular listener of Emsolation, you'll know Em is deep in the throes of perimenopause and judging by the flood of DM's and comments she gets whenever she mentions it, she is definitely not alone. There's a thirst for knowledge which is why Em has decided to get an expert in, her name is Dr Stacy Sims, she's an international exercise physiologist and nutrition scientist ​with an MSc and PhD, who is on a mission to help us ​better understand the nuances of ​the female body, so you can ​build strength and longevity, she's also in perimenopause. Inspired by the appalling lack of ​research done specifically on women in regards to ​exercise, nutrition, and medicine, Dr Stacy wrote the books ‘ROAR' and ‘Next Level' and created her TEDx talk ‘Women Are Not Small Men'. Dr Stacy specialises in how our bodies needs change over our lifetime, and how exercise, nutrition and medicine can help us deal with the impacts of perimenopause and menopause. This is the episode that has the power to change your life and give you the tools to improve your mental and physical health now, so grab a pen and get listening. Then in our Sealed Section, on our premium service Emsolation Extra, Em sits down and answers the 10 most burning questions you have about her health and fitness transformation over the last year. You can sign up to our 7-day FREE trial and listen for $1.73 a week, or watch it for $2.30 a week at emsolation.supercast.com and don't forget you can watch this episode in full maximalist colour on our YouTube channel at youtube.com/@emsolationpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

All this week we're celebrating the arrival of the final season of ‘The Newsreader' having dropped in Australia, by getting the show's creator, writer, producer AND Em's best friend since they were 11, Michael Lucas to chat about it. In an Emsolation exclusive, on Tuesday we gave you our chat with Anna Torv, who plays Helen Norville, today we give you the other half of the ‘The Newsreader's' dynamic duo, Dale Jennings, aka Sam Reid. Inside Em and Michael chat with Sam about the final season and ask him your questions, covering everything from if Sam realised how beloved the character of Dale would become, right thru to how difficult is it to switch between playing Dale in ‘The Newsreader' and Lestat in ‘Interview with the Vampire'. Then in our Sealed Section, on our premium service Emsolation Extra Sam gives us the one piece of advice he'd give Dale if he could, plus he answers a stack of your questions about his role on ‘Interview with the Vampire' too. You can sign up to our 7-day FREE trial and listen for $1.73 a week, or watch it for $2.30 a week at emsolation.supercast.com and don't forget you can watch both of these special ‘The Newsreader' episodes in full maximalist colour on our YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/@emsolationpodcast & you can catch the entire 6 episode final season of ‘The Newsreader' now streaming on ABC iView. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The final season of ‘The Newsreader' has dropped in Australia, so why wouldn't we get the show's creator, writer, producer AND Em's best friend since they were 11, Michael Lucas to chat about it. In an Emsolation exclusive, we've also got the 2 stars of the series on the pod this week, starting with the one and only Anna Torv, who brings the character of Helen Norville to life. Anna sits down to chat with Em and Michael to talk about everything from what it's like to work with Michael, to why Em has never invited Anna onto the podcast before. Then she answers your questions which cover everything from Anna's favourite scene, to who she would marry, kiss or avoid between her characters of Helen of ‘The Newsreader', Dr Wendy Carr from ‘Mindhunter' or Olivia Dunham from ‘Fringe'. There's also lots of behind the scenes goss from the series, plus spoiler free teasers for some of the big scenes coming up in the final season. Then on Thursday, Em and Michael have the ONLY sit down chat with Anna's co-star, Sam Reid, who brings Dale Jennings to life, as well as Lestat in ‘Interview with the Vampire'. He'll join us to chat about the final season of ‘The Newsreader' and answer your questions too. Catch the entire 6 episode final season of ‘The Newsreader' now streaming on ABC iView. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode is utter chaos, Michael joins us from Queensland, so of course he stuffed up the time difference, then we had a bajillion and 7 technical issues. You'll hear what Michael was doing instead of joining us, and experience the full chaos of Em and Michael trying to hear each other and right their technical wrongs together. Once all that's sorted, it is onto the nominees for the Razzies for worst movies of the year, from ‘Madame Web' and' Joker: Folie a Deux', all the way through to' Borderland' and ‘Megalopolis'. There's a quick visit into the Oscar noms and much chat around why ‘Wicked' deserves more accolades than the 13 nominations that ‘Emilia Perez' has secured. We also get a full update on Elio's birthday celebrations, plus Elio's first day at primary school is next week, so Em is naturally deep in her feels about what the future holds for him. Finally, Lady Gaga dropped her teaser for a brand new album called ‘Mayhem' so naturally we need chats around that too. Then in our Sealed Section, on our premium service Emsolation Extra, Em grills Michael about what is happening in the final season of his critically acclaimed TV series ‘The Newsreader'. We also delve into the latest in the Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni lawsuits, plus Em reviews the must see Oscar nominated animated film ‘Wild Robot' and what is up with Madonna's whiteboard insta share? You can sign up to our 7-day FREE trial and listen for $1.73 a week, or watch it for $2.30 a week at emsolation.supercast.com and don't forget you can watch this episode in full maximalist colour on our YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/@emsolationpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode begins with an update on Em's hormones as well as a full explain on why they've been out of control lately. Then it's on to chastising the 3 gay men Em works with for NOT noticing she had her Gucci necklace on backwards during last week's episode. We also come bearing gifts, in the form of giving props to an Emsolator who actually gifted Em that saucy 2025 calendar that Chad Michael Murray stripped off for, huzzah! After that we need to hand over to Michael for all the “highlights” from the Inauguration of Donald Trump as the 47th President of the USA on Tuesday. There's Melania's outfit and hat ensemble to reflect, Carrie Underwood's music not working, Hillary laughing at Trump renaming the Gulf of Mexico and so much more. Finally, Em and Michael are back at the gym and they've noticed a HUGE change in the clientele since they first started doing gym visits in the late 90's that needs to be talked about. Then in our Sealed Section on our premium service, Emsolation Extra, Em & Michaell talk Cher's autobiography, try to name the dragons from the ‘Fourth Wing' book series & discuss if the Oscars will even happen this year after the LA fires. You can sign up to our 7-day FREE trial and listen for $1.73 a week, or watch it for $2.30 a week at https://emsolation.supercast.com/ & don't forget you can watch this episode in full maximalist colour on our YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/@emsolationpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Em's got a bone that needs picking & that bone belongs to Michael, but before the picking can begin, Em & Michael are sport! Yes they've been to the tennis, apparently unlocking Em's newest skill as a tennis commentator, naturally a full demo of said skills is included. Then it's onto the bone picking over Michael's recommendation for Em to watch Demi Moore's movie ‘The Substance'. Em also has props for Nikki Glaser's hosting of the Golden Globes and Em and Michael make their predictions for the Oscars too. Then it's onto Carrie Underwood agreeing to sing at Trump's inauguration, Donald's threats to Greenland and Canada and his plans to rename the Gulf of Mexico. We also need to cover off the unhinged billionaires like Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg, with a side quest into the brilliance of the seating plan for Jimmy Carter's funeral. Finally there's a news story out of Italy that had Em cackling and she can't wait to read it to Michael and show off a bunch of flamboyant photographic evidence to accompany it as well. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode the part of Em Rusciano will be played by a hollow shell of a woman on the verge of collapse, mmmkay? Once we've acknowledged that and the end of Em's Outgrown tour, we need to move on to the disturbing reaction to the murder of Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson. His alleged killer, Luigi Mangione is being lusted over & celebrated with glowing comments & deep dives into his thirst trap pics, especially in the gay community. This all sits uneasily in Em's ethics place so we'll discuss the reaction and what it all means. After that it's onto the Golden Globe noms, ‘The Bear' is once again nominated for best comedy, Jon M Chu didn't get a nomination as best director for ‘Wicked' and there's a bunch of other weird stuff to discuss too. Then after a quick visit to Beyonce's mum Tina Knowles saying she was hacked after double tapping posts about those Jay-Z allegations, we need to step through Michael's choice of the Top Ten Diva Moments of 2024. Well, we do number 10 in this episode, but if you wanna hear who made it in at number 9, all the way through to the ultimate Number 1, you'll need to be a member of our premium service, Emsolation Extra. You can sign up to our 7-day FREE trial and listen for $1.73 a week, or watch it for $2.30 a week at emsolation.supercast.com and don't forget you can watch this episode in full maximalist colour on our YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/@emsolationpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Em and Michael have a special guest on the pod this week, Em's youngest Elio is making an appearance to give us his review of Moana 2 and also to give his Mum the right to swear as much as she likes. Then we get an update on Michael's whirlwind visit to New York for his International Emmy nomination, followed by Em and Michael's night out together once he returned at Rob Mills Jon Bon Jovi (don't call it a tribute show) concert.Then we need to deal with the hellscape that is going on inside Em's mouth and the total lack of interest her dental surgery has for her infected wisdom teeth and unfinished root canal. Fold that into the fact that Em is also counting down the final days till her final Outgrown arena spectacular, you'll understand why Em is focussing on everyone that's coming and not sweating the bajillion small things going on behind the scenes. Then in our Sealed Section, on our premium service Emsolation Extra, Em and Michael answer your Ask Me Anything questions, including casting queer roles with queer actors, memory wipes to revisit their fave movies, and much needed advice on hooking up with the former high school crush who's now an award winning adult movie star. Sign up to our 7-day FREE trial and listen for $1.73 a week, or watch it for $2.30 a week at emsolation.supercast.com and don't forget you can watch highlights from this episode in full maximalist colour on our YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/@emsolationpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Em and Michael are sitting down with one of Em's besties, Zambian-born Australian journalist, historian, author and filmmaker Santilla Chingaipe, for an eye opening chat about her new book that is rewriting the history of this country. Recognised by the United Nations in 2019 as one of the most influential people of African descent in the world, Santilla has spent the last 7 years researching and writing her debut non fiction book ‘Black Convicts' which is in stores now. ‘Black Convicts' builds on the research Santilla did for her critically acclaimed and award-winning documentary ‘Our African Roots'which is still streaming on SBS On Demand. It is fascinating to hear how colonial record keepers white washed parts of our history, silencing the lives of people like David Stuurman, a revered South African chief transported for anti-colonial insurrection; John Caesar, who became Australia's first bushranger; Billy Blue, the stylishly dressed ferryman who gave his name to Sydney's Blues Point; and William Cuffay, a prominent London Chartist who led the development of Australia's labour movement. ‘Black Convicts' is bound to change the way we think about who we are, buy your copy here https://shorturl.at/Jjk2V. Then in our Sealed Section, on our premium service Emsolation Extra, Em and her eldest Marchella review the new Netflix Christmas offering ‘Hot Frosty' and answer your AMA questions. Sign up to listen for $1.73 a week, or watch it for under $3 a week at emsolation.supercast.com and don't forget you can watch highlights from this episode in full maximalist colour on our YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/@emsolationpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hannah Diviney is a writer, disability advocate, actress, screenwriter, author and media personality. Her disability advocacy has garnered global attention thanks to both a viral petition encouraging Disney to create a disabled Disney Princess and a successful campaign encouraging both Lizzo and Beyonce to change ableist lyrics. As if that wasn't enough, she also made television history as the first disabled person in Australia to do a sex scene on television in the SBS series, ‘Latecomers' and she's joining Em to talk about some of those things plus her feature film debut in the new dark comedy ‘Audrey'. Together they'll discuss what it was like to see Marissa Bode as the first disabled actor to play the role of Nessarose in ‘Wicked' and then interview her afterwards as well. We'll also talk about what it's like to be in her first feature film, how she secured the role and even how the script was changed to reflect her abilities as well. Hannah is utterly hilarious as well and they both connect over their shared love of awkward conversations and Em's belief that Hannah needs to get her sit down comedy career underway as well. Then in our Sealed Section, on our premium service Emsolation Extra, Em and Michael review their Glicked weekend seeing Gladiator 2 and Wicked and give their final reviews. Sign up to listen for $1.73 a week, or watch it for under $3 a week at emsolation.supercast.com and don't forget you can watch highlights from this episode in full maximalist colour on our YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/@emsolationpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we're giving you part two of a very special audio only episode taking you behind the scenes of Em's ground breaking Outgrown Tour, as producer Ben talks to some of the creatives who helped Em bring her show to life. In episode two you'll meet the show's set designer, Kitiya Palaskas and hear everything from how Em first approached her about doing the set for the tour, to what it was like to have to wait until her Palais show to actually see all her flower work on stage and experience the full show, plus we get her side of the story of getting that call from Lucy saying they needed a new set when everything went missing. We also chat to costume designer Tamara Keane about Em's brief and the making of all the incredible outfits Em wears on stage. Then finally we talk to production manager and musical director Ezekiel Fenn about creating the beautiful theme music for Outgrown with Em, what happened when the set went missing before the Ballarat show and so much more. Em's final performance of her Outgrown Tour is the Arena Spectacular at Margaret Court Arena, Saturday December 7, get tickets from just $50 here https://www.frontiertouring.com/emrusciano Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we're giving you a very special audio only episode from inside our premium service Emsolation Extra. Taking you behind the scenes of Em's ground breaking Outgrown Tour, as producer Ben talks to some of the creatives who helped Em bring her show to life. In episode one you'll meet the show's director, Anna Piper Scott and hear everything from how she first met Em, when Em first approached her to help direct the show, to what role a director plays, what it was like to have to wait until her Palais show to actually see the full show and even the one thing that Anna appreciates about Em, that most people wouldn't even know about. Then we'll chat with tour manager Lucy Gransbury about how she first met Em, when she joined the Outgrown tour, what happened when the set went missing before the Ballarat show, plus what it's like to appear on stage as Menopausia and so much more. In part two, dropping next week, we'll chat to production manager and musical director Ezekiel Fenn, costume designer Tamara Keane and set designer Kitiya Palaskas. Em's final performance of her Outgrown Tour is the Arena Spectacular at Margaret Court Arena, Saturday December 7, get tickets from just $50 here https://www.frontiertouring.com/emrusciano Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's the moment SOME of us thought would never happen, and that some of us is Em, because AS IF this would ever happen! How could it be possible that Em would get to sit across from Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande, two sing-gers, and the leads of the new movie version of her all time favourite musical Wicked? Somehow, Em not only got to do chats with Cynthia and Ariana, who play Elphaba & Glinda in the movie, but also Marissa Bode who plays Elphaba's sister Nessarose, and Ethan Slater, who's Ariana Grande's boyfriend and also appears in the film as the lovable munchkin Boq. Watch or listen as Em keeps Cynthia and Ariana entertained throughout their chat, from informing them of the neurodivergent love of the musical, to giving them props for the final result and so much more. Then there's Em's chat with Marissa and Ethan, where they reveal how they found out they were cast in the Wicked movie and a heap of other stuff too. It is the ultimate must watch before the movie drops November 21. Then in our Sealed Section, on our premium service, Emsolation ExtraThen in our Sealed Section, on our premium service Emsolation Extra, Em drops all the behind the scenes happenings as Michael peppers her with questions from her weekend at the Wicked movie premiere in Sydney. There's also some US Election chat and a review of Titanique The Musical which Em and Chella also saw while in Sydney. Sign up to listen, or watch it for under $3 a week at emsolation.supercast.com and don't forget you can watch this episode in full maximalist colour on our YouTube channel athttps://www.youtube.com/@emsolationpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's an Emsolation first, Em's long term friend and fellow comedian, Joel Creasey, has finally been invited on the pod. The occasion? The upcoming Wicked movie premiere in Sydney, where they'll both be seeing the film AND interviewing the stars as part of the Australian press tour. If you're a regular of the pod, you'll already know of Em's deep love for the Wicked musical, Joel shares that love, in fact, he's pretty sure he's seen the musical around 300 times. Together we'll get an update on Joel's recent proposal from his partner Jack, then it's on to the business of all things Wicked. Prepare yourself for a deep dive into everything they've hyper focussed over, from when Joel first saw Wicked and the impact it had on him, to the behind the scenes goss from the cast and crew. Joel even tries to prove his love of Elphaba in a game with Em trying to name all the peeps that have played the role on Broadway. It's the perfect taster in the lead up to the release of the movie, so settle in for all things Elphaba and Glinda and Wicked inside your ears. Then in our Sealed Section, on our premium service Emsolation Extra, Em & Michael offer up final thoughts & make their predictions for the US election, plus we chat new Lady Gaga music & the upcoming ‘Wicked' movie premiere & press junket. Sign up to listen, or watch it for under $3 a week at emsolation.supercast.com and don't forget you can watch this episode in full maximalist colour on our YouTube channel athttps://www.youtube.com/@emsolationpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's role reversal time as Em steps into the ep fresh from chairing a staff meeting, while Michael turns up unhinged, unslept and agitated, huzzah! We find out why Michael is feeling such to begin. Then it's on to Lidia Thorpe's confrontation with King Charles and why we think it was an inspiring and refreshing thing to witness. We follow that with more US politics chat, from Trump dancing at a Town hall for 35 minutes, to Elon Musk giving away a million dollars to right wing registered voters in US swing states, there's a lot of horrifying updates to cover. Finally, Em is officially adopting ‘Agatha All Along' as her personality and she's mad keen to convince Michael to get over his Marvel aversion, and dive right in. We also get some astrology, manifestation and curse chat, plus the lowdown on Elio's demands for Chellas upcoming birthday party, and Em's MRI is approaching, so the hair extensions are about to be removed. . Then in our Sealed Section, on our premium service Emsolation Extra, Em's convinced that Hollywood actor and all round nice guy, Andrew Garfield is secretly a f-boy and she's got all the evidence to prove it. Sign up to listen, or watch it for under $3 a week at emsolation.supercast.com and don't forget you can watch this episode in full maximalist colour on our YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/@emsolationpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The invite to end all invites has landed in Em's inbox and it is confirmed, Em is off to the Australian premiere of the new ‘Wicked' movie in Sydney. She's also hitting up the press junket and hoping she gets to chat with her actual hero Cynthia Erivo, as well as Ariana Grande and Jeff Goldblum. Inside you'll get to hear Em's plan of attack, plus outfit explains for both her interview and red carpet appearance and so much more. Then, as society slowly comes around to the idea that middle age women are an untapped resource worth catering to, we've found two new things targeted at women over 40 worthy of your attention. The first is a full review of the new Netflix movie ‘Lonely Planet' where Laura Dern and Liam Hemsworth have a passionate affair whilst on a writer's retreat. Then it's onto the new book ‘All Fours' from Miranda July, which is part absurd entertainment, part tender reinvention of the sexual, romantic and domestic life of a 45-year-old female artist. I mean, what could there possibly be in this book that Em might connect with? Everyone who's anyone has recommended ‘All Fours' to Em, and having finally read it she's now recommending it to everyone too, from perimenopausal peeps to your partner, this book is worth your time. Then in our Sealed Section, on our premium service Emsolation Extra, Em and Michael ‘Okay, Stop' the trailer for Nicole Kidman's upcoming movie ‘Babygirl', and the upcoming Martha Stewart doco ‘Martha'. Sign up to listen or watch it for under $3 a week at emsolation.supercast.com and don't forget you can watch this episode in full maximalist colour on our YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/@emsolationpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

CW // discussion of stroke symptoms Em has never been afraid to roll around in the dark stuff of life, today we are coming in dry, so grab your ankles Australia, because this story isn't anything you could anticipate and there's a lot to process. Em is joining us this week with an update from an incident that happened to her over the weekend which culminated in Em making frantic calls from the side of the road and her husband Scott calling an ambulance to come and help her. Having typed out over 1000 words at 1am last night so she could unpack the incident, Em will read it all out as is, so we get her full train of thought and feels on the moment as she relives it. We follow that up by chatting to our special guest, Sydney based actor, writer, producer and director Xavier Coy, who worked with Michael as a writer on ‘5 Bedrooms'. Xavier has just finished writing his new book which is a deeply personal and insightful look into the complexities of living with bipolar disorder called ‘Living With Bipolar'. It's a beautifully illustrated book designed to challenge stereotypes around bipolar disorder and provide a clearer understanding of this widely misunderstood mental health condition. Together Em and Michael will chat with Xavier about how the book came about, what has happened for him since his diagnosis and so much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

An internally rearranged Michael joins us, having survived a bout of runny egg based food poisoning he's risen from near death to help Em work through a hair extensions update, the hair witches have been in touch and the sensory nightmare is being addressed. We get a full review of Katy Perry's AFL Grand Final appearance, with added commentary from Michael's mum, plus there's a side quest into Pesto the adorable giant baby penguin the internet is obsessing over. Then we need to get the lowdown on all the high fives and other blokey bloke things that Em witnessed whilst attending an AFL Lunch the day before the Grand Final. We teased it last week, but never got around to talking about Michael's TV series ‘The Newsreader' being up for an International Emmy, and what exactly that means for him, and if Em will be joining him in New York in November. Finally Em and Michael have both seen ‘Will & Harper', a new Netflix doco following comedian Will Ferrell, who embarks on a cross-country road trip with his close friend of 30 years after they come out as a trans woman. Joining them to review the doco and offer their own insight is friend and director of Em's ‘Outgrown' show, trans comedian Anna Piper Scott. Then in the Sealed Section, on our premium service Emsolation Extra, Em and her eldest daughter Marchella discuss why she can't appear as Menopausia in Em's upcoming Arena Spectacular, her adventures on her overseas holiday, plus they try and keep a straight face while playing the Newsreader Game together. Sign up to listen or watch it for under $2 a week at emsolation.supercast.com and don't forget you can watch this episode in full maximalist colour on our YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/@emsolationpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Em is a youthful long haired 45 year old woman who is not coping with the clusterfluff of perimenopause. Especially after announcing her decision to create her very own perimenopause podcast revealed just how many women are clinging on for dear life and how little support, info or help is out there. So there's that to discuss, plus Em is basically in full mid-life crisis mode, so we also need to talk though the pain and sensory nightmare of having hair extensions added and what else she has planned for her crisis era. Then it's onto a much needed update on the F1 so that Michael understands why Daniel Ricciardo looks like he's being pushed out of Red Bull and why that might be a good thing. We follow that with a topic that Em has been secretly deep diving on for almost all of 2024. Now that Michael's invested too and the news is starting to reveal more, it's time to start talking about the shocking revelations around the indictment and arrest of Sean “Diddy” Combs. There's so much to unpack, but we attempt to bring you up to speed on where things are at currently. We also wanna chat about Oprah's special with Presidential candidate Kamala Harris and the bizarre guestlist of celebs like Bryan Cranston, J'Lo, Meryl Streep, Chris Rock and more. Finally we just wanna talk about Em's seamless new hair extensions again and remind you that you can now watch the podcast on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/@emsolationpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's been a moment since Em and Michael have been in the studio together, so naturally we have a LOT to cover. We also asked you what you wanted to hear from us too. So we begin with a full explain of Em's outfit from Michael and an announcement that you'll now need to watch the podcast on our YouTube channel, linked here . After that it's onto a full debrief on the Outgrown show at the Palais, with some behind the scenes on changes being added to Em's upcoming Arena Spectacular on December 7. Then it's onto chucking Dave Grohl in the bin over his recent indiscretions, followed by a swift move into their reaction to the recent debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump and how Em and Michael aren't in agreement over if it went well for Kamala or not. There's also a drop in on Taylor Swift and Billie Eilish endorsing Kamala, which slides into Em and Michael's viewing of the 2024 VMA's. Covering everything from Katy Perry's performance and the awkward cutaways to her husband Orlando Bloom, to Chappell Roan's Joan of Arc appearance and their discovery of Benson Boone via his backflips and the fact that he is a sing-ger. Then there's the Emmy Awards, where ‘The Bear' wins multiple comedy awards, while not actually being a comedy, while actual comedy, and one of Em's all time faves ‘Hacks' wins, plus we got a ‘Schitts Creek' reunion onstage and Em found herself swooning over Joshua Jackson. We also cover off J'Lo's divorce era dressing on Insta and her and Ben being spotted together and Elio becoming obsessed with magic, but refusing to dress up at all. Finally, Em and Michael attempt a brand new game where they try to read weird news headlines they've never seen without laughing, prepare for maximum fails on that front and much more laughing than you'd expect, huzzah! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Okay, Em and Abbie are back to give you even more of their fabulous chat. Obviously if you haven't already listened to part one of Em's conversation with Abbie, please do. In part two we begin with Abbie answering Em's question on what she wants to do next with her career. That folds effortlessly into the realities of trying to sell a live show in a cost of living crisis, from Abbie's partner Adam, aka Keith, giving her a reality check, to Em's assurance that you should never associate your self esteem with your ticket sales. Em also reveals how much her career changed when she put faith in her own ability and audience of supporters, and stepped away from relying on corporate media too. There's also a fascinating discussion on the need to slot women into certain categories, the freedom that comes when you let go of being accepted by the people you think you need to be accepted by, and how Abbie would like to be perceived by the general public. We also talk about the horrors of dating for Gen Z women right now, from the gamification of dating that's come with dating apps, to how soft boys have weaponized therapy talk to gaslight women. There's also great advice for parents of teenage girls and we talk about Abbie and Em's live tours and how both shows actually help different generations of families connect with one another just by attending. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is glorious and we just know you're gonna eat it up! Obviously with Abbie Chatfield hosting her second season of ‘FBoy Island' on Binge, we wanna get that chat out the way, but first Em has questions about Abbie's new man and why she calls him Keith. After we've got all the goss on the new partnership it's onto ‘FBoy Island', at the time of recording Em had only seen the first 2 episodes but she had LOTS of notes that she'd scribbled down while watching, all of them required answers. There's the men's eyebrows, the attacking of Crocs, the audacity of straight white men, was one of the women a former Bachelor and how come they don't say “F-Off' instead of “F-Bye” to be covered off. Once we get all of those questions out of the way, along with some exclusive behind the scenes goss from Abbie and check-ins with the Binge PR person Chelsea, it's onto what Abbie wants to do next. After making sure Abbie and her new boyfriend Adam are making good choices, with added positive sex chat and some bedroom toy discussions, and a deep dive into how neurodivergent women like her and Abbie over-explain and give away so much of their lives, then face clapback from people online and in the media for doing so. You can hear Part 2 straight after this in our Sealed Section, on our premium service Emsolation Extra. Sign up now to start listening or watching at emsolation.supercast.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's the episode that die hard Emsolators have clearly been waiting on, because after we put out the call for questions, we received almost 100 of them in less than 24 hours. Ahead of her sold out show at the Palais this Friday, Em is on throat rest so Michael Lucas steps into the hosting chair with his husband Adrian so they can answer all your relationship questions. First though there's breaking Lady Gaga news, along with a very intriguing conspiracy theory to be floated as well from our Seahorse of Hope, Michael. Then it's on to SOME of the nearly 100 questions you were all dying to get answers to. Together Michael and Adrian will answer everything from what have they both learnt from Em and Scott's marriage, through to their first impressions of each other's mums. We also find out their ideal place to live, would they ever work together creatively, who proposed and how did it happen? They even attempt to give advice for straight couples and Adrian reveals what it's like to be married to Em as well as Michael. It's everything you never knew you needed and then some, it's also quite possibly the gayest episode we've ever delivered, so pretty much standard right? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Whilst Em and Michael probably wanted to be very demure and very mindful during this episode, we kind of kiss that notion bye bye almost immediately because Em hasn't even gotten a chance to have her Brat summer yet! The fact that Em's very sick and it feels like her entire body is in revolt right now probably doesn't help things much either. Naturally we've got a full recap of the Logies, from Michael's experience of being there and discovering a brand new calling, through to Em's experience of watching it after completing three back to back performances of her Outgrown tour across the weekend. We also get a rundown of the highlights from those shows, then it's onto another prediction from the Magical Unicorn of Death coming true with the announcement that J'lo and Ben Affleck are divorcing. There's a side quest into Katy Perry being an environmental terrorist, and Trump using AI generated satirical posts to claim Taylor Swift and the Swifties are endorsing him for President. After that Em and Michael are keen to reveal all their favourite moments from the Democratic Convention which is happening in Chicago this week. We get their predictions for which celebs will be next to step up and endorse Kamala, plus we also get a very special performance from Michael and Em has even more reasons to gush about Chappell Roan again too. Then in our Sealed Section, on our premium service Emsolation Extra, Em has a special post that her hubby Scott wrote about her to share, and they ‘Okay, Stop!' the trailer for a new doco about monkey obsessed mums called ‘Chimp Crazy', which is the new series from the creator of the Tiger King doco. Sign up now to start listening or watching the Sealed Section at emsolation.supercast.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We begin this episode reminding you to vote for Michael's nominees from ‘The Newsreader' in the Logie Awards and of course Em's bestie Julia Morris, who's NEVER won a Logie! Then we need to talk about someone announcing their upcoming Arena Spectacular, it's Em, she's taking over MC (Mariah Carey) Arena, Saturday December 7, to deliver ‘Outgrown the Arena Spectacular', with side quests on Chappell Roan and Kesha thrown in. Speaking of Arenas, we follow that with the news that Celine clapped back at Donald Trump with a sassy statement after he used ‘My Heart Will Go On' at one of his rallies. We also need to delve into the bizarre revelation that US Presidential candidate RFK Jr dumped a dead bear cub in Central Park back in 2014, because why wouldn't he do something like that? After that we're keen to talk about the trainwreck of a PR campaign happening for the new movie based on the beloved #BookTok book ‘It Ends With Us'. There's a LOT to unpack involving the movie's star Blake Lively, costar and director Justin Baldoni and even Blake's husband Ryan Reynolds and his ‘Deadpool & Wolverine' co-star Hugh Jackman. Finally we need to talk through some of our fave moments from the Closing Ceremony in Paris as well as doing an ‘Okay, Stop!' on that very unique appearance from Tom Cruise. Then in our Sealed Section, on our premium service Emsolation Extra, Em and Michael talk about Rachael Gunn, aka Raygun's performance during the breakdancing competition at the Games. Sign up now to start listening or watching the Sealed Section at emsolation.supercast.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

He's one of Em's closest friends and he's back to talk us through his upcoming tour ‘Rob Mills Performs the Songs of Bon Jovi', celebrating 40 years of Bon Jovi. The fact that it just happens to be on at exactly the same time as Em's Outgrown tour needs discussion, so does the fact that when Rob told Em he was doing this tour, her response was “WHY?”. There's also chat around Rob's need for Em to take him clothes shopping, his new moustache, whether he will be revealing his hairless bod on stage and the damage ‘Wicked' has taken on his leg hair. We also dive into comparing both of their shows, what is the Bon Jovi setlist Rob will perform on tour and why Rob needs to update his website address. Plus we talk airline nightmares, how Em played a key role in Rob auditioning for ‘& Juliet' after he expressed zero interest in being a part of it and how much he misses it now that it has wrapped up. Finally promises are made to Em that Rob and his girlfriend Georgie aren't planning on eloping when they head off overseas later this year. Get tickets and more details at robmills.net.au. Then in our Sealed Section, on our premium service Emsolation Extra, Em is joined by pod producer Ben to talk Menopausia and the rest of the ‘Outgrown' set going missing, and the season finale of ‘House of the Dragon'. Sign up now to start listening or watching the Sealed Section at emsolation.supercast.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We open with another round of updates from behind the scenes of Em's Outgrown tour, from more mind blowing reviews, to meeting the owner of our most vomit inducing ‘AMA' in Adelaide, all the way to becoming Sarah Connor and seeing a former Idol while performing in WA. Then we move onto all of the unhinged stuff that's continuing to be offered up by US Politics, from VP nominee JD Vance attacking cat owners and not denying the rumours that he is a humper of couches. To the terrible execution of the advert announcing that the Obama's are endorsing Kamala Harris for President. There's also more potential Vice President running mate chat, and even some questions around who Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce might put their support behind if at all. Finally there's just enough time for some Paris Games chat as Elio is officially getting to experience his very first one. So far, in an effort to make sure he's not just consuming toxic bro gamer content, Em has introduced him to all the different female sports, and the men's synchronised diving, so job well done. That then leads us to our Sealed Section, on our premium service Emsolation Extra, where Em and Michael talk the latest episode of ‘House of the Dragon' and also ‘Okay, Stop!' Celine Dion's Opening ceremony performance at the Games. Sign up now to start listening or watching the Sealed Section at emsolation.supercast.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Before we get the introduction out there's a bunch of dragon and mediaeval peen chat to deliver, then we're straight into what went down when Em took her Outgrown Tour to NSW over the weekend. It wouldn't be an Em Rusciano Live show in Sydney without there being ambulances called, this time the drama went down at Em's Thirroul show. You'll get the full explain and all of the dramatic events before and during that gig, plus how it all went when Em took the show to Sydney. Then, after a proper stretch from Michael, it's time to chat Joe Biden stepping aside and how exactly do we say Kamala's name correctly. Then it's onto all the approvals coming out after Kamala announced that she is running for President, from the Charli XCX BRAT font being adopted, to a mental side quest into Chappell Roan stepping away from the spotlight. There's the huge influx of donations to her campaign in the first 24 hours, to the new generation of voters now legally able to vote in the US, plus Nancy Pelosi and George Clooney's roles in all of this to discuss too. Then in the Sealed Section Em & Michael will ‘Okay, Stop!' Kamala and her husband Doug, appearing at their all staff meeting at Kamala's Campaign Headquarters, plus who both of them think will be chosen as Vice President. Sign up now to start listening or watching the Sealed Section at emsolation.supercast.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's the gunshot that'll change the political landscape in America, and you better believe Em has been on a hyperfixation trail all night trawling the deep dark recesses of the world wide web for as much info as she can get. That's why this episode starts with a flurry and doesn't slow down for the first half an hour, as Em and Michael talk through the assassination attempt on Donald Trump in detail. We follow that with a full rundown of the opening weekend of Em's Outgrown tour in Queensland. Michael takes on the role of interviewer to get us all the behind the scenes goss, from the struggles to get it to the stage, to the amazing reception and support the Outgrown audiences have given Em at each show. Lastly, there's a bunch of campery to close things out as Em talks us through those steamy paparazzi pics of Theo James filming a fragrance commercial in a glorious white speedo. Then there's that footage of Kylie Minogue being carried on stage by two of our favourite gay actors, Jonathan Bailey and Andrew Scott. Then in our Sealed Section, on our premium service Emsolation Extra, Em and Michael ‘Okay, Stop!' the new music video ‘Woman's World' from Katy Perry. Sign up now to start listening or watching the Sealed Section at emsolation.supercast.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We begin this episode with Michael up on his high horse (actually a chair) and delightfully high on Endone, so expect less “to be fair” and more unfiltered Lucas. It's his first episode since his hip replacement and he has updates and feedback to share, including whether or not he and Adrian have managed to throw a newly attached leg over one another or not. Then it's onto the news that the ‘Wicked' movie will be opening the same day as the brand new ‘Gladiator 2' with Pedro Pascal, Paul Mescal and Denzel Washington at the helm. Obviously Em is mad keen to see them both, but which should be first, and will Michael agree on Em's preferred order for intake? After that we need to reflect on the news that Joe Biden is pretty much triple doubling down and refusing to withdraw from the US Presidential race, while Trump has pretty much gone silent. There's also the French and UK Elections to address, both countries rejected the right wing parties and the UK's new Prime Minister, Keir Starmer has announced a record number of women into his cabinet. Finally, Em's first three shows of her ‘Outgrown' tour kick off in Queensland this week, with the very first show happening tonight in Toowoomba. There's a nasty iron infusion to discuss, a black curtain of shame to fall in love with, and a special Gold Coast guest they're not allowed to talk about, so buckle up and prepare to ride at dawn to the nearest set of headphones and get your listen on. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hollow shell of a human incoming, it's been a LOT recently so Em is coming in like Joe Biden at a Presidential debate, which we will discuss within this episode. To begin though we need to acknowledge Michael's Logie noms for ‘The Newsreader' and the blandness of the Gold Logie nominees again this year, aside from Julia Morris and Tony Armstrong of course. Then we need to talk through the utter bin fire that was the first Presidential Debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden. You can expect more predictions from the Magical Unicorn of Death, as well as a side-quest on Putin and Kim Jong-un's limo ride and airport wave offs. There's also some chat about why Michael and Adrian shouldn't have children of their own. We also need to discuss Em's family losing Scott's Dad last week, Odie having her Year 12 formal, Marchella heading overseas this weekend, Em being sick and the push to sell Outgrown tour tickets, it's all a little bit overwhelming. Then there's Michael's hip surgery being moved, the extensive medical scrub down before surgery and a deep dive into why Em is all about pyjamas and why Michael needs to get his sleeping attire sorted too. Then in our Sealed Section, on our premium service Emsolation Extra, Em and Michael have both seen the ‘I Am Celine Dion' documentary and they're ready to give their feedback and a full review. Sign up now to start listening & watching the Sealed Section at emsolation.supercast.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

They're the reviews you've never seen, recorded in 2023 but never broadcast visually, now you get to witness Em and Michael's full facial reactions as they review some of our favourite streaming moments from last year. Inside you'll get to witness them gush over that 4-part doco series on the life and career of David Beckham with ‘Beckham'. Then we get the full gobsmacked reaction to Ghost Diana appearing in the final season of the documentary ‘The Crown', which sees condemnation and ridicule from Em and a collection of to be fair's from Michael, standard. After that we focus on the soft focus that glides across the face of Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon whenever they appear in a shot on the TV series ‘Morning Wars/The Morning Show'. Plus Em offers props for the superb and steamy age appropriate sex scenes between Jen and Mad Men's Jon Hamm too. Finally, it's the reason a video version of this pod adds another level to the enjoyment, as we get to witness Em and Michael reliving their road trip to see Lady Gaga doing her jazz and piano show in Vegas. There's a full breakdown of the abundant highlights and hilarious moments from before, during and after that show. That's swiftly followed by their night with Beyonce in LA, two life changing events that are totally worth revisiting with the added visuals attached. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As previously teased, this week there's no regular Emsolation episode so that Em can focus on rehearsals for her upcoming ‘Outgrown' tour. There also wasn't meant to be one last week either, but who says NO to an emergency ep with Jemma Rix telling her glorious ‘Wicked' story? Definitely not us. This week, we're giving you a special sampler from today's episode of the Sealed Section, which is available every Thursday on our premium service, Emsolation Extra. Em and her eldest daughter Marchella decided to review the final episodes of the new season of ‘Bridgerton' and play ‘Okay, Stop!' with the trailer for Nicole Kidman and Zac Efron's new movie ‘A Family Affair'. To listen or WATCH the full Sealed Section episode, sign up now at emsolation.supercast.com. Already a subscriber, you can go to the ‘manage my subscription' section on the Supercast website to upgrade to the ‘Extra Extra' tier to watch Thursday episodes on the Supercast website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's the story musical theatre nerds have been frothing over, everyone else, not so much. Which is why Em is here to rectify that ASAP ploise! Jemma Rix is one of Australia's most loved leading ladies of musical theatre, having starred in the stage versions of ‘Frozen', ‘Ghost', ‘The Wizard of Oz', and most famously as ‘Elphaba' in ‘Wicked'. It's no secret that ‘Wicked' is Em's emotional support musical, so when she heard that Jemma had stepped on stage to fill in as ‘Elphaba' for one night last week, Em was pulling strings, calling in favours and making calls to get Jemma in to reveal the full heckers story. You see, Jemma hasn't performed the role of ‘Elphaba' for 9 years, but she somehow managed to rehearse and reacquaint herself with the role, then step on stage to perform the entire thing, with just 2 days notice! She only had a baby 9 months ago and suddenly she's centre stage with literally zero prep, HUZZAH!! It's a Herculean effort and it's a story that Em and Jemma will break down in so much detail, you'll almost believe you were actually there with Jemma while she was going through it all. So strap yourself in for the full fascinating reveal of the ultimate musical theatre ‘Good For Her' EVER!! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to Michael's petty era, he's come in raging over an article asserting that Season 3 of his hit TV series ‘The Newsreader. Rumours that the series is wrapping up because his cast don't wanna do it anymore are false, and the truth is he never planned to go beyond a third season ever. Cut to Michael calling the article's creators to have it adjusted (something Em was never able to do when fake articles about her came out) and much discussion of who cares, who's show gets better numbers, and assurances we won't be cutting anything Michael says out (which we didn't). Then it's onto the biggest mistake in Em's life, jumping in on a Craft Market stall with comedian Lizzy Hoo to sell a bunch of clothes and shoes. Em went in hard, we're talking swings tags, paper bags, classy coat hangers, clothing racks, full outfit washes and Em's mum Jenni stepping in to help organise and run the market stall too. It is a LOT and Em will never be doing it again. Finally there's the shocking news that Jennifer Lopez emailed Em to tell her that she was cancelling her ‘This Is Me…Now Live' tour, plus there's the latest attempts to prove her and Ben Affleck are still very much in love and all is fine in Bennifer land to check in on too. Plus there's much gushing when they both discuss the new doco based on the creator of The Muppets, Fraggle Rock, The Labyrinth and so much more, ‘Jim Henson Idea Man'. In our Sealed Section, on our premium service Emsolation Extra, Em and Michael ‘Okay, Stop!' the viral TikTok of comedian Georgia Godworth vox popping the one and only Baz Luhrmann, whilst having zero idea she was chatting to someone so famous. Sign up now to start listening & watching the Sealed Section at emsolation.supercast.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We open with a tease for Michael's guitar playing skills and then dive head first into recounting an incident involving Em and her hubby Scott. An incident where Scott pretty much chose violence and talked his way into inspiring Em to grab a pair of scissors and go after the wheels of his bike. After that it's onto Lady Gaga finally releasing the Chromatica concert tour video that she has since revealed was recorded while she had Covid. We naturally had to discuss the decision to perform while contagious and if she should have cancelled instead, plus there's our favourite Gaga moment to watch, discuss and breakdown. Then with Michael's Hip Hurrah Party less than 2 weeks away, there's a live performance Em and Michael need to rehearse before they deliver it on the night. Hence, you'll get to witness the early stages of that as they rehearse and sing Beyonce's ‘Daddy Lessons' with Michael on guitar strumming. Also in our Sealed Section, we ‘Okay, Stop!' the trailer for the upcoming documentary ‘I Am: Celine Dion'. Sign up now to start listening & watching at emsolation.supercast.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After questioning the level of effort Michael applies to his outfit for recording the podcast, which seems to be not very much at all, we dive into Em's review of ‘Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga'. There's some standing ovation chat around the Cannes screening of ‘Furiosa' and Demi Moore's new movie getting an 11-minute standing ovation too. Then it's onto episode 3 of Em's new podcast ‘Anomalous with Em Rusciano' which has cameos from Michael Lucas & Benjamin Wasley. There's also a divine post from an Emsolator whose partner has been raving about how listening to the podcast has helped him navigate his own diagnosis. Plus, Em reveals how prep for her ‘Outgrown' tour is going, including how she performed it to her husband Scott in their living room, even though he never asked. Finally, Em dons her investigative glasses and does a full analysis on the rumours that Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck are heading to the divorce courts. Em has all the receipts and will reveal all of her findings on if the J'Lo and Ben romance is really on the skids or not. Also in our Sealed Section, it's all about playing ‘Okay, Stop!' on that saucy carriage scene on the new season of ‘Bridgerton', plus Em is mad keen to pull an all nighter at Michael's Hip Hooray party. Sign up now to start listening & watching at emsolation.supercast.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices