Emsolation (Video)

It's the reunion we've all been waiting for since they connected and cried during the ‘Wicked' press tour. Now, with her brand new album ‘I Forgive You' finally available to download and stream, Em reunites with one of her personal heroes, the one and only Cynthia Erivo. Together they revisit the tears that somehow had the whole world crying (or weirdly in some cases seething with anger). There's also chat about Cynthia's recent Coachella performance, the elite level of her attire on the day and why the ‘Waiting to Exhale' soundtrack is the best movie soundtrack EVER! Then it's on to reviewing and discussing her new album ‘I Forgive You', which Em has had an advance copy of that she's been playing on repeat.   Naturally Em's gone deep in her analysis and review of it, MUCH to Cynthia's utter joy, so prepare to discover layers to the album you might have missed, and hear about the inspiration and difficulty of writing and recording it.   Finally Em also manages to squeeze in a quick chat about Cynthia hosting the upcoming Tony Awards and also how not ready she is to witness Cynthia and Ariana Grande take on ‘For Good' in Wicked 2, with Cynthia offering some VERY useful advice about seeing the movie.   Then in our Sealed Section, on our premium service Emsolation Extra, Em and her bestie Michael talk baby goats, Lady Gaga's Tudum appearance, new season ‘Wednesday' and ‘Hacks', plus they dive into the controversy over Patti Lupone's latest interview.   You can sign up and listen for $1.87 a week, or watch the full video via the Supercast website for $2.50 a week at emsolation.supercast.com  

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.

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.

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 first. At the time of recording, Em had only seen the first 2 episodes and she had LOTS of notes that she'd scribbled down while watching, all of them required answers. Once we get that 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, Em is keen to 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. As two women whose careers started in reality television, there's lots of chat around how others perceive them, the obsession to categorise them, how they will never be accepted by certain people in the industry, and how important their audience of supporters are to them. It's a beautiful chat between two magic brained women who are both slaying their careers in their own unique way, with lots of beautiful advice from Em to Abbie as well, so enjoy it and make sure you share it with all your best friends too.

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?

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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. 

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!!

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 Giorgia 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.

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.

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.

It would seem we've hit a teensy hurdle in the planning for Michael's Hip Hoorah Disco Cowboy themed party, he's got the Orville Peck inspired pink cowboy outfit, but as he's seeing out his crusty old hip, Michael's keen to wear a comfortable sneaker and forgo a cowboy boot. Em is having none of it, offering up a variety of alternative options, including some that don't actually exist, while Michael tries to use said hip as an excuse for a lifetime of shonky dancing. Then it's onto the news that Fleabag and All Of Us Strangers hottie Andrew Scott is about to gift us erotic audio called ‘The Queen's Guard'. After watching the teaser trailer, Em challenges Michael to take the script and give us his own version of erotic audio. Em then makes a number of character choices and delivers us versions of the same erotic script as Effie and a Southern Belle, with added options for her hubby Scott and Idris Elba too. Finally we need to talk through the new season of ‘Bridgerton', season three drops this week and Em gets her eldest daughter Chella to bring us up to speed on what's coming and why we're so excited. Also in our Sealed Section, it's all about Elizabeth Hurley and her son Damian, as Em and Michael ‘Okay, Stop!' the trailer for their debut film together ‘Strictly Confidential'. Sign up now to start listening & watching at emsolation.supercast.com.

Yaas, Em's new podcast ‘Anomalous with Em Rusciano' is out and it's being received exactly as Em hoped it would be, with much accolades, appreciation and divine voice notes and reviews. Michael is due to have hip replacement surgery soon, so to see out his crusty old hip joints, he's throwing himself a blow out dance party/celebration with the theme ‘Disco Cowboy'. Naturally Em has already been invited, and within hours of receiving said invite had sourced and ordered her entire themed outfit for the night too, so there's much to discuss. Then it's onto Em and Michael's review of the new Anne Hathaway film ‘The Idea Of You' which hasn't really lived up to the expectations that the teaser trailer gave them. Finally, Madonna has wrapped up her world tour by performing to 1.6 million people in Rio and Em and Michael are feeling all of the feels having not been there to witness it. There's what was happening while they watched dodgy feeds of the show to cover off, a full rundown of all of their favourite parts, and even a discussion about HR and how Madonna and her dancers navigate all of the snogging and crotch and breast grabbing they are required to do. So pop a hip to the joyous strains of Em and Michael talking party costume prep, lacklustre romcoms and Mother serving it to the masses on stage, huzzah!!

It's a return to our favourite combo, another mother daughter episode as Em's eldest Marchella steps in for Michael Lucas. We begin with Chella disowning her own father's last name and an explain on why she has a deeper voice than Em. Then Em reveals she gave in and watched the entire series of ‘Baby Reindeer' and she is NOT OKAY! After being told in our previous episode by Michael and Chella to avoid it at all costs, Em decided they're not the boss of her, dove right in and then promptly nearly drowned in all of the things.   (TRIGGER WARNING - Discussion of sexual assault, stalking & abuse) Inside you'll get a full breakdown on what to expect, why you should probably avoid it and also a bunch of spoilers, if you'd prefer to skip ahead, then you need to jump from 9.43 to 20.35 to escape any reveals.   We follow that with the palate cleanser of Em and Chella's latest obsession ‘Sullivan's Crossing', from playing ‘Okay, Stop!' with the show's trailer, to giving us a full exposé on why it's terrible, but also essential viewing. Em even gets Chella to reveal why she watches ‘Gilmore Girls' on repeat and play a clip from a birthday cameo she got from Scott Patterson, aka Luke Danes, as well.   Also in our Sealed Section, Em has become addicted to a particular Fleetwood Mac song and its accompanying live performance, plus Disney is releasing a Mufasa origin story and Em has a LOT to say about it. Sign up now to start listening & watching at emsolation.supercast.com.

Your commitment to a theme dress for Em's ‘Outgrown' tour, and a round of singing old school TV themes gets us underway this week. Then there's Royal orgy news from Rebel Wilson, which gets interrupted with side-quests into Em's mum Jenni and her latest spending spree involving a giant tree, a crane and her iPad, plus bat tennis and an ‘It's A Knockout' rejection, before Em loses interest. We then delve into the TV series everyone is telling Em to watch, but she also probably needs to avoid, called ‘Baby Reindeer'. Michael and Chella have thoughts but will Em ever really commit to even watching the show. After that we need to move onto the fact that Taylor Swift dropped ‘The Tortured Poets Department' last Friday, surprising everyone with a double album drop. Will Michael drop some truth bombs, is Em willing to say what she really thinks, and will we have enough time to side-quest into David Beckham doing the utmost to serve us quality content from Victoria's 50th birthday? The answer to all of that is a resounding YES! Also in our Sealed Section, we'll get our inhouse Swiftie and cameraman James to share his thoughts, plus professional Swiftie and Emsolator Kassy joins us on the phone and we've collected reactions from other Emsolation Swifties too. Sign up now to start listening at emsolation.supercast.com.

We begin by revisiting Em and Michael's teenage hotmail addresses, their lack of flirting skills and how much they were actual virgins in their early days. We even get a bonus retelling of Em's fave story about Michael's most tragic love rejection. Then Em gets Michael to give us an update on his Mum's journey into herbal remedies, which turns out to be a little bit of a letdown. We also get a full rundown of Em's upcoming tour ‘Outgrown', once Michael works out the most flawless way to introduce it. That's followed by the news that the first weekend of Coachella has happened and there's much to reflect, from Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift cutting a rug while surrounded by security, to Doja Cat's mind blowing stage performance with all the extra hair. Finally we get Em's mum on the phone so that Jenni can give us a full rundown of her failed attempt to be added to someone's jury and dish out some just punishment that doesn't involve spell books and office bin fires, bless.

To get things happening this week, Michael gets the intro right, then there's updates from Mum land, with news that Em's Mum could end up being a juror on a court case and Michael's Mum is ready to start her journey into the wonderful world of medicinal herbal drops for the aches and pains in her skeleton. After that Em is campaigning for everyone to leave JoJo Siwa alone, first though she'll have to introduce JoJo to Michael, and anyone else who's not across her background and history. Once we're all onboard with that info, then Em and Michael will play ‘Okay, Stop!' with the video for her new song ‘Karma' that's launching her adult pop music career. Finally, we got a letter via Emsolation Extra's Ask Me Anything during the week from Emsolator Bianca, it was FULL of red flags. So, Em is giving up her seat so her eldest daughter Marchella can be on camera while Em reads the letter to her and Michael, so you'll get ALL of their facial expressions throughout. To hear what they actually think though, you'll need to listen to our Sealed Section on our premium service Emsolation Extra, where they'll also talk about the upcoming John Peter Farnham memoir and Em's discovery of a Beyoncé tribute magazine at the supermarket. Sign up now to start listening at emsolation.supercast.com.

We start with the fact Em has a cold sore, but we're not actually allowed to acknowledge it, or look at it, we also have issues with the use of the word ‘awareness' instead of ‘acceptance' in the labelling of ‘Autism Awareness Day'. There's a negative Airbnb review to reflect, then we get into Elio's Easter origin and Easter bunny questions, and his issues with his Easter Egg Hunt, plus Michael reveals his Mum's bleak easter traditions too. After that we get the full debrief on how Em, Michael and Marchella approached their consuming of ‘Renaissance: Part II” with ‘Cowboy Carter' from Beyoncé. Naturally that also means they'll talk through their favourite tracks, make hot tips on what's next touring wise, favourite cameos, country music facts and how the CMA's will deal with it all come award season again. Finally, there's the latest romantic comedy for Netflix from Lindsay Lohan called ‘Irish Wish' for them to review. It appears that no actual Irish people were harmed, or even featured in the movie, but it does come with a mystical Wish Bish and a lot of other whack features you're sure to enjoy. Then in our Sealed Section, on our premium service Emsolation Extra, Em, Michael and Marchella do a full track by track review of Beyoncé's ‘Cowboy Carter' from beginning to end, although their interest wanes near the end, because...27 tracks to cover off.Sign up now to start listening at emsolation.supercast.com.

We open with the news Kate Middleton is having treatment for cancer and how Em was right in her assumptions that we shouldn't be speculating about BBL's and the like. Especially when a woman is undergoing a medical treatment that we don't have all the information on. Sending WTF thoughts to the Palace PR team and speculating on Kate's marriage to Prince William though, still falls into an open season situation. Then we pivot into an update on Em and Vincie's Friday inside the Mercedes AMG tent at the F1 Grand Prix, with a side quest into female F1 drivers and why Vincie doesn't trust optometrists anymore. Em and her daughters went to a family friend's 21st birthday where they witnessed some truly awful DJ work, which inspired Michael to reveal he's wrapped on Season 3 of ‘The Newsreader' and spent the weekend DJ-ing the wrap up party too. Then it's back to Sunday at the F1, with a side of airport lounge downgrades thrown in. Finally, Beyoncé is due to drop her country music album this weekend, which side quests on Em's rogue Instagram posts, Emsolators commentating on Beyoncé's singing ability, and more sing-ger, vocalist, entertainers and singers chat too. Plus, in our Sealed Section, on our premium service Emsolation Extra, Em and Michael talk about Rebel Wilson naming Sasha Baron Cohen as the celeb trying to stop her publishing her memoir, something that REALLY connected with Em. Sign up now to start listening at emsolation.supercast.com.

It's the SMS that brought much delight to Em, Michael got rear ended by a van on his way to work, and sent an “I've been epically rear ended” message to alert Em to that fact. You'll hear all about it as we start the pod, with a side quest on Beyoncé being a capitalist by name dropping brands in her songs. Then it's onto Em's newest obsession, Guy Richie's new Netflix TV series ‘The Gentlemen', which is light years better than the bad accents we get in his original movie version of ‘The Gentlemen'. Somehow that spins off into Em regaling us with all the saucy hookups she witnessed happening between the gay men at her local swimming pool, with added recollections from Michael. There's the upcoming Anne Hathaway movie ‘The Idea Of You' to get excited about, plus props for Emma Thompson's ‘Good Luck To You, Leo Grande'. We also get mental side quests on sing-gers and Kylie and Madonna on stage together and separating an artist's problematic history from their art. Then in the Sealed Section, on our premium service Emsolation Extra, Em and Michael update their thoughts and feels on the Kate Middleton situation, talk Oprah's upcoming weight loss doco and there's even more F1 frothing to deliver. Sign up now to start listening at emsolation.supercast.com.

This week Michael Lucas is away filming his final scenes for Season 3 of his multi-award winning TV series ‘The Newsreader', so stepping in to replace him is Em's eldest daughter Marchella. Together they'll talk through their fave moments from the 2024 Oscar Awards, covering everything from Jimmy Kimmel's monologue to John Cena's guttering, Ryan Gosling's ‘I'm Just Ken' performance, plus Jonathan Glazer's speech, Emma Stone, Ariana Grande, Al Pacino, Mark Ruffalo, Lily Gladstone and a bunch of other stuff too. Then it's onto Em's night out at a local Drag Show with her daughters, where Odie managed to bring all the chaos on stage, while the audience around them offered up some very unique chaos of their own. Finally we need to revisit Em's emotional support musical ‘Wicked'. On the weekend Em and Chella attended the show AGAIN and they have a bunch of very specific feedback for the audience, as well as mad props for the amazing cast. We also get a taster of today's Sealed Section from our premium service Emsolation Extra. Em and Chella talk through all the planning and the eventual last minute cancelling of Chella's decision to attend Pitch. Why did Chella decide to attend an electronic music festival in the bush, when she doesn't like electronic music, or festivals, or camping, or dust? All the hilarious answers are within our Sealed Section, sign up now to start listening at emsolation.supercast.com

Before we even get an intro out we drop chats about Em's new glasses, Jennifer Saunders not recognising her own Ab Fab daughter, Saffy, aka Julia Sawalha on The Masked Singer, and a side quest about the TV series ‘Press Gang'. Once the intro is done, it's onto Em's love language, F1. Michael just has to endure it, safe to say his facial expressions express his interest throughout. Then it's onto the drama inside Miley Cyrus' family, with Billy Ray now married to a woman who auditioned for Hannah Montana 14 years ago and is 28 years his junior, and her mum Tish marrying her sister Noah's ex-boyfriend, it's giving messy. We pivot to Miley's new song ‘Doctor (Work It Out)' and Katy Perry's career demise, then into our respect for Rihanna giving the bare minimum of a performance at a Billionaire's wedding over the weekend. We tease our Emsolation Extra Sealed Section episode on Kate Middleton's disappearance and Em's theory that Camilla is pulling a ‘Saltburn'. Then it's into vacuum cleaner talk and why Em won't let her husband Scott use their new carpet sucker, with a side quest inspired by Em's Mum calling while we record, an update on Italy's new DNA solution to rogue dog poop, and some bag of lollies chat.

Your introduction to this episode covers everything from American Idol shock eliminations, to Elio discovering the delights of mooning and Michael Lucas sharing his name with a gay pornstar, so chefs kiss for all of that. Then we deep dive into Em's spoiler free review of ‘Dune: Part 2'. Expect much giant worm chat and everything else in between, from who was giving act-TOR on the IMAX screen, to if Austin Butler brought Elvis along for the ride. Michael then goes against type by turning up with content, and it's the kind of content we live for. Yes, it is about J'Lo's movie musical ‘This Is Me…Now: A Love Story' and yes we were shook and utterly delighted by every detail. There's also Scott Morrison's farewell speech, and the continuing train wreck of Donald Trump's campaigning to touch on, before we pick and choose our favourite bits of the SAG Awards. However if you're keen to hear Em and Michael ‘Okay, Stop!' Barbra Streisand's lifetime achievement acceptance speech, you'll need to head to our premium service Emsolation Extra. Finally there's Em's upcoming birthday and some Mardi Gras chat to see us out. Get BONUS eps & other perks with Emsolation Extra https://emsolation.supercast.com/

Did somebody say gimme all the divas, because we're at capacity when it comes to the ladies of pop bringing their main character energy to the pod this week. We start with a full recap of the first weekend of Taylor Swift's Era's Tour in Australia. Seems some people aren't feeling the love and are trying to kill the joy that Swifties have been exhibiting and we are having none of that. Then it's onto the internet being super supportive of the return of Mariah Carey's whistle tone, as displayed on her new duet of ‘Thank U, Next' wth Ariana Grande. We're fully here for it, but we also think that Ariana might be doing more of the vocal heavy lifting than you'd expect. Finally, Em and Michael spent their Sunday watching J'Lo's new movie ‘This Is Me…Now: A Love Story' together and they have MUCH to discuss. They also follow that up by sitting down to ‘Okay, Stop!' the trailer for Jen's upcoming documentary ‘Greatest Love Story Never Told', which details the making of her self financed musical opus. It's safe to say that we're more excited for that, than we were for the movie it apparently documents.

This week all of pop culture decided to unleash all of its everything, all at once and none of us are coping very well. So after admitting to being untethered and unmedicated, Em takes us through a recap of their trip to the Gold Coast for the AACTA Awards, where Michael picked up another award, and Em realised she probably didn't even need to be there, more on that inside. We follow that up with Beyonce deciding to drop Act 2 of her Renaissance offering's, right after Usher's Football concert at the Super Bowl, because Beyonce can do whatever she likes mmmkay. There's so much to discuss, we start with Usher's efforts centre stage, but then quickly pivot to Beyonce, with a side quest into playing ‘Okay, Stop!' with the trailer for the upcoming movie of the Broadway musical ‘Wicked'. There's much more Beyonce discussion to follow, with cameos from Tina Knowles, Meryl Streep, Jay Z and even some “will Travis Kelce be in Australia with Taylor Swift” chat too. Then there's Em's B.O.G. from Fashion Critical, props for Lara from Zhivago for the dress and a delightful discussion about Michelle Lim Davidson to see us out. We also give you a sneaky peek of our Sealed Section after the credits, where Em and Michael talk through J'Lo's much anticipated film ‘This Is Me…Now: A Love Story' exclusively for our premium service, Emsolation Extra.

Get your clacker out (this will make sense when you listen) and get ready for another side-quest riddled edition of the pod. To begin with we need to cover off Em's apparently excellent skin, for her age, how very DARE THEY! Then it's on to the upcoming AACTA Awards where Em and Michael are both nominated for awards, huzzah! We've got outfits to tease, shoes that probably won't arrive, and a pre-awards ceremony info sheet that is giving all of the facts a spicy brained nominee could dream of, bless. Then it's onto the Grammy Award rundown no one asked for, where we talk everything from Trevor Noah's brilliant hosting to Miley Cyrus on stage with Mariah Carey, plus Taylor Swift snubbing Celine Dion, Jay Z dropping truth bombs with Blue Ivy and so much more. There's also a feast of mental side-quests about Season 2 of ‘The Gilded Age', Olivia Rodrigo's ‘Vampire', Taylor's new album announcement and a bunch of other stuff we can't even remember right now. Finally, it's onto the full rundown of the argy-bargy currently happening between Britney Spears and her ex, Justin Timberlake, including the rumours JT is about to do a sit down tell all with Oprah Winfrey, oooh err and other clutching of pearls, so have at it lovelies.

Huzzah we are BACK for 2024 and now we come with the added bonus of visuals too. Yes, you can finally watch Em and Michael in living, breathing, colour on selected podcast apps, which at this stage covers Apple and Spotify. Naturally it still works if you just want to keep listening, or maybe do BOTH! This episode kicks off with a quick catchup and the reveal of a brand-new button for Em's soundboard, then it's onto why the Oscars didn't really snub ‘Barbie' and Margot Robbie and Greta Gerwig haven't really been robbed. Then it's onto Biden versus Trump in the upcoming US election, would Dwayne ‘The Rock' Johnson cancel out Donald if he chose to run. We've also got side quests into Zak Efron and Brad Pitt's faces before we check in on Taylor Swift's availability to attend the NRL Super Bowl now that her man Travis Kelce is in the finals. The MCG is in panic mode over the influx of Swifties they're about to experience for her ‘Eras Tour'. Finally, inspired by die-hard Swiftie Bilal's World Record for naming Taylor's songs from the words of the opening verse ONLY, Em tests Michael's ability to name Madonna songs using just the opening verses. How many can he get in one minute? The result surprised even us, so strap in, get your listening parts primed and give us a viewing with your eyes too, for even more Emsolation goodness.