Meshel Laurie's Nitty Gritty Committee

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2024 is going to be a HUGE year and we would love you to come and be a part of the "Can We Be Real?" community. Search "Can We Be Real? on all major podcasts platforms. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Introducing "Can We Be Real?" - a new podcast that delves deep into the realm of authenticity and vulnerability. Join us as we encourage our listeners to share their most intimate secrets, creating an atmosphere of connection and openness.In this episode, we're thrilled to unveil some of our favourite secrets shared by our incredible listeners. Prepare to be moved, entertained, and inspired as we explore the depths of human emotions and experiences.Simply search for "Can We Be Real?" on your favourite podcast app. Make sure to hit that subscribe and follow button, so you never miss an episode.Tune in every Tuesday for the latest episodes as we bring you authentic stories that will leave you pondering long after the episode ends. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mark Bouris recently had Meshel on his podcast called Straight Talk so we have dropped it in the feed for you today.Make sure you come and join my new podcast "Can We Be Real?" with new episodes out every Tuesday. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I've launched a brand new podcast and I would love you to come over and check it out.It's called "Can We Be Real?" and you will find on this podcast app... Just search "Can We Be Real?" and join me every Tuesday.Recently I was interview on Jess Rowes podcast and I really enjoyed the chat so I'm dropping it in here for you today.Enjoy and make sure you come and join the "Can We Be Real?" community.Would love your support. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hi friend. Here's a new show I thought Nitty Gritty listeners might like. It's called Calm ya Farm. It’s a short drop of practical wisdom from unlikely gurus. This one is Home and Away’s Irene!More calming ideas at our website.Thank you to Uncle Jack Charles for the Acknowledgement of Country.How do YOU #CalmYaFarm? Leave us a voice message via our Speakpipe! It's free! And we'll share our favourites in upcoming podcasts / newsletters. Record your message here. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

October Astrology with Maggie Kerr. You can connect with her here. https://www.universalastrology.com.au/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Paul Verhoeven, author of Loose Units is back with a second book about his father John’s time in NSW police and it’s another fantastic, action-packed and funny read. There’s a deeper, darker side this time too, as the Verhoeven’s confront the brutal bullying Paul suffered during his childhood and the decisions his parents made around dealing with it. This is an intriguing conversation about father son dynamics. Thanks to Paul Verhoeven & John Verhoeven, and Professor Stephen Cordner.If you or someone you know is being bullied, contact The Bully Project.Listen to my other interview with Paul and John on Australian True Crime here.Listen to Paul and John's podcast Loose Units here or on your favourite podcast app.If you'd like to purchase Electric Blue by Paul Verhoeven you can find it here. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Everyone needs a magical friend like Constance Hall. https://www.facebook.com/mrsconstancehall/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Melbourne is losing more Aged Care residents due to COVID-19 than almost any other city in the world and Aged Care workers are copping a lot of the blame. Julie is passionate about her career and has some things to tell us. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

She was the brightest star on Australian television in 1990 and literally everything I wanted to be. We need to talk about what happened to Tania Lacy.http://tanialacy.com/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Maggie Kerr returns to Nitty Gritty this week to give us an astrological update.Your host is Meshel LaurieWith thanks to guest Maggie Kerr https://www.universalastrology.com.au/Like us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/Podcast/The-Nitty-Gritty-Committee-with-Meshel-Laurie-782980195220726/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

South African/New Zealand comedian Urzila Carlson is in quarantine in a hotel in Sydney because she’s replacing Lindsay Lohan as a judge on Australia’s Masked Singer.She might be the perfect woman for our times.https://www.facebook.com/UrzilaCarlsonComedian/Urzila’s 2nd Netflix special, Overqualified Loser is available now on Netflix. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Lisa Westgate is a life coach. Meshel Laurie is in Covid lockdown again and in desperate need of some coaching! How about you?https://lisawestgate.com/#:~:text=Lisa%20Westgate%20has%20outgrown%20PTSD,positive%20Impact%20on%20the%20world.&text=After%20a%20decade%20as%20a,roof%20when%20the%20toaster%20popped. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Maggie Kerr is an astrologer of over 30 years’ experience. She says everything that’s happening right now is just down to patterns and it’s all linked to things that’ have happened before.Today, Maggie’s telling us what patterns are playing out right now and in our immediate future.Show notes for Episode 721:Your hosts is Meshel LaurieWith thanks to guest Maggie Kerr https://www.universalastrology.com.au/Like us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/Podcast/The-Nitty-Gritty-Committee-with-Meshel-Laurie-782980195220726/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week on Welcome To Hell, we’re sharing part 2 of our chat with comedian, actress and writer Rachel Berger. We talk about the role of women as nurturers, how Rachel's parent's survival story helped her through isolation, and buddhism.This is the last episode of Welcome To Hell. Thank you for listening and joining Nelly and Meshel every week in isolation.Tune in again soon for season five of Meshel Laurie's Nitty Gritty Committee as we return to telling stories of the guts and glory of life. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week on Welcome To Hell, Meshel and Nelly are joined by comedian, actress and writer Rachel Berger. This is part one of our chat, because there was just too much to fit into one episode! We chat about what it’s like to be a female comedian, why Meshel wants to be like her father and how Rachel’s career success in the early days was a result of sacrifice. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Nelly and Meshel loved him well before he was Mick on Offspring, and they love him still now.Our guest in Hell this week is Eddie Perfect, and we talk about what it was like for Eddie to move back to Australia from New York in the early days of the pandemic, the future of the arts industry in Australia and flu vaccines. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

You won’t believe it but that beautiful swearing cooking guy everyone sends you links to, Nat’s What I Reckon has joined us in Hell! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Are you wondering how L.A. lockdown is going? Or how brilliant comedians do gigs on zoom? Well we have those answers from our very flash guest, American comedian Jackie Kashian! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Nelly remembered another friend of ours who’s very useful. Fahey Younger who used to be a famously weird comedian in a duo called Miss Itchy, now she’s a secretly weird real estate advocate. She has lots a words of comfort and good advice for renters and mortgage payers alike. So many kinds of Hell. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We’re back in homeschooling hell at our place, so I’m sharing my office with my two kids, which might be why Nelly Thomas brought us a real live psychiatrist!He’s not even just a psychiatrist, he is many, many things. His name is Steve Ellen, but we can call him Professor Steve Ellen if we want to. You might’ve seen him on TV or heard him on the radio or bought his excellent book called Mental, which he wrote with comedian Catherine Deveney. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The Scummy Mummies are comedy duo Ellie Gibson and Helen Thorn. They’re based in London, but Helen’s quite Australian, and she joined Nelly and I to tell us how her lockdown’s going, given that she’s been at it about a month longer than us.She’s also got an extra degree of difficulty, in the form of a little relationship fracas that happened at the worst possible moment.Nelly and I will be having Friday night drinks from 6pm live on youtube, again this week, on the Australian True crime podcast channel, and this week we’ll be joined by a registered psychiatrist. That was Nelly’s idea.Is it an intervention?Don’t know, you’ll have to join us to see.Check out the Scummy Mummies on Facebook See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We caught up with Yvie Jones from Gogglebox and I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here for a YouTube Livestream on Friday night. Here are some highlights.We’ll be doing it again this Friday from 6pm and we’d love you to join us on the Australian True Crime Podcast YouTube channel. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Home schooling is way harder than school schooling. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Locked even further down, whether you're into it or not. Why can't Australian's socially distance? Are bottle shops essential services? How shit is it to work in a supermarket? What's that bastard Kevin done now? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Meshel Laurie is locked in her house with her children and her mother. Nelly Thomas has been home schooling for ages and no one cared until now. Hell is other people, and we could be locked inside with them for a very, very long time. Let's virtually hang out, and at some point secretly drink in the shed. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Joanna Nilson became a political scandal when her old Facebook posts were sent to the media while she was standing for the Greens in the Victorian State election. When and what can we forgive and forget? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Daily Telegraph journalist Sharri Markson won the 2018 Kennedy Prize for Journalist of the Year her story exposing the Barnaby Joyce affair. The only problem is that the entire story had already been published by David Donovan at Independent Australia, months before. We speak to David about this and the other massive stories he's broken online, his independence enabling him to print the entire truth. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Netflix greatest villain Ken Kratz confesses all of his sins, and then lays out, once again, a very compelling case against Steven Avery and Brendan Dassey. He also has some interesting new questions for the makers of Making a Murderer. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

I've never paid much attention to reality tv stars or to social media influencers, but there's always been something about Tully Smythe, aka Instagram's @tee_smythe, that I've found compelling. There's always seemed to be a depth there, but I never knew why. Now I do. Tully was 15 and the eldest of 3 kids when her mother was diagnosed with dementia. To this day, the family employs various strategies to cope with the disease. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A couple of weeks ago my sister Sherri said to me, "I reckon my friend Lynne would be a good nitty gritty. She’s in a wheel chair, and she’s very prepared to tell the story of how she ended up in it." Quite simply, I dare you to hear this story and not feel like a complete wimp by the time it’s over. The thing about Lynne though, is that she’s obviously been a bad arse since the day she was born. This ep features beautiful traditional Tibetan music from my friend Tenzin Choegyel and there's lots of his music on Itunes. ​ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The creator and star of Please Like Me, Josh Thomas ruminates on everything from ADD medication to moving his dog to America and his fears for the outcome of the stupid Same Sex Marriage survey. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Paul Weeks was one of the 227 passengers onboard MH370 when it disappeared. Danica weeks is his wife, and she talks about her life before and since the mystery began. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Sri Lankan/Australian comedian Dilruk is living his dream, making people laugh and working with his idols. He's found the key to maintaining gratitude, but like many of us, he has a few personal obstacles he struggles to overcome. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We're back! After a long break to focus on my other podcast, Australian True Crime, it's time to have some interesting conversations about other things, and what a place to start - suburban ghost busting with the big, beautiful, brash personality that is Jody Turner. Be warned, Jody's ghost hunting requires a lot of swearing! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

What happens at the end of life when cancer finally catches up? For Julia Watson there was a wonderful feeling of being overwhelmed with love. Humanitarian, mature age student, published author, mother and wife Julia passed away on Sunday 18th December 2016. In January of 2015 she was given 6 to 9 months to live, which she managed to stretch out into almost two joy-filled years. Listen to Meshel Laurie speak to Julia from her bedside in a touching conversation about life, love and family, then hear again their first talk about Julia's book Breakfast, School Run, Chemo, and how cancer shaped her identity. Show notesOur thoughts go out to Julia's family. You can find her blog here.And to donate to the family fund go to:  https://www.gofundme.com/julia-watson-family-fundLeave comments on Meshel's facebook page.And her twitter is here.Please leave a review and a rating for this show in itunes. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Let’s talk about the very thing we like to talk about the least. From why we need to teach our kids about it, to what makes a nice death and what happens in your final days. Through conversations with a palliative care nurse who has seen many a last breath and has some eerie ghost stories to share, and a woman who runs ‘death cafés’, Meshel Laurie explores the guts and glory of death. We can’t avoid it (despite our best efforts) so let’s talk about it.Show notesWith thanks to Jenni from The Wellcare Program and Kerri Noonan from The Groundswell Project.Leave comments on Meshel's facebook page.And her twitter is here.Please leave a review and a rating for this show in itunes. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Trigger warning: this podcast discusses sexual abuse, mental illness and suicide.From the age of 11, Manny Waks was groomed for sex. The Jewish activist was brought up in an Orthodox-Jewish community and routinely abused. When he was 17, Manny became a whistle-blower on childhood sexual abuse in the Orthodox Jewish community. He speaks to Meshel about the effects of his pursuit for justice on his family, plus his exile from Australia and his struggle to keep fighting through the depression.If this podcast brings up issues for you around sexual or emotional abuse, please call Bravehearts on 1800 272 831. If you are concerned about the welfare of a child you can get advice from The Child Abuse Prevention hotline on 1800 688 009 or call The Child Abuse Report Line on: 131 478 (Open 24 hours). You can also call Lifeline on 13 11 14.Manny Waks is Jewish community leader and activist, and the author of Who Gave You Permission? Hear more from Manny on his blog. Leave comments on Meshel's facebook pageAnd her twitter is herePlease leave a review and a rating for this show in itunes. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Last time we heard from Luke Williams, he was talking about that time he moved in with junkies to research addiction to crystal meth. Now he's back with Meshel for Part Two, to talk about his experiences with and as a money boy in Pattaya Thailand, the sex capital of the world, and how he started having sex for money when he was completing his law degree in Melbourne.Luke Williams is a freelance journalist and author of The Ice Age: a journey into crystal meth addiction. Leave comments on Meshel's facebook pageAnd her twitter is herePlease leave a review and a rating for this show in itunes. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Twenty years on, the case of JonBenet Ramsey's murder remains unsolved. Her mother, Patsy, died in 2006. Now John Ramsey, and his son Burke, are possibly the only two people alive who know what happened to this 6-year old. My interview with John Ramsey goes deep. Into the night when it all unfolded. Into his memories of Jon-Benet as a normal little girl.  To memories of Patsy, and how this mother, and wife, ever managed to move on with her life. How he has no doubt in his mind that there was a killer in their house that night, but it wasn't her brother Burke. It's a fascinating insight into a man, who 20 years on is still coping with the world's ongoing obsession with his families tragedy.Leave comments on my facebook pageAnd my twitter is herePlease leave a review and a rating for this show in itunes so more people can know about it. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

When Luke Williams moved in with junkies to research addiction to crystal meth, he had no idea it would go so wrong. He became an addict himself, and his story became one of psychosis, delusions of grandeur, and murderous plots. From the true frontline of the crystal meth epidemic, Luke Williams shares stories from the throes of addiction and his attempts to reconstruct reality. This is part one of the interview with Luke. Look out for part two, which delves into Luke’s experience in Pattaya Thailand, the sex capital of the world.Luke Williams is a freelance journalist and author of The Ice Age: a journey into crystal meth addiction. Leave comments on Meshel's facebook pageAnd her twitter is herePlease leave a review and a rating for this show in itunes. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

What makes a murderer? Ask Emily Webb. The true crime writer has been fascinated with murder since she was a kid, and now, she spends her days inside libraries, researching the stories of missing persons and strange deaths. From the woman who chopped her husband's head off and cooked it in a pot, to a nurse whose shift was dubbed "the death shift", she's written for years about the chilling dark heart of Australia. We delve deep into the stories that shocked a nation, the still unsolved murders in quiet Aussie suburbs, and how true crime can sometimes be stranger than fiction.Buy her books, Murder in Suburbia, Suburban Nightmare and Angels of Death here.Leave comments on Meshel's facebook pageAnd her twitter is herePlease leave a review and a rating for this show in itunes. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Atypical anorexia nervosa. Bulimia nervosa. Binge-eating disorder. Purging disorder. Night-eating syndrome.No matter what name you put on it, says Meshel Laurie, everyone with an eating disorder is fighting the same demons. They're just using different tools. On this episode of Nitty Gritty Committee, Meshel talks to a woman who battled debilitating anorexia. J was in denial until she received a call from a surgeon that made her realise: 'this is going to kill you.' Leave comments on Meshel's facebook pageAnd her twitter is herePlease leave a review and a rating for this show in itunes. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

UPDATE: Brendan Dassey, the teenage "accomplice" of convicted murderer Steven Avery has had his conviction overturned. Dassey, who was a 17-year-old with learning difficulties at the time of his imprisonment, must now be re-tried or walk free within 90 days. On the back of this news, Meshel checks in with Ken Kratz, the "villian" of the Making a Murderer documentary. Ken Kratz, the prosecutor who convinced a jury to find Steven Avery guilty of the rape and murder of Teresa Halbach. Kratz, who is now writing a book on the case, is still determined that Avery's conviction should stand. Show notes:The Nitty Gritty Committee is hosted by Meshel LaurieTell her your thoughts on her facebook page See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Have you heard of gay conversion therapy?It's the thriving industry built around the idea that you can "cure" people of their sexuality. There are hundreds of testimonials online from people who say they once were gay and are now very grateful that that is no longer the case.We don’t hear much about gay conversion therapy in Australia, but it’s definitley happening here. In fact, a friend of mine, Anthony, a comedian and producer, has his own story with gay conversion, right here in Australia...Leave comments on Meshel's facebook pageAnd her twitter is herePlease leave a review and a rating for this show in itunes. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

You might have heard of David Icke. He is a former British football player, a BBC presenter, and arguably the world's most famous conspiracy theorist. He calls himself a full time investigator into who, or what, is really controlling the world. He has written 20 books. And he has some pretty incredible theories about what is really going on in the world. Like that the moon is a hollowed-out alien space station and that Hillary Clinton is actually half reptilian. So take a deep breath. Relax. And come with me on a journey of a very curious mind. Follow David Icke on Twitter here.Leave comments on Meshel's facebook pageAnd her twitter is herePlease leave a review and a rating for this show in itunes. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

How do you find 'the one'? You can't. They don't exist, and in fact, you will inevitably marry the wrong person. But, it doesn't spell disaster. Alain de Botton, the Swiss-born, British-based philosopher, says we've been sold a lie about romance and love. He says love is a skill we need to learn; not an essence of life that just 'happens'. In this chat, we talk about what it means to love, how to love better, and question everything we believe to be true about love, romance, marriage, and fidelity. It's playful. Wise. And profound.Alain de Botton's new book is The Course Of Love, published by Penguin, and is out now.Follow Alain on Twitter @alaindebottonLeave comments on Meshel's facebook pageAnd her twitter is herePlease leave a review and a rating for this show in itunes. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Is rape ever funny? Can you ever joke about violence and abuse? Are there good rape jokes and bad rape jokes? Those are the questions Meshel Laurie wants answered, and in the process, she speaks to Ray Badran, the comedian who was at the centre of a storm about exactly that earlier this year, when a heckling incident at his comedy show went viral.  Leave comments on Meshel's facebook pageAnd her twitter is hereThanks to Ray Badran and Peter Blankeron and Rhys Nicholson. Please leave a review and a rating for this show in itunes. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This Winter, there's a group of Australians who are trying to get arrested. For Melbourne's homeless population, living on the street can be so brutal at this time of year that they would rather be locked up, just to be warm and dry and have some food. In this extraodinary episode of The Nitty Gritty Committee, Meshel Laurie went to the village that recently sprung up around Melbourne Town Hall to talk to people who understand the realities living on the streets. She visits Enterprize Park, the site of an infamous murder of a homeless teen by a private schoolboy, and she talks to people working on the front line of services in Melbourne. And, of course, she tells us what those of us lucky enough to have a roof over our heads can actually do to help those who are caught up in Australia's growing homelessness epidemic. Leave comments on Meshel's Facebook pageAnd her twitter is herePlease leave a review and a rating for this show in itunes. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.