Ms Sundays

We're all in the same room again, thinking about the deep questions of life, such as what you'd do differently if you knew you were going to die in a year, and which direction the end of the toilet paper should face.

Sonia and Annelise talk about religion and truth and existential crises (but they accidentally call it an "existentialist crisis" which is embarrassing).

Tonight Sonia, Sarah and Annelise talk about purity culture, which encompasses a lot of ideas about sexuality and gender, but is used by us as an easy way to refer to the teaching of no sex before marriage, modesty (for women), and porn-watching (for men).

We have an introduction now, thanks to the talented Sonia! And Sarah's heading to Amsterdam, so tonight we talk about the ethics of travel: What are the impacts of travel on the environment, and the places we visit? Is is okay to travel?

Tonight we talk about the phrase "having it all" - what does it mean, why does it annoy Annelise so much, what can change so that young men and women have realistic expectations about their futures, and whether any of us feel like we currently "have it all."

Sonia and Annelise chat about cleaning products, TV and podcasts, perfectly timing their conversation to end a millisecond before the recorder's battery ran out.

Tonight we chatted about snooping in other peoples' bathrooms, standing ovations, the latest Star Wars film, Jon Ronson's book So You've Been Publicly Shamed, and how to use social media well.

We started recording our conversation on the way to the airport. Annelise wonders if she doesn't actually have faith, an overtired Sonia keeps laughing her head off, and Sarah discovers she's made a terrible mistake...

Our first podcast featuring all of us in the same room! Which in this case happens to be a quietish gate at Sydney airport. We talk about whether or not we'd go back to high school if we could, the ethics of buying a pet, whether fish are equal to or less than dogs, and the gorgeous/uncomfortable naivete of children, among (many) other things.

Tonight we talk about which beliefs we've let go of, and which we still hold onto.

We're back! This week, as promised, we start speaking about faith - what made the shifting start, and what the journey's looked like over the last 10 or so years.

Hello! In this week’s episode we discuss affirmative action, Australian politics, gender, race, and the fact that our views are boringly similar on these topics. We also review Trainwreck (the movie), Matilda (the musical), Amy (a documentary about Amy Winehouse), and Bikes vs Cars (a documentary about bikes and cars). Sarah realised post-podcast that Bill Hayden was actually the governor general, and Annelise also realised, upon relistening to the conversation, that she, too, had made a mistake, although she can’t for the life of her remember what it was.

This week it's Sonia and Annelise discussing "girliness" and gender stereotypes, Barbies, The Wiggles (again), Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay, and racism (and variations of on all of these themes).

In this week's episode we discuss parents' expectations for their kids' health and education, from the perspective of a paediatrician (Sarah), a teacher (Sonia), and a possibly-overly-chillaxed parent (Annelise). We also review Barbara Kingsolver's Flight Behaviour (now that Sarah's finished it), and despite our misgivings, we agreed post-podcast that we think you should read it.

This week we chat about binge-watching/listening and taking time away from noise and entertainment. We also talk about Flight Behaviour by Barbara Kingsolver (or "Kingslover," as Sonia calls her), Lexicon by Max Barry, Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout, This House of Grief by Helen Garner, and the Pixar film Inside Out. Oh, and also Orange is the New Black (but that goes without saying at this point).

This week we discuss armpit hair, the hypocrisy surrounding the "dad bod," and the ABC documentary The Killing Season.

This episode was (not) brought to you by the ABC. This week we mention various ABC shows, ranging from The Wiggles to Compass. We also hear Sarah's views on Orange is the New Black, and we talk about The Female Eunuch by Germaine Greer.

This week's topic: conversation (and, despite having the perfect opportunity, Sonia fails to say the word 'dialogue'). We also chat about the Serial and Undisclosed podcasts.

Sarah and Annelise are on the same side of the Skype call this week, as we chat about self-doubt, and whether it's only women who struggle with the feeling that they don't know what they're talking about...

HURRAH! In this episode we first find out Sarah's perspective on the topics Sonia and Annelise have covered over the last two weeks, then we discuss our feelings about ANZAC and Mothers' Days while sneakily eating sour straps.

In this episode Sonia and Annelise talk about cooking, the movie Chef, The Katering Show, and a few other, non-food related TV shows that neither of them can remember right now.

This week Sonia and Annelise chat (sans Sarah, sadly) about books, TV show and chips, all the while accidentally making phallic shapes with super sand.

This week we chat about our worry about sounding stupid in this podcast, what Sarah and Sonia would name their potential future children and the ethics of libraries. We then review The Faraway Nearby by Rebecca Solnit, My Story by Julia Gillard and the first season of Orange is the New Black.

In this episode we tackle the giant topic of kids - having them, wanting them (or not), and the way women are so often thought about in relation to motherhood, even when they're not mothers.

In this week's episode we chat about social media - what motivates us to use it, what we like/don't like about it, and who of the three of us is the most prolific user...

To honour International Women's Day, this episode is all about feminism. We each share our journeys towards embracing the term for ourselves, as well as discussing the TV series Judith Lucy's All Woman, the All About Women festival, and the first all-female panel on ABC's Q&A.

This episode includes a little more conversation about the idea of dressing for other people and self-esteem (following on from last week), as well as a brief discussion on using Miss, Ms or Mrs. We then realised we were running out of time and squeezed in reviews of Citizenfour, Still Alice (the book and the movie), and A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth.

In our first episode we spend a little bit of time introducing the idea of the podcast to Sarah, then we review Viennettas and discuss whether or not it's ever okay to comment on someone's weight, or on what they're wearing.