Women Like Us - Mandy Nolan and Ellen Briggs

We are back!  In this episode we weigh into the Arj Barker Baby In Theatre discussion that has taken Australia by storm this week.  We speak as performers, mums and also one of us has had to do exactly what Arj did.  Wild!!

Mandy and Ellen are back from Sydney and this is just a funny catch up about doctors, cafes, reviews, creepy men, coffee and Ellen's dog Stanley being a dickhead.  Oh....and also Mandy's driving record.

This week's episode is all about nudity, where to be nude, where not to be nude, who should be nude, and how you feel about being nude.  Ellen & Mandy head out to the Channel Country Ladies Day Weekend and Ellen has said she'll get nude for a life drawing class.  It's not Ellen's normal state, so have a listen to see if she does it or not.

Mandy and Ellen have just got back from a fabulous weekend at the Channel Country Ladies Day weekend where they performed and also ran some workshops - one of them being a life drawing class where Mandy taught drawing techniques and Ellen was the nude model.  It's quite the journey!  The quality of this one is a little dodgy because it was mostly recorded on a portable device.  

We missed last week because we were both on very different holidays.  We catch up today to hear about those holidays - Mandy's was very White Lotus and Ellen's was very Waco Texas.  Enjoy.

Today we have our first live guest on the podcast!  Not that we've had non-live guest, but you know what we mean.  Our great friend and wonderful comedian Julia Wilson joins us and we talk all things comedy and everything else.  She's wonderful and definitely a woman like us.

Recorded at Airlie Beach on what looks like a Tazer, this one will sound a little different/dodgey.  But the content is the same funny stuff!  We talk about being disrespected and being treated like dirt and how we stand up to it, or not.  Because Mandy did a good standing up to someone in Airlie Beach - have a listen!

We're back, or as Mandy says "double-banging".  And don't google that.  Mandy does on the podcast and it's not what you think.  We start off dirty and end on talking about crapsules and eating pooh to heal your gut.  We're quite the wellness gurus!

Our first podcast back in what seems like ages and boy do we get around ALL the topics!  Weddings, cards, husbands, overseas travel, jackets, dogs balls and all the things.  We're back!!

Okay, this one is NSFW or kids or anyone who is not going to like hearing two women in their fifties "talk about sex baby".  We know you sung that bit.  It's a good old chat about what's good, what's not and what used to be good and what we don't do anymore.  Lots of laughs and lots of wisdom.  Enjoy....

We are back with a new mini-series!  We love a mini-series and this is one about the age that we are and we promise it will be fun no matter what age you are. In this episode we talk about body image and what it's like now that we're in our fifties.  Hint....we don't care.

Oh this one really heads in some directions we weren't planning on.  From creeps in hotels, favourite sex positions (hint in the name), maltesers, consent, and shallow graves.  There's a whole lot of laughing, coughing and bouncing around.  It's all fun in this one.

We are back!  In this episode we talk about how you could kill someone at a wedding (not that we want to...really), and dangly bits on bodies and how anything that dangles shouldn't be seen, and we laugh....a lot!

We're back and we're definitely out of our comfort zone talking about all the things going wrong with our bodies.  We promise you will be out of yours when you're listening too!

We are back with the first episode in our new series Comfort Zone, where each week we make each other do something out of their comfort zone.  This week Mandy takes Ellen for a massage in a swanky resort spa.  Funny times ahead.

It's the week after the election, so this is our last instalment of The Campaign Trail.  Listen to how Mandy is coping with possibly being named first of the losers, and find out what she is going to do now, and what she's doing with all her jackets.

Mandy and Ellen finally catch up after finding time in Mandy's extraordinarily busy schedule...so busy that she forgot Ellen's birthday this week and Ellen reminded her during the podcast.  Couldn't resist. One week to go until the election!

Another week closer to election and we cover all sorts of serious political stuff, as well as some insider secrets like what Mandy's going to save Scott Morrison's number as in her phone and what Ellen would save it as.  It's getting closer!

Week 2 of Mandy's campaign trail is well underway so we cover all things campaigny as well as freaky kids, lost jewellery and cloacas.  You know us.  All the important stuff.

In this 4-part series we are going to talk to Mandy about what campaigning for the Federal Seat of Richmond is like - we're going behind the scenes and into life as a Candidate!  Don't worry - it's still very, very funny.

Hi friends!  We've finally found time to just have a general yarn and catch up.  We start with roasting chicken, we move through the floods and our experiences of it, talk about Parliament House, and end with Insurance.  It's not as boring as it sounds.  We also talk about putting things up our bums occasionally. 

This is our chat about all things Christmas....and all the other things that we chatted about.  Have a great festive season everyone. Love Mandy & Ellen

Just a little catch up this week - it's been a busy one, but still we have time to talk about Ellen's grudge holding powers, Adele and how she's written a song about us, Mandy's boobs, and the bloody barking dog.

Coming to you from the Sunshine Coast of QLD this week, Mandy and Ellen are in a little holiday house, catching up on the week.  Mandy confesses two things that shock Ellen - one about her oven and the other about lay buys.  They also show each other their very, very different bras and undies.  Mundane...and hysterical.  That's them!

We're just catching up again this week.  We start talking about poop and end talking about masturbation.  Wow.  What a ride.

We've ditched your problems. We can't solve them.  Today we just have a good old chat and catch up - join us - and warning - you will want to "Eat A Biscuit" while you listen.

This week we dive into the French language and work out how to say rude things to kids in French, we talk about "pod wardrobes" and how boring they are, Mandy's driving rears it's ugly head again, Ellen follows a young man through town in a stalky kind of way and of course, we talk a little bit about conspiracy theories.  It's a mixed bag of problems!

Mandy and Ellen pull out some serious method acting in this week's podcast - all to solve your problems.  This week we tackle those smelly breathed family members, undies that go up your butt, stealing colleagues and nasty friends.  The acting is something to hear!

What do you do with that friend who has lost weight and now constantly tells you what to do and how she lost weight?  Does your partner have a friend who is with someone you don't get on with?  What happens to you vaccinated or unvaccinated friends next week when we are no longer able to mingle??  So many problems....and really so few useful solutions.  That's Mandy and Ellen!

It's a wild ride this week let us tell ya! We start on noisy wet mouths, we go to Home Schooling and end up on a sex toy web site....ooh boy they cover it all!  Tune in and maybe don't let the kids listen - as if you do anyway!

Who washes up all the cups in your workplace and how do you get them to do it? How do you turn back your body to skinny time? How can you tell if your husband is mumbling more or if you are going deaf?  All these SOLVED by Mandy and Ellen....and more in today's episode.  Maybe not solved as such....but thrashed out anyway.  Enjoy.

We have our own problems, but we're not interested in solving those - these are real problems from real people getting advice from people who have no business giving advice about anything - us!  It's a lot of fun - first episode of our new series!

We love our friends - everyone does, but we still have awkward moments with them.  Mandy and Ellen have one on this podcast when Ellen talks about a friend Mandy broke up with, and Ellen didn't know they were back together!  It's all about friends this week.

Holidays are always awkward. Rooms that don't look anything like what you booked, air mattresses when you're fatter than your husband and you keep rolling him off, getting upgrade to first class with kids, eating weird things and staying in weird places.  Mandy and Ellen have had all the awkward moments!

Ellen has to call Mandy again today because they are still in lockdown. Doesn't stop them having awkward moments. Mandy tells a particularly awkward story about an elderly man in her car and Ellen recalls her most horrifying awkward moment that still haunts her to this day.  Oh and lots of stuff & nonsense in between.

Kids are renowned for giving you awkward moments, and Mandy and Ellen have 6 of the buggers between them.  Hear about when Ellen's son was looking at porn, when she was drinking wine when she wasn't supposed to, when Mandy dobbed on her mum and her Aunty and about her potty mouth gorgeous daughter.  Such funny stuff.  Bloody kids.

Ellen tells one of the grossest stories you will ever hear about an eye booger, Mandy has lied on her resume heaps of times, and made a massive error of judgement at a gig for Accountants.  Special guest today is the hilarious Mark McConville who has had plenty of awkward moments at work over the years.  It's a funny one!

Is there anything more awkward than going to the doctors when it's to do with your dangly bits?  Probably not, but we go there.  Dangly bits, bits that are dangling that shouldn't be, neighbours looking at your bits....the lot.  Enjoy and maybe don't eat while you're listening. 

Mandy and Ellen live in Mullumbimby, arguably the most famous anti-vaccination hub in Australia.  Today they talk about the anti-vaccers and anti-maskers that are in their communities - it's a little bit serious and a little bit funny.  All the conspiracy theories, the people with high IQ's, where do you even get an IQ test, the QR codes....they cover it all.  It had to be done.

Oh we've all had them.  Those moments where you think you're the most fabulous, interesting, talented person at the party....and then it happens.  The stumble, the repeating of something inane, or even the checking of a young man's teeth.  Today our guest is the wonderful Kat Davidson who we think is adorable when drunk - her husband....not so much.  Enjoy and cheers!

Welcome to our new series - Awkward Gully - where we dip into that little pit of awkwardness that happens when you put your foot in it, say the wrong thing, trip over, fart....all the things that give you that fleeting sense of shame.  Today we talk about the dumb things we've said when we've met famous people and our special guest is Ellen's husband Alex who really takes the cake when meeting a super famous actor.

We couldn't not share this part two of our travels out west last week - so here it is.  We talked about our accommodation, but we hadn't been in it yet.  Roo Shooters are replaced with Pig Shooters and lots and lots of scotch, biscuits, dongers and dancing.  We had a great time.  We really did.

It's our last episode of The Biscuit Tin Today - next week we start a new podcast!  Today we are in Narrabri in NSW and there is a lot of talk about hotels, toilets and biscuits.  All the usual stuff!!  See you next week for Awkward Gulley.

Ellen's kid still hasn't left home, and Mandy made some shitty pumpkin soup.  Today they talk all things dinner parties and celebrity chefs - here's a hint.  They don't like many of them except the gorgeous Jamie Oliver.

Mandy has had furry friends in her bed whilst travelling, and Ellen has spent a day in hospital where a young guy had a minor stab wound - before 10am - and winter has certainly hit.  They are complaining about it getting below 10 degrees - lightweight winter women!

This week Mandy describes a very strange massager that she has been given from Aldi, and she has been chomping on the biccies about someone who is stealing her facebook friends. Ellen texts her son during the podcast with an angry text - compiled with help from Mandy!

Mandy and Ellen recorded this episode last weekend while they were in Gunnedah in the middle of the mouse plague - but the mice stayed hidden from them!  They also talk about a run in with police, social media, Ellen's crush on Louis Theroux and how it ended and everything else that drove them to the biscuit tin.

There is a special guest on today's episode who sings for everyone, Mandy tells us what's wrong with her, how to make a good cup of tea, we reminisce about Glenn Shorrock and The Little River Band.  There's a lot of singing in this episode.  Sorry about that.

It was Ellen's birthday this week and Mandy didn't get an invite to her lunch.  Awkward.  Mandy also remembers a childhood bully and Ellen has vowed to find her and make her pay.  Another funny episode.

Lots of things have sent Ellen to the Biscuit Tin this week - taxation and snoring mainly!  The two don't mix.  Recorded at 7am with Mandy in full makeup and ready for a gig at 8pm!  She's busy!

In our second episode we cover some lovely things that have happened that we celebrated around the biscuit tin, and of course some things that pissed us off - wouldn't be a normal week without that!  Ellen also set Mandy a fashion challenge in revenge for the selfie challenge.  Stand by for that!!  Enjoy your biscuits!