Podcasts about Kmart

"The child is fine. She was in good shape, but she's too young to talk."On the evening of Thursday, December 12, 1985, shoppers at a K-Mart in Spanaway found a toddler loitering outside the entrance. She'd been spotted playing with two other children outside the store, but as shoppers came and went, the little girl remained outside. The store's assistant manager reported a missing child over the store's intercom, but that did nothing to rouse a parent or guardian.Because of her difficulties communicating, the little girl was unable to say much about how she'd ended up outside the store, much less where her parents had gone. But when asked what had happened to her mother, the girl could only say that "Mommy was in the trees."If you have any information about this story that you'd like to share, please reach through the following methods:Email: micheal@unresolved.meVoicemail or Text: +18312003550Learn more about this podcast at http://unresolved.meCheck out the podcast store at unresolved.dashery.comIf you would like to support this podcast, consider heading to https://www.patreon.com/unresolvedpod to become a Patron or ProducerBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/unresolved-a-true-crime-mystery-podcast--3266604/support.

AI-driven retail is reshaping how consumers discover products and private label brands may be one of the biggest winners.In this episode of Five Things Friday- APAC Edition, the conversation explores why private label adoption across Asia-Pacific is accelerating, how retailers are using customer insight more effectively, and why future retail competition may shift from branding toward relevance, personalization, and AI-powered recommendation systems.The episode also dives into:Kmart's Anko success storyWhy APAC still lags Europe in private label penetrationMecca vs Sephora in AustraliaWhy physical retail still matters for Gen Z and MillennialsAI-driven shopping behaviorThe future of retail influence and algorithmsWhat The Devil Wears Prada reveals about modern commerceIf you work in retail, ecommerce, AI, consumer strategy, or brand leadership, this episode offers a sharp look at where retail is heading next.00:00 — Introduction00:01 — What Private Label Means in Retail00:03 — Why APAC Is a High-Growth Opportunity00:05 — AI-Driven Shopping & Retail Recommendations00:06 — Beauty Retail in Australia00:08 — Why Physical Retail Still Matters00:09 — The Devil Wears Prada & Algorithmic Influence00:11 — Retail Leaders Debate AI's Real Value00:13 — Final Thoughts

Clint, Meg and Dan kick off with jokes and a wild Port Douglas hotel review before playing “More or Less” on global tech sales. They chat with Michelle, a site supervisor, then debate clickbait “daily sex” studies and take listener calls. The team “Take the Edge Off My Life” by helping Crystal with a $400 power/internet bill as she cares for her terminally ill husband, and later helps Lucy with ferry costs for a fresh start in Christchurch. Clint interviews The Inspired Unemployed about their Kathmandu puffer collab and COVID rise, they debate leaving concerts early, propose new faces for NZ currency, read Dan’s teenage diary about youth group antics, play Roll Call Roulette, promote Pink Shirt Day, and “catch a cheater” over a Kmart trolley text. 00:44 Port Douglas Review 02:42 More Or Less Tech 06:18 Pop Culture Scandal 08:09 First Call Michelle 12:12 Naughty 6:40 19:12 Take The Edge Off 22:36 Inspired Unemployed Chat 26:58 Leaving Concerts Early 35:33 Currency Face Swap 44:03 Take The Edge Off Winner 48:16 Dans Diary Youth Group 51:55 Youth Group Scandals 55:54 Roll Call Roulette 01:00:21 Celebrity Sightings Call 01:04:11 Pink Shirt Day Talk 01:07:18 To Catch A Cheater 01:10:09 Wrap Up And Outro

Is it just us, or is a $185 hairbrush actually... worth it? This week, Kelly and Leigh are clutching their beauty pouches and spilling on the products they’re currently obsessed with. Kelly has found a two-in-one blush hack that delivers a "glow from within" without the glitter, while Leigh is mourning the end of a $115 mask that she’s already re-ordered. Plus, we’re talking about the 1950s ball gown Leigh just bought on Etsy (because 700 gowns isn't enough), the $3 Kmart find Kelly swears by, and the "residue-free" teeth whitening strips that actually let you swallow properly. EVERYTHING MENTIONED: SPENDY: KELLY: Smashbox Blushlighter in Sunset, $41. LEIGH: Espé 572 Hair & Scalp Brush x S-Heart-S Japan, $185. SAVEY: KELLY: L’Oreal Paris Hyaluron Tint Lip Stain Serum, $20. LEIGH: Kmart SHEGLAM Daydreamer Mini Palette in Cloudy Sundae, $12. NEWBIES: KELLY: L’Occitane Almond Collection LEIGH: Rimmel Cappuccino Lip Range, roughly $16-$26. SMS/EMPTY: KELLY: Polished London Strips, $15. LEIGH: SkinCeuticals Phyto Corrective Masque Hydrating Facial Mask 60ml, $115. What’s On Kelly’s Face: Giorgio Armani Luminous Silk Glow Primer Rare Beauty True To Myself Natural Matte Longwear Foundation (shade 10) Benefit Hoola Matte Bronzer Smashbox Lit Stx Blushlighter (shade Sunset) Urban Decay 24/7 Moondust Eyeshadow (shade Rebel Star) Merit Clean Lash Mascara Rare Beauty Brow Harmony Flexible Lifting Gel L'Oreal Paris Hyaluron Tint Lip Stain Serum (shade 420 Le Rouge Paris) TIRTIR Mask Fit Makeup Fixer DON'T FORGET: Watch & Subscribe on YouTube, this episode drops tonight at 7pm! Catch it here. Follow us on Instagram: @youbeautypodcast Follow us on TikTok: @youbeautypod Join our You Beauty Facebook Group here GET IN TOUCH: Got a beauty question you want answered? Email us at youbeauty@mamamia.com.au or send us a voice note on Instagram! You Beauty is a podcast by Mamamia. Listen to more Mamamia podcasts here. For our product recommendations, exclusive beauty news, reviews, articles, deals and much more - sign up for our free You Beauty weekly newsletter here Subscribe to Mamamia here CREDITS: Hosts: Kelly McCarren & Leigh Campbell Producer: Zara Sengstock & Ella Maitland Audio Producer: Tegan Sadler Video Producer: Artemi Kokkaris Just so you know - some of the links in these notes are affiliate links, which means we might earn a small commission if you buy through them. It doesn’t cost you anything extra, and it helps support the show. Happy shopping! Mamamia acknowledges the traditional owners of the land on which we have recorded this podcast. 0:01: Makeup is my therapy. 0:04: Obsessed and I don't Guilty about it. 0:10: Hello and welcome to You Beauty. 0:12: This is the podcast for your face. 0:14: I am Kelly McCarron. 0:15: I'm Leigh Campbell, and every Friday we tell you about some wonderful products. 0:20: Something expensive, something more affordable. 0:22: So that's Spendi Say, something new, newbie, and then something we've finished or found again at home and we love. 0:30: Full on empty. 0:30: I never bring a whole empty and I am crying my eyes out that it's over. 0:35: I'll buy it again. 0:36: So it was expensive then. 0:37: It was expensive and it's a very new product, I think, and I am in love with it. 0:41: OK. 0:42: But first, Kelly, and we're both, if anyone's watching on the video, little pouches, we're clutching our little pouches of products. 0:47: Yours has got your name on it. 0:48: Did you get that from Etsy? 0:49: Yes, yes. 0:50: What is Etsy? 0:51: I just got back into cute little, my sister gets me into it. 0:54: She always gets such cute little homemade gifts. 0:56: Well, I bought a 1950s ball gown to wear to a charity thing of course you did, even though you have 700 ball gowns 70 years. 1:03: I'm the ambassador. 1:04: Anyway, let's not talk about fashion. 1:05: Kelly, do you want to start with your spending or your saving? 1:08: Well, I'm wearing both on my face. 1:10: Oh. 1:12: Let's start with Spy. 1:15: Spendy, Spy. 1:18: This is the Smashbox lit sticks, it's called a blush lighter. 1:25: Now, I, you know, any long-term youbie will know that I love to mix like a cream blush with a cream highlighter on the back of my hand or on my cheek and then blend it in together just so I've got like that. 1:37: Luminescent glow from within. 1:40: This is a two in one product. 1:42: That's clever. 1:43: So you know what, it's my spendy, but it's two products. 1:46: Can I ask, so is it like really balmy and juicy and OK, but it does it come in other colors? 1:51: Yes, OK, this is the shade, there's 4 colors, I think scary red. 1:55: It's not, it's called sunset. 1:59: wait till you see how pretty it is. 2:00: Oh gosh, it's nothing like that, I mean. 2:03: That is amazing. 2:04: Isn't it beautiful? 2:04: It's like this beautiful peachy pink with the most pretty grown-up luminescence in it. 2:10: It doesn't have glitter or shimmer, it's just, and it's in a, you know, a chubby bullet, like it looks a lot from like here from the Mecca Max, you know, color bullets, those very standard sort of wind up big, big crayon, but it's, it's a beautiful, like the outside, it looks very quite dark burgundy bricky, but that's amazing inside, so don't. 2:28: Judge a shade by its packaging. 2:30: Exactly, it's just so pretty and that's a universal like that would look good on everyone. 2:34: And that's you could be the, you could have the fairer skin, the deeper skin, that would look beautiful on you. 2:41: $41 and like I just, well it's expensive like given that you could get one probably for $12. 2:48: That's a 2 in one though. 2:49: Also, I, I've been using a bronzer stick exact same shape from a pharmacy brand, it's $40. 2:54: Oh, see that's a little bit ridiculous. 2:56: Everything is now Kelly. 2:58: Back in my day, at least we know that we're gonna pay the exact amount for a brand like Smashbox, rather like, will I get it on sale or won't I get it on sale? 3:06: That's true. 3:07: I got it from Mecca, $41 available in-store online, lit sticks. 3:11: One last question before I get my go, does it stay, do you set, are you a touch? 3:17: I set my blush because blu well if I want it to last all day, blush is the one product I would say that you, it, it fades so much and that's often matte and you then that's not kind of what you want, right? 3:30: Yeah, cos then it just looks like you've got clown face on like that's how I felt about the rare beauty. 3:35: I mean it looked beautiful but you didn't have any working time. 3:37: No, yeah, you don't, this, you've got a lot of working time. 3:40: That's often why if you and I do an early morning record, you are always like about how much blush I've got on, because I know by the end of the day it's going to be an average looking cause it fades. 3:52: So the way you look at 5 p.m. is the most important. 3:54: I'm only joking 100%. 3:56: blush I also would rather have more is more than less is less, so I absolutely love it. 4:02: It's really impressed me. 4:03: I love something a little bit different as well, even though I get excited by blushes in general. 4:07: I just thought that's a lot of fun. 4:08: I'm getting one. 4:09: So my spendy is sort of new but sort of not. 4:12: It's existed overseas for a really long time, and if anyone knows the dermatologist and hair expert, Doctor Leona Yip, can't say I do. 4:20: Oh my God, she's phenomenal. 4:21: I like her name though. 4:22: Yeah, so Doctor Leona Yip, she, there's some exciting content coming up with her that I don't think I'm allowed to tell you about, but anyway, interviewed her recently, then saw her at an event, and we were chatting away and she was telling me about this hairbrush she's working with to bring to Australia. 4:34: And I was like, oh I was thinking, oh great, another bloody hairbrush. 4:37: You know we've got Mason Pearson, we've got those happy brushes that I really like. 4:40: I've got a tangle teaser. 4:41: Yes, me too. 4:43: Anyway, check this out. 4:44: My whole family is fighting over this hairbrush. 4:47: Why? 4:48: It's $185. 4:50: Let me, I'm gonna have to read you the information because it's too scientific for me. 4:54: May I brush it through my hair, please, Kelly, I tried to take my hair out of it. 4:57: I wasn't sure if you would let me. 4:58: Oh my God, no, I'm a sharer, you know that. 5:00: Whoa, OK, so it's called the SB 572 hair and scalp brush. 5:04: Yes, please brush while I go. 5:06: $185. 5:07: It's handcrafted by master artisans in Osaka. 5:11: It's patented, so it's literally, she's given me the patent number. 5:14: I don't know if that's important. 5:15: And it reaches deep into the scalp's pores where your fingers can't or other brushes. 5:19: It feels like someone's scratching my head. 5:22: I love it. 5:22: So keep in mind she's a full-blown doctor, she would not, you know, import or partner with or endorse anything. 5:28: It's got 572 pins, and the multi-level pin structure uses 3 distinct nylon strengths to mimic a rhythmic professional massage. 5:35: It has deep pore precision that lifts the way it kind of gets in there, I don't know, it does though, trust me. 5:41: Like, how good is my hair looking? 5:42: Lifts hidden impurities and excess sebum, and the patented contour fit is a scalp hugging design that ensures contact with every angle that will gently stimulate microcirculation, warming the scalp by 2% to nourish hair roots. 5:57: Lastly, it improves scalp, elasticity and tone, creating the ideal environment for hair growth. 6:02: So obviously she's a doctor and she's not gonna sit there and say, brush your hair with this and your hair will grow faster, but it is the most sort of scientific, You know, get in there, get the angles right, are you OK? 6:14: It's like you went to sleep. 6:15: No, I'm waiting to ask you a question. 6:18: Does my hair look a little bit greasy after I just brushed it? 6:21: Well, no, but you've flattened it a lot. 6:24: I feel like, I don't know what sort of magic, but you know how you said it like goes into your pores. 6:28: Oh yeah, I mean I feel like it just like got all of the grease and oil out of my pores and rubbed it through my hair, not in a bad way, although I think definitely lifting like yours, so yeah, so sorry. 6:39: No, it's fine. 6:40: I love you back you hold on to it for now. 6:42: Keep in mind she's a dermatologist, so she's there about scalp health, so it's gonna lift the impurities, the dead cells, it's gonna stimulate circulation, it increases, you know, the temperature of your scalp with the circulation. 6:52: Your hair looks great. 6:53: I mean, no, we need to fix it. 6:54: You fixed it. 6:55: Have I fixed it, or is it still sitting flat on my head? 6:57: No, now it's very nice. 6:59: It's very, very good. 7:00: Are you being sarcastic? 7:01: No, you just like you can just go like that and you have so much volume. 7:04: People will be jealous. 7:05: It's fried. 7:05: I've got it about maybe. 7:07: Two weeks ago, I, look, you know me, there's probably 18 hairbrushes in each room of my house. 7:12: Everywhere I go, I'm like, Where's the gold one? 7:13: Where's the gold one? 7:14: Alex had it under his bed. 7:15: Of course he did, because it feels so good. 7:17: OK, I'm desperate to get one of those. 7:19: It feels so so good. 7:20: It doesn't feel too firm. 7:22: She said, use it in the shower if you like with conditioner, use it at the end with styling if you want to do that, just use it to brush your hair. 7:28: She said post bath, but I think that just means like out of the shower maybe. 7:31: It's phenomenal. 7:32: I love it. 7:33: That is such a good spend. 7:34: I would, I would spend 185 again and again on that. 7:37: Well, especially if you don't have 12 brushes in each room. 7:40: Well, they're all like Lady Jane when they're on sale, and I think, oh, I've lost mine, and then I'd take it home to join its friends. 7:45: What's your savy? 7:46: Rummage, rummage, rummage. 7:47: It's what I've got on my lips. 7:48: It is the L'Oreal. 7:51: Hyaluron tint lip stain serum. 7:54: I picked this up for 20 bucks the other day at Chemist Warehouse and it's just say like, I do not like when they do the tape and then you can't get it off, like yuck, cos then it's sticky every time you touch it. 8:07: That when I become the boss of the world, I'm gonna make that illegal, like to do that. 8:10: I'll put it on so you can see, it goes on really glossy. 8:12: It looks quite pigmented if that's all you've got on your lips. 8:14: That's all I've got on my lips, so it dries down to a tint that then stays on for a few hours. 8:18: It's really, really beautiful. 8:20: But does it stay glossy, cause your lips still look quite glossy. 8:23: Did you put something on top or she can't talk. 8:25: Really? 8:26: Well, whenever you put that on this morning, your lips were still glo I probably put it on not that long ago, but does it look pretty, or did I just ruin it? 8:34: No, you're very good at doing it. 8:35: So I chose the shade 420, but it's a red tint, an apple red tint. 8:40: I think if you're 420 across L'Oreal's lip colors, that's your red that's OK, then you get your matte or your whatever. 8:46: I. 8:47: Really love how juicy and apply the color is. 8:51: It's so good. 8:51: But then it just dries down and it's just so easy to wear and because I guess it's that serumy texture, it doesn't dry down and feel like I've got nothing on my lips or I've got texture on my lips, like it does feel like I've got a balm still. 9:03: OK, but does that make it stayed good, that's a very good hybrid, but now it feels dry. 9:08: Oh, but you're still so shiny, so shiny. 9:11: Oh, OK, I'm, I'm getting that in nude, of course. 9:14: Yes, yeah, there was heaps of nudes or like nice soft pinks and that sort of thing. 9:17: I just, you know, chose the, the frothing your lips. 9:22: I went to Kmart the other week, looked for you everywhere. 9:25: Whereas, I wasn't there. 9:26: Alas, I was picking up my $3 tassel bag. 9:28: 00, is that from Kmart? 9:30: Yeah, oh, we'll talk about that later. 9:32: OK, so She Glam is now stocked at Kmart. 9:35: I've never tried anything from there. 9:37: Get around it. 9:38: You've recommended something from there. 9:39: Yes, I used to order it from either Amazon or, I mean, it's in a lot of stores here now, but I was getting my old trusty eyebrow pencil from one of the other affordable brands, and there was a whole new section. 9:49: Oh damn, I was supposed to trick you and see what you thought brand this was cause I think it looks fancy. 9:53: So it's the She Glam Daydreamer mini palette, and the shades I've got is Cloudy Sunday, $12. 10:00: Don't you think that looks really fancy and expensive, like packaging? 10:03: It, yeah, it does. 10:05: No, but I, you know me, I just am not a cool-toned gal. 10:09: Wait, is that eyeshadow or eyebrow? 10:10: Eyesshadow. 10:11: What do you mean cool tone, that's brown. 10:13: Yeah, but it's a cool tone, they're cool toned browns. 10:15: OK, you can go and get your own colors, but I'm just saying, does the palette look palette. 10:20: It does, and I mean like $12 come on. 10:23: I know, I bought so much stuff. 10:24: I'm really interested in that shimmer. 10:26: Oh, good girl, good girl. 10:27: Oh, the pigment's phenomenal. 10:28: She claimed pigment. 10:29: I mean, I should get you to do the pigment test. 10:31: No, I just used that on my lash line earlier today, and then that's for my crease and stuff. 10:36: I actually bought like 3, that's why I haven't used this one as much. 10:38: Would you like to try it? 10:39: Sure. 10:39: There's a whole bunch of stuff. 10:41: Like from She Glam. 10:41: Their lip category is massive. 10:44: Not as big in eye, but I absolutely love this because I always want just something little. 10:49: Kelly has palettes that have 17,000 eyeshadows in them. 10:52: I get palettes that I use one or two. 10:54: Kelly's doing some swatches for us, right? 10:56: $12. 10:57: Pretty good. 10:57: And then they have bigger ones with 6 and 8 and, you know, huge ones, but I just love the Portability of that, so head to Kmart because you need another excuse, and look for me there because I am probably going to be there always do, although we don't live anywhere near each other, but it's me, I'm always at all, everywhere in Sydney. 11:15: Yeah, I thought you were, so that's my savy and I'm gonna go back and get a lot more. 11:19: After the break, I've got a newbie that Leigh was like, oh, Kel's gonna wanna scream about this from the rooftops when she can. 11:26: I kindly gave it to you. 11:33: Hey newbie, so anything new? 11:35: What's new? 11:37: OK, so go on, the newbie. 11:40: Well, it's actually not new, but she's had a glow up. 11:42: So the Loxitan Armand, the almond range, so those beautiful body products that all newbies know and love, it's had a bit of a glow up, so it's the exact same formula, the exact same price, but she's had an outfit change and it is just so luxe. 12:00: I bought in the old packaging and then I bought in the new packaging. 12:02: Oh my gosh, that is very good. 12:03: They also. 12:04: did bring out the mist as an actual standalone product, so a couple of years ago at Christmas they bought it out as a limited edition, or maybe it was after Christmas, I don't know when it was, but they brought it out and it was like literally here until it all sold out, but obviously people wanted it so much that it's kind of a new product it's just got that beautiful warm almond. 12:28: Yes, would you like to, I've got it at home, but I don't remember it. 12:31: Look at the Luxe bottle. 12:32: We went to the event together a couple of weeks ago and I was like, no one really said the mist was new, what was going on. 12:37: Everyone's misting themselves, and I'm like, how did I not know there was a mist? 12:39: I thought, bad girl, don't do her job well. 12:41: But that makes sense, and I've been using the mist every single day. 12:44: Yeah, it's so beautiful. 12:45: It's like that really just when you want something light and fresh. 12:49: Well, it's like the shower oil, but you don't have to have a shower. 12:52: Exactly. 12:52: Like that way that it, it just covers and envelopes you in that beautiful just like warm smell. 12:59: I hate the term envelope enveloping in in terms of beauty, but you can't like that brand and that product owns it because it really does like wrap you up in it. 13:07: It does and it like cocoons you with all of your senses. 13:10: OK, so I brought in the supple skin oil. 13:12: I love this product as a good example. 13:14: So this is the old packaging. 13:16: So I mean, lovely, nice, lovely. 13:19: Well you and I both at first were like oh don't change anything. 13:21: I know, well, at first I didn't like it. 13:23: Amy Clark sent me a photo. 13:24: I think it was just a bad photo. 13:25: I was like, ooh, I don't like it. 13:27: But I just think that I resist change sometimes to begin with and then I jump on board, especially once I found out they weren't changing the formula. 13:34: So and then this is the pretty bottle, 200 mLs. 13:38: That's the old one. 13:39: Look at the new one. 13:41: Like, hello, you just grew up, you had an upgrade. 13:46: It's the exact same 100 mL, not 200 mLs. 13:50: Look at that, like, firstly, the box, what a glow up. 13:55: Secondly, the actual bottle. 13:57: You've had a glow up doll. 13:58: Yeah, she really has. 14:00: Oh, I love them both equally, that's because I grew up with that one. 14:02: That's because you like that one looks like a luxury. 14:07: I mean, listen, yeah, you're right, there's nothing wrong with that, but that looks primo, it looks luxe, and given that lux stunt, especially the almond range is a gifting, it's like perfect for gifting either for yourself or for someone else. 14:21: Like having something that just looks that beautiful and lux. 14:24: However, like that, the almond shower oil is Australia's biggest selling shower body wash, shower oil. 14:31: It blows my mind that brands go, wow, this is phenomenal, let's tweak it, like not the, the formula, but like it would have kept selling anyway, so I love that they bother to go, hang on, no, let's modernize the packaging. 14:40: Yeah, they're like. 14:41: Selling one of these every how many seconds, we're making enough money from them, from it, but why not? 14:46: Because she deserves to have a glow, we all do. 14:48: We all deserve a new outfit, a new wardrobe. 14:52: If you love the Loxton almond range, most people do, go and check out the new packaging. 14:57: It just, it's really leveled up. 14:59: And the brand new mist. 15:01: That is here to stay. 15:02: Oh my God, the mist is great. 15:03: My husband's always like, Oh, I haven't got any more of that body wash out, and I'm like, No, mate, it's at the shops. 15:08: Yeah, go and purchase it if you would like it so much. 15:10: I'm not a shop. 15:11: I'm not a shop. 15:12: OK, my newbie is actually 19 newbies. 15:15: OK, great. 15:15: I'm gonna put this to the side because this is a big deal. 15:18: We're not gonna play with all of them, but do you remember, well, very recently. 15:22: The viral all over the world, Rimmel cappuccino lip liner, it just went absolutely everywhere. 15:28: No, oh my God, but you love brown, oh, do you love brown? 15:30: No, maybe not. 15:31: I love Rimmel and I do love Rimmel. 15:33: I know, I really, I don't. 15:35: You have the whole time we've been doing this, no, I know it drives people up. 15:38: No it doesn't, you say it how you wanna say it. 15:39: No, it's weird and I know, and I had to do an ad for them once and I was literally going. 15:44: Rimmel, Rimmel, OK, don't, don't say the brand. 15:47: OK. 15:47: So they had a cappuccino lip liner, it's a brown lip liner that went crazy. 15:51: I was gonna say gangbusters and I'm like how old I am. 15:53: So now they've got 19 new latte inspired shades, this isn't their bag. 15:58: Lip liners, lip butter, lip oil, lip latex, and lipstick. 16:02: Ooh, I really wanted to try the lip latex. 16:04: OK, great, so I didn't bring everything because wow, but let me try and work out what's what. 16:08: Oh, that's a lip latex, hang on, I I've only got one lip latex, I think so. 16:12: So everything's sort of between $16.26 dollars or thereabouts. 16:15: There's it's not on the links in the show notes. 16:18: I played with last night. 16:20: I put this on. 16:21: Do you want it? 16:21: No, I don't want it. 16:22: But you've got, oh, she's put it, oh, she's putting it right over her red. 16:26: I've always loved their oh my gloss butter me up lip butter balms, so I think that these are phenomenal. 16:31: There's really a different sort of mix of shades from like a caramelly, almost like a nude, right to a dark brown. 16:39: That is like brown. 16:41: Oh yeah, of course it is. 16:44: Hey, so that, OK, I mean that would look awful on me, but on people that suit those deeper brown tones, you could just do a bit of a smudge. 16:52: Oh, could you use that that is so pigmented and pretty. 16:55: You could use that as a bronzer, I reckon. 16:56: I prob, well, I'd use that as a blush. 16:57: I think it's too, it's nice and juicy. 17:00: Anyway, everyone who loves, I mean, I'm into this one. 17:03: You will, I knew you would be deep cherry. 17:06: So it's, it's a play on browns, but it's not all just deep cherry tree brown oil. 17:11: I know. 17:11: You want it? 17:12: Here you go. 17:13: My favorites are the lip liners. 17:14: I've always loved their lasting finish lip liners, so I'm gonna use these cos I can cheer it out. 17:18: You can have the dark ones. 17:20: So if you're into the cappuccino lip liner, whoa, OK, beautiful color, you've got a few too many products on your lips now. 17:28: Are you gonna eat it? 17:29: It looks like, no, it looks really nice. 17:33: I love that. 17:38: That feels real good. 17:39: how do you know which one feels good? 17:41: That one, the one that I just put on the top. 17:42: You can have one of these lip liners. 17:43: Choose the darkest, please. 17:45: Head to wherever you get Rimmel and check it out. 17:47: There's kind of more various shades for various skin tones or various experimentation. 17:52: Coming up after the break, our empties. 17:54: My empty has made me so sad, actually, I've already ordered a new one on the way. 18:03: Shut my stash. 18:06: What's your shop my stash on I empty? 18:08: You sits in my hand. 18:10: I just saw you fold up a letter or something, though. 18:12: the other day or like last week at some point, I was looking at myself in something, in a photo or a video, and I went, ugh. 18:20: Your teeth, ma'am, they just needed a bit of a zhuge. 18:23: They were throwing a little bit of yellow. 18:26: OK. 18:26: One of the reasons I hate using teeth whiteners is, oh, I hate them. 18:31: I don't like the feeling of it on my teeth, and they go. 18:34: I don't like the gel, the filmy from the yuck. 18:37: I don't like the strips when they, they just, and then you can't, you feel like you can't swallow properly. 18:42: Oh my God, me too, stop talking about it. 18:43: I, I, I've never done teeth whitening. 18:45: I have. 18:46: Something for you in my hand. 18:48: It looks like a scrunched up lavender, cos I was like, oh, they're god awful, you're gonna have to do something. 18:52: Your teeth, wow. 18:53: So I pulled out the polished London. 18:55: I knew that I had some leftovers in my garage where I store all my stuff. 19:01: I had the polished London teeth whitening strips. 19:04: Now Pap Pro whitening technology, residue-free, and it said that on there and I was like, surely not. 19:12: Now, can I speak to the whitening? 19:14: No, cause I've only done it twice. 19:16: Can I say that these are the only whitening product I've ever used that didn't actually leave a residue? 19:21: I don't know how they did it. 19:23: It, you generally just put it on your teeth and it feels like you've just got dry tape on your teeth. 19:27: Yes, OK, so it's like that sticky tape, clear stuff, but it doesn't then, does it make you feel like you've got a plate tin? 19:32: No. 19:32: And it doesn't then you know how like they sort of half dissolve and yes, and then yeah. 19:38: And you just pull the tape off after half an hour. 19:41: No residue. 19:42: You don't even have to brush them. 19:43: Can I have that one? 19:44: Yes, of course you can. 19:45: Give it a try. 19:45: So they must be sold in a box. 19:47: They do. 19:47: It was sold in a box. 19:48: I just couldn't be bothered bringing the box in. 19:50: I just wanted to bring one in to show because residue-free, like, whoa, I didn't know that that was possible because that's my biggest bugbear with I just, I don't like anything in my mouth that's like, I, that's the kind of thing I'm into because you know I love a mole. 20:03: Multitask, so I'd pop that on while I'm getting in the car to go for a drive, like to go somewhere because it's you're like I'm driving somewhere anyway, it's such a waste of time could also call someone though because it's not gonna make you. 20:14: Anyway, they're from Coles. 20:15: You can get a 4 pack to give it a try for $9 full price. 20:19: So and they also go on sale a lot. 20:20: I'm getting that one is yours. 20:22: OK, mine's a skinceutical's empty. 20:24: Oh no, I feel like you know this one. 20:26: Is that that green mask? 20:27: Yes. 20:29: OK, I've never really cared for it. 20:30: Well, actually I never really cared about it or that it existed. 20:33: It is, and I can't even read that packaging, let me read from here. 20:35: Skinceuticals phytocorrective mask, hydrating facial mask. 20:40: So the mask is gonna visibly reduce redness, calm the skin, soothe the skin, so it's for heaps of different reasons. 20:46: Say you play sport and you get really, really red and hot, ding ding ding. 20:51: So after workouts, do you ever have a bath and you feel like your face is so hot and red and on fire? 20:55: No, you don't. 20:56: Yeah, I know, you have boring baths. 20:59: Post-travel, if your skin is irritated, dry, you've been on a long flight, and also specifically designed for post laser, post anything in clinic. 21:07: Also good post swimming if you've got chlorine irritation. 21:10: I dug this out. 21:11: I thought it was a cream, so I put it on as a night cream and went to bed and I was like, oh, I mean it was fine, it was could you use it as an overnight mask? 21:16: Yes, cause I'm so lazy. 21:18: It's a bit jelly. 21:19: It's a bit jelly, but you could, I mean I did, I only discovered it 3 weeks ago. 21:22: I've been using it every couple of days since then, it's empty. 21:24: Well, I reckon you've got. 21:26: Like a cheek. 21:27: My most irritated area, yep, I'm gonna save it for that, but guess how much it is? 21:32: Don't freak out, it's not that bad, cause when I, as I did my last scoop and it went to order, $115. 21:38: I mean I know that is outrageous, but for skin serums that. 21:42: The most expensive because even the AGE moisturizer I like anything that kind of stays on your face, I think they're more expensive, but this is really bloody effective. 21:52: I love it. 21:53: My mailman loves it because I happened to be wearing it a couple of times when he did the buzzer. 21:59: Honestly, for $115 I know, I mean, it's 60 mL, it is a mask, 60 mL. 22:04: Yes, it's 60 mL. 22:05: I highly recommend it. 22:06: I think it's probably one of the best value products. 22:08: If you loved it and you could get. 22:10: I will never live without it, just even when my skin is back to her well-behaved self, I'm gonna keep loving her with this cause she loves it. 22:16: That is a great empty. 22:17: Yeah, you should get it if you're gonna go on a trip anytime soon. 22:20: And on that note, it's Friday, so you talk us out, talk us out. 22:24: Get out of here. 22:25: Well, we hope everyone has a great weekend. 22:27: If you want more of us, if you want more beauty content, make sure that you are signed up to our newsletter. 22:31: You can find us on TikTok, Instagram, go and watch this on YouTube, we'll pop everything in the show notes and we'll be back in your ears and eyes on Monday. 22:40: Bye. 22:54: Mamamia acknowledges the traditional owners of the land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora nation. 23:01: We pay our respects to their elders past and present, and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures. 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This weekend, we’ve got one movie Em couldn’t finish… and one we’ve been counting down to for years.First, a chilling new thriller set frighteningly close to home, where a solo wilderness trip turns into a full-blown nightmare. Think high-stakes survival, a relentless predator, and the kind of tension that will have you questioning every outdoor plan you’ve ever made.Then, the sequel that’s been decades in the making has finally arrived — and yes, we have thoughts. From long-awaited reunions and career shake-ups to shocking betrayals and emotional moments that genuinely land, we break down what works, what doesn’t, and whether it lives up to the legacy.Test your knowledge with our Devil Wears Prada quiz here and let us know how you go! Remember The Spill drops the tea twice a day in this feed so follow us for all the latest entertainment news… OR you can WATCH our show in full length video on the Apple Podcast app - make sure your phone is up to date and enjoy the watch! Link here. 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I'm Laura Brandy and I'm Vernon, and welcome to Weekend Weekend, where we talk about the best new TV shows and movies that have just dropped this week. Although this week we have two movie recommendations for you to Buzzy movie recommendation. 00:31Speaker 2 Sorry, we need to correct that we have a movie and a half recommendation. 00:34Speaker 1 Okay, I'm already off you for just saying that. A half recommendation Emily Treesman and what do you. 00:41Speaker 2 Mean, guys? I tried really hard. So the movie I'm recommending is called Apex. Yes, it is on Netflix and it stars Charlie Theron and Taron Egerton. This movie is a horror suspense movie in the wilderness. It is so scary. I've only watched half of it. 01:03Speaker 1 Are you serious? 01:04Speaker 2 It's so scared. 01:05Speaker 1 It's okay, But also I just want people to take that with a grade of salt, because you're a scared cat. 01:09Speaker 2 I'm like, you're easily scared, easily scared, but this one just reached a whole new level. 01:15Speaker 1 I don't know what it is. 01:16Speaker 2 Maybe it's a type of horror that I am scared of, which I've only just established from watching this movie. Anyway, I'll let you know what the movie is about. 01:24Speaker 1 Please do so. 01:25Speaker 2 Charlie's Theron plays. This happens in the first few minutes of the film, so I feel like I can say, ye say it. She's like an adrenaline junkie. Yeah, she's like loves rock climbing. She's like one of those dar devil kind of people. And both her and her partner are in the like early early stages of the movie, so this is not a spoiler. They're climbing up this mountain and he falls to his death. 01:46Speaker 1 Okay, just so you know, every climbing adventure movie starts like that. 01:50Speaker 2 Yeah, yeah, yeah, it sets up her as a person. 01:53Speaker 1 Yeah, exactly every movie I've watched about people being like dare devil junkies climbing blah blah blah. Yeah, like for that movie where they're it's on top of the tower and there has to climb up death at the start. Also, yeah, every every kind of climber, you have to. 02:05Speaker 2 Figure out the main character's purpose. 02:07Speaker 1 Yeah, you need to know the steaks straight away. Because all of a sudden, you're just like, this is so dangerous, people are gonna diet. It makes you And also, can I say nothing is more terrifying than watching on screen someone accidentally fall to their death because you can feel it. I don't find it like a like a like my hands. And it's the type of the it's the type of horror that I can't get around. Yeah, it is so scary because it's so rare. You're so worried that one day you might And you famously don't love the outdoors. You don't love activities, You don't love anything that would put you at a great height. 02:35Speaker 2 Why why hate nature? 02:36Speaker 1 Yeah no, why not famously hate nature? Hate adventures? So why do you think you'd find yourself in the situation that you would be climbing a great like mountain or something. 02:45Speaker 2 I'll tell you why, because this movie is set in the blue mountains. 02:48Speaker 1 Yeah, it's way to Also, if she was doing it with her partner, you're like, of course that's gonna happen to you. If you go on a date with someone that let's go climb a mountain, You're like, okay. 02:58Speaker 2 God, you'll never catch me with someone like that. 03:01Speaker 1 Oh see, I think it'd be a fun day. 03:02Speaker 2 I can immediately suss out on dating apps who the adrenaline junkies are in the men that I match with, and it's an immediate I can't shite past s, white past I can't do it. I can't do it. I am not an adventurous woman. 03:14Speaker 1 So this is set in the Blue Mountains, right, And can I just say, we're only just getting over Australia's like pr problem of the whole Wolf Creek situation where for years people were just like because obviously that's about that's based on a true story of a man in the outback who hunted and killed backpackers and those movies and the TV show are so gruesome. 03:32Speaker 2 Well I think they learned from that. So it's not actually like mentioned that it is the Blue mass if they made up like some fictional like national park. But it was very it's very clearly the Blue Mountains, and we all know that they filmed in the Blue Mountains. 03:45Speaker 1 People know it's in Australia. 03:46Speaker 2 Yes, it's very because Taron Egerton has a very Bogan accent and it's a very well done Bogen action. 03:53Speaker 1 We we love a stereotype when it hits. 03:55Speaker 2 Yes, it is, that's what it works so good, to the point where I was like, I forgot he was Australian. Then I was like, but he's not. He's very British. It's very British man anyway. So yeah, Charlie's husband dies. She now goes traveling to Australia to do this like long long nature walk. It's giving Wild, Yeah, it's giving cake. 04:16Speaker 1 It's giving Reese with a spoon, like trudging along a long. 04:19Speaker 2 Path with a backpack, except a man is hunting her. 04:22Speaker 1 Yeah, and you know what, Wild could have used that infusion of a bit of drama. 04:26Speaker 2 It's like, let's hurry it up, let's speed it on, walk faster Reese. So it's basically about Charlie. He's like going through the Blue Mountains while being hunted by a man, hence Apex. It is so scary because it's so real. 04:41Speaker 1 Oh okay, it just feels real, Yeah, because the fantasy element or anything like that to it, Like it's just an evil man doing evil thing, and it's all about. 04:50Speaker 2 Like women like exploring on their own and how are reminded that we can't do that? 04:54Speaker 1 Oh okay, well yeah, exactly that's everyone's biggest fear when they go out on these things. It's like, again, I love that. 04:59Speaker 2 I can't even walk to me corner shop at nine pm because you're so scared. This movie has blindlessly the spirit. 05:04Speaker 1 A woman is literally out in nature by herself, doing dangerous things, and the most dangerous thing is still a miss, it's still a man. Well that you should have just got a bear in there and called it a day. 05:14Speaker 2 The bear would have actually helped her movie Cocaine bear. That would have been a great bed to have. Anyway, It's so scary, but it's so good. And the filming of the actual like scenes of like the walkthrough of the bush and like her in the river and like getting like thrown over in the kayak is like so like so scary. It's so so well done. It doesn't feel any like it's a proper film. It's not like anything cgi at all. It's just done really well. Her acting is amazing. His acting is amazing. We already would have known that. But it's just one of those movies if you are like an adrenaline junkie or you love like that kind of like suspense horror of like will he catch her. Won't he catch her? 05:54Speaker 1 Then? 05:54Speaker 2 This is like the kind of movie for you. You're on the edge of your seat. You're like sweating through the whole thing. 05:58Speaker 1 And how shary, isn't it? Because she's a good action stuff. 06:01Speaker 2 She is so good. She comes across like the good thing about her being in this film is that it's not I feel like if it was a different actress, that could have gone the way of like the poor woman can't get away, Like she's so small and fragile, she can't escape this. She comes across as like a badass in this film, Like it's not like Damsel in distress. It's very much like you can do it, you can make it out like she's so strong. I think that's also the premise of the film. And in that beginning scene, you know she is like well experienced in this world. So it's nothing like, oh my god, I don't know what to do. I don't know how to fire a gun, I don't know what to do. It's like very much like she can do this, she can do this. We're backing her. She's gonna win, okay. Taron Egerton so scary. 06:40Speaker 1 So scary. That's complicated for you because you love. 06:44Speaker 2 Him, she's so and he's like been in an Australia bondai watching the paparazzi photos, pretending it's. 06:50Speaker 1 Filming or horror. Okay, so apex on Netflix. Someone please watch the movie and then tell scaredy Cat Emily the ending. 06:58Speaker 2 Oh my god, yes, and tell me where if you can. I'm not wearing the Blue Mountains. I did the filming. I don't want to go there. 07:02Speaker 1 Don't you want to go there and take a picture. 07:04Speaker 2 I don't want to avoid that. They at all casts. 07:07Speaker 1 Okay. I can't believe this day has finally come. The build up to this for years. But also I feel like I have been living this movie the last month or so, at least because I traveled overseas into the cast. I've written multiple articles about it, We've released multiple videos and podcasts. And what will I do with my life? 07:28Speaker 2 It is that true? What? What are your plans? I don't know. 07:30Speaker 1 There's just darkness. There's just dark. 07:32Speaker 2 Take up a hobby, maybe go go bushwalking in the Blue Mountains. 07:35Speaker 1 I call you. I'm like, okay, I tried to be Telly's throw and I'm hanging from a mountain. What do I do of course, I'm talking about the fact that the devil weares prior to to is finally in cinemas. 07:48Speaker 2 You are here to help us through our current scandal, but I did not hire you, and all I need to do is my time until you've failed what you check the train do. 07:59Speaker 1 I'm going to make something of this job. You could write a book, The Definitive Miranda Priestley Expose Sindy. We did that. 08:08Speaker 2 The Brunello Cucinelli pants. Love those, and you definitely need an embroidered two piece to tam set, but not the terra cotta. Because you're so pale. 08:20Speaker 1 So. 08:22Speaker 2 Jealous that you watch it, I have such fomo. If you've listened to our episode where we talked about your interviews, I said I was saving to watch it with my mum, which I'm doing this Sunday. It's only a few days away. I was so jealous because you and a lot of the team got to watch it. You went to the Sydney premiere for it. Was it on the Tuesday, Yes, it was on the Tuesdays. 08:44Speaker 1 It was the very fans. 08:45Speaker 2 This has been a very long week for me space It's. 08:47Speaker 1 Been a lot. Yes, it was very fancy premiere at the State Theater. It was all done with the iconic red Devil Wears shoe. The champagne was flowing. They had like Devil Wears prior to like customized coke can give back some. 08:59Speaker 2 Of you didn't bring me back? 09:00Speaker 1 Oh my god, actually said, I didn't break myself back. But actually I'm why. I'm really sad that you're there. Just as a quick note is that you know how normally at the State Theater to line up, you line up along the street and it's chaos. And this time I was like, oh, there's no line, this is great. No, the line was down a back alleyway, so every person moved there and I saw like really famous people, like people have had huge TV shows overseas, like Australian influences, like Australian actorssh stars. No, I didn't see Practice Brummel here, who's obviously in the movie. No, No, I'm assuming that they didn't make him. We had to go all line up at an alleyway and at one point you're standing next to bins and barbed wire, and I was like, our jobs are so bad. 09:38Speaker 2 As Miranda would have won it. 09:39Speaker 1 Yeah, exactly, I have everyone being like this is us at the Devil was problem. No, it was so fun to see in a cinema because obviously, despite the fact that I interviewed the cast, I've written about it and done all these podcasts, I hadn't actually seen the full movie until that night because it was kept under lock and key. So now that I've seen the full thing. 09:55Speaker 2 I'm like, God, do you think I love it? Did you love it? 09:58Speaker 1 I liked it so and that's really high praise love. No, no, no, I loved I loved parts of it. I'm not even exaggerating, Like, here's the thing about the Devil weares prior too so so much to say. So it does pick up twenty years after the original, and again this is this is spoiler free because Emily hasn't seen it. I wouldn't do that to you, so don't you guys worry. So obviously we find Andy Sack. She's back in New York. She looks at the fact that she's been living overseas for many years and she's fulfilled her dream of becoming a serious journalist. But then that job gets ripped away from her and I won't say why, but it's very upsetting and sad. And also can I just say PSA to anyone who works in the media industry, This movie is very sober. You're like, oh, I should find another job just in something, but I have no other skills. 10:43Speaker 2 This is the one thing. 10:44Speaker 1 What do I do? So there's that. And at the same time, Miranda is still at Runway Magazine where she is the editor in chief, but she's up for a really big promotion. But the promotion yeah to like with a lives Clark, which is the publishing house, Like still be at Runway, but be like a drive kind of like how Adam Wintaur is now like still the Bosses, but now the overseeral of all the Conde Nast kind of products and things. But then a huge scandal breaks and Miranda and Runway face cancelation and also what will become of her promotion? Yeah, so the states could not be higher. Nigel, obviously played by the incredible Stanley Tucci, is still at Runway Magazine, still the fashion editor, but because of the way media has gone, now his fashion empire, I think I wrote in my review his fashion closet is now a cutlery draw, as in, like not a physical culturally draw, but like the size and the end and stuff. And at the same time, Emily Blunt's character Emily Charleston, is an executive at Deal. But there's a whole backstory there that I shan't get into, so there's a bit of a twist of fate to get it at what I give too much away that Andy ends up back at Runway Magazine as the head of the features department, and then it's this kind of thing of like her having to prove herself to Miranda, save the magazine, save people's careers. And then a lot of the movie also takes place in Italy. Oh yeah, okay, and those things are right switch like Emily, Yeah, They're like, hey, let's do our last season somewhere else. So I will say the best things about it. The original screenwriter, Aleene Broch McKenna, who wrote the first Devil west prit Of movie, is back and out of any movie where it's important to have the original screenwriter, the Devil Wes Prior, I would say is the one that matters the most because the dialogue is such a huroow piece of like the quotable lines, every line exactly, it's like every there's no it's all, it's just so snappy, so smart, so interesting, and so she's penned the sequel script and you can so tell it's exactly the same kind of humor. It's so cutting and interesting and you have these great one liners, so we love that. Of course, the cast are amazing, like watching them step back into these roles, and it's done a way where it doesn't feel jarring and it doesn't feel like you know, sometimes you step back into watching something and it just feels weird, like a lot of people said that with the Gilmore Girls Reboo, that it felt off with the pacing and how they spoke and the delivery and staff, whereas this feels correct. And also it starts so strong like the Devil we is Prota too, Like they jump straight back into the kind of the mix of the drama and you have the four main characters of Emily Blunt, Stanley Tucci, Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway on screen together very quickly, which was actually a request I found out from Emily Blunt when she read the original script of saying like I don't think we have enough scenes with the core four, and we need one earlier on and that and it doesn't feel like fan service. It just really works and puts you into this world. 13:30Speaker 2 So do we have a lot of montages? You know? I love a montage, really a montage. 13:35Speaker 1 That's the thing. That's the thing. It's not as bring back montages, I know, I bring back makeovers. 13:40Speaker 2 So there's no, there's not and has always the best on montage, no, I know. 13:43Speaker 1 But also because she they explain why she still looks really good and she has nice clothes, like there's a plot point for that. She does get to go into the fashion closet a few times with Stanley tucciin and he pulls or a few things and stuff like that. But I will just say from my untrained fashion eye that the fashion this movie is nowhere near as good as the first. And I give it a little bit of grace because I've been watching the first one for twenty years, so those outfits are burnt into my brain. But I have such a vivid memory of watching The Devil Wes Prita, and every time like a new outfit would come on, you'd be like yeah, yeah, and me going home. And I was like working as a checkout chicken at Kmart in Townsville and I'd like try and like dress like The Devil Wears Pride of characters and it just. 14:20Speaker 2 Like so many movies have taken that, like yeah, montage of the fashion, like coming out of the car door, but then going in the building in a different outfit, and then going into a room and they're in a different outfit, and being at your desk and she's in a different outfit. 14:33Speaker 1 Oh okay, Okay, look, there's great clothes in there, but the clothes don't feel like this incredible character like they did in the first Mate. Okay, I will say, just going back to the good things because I'll get to the bad stuff in a minute. It doesn't feel like a sequel that shouldn't exist, Like it feels like there was more storyless deserve. It feels really deserved, not just because it's so good, but also because The Devil Wears Pritor. When I was really thinking about when I was sitting at my computer writing my review very late last night in this office, I was like, what is it that made this movie so ripe? For the fact that you could make a sequel, despite the fact that it's so beloved, because it's heaps of beloved movies that have released sequels that have not been good and that felt not correct and not needed. But The Devil wes Prator is one of the very few movies that ends on both an ending and a beginning because it ends with Andy leaving going off to forge her career. It ends where Emily is also starting her career. So it kind of it's very natural to wonder what came next because we're seeing the beginning of these women's careers, not the ending. And also Andy was like, she was kind of you getting back together with Nate, but she also was breaking out with him, So it's not like because to make a sequel in general, you often have to break things from the original. You have to break up a happily ever after, you have to end a friendship, you have to bring back a villain to make it work. It's like where people are upset about and just like that with Sex and the City because in order to bring Sex and the City back, they had to break all the things from the finale, and that's why people found it jarring. Whereas Devil we was pritor. It's just like you didn't have to break mething. 16:01Speaker 2 It was very much to be continued. 16:03Speaker 1 Yeah, exactly, and so that's why it feels like it the story is worth it. But also the story and the plot I thought was so great at the end. It has like I would feel like Shakespearean level twists and betrayal. Like a few times I was a gasping. I was like, and she said that, Oh my god, she says, someone says such. We'll talk about this when we do a brially honest review, which mystery. There's a few lines in there. I'm like, that is the meanest thing that anyone has ever said on film, but so but so like needed. There's some really emotional moments in it too, and the emotion didn't feel like, oh, we're just piggybacking off the original like they felt earned in the new movie. So that's all the good stuff. Ten out of ten love recommend see it in the cinema if you can. It kind of peetered a bit in the middle, and I began to get this like kind of sinking feeling in my stomach that The Devil was product had ruined the character of Miranda Priestley, because I felt like it had taken away some of her mystique and some of her the things that made her an iconic character by some times making her look really helpless or making her like giddy and happy. There's the point where she's like in the kitchen of her home, like just like making a drink and like she's chatting away to Andy, and I was like, I feel like I'm watching a female she doesn't do that, but Jed it makes sense later on the movie. It's like in the first movie, how they had to have that scene of her with no makeup where Andy comes upon her. 17:19Speaker 2 You had was that a scene that Meryl Street requested? 17:22Speaker 1 Yeah, they wanted to take it out of the first movie, and she was like, if you don't have that scene of her broken and different, then the movie doesn't work and the charactersn't work. And as I watched this movie, I was like, Oh, we needed those giddy, helpless scenes in the middle. She needed to kind of falter so that when she started flying get at the end, you were like, oh, I get it, I get it. There was that, And also the other thing is like the new character is so great, like somewhere in Ashley Turn Out of Ten, Caleb Haron, Turn Out of Tan, like everyone else so good. There was obviously so much that was shot that had to be cut, Like we've heard about all the cameos and scenes. 17:54Speaker 2 God and ashually wasn't cut. 17:55Speaker 1 Yeah, no, no, she was. Well, I think she'd have a lot more scenes, but obviously they didn't all make it into the movie. Even Meryl Strip told me in our interview that her scenes were cut. 18:02Speaker 2 Yeah, that's right. 18:03Speaker 1 But where I think having so much of the storyline needing to be cut was with Patrick Bramble's character Peter. And he's very charming in it, but it's such a small storyline in the movie, and. 18:16Speaker 2 So he's meant to be like ane Haeway's love and. 18:18Speaker 1 She's only love interest. Yeah, and there's a lot of paparazzi photos of them that came out because he's so hot, really, he's hot, and there's a lot of they became like iconic paparazzi photos of him and Anne Hathaway filming outside in New York and they look so crazy in love and it looked like an old school romance, and we were like like an old school room calm, and everyone's like, oh my god, can't wait to see that. That's one in the movie. Yeah, I just want you to be he's he's in it. He's definitely he's a character, Like he's fine. He hasn't been like he's not he's not Sidney Sweeney, Like he didn't get chopped. Yeah, cameo. But it did feel like that storyline wasn't given enough room to breathe. And I understand why because there was so much plot happening, and you want the plot to be with the four main characters, but then to meet for a little uneven at the end when he and like Anne Hathaway's character were having their big moment, I'm like, you guys are acting off these scenes. You've already shot your head, like. 19:12Speaker 2 They haven't had enough moments to have a big moment. 19:14Speaker 1 Yeah, Like, you guys are acting in the way that your characters spend so much time together, but we as the audience haven't seen that, so we're on the back foot with it a little bit. 19:23Speaker 2 And you don't even know him. 19:25Speaker 1 I was like, wait, is that strange man? But yeah, So that's my only note so on that, I would just say, release the director's cut. I would watch a four hour version of this movie, so easily avenge this. Yeah, bring back director's cuts where we get to see the full thing. So obviously more to say next week when we do a b really honest review and you've seen it, I can't wait to hear what you think. 19:45Speaker 2 I don't wait to watch you with my mum. I just rewatched the original. 19:48Speaker 1 Oh and yeah, per person, So The Devil was prot Of too is out in cinemas now, and stay tuned for. 19:57Speaker 2 If you love the Devil's product. I mean, I've just rewatch the original film. If you're on that same bandwagon and you feel like you know everything about it, we actually have a little gift for you. We have developed a Devil west Prada quiz to test your knowledge on the original film. If you want to give it a go. It is a little bit hard, but I felt like I made it through. I think I got like eighty six percent. 20:18Speaker 1 You thought it was okay? 20:20Speaker 2 Bye, Sorry Devil west Prada. I got of course you did. Anyone gets that you let me more than Emily or an LB. If you want to find out, we'll put a link to the quiz in our show notes. 20:31Speaker 1 We should do a quiz out you got. 20:32Speaker 2 Laura, thank you so much for listening to this episode of the Spill. Don't forget We'll be back this afternoon with a very special Brudleons review about a TV show that both of us are currently obsessed with. The Spill is produced by Minitius Warren with video production by Michael Kaine. 20:50Speaker 1 Bye Bye, Mamma Mia acknowledges the traditional owners of the land. We have recorded this podcast on the Gadigal people of the Orination. We pay our respects to their elders past and present, and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torrestrate Islander cultures.Become a Mamamia subscriber: https://www.mamamia.com.au/subscribeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Move over, bar trivia—there's a new ruler of the nightlife kingdom, and it's Nude Drawing Nights. Yes, folks, pencils up, clothes… optional, dignity… negotiable.Also, shoutout to those legendary Kmart commercials—nothing will ever top the joy of proudly announcing you “shipped your pants” in public. Truly a simpler, weirder time.And brace yourselves… because World War Eleven is apparently on deck. We skipped a few sequels, but hey, who's counting?PLUS: even more after-dark chaos, questionable decisions, and stories you'll only half remember. Buckle up.

Parents, whose three-year-old twins played in asbestos-contaminated sand, are accusing Kmart of downplaying the risk. In November last year, the retail giant issued a recall notice for some coloured play sand products prompting dozens of day cares and schools to close. Now, Elle Chrisp and David Dingwall are taking Kmart to the Disputes Tribunal after their children played with the contaminated product at home. Mary Argue reports.

A teenage coach finds a sponsor for a little league team, grows into college football at UCLA, builds manufacturing companies that ship at massive scale, and then pivots into a mission that matters more than any win-loss record.Tony DeMaio joins us to share the full arc, with a simple through-line: learn fast, stay organized, and keep showing up for people.We begin with coaching, what it really demands beyond playbooks: relationships, long hours alongside other coaches, and the kind of pressure that forces clarity. From there, Tony takes us into entrepreneurship, designing sports training tools, scaling Duraflex Sports Products, and saying yes to a $5 million Kmart order when the company was barely formed. If you care about leadership, sales, product demonstration, and building trust under pressure, there's a lot here you can apply.Tony DeMaio is a community leader, veteran advocate, first responder, and entrepreneur whose career has been defined by innovation, leadership, and service. He is also the author of Silent Battle, a book written for families and friends of veterans, first responders, and law enforcement to help identify when someone may be at risk.The conversation then turns to Helping Heroes USA, the nonprofit Tony founded to support veterans, active-duty military personnel, and first responders. Through suicide prevention programs, community outreach, and national campaigns, his work focuses on strengthening connections and reducing isolation.We talk about the patterns that often go unnoticed, the stigma that keeps people silent, and the warning signs that can appear before a crisis, like giving away meaningful belongings or suddenly organizing finances. We also explore how to start a non-judgmental conversation, why asking directly about suicide does not “plant the idea,” and how simple acts, a coffee meet-up, a cycling group, even a genuine smile, can become a lifeline.If this conversation resonates, share it with someone who may need it, and leave a review to help more people find the show.What's one small way you can be a support angel for someone this week?Send BEHAS a text.Support the showTo Share - Connect & Relate:Share Your Thoughts and Shape the Show! Tell me what you love about the podcast and what you want to hear more about. Please email me at behas.podcast@gmail.com and be part of the conversation!To be on the show  Podmatch Profile  Ordinary people, extraordinary experiences - Real voices, real moments - ​Human connection through stories - Live true storytelling podcast - Confessions - First person emotional narratives - Unscripted Life Stories.Thank you for listening - Hasta Pronto! 

Two parents whose children were exposed to tremolite asbestos are taking Kmart to the Disputes Tribunal, and urging various Government departments to take action to prevent the situation from happening again. 

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What if AI isn't just a tool to plug into your business — but a reason to redesign the entire thing? In this episode, Jeff Mains sits down with Steven Wunker, managing director of New Markets Advisors and bestselling author of AI and the Octopus Organization: Building the Super Intelligent Firm. Steven has been working in AI since 2012 and has advised dozens of Fortune 500 companies on how to unlock real growth through transformation — not just optimization.Steven challenges the "AI magic dust" approach most companies default to — sprinkling AI on top of existing workflows for marginal gains — and makes the case for something far more powerful: using AI to take over entire classes of tasks, redistribute decision-making to the front lines, and redesign how organizations actually work. Whether you're a SaaS founder thinking about your product roadmap or a leader rethinking your org structure, this episode will challenge you to think way bigger.Key Takeaways4:13 — AI is the biggest shift of our lifetimes — bigger than smartphones Steve has been in AI since 2012 and helped launch one of the first smartphones in 1999. He says this is still bigger — not just in breadth of adoption, but in depth: changing strategies, org structures, and roles within companies.7:14 — Stop using AI as "magic dust" Sprinkling AI on top of existing workflows only yields marginal gains. The real transformation happens when AI takes over entire tasks that humans won't do (too tedious), shouldn't do (not the best use of their skills), or can't do (too high volume). That's when organizations must fundamentally rethink how work gets done.9:55 — The Octopus Organization: distributed intelligence in action The octopus has nine brains — one central brain and one in each arm. Each arm can sense, think, and act independently while remaining contextually aware of the whole. That biological model is the blueprint for how AI-powered organizations should be structured: parallel execution, distributed decision-making, and strategic focus at the center.11:25 — Why authority hasn't truly been devolved — and how AI finally changes that For 40 years, leaders have talked about flattening orgs and devolving decision-making. It hasn't happened for two reasons: humans resist giving up authority, and front-line workers have lacked the contextual awareness to make good autonomous decisions. AI solves the second problem — and also gives leaders visibility to veto in near real-time rather than always having to pre-approve.16:48 — Map the "work chart," not the org chart Microsoft calls it the "work chart" — how work actually flows through the organization, cross-functionally, in reality. That's what needs to be mapped and redesigned. Layering AI onto the org chart misses the point entirely. Change happens workflow by workflow, tranche by tranche.26:29 — Three questions every leader must answer right nowHow does the competitive landscape change? (Include DIY and AI-native startups)What makes you special in an AI world?How do you get work done — what behaviors, culture, and structure do you need?32:19 — Everyone in management is now a change manager It doesn't matter how technical your role is — if you have people reporting to you, you must become a change manager. That skill can no longer be confined to a C-suite priesthood. Psychological safety for AI adoption and rethinking how good work is incentivized are critical.32:58 — The LUCK framework for strategic serendipity Derived from workforce survey research, four patterns that separate successful AI adopters:L — Leverage help (stay connected, workflows are increasingly cross-functional)U — Unexpected connections (be open to signals outside the average case)C — Control chaos (build systems to absorb the disruption coming)K — Know what's missing (AI is only as good as its data; humans must fill the gaps)34:57 — Don't chase glamorous AI use cases first IBM's Watson failed spectacularly by targeting cancer diagnoses — the world's best oncologists didn't need it. The win? Recording doctor-patient conversations so doctors can actually practice medicine instead of typing. Low risk, high utility, high return. Start there.38:05 — The most valuable AI use cases are unglamorous Things humans won't do: take notes after every meeting and distribute them. Things humans shouldn't do: type during patient consultations. Things humans can't do: transcribe and summarize 40 simultaneous three-person breakout groups and track individual commitments. AI can do all of this — none of it is flashy, all of it is high-value.28:10 — Build in AI optionality from the start Upwork re-engineered their stack with an AI optionality layer — flexible to swap between small LLMs, large LLMs, agents, or other AI systems. You can't predict where AI goes. Build optionality in. Don't make bespoke bets you can't unwind.Tweetable Quotes"AI has this ability to take over certain tasks entirely — things humans wouldn't do, shouldn't do, or simply can't do at scale. That's when it gets truly transformative." — Steven Wunker"We've been talking about devolving authority and de-siloing organizations since 'In Search of Excellence' in the 1980s. It just hasn't happened. AI finally changes the equation." — Steven Wunker"The octopus is 300 million years old — 70 million years older than the dinosaurs — and it has survived because it is so darn adaptable. We need to be like that." — Steven Wunker"AI magic dust — sprinkling it on top of what you're currently doing — will get you marginal improvements. That's nice. But it won't fundamentally change how organizations work." — Steven Wunker"Don't be Adobe in the face of Figma. That has already played out. It would be very easy for that to play out again in innumerable SaaS markets unless we think transformatively." — Steven Wunker"Every person in any management position is now a change manager. It doesn't matter how specialized your technical skill is." — Steven Wunker"Features are only as good as their adoption." — Steven Wunker"AI is only as good as the data that's in it — so it's the role of the human to think about what's NOT in that AI system that needs to complete the picture." — Steven WunkerSaaS Leadership Lessons1. Redesign the work, don't just automate it. The companies that win with AI aren't the ones that add AI features — they're the ones that fundamentally rethink how work flows through the organization. Map your "work chart" (how work actually happens cross-functionally) and redesign it workflow by workflow. Layering AI on your existing org chart is the surest path to becoming the next Kmart.2. Your installed base is an asset — but only if you act transformatively. Existing SaaS companies have something AI startups don't: data, customer relationships, and deep domain context. That is an enormous advantage — but only if you think transformatively. AI-native disruptors are watching your market. Your data moat only protects you if you use it to reimagine what you build, not just improve what you have.3. Prioritize low-risk, high-utility AI use cases first. Resist the temptation to prove what AI can do with your most complex, high-stakes problem. Start where the utility is obvious and the risk is low. Prove value there. Build trust with customers and your team. Then expand. IBM's Watson at MD Anderson is a $62M cautionary tale. The doctor who gets to practice medicine instead of typing is the win.4. Build optionality into your AI architecture. You cannot predict where AI capabilities are heading. Large models, small models, agents, new paradigms — the landscape is shifting too fast to make permanent bets. Build your product and internal systems with an optionality layer that stays flexible. Businesses that hard-code their AI assumptions will face expensive rebuilds. Those who build for adaptability will compound their advantage.5. Transform your go-to-market alongside your product. AI transformation isn't just a product problem — it's a sales, marketing, and customer success problem. The companies that win aren't just selling software; they're selling a changed way of getting something done. That means customer success becomes more important, not less. Sales cycles involve more change management. Proving economic value requires new evidence. Think Workfront, not the feature-obsessed competitor it acquired.6. Make change management everyone's job. The old model — change management as a C-suite discipline — is dead. In an AI-first organization, every manager at every level must develop the skills to lead people through uncertainty, redesign workflows, and create psychological safety for new ways of working. If you're building or leading a SaaS company, start developing these muscles now — in your leaders, your managers, and yourself.Guest Resourcesswunker@newmarketsadvisors.comBook: AI and the Octopus Organization: Building the Super Intelligent Firm — Available on Amazon in all formats (print, ebook, audio)Book Website:

Winter is officially on the doorstep, and let’s be honest, it’s the most expensive season to dress for. Between the wool coats and the leather boots, your bank account can take a serious hit before the first frost even lands. This week, Lucinda and Tam are sharing their top tips for looking chic this Winter on a budget. They’re breaking down the "Intentional Layering" formula, a 4-step method inspired by Erin Wasson that makes your basic white tee and old knits look like a curated street-style moment. Plus, Tam makes a case for the Statement Jacket being the only hero piece you actually need to buy this year, and why Target and Kmart are currently winning the outerwear game. EVERYTHING MENTIONED: Tam’s Picks: Margot Inspired Riding Boots Tam’s Budget: Therapy Albany Tall Boot Black, $139.95. Tam’s Mid-Range: Assembly Label Stevie Leather Riding Boot, $300 Tam’s Boujie: Frye Campus 14L boots at Free People, US $498 (around $725.80.) Lucinda's Picks: Maxi Trench Coats Lucinda’s Budget: Kmart Maxi Barn Jacket $45 Lucinda’s Mid-Range: Assembly Label Ivy Coat $280 Lucinda’s Boujie: Emerson Studios Wool Longline Coat $400 (down from $629) GET YOUR FASHION FIX: Watch us on YouTube: This episode goes live at 8pm tonight! Follow us on Instagram & TikTok: @nothingtowearpod Shop the Pod: Sign up to the Nothing To Wear Newsletter to see all the products mentioned plus more, delivered straight to your inbox after every episode. Feedback? We’re listening! Call the pod phone on 02 8999 9386 or email us at podcast@mamamia.com.au CREDITS: Hosts: Lucinda Pikkat & Tamara Holland Producer: Ella Maitland Audio Producer: Jacob Round Video Producer: Artemi Kokkaris Just so you know—some of the product links in these notes are affiliate links, which means we might earn a small commission if you buy through them. It doesn’t cost you anything extra, and it helps support the show. Happy shopping! Mamamia acknowledges the traditional owners of the land on which we have recorded this podcast.Become a Mamamia subscriber: https://www.mamamia.com.au/subscribeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The boys are back in the booth this week as Andy, Ash, and Stu navigate a packed slate of movie news and cinematic milestones.Starting with our thoughts on Sony Chairman Tom Rothman's choice words from CinemaCon 2026. Does he still "believe in the big screen," or is the industry shifting under our feet? Plus, we weigh in on some very promising Cruise News that has the team buzzing. The 2026 Summer Preview: It's time to grab the popcorn as we look ahead to the 2026 Summer Schedule. With Spielberg's Disclosure Day and the high-stakes debut of Masters of the Universe just around the corner, we debate which blockbusters will soar and which are destined for the "Delete" bin. Short Short Film Film Review: this week is a dive into the horror short Breadwinner. Does the film rise in the oven or are we left with a soggy bottom?Finally, the Cruise cruise voyage continues! Stopping-off at the 1988 classic, Rain Man. Does the K-Mart gear and toothpick-counting still hold up in the modern day, or has the shine worn off this multi-Oscar winner?

In this episode, Neil Henderson shares his journey from defense contracting to self-storage investment, emphasizing the importance of relationships, integrity, and hands-on experience in real estate success.   Professional Real Estate Investors - How we can help you: Investor Fuel Mastermind:  Learn more about the Investor Fuel Mastermind, including 100% deal financing, massive discounts from vendors and sponsors you're already using, our world class community of over 150 members, and SO much more here: http://www.investorfuel.com/apply   Investor Machine Marketing Partnership:  Are you looking for consistent, high quality lead generation? Investor Machine is America's #1 lead generation service professional investors. Investor Machine provides true 'white glove' support to help you build the perfect marketing plan, then we'll execute it for you…talking and working together on an ongoing basis to help you hit YOUR goals! Learn more here: http://www.investormachine.com   Coaching with Mike Hambright:  Interested in 1 on 1 coaching with Mike Hambright? Mike coaches entrepreneurs looking to level up, build coaching or service based businesses (Mike runs multiple 7 and 8 figure a year businesses), building a coaching program and more. Learn more here: https://investorfuel.com/coachingwithmike   Attend a Vacation/Mastermind Retreat with Mike Hambright: Interested in joining a "mini-mastermind" with Mike and his private clients on an upcoming "Retreat", either at locations like Cabo San Lucas, Napa, Park City ski trip, Yellowstone, or even at Mike's East Texas "Big H Ranch"? Learn more here: http://www.investorfuel.com/retreat   Property Insurance: Join the largest and most investor friendly property insurance provider in 2 minutes. Free to join, and insure all your flips and rentals within minutes! There is NO easier insurance provider on the planet (turn insurance on or off in 1 minute without talking to anyone!), and there's no 15-30% agent mark up through this platform!  Register here: https://myinvestorinsurance.com/   New Real Estate Investors - How we can work together: Investor Fuel Club (Coaching and Deal Partner Community): Looking to kickstart your real estate investing career? Join our one of a kind Coaching Community, Investor Fuel Club, where you'll get trained by some of the best real estate investors in America, and partner with them on deals! You don't need $ for deals…we'll partner with you and hold your hand along the way! Learn More here: http://www.investorfuel.com/club   —--------------------

What happens when the world's most famous cheap marketplace shows up at a premium gift fair, trying to convince quality brands to list on their platform?   That's exactly what happened at the REED Gift Fair in Sydney earlier this year — and the implications for premium eCommerce brands are enormous.   In this episode of The Brand Marketing Show, Catherine Langman unpacks what Temu's repositioning attempt reveals about the fatal flaw in the race-to-the-bottom strategy — and why the brand founders who are discounting to compete with cheap platforms are making a catastrophic mistake with their positioning.   You'll also hear what the Australia Post eCommerce Report 2026 actually says about where the money is going — hint: Australians spent a record $82.6 billion online in 2025 — and how to make sure your premium brand is getting its share.   In this episode: The Temu story from REED Gift Fair and what it reveals about sustainable positioning Why the $82.6 billion in online spending is great news for premium brands — if you understand who's spending it The basket size vs purchase frequency insight that explains exactly what's happening in the market right now Why cheap platforms growing is actually an argument FOR stronger premium differentiation, not against it The dupe psychology: what those Kmart dupe conversations reveal about different buyer types What premium brands should be doing during the April quiet period (and why going quiet is the worst thing you can do)   Relevant links and resources mentioned in this episode can be found in the show notes at catherinelangman.com   Connect with Catherine: Instagram: @catherinelangman TikTok: @thebrandmarketingshow Website: productpreneurmarketing.com  

My guest today is Teresa Olson, founder of Olson House in Milwaukee, a beautifully curated store known for Scandinavian-inspired homewares, design-led products, and now a growing vintage collection. But her story does not begin in retail showrooms and brand catalogues. It starts in a Kmart, moves through a record store, a speech communications degree, DJing, interior design, corporate office life, and eventually a leap into opening her own store in 2015. In this conversation, Teresa shares how she built Olson House with intention, how she sourced directly from Scandinavia, what she learned from navigating freight and tariffs, and how a vintage pivot helped drive a 90 percent jump in online sales. This is one of those episodes that is full of heart, but also packed with quiet commercial wisdom. In this episode, we cover: Teresa's unconventional journey from record stores to retail founder Why she left corporate life and retrained as an interior designer How a trip to Scandinavia shaped the Olson House brand What independent retailers can learn from sourcing with intention The hard realities of tariffs, freight, and small-space inventory decisions How vintage became a strategic pivot, not just a passion project What drove a 90 percent increase in online sales Why Google Shopping ads worked better than broad awareness marketing How Teresa uses email segmentation and VIP offers to increase conversions What local retailers can do when external factors hit foot traffic Why nimbleness matters more than ever in today's retail environment You can explore her store online at Olson House.

Winter is officially on the doorstep, and let’s be honest, it’s the most expensive season to dress for. Between the wool coats and the leather boots, your bank account can take a serious hit before the first frost even lands. This week, Lucinda and Tam are sharing their top tips for looking chic this Winter on a budget. They’re breaking down the "Intentional Layering" formula, a 4-step method inspired by Erin Wasson that makes your basic white tee and old knits look like a curated street-style moment. Plus, Tam makes a case for the Statement Jacket being the only hero piece you actually need to buy this year, and why Target and Kmart are currently winning the outerwear game. EVERYTHING MENTIONED: Tam’s Picks: Margot Inspired Riding Boots Tam’s Budget: Therapy Albany Tall Boot Black, $139.95. Tam’s Mid-Range: Assembly Label Stevie Leather Riding Boot, $300 Tam’s Boujie: Frye Campus 14L boots at Free People, US $498 (around $725.80.) Lucinda's Picks: Maxi Trench Coats Lucinda’s Budget: Kmart Maxi Barn Jacket $45 Lucinda’s Mid-Range: Assembly Label Ivy Coat $280 Lucinda’s Boujie: Emerson Studios Wool Longline Coat $400 (down from $629) GET YOUR FASHION FIX: Watch us on YouTube: This episode goes live at 8pm tonight! Follow us on Instagram & TikTok: @nothingtowearpod Shop the Pod: Sign up to the Nothing To Wear Newsletter to see all the products mentioned plus more, delivered straight to your inbox after every episode. Feedback? We’re listening! Call the pod phone on 02 8999 9386 or email us at podcast@mamamia.com.au CREDITS: Hosts: Lucinda Pikkat & Tamara Holland Producer: Ella Maitland Audio Producer: Jacob Round Video Producer: Artemi Kokkaris Just so you know—some of the product links in these notes are affiliate links, which means we might earn a small commission if you buy through them. It doesn’t cost you anything extra, and it helps support the show. Happy shopping! Mamamia acknowledges the traditional owners of the land on which we have recorded this podcast.Become a Mamamia subscriber: https://www.mamamia.com.au/subscribeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

If you're running paid ads for a premium eCommerce brand and your ROAS isn't scaling — or you've been posting consistently for years and growth has stalled — this episode is for you. This week I'm talking about something that almost nobody in the marketing world addresses directly: the validation search. It's what premium buyers do in the five minutes between seeing your ad and deciding whether to buy — and it has almost nothing to do with how good your ad was. I also get into a story that will be very familiar to a lot of innovative founders: spending years creating something truly original, only to see a cheap dupe appear at Kmart or Target. And why the reframe you need isn't anger — it's clarity about which customer was ever yours to begin with. In this episode: The psychology of the validation search — what premium buyers actually do after they see your ad Why the Kmart dupe buyer and the premium buyer are completely different customers — and why that's actually great news for your brand The buyer personality that struggles most with premium pricing — and how to recognise if it's you Why the search landscape has shifted and why premium brands have a structural advantage in it A three-question brand audit you can run today to see exactly where you stand  

Feedback Management, Pufferfish, and Kmart On this episode hosts Angie Shin and Dave Smith engage with their guests from South Lake Pediatrics which stands out as a beacon of innovation and care. Located in the Twin Cities metro area, has successfully blended a customer service mentality with medical care, creating a unique patient experience that has garnered them accolades as one of Minnesota's top pediatric clinics. Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen

Third-Party Marketplaces on Woolworths, Big W, Kmart & Bunnings: What Australian Shoppers Need to KnowIn this Friends With Money Podcast episode, Money Magazine managing editor Vanessa Walker speaks with journalist Ryan Johnson about the rise of third-party marketplaces and why Australians are often confused when trusted retailers like Woolworths, BigW, Bunnings, Kmart and others sell items supplied by third-party sellers.They discuss how widespread online shopping is in Australia, how marketplaces benefit retailers through rapid range expansion without holding inventory, and what consumers gain—and risk—through wider product choice.Ryan shares an example of a BigW marketplace return dispute and outlines common issues such as inconsistent delivery, extra fees, and return complications, plus concerns about lower-quality or unsafe products.They also explain that Australian Consumer Law guarantees still apply, but shoppers should check who the seller is and escalate unresolved disputes to fair trading agencies or the ACCC.01:20 How many Australians shop online02:01 Why shoppers get confused04:34 Why retailers love it05:31 Consumer upsides and tradeoffs06:17 Hidden traps and returns08:01 Safety and trust risks09:00 Your rights under ACL10:04 How to protect yourselfPodcast Links:Listen on Apple PodcastsListen on SpotifyMoney WebsiteYouTube Podcast PlaylistEmail Us: podcast@moneymag.com.auGet stories like this in our newsletter: bit.ly/3GDirbR

What do you do when a single moment — a woman's hand on your thigh at a work dinner — unravels 45 years of the story you thought was yours?That's exactly what happened to Kathy Houston. A West Point graduate, U.S. Army officer, 30-year retail leader, wife, and mother of two — Kathy spent decades doing everything exactly right. She married the day after she was commissioned. She left the military to raise her kids rather than deploy to Desert Storm. She built a career, a family, a life. And she had absolutely no idea she was gay.Until she did.In this rich, funny, deeply honest conversation, Anne-Marie and Kathy talk about what it really looks like to come out at 50 — the five years of doing nothing after the first spark of awareness, the open marriage, the first relationship that cracked her heart open, the lesbian gatekeepers who told her she "wasn't really gay," and the neuroscience-backed mindset work that helped her finally build the life she couldn't have imagined but absolutely deserved.Kathy is now a later-in-life coming out coach, a TEDx speaker (What Lies Are You Telling Yourself?), and a certified Positive Intelligence coach. She brings the same discipline that got her through West Point and Desert Storm to helping women face the biggest truth of their lives — with clarity, courage, and a whole lot of hard-won wisdom.This episode also marks the re-launch of Coming Out & Beyond with a sharpened focus on women coming out later in life — late-blooming lesbians, married women questioning their sexuality, and women navigating midlife identity shifts after 30, 40, 50, and beyond. If that's you, you are home.In this episode:The Kmart training trip that changed Kathy's life forever — and the woman she never saw againWhy she did nothing for five years after realizing she might be gayOpening her marriage, her first lesbian relationship, and what "limerence" actually isLesbian gatekeepers — and why they're becoming less commonWhat the brain does to keep us stuck, and how neuroscience can help us get unstuckHer TEDx talk and the three questions she wants every woman to ask herselfBuilding a modern family (and best-friend status with her partner's ex-husband)Why the end — the happiness on the other side — is absolutely worth itIf you're spinning, you don't have to do it alone. Authentically Us is a private community for women questioning their sexuality and coming out later in life. Come find your people: www.annemariezanzal.comFind Kathy Houston at runyourlife.biz — and watch her TEDx talk, What Lies Are You Telling Yourself? https://youtu.be/2h4YKR8Gmsg?si=Rxi1haeq-_KAFP6B#LateBloomingLesbian #ComingOutLaterInLife #AuthenticallyUs #QueerWomen #MidlifeAwakening

What do you do when a single moment — a woman's hand on your thigh at a work dinner — unravels 45 years of the story you thought was yours?That's exactly what happened to Kathy Houston. A West Point graduate, U.S. Army officer, 30-year retail leader, wife, and mother of two — Kathy spent decades doing everything exactly right. She married the day after she was commissioned. She left the military to raise her kids rather than deploy to Desert Storm. She built a career, a family, a life. And she had absolutely no idea she was gay.Until she did.In this rich, funny, deeply honest conversation, Anne-Marie and Kathy talk about what it really looks like to come out at 50 — the five years of doing nothing after the first spark of awareness, the open marriage, the first relationship that cracked her heart open, the lesbian gatekeepers who told her she "wasn't really gay," and the neuroscience-backed mindset work that helped her finally build the life she couldn't have imagined but absolutely deserved.Kathy is now a later-in-life coming out coach, a TEDx speaker (What Lies Are You Telling Yourself?), and a certified Positive Intelligence coach. She brings the same discipline that got her through West Point and Desert Storm to helping women face the biggest truth of their lives — with clarity, courage, and a whole lot of hard-won wisdom.This episode also marks the re-launch of Coming Out & Beyond with a sharpened focus on women coming out later in life — late-blooming lesbians, married women questioning their sexuality, and women navigating midlife identity shifts after 30, 40, 50, and beyond. If that's you, you are home.In this episode:The Kmart training trip that changed Kathy's life forever — and the woman she never saw againWhy she did nothing for five years after realizing she might be gayOpening her marriage, her first lesbian relationship, and what "limerence" actually isLesbian gatekeepers — and why they're becoming less commonWhat the brain does to keep us stuck, and how neuroscience can help us get unstuckHer TEDx talk and the three questions she wants every woman to ask herselfBuilding a modern family (and best-friend status with her partner's ex-husband)Why the end — the happiness on the other side — is absolutely worth itIf you're spinning, you don't have to do it alone. Authentically Us is a private community for women questioning their sexuality and coming out later in life. Come find your people: www.annemariezanzal.comFind Kathy Houston at runyourlife.biz — and watch her TEDx talk, What Lies Are You Telling Yourself? https://youtu.be/2h4YKR8Gmsg?si=Rxi1haeq-_KAFP6B#LateBloomingLesbian #ComingOutLaterInLife #AuthenticallyUs #QueerWomen #MidlifeAwakening

Boss Dave nearly caused a minor emergency after waking from a nap at 7 PM. Chris Masten joins us for an on-air taste test of his new spirits range, and we discuss the "Harmony Day" chaos that sent Producer Amy on a late-night Kmart run. Plus, Natstradamus helps Chad bag the final $1k gift card!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jason is out, but the chaos doesn't take a week off. The guys get into cheap vodka rankings, extinct store nostalgia, and a surprisingly heated defense of Kmart layaway that turns into a full-blown argument. There's bracket drama, a brutal "correct me if I'm wrong" moment, and a spring break reality check that goes sideways fast. Jose somehow turns things into a deep dive on toilet plumes and pizza roll injuries, Kevin's girls take over rapid fire, and Chase unloads on the absolute war zone that is daycare pickup.

Send a textNeil Henderson is a general partner and Director of Investor Relations at Nomad Capital, a Wilmington, NC-based private equity firm with a twist on self-storage: they buy vacant big-box retail buildings and convert them into climate-controlled storage facilities.The numbers behind their model are hard to ignore. Ground-up self-storage construction runs $120-130 per square foot and takes nearly three years. Nomad's conversions come in at $60-65 per square foot, acquisition to occupancy in 12-14 months. Half the cost, a third of the time.In this episode, we get into:- Why old Kmarts and strip malls are the perfect conversion targets- How vertical integration keeps construction costs at cost-plus-12% vs the industry standard 25%- Their current deal: a 171,000 sq ft strip mall in Rocky Mount, NC for $6M with seller financing- Why 2026 loan maturities could create a wave of distressed self-storage opportunities- The Sam Zell principle that guides every acquisition: buy below replacement cost- Neil's Las Vegas condo in 2005 and what it taught him about buying when everyone else is greedyLearn more about Nomad Capital at nomadcapital.usBook recommendation: "How to Break Up with Your Phone" By Catherine PriceElevista - Speed as a Service™Elevista Connect is the first AI-powered lead conversion system built for real estate investors. Heads up: If you find this week's book intriguing and you buy using our link, we receive a small commission that helps support the show. Thank you!

Rob from Karma Stories narrates a collection of “I Don't Work Here” tales: a man shovels out neighbors after a snowstorm and a pushy woman assumes he's with the HOA and demands her walkway; a shopper's wife is mistaken for a Walmart employee and insulted; a museum visitor gets asked three times in two hours if they work there; a POS repair tech is pressured to check out a customer on a register being disassembled and a manager confirms they don't work there; two friends buying mannequins during a Kmart closing sale are mistaken for staff while dressing them; a grocery shopper helps someone find strawberries after being mistaken for an employee; a Berlin art gallery visitor is mistaken for a guide; a dog park regular is assumed to be a trainer and ends up hearing an emotional end-of-life dilemma; and an understaffed appliance store mix-up ends wholesomely when a couple helps another customer.00:00 Welcome and Setup00:24 Snow Shoveling Mixup04:29 Walmart Mistaken Employee06:38 Museum Authority Vibes08:55 Register Repair Standoff11:55 Headless Mannequin Kids15:33 Wholesome Strawberry Help16:54 Berlin Art Guide Confusion18:25 Dog Park Heart to Heart21:14 Gaming Store Helpful Couple24:27 Wrap Up and Farewell

Chris Markowski discusses the importance of niche advantages for businesses, using Kmart's downfall as a cautionary tale about losing focus on core competencies. He explores the dynamics of market manipulation, particularly in oil prices, and critiques government interventions in housing and taxation. The conversation emphasizes the need for businesses to maintain their core identity and warns against the dangers of excessive government control and misguided tax policies.

In Episode 51 of *Chain Reactions*, we sit down with Lex Sokolin, co-founder of [Generative Ventures](https://www.genventures.xyz/) and one of the sharpest voices at the intersection of fintech, crypto, and AI. With 15 years at the frontier of financial services, from Wall Street to early robo-advisors to co-leading DeFi strategy at ConsenSys, Lex brings a rare combination of depth and directness to the conversation.We dig into his core thesis: that AI agents are becoming economic peers, and those peers need financial infrastructure built for them. Lex breaks down how blockchain has collapsed five massive verticals of financial services into a single rail, why that's both unbelievably destructive and productive, and where the real commercial opportunities sit across payments, capital markets, and asset management.The conversation gets candid fast. Lex doesn't hold back on the crypto industry's tendency to dress up vaporware in legitimate opportunity, the evolution from Olas to Virtuals to OpenClaw as each wave of agentic AI gets slightly more real, and why the race to market to agents may ultimately benefit the fewest actual humans. We also get into the Visa and MasterCard question, whether Web3 is finance's Amazon-vs-Kmart moment, and why Tether's business model might be more interesting than Stripe's.We close with Lex's personal philosophy on turning the page, borrowed from a background in visual arts, and why building beats worrying in an era of exponential change.---**Timestamps**00:00 – Welcome and intro to Lex Sokolin of Generative Ventures02:36 – From Wall Street to robo-advisors to ConsenSys and beyond05:50 – The machine economy thesis and where the real opportunities sit08:29 – How blockchain collapsed five financial verticals into one rail10:56 – AI-first companies vs crypto-native firms and where they overlap13:42 – Latest developments and the pace of change in agentic AI14:24 – S-curves vs exponentials and why it matters for AI capabilities16:45 – The evolution from Olas to Virtuals to Lobsters20:41 – Will Visa and MasterCard be disintermediated by agents?27:39 – Amazon vs Kmart: is Web3 finance's greenfield moment?31:40 – How do you market to agents? The dystopian and practical answer36:54 – Spotting AI content in the wild and the normie gap38:32 – What Lex has changed his mind on about decentralization43:25 – What gets Lex most excited and most concerned heading into 202647:48 – The trap of AI consumption vs production49:27 – Biggest professional learning: being unafraid to turn the page---**Show Notes & Mentions**-

Parents of children who are 'short sleepers' — kids genetically programmed to survive on four hours of rest (and pure chaos) — we see you. We unpack the science on Parenting Out Loud this week of why some kids are simply 'built different'... and why the rest of us are drowning in caffeine. Plus, we need to talk about the fetishisation of the 'Involved Father'. From Chris Hemsworth’s commemorative tattoos to the rise of the ‘Swiftie Dad,’ why does society throw a parade when a man does the bare minimum, yet side-eye Bobby Cannavale for skipping the Golden Globes to go to a reptile expo? (Justice for Bobby, tbh). And, ex-One Directioner Zayn Malik is single-handedly causing Tooth Fairy inflation, but the real digital horror story is the school Facebook group. Is opting out of the 'digital footprint' a smart move, or does it just make you the ‘weird’ privacy parent who everyone is accidentally tagging anyway? Our Recommendations:

On today's episode of Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley's Big Pod, Supermarket's viral sounding freezers Lady Gaga & Liza Minelli Drama The day cap is replacing the night cap Top 6 - Ways to cheer on the police Kmart is bringing back the MP3 player How often should you change your sponge Bardot Reunion What did you teach your pet to do? Bet I can guess your mums name Score dating app Fact of the day Who was the right person wrong time? SLP - Do you like chatting during a haircut? Hayley's 3 MAFS group chats Egg's Benee Pie See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Friday Headlines: Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor arrested, first meeting of Donald Trump’s Board of Peace, Greg Lynn applies for bail, Aussies drop $17bn at Bunnings and Kmart, and YouTube’s first-ever video deemed museum-worthy. Deep DIve: Dinosaur bones and fossils are a highly sought-after market - snapped up by private investors, celebrities, researchers, museums, and increasingly, sold online to the highest bidder. Just before Christmas, an Australian family made a remarkable discovery: a fossilised vertebra believed to be more than 20 million years old. But their findings sparked a much bigger conversation over the debate of science vs status. In this episode of The Briefing, Helen Smith is joined by leading paleontologist Michael Archer to unpack the ethics, economics and how everyday Aussies are helping make ancient discoveries.Further listening from the headlines: The Trump 'vanity project' on Albo's desk Follow The Briefing: TikTok: @thebriefingpodInstagram: @thebriefingpodcast YouTube: @TheBriefingPodcastSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week on the U2 Podcast with the Garden Tarts...Side A: It's the anniversary of the time U2 announced their PopMart world tour at a New York City K-Mart. Let's talk about it, shall we?Side B: Last week, we drew A Day Without Me from the box. Here are your thoughts, and ours!And of course, Questions for Bono over Whiskey and Cake™️NEVER LISTENED TO US BEFORE? CHECK OUT THIS STARTER KIT!Who are the Garden Tarts, anyway? Listen to PLEASED TO MEET YOUWhat are these Questions for Bono over Whiskey & Cake™️ all about? FIND OUTWait, there's a third Garden Tart? MEET GARDEN TART AMANDA Sample our signature series, TART TalksLEAVE US A 5-STAR REVIEW! It helps people find the show.➡️ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5 stars only, please) on Spotify➡️ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5 stars only, please) on Apple PodcastsWHERE TO FIND US:www.thegardentarts.comwearethegardentarts@gmail.comWATCH ON YOUTUBEfacebook: @thegardentartsinstagram: @the_gardentartsbluesky: @thegardentartsSUBSCRIBE to our newsletterwww.patreon.com/thegardentarts buymeacoffee.com/thegardentartsKISSING LIPS & BREAKING HEARTS: AN IRREVENT U2 PODCAST is produced by us, The Garden Tarts LLCEditing by: Jenny SteadmanGraphic design by: Hillary FrankAll music is by December

Bob tries to explain Taylor Swift's new music video to Vinnie. Is it just a coincidence that two stars from ‘Mean Girls' have almost identical new movies? Netflix is reportedly holding onto thousands of unsold Meghan Markle jam jars. Psycho Donuts is trying to reboot, and Sarah and Vinnie are rooting for them! Awh, Kmart. Social media for bots is here - oh no! Don't be surprised if you get dumped today.

Hour 1: Bob tries to explain Taylor Swift's new music video to Vinnie. Is it just a coincidence that two stars from ‘Mean Girls' have almost identical new movies? Netflix is reportedly holding onto thousands of unsold Meghan Markle jam jars. Psycho Donuts is trying to reboot, and Sarah and Vinnie are rooting for them! Awh, Kmart. Social media for bots is here - oh no! Don't be surprised if you get dumped today. Hour 2: The Olympics are in full swing! The US is still trailing in Gold Medals. Doesn't sound like they're great quality anyway. Timothee Chalamet is talking about how great he is… again. The Breaking Bad house has sold! You'll be able to see it on Twitch. Did the 90s kind of suck? Other than the clothes of course. Is Chat GPT the new caricature artist? Roses might be the only thing cheaper in California this Valentine's Day. (47:08) Hour 3: Vinnie was bullied into deleting his recipe. Should Bob repost it? It's still unclear if the ransom note to Savannah Guthrie's family is legit. All other possible theories are circling the internet. Catherine O'Hara's cause of death has been released. Did your comfort TV show make this list? You won't believe where Bad Bunny was 10 years ago. You can't PAY people to get off their phone while they drive. What are we supposed to do about drones? (1:29:08) Hour 4: This is Kelly Clarkson's final season on daytime TV. Pink is filling in for a week, but should it be longer? Chappell Roan puts her money where her mouth is - she's leaving her agency after the CEO appeared in the Epstein files. Cardi B says “Good luck!” Kim Kardashian and Lewis Hamilton were snuggling during the Super Bowl. Your friends who ski are in a good mood today. Vinnie warns to watch out for llamas. The most important fast fact of all time. Plus, TV history and the Crown Jewels. (2:11:32)

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What's up, dudes? It's the end of season 6, and with time constraints from work, I decided to do a quick block of commercials from the '80s. Some favorites are included here, and there are some odd choices as well to keep things fresh. Enjoy! I've got a wild season 7 starting next week that I'm excited for, and Raddies nominations will be out mid-February!Give us a buzz! Send a text, dudes!Check us out on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Totally Rad Christmas Mall & Arcade, Teepublic.com, or TotallyRadChristmas.com! Later, dudes!

Michelle Obama spoke about a very specific kind of reality check on the Call Her Daddy podcast: the exact moment you realise you’re no longer the main character in your child’s life. Monz is feeling this deeply and Amelia and Stacey unpack precisely why it hits so hard. Plus, a viral video of an airport lounge meltdown has us asking whether we've lost the ability to handle conflict without reaching for our phone. We dive into the rise of "public shaming" and whether we’re all just one bad day away from being filmed giving someone the finger. And, move over “rawdogging boredom”, is “slow vacuuming” the new mindfulness trend? Monz is deep into this one but Amelia and Stacey remain firmly unconvinced. Our Recommendations:

Dan, Manny, & Billy open up the unhinged Nostalgia Test Mailbag and put a bunch of nonsense to the ultimate test—THE NOSTALGIA TEST!   “I would argue that Tom Selleck has the greatest mustache ever [...] It's hands down him or Burt Reynolds.” -Billy   It's very easy, the guys answer a ton of insane questions and do mini tests from the listeners and their other podcast friends, and things fall off the rails immediately. That's it! Hahahahahah! We talk about Kmart, Stallone's bad movies, TV Theme songs, beverages form our past, AI, and so much more. There's nothing too dumb that they won't have an opinion on, so if you're looking for a replacement for E! Hollywood News and Best Week Ever, subscribe to The Nostalgia Test Podcast. So, grab your best friends, sharpen your knives, and get ready to yell at us for being the most honest podcast out there in the pop culture space right now! Email us (thenostalgiatest@gmail.com) your thoughts, opinions, & episode idea for The Wheel of Nostalgia! Suggest A Test & Be Our Guest! We're always looking for a fun new topic for The Nostalgia Test. Hit the link above, tell us what you'd like to see tested, and be our guest for that episode!   Approximate Rundown 00:00 Introduction and Nostalgia Test Mailbag 01:15 Hollywood Power Couples and E! News Rant 03:45 Kmart and Other Retail Giants 08:47 Stallone's Cobra: Cult Classic or Just Bad? 13:26 Movie Theater Rant and Nostalgic Drinks 23:22 Classic TV Theme Songs 29:48 Confusion Over TV Characters 30:22 Problematic Yet Hilarious Shows of the 80s and 90s 30:39 Nostalgic TV Theme Songs 32:00 MTV VMA Memories 34:27 Favorite Home Video Exclusives 42:13 AI in the Military: A Dangerous Path 46:37 The Importance of Physical Media 55:46 Nostalgic Snacks and Drinks 01:01:47 Final Thoughts and Farewell   Book The Nostalgia Test Podcast Bring The Nostalgia Test Podcast's high energy fun and comedy on your podcast, to host your themed parties & special events!  The Nostalgia Test Podcast will create an unforgettable Nostalgic experience for any occasion because we are the party! We bring it 100% of the time! Email us at thenostalgiatest@gmail.com or fill out the form at this link. LET'S GET NOSTALGIC!       Keep up with all things The Nostalgia Test Podcast on Instagram | Substack | Discord | TikTok | Bluesky | YouTube | Facebook   The intro and outro music ('Neon Attack 80s') is by Emanmusic. The Lithology Brewing ad music ("Red, White, Black, & Blue") is by PEG and the Rejected

We’ve got a bumper episode for you today, kicking off with the latest in the Hourglass/MECCA/Sephora drama. In this episode of Q&A, we’re breaking down what lymphatic drainage can (and can’t) do for your face, and Leigh explains why you might be seeing creatine skincare in your feed. Plus, can applicator makeup products cause acne?! Kelly shares her $2 makeup brush cleaning hack. EVERYTHING MENTIONED: Only Skin Men's Eye Serum, $76.41. Maybelline Instant Perfector 4-in-1 Glow Foundation, $34.99. Maybelline Instant Age Rewind Eraser Dark Circles, $24.99. SEPHORA COLLECTION No-Rinse Brush Cleaner Spray, $16. Cinema Secrets Professional Brush Cleaner Spray, $25. Real Techniques Brush & Sponge Cleansing Gel, $19.99. Kmart 40 Pack Refreshing & Smoothing Wipes - Anti Bacterial, $2. Avene Thermal Spring Water Mist for Sensitive Skin, $29.99. GET IN TOUCH: To see what Leigh and Kelly are wearing and the products they're talking about - watch our show on Youtube – this episode drops tonight at 7pm! Follow us on Instagram: @youbeautypodcast Follow us on TikTok: @youbeautypod For more beauty chat than you can imagine - join our You Beauty Facebook Group here For our product recommendations, exclusive beauty news, reviews, articles, deals and much more - sign up for our free You Beauty weekly newsletter here Got a beauty question you want answered? Email us at youbeauty@mamamia.com.au or send us a voice note on Instagram and Leigh and Kelly could answer it on the pod!! CREDITS: Hosts: Leigh Campbell & Kelly McCarren The Beauty Edit Hosts: Cass Green & Mollie Harwood Producer: Sophie Campbell & Ella Maitland Audio Producer: Tegan Sadler Video Producer: Artemi Kokkaris Just so you know — some of the links in these notes are affiliate links, which means we might earn a small commission if you buy through them. It doesn’t cost you anything extra, and it helps support the show. Happy shopping! Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present, and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.Become a Mamamia subscriber: https://www.mamamia.com.au/subscribeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Heated Rivalry is only the tip of a very sexy ice(hockey)berg. Straight women make up at least 60% of the audience of the booming MM (male to male) queer romance book market. Why? Holly Wainwright, Jessie Stephens and Emily Vernem unpack the theories behind the biggest TV hit of the Summer. Also, no, you're not imagining it. Every streaming show you watch is talking to you like you're a little bit... dumb. Matt Damon knows why. And, everyone has a venting friend. Sometimes, everyone is a venting friend. But now, 'venting' has been labelled toxic friendship behaviour. We want to know who we can vent to about that. Plus, our recommendations. Find them below. SUBSCRIBE here: Support independent women's media Recommendations Em recommends Chicago Fire the bingeable TV show that she's currently obsessed with. Jessie recommends underpants. Yes, treat yourself to an underwear refresh. Holly recommends the move Hamnet that was released in cinemas on January 15. What To Listen To Next: Listen to our latest episode: Jessie's Twins Update & What We Really Did Over The Holidays Listen: Blake Lively, Taylor Swift, Revealing Texts & A Masterclass In Awkward Conversations Listen: Brooklyn Beckham, That ‘Inappropriate’ Dance & The Downfall Of A Family Brand Listen: Brooklyn Beckham Goes Nuclear: An Emergency Meeting Listen: The Superstar Podcaster Who’s Been ‘Red-Pilled’ & Was JLo Really That Rude? Listen: We’ve Entered The Year Of Friction-maxxing Listen: Our Best Heated Rivalry Theory & Taylor Swift's Mum Listen: A Spectacular Writers' Festival Collapse & The Jennifer Lawrence Dog Drama Listen: Why Mia Really Left... And Why She's Back Connect your subscription to Apple Podcasts Discover more Mamamia Podcasts here including the very latest episode of Parenting Out Loud, the parenting podcast for people who don't listen to... parenting podcasts. We’re giving away a Your Reformer Pilates bed (worth $3,400) Subscribe to enter MOVE by Mamamia is the app that helps you fit movement into your every day. Whether you have 10 minutes, or 45, we've got the workout that fits your time, space and body. Get $20 off an annual subscription until the end of January when you use code OUTLOUD at checkout. Start your free trial today. SUBSCRIBE here: Support independent women's media Watch Mamamia Out Loud: Mamamia Out Loud on YouTube What to read: Heated Rivalry forced me to ask myself a fundamental question. You're thinking it, too.' Matt Damon and Ben Affleck's new Netflix thriller will keep you guessing until the very last second. The insane true story that inspired Ben Affleck and Matt Damon's new crime drama. 'Hamnet is the buzziest film of the year you're probably too scared to see. Allow me to change your mind.' Holly Out Loud on Substack THE END BITS: Check out our merch at MamamiaOutLoud.com GET IN TOUCH: Feedback? We’re listening. Send us an email at outloud@mamamia.com.au Share your story, feedback, or dilemma! Send us a voice message. Join our Facebook group Mamamia Outlouders to talk about the show. Follow us on Instagram @mamamiaoutloud and on Tiktok @mamamiaoutloud CREDITS: Hosts: Emily Vernem, Jessie Stephens & Holly Wainwright Group Executive Producer: Ruth Devine Executive Producer: Sasha Tannock Audio Producer: Leah Porges Video Producer: Josh Green Junior Content Producer: Tessa KotowiczBecome a Mamamia subscriber: https://www.mamamia.com.au/subscribeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

THE FACTORY GUY Colleague Mark Clifford, The Troublemaker. By 1975, Jimmy Lai had risen from a child laborer to a factory owner, purchasing a bankrupt garment facility using stock market profits. Despite being a primary school dropout who learned English from a dictionary, Lai succeeded through relentless work and charm. He capitalized on the boom in American retail sourcing, winning orders from Kmart by producing samples overnight and eventually building Comitex into a leading sweater manufacturer, embodying the Hong Kong dream. NUMBER 10 1992 HK

SHOW 12-2-2026 THE SHOW BEGIJS WITH DOUBTS ABOUT AI --  a useful invetion that can match the excitement of the first decades of Photography. November 1955 NADAR'S BALLOON AND THE BIRTH OF PHOTOGRAPHY Colleague Anika Burgess, Flashes of Brilliance. In 1863, the photographer Nadar undertook a perilous ascent in a giant balloon to fund experiments for heavier-than-air flight, illustrating the adventurous spirit required of early photographers. This era began with Daguerre's 1839 introduction of the daguerreotype, a process involving highly dangerous chemicals like mercury and iodine to create unique, mirror-like images on copper plates. Pioneers risked their lives using explosive materials to capture reality with unprecedented clarity and permanence. NUMBER 1 PHOTOGRAPHING THE MOON AND SEA Colleague Anika Burgess, Flashes of Brilliance. Early photography expanded scientific understanding, allowing humanity to visualize the inaccessible. James Nasmyth produced realistic images of the moon by photographing plaster models based on telescope observations, aiming to prove its volcanic nature. Simultaneously, Louis Boutan spent a decade perfecting underwater photography, capturing divers in hard-hat helmets. These efforts demonstrated that photography could be a tool for scientific analysis and discovery, revealing details of the natural world previously hidden from the human eye. NUMBER 2 SOCIAL JUSTICE AND NATURE CONSERVATION Colleague Anika Burgess, Flashes of Brilliance. Photography became a powerful agent for social and environmental change. Jacob Riis utilized dangerous flash powder to document the squalid conditions of Manhattan tenements, exposing poverty to the public in How the Other Half Lives. While his methods raised consent issues, they illuminated grim realities. Conversely, Carleton Watkins hauled massive equipment into the wilderness to photograph Yosemite; his majestic images influenced legislation signed by Lincoln to protect the land, proving photography's political impact. NUMBER 3 X-RAYS, SURVEILLANCE, AND MOTION Colleague Anika Burgess, Flashes of Brilliance. The discovery of X-rays in 1895 sparked a "new photography" craze, though the radiation caused severe injuries to early practitioners and subjects. Photography also entered the realm of surveillance; British authorities used hidden cameras to photograph suffragettes, while doctors documented asylum patients without consent. Finally, Eadweard Muybridge's experiments captured horses in motion, settling debates about locomotion and laying the technical groundwork for the future development of motion pictures. NUMBER 4 THE AWAKENING OF CHINA'S ECONOMY Colleague Anne Stevenson-Yang, Wild Ride. Returning to China in 1994, the author witnessed a transformation from the destitute, Maoist uniformity of 1985 to a budding export economy. In the earlier era, workers slept on desks and lacked basic goods, but Deng Xiaoping's realization that the state needed hard currency prompted reforms. Deng established Special Economic Zones like Shenzhen to generate foreign capital while attempting to isolate the population from foreign influence, marking the start of China's export boom. NUMBER 5 RED CAPITALISTS AND SMUGGLERS Colleague Anne Stevenson-Yang, Wild Ride. Following the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown, China reopened to investment in 1992, giving rise to "red capitalists"—often the children of party officials who traded political access for equity. As the central government lost control over local corruption and smuggling rings, it launched "Golden Projects" to digitize and centralize authority over customs and taxes. To avert a banking collapse in 1998, the state created asset management companies to absorb bad loans, effectively rolling over massive debt. NUMBER 6 GHOST CITIES AND THE STIMULUS TRAP Colleague Anne Stevenson-Yang, Wild Ride. China's growth model shifted toward massive infrastructure spending, resulting in "ghost cities" and replica Western towns built to inflate GDP rather than house people. This "Potemkin culture" peaked during the 2008 Olympics, where facades were painted to impress foreigners. To counter the global financial crisis, Beijing flooded the economy with loans, fueling a real estate bubble that consumed more cement in three years than the US did in a century, creating unsustainable debt. NUMBER 7 STAGNATION UNDER SURVEILLANCE Colleague Anne Stevenson-Yang, Wild Ride. The severe lockdowns of the COVID-19 pandemic shattered consumer confidence, leaving citizens insecure and unwilling to spend, which stalled economic recovery. Local governments, cut off from credit and burdened by debt, struggle to provide basic services. Faced with economic stagnation, Xi Jinping has rejected market liberalization in favor of increased surveillance and control, prioritizing regime security over resolving the structural debt crisis or restoring the dynamism of previous decades. NUMBER 8 FAMINE AND FLIGHT TO FREEDOM Colleague Mark Clifford, The Troublemaker. Jimmy Lai was born into a wealthy family that lost everything to the Communist revolution, forcing his father to flee to Hong Kong while his mother endured labor camps. Left behind, Lai survived as a child laborer during a devastating famine where he was perpetually hungry. A chance encounter with a traveler who gave him a chocolate bar inspired him to escape to Hong Kong, the "land of chocolate," stowing away on a boat at age twelve. NUMBER 9 THE FACTORY GUY Colleague Mark Clifford, The Troublemaker. By 1975, Jimmy Lai had risen from a child laborer to a factory owner, purchasing a bankrupt garment facility using stock market profits. Despite being a primary school dropout who learned English from a dictionary, Lai succeeded through relentless work and charm. He capitalized on the boom in American retail sourcing, winning orders from Kmart by producing samples overnight and eventually building Comitex into a leading sweater manufacturer, embodying the Hong Kong dream. NUMBER 10 CONSCIENCE AND CONVERSION Colleague Mark Clifford, The Troublemaker. The 1989 Tiananmen Squaremassacre radicalized Lai, who transitioned from textiles to media, founding Next magazine and Apple Daily to champion democracy. Realizing the brutality of the Chinese Communist Party, he used his wealth to support the student movement and expose regime corruption. As the 1997 handover approached, Lai converted to Catholicism, influenced by his wife and pro-democracy peers, seeking spiritual protection and a moral anchor against the coming political storm. NUMBER 11 PRISON AND LAWFARE Colleague Mark Clifford, The Troublemaker. Following the 2020 National Security Law, authorities raided Apple Daily, froze its assets, and arrested Lai, forcing the newspaper to close. Despite having the means to flee, Lai chose to stay and face imprisonment as a testament to his principles. Now held in solitary confinement, he is subjected to "lawfare"—sham legal proceedings designed to silence him—while he spends his time sketching religious images, remaining a symbol of resistance against Beijing's tyranny. NUMBER 12 FOUNDING OPENAI Colleague Keach Hagey, The Optimist. In 2016, Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, and Ilya Sutskever founded OpenAI as a nonprofit research lab to develop safe artificial general intelligence (AGI). Backed by investors like Elon Musk and Peter Thiel, the organization aimed to be a counterweight to Google's DeepMind, which was driven by profit. The team relied on massive computing power provided by GPUs—originally designed for video games—to train neural networks, recruiting top talent like Sutskever to lead their scientific efforts. NUMBER 13 THE ROOTS OF AMBITION Colleague Keach Hagey, The Optimist. Sam Altman grew up in St. Louis, the son of an idealistic developer and a driven dermatologist mother who instilled ambition and resilience in her children. Altmanattended the progressive John Burroughs School, where his intellect and charisma flourished, allowing him to connect with people on any topic. Though he was a tech enthusiast, his ability to charm others defined him early on, foreshadowing his future as a master persuader in Silicon Valley. NUMBER 14 SILICON VALLEY KINGMAKER Colleague Keach Hagey, The Optimist. At Stanford, Altman co-founded Loopt, a location-sharing app that won him a meeting with Steve Jobs and a spot in the App Store launch. While Loopt was not a commercial success, the experience taught Altman that his true talent lay in investing and spotting future trends rather than coding. He eventually succeeded Paul Graham as president of Y Combinator, becoming a powerful figure in Silicon Valley who could convince skeptics like Peter Thiel to back his visions. NUMBER 15 THE BLIP AND THE FUTURE Colleague Keach Hagey, The Optimist. The viral success of ChatGPT shifted OpenAI's focus from safety to commercialization, despite early internal warnings about the existential risks of AGI. Tensions over safety and Altman's management style led to a "blip" where the nonprofit board fired him, only for him to be quickly reinstated due to employee loyalty. Elon Musk, having lost a power struggle for control of the organization, severed ties, leaving Altman to lead the race toward AGI. 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“Trying to change that perception has been the most challenging thing post career…It was K-Mart the player and Kenyon the person. I didn't let a lot of people know Kenyon the person.” Kenyon Martin Sr The former NBA All-Star, No. 1 overall pick, and one of the most relentless competitors of his era, Kenyon Martin Sr. sits down with The Pivot Podcast for a powerful, unfiltered conversation about basketball, family, and the evolution of manhood. From his rise out of Dallas to leading the New Jersey Nets to back-to-back NBA Finals, Kenyon reflects on the edge and intensity that defined his playing career—and how that same fire often shaped how he was perceived. Now, with greater perspective, he opens up about the difference between being seen as a player versus being understood as a man. He opens up about the power of his voice now, how he strives to speak from experience and how his biggest post-career challenge is being able to show the world the difference from K-Mart the player vs Kenyon the person.... The conversation takes on new depth as Kenyon discusses watching his son, Kenyon Martin Jr., carve out his own NBA journey. He speaks candidly about fatherhood, pride, restraint, and the responsibility of letting your child become their own person while still standing firm in loyalty and protection as a parent. Beyond the game, Kenyon shares lessons on accountability, family-first values, standing on principle, and how growth sometimes requires rewriting narratives—both public and personal. This episode is about legacy, love, and learning when to pivot without losing who you are.

On December 12th, 1985, 21-year-old Diana Robertson and her boyfriend 36-year-old Mike Riemer of Puyallup, WA took their two-year-old daughter, Crystal, up to a forested area in the mountains near Tacoma. Crystal was found at a Kmart 30 miles away, and the mystery of what happened to Diana and Mike began. Join Mike and Morf as they discuss Diana Robertson and Mike Riemer. Diana's body was found months later but that only intensified the mystery. A tube sock was found wrapped around her neck. Mike's remains were found 25 years later, but the discovery answered few questions.