Best Steph Claire Smith Podcasts (2024)

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Perfectionist, Empath, Ideal Mother - how your inner critic is impacting your life and what you can do about it 45:54

4h ago45:54

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Are you a Perfectionist? An Overachiever? A People Pleaser? Every woman will see themselves in at least one of the 13 archetypes that Megan Dalla-Camina has identified. Megan is a women’s leadership and empowerment expert. Her Women Rising Program has empowered over 7,500 women in 63 countries and her new book ‘Women Rising: The forces that hold us…

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Is cheating a deal breaker? We share our thoughts 32:10

4h ago32:10

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This week Laura shares her (and Dalton’s) latest embarrassing moment involving a public toilet and a very upset tummy. And we read an article in The Cut called ‘How 10 Women Found Out They Were Cheated On’ and we wanted to share our thoughts on cheating. Is cheating ever okay? What makes it a deal breaker in a relationship? And Steph shares her exp…

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Building an AI Media and Software Empire - Ep. 31 with Brandon Gell 1:56:27

1h ago1:56:27

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We’re building a mini-AI media and software empire at Every. Today on AI & I, Brandon Gell joins the show to turn the tables on me and act as podcast host to explore what we’re doing as a company, how we got here, and where we’re going. Brandon is Every’s first entrepreneur in residence, and he was the perfect person to host, because he’s one of th…

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Our tips for traveling with newborns and toddlers - KICBUMP with Lisa De Sanctis 44:15

4h ago44:15

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It’s tips galore in this episode! Steph invites her friend Lisa De Sanctis (aka See Want Shop) into the studio to share tips for traveling with toddlers and newborns. Should you book a flight during their nap time or awake time? Do you book accommodation with one room or two? How do you anticipate and handle big emotions on flights? Are travel pram…

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Giving head, beer & 12 other things we’ve pretended to like for crushes 31:03

3h ago31:03

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What have you pretended to like for a crush? This week Producer Lindsey was reminded of a time when she would get up early to watch the Socceroos because she knew the boys at school would be talking about it. We KNEW we couldn't be the only ones who did embarrassing things for crushes so we asked you: what’s the most embarrassing thing you’ve prete…

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How to Be a Smarter Reader in the Age of AI - Ep. 30 with Alex Wieckowski 1:19:44

14m ago1:19:44

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Alex Wieckowski is on a mission to make you fall in love with reading again—and he thinks AI can help. Alex, who writes a newsletter that captures lessons from books he’s read and tips to become a better reader, Alex & Books, is a creator with over 1 million followers across social platforms. He’s also the author of a book of quotes that will inspi…

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How to fall in love with running with Phoebe & Anna from Cheeky Run Club 47:58

8d ago47:58

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It doesn’t matter where in your running journey you are, we think you’ll love this chat! Phoebe and Anna are Cheeky Run Club: a social running podcast and community for your everyday amateur runner. Since launching their podcast in January, Phoebe and Anna have covered topics like sports bras, nutrition, running burnout, prepping for races, and so …

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Laura was told she's “playing the gender card”. This is what she has to say about it 34:24

16d ago34:24

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It's time for another rant from Laura! On a recent Instagram video calling out internalised misogyny, someone accused Laura of “playing the gender card” and today she shares her feelings about it. TLDR: if you’ve never experienced discrimination, you can’t tell people who have been discriminated against that it doesn’t exist. PLUS the Olympics are …

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How Packy McCormick Finds His Next Big Idea - Ep. 29 1:13:30

6d ago1:13:30

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One of the most influential voices in tech explains how AI helps him write and invest. This episode is sponsored by Create. If you want to maximize your gains, both with your body and with ChatGPT, try creatinine gummies from Create. Place your order through this link to get a 30 percent discount: https://trycreate.co/products/creatine-monohydrate-…

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Gen Gregson is a better marathoner because she’s a mum - KICBUMP with Olympian Gen Gregson 51:14

21d ago51:14

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A must listen ahead of the women's Olympic marathon marathon this weekend! In the heat of the women’s 3000m steeplechase at the Tokyo Games, Gen Gregson fell and ruptured her achilles tendon. As devastating as it was that Gen’s steeplechase career was over, and her return to elite sport was uncertain, Gen saw an opportunity to fulfil another dream:…

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Sam Kroonenburg’s success is only possible because of his wife 55:15

19d ago55:15

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Sam Kroonenburg built a company from his bedroom, with him and his brother Ryan both making about $500 million. But Sam, 40, is doing what he can to avoid the trappings of wealth. Further reading: Aussie who sold cloud start-up for $2b jumps on AI for ads Young Rich Lister says more founders should take cash off the table See omnystudio.com/listene…

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Look out New York City Marathon, here comes Laura!!! 28:11

23d ago28:11

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This week Laura has some dream come true news…she’s been invited to run the New York City Marathon in November!! Find out how Laura has worked on her mindset in order to believe she’s ready to run a marathon…and how rebuilding her relationship with food and exercise has made it all possible. Then we invite one of Steph’s oldest friends, Hayley, on …

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Throwback to our conversation with Aussie Olympic boxer Harry Garside 35:27

20d ago35:27

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In 2023 we had the pleasure of speaking with Australian boxer Harry Garside. We talked about masculinity, success, proving himself, thinking he's not good enough, and why he deliberately puts himself in situations that make him uncomfortable. We've loved watching Harry at the Paris Olympics and it reminded us of how much we loved this chat with him…

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How a Top Podcaster Rides the AI Wave - Ep. 28 with Nathaniel Whittemore 1:09:20

13d ago1:09:20

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Keeping up with AI is Nathaniel Whittemore’s full-time job—and I spent an hour with him to understand how he does it. Nathaniel is the host of a top-ranked AI podcast on the technology charts, The AI Daily Brief, which breaks down the most important news in AI every day. He is also the founder and CEO of Superintelligent, a platform that teaches yo…

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More kids, sex life, regrets, and has Laura started washing her bra!? You ask…we answer 36:16

28d ago36:16

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You asked…we answered. We haven’t done an ask-us-anything in a long time, so we asked you for your questions and you didn’t hold back! How would you describe your sex life in one word? Steph, do you plan to have more kids? What do you regret? How do you feel about a few MCG’s worth of people following you online? And Laura…have you started washing …

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Steph's one and only one night stand 29:48

16d ago29:48

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This week Laura has a moment of self-reflection as she reveals the savage things she said to Dalton while PMS-ing and Steph shares how PMS hits her now that she’s had her IUD removed. PLUS! We want your sexy slip up stories! We’ve told you about the time Steph’s mum found her sexy nurse outfit, and when Laura’s cleaner discovered her vibrator…but t…

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Dwarkesh Patel’s Quest to Learn Everything - Ep. 27 1:13:09

1M ago1:13:09

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This episode is sponsored by Command Bar, an embedded AI copilot designed to improve user experience on your web or mobile site. Find them here: https://www.commandbar.com/copilot/ Dwarkesh Patel is on a quest to know everything. He’s using LLMs to enhance how he reads, learns, thinks, and conducts interviews. Dwarkesh is a podcaster who’s intervie…

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How Ash Paraskevas left a long-term relationship and learned to accept herself as a lesbian 39:30

21d ago39:30

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Ash Paraskevas had kissed girls long before she ever had sex with a woman. She would make out with girls in high school and tell herself it was something she was doing for attention. But after seven years in a heterosexual relationship, Ash could no longer ignore her feelings towards women. As scary as it was to leave her long-term relationship, sh…

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How do you tell your best friend you can’t afford her overseas wedding? 29:01

27d ago29:01

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This week we answer your D&M about how to decline an invite to an overseas wedding. You said: “I don’t know how to handle telling my best friend that I may not be at her wedding.” We share our thoughts on overseas weddings and the expectations placed on guests to attend - often at large financial expense. Plus we asked you to spill your celebrity r…

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Your vulva isn’t something to be ashamed of - with Ellie Sedgwick (Comfortable In My Skin) 30:48

26d ago30:48

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One in six people with vulvas reported feeling anxious or embarrassed about the way their labia looks. The recently published Labia Diversity Report from Women’s Health Victoria surveyed 1,030 women and people with labia aged between 18-50 about how they feel about their labia. They found 31% of those surveyed associated their labia with words like…

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The Internet Creator's Guide to the Future - Ep. 26 with Steph Smith 1:19:16

27d ago1:19:16

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Steph Smith is the ultimate internet explorer. I spent an hour talking to her about the future of creating on the internet in the age of AI. She’s our first-ever repeat guest, and if you watch the episode you’ll see why: It’s a curious, fun, experimental romp through the best of the digital world. We try out four underrated AI products, go through …

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Your guide to screen time - KICBUMP with Mandy from Raise Toddlers 41:34

28d ago41:34

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How much screen time is too much? Mandy Richardson is a child development and early parenting specialist and the creator of Raise Toddlers: a platform created to inspire and equip parents with the skills and tools they need to raise children from birth to six years old. Very importantly, Mandy is not anti-screens! But when she notices her three dau…

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How exquisite timing helped Kerry Harmanis forge a fortune 44:20

1M ago44:20

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After deciding working at Legal Aid wasn’t the career for him, Kerry Harmanis applied to an art school. He was rejected and turned to prospecting in WA. It was a journey that led to the $3.1 billion sale of Jubilee Mines right as nickel prices peaked. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…

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Our thoughts on Kylie Jenner crying over negative comments on her appearance 33:51

1M ago33:51

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In a recent episode of The Kardashians, Kylie Jenner broke down in tears over comments she received about the way she looks. In the episode she said "people have been talking about my looks since I was 12, 13…after 10-plus years of hearing about (my looks), it just gets exhausting." We watched it and we want to share our thoughts. Plus Laura has be…

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How to stop taking things personally - with our coach Janey Martino 36:22

1M ago36:22

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In the third part of our three-episode special about having difficult conversations, we invite our coach Janey Martino back into the studio to talk through making assumptions and not taking things personally. We’ve personally gone through our own experience of assuming we know what the other person is thinking and how they will react to something…w…

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The AI-powered Era of Scientific Discovery Is Here - Ep. 25 with Dr. Bradley Love 58:41

2M ago58:41

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Dr. Bradley Love is building a tool that can predict the future. Dr. Bradley Love is transforming neuroscience research with AI. He's the creator of BrainGPT, a large language model that can predict the results of neuroscience studies—before they’re conducted. And it performs better than human experts. We spent 90 minutes exploring how AI is reshap…

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How to learn to trust yourself - with our coach Janey Martino 1:02:46

2M ago1:02:46

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Janey Martino is a business founder, board director, advisor, investor and coach. She’s an advisor for Kic and our personal coach. Janey’s coaching has helped us in our confidence and leadership as individuals, and she recently helped us to faciliate the most challenging conversation we've ever had as friends. In the second part of this special thr…

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An honest catch up about our friendship 43:11

2M ago43:11

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This week we check in on our friendship. In case you missed it, an article came out a few weeks ago claiming there was a “rift” in our friendship. There’s not! But we have been having some deep conversations and this week we want to talk about it. Plus we preview our Wednesday (and bonus!) Friday episodes with our coach Janey Martino who has made t…

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There’s no perfect in parenting - KICBUMP with Lael Stone 47:42

1M ago47:42

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You can’t be what you can’t see and for most of us (for better or worse) our only parental role models will be the people that raised us. So are we destined to raise our children in the same way that our parents raised us? And if you want to parent differently…how can you unlearn the way you were brought up? Lael Stone is a speaker, educator and au…

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Paul Blackburne: Why cars, boats and houses won’t make you happy 44:26

2M ago44:26

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Paul Blackburne built a property company that in 2016 land him on the Financial Review Rich List with an estimated $536 million fortune. He’s also seen other people make lots of money and says there’s a success trap entrepreneurs need to be mindful of. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…

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Which household item have you used to…y’know 😉 33:44

2M ago33:44

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This week it’s Laura’s turn to be thrown under the bus! We searched far and wide for someone in Laura’s life who could tell an embarrassing story about her and this week we finally got one - her oldest friend Bec, who shared a story of the time Laura revealed what she household item she used to get…intimate with. Plus we listened to an episode of S…

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A how-to guide for making friends as an adult - Two Broke Chicks/besties Sal + Al 49:24

2M ago49:24

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Sal & Al met in their office kitchen, fell in friendship love, and six months later they had matching tattoos. In the 7 years that have followed, they’ve gone through romantic and friendship break ups, work, travel, starting a podcast, building a business and writing a book together, so they’re pretty much experts on friendship at this point. One o…

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Do you wax your butt? 36:26

2M ago36:26

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It’s an intimate one today! In a recent episode of The Kardashians, Khloe made a comment about people having hair down there and Laura wants to talk about it. Does laser hurt more than waxing? Do you remove hair from your butt? And Steph shares the time she tried out her waxing skills on Josh. Then we check in on the goals we set ourselves at the s…

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She Built an AI Product Manager Bringing in Six Figures—As A Side Hustle - Ep. 24 with Claire Vo 1:04:48

2M ago1:04:48

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Claire Vo built ChatPRD—an on-demand chief product officer powered by AI. It’s now used by over 10,000 product managers and is pulling in six figures in revenue. The best part? Claire has a demanding day job as the CPO at LaunchDarkly. So she built all of ChatPRD herself—over the weekend—with AI. I sat down with Claire to talk about how ChatPRD wor…

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Parenting with a prosthetic leg - KICBUMP with Jess Quinn 42:39

2M ago42:39

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Jess Quinn was one of our very first KICPOD guests way back in 2019. This week Jess returns, but this time for KICBUMP, after welcoming her first daughter Marla into the world last November. In our first conversation with Jess she shared her story of childhood cancer and having one of her legs amputated when she was nine years old. In this episode,…

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How Richard White went from AC/DC luthier to Australia's 11th richest person 1:00:25

2M ago1:00:25

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Richard White wanted to be a rock and roll star. He ended up developing software for companies in the logistics industry. In 1994 he founded Wise Tech Global and is now the 11th wealthiest person in Australia. To ask a question, email howimadeit@afr.com This podcast is sponsored by Commonwealth Private To find out more about Commonwealth Private cl…

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Who gets to take the family toothpaste on holiday? 40:11

2M ago40:11

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If you’re going away by yourself, do you take the family toothpaste or do you buy a spare toothpaste and leave the family toothpaste at home? Steph and Laura have been doing a lot of traveling recently and this week we find out who buys a spare and who takes the family toothpaste (leaving their partner without). Plus we always suggest calling 1800 …

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What Do LLMs Tell Us About the Nature of Language—And Ourselves? - Ep. 23 with Robin Sloan 53:49

2M ago53:49

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An interview with best-selling sci-fi novelist Robin Sloan One of my favorite fiction writers, New York Times best-selling author Robin Sloan, just wrote the first novel I’ve seen that’s inspired by LLMs. The book is called Moonbound, and Robin originally wanted to write it with language models. He tried doing this in 2016 with a rudimentary model …

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Confidence, limiting beliefs & the stories we tell ourselves - Ashani Dante & Fi Sanford from The Flourish Journey 58:25

3M ago58:25

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Ashani Dante and Fi Sanford are the Founder and CEO of The Flourish Journey, an organisation committed to supporting teenage girls to become empowered, resilient and connected adults. They help young girls to cultivate their own self-awareness and self-confidence, but this doesn’t mean that Ashani & Fi feel confident at all times. In this episode A…

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Steph’s therapy update 26:53

3M ago26:53

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Steph’s been seeing a therapist for the past few months and in today’s episode she shares how it’s been going, what she’s learned from it, and she and Laura reflect on how valuable it’s been for both of them to speak to someone unbiased who you can be totally truthful with. Then Laura reflects on completing the Kic Run 10 - 21km program and complet…

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Is NotebookLM—Google's Research Assistant—the Ultimate Tool For Thought? - Ep.22 with Steven Johnson 56:16

2M ago56:16

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We use it to find bestselling author Steven Berlin Johnson’s next project. I sat down with bestselling author Steven Johnson to see if we could come up with a concept for his next project—using AI. The results were amazing. We loaded 200,000 words of NASA transcripts and all of Steven’s reading notes since 1999 into NotebookLM, Google’s personalize…

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So…Do I Want Kids? - with Laura Henshaw & Dalton Henshaw 47:41

3M ago47:41

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For the final episode of the miniseries Laura sits down with her husband Dalton. How does he feel about Laura doing this miniseries? What are his own fears around having children? Is it selfish if they never have children? And finally…do Laura & Dalton want kids? Then we hear from you about what the series has taught you. And Laura reflects on what…

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Steph Claire Smith’s top tips to building a social media empire 57:47

3M ago57:47

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How a back of the napkin plan put fitness star Steph Claire Smith on the Young Rich List. To ask a question, email howimadeit@afr.com This podcast is sponsored by Commonwealth Private To find out more about Commonwealth Private click here See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By The Australian Financial Review

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Our thoughts on Sydney vs Melbourne Fashion Week 29:18

3M ago29:18

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Sydney Fashion Week was a few weeks ago and it raised important conversations about who gets invited, who gets photographed, and how the event leaves people feeling afterwards, so this week we reflect on our own experiences of attending Melbourne and Sydney Fashion Weeks both as guests and walking in shows. Then we take a trip down memory lane to r…

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"My partner wants kids and I don’t. Should we break up?" - with Laura Henshaw 54:04

3M ago54:04

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The decision to have children is a personal one but if you’re in a relationship, the decision is one that you can’t make on your own. So what do you do if you find yourself in a situation where your partner wants kids but you’re not ready…or you want kids and your partner isn’t ready? Or what if you want children…but you don’t have anyone to have t…

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Trailer: What is AI & I? 1:45

3M ago1:45

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Learn how the smartest people in the world are using AI to think, create, and relate. Each week I interview founders, filmmakers, writers, investors, and others about how they use AI tools like ChatGPT, Claude, and Midjourney in their work and in their lives. We screen-share through their historical chats and then experiment with AI live on the sho…

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Does our fertility really fall off a cliff at 35? - with Laura Henshaw 50:40

3M ago50:40

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For many women in their 20’s and 30’s, the tick of the biological clock can be deafening. We’re told our fertility falls off a cliff at 35 years old, so if we want children, we’d better get moving. When you add on messaging around the desire to be a “young” mum to keep up with your children, this only adds to the pressure that many women feel to ma…

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IUD or I-U-Don’t? Steph’s big decision 34:43

3M ago34:43

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It’s a mixed bag this week! Steph has a raspy voice (the sick kind…not the sexy kind) and Laura has a story about a dryer gone wrong and she wants to know what you would do if you were in the same situation. Then Steph shares the decision she recently made to get her IUD removed. And we call relationship coach (and friend of the podcast) Megan Lusc…

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Career + children. Can I have both? - with Laura Henshaw 55:02

3M ago55:02

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The most common fear we heard from you while planning this series, was what children would do to your career. Progression, relevancy, loss of superannuation, loss of identity, and comments like "why would you have kids if you're going to go back to work," all contribute to women making the decision to have children. And with increased rates of home…

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Do I need to be 100% sure I want kids? - with Laura Henshaw 44:43

3M ago44:43

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If you're talking to people about the decision to have children it’s likely you’ve heard a version of this - “parenting is really hard so if you’re not 100% sure that you want children…don’t do it”. This episode is here to challenge that idea. The reasons people say not to have children are very convincing - you’ll never sleep again, your relations…

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