Episodes
Camilla Franks is a creative tour de force of the Australian fashion industry. Since 2004 her eponymous label has been renowned for its dazzling designs and beloved by women across the globe including the likes of Beyonce, JLo and Oprah, to name a few. But there’s more to Camilla's story than star-studded success. Over the past two decades she’s weathered career struggles, grief, breast cancer, and now – like all of us – the global impact of COVID-19. But throughout it all she has remained a...
Published 05/20/20
Human rights activist, Khadija Gbla first came to our attention through her extraordinary TEDx talk describing how she found out she was a survivor of Female Genital Mutilation (watch it NOW!). The talk was a game-changer. Through sheer force of will, Khadija has forever altered the conversation around FGM in Australia and now, as an ambassador for Our Watch, she continues to fight for those without a voice in the battle to stop violence against women and children. She is both fearlessly...
Published 04/30/20
Just a warning - this episode deals with the topic of domestic violence - if you need help please call 1800RESPECT now and if you are ever in any danger please call the Police on 000. For more than three decades Natasha Stott Despoja has been a kick-ass part of public life in Australia – firstly as our nation’s youngest ever Senator - sitting in Canberra’s Parliament House at the tender age of 26. Then in numerous government and representative roles, Natasha has consistently had a passion...
Published 04/16/20
Three years ago Cass Thorburn was thrust into the spotlight when her husband of 21 years - Today host, Karl Stefanovic - left her in very public split that played out big-time in the tabloids. After finding herself a single, stay-at-home mum to her three kids, she began the process of rebuilding her life, and now the journalist is back on the hustings - hosting a popular new podcast series called Divorce Story - which aims to empower women to thrive after separation. With 1 in 2 marriages...
Published 04/02/20
During her coverage of the 2018 World Cup, SBS sport presenter Lucy Zelić faced intense online abuse from trolls, directed at her pronunciation of players’ names. At the time, Lucy tried to ignore her abusers, but since the birth of her daughter Mila, she realised she needed to take a stand against the trolls who sent her threats. Now, she’s hitting back with a passionate plea for accountability with #BeAccountable. The hashtag is designed to call out untoward behaviour and start a national...
Published 03/19/20
Retired Army Major Matina Jewell has paid a hefty price for a decorated 15-year Army career. While on one of her five overseas missions, posted to the Middle East, tensions rapidly escalated. Within days of war breaking out, all her close colleagues were dead from an airstrike and she was lying lifeless on a tiled floor desperately needing medical attention for a broken back. With painful physical injuries to contend with and mounting mental ones due to the heartbreaking losses, Mattie has...
Published 03/06/20
When TV presenter Sally Obermeder was diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer the day before giving birth to her daughter, it got her thinking about what she really wanted from life. But instead of retiring to a quiet life on a Pacific island, she convinced her sister Maha to launch a wellness blog Swiish that has since grown into a burgeoning empire. For  Sally, whose beaming radiance has been a constant source of inspiration in many people’s lives for almost two decades, this is just...
Published 02/21/20
Gen Fricker is well known for her slashie career. She’s been a radio host on Triple J/ a regular guest on the hit TV show Have You Been Paying Attention/and a mainstay on the stand-up comedy circuit for almost a decade. Unfortunately she’s also well-known for being the victim of a stalker who assaulted her on-air in ABC Studios. Not surprisingly the event kicked off a year of hell for the young media talent - (but is now the subject of her new national tour. Natch). This is what happens when...
Published 02/07/20
Zali Steggall first burst into the Australian psyche back in 1998 when she became the first ever Australian to win a medal at a Winter Olympics - winning a Bronze in the slalom at Nagano. Fast forward 20-years and she came back to public life with a bang as the woman who famously toppled ex-Prime Minister Tony Abbott from the electorate seat he had held for 25 years. Now the Abbott-slayer is on the verge of becoming the face of climate change in our federal parliament, and she joins marie...
Published 01/24/20
From her signature husky full-body laugh and impromptu singing of familiar tunes by Mariah, Whitney (and even Billy Ray Cyrus), Jessica Mauboy is joy in motion. In this episode she takes us on an entertaining rollercoaster ride, revealing how she first found her voice growing up in her hometown of Darwin, through to today, where she is now purposely using that voice in a new way - to talk about the importance of constitutional recognition of Indigenous people. The interview is equally...
Published 01/09/20
2019 has been a huge year for women, which is why we thought we'd take a look at some of the kick arse things that women have done. From Lizzo to Greta Thunberg, Ash Barty to Sarah Hanson Young - join marie claire Editor Nicky Briger and Deputy Editor Mel Gleeson as they look back over 2019.... For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy
Published 12/19/19
For 16 years, Sarah-Jane Clarke was one-half of Australian fashion's mega-success brand, Sass and Bide. As the hit label of the noughties, she was working damn hard - but partying hard too. Fearful of wasting her life wasted, Sarah-Jane decided to give up alcohol - and took the game-changing brave path of going public with her decision - inspiring a whole generation to try dry too in the process.With a new brand, a new purpose and a new alcohol-free lease on life, is this Sarah-Jane's...
Published 12/05/19
Back in 2000 when Melanie Gleeson tried to open a little day spa called Endota, the local council rejected her because they assumed she was opening a brothel. Two decades later she now oversees the Endota empire - Australia's biggest spa network, a booming beauty product business, and a therapy beauty school. While she has helped shaped Australia's billion-dollar wellness industry, she is also a thought-leader in how women work and has many things to say about what women need to thrive and...
Published 11/21/19
The uber-talented performer Clare Bowditch has a BIG important message for the women of Australia. The much-loved ARIA award-winning singer-songwriter and Logie-nominated actress - has just released a memoir that is simply stunning in its ability to tell the story of us. It's the story of young girls who allow their dreams to be derailed by persistent voice of self-doubt. It's the story of women who wait and wish to be thinner and more beautiful, so then their lives can start. It's the story...
Published 11/07/19
For 20 years Julie Bishop was the best leader the Liberal Party never had. As one political writer quipped, Bishop ''spent a whole career smiling at ambitious male careerists intent on pushing her over on the travellator''. Not any more. The transformation of Julie Bishop from impenetrable pollie to liberated lady-boss is a lesson for us all in the power of female resilience and reinvention. Best of all? She is more like the rest of us than we ever gave her credit for. Meet Julie V3.0. For...
Published 10/24/19
The November 2019 issue of marie claire is a celebration of the awe-inspiring Australian women and girls who are committed to saving the planet – especially our beautiful waterways and coastlines. Our November issue is a celebration of the celebrities, designers and activists who are fighting to save our seas. So we invited two of these amazing women in – ethical fashion designer Kit Willow of KitX and teenage activist and Young Conservationist of the Year Sophia Skarparis – to talk about...
Published 10/10/19
Georgie Dent is a name familiar to the readers of marie claire – as a journalist and editor she has written passionately for our mag and website on many topics usually around gender equality and women’s rights. But she saved her biggest story for her new book which tells the riveting story of how her picture perfect life – a dream job at a prestigious Sydney law firm, the perfect relationship, a family that loved and supported her - completely unravelled at the age of 25 and left her broken,...
Published 10/03/19
Jesinta Franklin has always wanted to live a BIG life. It was what motivated her to leave her unconventional childhood on the Gold Coast to take on the world as a teenage Miss Universe contestant. Now she's livin' the dream through her #couplegoals marriage to AFL star Buddy Franklin and her hugely successful Jesinta app. But there have been lows too, and Jes is never scared about going there which is why this frank and funny convo covers everything from mental health to miscarriages, from...
Published 09/16/19
Long before body positivity became a thing, Australian model Robyn Lawley was a young, lone voice in demanding inclusivity in the fashion industry, calling out big brands - like Victoria's Secret - for their inability to embrace the different curves and colours of real women. Despite the criticism and bullying, she persisted and is now the undisputed poster girl for the entire movement. And if that battle wasn't big enough - she now has a new life mission to save the planet. Watch out world. ...
Published 08/09/19
Hollywood legend Drew Barrymore is the epitome of fearless: from cute child star to troubled teenage rebel, to Hollywood A-lister and now mega-successful business woman, she knows a thing or two about reinvention, facing her fears and living life big. Recently in Australia to launch her hot beauty brand, Flower Beauty, she was also special guest at an exclusive live event hosted by marie claire editor, Nicky Briger. She gave such an amazing tour de force performance that it needed to be...
Published 07/18/19