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Ready or Not

The podcast for and about mothers and parents who make work, work by two cousins with four children between them.We publish content all week long via our podcast, Substack, and social channels.Every Monday, our banter-based podcast Witching Hour with Loz and Lu will land in your ears right here.Every Wednesday, we publish our flagship interview podcast with Lucinda aka Lu, Ready or Not.Every Friday, we publish our brand new mini tip-based episode with Ready or Not"s agony aunt and advice queen Loz,

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8:30

Partner away for work? Simple hacks for getting...

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2024/06/26

Welcome back to Tits and Tricks! It’s Ready or Not’s new bite sized tip based podcast, and it’s coming to your ears every Thursday. Off the back of a recently solo parenting stint (and navigating paid work alongside solo parent) Loz is taking the reins today to talk really simple hacks to get you through the day. As always, we're not breaking any new ground here, because we want you to do less. Instead, we're reminding you of all the little tips and mindsets that will hopefully make it that little

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44:38

"There was no plan B, so I just kept going" with...

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2024/06/25

I'm fascinated by founders and business owners like Mukti, because she's been incredibly successful with her skincare brand Mukti Organics, but she totally flies in the face of the highly corporate, suit-clad, city dwelling business person that we often associate with success.Instead, she does things a little differently. She gave birth in a tee pee, for one. Her mum was - in her words - a crazy hippy woman who renounced everything and went off to India. She was a young mum, and she founded her

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39:54

Let's talk about sex, baby | Witching Hour

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2024/06/24

Welcome back to Witching Hour: the show that looks at what's exciting, delighting, intriguing, and frustrating us as we make work, work alongside parenting. It's Ready or Not's loose little sister coming to your ears every Monday.In today's episode, we cover:More than two thirds of working parents consider quitting jobs because of childcare costs, research finds.What If Motherhood Isn’t Transformative at All? Actually, Having a Baby Changes You Forever: The Cut published two opposing articles on the

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16:12

One meal two ways, what we’re automating & WTF to do...

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2024/06/20

Welcome back to Tits and Tricks! It’s Ready or Not’s new bite sized tip based podcast, and it’s coming to your ears every Thursday. Well today it’s on a Friday and if you don’t know why yet, you’ll have to listen to Wednesday’s check in episode with me, Lu.And on that, you might be wondering why you’re hearing from me when I said Loz and I would be taking turns in bringing you Tits & Tricks.Loz is solo parenting, while working four days a week while her husband is away for work. SO you get me

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69:59

The mother of all stories with Snuggle Hunny's Julie...

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2024/06/19

Doctors and health professionals may have called Snuggle Hunny chief Julie Mathers geriatric on more than one occasion, but in my opinion, she's fit a hell of a lot in to a short amount of time. With her husband, she founded and sold an incredibly successful business in Flora and Fauna. She's experienced miscarriage and after trying for some time and some failed rounds of IVF, both of her sons ended up being conceived naturally, to her surprise. Her older boy Woody has Down Syndrome and a heart

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3:54

A quick check in with Lucinda: When making work, work...

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2024/06/18

Shit hit the fan for us as we were going to press publish on what was meant to be today's episode with Snuggle Hunny founder Julie Mathers. A big fat tech failure that nearly led Lu to start the whole edit again at 7.25pm last night. But, Loz reminded her of what's important, so here, she shares a quick check in instead.We'll catch you back here tomorrow for an incredible episode with Snuggle Hunny's boss, Julie Mathers.

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34:02

If you're here, who's looking after the kids? |...

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2024/06/17

Welcome back to Witching Hour: the show that looks at what's exciting, delighting, intriguing, and frustrating us as we make work, work alongside parenting. It's Ready or Not's loose little sister coming to your ears every Tuesday.In today's episode, we cover:I regularly travel for work. Why do people keep asking who’s looking after my child? (SMH)Eva Mendes is glad she had kids later In life (People)And a really ridiculous poll today: it's a would you rather, but motherhood edition.---THIS WEEK'S

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10:32

Your return to work wardrobe checklist | Tits & Tricks

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2024/06/12

Welcome to Tits and Tricks! It’s Ready or Not’s new bite-sized advice-based podcast, and today is all about making the return to paid work a little bit easier via simplifying our wardrobes.Look, I am no style expert. Although I love clothes, I’m not going to pretend to be your fashion correspondent. But I am a mum who needs to get dressed each day. And of all the things that bring unexpected stress in getting out of the door in the morning to get to work, a big one can be getting yourself dressed

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49:49

Why mothers are so exhausted with U-Fhern Chang |...

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2024/06/11

U-Fhern Chang was on a plane for a work trip when she had a pretty profound AHA moment. And while she didn't immediately act upon it, it would eventually lead her to completely revamp her priorities when it came to her career. Add quitting her job at a big four, four kids, and a few businesses into the mix, and it's fair to say that she's had a bit on. After her children, I think it's fair to say that her other baby, Elan House of Wellness, the business dedicated to nourishing and supporting

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47:47

Have you been the Miranda or the Charlotte? How to...

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2024/06/10

Welcome back to Witching Hour: the show that looks at what's exciting, delighting, intriguing, and frustrating us as we make work, work alongside parenting. It's Ready or Not's loose little sister coming to your ears every Monday.In today's episode, we cover:Working families are more stressed than ever, a new report has found.‘Kinkeeping’ is the invisible workload that women take on—and it’s affecting the mental health, performance, commitment and bandwidth of employees, experts say. (NYT)And the

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42:11

Second act: Talking two year olds, imposter syndrome...

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2024/06/04

Since I last interviewed Phoebe Simmonds over a year ago and Ava Chandler Matthews just under a year ago, the two business owners, mothers, and friends have had just a bit going on. Ava is getting ready to launch her business Ultra Violette into the US and she's actually launching herself into second time motherhood very soon, too. So soon, I'm surprised she even let me convince her to come back on the show.As for Phoebe, The Memo is having a big year. They've just opened their Fitzroy store, and

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51:11

Jessica Biel is done being the cool girl | Witching Hour

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2024/06/02

Welcome back to Witching Hour: the show that looks at what's exciting, delighting, intriguing, and frustrating us as we make work, work alongside parenting. It's Ready or Not's loose little sister coming to your ears every Monday.In today's episode, we cover:Research shows that those who spend more time speaking tend to emerge as the leaders of groups, regardless of their intelligence.Jessica Biel Is Done Being A “Cool Girl” About PeriodsAnd your answers to a poll I didn’t anticipate being so

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66:52

The Andrew Tate effect with feminist academic...

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2024/05/28

Stephanie Wescott is a feminist academic and researcher. She’s also the mother of a three year old boy, and at the moment, she’s conducting research into how extremist online influencers like Andrew Tate are shaping boys' behaviours and attitudes towards women. It’s a fascinating and important time to be raising a son and we talk about this – that we need feminists raising our boys and the fact that her partner was almost nervous – somewhat hesitant – when he found out they were having a son. She

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40:46

How did you tell your boss you're pregnant? The good,...

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2024/05/26

Welcome back to Witching Hour: the show that looks at what's exciting, delighting, intriguing, and frustrating us as we make work, work alongside parenting. It's Ready or Not's loose little sister coming to your ears every Monday.In today's episode, we cover:We dive back into the Women at Work 2024 Deloitte study.Wake windows - Our thoughts and experiences on wake windows, plus, what does the research say on how long your baby should stay awake?And your answers to our questions on telling your boss

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58:04

The piece of fatherly advice that changed everything...

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2024/05/21

Look, I know this exactly how I open my conversation with Francesca Jewellery founder Hannah Vasicek, but it's impossible for me to paint a picture of the vibrant person that she is in any other way.When I first met Hannah at an event, she said that her mind is like a city. She said it's one of the reasons why she loves living in the quiet but creative Hobart, the city where she started small by selling her jewellery at the iconic Salamanca Markets.Fast forward to today, and alongside her sister,

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36:44

"What is a perineum...do I have one?" | Witching Hour

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2024/05/19

Welcome back to Witching Hour: the show that looks at what's exciting, delighting, intriguing, and frustrating us as we make work, work alongside parenting. It's Ready or Not's loose little sister coming to your ears every Monday.In today's episode, Loz's best mate Chrissie (who works in education at The Memo) kindly steps in for Lu to cover the following:We look at Deloitte’s women at work report and the bits that we’re finding interesting. (Deloitte)Supporting your loved one to breastfeed starts

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51:04

The loneliness and judgement that comes with wanting...

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2024/05/07

When Hande Cater made the decision to go back to working five days a week alongside her relatively new role as mum, she noticed that she was in a bit of a grey area: most mothers she knew worked part time or inside of the home and most full time workers were not parents. Or if they were, they were likely to be the secondary caregiver. And as we know, that's normally the dad. There weren’t many people around her who balanced five days of paid work with the 24 hours a day, seven days a week role of

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75:31

The episode we shouldn't have to record | Witching Hour

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2024/05/05

Welcome back to Witching Hour: the show that looks at what's exciting, delighting, intriguing, and frustrating us as we make work, work alongside parenting. It's Ready or Not's loose little sister coming to your ears every Monday.In today's episode, we're covering the topic we wish we didn't have to: Australia's problem with men's violence towards women, including:The feminist talk with Rosie Batty, Catharine Lumby and Fiona Jenkins and the Hedley Thomas talk Lu attended at the Sorrento Writer's

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50:40

Ellen Hooper's morbid but effective approach to...

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2024/04/30

Ellen Hooper is a people and culture expert. She's a a passionate speaker and media commentator and she's currently writing a parenting book. She's been interviewing a lot of dads. In fact, she's become a bit obsessed with dads and their voice and opinions in the conversation of how we rebalance the mental load of parenting.She's full to the brim with incredible advice and lived experience when it comes to career and motherhood and 50/50 parenting, and she's deeply passionate in educating mothers on

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38:32

Bottle refusal, food poisoning and advice on a...

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2024/04/28

Welcome back to Witching Hour: the show that looks at what's exciting, delighting, intriguing, and frustrating us as we make work, work alongside parenting. It's Ready or Not's loose little sister coming to your ears every Monday.In today's episode, we cover:A longer than usual intro on Posie's bottle refusal, Loz's new job contract and us both feeling like we're well and truly in the thick of it.Childcare benefits have up to 425% return on investment.Plus, we answer one of our listener’s workplace

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