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Ready or Not

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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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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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41:09

Liv Brown on empowering mothers to find their style...

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2024/04/23

After bouncing between jobs that didn't quite bring the career passion and satisfaction that we're meant to chase after in our twenties, when Liv Brown was pregnant with her first baby, she thought that motherhood was going to be her thing. But while she loved her boy, she needed a creative outlet too, and so she started posting about fashion and styling on her Instagram account, Rattle style. She wasn't necessarily targeting mums, but helping mothers find their style and new uniform when it feels

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43:11

How to slow down at work and is having a baby in your...

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2024/04/21

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:Four Ridiculously Smart Reasons to Slow Down at Work (The Muse)How having a baby in your 20’s became the new ‘teen pregnancy’ (news.com.au)What the devastating attack in Bondi last week has made us stop and reflect on---THIS WEEK'S PARTNERThis

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50:00

Natasha Heger on being made redundant during parental...

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2024/04/16

Natasha Heger had been with the company she worked at for 10 years before she went on parental leave, and just the day before she was originally due to return, she was made redundant. What followed was a longer than anticipated break from the workforce and a search for a new role, but this time, not just as Natasha, but as mum, too. Not one to settle for any old role - which is such a common experience for mothers who feel like they don't have much choice - she was set on finding a workplace that

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48:31

The best questions to ask in a job interview and your...

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2024/04/14

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:10 Impressive Questions to Ask in a Job Interview (The Cut)No Parent Can Make Home-Cooked Meals All the Time (The Atlantic)And from the Ready or Not Instagram community, your answers to our Instagram poll all about screen time and staying

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42:47

"Am I a good enough mum? Am I good enough at work?"...

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2024/04/09

I often wonder to myself, what did mothers do before incredible people like Hello Darling co-founder Bridgette Gale were open enough to share their stories? Where did they find comfort? Where did they see themselves?This episode has so much, it's difficult to know where to begin - starting a business at 21, working with the likes of Em Rata, miscarriage, postnatal anxiety and depression, intrusive thoughts, returning to work after two weeks, moving across the country with a four-week turnaround

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37:25

Pumping and dumping, a chipped tooth and being...

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2024/04/07

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 discuss the “let them” theory – very topical given our chat about the mental load two weeks ago and our poll today.Women say they're being routinely delayed or denied epidurals when giving birth because of "mistaken" beliefs about their

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50:34

Minna Dubin on the rage mothers don't talk about

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2024/04/02

When Minna Dubin wrote about mum rage for The New York Times, her words went viral.In opening the article, she writes: 'the rage lives in my hands, rolls down my fingers clenching to fists. I want to hurt someone. I am tears and fury and violence. I want to scream and rip open pillows, toss chairs and punch walls. I want to see my destruction — feathers floating, overturned furniture, ragged holes in drywall.'Even recording this, I'm nervous to admit that I resonated with this so deeply that it

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0:50

After a longer than anticipated gestation period, our...

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2024/03/31

There's no Witching Hour episode today due to the public holiday. Instead, Lu is checking in very briefly from bed to let you know that our Go To Guides are now out in the wild, and to get honest about how much longer it took us to finish them than anticipated. But, wowee are we proud of the final result!We really believe in these guides and we hope you love them: readable, beautiful, well-researched guides that tackle the sort of topics we wish we had access to, all in the name of supporting

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53:11

"It's time I address why I have felt like I can't do...

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2024/03/26

Content warning: this episode discusses pregnancy, fertility and abortion. When Michelle Battersby announced her pregnancy to her Instagram followers, there was no pretty picture with two lines, no ultrasound, no baby bump. Instead, she shared something deeply personal. Something that, as a founder who is often looked to for career inspiration, she felt compelled to be open about. And that was that she’d previously had two abortions for her career.We know that the mental load of family planning when

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