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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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37:41

Are we all doing Christmas wrong? Q&A | Witching Hour

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2025/12/07

Welcome back to Witching Hour, the show where two mums and sort-of cousins figure out how to make work work. This week, we answer your biggest Christmas and end-of-year questions, including:• Are we all doing Christmas Day wrong by visiting multiple houses• What’s the actual etiquette for daycare and teacher gifts when budgets are tight• How to survive working through school holidays without drowning in mum guilt• What to say when your family expects long-distance Christmas travel with

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1:37:36

Your summer reading list, the business of book covers...

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2025/12/05

[Apologies for some dodgy bits of audio in this episode, unfortunately we couldn’t come up with a solution that we could get to in time because our batteries are low but we still love you and thank you for listening anyway] Welcome back to the third and final part of The Low Battery Book Club, where we consume way too much culture and talk way too much trash. If you need to play catch up on the first episode of this series, you can find it here. The second episode, where we unpacked cancel culture

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12:49

Starting a new business as a mum – here’s what you...

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2025/12/04

Welcome back to Ask Ready or Not! It’s Ready or Not’s tip-based episode, landing in your ears every Friday.This week, Loz is sharing everything you need to know about starting a new business as a mum. From navigating the costs and admin to finding time and maintaining your sanity, she’ll share the lessons she’s learned and the advice she wishes she had from the start. If you’ve got a business idea brewing or you’re already in the thick of it, this one’s packed with practical tips on all the

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58:26

Jesinta Franklin on navigating public life privately

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2025/12/02

After the overnight fame that came with winning Miss Universe Australia in 2010, model, presenter, and now co-owner of bioactive honey company Honey for Life Jesinta Franklin has always done things differently.From the get-go, she was never going to let her public and private lives get too close, and she’s a unique example of what straddling both worlds can look like. For example, she may have protected her kids’ privacy well before the conversation entered the zeitgeist, but she’s always been open

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30:11

How the hell are we meant to make work, work with...

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2025/11/30

Welcome back to Witching Hour – the show where two mums and sort of cousins figure out how to make work, work. Today on the show:The great school holiday juggle: Who’s actually getting a break? (spoiler alert - it’s not mums)Australia’s unpaid labour is worth $688 billion and women are doing most of it.—In this episode we cover: school holidays and the mental load, invisible labour and emotional burnout, working motherhood, overstimulation, default parent culture, the cost of school holiday

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53:41

How to teach our kids to be human in an AI world with...

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2025/11/25

Jodi Wilson has led an unconventional life. She became pregnant with her first of four children at 22, she’s always worked as a freelancer and was even one of the OG mummy bloggers, she lives in a rural part of Tasmania, and she’s deeply interested in researching and writing about both motherhood and what our brains and bodies need to live well.So, while Jodi’s experience with making work, work as a mum might not represent the average, there’s so much wisdom to be learned from her life’s work, and

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34:02

The great mum divide: should we show our kids online?...

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2025/11/23

Welcome back to Witching Hour – the show where two mums and sort of cousins figure out how to make work, work. Today on the show:Should you show your kids’ faces online, or not? What started as a simple privacy decision has become a full-blown cultural divide.Plus, we chat about women’s rights that are more recent than you thought.—In this episode we cover: kids’ privacy online, share-enting and digital footprints, mum-shaming and judgment culture, posting children on social media, online safety for

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51:42

Clare Stephens on leaving Mamamia and the dark side...

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2025/11/18

Last time I interviewed Clare Stephens for Ready or Not (and just as a side note… if you haven't listened, I highly recommend you go back and listen to that one before this, which is here) she was just under a year into motherhood, she was working at Mamamia, and she'd just completed the manuscript for her now-published book, The Worst Thing I've Ever Done, which through the lens of fiction, examines what it means to be both at the bottom and at the top of a social media pile on.Two key themes

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31:31

I just went back to work and now I’m pregnant again?!...

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2025/11/16

Welcome back to Witching Hour, the show where two mums and sort-of cousins figure out how to make work work. This week, we talk about:• What really hits harder: going from one to two kids or zero to one • How to prepare emotionally and practically for two under two • The fear of telling work you’re pregnant again • Whether your promotion dreams are still alive after maternity leave • How to study, pivot or completely reinvent your career with young kids • Why women need to stop apologising for

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14:53

Can we ever find work life balance? Here's how Loz is...

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2025/11/13

Welcome back to Ask Ready or Not! It’s Ready or Not’s tip-based episode, landing in your ears every Friday.This week, Loz talks about work life ‘balance’ and if there’s such a thing. She also candidly chats about her own experience and what she’s doing to make work, and life, that little bit smoother.— Thanks for listening! If you liked the show, please tell your friends, subscribe or write a review. You can also find us on Instagram: @readyornot.pod @laurentreweek_ @lucindamckimm_—This podcast was

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50:23

"I had no idea what I was doing”: How Sarah Pound...

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2025/11/11

Sarah Pound is a force. She’s a mum of three, she’s currently writing her third cookbook, she has a range in Australia's leading supermarkets and one million people follow her on Instagram for her simple and healthyish approach to cooking.And while she doesn’t have any whimsy stories of cooking with her nonna from the age she could walk, she did always dream of writing a cook book one day, so here, from primary school teaching to catering to the Wholesome by Sarah brand blowing up, she tells us all

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28:00

The women who say you can manifest yourself into a...

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2025/11/09

Welcome back to Witching Hour – the show where two mums and sort of cousins figure out how to make work, work. Today on the show:The new wave of women selling money manifestation and abundance mindset courses - is it empowerment or exploitation?Plus, new research shows young Australian women are becoming more supportive of traditional gender roles than they were 14 years ago. What’s driving it, and what does it mean for the next generation?—In this episode we cover: manifestation culture, money and

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25:01

Raising sensitive kids | Ask Ready or Not

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2025/11/06

Welcome back to Ask Ready or Not! It’s Ready or Not’s tip-based episode, landing in your ears every Friday.Today, Loz chats with psychologist, author and mum Jacquie Ward about raising sensitive kids - the ones who feel things deeply, notice everything and can get overwhelmed by the big emotions that come with everyday life.Jacqui breaks down what sensitivity actually is (spoiler: it’s a biological trait, not a parenting style), how to handle meltdowns without making things worse, and why sensitive

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54:18

The bullshit lie of the girl boss with Genevieve Le Hunt

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2025/11/04

Using Gen's full name, which is Genevieve La Hunt feels a bit weird, and it's not just because she's a good friend of Loz's, my Witching Hour co-host, of course, and the host of Ask Ready or Not. It's because when I jumped off this recording, I felt like I had just chatted with a friend myself.Gen is the founder of Sunday Agency. She works in publicity and PR she's had a really interesting career.But what was more interesting about her was just how real she is. You will not meet anyone who talks as

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1:06:05

Horny lit, cancel culture and internet pile-ons | The...

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2025/10/31

Welcome back to The Low Battery Book Club, a bonus monthly three-parter in collaboration with Charley from Book Smut, where we consume way too much culture and talk way too much trash. If you need to play catch up on the first episode of this series, you can find it here.On the show today:We share our favourite recs of the month (something old, something new, something high, something low)We deep dive The Worst Thing I’ve Ever Done by Clare Stephens, talking pile-ons, cancel culture, phone

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27:22

What the heck is seed cycling? | Ask Ready or Not

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2025/10/30

Welcome back to Ask Ready or Not! It’s Ready or Not’s tip-based episode, landing in your ears every Friday.If your hormones have felt completely out of whack since having kids, think mood swings, brain fog, low energy or irregular cycles, this one’s for you. Loz chats with Mel, founder of The Seed Cycle, about the science behind seed cycling and why this ancient ‘woo woo’ practice actually works.Mel breaks down how specific seeds can help balance estrogen and progesterone, what to do if your

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55:53

“I was bereft without the goal": Justine Cullen on...

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2025/10/28

Because my Witching Hour co-host and the host of Ask Ready or Not Loz is the yin to my yang, she always thinks of things that I don't. Take, the other week, for example. My entire family had been sick for over a month and it had left me completely dry of new interviews. When I was fretting about this, Loz said, Lu, there's so many old brilliant episodes that so many of our listeners have never heard. Play one of those. And one person came straight to mind: the queen of magazines and mother to four

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50:25

“What am I doing with my life?” Rebecca Jarvie-Gibbs...

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2025/10/21

Rebecca Jarvie-Gibbs has learnt a lot about life; as a boss, a mum, and a daughter. She’s someone that worked hard to build a career for herself. That work led her to London and from The Rolling Stones to the Royal Wedding to the Olympics, it’s fair to say it was a heady time of big adventures and a fast pace.But, while her early career was characterised by being the first to her desk and the last to leave, she’s since been on a path of interrogating her relationship with success. This hard work

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37:44

The $11k fine that targets mums | Witching Hour

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2025/10/19

Welcome back to Witching Hour – the show where two mums and sort of cousins figure out how to make work, work. Today on the show:Parents fined $11,000 for school refusal: why the system is punishing families instead of supporting them and why it’s always mums who cop the blame.Alex Cooper’s viral “stop mothering your partner” take: where’s the line between caring and carrying the mental load?—In this episode, we cover: school refusal and parental fines, gender inequality in parenting, emotional and

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26:25

I came back from mat leave… and everything had...

Ready or Not ·

2025/10/12

Welcome back to Witching Hour – the show where two mums and sort of cousins figure out how to make work, work. Today on the show we answer some listener questions and share how to:Hold your ground when your workplace pressures you to return early.Explain the brain fog of sleep deprivation to a new boss.Decide whether to take on leadership when you’re still in the thick of baby life.Cope with the guilt of part-time work.Manage the stress of endless carer’s leave and daycare bugs.And, how to push back

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