Meshel Laurie's Nitty Gritty Committee

Nelly remembered another friend of ours who’s very useful. Fahey Younger who used to be a famously weird comedian in a duo called Miss Itchy, now she’s a secretly weird real estate advocate. She has lots a words of comfort and good advice for renters and mortgage payers alike. So many kinds of Hell.   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We’re back in homeschooling hell at our place, so I’m sharing my office with my two kids, which might be why Nelly Thomas brought us a real live psychiatrist!He’s not even just a psychiatrist, he is many, many things. His name is Steve Ellen, but we can call him Professor Steve Ellen if we want to. You might’ve seen him on TV or heard him on the radio or bought his excellent book called Mental, which he wrote with comedian Catherine Deveney.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The Scummy Mummies are comedy duo Ellie Gibson and Helen Thorn. They’re based in London, but Helen’s quite Australian, and she joined Nelly and I to tell us how her lockdown’s going, given that she’s been at it about a month longer than us.She’s also got an extra degree of difficulty, in the form of a little relationship fracas that happened at the worst possible moment.Nelly and I will be having Friday night drinks from 6pm live on youtube, again this week, on the Australian True crime podcast channel, and this week we’ll be joined by a registered psychiatrist. That was Nelly’s idea.Is it an intervention?Don’t know, you’ll have to join us to see.Check out the Scummy Mummies on Facebook  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We caught up with Yvie Jones from Gogglebox and I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here for a YouTube Livestream on Friday night. Here are some highlights.We’ll be doing it again this Friday from 6pm and we’d love you to join us on the Australian True Crime Podcast YouTube channel.   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Home schooling is way harder than school schooling.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Locked even further down, whether you're into it or not. Why can't Australian's socially distance? Are bottle shops essential services? How shit is it to work in a supermarket? What's that bastard Kevin done now?  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Meshel Laurie is locked in her house with her children and her mother. Nelly Thomas has been home schooling for ages and no one cared until now. Hell is other people, and we could be locked inside with them for a very, very long time. Let's virtually hang out, and at some point secretly drink in the shed.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Joanna Nilson became a political scandal when her old Facebook posts were sent to the media while she was standing for the Greens in the Victorian State election. When and what can we forgive and forget?  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Daily Telegraph journalist Sharri Markson won the 2018 Kennedy Prize for Journalist of the Year her story exposing the Barnaby Joyce affair. The only problem is that the entire story had already been published by David Donovan at Independent Australia, months before. We speak to David about this and the other massive stories he's broken online, his independence enabling him to print the entire truth.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Netflix greatest villain Ken Kratz confesses all of his sins, and then lays out, once again, a very compelling case against Steven Avery and Brendan Dassey. He also has some interesting new questions for the makers of Making a Murderer.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

I've never paid much attention to reality tv stars or to social media influencers, but there's always been something about Tully Smythe, aka Instagram's @tee_smythe, that I've found compelling. There's always seemed to be a depth there, but I never knew why. Now I do. Tully was 15 and the eldest of 3 kids when her mother was diagnosed with dementia. To this day, the family employs various strategies to cope with the disease.   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A couple of weeks ago my sister Sherri said to me, "I reckon my friend Lynne would be a good nitty gritty. She’s in a wheel chair, and she’s very prepared to tell the story of how she ended up in it." Quite simply, I dare you to hear this story and not feel like a complete wimp by the time it’s over. The thing about Lynne though, is that she’s obviously been a bad arse since the day she was born. This ep features beautiful traditional Tibetan music from my friend Tenzin Choegyel and there's lots of his music on Itunes. ​  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The creator and star of Please Like Me, Josh Thomas ruminates on everything from ADD medication to moving his dog to America and his fears for the outcome of the stupid Same Sex Marriage survey.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Paul Weeks was one of the 227 passengers onboard MH370 when it disappeared. Danica weeks is his wife, and she talks about her life before and since the mystery began.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Sri Lankan/Australian comedian Dilruk is living his dream, making people laugh and working with his idols. He's found the key to maintaining gratitude, but like many of us, he has a few personal obstacles he struggles to overcome.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We're back! After a long break to focus on my other podcast, Australian True Crime, it's time to have some interesting conversations about other things, and what a place to start - suburban ghost busting with the big, beautiful, brash personality that is Jody Turner. Be warned, Jody's ghost hunting requires a lot of swearing!  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

What happens at the end of life when cancer finally catches up? For Julia Watson there was a wonderful feeling of being overwhelmed with love. Humanitarian, mature age student, published author, mother and wife Julia passed away on Sunday 18th December 2016. In January of 2015 she was given 6 to 9 months to live, which she managed to stretch out into almost two joy-filled years. Listen to Meshel Laurie speak to Julia from her bedside in a touching conversation about life, love and family, then hear again their first talk about Julia's book Breakfast, School Run, Chemo, and how cancer shaped her identity. Show notesOur thoughts go out to Julia's family. You can find her blog here.And to donate to the family fund go to:  https://www.gofundme.com/julia-watson-family-fundLeave comments on Meshel's facebook page.And her twitter is here.Please leave a review and a rating for this show in itunes.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Let’s talk about the very thing we like to talk about the least. From why we need to teach our kids about it, to what makes a nice death and what happens in your final days. Through conversations with a palliative care nurse who has seen many a last breath and has some eerie ghost stories to share, and a woman who runs ‘death cafés’, Meshel Laurie explores the guts and glory of death. We can’t avoid it (despite our best efforts) so let’s talk about it.Show notesWith thanks to Jenni from The Wellcare Program and Kerri Noonan from The Groundswell Project.Leave comments on Meshel's facebook page.And her twitter is here.Please leave a review and a rating for this show in itunes.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Trigger warning: this podcast discusses sexual abuse, mental illness and suicide.From the age of 11, Manny Waks was groomed for sex. The Jewish activist was brought up in an Orthodox-Jewish community and routinely abused. When he was 17, Manny became a whistle-blower on childhood sexual abuse in the Orthodox Jewish community. He speaks to Meshel about the effects of his pursuit for justice on his family, plus his exile from Australia and his struggle to keep fighting through the depression.If this podcast brings up issues for you around sexual or emotional abuse, please call Bravehearts on 1800 272 831. If you are concerned about the welfare of a child you can get advice from The Child Abuse Prevention hotline on 1800 688 009 or call The Child Abuse Report Line on: 131 478 (Open 24 hours). You can also call Lifeline on 13 11 14.Manny Waks is Jewish community leader and activist, and the author of Who Gave You Permission? Hear more from Manny on his blog. Leave comments on Meshel's facebook pageAnd her twitter

Last time we heard from Luke Williams, he was talking about that time he moved in with junkies to research addiction to crystal meth. Now he's back with Meshel for Part Two, to talk about his experiences with and as a money boy in Pattaya Thailand, the sex capital of the world, and how he started having sex for money when he was completing his law degree in Melbourne.Luke Williams is a freelance journalist and author of The Ice Age: a journey into crystal meth addiction. Leave comments on Meshel's facebook pageAnd her twitter is herePlease leave a review and a rating for this show in itunes.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.