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Imagine if your biggest professional rival was also your sister. And imagine if your profession was one of the most unforgiving in the world. Cate and Bronte Campbell have been competing against one another for almost all their lives and yet in 2016, during the 100m freestyle at the Rio Olympics, something went horribly wrong for Cate. What happened next would affect both sisters and change Cate's attitude to swimming for a long time. In this episode, Cate and Bronte join Mia Freedman to discuss the behind-the-scenes reality of their careers as professional swimmers, growing up in Africa before moving to Australia, what it's like to date a professional athlete and how they manage to be each other's greatest rivals and biggest supporters. Click here to subscribe to No Filter. CREDITS: Host: Mia Freedman  With thanks to special guests Cate and Bronte Campbell   Producer: Elissa Ratliff If you are after something else to listen to, check out Mia's interview with Leisel Jones GET IN TOUCH: Call the PodP

The day Marguerite Edwards died began like any other day. The family woke up, got their 3 daughters ready for school. Marguerite’s husband Iain headed off to work at his Orthodontist clinic which was a 5-minute drive up the road. Marguerite dropped the girls at high school and went to an aerobics class. It was the ‘80s after all.   But at 6 pm that night Iain got a phone call from his neighbour. Marguerite hadn’t picked the girls up from school, so the neighbour had collected them. When the neighbour had gone to the house to check on her friend Marguerite, she found the front door open and blood visible on the carpet. Iain raced home, entered his house, walked up the stairs to their bedroom and found his precious wife lying on the floor.  At just 41 years old, Marguerite Edwards had been murdered. And life as Iain and his girls knew it, really did change forever... Click here to subscribe to No Filter. CREDITS: Host: Mia Freedman  With thanks to special guest Dr Iain Edwards. And if you need help deal

If you’re OK living a life of frequent and often crushing disappointment, you’ll be able to handle a career as a professional cyclist. That’s the advice Dr Bridie O’Donnell was given by a fellow cyclist when she decided to make cycling her career. She was not at the point in her life’s journey where you would expect someone to choose the path of a professional athlete - she was 32 years old, a doctor and, as one coach told her bluntly, she was ‘too old, too fat and too slow' to make it in one of the toughest, most physically and emotionally demanding sports on earth. But she did make it. Bridie became a world record breaker after taking an astonishing leap of faith, with no previous history in the sport, she decided to become an elite cyclist. Click here to subscribe to No Filter. CREDITS: Host: Mia Freedman  With thanks to special guest Bridie O'Donnell. Find her book here: https://bit.ly/2kw2Ely  Producer: Elissa Ratliff   This episode of No Filter is brought to you by Go Daddy, your one stop shop

This episode contains a discussion of suicide.  If this brings up any issues for you please call Lifeline on 13 11 14. Trinny Woodall spent the early 2000s giving women makeovers with her partner in fashion crime, Susannah.  Their books and TV series, What Not to Wear, were iconic in the 2000s.  Now Trinny has a makeup company called Trinny London, which she launched at the age of 53 after her show was cancelled and her income dried up overnight. Trinny has had had a lot of ups and downs in her life. She tried for a long time to get pregnant before finally having her daughter Lyla when she was 40.  Then after 10 years of marriage, Trinny divorced Lilly's father Johnny in 2008. But they remained good friends until tragically, Johnny, who battled with addiction and other issues, took his own life. So how did she get through that?  And what does it look like when you have to rebuild yourself and your brand when you're already famous and in your 50s? Click here to subscribe to No Filter. CREDITS: Host: Mi

Why has this happened to me? Will I ever stop comparing my child? What will our future look like? For the past 3 years, these are just some of the questions that have floated in and out of Melanie Dimmit’s head. Questions she felt she shouldn’t be expressing. Until now.  Melanie is a journalist. She’s also the mum of two little kids under the age of three - Arlo and Odie. She hadn’t planned to have two kids under 3,  but after the birth of her firstborn, Arlo, she didn’t have a choice. When Arlo was born things didn’t go exactly to plan. Surprising for a birth story, I know. But this one was more unusual than others. Mel needed an emergency caesar, and Arlo was left without oxygen for 10 minutes.  Six months later, Mel and her partner Ro found out that Arlo was diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy. Mel didn’t know what to do. Or how to handle it. There was a fear around everything. From the way she spoke about Arlo to how she felt about her situation. She couldn’t find anything to read that she could relate to.

There’s something about Angie Kent's honesty and no BS attitude to love and life that have people rooting for her. When Angie agreed to be the Bachelorette she was walking in as a 29 year old woman who'd never been in love. She sits down with Mia Freedman to talk about what goes on behind the scenes of one of Australia's favourite reality shows and lets us in on some of her back story you might not know about. From her beginnings on Gogglebox to her detox in the jungle, Angie's come a long way from her life living with Yvie in Sydney. And of course, she spills a little bit of tea on her current relationship, because yes, she's in love. Click here to subscribe to No Filter. CREDITS: Host: Mia Freedman  With thanks to special guest Angie Kent Producers: Rachael Hart & Daryl Missen GET IN TOUCH: Call the PodPhone on 02 8999 9386. Email the show at podcast@mamamia.com.au Find any book mentioned at apple.co/mamamia No Filter is a podcast by Mamamia. Find more shows here. See omnystudio.com/listener

When Stephanie Wood decided to go on a date with a guy she met online she had no idea it would change the course of her life forever. Stephanie is an award-winning journalist and author, she’s a smart woman in her late 40s who doesn’t stand for bullshit.  But when she met Joe, all of that fell by the wayside.  Because Stephanie fell head over heels in love with a man she barely knew and all was not as it seems. These days, almost 40% of relationships begin online and while there are plenty of success stories, there are also some horror stories too.  This is one of those stories. Stephanie has written a book about her experience called Fake, and she joins Mia now to talk about it... Click here to subscribe to No Filter. CREDITS: Host: Mia Freedman  With thanks to special guest Stephanie Wood. Follow her on Twitter here: https://bit.ly/2m0fgSl   Buy her book Fake here: https://bit.ly/2m5rZmv  Producer: Elissa Ratliff Audio edited by Daryl Missen GET IN TOUCH: Call the PodPhone on 02 8999 9386. Ema

You might have imagined this chat would be all about Libby Trickett's golden swimming career, but there's much more to Libby's story than swimming.  When she retired for the second time, Libby found herself like a fish out of water... literally. Coming from a world where your whole life is set out in a schedule made by someone else, to now having to find her passion on her own. After struggling with post-natal depression with her first daughter, Libby is now pregnant with her third child. She's also now an author.  Libby sits down with Mia to share her story... Click here to subscribe to No Filter. CREDITS: Host: Mia Freedman  With thanks to special guest Libby Trickett You can purchase Libby's new book here; https://www.allenandunwin.com/browse/books/other-books/Beneath-the-Surface-Libby-Trickett-9781760632823 Producers: Rachael Hart & Hannah Bowman GET IN TOUCH: Call the PodPhone on 02 8999 9386. Email the show at podcast@mamamia.com.au Find any book mentioned at apple.co/mamamia No Filter is a

On the 12th of September 2014, a mother called 000 to report her son missing. Five years later, he still hasn't been found. William Tyrrell, the little boy in the spiderman suit, was born in 2011 to his biological parents whose names we aren’t legally allowed to tell you. At 9 months, William was placed into foster care with his older sister and at 3, William was playing outside his foster grandmother’s house in Kendall NSW when he went missing.  So what actually happened on that day? Did he wander off or was he taken?  And is there a chance he is still alive? Journalist Caroline Overington has spent the past year looking into the disappearance of William Tyrrell for her podcast Nowhere Child.  On the show she speaks to William’s biological father, grandmother and members of the public who were involved in this ongoing case. And she joins Mia now to talk about it... Click here to subscribe to No Filter. CREDITS: Host: Mia Freedman  With thanks to special guest Caroline Overington.  Listen to Nowhere

Rachel Griffiths has been telling stories for the past 25 years of her life.  Whether it’s through movies like Muriel’s Wedding or TV shows like Six Feet Under or Brothers and Sisters - each of which she starred in for years, she’s built her career out of playing interesting characters. But now, she’s decided to create interesting characters.  You see Rachel was at a BBQ on Melbourne Cup day in 2015 when a lightning bolt of an idea hit her. She was watching the race surrounded by her friends, when the race caller said the words Michelle Payne.  What happened next went down in history. Michelle Payne became the first ever female jockey to win the Melbourne Cup. And Rachel knew in that moment that she had to turn it into a film. Four years later she's done just that and she joins Mia to talk about it.  Click here to subscribe to No Filter. CREDITS: Host: Mia Freedman  With thanks to special guest Rachel Griffiths. Head to your local cinema to see Ride Like A Girl and support this great Aussie movie.  

It's easy to forget celebrities have to work and that being famous doesn't pay the bills.  Dannii Minogue has been working hard since she was seven years old. From the ages of seven to 16 Dannii was a cast member on one of the biggest TV shows of the time, Young Talent Time. Then at 17 she signed her first record deal and moved to New York. By 23 she was married to actor and son of a former Prime Minister, Julian McMahon and everything seemed to be on track but nothing has ever come easy.  Dannii has worked her butt off to build the brand she's got and she joins Mia to talk about it now... Click here to subscribe to No Filter. CREDITS: Host: Mia Freedman  With thanks to special guest Dannii Minogue. Follow her on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/danniiminogue/ Watch her on TheMasked Singer on Ten now.  Producer: Elissa Ratliff GET IN TOUCH: Call the PodPhone on 02 8999 9386. Email the show at podcast@mamamia.com.au Find any book mentioned at apple.co/mamamia No Filter is a podcast by Mam

Pia Miranda has a cracker of a year. Until recently, she was best known for her starring role as Josephine in the cult Australian coming-of-age film 'Looking For Alibrandi' where she played a schoolgirl. She's worked solidly for the past 20 years since then as an actress and voiceover artist and she's had two kids. But in early 2019, Pia received an email that would change her and her family's life. It was an invitation to be on Australian Survivor, the reality show where you get dropped on a deserted island and you have to....survive, via a series of physically and mentally grueling challenges, with almost no food. At 46 years old and far from a professional athlete, Pia played hard. Hard enough to win. And what happened next came as a brutal shock, on that she's still trying to process. You don't have to be a Survivor fan to enjoy this episode. Pia's story is fascinating. Click here to subscribe to No Filter. CREDITS: Host: Mia Freedman  With thanks to special guest Pia Miranda: https://www.instagram

Nicole Haddow didn’t expect to be living at home with her parents with an unstable income, a bunch of maxed-out credit cards and $11k's worth of debt when she turned 30. But that's where she found herself.  Nicole’s story will be familiar to a lot of millennials. In a world that demands we show off our best clothes, holidays and experiences on Instagram, it can be easy to find yourself in debt as you try to keep up. And that’s what happened to Nicole. She applied for her first credit card when she was 22 and next thing she knew she had more debt than she could handle and no idea how to get out of it. Nicole has written a book called Smashed Avocado that explains how she went from that moment to owning her own home two years later. Something she never ever thought she’d be able to do... Click here to subscribe to No Filter. CREDITS: Host: Mia Freedman  With thanks to special guest Nicole Haddow: https://www.instagram.com/nicolehaddow/  Find her book Smashed Avocado here: https://bit.ly/2lJPW2Q  Produc

What do you do when you get the worst news of your life?  Hide? Cry? Surround yourself with your nearest and dearest? Make a video about what may be the scariest journey you’ve ever been on? Briony Benjamin did all those things and more when she was diagnosed with Hodgkin's Lymphoma at the age of 31.  Briony was our Head Of Video here at Mamamia for 2 years and produced some of the most viral videos our company has ever had. And watching her go through this dreadful disease was heartbreaking and inspiring all at the same time. Which is why today, we wanted to share Briony’s story with you, because it's so important that you listen to your body and don't take no for an answer. September is Lymphoma Awareness month. To donate head to https://www.lymphoma.org.au/ Click here to subscribe to No Filter. CREDITS: Host: Mia Freedman  With thanks to special guest Briony Benjamin https://www.facebook.com/BrionyBvideos/  Follow her new business here: https://www.instagram.com/social_parade/  Producer: Elissa R

It was 2018. Late at night. Melissa Hopkins was sitting in her bed. She was about to reveal something deeply personal about herself to the world, something that she had been suffering with for over 20 years but had never spoken about publicly, but on the eve of R U OK day in 2018, a suicide prevention day in Australia that aims to start conversations about mental health, Melissa decided to speak out. You see Melissa is the Head of Consumer Marketing at Optus which essentially means she is a very important person in a very big company but unbeknownst to her colleagues, both past and present, Melissa had been suffering from severe depression since she was a teenager.  It was something she didn’t talk about publicly in case people’s perception of her changed as a person and as a boss.  But since that moment, her world has gotten so much better. She joins Mia to talk about it... Click here to subscribe to No Filter. Visit R U OK day's website here: https://bit.ly/2maid2B  If you need help, call Beyond Blue

For 17 years, Jo Elvin was the Editor In Chief of the UK's biggest magazines, Glamour. But in 2017, Jo lost her job. And her world as she knew it shifted. Jo, who was born and raised in Sydney and started her career at Dolly Magazine had moved to the UK to further her career. Glamour was her dream gig. And she was bloody good at what she did, but one morning after a meeting with her boss, she found herself jobless. So how do you handle a set back like that in your 40s, a time in your career when you are really good at what you do and have a hell of a lot to offer?  How do you get back out there? And how do you start again? On this episode of No Filter Jo and Mia discuss everything from magazines to motherhood and what actually happens when your life gets turned upside down.  Click here to subscribe to No Filter. CREDITS: Host: Mia Freedman  With thanks to special guest Jo Elvin Follow her on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/jo_elvin/?hl=ur  Producer: Elissa Ratliff GET IN TOUCH: Call the

Right now, across the country two out of three young women between the ages of 12 and 18 have been asked to send a nude photo of themselves to someone.  But what happens after they send it? Sophie Hyde is an Australian film director, mother and the creator of the hit SBS show The Hunting that is a four part series about teen sexting and scandal.  She spent months researching why teens send nude selfies, and what she found was incredibly surprising. She joins Mia now to talk about it... Click here to subscribe to No Filter. CREDITS: Host: Mia Freedman  With thanks to special guest Sophie Hyde. You can watch The Hunting on SBS On Demand here: https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/program/the-hunting.  Producer: Elissa Ratliff GET IN TOUCH: Call the PodPhone on 02 8999 9386. Email the show at podcast@mamamia.com.au Find any book mentioned at apple.co/mamamia No Filter is a podcast by Mamamia. Find more shows here.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tully Smyth rose to fame after appearing on Big Brother in 2013.  She also unintentionally became the show's villain when she cheated on her longtime girlfriend with a guy she met in the house.   Since then, Tully has lived a lot of her life in the public eye and has carved out a living as an influencer.  A term she really struggles with.   Tully is the host of our brand new podcast, Social Squad, which goes behind-the-scenes of the perfectly curated lives of some of Australia's most successful influencers. But before we handed her the microphone and got her to ask the questions, Mia had some questions of her own. And when you hear about what Tully has been through, especially in the four weeks leading up to this interview, you’ll understand why.  Here’s part two of Mia’s conversation with Tully... SUBSCRIBE TO TULLY'S NEW PODCAST SOCIAL SQUAD HERE: https://omny.fm/shows/social-squad/playlists/social-squad Click here to subscribe to No Filter. CREDITS: Host: Mia Freedman  With thanks to special guest

Tully Smyth rose to fame after appearing on Big Brother in 2013.  She also unintentionally became the show's villain when she cheated on her longtime girlfriend with a guy she met in the house.   Since then, Tully has lived a lot of her life in the public eye and has carved out a living as an influencer.  A term she really struggles with.   Tully is the host of our brand new podcast, Social Squad, which goes behind-the-scenes of the perfectly curated lives of some of Australia's most successful influencers. But before we handed her the microphone and got her to ask the questions, Mia had some questions of her own. And when you hear about what Tully has been through, especially in the four weeks leading up to this interview, you’ll understand why.  Here’s part one of Mia’s conversation with Tully... SUBSCRIBE TO TULLY'S NEW PODCAST SOCIAL SQUAD HERE: https://omny.fm/shows/social-squad/playlists/social-squad Click here to subscribe to No Filter. CREDITS: Host: Mia Freedman  With thanks to special guest

Tiddas 4 Tiddas is a podcast series where Kamilaroi and Dunghutti woman Marlee Silva sits down with some incredible Indigenous women for some candid conversations, and today on No Filter, we wanted to share one of those stories with you.   On this episode, Marlee’s guest is 22-year-old activist and writer, Vanessa Turnbull Roberts. Growing up, Vanessa had a very different childhood to other kids. On the day Kevin Rudd apologised for the Stolen Generation she was being taken from her family and pushed into the foster care system.  She was 11-years old. As an activist, law student and writer, Vanessa channels her frustration about being removed from her family into a passion to drive change for her people.  This discussion includes talk of suicide and depression. If you find any of the content unsettling, please call Lifeline on 13 11 14. If you liked this episode please follow this link to subscribe to Tiddas 4 Tiddas: https://omny.fm/shows/tiddas-4-tiddas/naidoc-week-vanessa-turnbull-roberts  CREDITS: