First Things First

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SOCIETY & CULTURE

Join Brooke Blurton & Matty Mills, your Deadly duo, as they share personal yarns through a First Nations Lens. Listen as they connect through stories of shared, lived and first experiences.

2 DAYS AGO

2024: Leave it at The Door, 2025: Let's Thrive

What are you leaving behind in 2024? It could be a trend that you're over, a bad relationship, for Brooke it's the phrases "100%" or "literally". And for Matty 2025 is all about you CAN be what you can't see! Todays ep is all about the things we're excited for in the new year... Including big this for this podcast too! Nova Entertainment acknowledges the traditional custodians of the land on which we recorded this podcast, the Gadigal People of the Eora Nation. We pay our respect to Elders past and present. LINKS Follow @itsmattymills on Instagram Follow @brooke.blurton on Instagram Follow @novapodcastsofficial on Instagram CREDITSHosts: Brooke Blurton and Matty MillsExecutive Producer: Rachael HartManaging Producer: Ricardo Bardon Listen to more great podcasts at novapodcasts.com.au See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

25 min
6 DAYS AGO · BONUS

LIVE Bonus: Today At Apple - Power of Storytelling

We did our first LIVE podcast recording at the Apple Store in Sydney last week, and we wanted to share the episode with you. We talked about the power of storytelling within First Nations culture and how storytelling shaped not only our lives, but our careers. We also shared why we now love using this podcast as a modern version of First Nations storytelling and continuing our culture. Thank you to everyone that came out to the LIVE event! We loved meeting you all, and hope to see you again at another live event in the future! Nova Entertainment acknowledges the traditional custodians of the land on which we recorded this podcast, the Gadigal People of the Eora Nation. We pay our respect to Elders past and present. LINKS Follow @itsmattymills on Instagram Follow @brooke.blurton on Instagram Find Brooke's Summer reading picks here: https://bit.ly/49n0jxl Follow @novapodcastsofficial on Instagram CREDITSHosts: Brooke Blurton and Matty MillsExecutive Producer: Rachael HartManaging Producer: Ricardo Bardon Listen to more great podcasts at novapodcasts.com.au See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

34 min
DEC 16

Dannii Minogue is our Queer Cupid

We are graced with absolute royalty today DANNII MINOGUE!!! She chats to Brooke and Matty all about her career and her constant support and uplifting of the queer community and why it's so special to her. Plus she shares the new project she's working on where she plays a queer cupid! And we couldn't chat to a Minogue without finding out what the family does for Christmas! (HINT their matriarch is turning 105!!!) Nova Entertainment acknowledges the traditional custodians of the land on which we recorded this podcast, the Gadigal People of the Eora Nation. We pay our respect to Elders past and present. LINKS Follow @itsmattymills on Instagram Follow @brooke.blurton on Instagram Follow @danniiminogue on Instagram Watch "I Kissed A Girl" here: https://binge.com.au/shows/show-i-kissed-a-girl!31118 Follow @novapodcastsofficial on Instagram CREDITSHosts: Brooke Blurton and Matty MillsGuest: Dannii MinogueExecutive Producer: Rachael HartManaging Producer: Ricardo Bardon Listen to more great podcasts at novapodcasts.com.au See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

25 min
DEC 9

Should WE Be Acknowledging Country?

WE'RE DOING A LIVE PODCAST!!!! Sunday 15th DecemberApple Store in Sydney CBD. It's FREE! --------------------Register to attend here: https://apple.co/first-things-first It's a very traditional time of year for most people, so we thought it might be a nice time to teach you some of our traditions and a little bit more about our culture. Brooke is a proud Noongar woman from Western Australia. Matty is a proud Gamilaroi man from Northern NSW. Today they chat about their lack of connection to their mob's language, why sorry business is so important and the differences in culture between mobs all over the country. Plus whether mob should be the ones acknowledging country, OR if it's a non-Indigenous persons job? Nova Entertainment acknowledges the traditional custodians of the land on which we recorded this podcast, the Gadigal People of the Eora Nation. We pay our respect to Elders past and present. LINKS Follow @itsmattymills on Instagram Follow @brooke.blurton on Instagram Follow @novapodcastsofficial on Instagram CREDITSHosts: Brooke Blurton and Matty MillsExecutive Producer: Rachael HartManaging Producer: Ricardo Bardon Listen to more great podcasts at novapodcasts.com.au See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

35 min
DEC 2

Luke and Sassy Scott's HR Consultant (aka Sibling Chaos Manager)

WE'RE DOING A LIVE PODCAST!!!! Sunday 15th DecemberApple Store in Sydney CBD. It's FREE!Register to attend here: https://apple.co/first-things-first ----------------------Luke and Sassy Scott are on the pod!!!! The two Melbourne brothers have taken the world by storm on socials and we can confirm they're JUST as funny in person! The boys dish some behind the scenes dirt on what their life is really like now including hanging out with Kelly Osbourne and Selena Gomez AND how they treat their relationship like a business when they need to, including with a HR consultant. Plus Scott shares his surrogacy journey to get his twins, giving Matty lots of tips for him + his partner! Nova Entertainment acknowledges the traditional custodians of the land on which we recorded this podcast, the Gadigal People of the Eora Nation. We pay our respect to Elders past and present. LINKS Follow @itsmattymills on Instagram Follow @brooke.blurton on Instagram Follow @lukeandsassyscott on Instagram Listen to Luke + Sassy Scott's podcast here: https://bit.ly/lukesassyscott-pod Follow @novapodcastsofficial on Instagram CREDITSHosts: Brooke Blurton and Matty MillsGuest: Luke & Sassy Scott Executive Producer: Rachael HartManaging Producer: Ricardo Bardon Listen to more great podcasts at novapodcasts.com.au See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

38 min
NOV 25

Becca Hatch on Performing with Coldplay and at the ARIAs

WE'RE DOING A LIVE PODCAST!!!! Sunday 15th DecemberApple Store in Sydney CBD. It's FREE!Register to attend here: https://apple.co/first-things-first ----------------------Imagine singing with Coldplay in front of 80,000 people in a packed out stadium, and then following that up with a performance at the ARIAs. Well Becca Hatch has had an amazing last month and year and she tells us all about it on todays ep. Plus she shares how growing up in Western Sydney amongst a multicultural community helped shape her, how good it was seeing so many mob at the ARIAs this year AND how she is supporting Tinashe next year! But don't worry, her family love to keep her humble! Nova Entertainment acknowledges the traditional custodians of the land on which we recorded this podcast, the Gadigal People of the Eora Nation. We pay our respect to Elders past and present. LINKS If you'd like to support Mob Music T-shirt Day you can by purchasing a shirt here: https://www.ausmusictshirtday.org.au/premium-t-shirt-range Follow @itsmattymills on Instagram Follow @brooke.blurton on Instagram Follow @beccaxhatch on Instagram Follow @novapodcastsofficial on Instagram CREDITSHosts: Brooke Blurton and Matty MillsGuest: Becca HatchExecutive Producer: Rachael HartManaging Producer: Ricardo Bardon Listen to more great podcasts at novapodcasts.com.au See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

34 min
NOV 18

Realisations Before We Turn 30!

Both of our 30ths are upon us and I'm sure a lot of listeners out there are in the same boat. It's creeping up on us so we go through the highs and lows of the last decade. We've also got a list of things the internet says you SHOULD do before you're 30, how many have you ticked off? Nova Entertainment acknowledges the traditional custodians of the land on which we recorded this podcast, the Gadigal People of the Eora Nation. We pay our respect to Elders past and present. LINKS Follow @itsmattymills on Instagram Follow @brooke.blurton on Instagram Follow @novapodcastsofficial on Instagram CREDITSHosts: Brooke Blurton and Matty MillsExecutive Producer: Rachael HartManaging Producer: Ricardo Bardon Listen to more great podcasts at novapodcasts.com.au See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

33 min
NOV 11

Leah Purcell on working with Sigourney Weaver & Shania Twain

Leah Purcell is an internationally acclaimed actor & director starring in projects like Wentworth, The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart and The Drover's Wife. But in our chat today she shares stories about her childhood in regional Queensland, her grandmothers experience being stolen and placed in Cherbourg mission and how she wanted to make it to Hollywood. Plus Leah had a fangirl moment with Sigourney Weaver while working on The Lost Flowers, and before she acted, she was a musician supporting Shania Twain. Nova Entertainment acknowledges the traditional custodians of the land on which we recorded this podcast, the Gadigal People of the Eora Nation. We pay our respect to Elders past and present. LINKS Follow @itsmattymills on Instagram Follow @brooke.blurton on Instagram Follow @leahpurcell on Instagram Follow @novapodcastsofficial on Instagram CREDITSHosts: Brooke Blurton and Matty MillsGuest: Leah PurcellExecutive Producer: Rachael HartManaging Producer: Ricardo Bardon Listen to more great podcasts at novapodcasts.com.au See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Sep 13

Hannah Pietch

can you guys give advice on how to get over a break up? it was my first ever relationship, we dated for 2.5 years, things ended very messy and he said some terrible things to me you guys would be DUMBFOUNDED if you knew what he said to me, we broke up a few months ago, he kept going back & forth between me and another girl and 2 hours after he broke up with me, he was already talking to someone else. i need advice and a hug

Join Brooke Blurton & Matty Mills, your Deadly duo, as they share personal yarns through a First Nations Lens. Listen as they connect through stories of shared, lived and first experiences.