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Wake up with your friends every morning on JOY Breakfast. Listen live on JOY 94.9 FM in Melbourne, listen via the JOY app, or tell your smart speaker to “stream JOY 94.9”.

  1. 1D AGO

    Tuesday Breakfast – Episode 5 – with Mietta, Jason & Dr Cat

    Wake up with JOY Breakfast – the feel-good way to start your day. Join Mietta, Jason & Dr Cat as they unpack the stories everyone’s talking about (and a few you didn’t know you needed), from pop culture moments and internet buzz to politics, health and queer life. Each episode blends big headlines with sharp opinions, expert insights from Dr Cat, and plenty of laughs along the way. New episodes every Tuesday 7-9am This week’s topics: Colour blocking is back, baby – Jason’s Fashion Rant breaks down what’s coming down the runway as we finally move away from 2000s grunge–heroin chic, with Loewe and Dsquared leading the charge. Also this week, we debrief the Golden Globes, replay TikTok chaos from the Critics’ Choice Awards, and talk Ashley Tisdale’s mean girls mothers’ group exposé. Plus, Dr Cat also talks keeping pets safe in the heat while we survive a hot‑as week and confess how we actually stayed cool. Then it’s Australia’s under‑16 social media ban: failed algorithms, new platforms, kids working around the rules, and the weird ChatGPT trend where people ask it to generate a husband – plus how well any of this is actually going. We kick off Midsumma Music Voting for the JOY Midsumma March and ask you to text in the songs that should make the playlist. 13/01/2026 Instagram: @joy949 @joybreakfast @miettahj_ @themelbourneurbanite (Jason) @nyuroscientist (Cat) The post Tuesday Breakfast – Episode 5 – with Mietta, Jason & Dr Cat appeared first on JOY Breakfast.

    38 min
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    Tuesday Breakfast – Episode 4 – with Mietta, Jason & Dr Cat

    Wake up with JOY Breakfast – the feel-good way to start your day. Join Mietta, Jason & Dr Cat as they unpack the stories everyone’s talking about (and a few you didn’t know you needed), from pop culture moments and internet buzz to politics, health and queer life. Each episode blends big headlines with sharp opinions, expert insights from Dr Cat, and plenty of laughs along the way. New episodes every Tuesday 7-9am This week’s topics: We’re back for 2026 – how was your break and what was the highlight? Jason unleashes a full Fashion Rant, stanning Matthieu Blazy and Michael Rider as creative directors to watch, unpacking Chanel Métiers d’art, Celine Summer 2026, and the story of Bhavitha Mandava opening the Chanel show while her parents watched from India. Cat dives into New Year’s resolutions and the science of the “fresh start” effect, plus edible protein powder made from carrot leftovers, and the top countries Aussies travelled to in 2025. Mietta breaks down Taylor Swift’s six-part Apple doc (with Gracie Abrams and Taylor’s stage-mum grandma but suspiciously no Jack Antonoff), the storm-ravaged chaos of Beyond the Valley, and Nick Cannon’s ever-expanding family Christmas cards. We also get into all the celebrity goss of Timothée Chalamet calling his recent roles “top level sh*t”, Kate Winslet’s directorial debut on her son’s film Goodbye June, Lachie Neale stepping down as Brisbane co-captain amid a cheating scandal, the prickly new Chevy Chase documentary, Brigitte Bardot’s legacy and homophobia, and a joyous queer joy moment: Sam Kerr marrying Kristie Mewis in the Swan Valley on New Year’s Eve. 6/01/2026 Instagram: @joy949 @joybreakfast @miettahj_ @themelbourneurbanite (Jason) @nyuroscientist (Cat) The post Tuesday Breakfast – Episode 4 – with Mietta, Jason & Dr Cat appeared first on JOY Breakfast.

    47 min
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    Tuesday Breakfast – Episode 3 – with Mietta, Jason & Dr Cat

    Wake up with JOY Breakfast – the feel-good way to start your day. Join Mietta, Jason & Dr Cat as they unpack the stories everyone’s talking about (and a few you didn’t know you needed), from pop culture moments and internet buzz to politics, health and queer life. Each episode blends big headlines with sharp opinions, expert insights from Dr Cat, and plenty of laughs along the way. New episodes every Tuesday 7-9am This week’s topics: We dive into The Drama, the unsettling new Zendaya and Robert Pattinson film, and in gaming chaos, Kim Kardashian drops into Fortnite with a full “Lara Crofted” fantasy. We cover the Girlguiding trans-exclusion protests in the UK, hundreds rallying nationwide, and celebrate 50 years of iconic Perth queer nightclub Connections (AKA “Connies”) – from opening in 1975 when it was still illegal to be gay in WA, to now holding the title of the longest-running club in the southern hemisphere. Dr Cat teaches us her favourite Auslan signs, like “queer” (yes, over an audio medium). Mietta breaks down Taylor Swift’s new six-part Apple documentary with Stephen Colbert, the Golden Globes’ new podcast award, and Kate Winslet directing her son’s first film. We get festive with With Love, Meghan, shout out Sundaylicious, and run through your early Christmas Day forecast around Australia. Plus: Lily Allen’s SNL performance, SNL’s “Uber Eats Wrapped”, Rolling Stone crowning Lorde’s Royals the best Aussie/Kiwi song of the 21st century so far (with Kylie’s Can’t Get You Out of My Head at number two), and the most popular touring artists of the millennium, featuring Coldplay, U2 and Ed Sheeran. 16/12/2025 Instagram: @joy949 @joybreakfast @miettahj_ @themelbourneurbanite (Jason) @nyuroscientist (Cat) The post Tuesday Breakfast – Episode 3 – with Mietta, Jason & Dr Cat appeared first on JOY Breakfast.

    45 min
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    Tuesday Breakfast – Episode 2 – with Mietta, Jason & Dr Cat

    Wake up with JOY Breakfast – the feel-good way to start your day. Join Mietta, Jason & Dr Cat as they unpack the stories everyone’s talking about (and a few you didn’t know you needed), from pop culture moments and internet buzz to politics, health and queer life. Each episode blends big headlines with sharp opinions, expert insights from Dr Cat, and plenty of laughs along the way. New episodes every Tuesday 7-9am This week’s topics: Whatcha watching? Jason has binged Stranger Things Season and is deep in an Alien phase. We celebrate XG’s rapper Cocona coming out as transmasculine non-binary, proudly showing top surgery scars. Cat breaks down Australia’s move to ban social media for under-16s. We cheer for Nguyen Huong Giang, the first out trans Miss Vietnam at Miss Universe 2025, and talk about the pageant finally opening its doors to married women, mums and trans women. We also mark the anniversary of marriage equality and the 2017 YES postal survey. Music-wise, it’s Spilt Milk 2025 (Sombr, Dominic Fike, Doechii) and time for Spotify Wrapped. Taylor Swift has been dethroned by Bad Bunny as Spotify’s top global artist (queer ally, we see you), we share our deeply on-brand stats and ask for your top artist, global fan rating and listening age. Plus: Ozempic for cats that just can’t stop eating, the Big Brother grand final, Katy Perry going Instagram official with former Canadian PM Justin Trudeau, and we crown our Crushes of the Week for the first time. 9/12/2025 Instagram: @joy949 @joybreakfast @miettahj_ @themelbourneurbanite (Jason) @nyuroscientist (Cat) The post Tuesday Breakfast – Episode 2 – with Mietta, Jason & Dr Cat appeared first on JOY Breakfast.

    41 min
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    Tuesday Breakfast – Episode 22 – with Mietta, Jason & Dr Cat

    Wake up with JOY Breakfast – the feel-good way to start your day. Join Mietta, Jason & Dr Cat as they unpack the stories everyone’s talking about (and a few you didn’t know you needed), from pop culture moments and internet buzz to politics, health and queer life. Each episode blends big headlines with sharp opinions, expert insights from Dr Cat, and plenty of laughs along the way. New episodes every Tuesday 7-9am This week’s topics: Jason brought a shopping bag of ceramic bowls clubbing, newsreader August brought a hardcover copy of Pride and Prejudice to a rock concert, and Mietta thinks she drank lavender perfume, also Charli xcx pivots from ‘Brat’ with new song ‘Rock Music’, matcha’s health benefits, JOY’s Eurovision correspondent Michael Polh live from Vienna, Jason’s thoughts on the 2026 Met Gala, Mietta discovered she might be 5 ft 9 not 5 ft 7 and a half, Helena Bonham Carter exits The White Lotus Season 4 cast mid-filming, we might be giving up on the new season of Euphoria (sorry…), MAFS’ Lucinda Light is back on screen(!!), Russell Brand flipping through the bible on Piers Morgan (“where are your Post-its???”), Dr Cat’s experience not consuming added sugar for a year, International Day of Plant Health (and how to do your bit), the Brisbane Lions whiteboard scandal, and the Gay Games are just around the corner (Jason’s feeling underprepared…) 12/05/2025 Instagram: @joy949 @joybreakfast @miettahj_ @themelbourneurbanite (Jason) @nyuroscientist (Cat) The post Tuesday Breakfast – Episode 22 – with Mietta, Jason & Dr Cat appeared first on JOY Breakfast.

    56 min

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Wake up with your friends every morning on JOY Breakfast. Listen live on JOY 94.9 FM in Melbourne, listen via the JOY app, or tell your smart speaker to “stream JOY 94.9”.

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