Life Uncut

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Talking all things love, life, lust, and a bunch of other stuff. Nothing is off limits in this podcast that navigates relationships and dating in the modern day. Brought to you by two bachelor finalists Brittany Hockley and Laura Byrne.

  1. 2 hr ago

    Ask Uncut: When Is Giving Your Number A Big NO, a $250K Fail & the Ex's Cat Who Won't Leave

    Welcome back to Ask Uncut where we answer your deepest, darkest and most burning questions! This week the Facebook discussion group has well and truly been lit up over one story in particular. When is shooting your shot absolutely not okay? Britt and Laura go head-to-head with veeery different opinions on this one that might even change your own mind. Vibes of the week: Britt:The Scream Murders: A True Teen Horror Story on Disney+/Hulu  Laura: Instagram Trial Reels (yes really) Then it's into your questions! Q1: IS IT OKAY TO GIVE YOUR NUMBER TO SOMEONE ON A DATE? The story that broke the Facebook group. A Lifer sitting near a couple on a clearly bad date wants to know if slipping her number to the guy is out of line. Britt and Laura go head-to-head on the etiquette of shooting your shot. Q2: HE BLEW HIS $250K INHERITANCE ON A CAMPER VAN & NOW HE WANTS TO MOVE IN, UNEMPLOYED. A Lifer's boyfriend quit his job, ditched his apartment and torched a quarter-million-dollar inheritance travelling... and now he's back, broke, and wants to move into her place while collecting unemployment benefits. Is this a dealbreaker? Q3: MY HUSBAND WON'T SUPPORT MY CAREER CHANGE. After a decade in healthcare, a Lifer found her true passion and was ready to retrain. Her husband shut it down over money. Britt and Laura weigh in on when it's worth the pay cut to chase what actually fulfils you. Q4: MY BOYFRIEND'S EX STILL HAS STUFF AT HIS HOUSE (INCLUDING HER CAT). Months after the breakup, his ex's jewellery, clothes, mugs and yes her actual cat are still scattered through his house, and she still has a key. Is it fair to ask him to finally clear it out? Timestamps 00:00 – Welcome back & the Facebook group drama that turned off comments 07:45 – Vibes of the week: The Scream Murders true crime doco and how Insta Trial Reels can help your brand grow 15.04  – Q1: Is it ever okay to give your number to someone on a date? 23:21 – Q2: Boyfriend blew $250K on a camper van, wants to move in unemployed 34:02 – Q3: Husband won't support her career change after 10 years in healthcare 42:47 – Q4: Boyfriend's ex still has stuff at his place including her cat See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Ask Uncut: When Is Giving Your Number A Big NO, a $250K Fail & the Ex's Cat Who Won't Leave
  2. 2 days ago

    From Sleeping In A Car To 11 Billion Streams: Alex Warren Gets Real About Grief

    Hey Lifers! We have such a special one for you today. If it sounds a little different, that's because we recorded this in the green room! We'd just come off stage after interviewing Grammy-nominated, 11-billion-streamed, ten-times-platinum (here in Australia!) artist Alex Warren, live, on the night his new album Wildchild dropped. You know Alex from "Ordinary",  one of the biggest songs of the last two years, but what makes him so special isn't just the music, it's how openly he talks about what got him there. At nine, Alex lost his dad to cancer. At 16, he was kicked out of home and lived in his car. At 21, he lost his mum. Today he opens up about all of it: writing a song from his late dad's perspective (with a guitar solo from John Mayer), the voice notes his dad left him before he passed, the "what ifs" of grief, his mum's addiction and the regrets he still carries. He also has one of the best love stories we’ve ever heard. Follow Alex Warren on tiktok and Instagram @alexwarren Listen to Wildchild, out now! YouTube Timestamps 0:00 — Backstage at the WILDCHILD album launch 1:49 — Accidentally Unfiltered: the Jack White skate park story gone horribly wrong 4:17 — Writing "Wildchild" from his late dad's perspective, and the John Mayer guitar solo story 8:12 — Losing his mum to addiction and the regrets he still sits with 10:24 — The voice notes his dad left before he died, and why "people die twice" 12:32 — Meeting his wife Kouvr while he was homeless and living in a car 16:38 — Why he calls Kouvr his "rescuer" 20:10 — His favourite song on the new album, and how "Ordinary" took the pressure off 21:24 — His advice for anyone in the middle of grief right now Keep your questions coming! Slide into the Life Uncut DMs at @lifeuncutpodcast on Instagram You can watch us on Youtube Join us on tiktok Or join the Facebook Discussion Group Hosted by Britt Hockley & Laura Byrne Produced by Keeshia Pettit & Soph Nathan Video Produced by Vanessa Beckford & Lachy Pugsley Tell your mum, tell your dad, tell your dog, tell your friend and share the love because WE LOVE LOVE! Xx See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    From Sleeping In A Car To 11 Billion Streams: Alex Warren Gets Real About Grief
  3. 5 days ago

    The Missing Finger, More Possum Chat And Get To Know Producer Soph!

    Hey Lifers! BIG episode, yes we’re finally diving in to who the hell is this new producer on our podcast and of course that means a classic “Accidentally Unfiltered".  But first, we kick off chatting the $1000+ "shoe" that is somehow just a heel and a prayer, and then get a little deeper: Laura opens up about a pattern of forgetting names and faces of people she absolutely should know, and the girls debate whether it's a perimenopause symptom, undiagnosed ADHD, or just the cost of running multiple businesses and a household at once.  But the juicy main event: producer Sophie FINALLY sits in the hot seat for her official get-to-know-you episode, and she comes in swinging with a 3am possum-on-the-bed story, plus some unhinged radio tales. Britt and Laura go through all the quick q’s from the Lifers and BONUS, we also get a cheeky accidentally unfiltered with Laura thrown in there too!  Content note: Light discussion of memory/health anxiety. Timestamps 03:24 The barefoot heel trend nobody asked for 07:19 Laura opens up about her memory worries 22:05 Sophie’s Audition - The possum chat  27:56 Accidentally unfiltered radio moment  33.33 Laura’s surprise accidentally unfiltered 38.23 Your quick fire questions answered Keep your questions coming! Slide into the Life Uncut DMs at @lifeuncutpodcast on Instagram You can watch us on Youtube Join us on tiktok Or join the Facebook Discussion Group Hosted by Britt Hockley & Laura Byrne Produced by Sophie Nathan Video Produced by Vanessa Beckford & Lachy Pugsley Tell your mum, tell your dad, tell your dog, tell your friend and share the love because WE LOVE LOVE! Xx Listen back: Delilah's possum encounter: Apple | Spotify   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    The Missing Finger, More Possum Chat And Get To Know Producer Soph!
  4. 23 Aug

    Ask Uncut: Orgasms On Demand, Mysterious Nudes Heating Up The FB Group & One Very Suspicious Brother In Law

    Hey Lifers! Welcome back to Ask Uncut where we answer your deep, your dark and your burning questions. Laura kicks things off with a Facebook group confession that's got us absolutely in shock… or maybe it’s awe? We’re talking rogue orgasms and it’s wild Vibes of the week: Laura: Toxic Love Story on Netflix Britt: Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros Q1: SHOULD I TELL MY SISTER HER HUSBAND IS MESSAGING ANOTHER WOMAN?  My sister is overseas and I had her husband over for dinner. While he was on a video call with her, I saw a flirty conversation open on his phone with a woman saved only as a photo and a question mark. Do I wait until she's home, or say something now? Q2: IF YOU BREAK IT, DO YOU BUY IT?  My housemate's cleaner accidentally broke one glass from a $140 pair, and now my housemate is making her pay for the full set. She seems thrilled about ending up with three glasses instead of two. Q3: MY PARTNER'S NEVER BEEN FLIRTY WITH ME?  My partner of nine months just told me his socials were "hacked" and someone's trying to extort him using a nude he sent 12–18 months ago. He's never once sent me anything like that, and I can't stop wondering why. Q4: AM I LIMITING MYSELF BY AVOIDING “CASUAL” DATERS?   I'm back on the apps and getting plenty of matches, but most guys are upfront that they only want something casual. My ex said the same thing before we met and changed his mind a month in,  am I limiting myself by only going out with people who say they want something serious? Timestamps 00:00 – The massage orgasm confession that's got as all flustered 05:18 – Vibes & Unsubscribe: a toxic true crime doco and a horny Harry Potter read   11:06 – The brother-in-law's WhatsApp messages while her sister's overseas 17:22 – The cleaner charged double over one broken glass 24:04 – The "hacked nudes" story that doesn't add up 36:06 – Should she stop dating guys who only want casual? Keep your questions coming! Slide into the Life Uncut DMs at @lifeuncutpodcast on Instagram You can watch us on Youtube Join us on tiktok Or join the Facebook Discussion Group Hosted by Britt Hockley & Laura Byrne Produced by Sophie Nathan Video Produced by Vanessa Beckford & Lachy Pugsley Tell your mum, tell your dad, tell your dog, tell your friend and share the love because WE LOVE LOVE! Xx See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Ask Uncut: Orgasms On Demand, Mysterious Nudes Heating Up The FB Group & One Very Suspicious Brother In Law
  5. 20 Aug

    "I Was Almost Human Trafficked in Paris” - Uncut with Djanaya Hampton

    Today we're speaking to Djanaya Hampton, the Australian woman you've probably already seen going viral online. Every year, Djanaya Hampton takes herself on a solo birthday trip. It’s her own tradition, ticking off a bucket list she made years ago. It had always been safe. It had always been beautiful. Until her 29th birthday, when a night watching the sunset under the Eiffel Tower turned into hours of being followed, surrounded and hunted through the Paris metro by a group of men who were trying to traffic her. Djanaya walks us through the entire night in real time from the "harmless" photo request that was actually the first red flag, the moment she watched money change hands, losing them on one train only to have them get on the next, and the stranger on a near-empty carriage who may have saved her life. We also talk about what happened after: the Australian Embassy telling her she needed to leave the country immediately, what it really means to be "on the black market," and the wave of support, and disbelief, she's faced since sharing her story. Djanaya shares: Why she started solo-travelling for her birthday every year, and the countries she'd been to before Paris The exact moment she first felt something was wrong — before she could even explain why What it's like to realise, in real time, that you're being followed by multiple people How a stranger who happened to speak Spanish became the reason she got out safely What the Australian Embassy told her about being "on the black market" Why she waited over a year to share her story, and the response since The other survivor stories she's been sent since going viral Britt's own close call in Medellín, Colombia Timestamps 00:00 – Introducing Djanaya and her solo birthday travel tradition 05:06 – Her 29th birthday at the Eiffel Tower, and the men who approached her 08:50 – The "let's take a photo" moment that set off alarm bells 13:44 – Followed and surrounded on the Paris metro 27:46 – Going to the Australian Embassy 36:48 – Going viral, and the wave of messages from other survivors 38:43 – Britt's own close call in Colombia Follow Djanaya on Instagram: @dijonnai___ You can watch our episode with Lurata Lyon here Keep your questions coming! Slide into the Life Uncut DMs at @lifeuncutpodcast on Instagram You can watch us on Youtube Join us on tiktok Or join the Facebook Discussion Group Hosted by Britt Hockley & Laura Byrne Produced by Keeshia Pettit Video Produced by Vanessa Beckford & Lachy Pugsley Tell your mum, tell your dad, tell your dog, tell your friend and share the love because WE LOVE LOVE! Xx   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    "I Was Almost Human Trafficked in Paris” - Uncut with Djanaya Hampton
  6. 18 Aug

    A Logies Haemorrhoid, Our Brand New Producer & Why "Kind Of Chic" Has The Internet Fighting

    Hey Lifers! Laura is rolling in "fresh off the Logis" (not that fresh) with a hangover she swears isn't from drinking, and a very unwelcome post-red-carpet surprise she never saw coming. We yap about the Logies and the glamorous industry who brought along a ‘she-wee’.  Then the announcement you’ve all been waiting for: please welcome Life Uncut's brand new executive producer, Sophie! Soph has some… first day of a new job trauma and we will have a proper "get to know Sophie" episode coming soon. Britt has more of what she is calling ‘what the people want’ aka ghost content and apparently we will have a mini series coming! We also unpack the "kind of chic" trend that's taken over Instagram and the viral post accusing the internet of stealing content ideas. Who actually owns a trend once a million people are doing it?  Timestamps 0:00 — Intro: fresh off the Logies (again) and the hangover with no drinking involved 6:16 — Logies debrief & a glamorous She wee mystery 16:25 — Meet our brand new producer Sophie! 26:49 — Ghost stories 37:15 — The "kind of chic" trend and the internet's copycat culture debate 48:13 — Suck and Sweet of the week Keep your questions coming! Slide into the Life Uncut DMs at @lifeuncutpodcast on Instagram You can watch us on Youtube Join us on tiktok Or join the Facebook Discussion Group Hosted by Britt Hockley & Laura Byrne Produced by Keeshia Pettit & Soph Nathan Video Produced by Vanessa Beckford & Lachy Pugsley Tell your mum, tell your dad, tell your dog, tell your friend and share the love because WE LOVE LOVE! Xx See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    A Logies Haemorrhoid, Our Brand New Producer & Why "Kind Of Chic" Has The Internet Fighting

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Talking all things love, life, lust, and a bunch of other stuff. Nothing is off limits in this podcast that navigates relationships and dating in the modern day. Brought to you by two bachelor finalists Brittany Hockley and Laura Byrne.