Emsolation (Video)

Em’s New Show, Taylor & Travis At Coachella & Jenni’s Jury Duty Update

We begin by revisiting Em and Michael’s teenage hotmail addresses, their lack of flirting skills and how much they were actual virgins in their early days. We even get a bonus retelling of Em’s fave story about Michael’s most tragic love rejection. Then Em gets Michael to give us an update on his Mum’s journey into herbal remedies, which turns out to be a little bit of a letdown. We also get a full rundown of Em’s upcoming tour ‘Outgrown’, once Michael works out the most flawless way to introduce it. That’s followed by the news that the first weekend of Coachella has happened and there’s much to reflect, from Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift cutting a rug while surrounded by security, to Doja Cat’s mind blowing stage performance with all the extra hair. Finally we get Em’s mum on the phone so that Jenni can give us a full rundown of her failed attempt to be added to someone’s jury and dish out some just punishment that doesn’t involve spell books and office bin fires, bless.

Leave JoJo Siwa Alone!

To get things happening this week, Michael gets the intro right, then there’s updates from Mum land, with news that Em’s Mum could end up being a juror on a court case and Michael’s Mum is ready to start her journey into the wonderful world of medicinal herbal drops for the aches and pains in her skeleton. After that Em is campaigning for everyone to leave JoJo Siwa alone, first though she’ll have to introduce JoJo to Michael, and anyone else who’s not across her background and history. Once we’re all onboard with that info, then Em and Michael will play ‘Okay, Stop!’ with the video for her new song ‘Karma’ that’s launching her adult pop music career. Finally, we got a letter via Emsolation Extra’s Ask Me Anything during the week from Emsolator Bianca, it was FULL of red flags. So, Em is giving up her seat so her eldest daughter Marchella can be on camera while Em reads the letter to her and Michael, so you’ll get ALL of their facial expressions throughout. To hear what they actually think though, you’ll need to listen to our Sealed Section on our premium service Emsolation Extra, where they’ll also talk about the upcoming John Peter Farnham memoir and Em’s discovery of a Beyoncé tribute magazine at the supermarket. Sign up now to start listening at emsolation.supercast.com.

Elio’s Easter, Beyonce’s Country Carter, Lindsay Lohan’s Irish Wish

We start with the fact Em has a cold sore, but we’re not actually allowed to acknowledge it, or look at it, we also have issues with the use of the word ‘awareness’ instead of ‘acceptance’ in the labelling of ‘Autism Awareness Day’. There’s a negative Airbnb review to reflect, then we get into Elio’s Easter origin and Easter bunny questions, and his issues with his Easter Egg Hunt, plus Michael reveals his Mum’s bleak easter traditions too. After that we get the full debrief on how Em, Michael and Marchella approached their consuming of ‘Renaissance: Part II” with ‘Cowboy Carter’ from Beyoncé. Naturally that also means they’ll talk through their favourite tracks, make hot tips on what’s next touring wise, favourite cameos, country music facts and how the CMA’s will deal with it all come award season again. Finally, there’s the latest romantic comedy for Netflix from Lindsay Lohan called ‘Irish Wish’ for them to review. It appears that no actual Irish people were harmed, or even featured in the movie, but it does come with a mystical Wish Bish and a lot of other whack features you’re sure to enjoy. Then in our Sealed Section, on our premium service Emsolation Extra, Em, Michael and Marchella do a full track by track review of Beyoncé’s ‘Cowboy Carter’ from beginning to end, although their interest wanes near the end, because...27 tracks to cover off.Sign up now to start listening at emsolation.supercast.com.

Kate, Carlos and Cowboy Carter

We open with the news Kate Middleton is having treatment for cancer and how Em was right in her assumptions that we shouldn’t be speculating about BBL’s and the like. Especially when a woman is undergoing a medical treatment that we don’t have all the information on. Sending WTF thoughts to the Palace PR team and speculating on Kate’s marriage to Prince William though, still falls into an open season situation. Then we pivot into an update on Em and Vincie’s Friday inside the Mercedes AMG tent at the F1 Grand Prix, with a side quest into female F1 drivers and why Vincie doesn’t trust optometrists anymore. Em and her daughters went to a family friend's 21st birthday where they witnessed some truly awful DJ work, which inspired Michael to reveal he’s wrapped on Season 3 of ‘The Newsreader’ and spent the weekend DJ-ing the wrap up party too. Then it’s back to Sunday at the F1, with a side of airport lounge downgrades thrown in. Finally, Beyoncé is due to drop her country music album this weekend, which side quests on Em’s rogue Instagram posts, Emsolators commentating on Beyoncé’s singing ability, and more sing-ger, vocalist, entertainers and singers chat too. Plus, in our Sealed Section, on our premium service Emsolation Extra, Em and Michael talk about Rebel Wilson naming Sasha Baron Cohen as the celeb trying to stop her publishing her memoir, something that REALLY connected with Em. Sign up now to start listening at emsolation.supercast.com.

Michael Gets Epically Rear Ended

It’s the SMS that brought much delight to Em, Michael got rear ended by a van on his way to work, and sent an “I’ve been epically rear ended” message to alert Em to that fact. You’ll hear all about it as we start the pod, with a side quest on Beyoncé being a capitalist by name dropping brands in her songs. Then it’s onto Em’s newest obsession, Guy Richie’s new Netflix TV series ‘The Gentlemen’, which is light years better than the bad accents we get in his original movie version of ‘The Gentlemen’. Somehow that spins off into Em regaling us with all the saucy hookups she witnessed happening between the gay men at her local swimming pool, with added recollections from Michael. There’s the upcoming Anne Hathaway movie ‘The Idea Of You’ to get excited about, plus props for Emma Thompson’s ‘Good Luck To You, Leo Grande’. We also get mental side quests on sing-gers and Kylie and Madonna on stage together and separating an artist's problematic history from their art. Then in the Sealed Section, on our premium service Emsolation Extra, Em and Michael update their thoughts and feels on the Kate Middleton situation, talk Oprah’s upcoming weight loss doco and there’s even more F1 frothing to deliver. Sign up now to start listening at emsolation.supercast.com.

Em & Chella Talk Oscars, Drag Queens & Wicked The Musical

This week Michael Lucas is away filming his final scenes for Season 3 of his multi-award winning TV series ‘The Newsreader’, so stepping in to replace him is Em’s eldest daughter Marchella. Together they’ll talk through their fave moments from the 2024 Oscar Awards, covering everything from Jimmy Kimmel’s monologue to John Cena’s guttering, Ryan Gosling’s ‘I’m Just Ken’ performance, plus Jonathan Glazer’s speech, Emma Stone, Ariana Grande, Al Pacino, Mark Ruffalo, Lily Gladstone and a bunch of other stuff too. Then it’s onto Em’s night out at a local Drag Show with her daughters, where Odie managed to bring all the chaos on stage, while the audience around them offered up some very unique chaos of their own. Finally we need to revisit Em's emotional support musical ‘Wicked’. On the weekend Em and Chella attended the show AGAIN and they have a bunch of very specific feedback for the audience, as well as mad props for the amazing cast. We also get a taster of today’s Sealed Section from our premium service Emsolation Extra. Em and Chella talk through all the planning and the eventual last minute cancelling of Chella’s decision to attend Pitch. Why did Chella decide to attend an electronic music festival in the bush, when she doesn’t like electronic music, or festivals, or camping, or dust? All the hilarious answers are within our Sealed Section, sign up now to start listening at emsolation.supercast.com

F1, Miley Cyrus, Rihanna, Vacuum Cleaners & Italian Dog DNA

Before we even get an intro out we drop chats about Em’s new glasses, Jennifer Saunders not recognising her own Ab Fab daughter, Saffy, aka Julia Sawalha on The Masked Singer, and a side quest about the TV series ‘Press Gang’. Once the intro is done, it’s onto Em’s love language, F1. Michael just has to endure it, safe to say his facial expressions express his interest throughout. Then it’s onto the drama inside Miley Cyrus’ family, with Billy Ray now married to a woman who auditioned for Hannah Montana 14 years ago and is 28 years his junior, and her mum Tish marrying her sister Noah’s ex-boyfriend, it’s giving messy. We pivot to Miley’s new song ‘Doctor (Work It Out)’ and Katy Perry’s career demise, then into our respect for Rihanna giving the bare minimum of a performance at a Billionaire’s wedding over the weekend. We tease our Emsolation Extra Sealed Section episode on Kate Middleton’s disappearance and Em’s theory that Camilla is pulling a ‘Saltburn’. Then it’s into vacuum cleaner talk and why Em won’t let her husband Scott use their new carpet sucker, with a side quest inspired by Em’s Mum calling while we record, an update on Italy’s new DNA solution to rogue dog poop, and some bag of lollies chat.

Dune: Part 2, J’Lo, Scomo, The SAGS & Mardi Gras

Your introduction to this episode covers everything from American Idol shock eliminations, to Elio discovering the delights of mooning and Michael Lucas sharing his name with a gay pornstar, so chefs kiss for all of that. Then we deep dive into Em’s spoiler free review of ‘Dune: Part 2’. Expect much giant worm chat and everything else in between, from who was giving act-TOR on the IMAX screen, to if Austin Butler brought Elvis along for the ride.Michael then goes against type by turning up with content, and it’s the kind of content we live for. Yes, it is about J’Lo’s movie musical ‘This Is Me…Now: A Love Story’ and yes we were shook and utterly delighted by every detail. There’s also Scott Morrison’s farewell speech, and the continuing train wreck of Donald Trump’s campaigning to touch on, before we pick and choose our favourite bits of the SAG Awards. However if you’re keen to hear Em and Michael ‘Okay, Stop!’ Barbra Streisand’s lifetime achievement acceptance speech, you’ll need to head to our premium service Emsolation Extra. Finally there’s Em’s upcoming birthday and some Mardi Gras chat to see us out.Get BONUS eps & other perks with Emsolation Extra https://emsolation.supercast.com/

Taylor Killjoys, Ariana & Mariah’s Whistle Tone & J’Lo’s Movie & Doco

Did somebody say gimme all the divas, because we’re at capacity when it comes to the ladies of pop bringing their main character energy to the pod this week. We start with a full recap of the first weekend of Taylor Swift’s Era’s Tour in Australia. Seems some people aren’t feeling the love and are trying to kill the joy that Swifties have been exhibiting and we are having none of that. Then it’s onto the internet being super supportive of the return of Mariah Carey’s whistle tone, as displayed on her new duet of ‘Thank U, Next’ wth Ariana Grande. We’re fully here for it, but we also think that Ariana might be doing more of the vocal heavy lifting than you’d expect. Finally, Em and Michael spent their Sunday watching J’Lo’s new movie ‘This Is Me…Now: A Love Story’ together and they have MUCH to discuss. They also follow that up by sitting down to ‘Okay, Stop!’ the trailer for Jen’s upcoming documentary ‘Greatest Love Story Never Told’, which details the making of her self financed musical opus. It’s safe to say that we’re more excited for that, than we were for the movie it apparently documents.

Beyonce, Usher, Wicked & AACTA Awards Goss

This week all of pop culture decided to unleash all of its everything, all at once and none of us are coping very well. So after admitting to being untethered and unmedicated, Em takes us through a recap of their trip to the Gold Coast for the AACTA Awards, where Michael picked up another award, and Em realised she probably didn’t even need to be there, more on that inside. We follow that up with Beyonce deciding to drop Act 2 of her Renaissance offering’s, right after Usher’s Football concert at the Super Bowl, because Beyonce can do whatever she likes mmmkay. There’s so much to discuss, we start with Usher’s efforts centre stage, but then quickly pivot to Beyonce, with a side quest into playing ‘Okay, Stop!’ with the trailer for the upcoming movie of the Broadway musical ‘Wicked’. There’s much more Beyonce discussion to follow, with cameos from Tina Knowles, Meryl Streep, Jay Z and even some “will Travis Kelce be in Australia with Taylor Swift” chat too. Then there’s Em’s B.O.G. from Fashion Critical, props for Lara from Zhivago for the dress and a delightful discussion about Michelle Lim Davidson to see us out. We also give you a sneaky peek of our Sealed Section after the credits, where Em and Michael talk through J’Lo’s much anticipated film ‘This Is Me…Now: A Love Story’ exclusively for our premium service, Emsolation Extra.