Podcasts by The Hot Flush
Mrs Woog and Mrs Berry are the multi non-award-winning, unsponsored duo making it OK to talk about being hot and cranky. Join them as they chant their life's creed: just keep plucking.
Further podcasts by Kayte Murphy and Kim Berry
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The Bridal Shower from 2021-05-31T08:42
One week until Mrs Berry's nuptials. We find out Mrs Woog was fired by her wedding dressmaker and that she married in the magical fairyland of Windisor.
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From the non-award winning duo... we bring you a safe space, not an idiot space. from 2021-05-23T16:57
Boob squishes, hysto updates, weddning news, mindfulness vs HRT and so much more.
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We're back baby! from 2021-05-11T22:20
We're back with a definite kick in our step - let's revel in it while it lasts.
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Tits and shits from 2021-04-11T19:59
When you're tits get you down and eating gives you the shits. Perimenopause, the Ted talk.
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One shop shuts while the floodgates open from 2021-04-07T05:38
We briefly break our hiatus to celebrate Mrs Woog's hysto and Mrs Berry's first period in 110 days. What a time to be alive.
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Tough love, top week, to do lists from 2021-01-18T07:36
Mrs Berry has come over all Protestant while Mrs Woog has been practising self love.
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Inexplicable Gas from 2021-01-12T08:24
Well it's week two and Mrs Berry and Mrs Woog are already in foul moods. Is it the heat? Is it the continual global woes? Is it that we're actually not angry, just disappointed.
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tis the season for the shitty gift from 2020-12-17T00:36
We're at the pointy end of the year, tempers are frayed, humidity is high, what better way to celebrate than compare the worst gift you ever received.
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Mrs Woog in Alien from 2020-12-07T07:23
Mrs Woog has grown a little friend, Mrs Berry grows the number of cohorts of society she offends, and other stuff
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The muff, the butt, and Bondi entrepreneurs (not necessarily connected) from 2020-12-01T07:28
Mrs Woog expresses her displeasure about entrepreneurs from Bondi, Mrs Berry goes to Canberra and likes it, more butt talk, and muff cam.
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KEBAB: The anger episode from 2020-11-22T13:27
We all lose our shit, we talk about how to do it with style and less cortisol.
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Swings and Roundabouts for the agony aunts from 2020-11-15T22:49
Mrs Woog is on the up, Mrs Berry not so much. Who's on the list this week, and how to silence the nasty inner voice.
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Hornbags and crusty skin from 2020-10-19T21:05
Mrs Woog has found her libido, Mrs Berry has a skin check and they both lose bladder control.
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You can't pour from an empty cup from 2020-10-12T21:22
When you're feeling flat and stretched too thin you need to lie on your friend's bed and then laugh for an hour or two. Mrs Woog and Mrs Berry embody one of the best ways to improve your mood ...
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The Three Pusketeers from 2020-10-03T16:31
Mrs Woog has gross friends, we still hate golf, mothers' blind pride also gets a spray and Kim marks six years since her family realignment.
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Don't click here looking for cuddles from 2020-09-19T19:04
Mrs Berry recounts the alley cat phase for new Hot Flushers, there's a weird bit where she rages about golf and Mrs Woog's impression of riding pillion on a motorbike has to be heard to be bel...
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The circus tent is up so the party can continue from 2020-09-13T10:45
Mrs Woog and Mrs Berry reflex on the wondrous week that was, the good, the bad, the challenging and uplifting. We talk about mental health and suicide in this episode.
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The trying really hard to sound professional episode from 2020-09-07T18:50
Mrs Woog and Mrs Berry's commitment to preparation and structure continues. Note it down, it won't last long. Also: HELLO EVERYONE WHO IS HERE BECAUSE OF SBS INSIGHT!
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Order, order in the podcast! from 2020-08-30T11:30
We get order and structure in preparation for our national television appearance.
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Menopausal flares: quite the fashion from 2020-08-24T13:05
Mrs Woog and Mrs Berry reflect on the week that was with dulcet tones like you've never heard before.
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Randomly emotional: our four year anniversary edition from 2020-08-08T19:15
Mrs Woog explores career options, Mrs Berry is inexplicable chirpy, we talk porn and life choices with five teenage boys.
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Medical conditions, sex and porn from 2020-08-02T10:32
Mrs Woog and Mrs Berry bring back The List, Mrs Berry's medical degree comes in handy and we talk about good porn, libido and gender.
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A groin injury and a cheeky risotto from 2020-07-19T20:18
Mrs Woog is recovering from a groin strain and Mrs Berry comes over for dinner. And then cooks it too.
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Around the dining table from 2020-07-13T17:29
Mrs Woog and Mrs Berry catch up over a gin, cup of tea and a glass of white wine.
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To the manor born from 2020-07-06T13:20
After Mrs Woog's house move, the women recline in her boudior and recount a very weird week.
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The fuck edition, no, not that kind of fuck. from 2020-06-28T11:07
Basically two episodes in a week. Who's loved? WHO?
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Mrs Berry's nose gets violated, Mrs Woog makes a move from 2020-06-23T17:04
The women couldn't get their shit together on the weekend so bring you a highly unusual Tuesday afternoon blitz. It's fast, it's furious, Mrs Berry tells a really boring story about sourdough....
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A revolution has many lanes from 2020-06-07T16:42
Change is uncomfortable, prickly, scary and challenging. It's basically the menopause of society.
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The return of the regular show from 2020-06-01T01:39
Parenting, teenagers, partners, moods, friendship, you know the drill.
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THE BREAK OUT - iso free, happy, puffy and hot from 2020-05-23T17:34
There's a sneaky cheese, a bottle of bubbles, we TOUCH each other and laugh a lot. Sweet baby cheeses, breaking out never felt so good.
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The Iso Files #6 - pep in our step from 2020-05-09T17:09
Still in iso, still emotionally erratic, still carb loading.
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The Iso Files #4: Cold mashed potato wrapped in devon from 2020-04-25T22:10
Mrs Woog is much more herself and Mrs Berry is in a mood.
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The Iso Files #3 from 2020-04-19T08:51
Poor audio (it gets better. ish.), fast ageing, maddening parents, readers' questions
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The Iso Files #2: why are there so many people near me from 2020-04-11T17:37
The talking is coming from inside the house. All the time. Life in iso continues.
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The Iso Files #1 from 2020-04-05T12:40
Our first ever episode recorded while not sitting next to each other. These are the stragest of times.
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The job's not done until the paperwork is finished from 2020-03-22T11:19
According to an Instagram filter Mrs Berry looks 23. We don't even talk about that in the episode but it's worth mentioning in these dark times.
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Glorified tummy aches and period poo. You can thank us later. from 2020-03-15T23:28
In what is clearly now bizarro world, Mrs Berry is the one that gags during the discussion on why are period poos so gross. She recounts her week of being so sick it was like a rebirthing to b...
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A national TV star walks among us from 2020-03-01T23:10
... for about 10 uninspiring seconds and then resumes the lower, harder seat to Mrs Woog, mother of a life saver. Literally.
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To the barricades from 2020-02-25T21:56
We reflect on an horrendous week then look forward, as only we can. Booze reviewz, usual hijinks, and your good news.
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Beating to The Drum from 2020-02-16T15:32
In welcoming an explosion of new flushers to our cranky band of moody sweaters, Mrs Woog and Mrs Berry deliver a fairly bog standard Hot Flush - whinging, laughing, booze reviewz, and answerin...
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When something gets stuck in your craw from 2020-02-09T08:43
Mrs Woog gets worn out talking about Barnaby, Mrs Berry is still recovering from her hysterical humidity breakdown.
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It's very difficult to get a good angle in the boudoir from 2020-01-28T22:06
We recorded this on Saturday. It's now Tuesday night. I know it was punchy. There was a lot of CATH (complaining about the heat), booze reviewz, and again, trying to be professional while loll...
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Memo: Pedestrian Demerit Points Scheme Proposal. Hear us out, it has legs. from 2020-01-19T22:49
After some interior design and relationship counselling, Mrs Woog and Berry retire to the bed to reflect on what is good in the world and what needs a good smack. There's a booze reviewz that ...
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At the beach house from 2020-01-13T07:09
In keeping with 2020 being a whirlwind of high drama and environmental catastrophe, we come to you from Mrs Berry's beach side abode (not as glamorous as it sounds) for the first time ever. Wh...
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2020: start the day with a mimosa, end it with a spliff from 2020-01-01T21:31
Mrs Woog and Mrs Berry kick of The Hot Flush 2020 with sequins, prosecco and a call to form a movement for the return of the original Roses chocolate selection.
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Happy Festivus: the year in review pt2 (not really) from 2019-12-22T18:05
This was recorded while, unbeknownst to us, there was a snake in Mrs Woog's bedroom. It seems so fitting in light of the rest of 2019. We love you all, see you in 2020.
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The Year in Review pt1 from 2019-12-17T07:10
It starts heavy, gets less heavy, the batteries run out, we regroup and then we finish.
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#snackgate and news bans from 2019-11-24T22:51
Mrs Woog betrays Mrs Berry with her good cop routine | Mrs Berry demands Mrs Woog walk away from all news sources until she stops crying so damn much | They don't eat during recording | You're...
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The Travel Edition from 2019-11-11T07:22
Mrs Woog laid by a pool while Mrs Berry wandered NYC pointing at things and crying. It's quite the recap.
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We make the crosses we're nailed to from 2019-10-15T21:31
Mrs Woog experiences life lows to Olympic standards | Mrs Berry claws her way out of mental sabotage | Potential advertisers are knocking | Booze Reviews | Brene and Oprah session ahoy
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Variegated bromeliads from 2019-09-23T06:13
Two tired ladies, Operation Density Drop, Clean Lungs 2019, plant-based protein, Netflix finds, who's on this week's list, Spring garden tours, burger judging competitions and Woog's new quest...
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In which the ladies enjoy a ginger beer from 2019-09-14T20:13
Mrs Woog has been fag free for one whole week. That all members of her family are accounted for and with pulse is testimony to something, we're just not quite sure what. Kim has been asked to ...
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Getting the band back together from 2019-09-08T18:29
After far too long (two weeks?) the ladies are back in the sadle (ok, upright, sitting upright at a desk) with tales of their lives and the world. Giddyup.
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Never fully relaxed from 2019-08-18T21:27
After two long weeks apart Mrs Woog and Mrs Berry are reunited and you know the drill, hijinks ensue.
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In which we recreate John&Yoko's bed-in, except with less paparazzi, celebrities, drugs and live music. Mrs Berry doesn't eat anything and Mrs Woog gags twice. You're welcome. from 2019-08-04T21:26
Mrs Woog has been solo parenting for three weeks. Mrs Berry was enjoying the first weekend in four of being at home. It's been a torrid time and both yearn for respite from reality. Mrs Woog w...
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The cheeseburger churn from 2019-07-25T23:05
Mrs Berry becomes a teetotaller, for one day. Mrs Woogs is looking sharp after a week-long diet of the good cold & flu tablets and diet coke. Our teenagers are still trying to kill us. Mrs...
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We swear a lot. And talk about poo. Again. from 2019-07-19T07:07
This week Mrs Berry and Mrs Woog embody the concept of falling with style. Even if that style is an alarming form of alternative dance. Sad brain and parenting anguish ruled the roost. And sti...
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Two Panadol and a Piper-Heidsieck (and 100,000 listens!!!) from 2019-07-10T23:14
As Mrs Woog and Mrs Berry settle in to being TV personalities, Mrs Berry is concerned her bits don't smell right and Mrs Woog workshops why Mr Wook is making her cranky. Then they lose their e...
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Things that weep. Sometimes perimenopause doesn't involving something becoming papery. from 2019-06-30T20:26
Having orgasms in your sleep - far less mess or hassle | Mrs Woog talks about wearing layers and Mrs Berry rolls her eyes so hard they fall out | When exercising isn't intentional so therefore...
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How to vacuum your face from 2019-06-22T22:28
Mrs Woog shows Mrs Berry how to painlessly remove her perimenopausal beard and that's all that really matters now.
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Macadamia crusted lamb cutlets travel well from 2019-06-15T20:45
Mrs Woog has rid herself of disease and pestilence, Mrs Berry probably irritates more listeners than usual, the importance of standing up for yourself, Mrs Woog wants your tips of finding your...
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My husband ate my pie and other grounds for divorce. from 2019-06-02T21:33
When your husband eats your food | Does your pet have a nemesis? | Mrs Berry finds a health fad she can get behind | Your questions answered
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Hairy and eggless: this is not an election post mortem from 2019-05-26T22:18
Mrs Berry gets tricked into cooking Mrs Woog dinner because she's competitive and an idiot | Mrs Woog has a visitor | the dissection of a hot flush | joy | how not to spew on the bus
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Election Day. Before the result. from 2019-05-19T21:07
Recorded at a simpler time, when visions of Mrs Woog being chased by cows in a paddock brought joy and mirth.
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The ugly cry and other adventures. from 2019-05-05T23:17
This week there was ugly crying, on the Woog Berry Correctional Facility Period Scale an isolation block level bleed, tales of pork and a potential crossroads in footwear for Kim. Tackling the...
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In which we compare periods to the prison system. See also: Aldi wine from 2019-04-28T22:37
Mrs Berry's latest public humiliation | Mrs Woog's misguided turbo fan girling moment | Oscar update | Jack's inaugural beauty spot
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When the NDIS fails | what happens when your ex-partner dies | why some people can only poo at home | young love from 2019-04-22T20:12
Kim goes in to battle for her son as the NDIS fails (again); A flusher shares just how hard it is when your ex-partner dies and you have under-age children; there's new love in the Woog house ...
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Mrs Woog loses her shit at the kids, Mrs Berry starts a new job, and a whole lotta love in the room after our live! event. from 2019-04-14T23:54
Another week in review with hot flushes in the office, politicians behaving appallingly, parents losing their ever-loving minds at ungrateful teens and a review of our own event. Just a heads ...
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Mrs Berry rethinks her approach to politics and current affairs. Mrs Woog rethinks having kids as one of hers has a party for 25 of his closest friends. from 2019-03-28T23:00
We workshop how Mrs Woog can manage perimenopause and a 13 year old's birthday party. Mrs Berry shares her new Zen-like response to the world going to hell while still being a hot, cranky, sna...
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A mixed bag this week - basically a roller coaster ride when all we wanted was a nice drive in the country. from 2019-03-22T09:41
World events have sent us reeling this week so we do our best to avoid them by talking about another Mrs Berry health crisis, dog spew, making friends at a time in life we generally hate all p...
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The Universe (aka Mrs Woog) asks: will Mrs Berry ever stop talking about her butt. from 2019-03-14T23:00
Another week, another opportunity for Mrs Berry to grossly overshare her body's activities. But Mrs Woog doesn't escape the medical gaze this week. Bits have been squeezed, massaged and invade...
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We're gonna need a bigger speculum... from 2019-03-07T23:00
The Hot Flush goes weekly! Mrs Berry spreads her legs for another man and it's not nearly as fun as she hoped. She also discovers just how bad she is at collecting a stool sample. Mrs Woog sea...
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We're bringing aerobics back, baby! And pondering when tripping meant you'd pee yourself as well. Maybe these things are related. from 2019-02-27T14:58
Competitive aerobics is back in our school system, which makes a (sometimes less, sometimes more than) monthly bloodaggedon seem not that bad. Tales from Byron Bay, listeners questions answere...
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The weather's hot, we're hot, is my period trying to kill me, will I ever stop sweating, I will cut you and other niceties of the menopausal woman. from 2019-01-21T17:53
Mrs Woog gets jiggy with the Villlage People (apparently they're still a) a thing and b) alive), Mrs Berry rants about crappy cultural festivals and no one gags. Not even once.
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Happy New Year! with free snark! from 2019-01-03T08:49
Welcome to a new year, where Mrs Woog and Mrs Berry are off to a most excellent start by forgetting what they were actually talking about. 2019, all about setting the bar high.
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Why isn't alcohol on the PBS for perimenopausal women and world leaders showing signs of late-stage syphilis. from 2018-11-19T21:31
Stuff & nonsense, the latest installement of our PMs sexist skills, a call for medicinal alcohol, coping skills for parenting teens and our first ever booze review.
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In a cage fight between Instagram Wellness Warriors and the perimenopausal, we know who wins. from 2018-11-03T20:32
The ladies are back from Bathurst and in fine form. Mrs Woog slags off pureed meals and Kim rants about the environment. Again.
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Applying for jobs in your 40s, kink parties and finding joy. These things aren't necessarily related from 2018-09-27T21:08
Mrs Woog and Mrs Berry tackle the big issues yet again - finding joy, caring for ageing parents, living with a 15 year old, applying for a job in your 40s and just how do you get a latex dress...
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The Hot Flush announces its world tour from 2018-09-08T21:05
...but before that we talk about politics, sticking needles in your face and going to your first kink party.
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The Irrational Anger Hotline from 2018-08-14T19:55
In this episode of the leading international name dropping podcast we talk irrational anger, boob jobs and how getting drunk once you're over 40 is just not worth it.
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The Hot Flush's Hierarchy of not being an idiot. from 2018-07-30T21:27
Mrs Berry gets her strop on about misplaced outrage, Mrs Woog and Mrs Berry ponder why they still feel like imposters at 45 and we have a special guest - Christine Paine OAM, aka Mrs Woog's mu...
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Failed trophy wives from 2018-07-11T07:15:53
Too lazy to be decent trophy wives, annoyed at millenials having their shit together, weary of relentless grooming and finding a quiet acceptance of the brutalism of a bomber jacket.
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The Whingeing Masterclass from 2018-06-18T21:35:15
Mrs Woog and Mrs Berry present a masterclass on how to whinge. Name your price and we'll do a one-on-one session.
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Acne, ageing pubes, Mrs Berry gets employed and Mrs Woog descrewed. from 2018-05-28T19:18:54
Mrs Berry reminises about her days as the valedictorian of repulsion and Mrs Woog tries to make Mrs Berry gag (as if) with her ankle screw removal scars. We tackle the big issues of what to do...
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How to handle the sads, Mrs Berry's snark is off the charts, what we're looking forward to and Mrs Woog makes Mrs Berry gag (for a change). from 2018-05-06T22:35:16
Why so sad? Mrs Woog and Mrs Berry offer some up some of the things that help them beat the blues, Mrs Berry is in peak snark with Festival fashion in her sights and various other stuff and no...
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After channeling their inner Oprah, Mrs Woog and Mrs Berry come to their senses. from 2018-04-24T17:37:12
After skating perilously close to inspirational quotes to survive parenting teens, normal snarking resumes. We talk babies, bed bugs, Barnaby and banks. Most of it makes us cranky. And hot.
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Cauliflower rice and other ways to piss off perimenopausal women from 2018-04-12T10:06:24
#onthelist returns with a vengeance this week. Cauliflower rice, zucchini pasta, facon - nothing is safe. Also, it's still hot in Australia.
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The sexual proclivities of vampires, Kim's body recreates the prom scenes from Carrie and how to break free of the sads. from 2018-03-28T16:00:44
The sexual proclivities of vampires, perimenopausal sex or lack thereof, Kim's body recreates the prom scenes from Carrie, Mrs Woog talks about the sads, Kim fails to make Mrs Woog gag and tha...
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Just like a bad date, Mrs Woog and Mrs Berry start off with so much promise but end abruptly and without dessert. from 2018-03-16T14:25:42
Why are women so tired and angry? More butthole jokes. Mrs Woog continues to fashion herself as the replacement for Jack Thompson as Australia's national poetry reciter. Mrs Berry makes Mrs Wo...
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Now the world's most popular podcast for women, Mrs Woog and Kim work on their vision board to have their own radio show #hotflushradio from 2018-03-06T21:36:24
While Kim learns that even her blood is fat, Mrs Woog sets to writing her new book, The Sisterhood of the Travelling Period Pants. We hear poetry from when Mrs Woog was 12 and Kim reveals her...
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S2 Ep3 - Mrs Woog urges women to look after themselves so Mrs Berry talks self abuse and butt sex. Advertisers? Where art thou? from 2018-02-23T21:32:40
Look after yourself. Mrs Berry details how she does it. Mrs Woog says that's why we don't have any sponsors. Mrs Berry argues convincingly that Mrs Woog using the words tender, romance and Bar...
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S2 Ep2 - Ditch the self hate, Corey Bernardi tells us childbirth"can be painful"and Kim makes Mrs Woog gag. Again. from 2018-02-03T19:03:18
Ditch the self hate, Mrs Woog stares down a troll, Corey Bernardi tells us childbirth "can be painful" and Kim makes Mrs Woog gag. Again.
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S2 Ep1 - Summer holiday postcard: Mrs Woog stops smoking and Mrs Berry gets rid of her beard. Could anything else matter? from 2018-01-04T21:19:28
Summer holiday postcard: Mrs Woog stops smoking and Mrs Berry gets rid of her beard. Could anything else matter?
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Episode 9 - Ho Ho Ho from 2017-12-16T23:19:20
Kim cleans bird poo off Mrs Woog's window. Hashtag not a euphemism. It's our season finale and quite frankly, is all over the shop, which means it's basically the same as the previous eight ep...
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Episode 8 - Not fit for public consumption from 2017-12-02T21:51:12
Basically a podcast biohazard. Best not listened to in front of children, at work, out loud in public. Look, let it just be your little dirty secret.
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Episode 7 -"Quarter strength hogwash"? Pig's arse to that, Woogs and Berry talk all things farmyard*. (*Notreally.) from 2017-11-06T15:11:02
"Quarter strength hogwash"? Pig's arse to that, Woogs and Berry talk all things farmyard*. (*Notreally.)
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Episode 6 - a dog's breakfast quite frankly from 2017-10-14T16:29:36
A dog's breakfast quite frankly.
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Episode 5 - We're fast and furious this episode with Kim getting Gilligan's Island and Rugby League confused while Mrs Woog embraces the downward dog to avoid her husband. from 2017-10-02T00:02:37
We're fast and furious this episode with Kim getting Gilligan's Island and Rugby League confused while Mrs Woog embraces the downward dog to avoid her husband.
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Episode 4 - Mrs Woog drags herself from her sickbed, Mrs Berry forgets to press record and they both realise everything is oestrogen's fault. from 2017-09-17T19:00:40
Mrs Woog is poorly, Mrs Berry is forgetful and riding off the back of a week of unprecendent inexplicable rage. There's tea, solving the world's woes, the realisation we can blame everything o...
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Episode 3 - The ranty pants edition from 2017-09-02T13:56:36
Kayte and Kim mix it up with a Saturday morning recording and don't they have opinions. For starters, what the hell is going on with eyebrows?
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Episode 2 - Getting your kit off from 2017-08-21T10:37:41
Kim will nude up for a forest romp but Kayte just couldn't be bothered. Unless there was schnitzel. Going off the grid and the lure of cheap champagne.
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Episode 1 - period pants and vegan butchery from 2017-08-07T10:46:52
Our very first episode! Why women over 40 need to listen to two women over 40 discuss everything about life.
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