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  • Are We Actually Allowed to Age Anymore? | Madonna, Plastic Surgery & Human-Brained Mice [Episode 38]

    Are We Actually Allowed to Age Anymore? | Madonna, Plastic Surgery & Human-Brained Mice [Episode 38]
    Oct 6 2026
    This week, Grab Her By The Mic has left the studio and relocated to a bed at the beautiful Ardour Lilianfels in the Blue Mountains, where the microphones, cameras and lighting equipment have made our hotel room look considerably more like the set of a low-budget porno than a podcast.We recap a girls’ weekend involving massages, crosswords, room service, and a couple of emergency calls home before the discovery that apparently mothers can leave for two nights without society completely collapsing.Then it is time for The Weekly Spiral. An influencer brings an actual ring light to a concert, scientists create mice with an alarming amount of human brains, and a band releases a song lasting less than one second.Philsy takes over the The HyperFix with plastic surgery, beauty standards and the increasingly blurry line between ageing well and apparently not being allowed to age at all. We get into Madonna, the cosmetic procedures we would and absolutely would not consider, overseas surgery, the makeovers we grew up watching and whether our idea of “looking good” was decided for us years ago.Then Hannah tests Philsy with Song or Bullshit for The SideQuest, to see if she can tell the difference between a real-life song or something Han pulled from her arse. Plus: our Obsessions of the Week, a hair tool from Philsy and then there’s… Hotel Hannah; and a Weekly Manifest dedicated to becoming temporarily unavailable.Chaos Correctional (Fact-Check Corner):Stick around after the outro, where we fact-check the things we said with entirely too much confidence.This week we correct:Human-brained mice: not 90% human brain. Australia DOES screen for psychological suitability before cosmetic procedures.Lourdes Leon is not 16. Or 18. Heidi Montag: it wasn't eight hours, it was 10.Overseas surgery: we cannot confidently declare overseas cosmetic surgery generally “on par” with Australia. Links & Things We Mentioned🌀 The Weekly SpiralRing Light Gate at Ariana Grande concert.Stanford's xenocortical mice whose cortical tissue became more than 90% human by volume.Coastal Fire Dept. - Don't Let The Fire Go Out (the song that lasts less than one second, contains the lyric “Fire”)🔎 The HyperFix: Plastic Surgery Australian cosmetic surgery rules covering patient suitability, motivations, expectations, body dysmorphic disorder screening and referral where psychological concerns are identified.Body dysmorphic disorder screening and patient assessment FAQInformation for anyone considering anti-wrinkle injections or dermal fillers.The expanded rules for non-surgical procedures, including cosmetic injections and fillers, came into effect on 2 September 2025.Smartraveller: Going overseas for a medical procedureSmartraveller: Sun, sand and cosmetic surgery🎲 The SideQuest: Song or Bullshit The story of Vulfpeck's SleepifyThe Flaming Lips explain ZaireekaBull of Heaven experimental-music project responsible for Like a Wall in Which an Insect Lives and Gnaws, the absurdly long composition discussed in the game.John Cage - ORGAN²/ASLSP💖 Obsession of the Week Philsy’s BondiBoost Infrared Thermal Bounce BrushHotel Hannah - technically not available for purchase.Loved this episode?Hit follow / subscribe so you don’t miss future chaosLeave us a 5-star review if you cackled, cried, or felt seenScreenshot & tag us on socials so we know you’re listening🎙 New episodes every Tuesday👉 Follow us: @grabherbythemic📩 speaktous@grabherbythemic.com
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    1 ora e 9 min
  • Celebrity Oversharing, Questionable Science & a 131m Meat Stick

    Celebrity Oversharing, Questionable Science & a 131m Meat Stick
    Sep 28 2026
    Have celebrities become too accessible?This week, Han and Philsy investigate what happened between the era of untouchable celebrities... and whatever we’re doing now, where we know an influencer’s coffee order, boyfriend history, dog’s name and family drama before breakfast.The HyperFix takes us through the evolution of celebrity culture, reality TV, influencers, parasocial relationships and the rise of what can only be described as professionally produced authenticity.Then The Weekly Spiral brings us: a mother fighting off a coyote with a thong, America spending more than a year engineering a 131-metre Slim Jim, and scientists burying underwear, investigating cockroach milk and repeatedly stepping on venomous snakes in the name of research.Naturally, this leads directly into a SideQuest called Peer Reviewed or Pulled From My Arse, where Philsy has to decide whether scientists genuinely gave Viagra to jet-lagged hamsters.For Obsession of the Week, Philsy has found a pregnancy-friendly body-care range and Han has inhaled Netflix’s Earle Meets World, thereby personally contributing to the exact influencer-access phenomenon she just spent twenty minutes analysing.Honestly, an educational program.Sort of.Chaos Correctional (Fact-Check Corner):Stick around after the outro for Chaos Correctional - where Han cleans up the confident nonsense we said on air with just enough research to be dangerous.This week we correct:Pregnancy cheese: pasteurised does not automatically mean pregnancy-safe.ADHD reviews: no universal full reassessment every three or six months.Vivid dreams: remembering them often has more to do with waking during the night.ADHD meds: motivation is part of the story, but “motivation, not focus” was too simplistic.DIY Pap smears: self-collected cervical screening is real. DIY Pap smear is not.Listener voice memos: very doable. Giovanni, your microphone awaits.Buried undies: they were clean. Thank Christ.“I’ll remember that”: not a scientifically recognised system.Shaving cream vs wee: TikTok is more confident than the evidence.Elvis and Priscilla: she was 14, not 13, when they met.Jet lag: east is often worse, but west absolutely still counts.Geriatric pregnancy: 35 is the traditional threshold, but “advanced maternal age” is now the preferred term.Links & Things We Mentioned🌀 The Weekly SpiralArizona mum Brittany Cardinal fights off a coyote attacking her four-year-old daughter with a flip-flop. Slim Jim’s official Guinness World Record: 130.896 metres of continuous meat snack. The full gloriously strange list of 2026 Ig Nobel Prize winners, including buried underpants, cockroach milk, nose-blowing aerodynamics, splash-free urinals, mosquito 3D printing and deliberately annoying venomous snakes. The actual buried-underpants soil-health study. 🔎 The HyperFixThe 2026 systematic review of 76 peer-reviewed studies on parasocial relationships between consumers and online influencers. Netflix on how DoorDash, Dunkin’ and Pantene were integrated directly into Earle Meets World. 🎲 The SideQuest: Peer Reviewed or Pulled From My ArseSwearing really can increase pain tolerance. Participants survived icy water for longer while repeating swear words. Pigeons really were taught to distinguish Monet from Picasso. Researchers really did raise chickens wearing artificial tails to investigate how non-avian dinosaurs may have walked. 💖 Obsession of the WeekPhilsy’s obsession - Bangn Body’s pregnancy-friendly body care and Firming Lotion. Han’s obsession - Earle Meets World on Netflix. Loved this episode?Hit follow / subscribe so you don’t miss future chaosLeave us a 5-star review if you cackled, cried, or felt seenScreenshot & tag us on socials so we know you’re listening🎙 New episodes every Tuesday👉 Follow us: @grabherbythemic📩 speaktous@grabherbythemic.com
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    1 ora e 54 min
  • Apparently, Tracking Your Unconscious Husband Is Coercive Control [Episode 35]

    Apparently, Tracking Your Unconscious Husband Is Coercive Control [Episode 35]
    Sep 8 2026
    Apparently, using Find My Friends to locate your heavily intoxicated, unreachable husband face-down under a tree now makes you an abuser.At least, according to TikTok.This week, we revisit the Episode 33 clip that somehow escaped containment, racked up hundreds of thousands of views and led the internet to diagnose Philsy with coercive control, while simultaneously calling her husband a red flag and telling her to go back to eating KFC.Naturally, we investigate.What actually is coercive control? When does location sharing cross the line from safety into surveillance? Does gender change how people read the exact same behaviour? And can we please stop turning serious psychological and legal terminology into internet shorthand for “I didn’t like that”?Elsewhere, the Weekly Spiral takes us to Chester Zoo, where Jodie Foster, a 50kg reticulated python, has beaten cancer using a treatment normally used on humans.Then we head to Beijing, where humanoid robots are simultaneously learning to outrun Usain Bolt and absolutely failing to learn how to stop.Very reassuring.Philsy discovers that incognito mode is not, in fact, the dark web. We attempt a viral rhyming game with deeply questionable results. Han accidentally launches an investigation into historical nipple rouge. Philsy recommends her current MCoBeauty obsession, and Han recommends Bron Lewis’s brutally funny book I’m Not Mad (Anymore).Plus, Chaos Correctional returns to answer the important questions we left hanging, including how old Jodie Foster actually is in snake years, whether sex workers really rouged their nipples, and the crucial scientific distinction between melanin and melatonin.Another educational service from Grab Her By The Mic.You’re welcome.Chaos Correctional (Fact-Check Corner):Stick around after the outro for Chaos Correctional - where Han cleans up the confident nonsense we said on air with just enough research to be dangerous.This week we correct:Jodie’s treatment cost: still a mystery.Robot Games countries: 16 confirmed, full list apparently classified.Nipple rouge: real. The prostitute bit was a historical leap.Pregnancy nipples: melanin, not melatonin. One syllable away from science.Bron Lewis: brilliant live. Eye contact achieved. Heckling tragically denied.Links & Things We Mentioned🌀 The Weekly SpiralJodie Foster the python’s world-first cancer treatment at Chester ZooReuters: Humanoid robots beat Usain Bolt’s 100m record at the Beijing GamesA humanoid robot loses control and thrashes on the floor during a live demonstration at the 2026 World Robot Conference in Beijing, prompting operators to rush in.🔎 The HyperFixeSafety Commissioner: What coercive control meanseSafety research on location-sharing and relationships💖 Obsession of the WeekPhilsy’s Obsession - MCoBeauty Summer Stick Cheek & Lip Cream in Mykonos at BIG WHan’s obsession - Bron Lewis: I’m Not Mad (Anymore)Bron Lewis official links, book and tour infoLoved this episode?Hit follow / subscribe so you don’t miss future chaosLeave us a 5-star review if you cackled, cried, or felt seenScreenshot & tag us on socials so we know you’re listening🎙 New episodes every Tuesday👉 Follow us: @grabherbythemic📩 speaktous@grabherbythemic.com
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    1 ora e 19 min
  • Someone Help Britney… Also Gravity Is Apparently Cancelled | Britney Spears, Fake Gravity & Fart Science [Episode 34]

    Someone Help Britney… Also Gravity Is Apparently Cancelled | Britney Spears, Fake Gravity & Fart Science [Episode 34]
    Sep 2 2026
    We all yelled FREE BRITNEY.So… what happens when freedom still doesn’t look okay?This week, Han and Philsy fall headfirst into the Britney Spears internet rabbit hole: the dancing videos, the conspiracy theories, the concern, the rubbernecking and the uncomfortable question of whether we’re actually any better than the tabloids we love to hate.But before that, naturally, there’s an academic conference dedicated to excessive farting, Donald Trump making a very specific claim about transgender executives and computer chips, and a viral rumour that Earth is going to lose gravity for seven seconds.We also discover what Han would do during a gravity blackout, debate whether Britney’s mysterious vacuuming man is hot, revisit some truly cooked tabloid headlines and read one of our favourite YouTube insults to date: “two cows but with one hoof.”Plus: questionable science, scalp scrubs, Bat Boy, Britney clones and an alarming amount of discussion about bodily functions.Just another normal week at Grab Her By The Mic.CHAOS CORRECTIONAL (FACT CHECK CORNER)Stick around after the outro for Chaos Correctional - where Han cleans up the confident nonsense we said on air with just enough research to be dangerous.This week we correct:Trump said disinfectant, not hand sanitiser.Trump is 80.No, the CHIPS Act did not require transgender executives.Gravity is, in fact, what keeps the ground “anchored.”Zero-gravity experiences are real-ish, but involve parabolic flights or drop towers.Britney was on The Mickey Mouse Club, not Young Talent Time.Christina Applegate has MS, not Christina Aguilera.Britney’s divorce was not especially recent.The vacuuming man was allegedly a paparazzo posing as a cleaner.A wellbeing-only conservatorship can exist without full financial control.So: gravity survived, Britney facts were messy, and we remain aggressively committed to being corrected in public.LINKS & THINGS WE MENTIONEDFor anyone who wants to fact-check us, investigate further or simply make worse use of their own free time:The very real fart conference: The American Neurogastroenterology and Motility Society 2026 Annual Meeting, featuring the actual session title Gas: Live, Laugh, Expel.Trump + the CHIPS Act: Trump’s July 15 speech at the Pennsylvania Defense and Innovation Summit, where he claimed companies needed transgender people to qualify for CHIPS Act funding.The seven-second gravity blackout: No, Earth was not scheduled to lose gravity on August 12. The viral “Project Anchor” story was a hoax.The spectacularly convincing fake Project Anchor website: It now carries a fiction notice confirming the NASA-style project is made up.Britney’s 2026 DUI arrest + treatment: Britney voluntarily entered a treatment facility after her March arrest on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs.Britney + The Mickey Mouse Club: She joined The All-New Mickey Mouse Club at 11 alongside Christina Aguilera, Justin Timberlake and others. Not Young Talent Time. Our apologies to both hemispheres.Britney + Sam Asghari: They married in 2022, separated in 2023 and their divorce was finalised in 2024.Christina Applegate’s MS diagnosis: The Christina we were trying to remember was Applegate, not Aguilera. Applegate publicly announced her MS diagnosis in 2021.BAT BOY: Yes, Weekly World News really did publish Bat Child Found in Cave in 1992, spawning the glorious Bat Boy universe.Han’s scalp scrub obsession: Thanks To Nature Anti-Dandruff Scalp Scrub with sea salt and salicylic acid.As always: links are here so you can follow the spiral yourself. We take no responsibility for the 47 tabs you now have open.Loved this episode?Hit follow / subscribe so you don’t miss future chaosLeave us a 5-star review if you cackled, cried, or felt seenScreenshot & tag us on socials so we know you’re listening🎙 New episodes every Tuesday👉 Follow us: @grabherbythemic📩 speaktous@grabherbythemic.com
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    1 ora e 25 min
  • We Spent $2,000 On Dinner And Got An Eighth Of A Radish

    We Spent $2,000 On Dinner And Got An Eighth Of A Radish
    Aug 17 2026
    This week on Grab Her By The Mic, Han takes us through the birthday dinner that started it all, a $2,000 degustation at Three Blue Ducks Burradoo that somehow left the table hungrier than when they arrived, headlined by a single eighth of an unpickled radish presented like a $500 oyster. There's a warm welcome that tasted vaguely off, a dessert that Philsy insists Han said smelled like Ambi Pur, and a very confident tip from Han's dad, who clearly has spent too much time in a country with a tipping culture.In The Weekly Spiral, the girls cover a 96 year old TikTok star who tore up her retirement village's warning letter on camera, a man who allegedly used a stolen kitten as bait during a failed bank robbery, and a mime who terrorised a Massachusetts walking trail for two months before things took a genuinely bizarre turn involving cooking oil.The Hyperfix goes deep on surveillance culture, why she's been tracking her entire family for years, Philsy’s pine tree incident that started it all, and the very real research on what constant location checking does to trust. Then it's The SideQuest with Philsy's Red Flag Or Soulmate game, obsessions of the week (a $38.74 smart ring that might catch fire, and a maternity clothes haul that didn't break the bank), and a Weekly Manifest built entirely around a radish based revenge plot.Explicit, feral, occasionally educational and accidentally therapeutic.See you next Tuesday. 💋CHAOS CORRECTIONAL (FACT-CHECK CORNER)Stick around after the outro for Chaos Correctional - where Han cleans up the confident nonsense we said on air with just enough research to be dangerous.This week we correct:Three Blue Ducks Burradoo's actual opening daysWhat lamb sweetbread actually isRetirement villages vs nursing homesWhether a nursing home "bar" needs a liquor licenceHow Bitcoin ATMs workHow AirTags actually track locationWhether Facebook pokes still existWhether Kmart and Target are the same brandLINKS & THINGS WE MENTIONED🍷 Recap & RoséThree Blue Ducks, Burradoo Park FarmEthos, Bowral🌀 Weekly SpiralGrandma Droniak (Lillian Droniak) on TikTokThe kitten bank robbery story, Beltsville, MarylandThe Cochituate Rail Trail mime, Framingham, Massachusetts🐰 Research Rabbit Hole95% of American adults in relationships use location-sharing tech, plus the Gen Z dealbreaker stat: Life360 survey via Bitdefender or the original Life360 reportLife360 user numbers (83.7M in 2025, later 95.8M by December 2025): Life360 Q4 2025 resultsThe "Bubbles" feature backstory (teens mocking the app, CEO responding on TikTok): Entrepreneur.comMore than two-thirds of parents who track an adult child leave it on permanently, peace of mind as top reason: US News (University of Michigan Health / C.S. Mott Children's Hospital poll)❤️Obsession of the WeekTemu smart ring, $38.74Best & Less maternity and kids rangeLoved this episode?Hit follow / subscribe so you don’t miss future chaosLeave us a 5-star review if you cackled, cried, or felt seenScreenshot & tag us on socials so we know you’re listening🎙 New episodes every Tuesday👉 Follow us: @grabherbythemic📩 speaktous@grabherbythemic.com
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    1 ora e 28 min
  • Dead Raccoons, Royal Chaos and a Runaway Preschooler [Episode 32]

    Dead Raccoons, Royal Chaos and a Runaway Preschooler [Episode 32]
    Aug 5 2026

    Philsy's back from a five day influenza A knockout, and she brought news with her, she's pregnant, due New Year's Day, and yes the podcast is still happening through the birth because apparently pregnancy isn't a valid excuse to miss a recording. Meanwhile Han spent the week turning her house into an actual maximum security facility after Mabel let herself out the front door mid-meltdown and walked four blocks to a stranger's lawn convinced she'd been abandoned. There is now a very tall, very ugly lock on every external door, and Philsy already had one, which explains a lot.

    The Weekly Spiral covers Erling Haaland bringing a $750 taxidermied raccoon through customs after the World Cup, Peppa Pig somehow starting actual beef with Charli XCX and Clairo, and an elderly UK man accidentally handing children paper hedgehogs made from erotic novel pages. Philsy brings The Hyperfix this week with a full royal family debrief, Charles, William, Kate, Andrew's arrest, and a fresh William versus Camilla feud, which sets up The SideQuest, Two Truths and a Tiara, where Han has to separate real royal history from things that just sound real.

    Obsession of the Week has Han recommending the tall lock as a genuine lifestyle upgrade and Philsy recommending a parenting book that's already changing how she talks to Maggie. Then Chaos Correctional cleans up three things said with far too much confidence, including a wedding dress conspiracy that turned out to be half right.

    Explicit, feral, occasionally educational and accidentally therapeutic.

    See you next Tuesday. 💋


    CHAOS CORRECTIONAL (FACT-CHECK CORNER)

    Stick around after the outro for Chaos Correctional, where Han cleans up the confident nonsense we said on air with just enough research to be dangerous.

    This week we correct:

    • Whether wedding dresses made from fecal matter are actually a thing

    • Whether the erotica hedgehogs were made from donated books

    • Whether Kate Middleton's hair situation through chemo makes any sense


    LINKS & THINGS WE MENTIONED

    🐰 Research Rabbit Hole

    • Erling Haaland's taxidermied "Whiskey Raccoon," Wild Bill's Western Store, Dallas

    • Peppa Pig's Pitchfork "Over/Under" interview beef with Charli XCX, Clairo and PinkPantheress

    • The paper hedgehog story, Wirral, Merseyside, made from pages of Nicholson Baker's The Fermata

    👑 Royals Rabbit Hole

    • King Charles, Prince William, Kate Middleton (Princess of Wales), Prince George

    • Princess Anne, Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh

    • Prince Andrew's arrest and the line of succession

    • Sarah Ferguson ("Fergie")

    • Meghan and Harry

    • Princess Diana, Prince Philip, Queen Elizabeth II

    🌀Products We Spiralled About

    • Raising Girls Who Like Themselves (book, via Audible)

    • The tall external door lock (Bunnings or any hardware store)


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    1 ora e 23 min
  • No Ep This Week - Philsy's Down, We'll Be Back Tuesday

    No Ep This Week - Philsy's Down, We'll Be Back Tuesday
    Jul 20 2026

    Philsy's been flattened by whatever's going around and recording felt less like a podcast and more like a hostage situation, so we've pulled the pin this week. Han popped in solo with a quick voice note to let you know we haven't disappeared - just regrouping, recovering, and saving all the chaos for next Tuesday.

    No Weekly Spiral, no Hyperfix, no Chaos Correctional this week - just a very short, very honest "we're not doing it" from Han.

    Send Philsy your well wishes and we'll see you back here next Tuesday, fully caffeinated and ready to go.

    See you next Tuesday. 💋
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    1 min
  • Taylor Swift's Wedding, Neil the Seal and the Cockroach Crime Boss of NSW [Episode 31]

    Taylor Swift's Wedding, Neil the Seal and the Cockroach Crime Boss of NSW [Episode 31]
    Jul 13 2026
    This week Han and Philsy are back in studio and diving straight into Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's wedding, the guest list, the NDA with zero financial penalty, and the reported buffet chaos in a venue that seats nearly 20,000 people. Plus the full circle Tim McGraw detail that might actually be true.Before that, Recap & Rosé covers a chaotic Brisbane trip involving an unused tampon, a nerf-gun-adjacent preschooler, and Coco the not a poodle's questionable new haircut, alongside a proper meltdown from Mabel that ends in her grandpa’s first ever "don't talk to my daughter like that."The Weekly Spiral goes fully feral this week, Neil the Seal's Tasmanian reign of terror, an alleged 100,000-cockroach criminal empire in NSW, and a raccoon who had a bigger night out than either host has had all year. Then it's The SideQuest, where Anthony Albanese's shag marry date answers get roasted before Han and Philsy run their own version with Hugh Jackman, Pedro Pascal and an unfortunate amount of Ed Sheeran slander.Explicit, feral, occasionally educational and accidentally therapeutic.See you next Tuesday. 💋CHAOS CORRECTIONAL (FACT-CHECK CORNER)Stick around after the outro for Chaos Correctional, where Han cleans up the confident nonsense we said on air with just enough research to be dangerous.This week we correct:Whether there's actually a lot of homelessness in BrisbaneWhether shopping and endorphins are the reason you need the toilet in a storeWhether Neil the Seal is fully grown yetWhether potato guns are legal in AustraliaWhether Disney owns PixarThe Taylor Swift Independence Day divorce joke, is that a real thing people are sayingBrad Pitt, Troy, Achilles and an extremely ironic injuryLINKS & THINGS WE MENTIONED🍷 Recap & RoséBlue Mountains Hydro Majestic hotelBlue Mountains Fairmont hotel🌀 Weekly Spiral Neil the Seal, Tasmania's viral southern elephant sealThe NSW cockroach breeder bust, over 100,000 exotic cockroaches seized, including Madagascar hissing cockroaches and dubia cockroachesThe West Virginia liquor store raccoon incident 👰 Taylor Swift's WeddingTaylor Swift and Travis Kelce's wedding at Madison Square Garden, July 3Adam Sandler as the officiantChristian Dior Haute Couture by Jonathan Anderson (wedding attire)Paul McCartney's reported performance of "I Want to Hold Your Hand"Lena Dunham's rehearsal dinner speech❤️‍🔥 Obsession of the Week Imagine This podcast by ABC (Han's Obsession of the Week)Elle, the new Prime Video series (Philsy's Obsession of the Week)Loved this episode?Hit follow / subscribe so you don’t miss future chaosLeave us a 5-star review if you cackled, cried, or felt seenScreenshot & tag us on socials so we know you’re listening🎙 New episodes every Tuesday👉 Follow us: @grabherbythemic📩 speaktous@grabherbythemic.com
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    58 min