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Life Uncut

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.2026 LiSTNR - Text, image, music and sound comprising this podcast are owned by or licensed to SCA. By accessing, communicating or using this podcast, you agree to be bound by the terms available at https://www.listnr.com/terms Relationships Social Sciences
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  • Ask Uncut: Hungover in Italy, My Boyfriend's Drug Habit Is Costing $12k a Year & The Blind Date That Never Happened

    Ask Uncut: Hungover in Italy, My Boyfriend's Drug Habit Is Costing $12k a Year & The Blind Date That Never Happened
    May 10 2026
    Hey Lifers! Welcome to Ask Uncut - your deepest, darkest and most burning questions, answered. Today’s episode comes to you slightly compromised. Britt had a few drinks in Italy last night… their wedding photographer Cass arrived with his partner Sarah and, well, “when in Rome” turned into a few too many cocktails. She was up at 5:30am, giant glass of water in hand, ready to earn her bacon. She earned it! Vibes for the week:Britt: Raising Chelsea https://www.disneyplus.com/en-au/browse/entity-0b7ad228-5160-4dde-8a64-bd7c9e7f2ebf Laura: A Bit Hippie Hair Repair Kit https://abithippy.com.au/collections/hair-treatments?srsltid=AfmBOooqgRYDlZikT0tq8IB2dgd3pHYKVp1-XPr4pGaPtN_VoUU1Nceb Then we get into your questions! MY PARTNER AND I ARE HAVING A BABY SOON Won't ramble on about how he is a great partner otherwise I wouldn't have chosen him to be my person…The only problem we have is that like most young people these days we used to do cocaine, not a lot..just a few times a year. Mostly at special occasions with friends. Now in our 30's since we started trying for a baby I stopped drinking/drugs to give it our best chance to conceive. My partners use has become more and more regular in the past year, he will bender for a whole weekend once and month and spend $1000+. I thought he would have changed in this new season in our lives together. He tells me he will change when the baby comes. I think he should be supporting this new life now as it makes me really anxious for our future. We have been battling this for a year, constant fighting, I told him how it upsets me when he does it so often. I care about his health, his job, the wasted finances, a possible addiction etc. He tells me he won't change, it's not a big deal as he only does it once a month and it's not a daily/weekly thing and I'm a hypocrite because I used to do it. The last fight we had was really bad because he promised me we wouldn't anymore and then a few days later I caught him doing it. I was so upset | left and stayed with my parents for a few days.. he begged me to come back and that things would change, they haven't. We have been battling this for a year, constant fighting. I love him but it hurts me so much, it feels like he doesn't respect me at all. And the stress on top of being pregnant is not good for me. What should I do? Am I overreacting? Is it not that big of a deal? Do I wait and see if the baby will change him? Is this a dealbreaker? It doesn't feel that easy now as there will be a baby involved. Any advice would be great TO MOVE OR NOT TO MOVE My best friend got engaged last year, and recently we were talking about timelines for weddings. She basically said that if someone in your close circle (like a best friend or cousin) is engaged before you, it’s kind of “rude” to get married before them, like there’s an unspoken order you should follow. Apparently in her family/social circle, people wait their turn so no one “cuts in” with their wedding, and it’s caused actual fallouts when people didn’t follow that. I had literally NEVER heard of this and thought weddings were just whenever suits the couple? But now I’m second guessing myself. She spoke about waiting for her to have her moment before anyone else can have theirs. Personally, I don’t care about my “moment”, I just want to marry the love of my life when it suits us. Is there actually an unspoken etiquette around not getting married before friends who got engaged first? Or is this just a cultural/family-specific thing MY FRIEND WON'T SET ME UP I recently had a friend tell me that she was too busy to organise a set up with a guy whom she had suggested to me without organising. For context: I’m the only single friend in a group of 7 people. This has meant countless weddings, baby showers, first birthdays and general catch ups where I am attending on my own. My friends have struggled to understand the impact that this has on me and at 32, I find all of these interactions pretty hard. Recently my friend told me that a colleague potentially knew someone who they could set me up with, without me even asking for her to do this. When I tried to follow up 2 months later to casually see what the go is (after being ghosted by a guy I liked and having minimal support), she bluntly told me that she and her colleague had been too busy at work. I tried to say that it had been two months so was just curious and I got a list of why she had been too busy. I feel like as the single friend I am constantly turning up for everyone with minimal return; I’ve listened to this friend talk about her fertility struggles and her co-parenting struggles with her step child, and I also listen to her work stressors. I’m also working in a high pressure job as well as living on my own and carry the burden of this on my own with most friends too preoccupied with their partners and children to listen or let me debrief. Am I being overly sensitive or should I raise ...
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  • Offcuts: Met Gala Served Nipples, A Reddit Thread About Men Who Stayed Too Long & The Corporate Worker Who Did Nothing for 12 Months

    Offcuts: Met Gala Served Nipples, A Reddit Thread About Men Who Stayed Too Long & The Corporate Worker Who Did Nothing for 12 Months
    May 8 2026

    Hey Lifers! Welcome to your weekend num num 🎙️

    The Met Gala happened and we need to talk about the nipples. All the Kardashians coordinated sheer looks with visible nipples and Britt is calling it... this was a business decision, something Skims is coming. We also cover Kim's limo vlog, the Olympian who shot actual bubbles from her gown, Blake Lively showing up post-trial completely unbothered, and Zendaya quietly pulling the pin, which might be its own statement.

    Then a Reddit thread where men explained why they didn’t propose or finally left. One had “one foot out the door for years.” Another said the sex was “dog shit” but he was “too emotionally weak to end it.” We get into fertility vampires and why “I didn’t want to hurt her” isn’t landing the way they think it is.

    Next, a UK corporate worker who suspected her job might not be real and quietly did almost nothing for a year to test it. She sent a 15-minute task list on Monday mornings and a couple of emails to show she was online. No one noticed. She had to quit herself! We debate whether it’s actually her fault and how much work people are really doing anyway...

    It's Sir David Attenborough100th Birthday!! We celebrate accordingly.

    And we close with Holly Butcher’s viral letter, written at 27 before she passed from cancer, urging us to whinge less and give more - her perspective on life is worth sitting with this Saturday morning.

    ⏱️ TIMESTAMPS
    00:00 — Are we still doing the Met Gala? And why the vibe is shifting
    03:17 — The nipples: coordinated, intentional, and probably a Skims launch
    04:25 — Kim's behind-the-scenes vlog: late, lost her phone, can't move in the outfit
    08:01 — Met Gala chaos, bubble dresses & who actually delivered
    13:41 — The Reddit thread: why men didn't propose or finally left
    20:29 — The woman who did nothing at her corporate job for a year and no one noticed
    33:55 — Happy 100th birthday Sir David Attenborough
    40:00 — Holly’s letter: a final reminder on how to live

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    47 mins
  • What Every Parent Needs to Know About Child Safety. Uncut with Kristi McVee

    What Every Parent Needs to Know About Child Safety. Uncut with Kristi McVee
    May 7 2026
    With everything that's come out recently about AI tools like Grok, online predators, and disturbing cases emerging from childcare centres, the question every parent is asking is ‘how do I actually keep my kids safe?’ It's a topic that feels bigger and more frightening by the day and one that parents constantly think about. Today we're sitting down with Kristi McVee. Kristi McVee is a former Detective Senior Constable and Specialist Child Interviewer. After 10+ years investigating child sexual abuse, Kristi shifted her focus to prevention to give families the tools, language and the confidence to protect kids. She’s the author of Operation KidSafe: A Detective’s Guide to Child Abuse Prevention, a speaker, educator and the founder of CAPE-AU, where she teaches parents and educators how to talk about consent, spotting red flags, online dangers and building trusting conversations with kids. Today’s conversation isn’t about scaremongering, it’s about learning real strategies and assessing both physical and online risks to keep our kids safe. We chat: The sobering statistics every parent needs to know - 1 in 3 girls and 1 in 5 boys will be sexually abused before the age of 18The biggest myths surrounding child sexual abuse, including why "it won't happen to my family" is dangerous thinkingWhy nearly 50% of child sexual abuse is perpetrated by other children and what "harmful sexualised behaviours" actually meansWhen and how to start body safety conversations with your kids Why using correct anatomical language could one day be critical to a legal caseThe grooming red flags hiding in plain sight and why grooming looks a lot like nurtureThe difference between in-person grooming and online grooming, and why kids often don't even recognise what's happened to themThe sleepover questionHow to assess the safety of your child's daycare or early childhood education centreRed flags in your child's behaviour that could signal something is wrongThe importance of connection: why predators use your lack of connection with your kids against you timestamps: 00:00 — Introducing Kristi McVee: former detective and specialist child interviewer01:43 — Kristi's background: joining the police with a two-year-old and becoming a child abuse detective04:11 — How do you come home to your own child after seeing this every day?06:34 — The biggest myths about child sexual abuse 08:26 — What age are children most at risk, and who is most often the perpetrator?10:11 — Harmful sexualised behaviours between children: what parents need to know13:09 — When to start body safety conversations 16:22 — Should you use correct anatomy names with your kids? 17:30 — Why are convictions so rare? 20:21 — Red flags to watch for: grooming looks like nurture22:03 — The "don't tell mum" problem and why secrets are a grooming tactic23:22 — Online grooming vs in-person abuse: what's the difference?25:16 — Has the social media age limit actually made a difference?26:52 — What is Grok, why is it dangerous, and what can parents do?28:41 — Should your kids go on sleepovers? A former detective's honest answer31:23 — How do you explain to a six year old why they can't photograph their body?36:00 — Behavioural red flags that could signal something is wrong38:26 — The daycare safety crisis: how to assess risk and ask the right questions41:23 — How often do offenders reoffend 42:26 — How Kristi keeps going when the weight of this work feels impossible43:26 — The single most important thing parents can do You can find Kristi on Instagram You can visit Kristi's website You can watch us on Youtube Find us on Instagram 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! XxSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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    45 mins
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