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Australia's #1 podcast for women is where inquisitive minds come for great conversation - with an occasional side serve of chaos. Covering news, pop culture and big ideas, plus the small stuff that matters, Mamamia Out Loud features a rotating panel of hosts including Mia Freedman, Holly Wainwright, Jessie Stephens, Clare Stephens, Em Vernem and Amelia Lester. It's your daily dose of conversation that feels like catching up with your funniest and sharpest friends in the group chat. It's conversation at its most addictive.
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Meet the Hosts
Jessie Stephens
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Jessie Stephens is an Executive Editor at Mamamia and best-selling author of Heartsick and Something Bad Is Going to Happen. Beyond Mamamia Out Loud, she has hosted several other shows across the network including Cancelled, Hello Bump, and The Baby Bubble. Her hobbies include telling people how she’s not buying any new clothes this year and reading as many books as she possibly can.
Mia Freedman
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Mia Freedman is the co-founder of Mamamia, the women's media company she began from her loungeroom in 2007 and which now reaches 7.5 million women every month. Mia is the former Editor-In-Chief of Cosmopolitan, Cleo, and Dolly magazines and the author of four best-selling books including her memoir Work, Strife, Balance, upon which the hit TV show Strife was based. Mia is an Executive Producer on Strife and an ambassador for RizeUp, the charity that helps women and children escape domestic violence.
Holly Wainwright
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Holly Wainwright is an Executive Editor at Mamamia, a podcast host, and novelist. She loves Gen X celebrity, scurrilous royal gossip, very long interview shows, and excellent books. But most of all she loves co-hosting Mamamia Out Loud. You can find her books here, including her most recent novel, bestseller He Would Never. Holly lives on the south coast of NSW with her family, dog, and chaotic vegetable beds.
Em Vernem
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Em Vernem is an award-winning audio talent (and she’ll be the first to remind you); Em specialises in dating, relationships, and F1. When she’s not on Out Loud, she co-hosts Mamamia’s entertainment podcast The Spill and career podcast BIZ. She is fuelled by romantasy novels, dark comedies, action thrillers, and the hunt for the perfect lipstick.
Amelia Lester
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Amelia Lester is an Australian-American journalist who has written for and edited publications across three continents. Out Loud is Amelia's second, more successful podcasting foray on the Mamamia network after she and Mia co-hosted Tell Me It's Going to Be OK and then decided they actually couldn't.
Clare Stephens
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Clare Stephens is a Sydney-based author, screenwriter, and podcaster. Her bestselling debut novel, The Worst Thing I’ve Ever Done, was published in 2025 with Atlantic Books, and her writing has appeared in Good Weekend, Sydney Morning Herald, Sunday Life, and The Age. She is the creator and host of The Pile-On, a podcast where she interviews public figures who have been at the centre of internet outrage. She is also a writer and producer on the Logie-nominated Binge series Strife – seasons 1 and 2, and was formerly the Editor-In-Chief at Mamamia. She currently hosts Mamamia Out Loud, the number 1 ranking podcast in the country.
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