Katie O'Neill

1 week ago | abc.net.au | Yumi Stynes |Elsa Silberstein |Katie O'Neill |Tamar Cranswick

YumiHey ladies, before we start I want to ask you a favour. We're looking for feedback. I'd love to know what you think about Ladies We Need To Talk and the sorts of things you want to hear about more on our show. What do you love? What topics are close to your heart? What things have we missed? And what would you love to hear less of? We've posted a survey on the Ladies We Need To Talk website and in the show notes of the episode that you're listening to right now.

4 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Sami Shah |Bec Cushway |Nadyat El Gawley |Katie O'Neill

From fallen angel to Netflix anti-hero, the Devil has had quite the makeover. In this episode of God Forbid, Sami Shah leads a devilishly good panel exploring the many faces of Satan — from ancient Hebrew texts to modern Satanism. Is the Devil a cosmic villain, a cultural scapegoat, or a misunderstood metaphor? We unpack how different religions and movements have shaped — and reshaped — the Prince of Darkness over time. Why did monotheism need a Devil when polytheism didn’t?

1 month ago | abc.net.au | James Carleton |Bec Cushway |Katie O'Neill

For most of history, body size has been about more than just health — it’s been a tool of control. From colonial ideals of “discipline” to modern-day diet culture, our ideas about fatness and thinness are deeply tied to morality, power, and profit. But are we getting it all wrong? Why do we see fatness as a personal failure rather than a natural variation in human bodies? How have our ideas of race and femininity affected our ideas of acceptable fat?

2 months ago | abc.net.au | Yumi Stynes |Elsa Silberstein |Katie O'Neill |Tamar Cranswick |Alex Lollback |Ann-Marie deBettencor

If you think perimenopause is reserved for mid-life, think again. When other 20 and 30-somethings are out partying or decorating the nursery, how do you cope with night sweats, hot flashes, brain fog and a tired libido? What's it like to have the body of a young woman, filled with the hormones of someone decades older? Yumi Stynes meets women going through perimenopause far earlier than they expected to learn how they manage their symptoms and cope with the prospect of infertility.

2 months ago | abc.net.au | Yumi Stynes |Elsa Silberstein |Katie O'Neill |Tamar Cranswick |Alex Lollback |Ann-Marie deBettencor

Is perimenopause brain fog jamming up your workday? Are you constantly in a bad mood or irrationally angry at your kids who are only as annoying as usual? Is your memory failing you for the simplest words? Riding the hormonal rollercoaster of perimenopause has a huge impact on our brains — from mood to memory, sleep to stress. Come hang with Yumi Stynes as she meets women convinced that they're losing their minds or even going through dementia, but are, in fact, in the depths of perimenopause.