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After Work Drinks
After Work Drinks is a cultural commentary podcast hosted by freelance journalists and former magazine editors Isabelle Truman and Grace O'Neill.
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Episodes
After Work DrinksMaking Rap A Women's Sport With JessB
Hello lovely angels. Welcome to another episode of After Work Drinks With… This week we’re speaking to JessB, who, over the last couple of years, has been…
After Work DrinksIs It A Boy, A Girl Or A Raging Wildfire?
Up this week, we discuss the legend that is Naomi Osaka, how Katie Holmes is seemingly dating a Type-A Fuckboy and how Zac Efron found a cute Aussie girlfriend…
After Work DrinksWe All Misunderstood Alexis Neiers
This week we’re talking to Alexis Haines, who you will probably know her by her maiden name, Alexis Neiers. Alexis was a pop culture sensation in the late…
After Work DrinksShould You Ever Get Back With Your Ex?
Hello our favourite batch of humans. Welcome to another cross-country episode! This week, Izzy is officially back in London but Grace is galavanting in Italia…
After Work DrinksIs Beauty The Last Feminist Hurdle? With Naomi Wolf
This week we are sooooo thrilled to be speaking to the iconic feminist author Naomi Wolf. This year is the 30th anniversary of her seminal book, The Beauty…
After Work DrinksWhy Politics Is Fucked, But We Need To Engage Anyway With Chlöe Swarbrick
If you’re from NZ, you’ll need no introduction to the powerhouse that is Chlöe Swarbrick who was elected age 23, making her the country’s youngest MP in over…
After Work DrinksPaul Mescal's Stint On Raya And A Teenage TikTok Legend
Izzy, pro surfer, has discovered a hot new gentleman who’s already pretty damn famous and Grace has finally listened to a recommendation: the brilliant new…
After Work DrinksOn Trans Inclusion With Jari Jones
We are so stoked that our first episode back from break is with Jari Jones, the incredible producer, model and activist whose Calvin Klein billboard, which was…
After Work DrinksAsk Everybody. Ask Jonathan, Your Producer
We're back, baby! Up this week: surfing Malibu with Jonah Hill and the one time a former Bachelor frontrunner slid into Grace's DMs. Then it's onto Cardi B and…
After Work DrinksWhy Teenage Girls Are The F*cking Best With Caitlin Moran
This week, we’re so excited to be speaking with British journalist and feminist author Caitlin Moran, whose 2011 book ‘How To Be A Woman’ is credited by…
After Work DrinksBitches Get Stuff Done
Hi! It's our final ep before our mid-year break! This week, we're fangirling over Ziwe, the comedian you need to be following, who uses comedy to discuss…
After Work DrinksHow To Be An Effective Ally With Brandon Kyle Goodman
We’re so, so excited to bring you this week’s conversation with Brandon Kyle Goodman, an actor and producer who you probably know from the likes of ‘Modern…
After Work DrinksHow To Be Single
Hello and welcome to another episode of After Work Drinks. We're starting on a somber note today, as three of the biggest fashion magazines in Australia -…
After Work DrinksHow To Stop 'Flattening' Yourself With Pandora Sykes
Welcome sweet angels to another episode of After Work Drinks With. This week, we're speaking with Pandora Sykes, journalist, author and co-host of the…
After Work DrinksMasturbation, Dating And Figuring Out Your Sexuality With Florence Given
Hello angels! We are so bloody excited for you to hear this one. On today's episode, we’re speaking to Florence Given, the British woman who became an internet…
After Work DrinksYeezy 2020?
Welcome to another jam packed episode. Up first, what the fuck is happening in Melbourne right now? A few TV and movie recommendations that you need to watch…
After Work DrinksTaking On The Government, And Winning With Gina Martin
Hello angels! Welcome to another episode of After Work Drinks With… This week we’re so thrilled to be talking to activist and author Gina Martin. Gina is best…
After Work DrinksThe Year The #Girlboss Died
Hello fellow after work drinkers! This week we're fan-girling over Michaela Coel (again), investigating why Timmy Chalamet's bous tour of Cabo has enraged…
After Work DrinksRacism In Our Own Backyard With Madeleine Madden
Hello everyone and welcome back to another episode of After Work Drinks With. This week we are so excited to be talking to the incredible Madeleine Madden…
After Work DrinksWhy Do We Downplay Creepy Men When They're Hot?
Hi, hello! We kick things off on a really light note this week: with an existential crisis (seriously what is the point of life?) that started off as an…
After Work DrinksOn Britain's Problem With Racism, Internalised Homophobia And Guilty White Women With Char Ellesse
Hello and welcome to another episode of AWD With... This week, we're joined by the powerhouse Char Ellesse. A British model and activist, Char is best known…
After Work DrinksWTF Is Going On With The Wing?
It's been a big week for Instagram apologies, resignations and cancellations. We look at the mass controversy surrounding The Wing - once dubbed the 'feminist…
After Work DrinksThis is Not The Time For A TERF War
JK Rowling's terribly timed Twitter rant about trans women has us all googling 'TERF' - what is a 'Trans Exclusionary Radical Feminist' and are they as awful…
After Work DrinksIs Instagram An Actual Tool For Change?
The Black Lives Matter protests are still going in the US, prompting marches and tributes everywhere from NZ to London. In such a pivotal time for the movement…
After Work DrinksHow To Spot A Fuckboy With Mary Beth Barone
Hello and welcome to another instalment of After Work Drinks With… This week we’re talking to comedian and general legend Mary Beth Barone. Mary Beth is one of…
After Work DrinksLana Del Rey And The Pitfalls Of White Feminism
Last week we talked about white fragility and white feminism, this week we're seeing it in action all over again. Queen of the Sad Girls™️ Lana Del Rey landed…
After Work DrinksWhat Happens When It Really Is The End Of The F*cking World, With Jessica Barden
It's our second episode of After Work Drinks With and we are so very excited to be chatting to Jessica Barden. Starting as an actress in her early teens, Jess…
After Work DrinksLet's Talk About Something Uncomfortable... Race
After Alison Roman apologised to Chrissy Teigen and Marie Kondo, we took to Instagram to praise Chrissy for her graceful response. But we showed a blind spot…
After Work DrinksA Love Letter To Magazines With Alexandra Shulman
Hello ducklings. Welcome to a brand new episode of After Work Drinks. The question we get asked the most from our listeners is about our jobs - and so this…
After Work DrinksHas Hollywood Really Changed For Women? With Nesta Cooper
Welcome to our brand spanking new series! Every second Saturday we’re bringing you an interview with someone we’ve handpicked because we (and by extension…
After Work DrinksYour Inner Saboteur
Hello everyone! It's a new week and we are feeling... anxious. Is anyone else having a strangely negative reaction to returning to the uncertain 'real world'…
After Work DrinksAWD Dinner Parties: Gab, Mel and Ava
Welcome iso babies to the fourth and final episode of AWD Dinner Parties. Up this week, Gab Waller, the celebrity personal shopper who's to thank for most of…
After Work DrinksWhat The Fizz Stick?
'Hello everyone!' This week we are naturally knees deep in Normal People - the adaptation of Sally Rooney's 10/10 novel that has us all swooning and missing…
After Work DrinksAWD Dinner Parties: Georgia, Tilly and Bella
Welcome, friends, to a brand spanking new dinner party. This week? Another amazing lineup filled with women we love. First up is Georgie Currie, the creative…
After Work DrinksLet's Talk About Sex, Baby
On the agenda this week, Reese Witherspoon - Icon! Hero! Angel! Legend! Queen! - and why she’s the Hollywood heavyweight we all need to be paying (even) more…
After Work DrinksAWD Dinner Parties: Keisha, Tatiana and Chelsea
Hello and welcome to week two of our very special new COVID-inspired spin-off series: After Work Drinks Dinner Parties. We're turning our weekly wine-induced…
After Work DrinksWhat's In An Age Gap?
Today we're chatting body image in isolation, partly inspired by Jameela Jamil's delightful interview with the glorious Beanie Feldstein. Lockdown seems to be…
After Work DrinksAWD Dinner Parties: PJ, Jess and Jake
Hello and welcome to a very special new COVID-inspired spin-off series: After Work Drinks Dinner Parties. We're turning our weekly wine-induced Zoom calls with…
After Work DrinksThe Lonely Hearts Club
No, you’re not going even crazier than expected in isolation: today is Wednesday and it’s our new episode release day because we love to keep you on your toes…
After Work DrinksHello All You Cool Cats and Kittens
Hello and welcome to week 3 (or whatever it is) of self-isolation. Naturally we’re knee deep in all things Tiger King - the Netflix series keeping us all…
After Work DrinksCelebrity in the age of COVID-19
Hello from our respective homes! As the world goes into official lockdown, we’re delving into the side effects of social isolation, such as loneliness, the…
After Work DrinksA Self Isolation Survival Guide
We understand the catch-22 of A) not wanting to hear another thing about COVID-19 and B) not being able to think about literally anything else, so we're…
After Work DrinksDo You Like Me?
Hello for the third time in 8 days. This week we’re covering the full gamut of topics: Why the monarchy will miss Meghan and Harry; a perfect essay on fame and…
After Work DrinksLet’s Hear It For The Girls
Hello our wonderful, empowered batch of queens. Happy International Women’s Day! We’re celebrating by offering you a whole extra bonus episode, covering some…
After Work DrinksCatching Coronavirus Hysteria
Bonjour! Two Parisienne women who can’t speak French here, ready to fill you in on our latest escapades from Paris Fashion Week, including North West’s…
After Work DrinksLove Is Blind... Or Is It?
We survived Milan Fashion Week and, more importantly, the coronavirus, which had everyone scrambling to leave the country as we watched Love is Blind from a…
After Work DrinksIt Costs Nothing To Be Kind
Grace has discovered an unknown dating show she deems better than 'Love Island' and we briefly explore the term ‘negative self obsession’, before diving into…
After Work DrinksWelcome To Casa Amor
On the agenda this week, Izzy has discovered Love Island and now we’ll literally never hear the end of it and Grace wants to talk about ambition a bit more…
After Work DrinksBeing Good Girls
A lack of Friday night plans led to both of us simultaneously watching Taylor Swift's Netflix documentary on opposite sides of London - Izzy, for the cats and…
After Work DrinksJust Change The Bloody Date
Long forgotten Goop-esque sex workshops and secret Reiki healer qualifications are just the start of this ep, which covers everything from the problem with…
After Work DrinksA Grown Up’s Guide To Heartbreak
It’s been a whirlwind of a week, featuring a trip to Switzerland, a 12-hour stint in the emergency room and – of course – the (sort of) reunion of Brad Pitt…
After Work DrinksUnpacking Megxit
There was plenty to dissect in Hollywood this week, with the Oscar's releasing their embarrassingly middle-aged-white-dude nomination lineup and Harvey…
After Work DrinksOur House Is On Fire
Climate change is directly responsible for the severity of the Australian bushfire crisis and if change isn’t made now, the devastation we’re seeing - lives…
After Work DrinksNew Year, Same You
As we crack open this bottle of cab sav - simultaneously breaking our ‘dry January’ resolution, we discuss whether our never-ending quest towards…
After Work DrinksHave You Guys Heard Of Harry Styles?
We’re going to play the ‘better late than never’ card today regarding one Harry Styles - the man who needs no introduction (apart from to Izzy) and has finally…
After Work DrinksWe're Back, Baby
We're back, baby! After a three week break we're (partially) refreshed and ready for a whole new year of AWD - live from our new digs in London and featuring…
After Work DrinksA Quarter-Life Crisis Crash Course
Up this week is a very timely discussion about life changes, career moves and redefining success off the back of both of us quitting our dream jobs to pursue…
After Work Drinks'Til Juul Do Us Part
Hello! We're back and we come equipped with a *very* serious AWD announcement. Plus, a Bachelorette debrief, why the world is turning on Juuls, your new…
After Work DrinksThe Case Of The Stolen Valentino Dress
We are depressingly not recording this episode from a hotel room in Rome (crying), but there's still a lot on the agenda. From how the maid who's selling Lady…
After Work DrinksReunited In Rome
Ciao Bellas, reporting to you live from a hotel in Rome where we've had one too many glasses of cheap prosecco and are listening to ABBA. For our special…