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For the best part of a decade, Cassandra Thorburn has been publicly known as one thing: Karl Stefanovic's ex-wife. The headline that ran when their 21-year marriage ended in 2016, and pretty much every headline since.
But Cassandra was a journalist and a television producer long before any of that, working across Australia, New Zealand and the US, and in the years since her divorce she's quietly rebuilt herself over and over: a season of Dancing with the Stars, a children's book, a podcast on surviving separation, a stint as a dental nurse, aged care work through the pandemic. She is, by her own account, someone who has never really had a plan. She's just kept saying yes to the next thing.
Then, at the start of this year, she was diagnosed with a rare, aggressive form of breast cancer, one so uncommon that fewer than two per cent of Australian cases look like hers.
This time, she decided, she'd be the one telling the story. She's spent the months since documenting her treatment in unflinching detail on her social media platform and working with the Breast Cancer Network Australia to make sure other women don't miss what she nearly did.
Cassandra Thorburn is Breast Cancer Network Australia ambassador for Carmans Fun Run Sydney at Melcalfe Park, Pyrmont - To join or donate, visit bcna.org.au/events
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CREDITS:
Guest: Cassandra Thorburn
Host: Kate Langbroek
Executive Producer: Bree Player
Audio and Video Producer: Jacob Round
Content and Social Producer: Jess Chan
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Jennifer Robinson has spent her career standing beside people who have found themselves up against some of the most powerful institutions in the world.
The Australian human rights lawyer has represented Julian Assange and Amber Heard, and her new documentary Silenced examines what can happen to women who speak publicly about violence and abuse.
In this episode of No Filter, Jennifer talks to Kate Langbroek about the grandmother who inspired her life’s work, what she witnessed while representing Amber Heard, and how social media shaped the public response to the Depp-Heard case. She also explains why Brittany Higgins’ story became central to Silenced, and the extraordinary personal cost that speaking out can carry.
Jennifer also takes Kate inside her 14-year fight to help bring Julian Assange home, and reflects on what that case taught her about power, the media and her continuing belief that change is possible.
At the heart of the conversation is a difficult question: what is the price women pay for speaking out, and how do we make it safer for them to use their voice?
Silenced is in cinemas now.
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Listen: Everyone Thinks Ally Langdon Has It Together. She’s Here To Tell You She Doesn't
Listen: "I Went to a Really Dark Place": Jessie Stephens on the Six Months Nobody Saw
Listen: Sophie Delezio Wouldn’t Change A Thing
Listen: Liane Moriarty Was Terrified To Write A Big Little Lies Sequel. She Did It Anyway.
Listen: Harriet Dyer: "It Should Have Been A Dealbreaker. I Chose Him Anyway"
Listen: Amy Shark: “There’s No Way I Should’ve Made It”
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Guest: Jennifer Robinson
Host: Kate Langbroek
Executive Producer: Bree Player
Audio and Video Producer: Josh Green
Content and Social Producer: Jess Chan
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Blanche d’Alpuget has died aged 82.
To remember the celebrated author, activist and widow of former Prime Minister Bob Hawke listen back to this episode from 2018, when Blanche spoke to Mia Freedman about love, lust, longing and the great loves of her life.

It was 1970 in Jakarta when a then married Blanche met a then married Robert Hawke. She thought his name was Robin. Little did she knew he would go on to become the great love of her life. Six years later, in 1976, she met Robert again. Their affair began and continued on and off until 1995 when they married.

In person, Blanche was extraordinarily beautiful down-to-earth, quick to laugh, searingly honest and still madly in love with the man who has - along with her career and her son - been the big love of her life. She joined Mia to talk about Bob, love and her book On Lust and Longing…

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Listen: Everyone Thinks Ally Langdon Has It Together. She’s Here To Tell You She Doesn't
Listen: "I Went to a Really Dark Place": Jessie Stephens on the Six Months Nobody Saw
Listen: Sophie Delezio Wouldn’t Change A Thing
Listen: Liane Moriarty Was Terrified To Write A Big Little Lies Sequel. She Did It Anyway.
Listen: Harriet Dyer: "It Should Have Been A Dealbreaker. I Chose Him Anyway"
Listen: Amy Shark: “There’s No Way I Should’ve Made It”
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CREDITS:

Host: Mia Freedman

With thanks to special guest Blanche d'Alpuget

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Producer: Elissa Ratliff

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Ally Langdon has spent more than 25 years at Channel Nine, reporting from war zones and natural disasters for 60 Minutes, surviving the brutal hours of breakfast television and eventually taking over one of the most coveted chairs in Australian TV as host of A Current Affair.
But for someone millions of Australians feel they know, Ally has kept much of her life firmly out of the spotlight.
In this episode of No Filter, Ally joins Kate Langbroek for a funny, candid and surprisingly personal conversation about the woman behind the television career.
She talks about raising two children with husband Mike Willesee Jr, the years they spent barely seeing each other while both had demanding careers, why she refuses to read the comments about herself and what really went through her mind when she was offered the A Current Affair job.
Ally also takes Kate back to her childhood on a farm on the NSW Mid North Coast, reflects on the stories that have stayed with her after decades as a journalist and explains why, despite everything she has witnessed, she still believes there is far more good in the world than bad.
And ahead of R U OK?Day, Ally shares the deeply personal story of her friendship with Maryanne Larkin and her late husband Gavin, the founder of R U OK?, and how their families have remained connected through extraordinary love and unimaginable loss.
To find more information on R U OK?Day click here.
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Listen: "I Went to a Really Dark Place": Jessie Stephens on the Six Months Nobody Saw
Listen: Sophie Delezio Wouldn’t Change A Thing
Listen: Liane Moriarty Was Terrified To Write A Big Little Lies Sequel. She Did It Anyway.
Listen: Harriet Dyer: "It Should Have Been A Dealbreaker. I Chose Him Anyway"
Listen: Amy Shark: “There’s No Way I Should’ve Made It”
Listen: Everyone's Talking About Rosie O'Donnell. This Conversation Explains Why
Listen: Dave 'Hughesy' Hughes: "I Have Been a Narcissist Most of My Life"
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CREDITS:
Guest: Allison Langdon
Host: Kate Langbroek
Executive Producer: Bree Player
Audio and Video Producer: Josh Green
Content and Social Producer: Jess Chan
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Gloria Steinem, one of the most recognisable voices of modern feminism, has died at 92. In tribute, we're re-sharing this 2016 conversation between Gloria and Mia Freedman, recorded during Gloria's visit to Australia.
Gloria talks openly about the illegal abortion she had in London in 1957, her decision not to have children, her marriage later in life to "the friend I married," and the mother whose own ambitions were given up for family. She reflects on ageing in public, the pressure on women to stay young, celebrity feminism, and her friendships with a younger generation of feminists including Lena Dunham.
It's a candid, wide-ranging conversation with a woman who shaped the modern women's movement — full of the warmth, wit and clarity she was known for.
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What To Listen To Next:
Listen: "I Went to a Really Dark Place": Jessie Stephens on the Six Months Nobody Saw
Listen: Sophie Delezio Wouldn’t Change A Thing
Listen: Liane Moriarty Was Terrified To Write A Big Little Lies Sequel. She Did It Anyway.
Listen: Harriet Dyer: "It Should Have Been A Dealbreaker. I Chose Him Anyway"
Listen: Amy Shark: “There’s No Way I Should’ve Made It”
Listen: Everyone's Talking About Rosie O'Donnell. This Conversation Explains Why
Listen: Dave 'Hughesy' Hughes: "I Have Been a Narcissist Most of My Life"
You can now watch our show in full length video on the Apple Podcast app - make sure your phone is up to date and we can't wait for you to see. CLICK HERE.
Get access to Very Peri, Mamamia's exclusive perimenopause series, for just $59. 25 world-leading experts, over 20 on-demand sessions, available now. We’ve sorted through the noise so you don't have to. Go to veryperi.com.au and join me today. You hot? Same. Buy today and save 40%
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CREDITS:
Guest: Gloria Steinem
Host: Mia Freedman
Executive Producer: Eliza Ratliff
Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land on which we have recorded this podcast.

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