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Kate DeAraugo was crowned Australian Idol champion in 2005... but not all fairytales have happy endings and Kate’s life quickly spiralled out of control.In 2017, Kate was convicted of drug possession, drug driving and weapons possession.
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What Would You Say to Your Younger Self? | Rod Coy (opens the original)
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This episode contains lived-experience discussion of grief, regret, ageing, addiction recovery and mental health. Rod Coy joins Kate and Claudia to tell the story of the bike trip he never forgot. At 23, Rod set off to cycle across Europe, only to abandon the journey in Italy after falling in love. Fifty years later, at 73, he went back to finish it. What starts as an adventure story becomes something much deeper: regret, second chances, the goodbye he always carried, and the search to reconnect
Breaking the Cycle | Karise Eden Part 2 (opens the original)
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This episode contains lived-experience discussion of childhood trauma, out-of-home care, homelessness and housing instability, domestic abuse and mental health struggles. In Part 2, Karise Eden picks up her story at the point where everything changed — winning the first season of The Voice Australia in 2012. Karise takes Kate and Claudia through what happened immediately after the win: contracts, management, press, touring, suddenly becoming recognisable and trying to build a stable home after y
The Life Before The Voice | Karise Eden Part 1 (opens the original)
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CONTENT NOTE: This episode contains lived-experience discussion of childhood abuse and neglect, foster care, homelessness, addiction, violence and mental health struggles. Before Australia knew Karise Eden through The Voice , her life looked very different. Karise joins Kate and Claudia to talk about the years before the show — her childhood, entering the foster-care and refuge system, periods of homelessness, disrupted schooling and the role music began to play when very little else in her life
Bogan Gate, Anxiety, Kyle & Jackie O… and an Escape Goat? | Mitchell Coombs (opens the original)
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This episode contains lived-experience discussion of anxiety, depression, prescribed medication, alcohol use, bullying, body image and mental health struggles. Mitchell Coombs joins Kate and Claudia for a very funny, very honest chat about anxiety, burnout, being chronically online and somehow making a career out of being perceived when, as a kid, he wanted the exact opposite. Mitch takes us from growing up in Bogan Gate to going viral, appearing on Sunrise and eventually working on the Kyle and
We Weren’t Okay: Addiction, Bulimia and Coming Back (opens the original)
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Kate and Claudia are back for Season 5, starting with an honest catch-up about where life has really taken them. Kate opens up about recognising that her mental health had slipped, coming close to relapse, and making the decision to ask for help and return to rehab — despite still being clean and sober. She reflects on grief, motherhood, recovery, and what it looks like to ask for support before things completely fall apart. Claudia shares her experience of her eating disorder resurfacing, losin
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