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Funny, irreverent, sometimes shocking, and occasionally downright filthy, in Allegedly...the Popbitch Podcast, comedians Ellie Taylor and Dan Schreiber, alongside Popbitch editor Chris Lochery, geek out about all-things-celebrity, giving listeners a uniquely entertaining, fun-fact-and-gossip-filled insight into the world of showbusiness and how it really works. A ‘Sidebar of Shame’ for the ears.

As we look forward to gradually emerging from lockdown over the summer, we're reuniting some famous, brilliant, funny women for a remote catch-up, where they mull over the highs and lows of the past year. They’ll celebrate International Women's Day by sharing their experiences and their hopes for a better future, as life starts to opens up again.

Presenter and author Dotty invites celeb guests to come and confess the thing they most want to put in the (hashtag) trashbag – however big, however trivial, what will be stuck in the waste disposal this week? Each rant-filled podcast sees Dotty alongside a revolving cast of eclectic guests as the two of them air their candid views, to earn their pet peeve the coveted place in the bin.

After down-on-her-luck and deeply in denial Katy Perry (no, not that Katy Perry) gets fired from her job as a blogger, she sets her sights on a new path to guaranteed fame and fortune: podcasts.

Audible’s live recording of the 2021 Melbourne International Comedy Festival brings you some of some of the most exciting and emerging stand-up comedians from Australia. From comedy veterans to hotly tipped up-and-coming stars, this live record puts you in the front row for an intimate and immersive audio experience and is sure to tickle your funny bone.

Kara Everglades has just finished her first year of high school and is longing for an adventure. So far, her only option is an invitation from some upperclassmen to watch them race a bunch of bullfrogs in a ditch. Her grandfather, Cornelius Everglades, is a family legend (and a loose cannon), who founded his own island micronation. Unfortunately, the rest of the world refuses to acknowledge it. When Cornelius shows up at Kara’s door needing her help and promising an adventure, Kara agrees to go along with his far-fetched plan.

Shared Baggage is the series where listeners seek help from stand-ups Catherine Bohart and Larry Dean on all things dating, love and sex. But don’t worry, relationship expert Charlene Douglas is there to steer them back onto the right track if (when) they get it wrong. They’re also joined each episode by comedian friends – Olga Koch, Rhys James, Sindhu Vee, Zoe Lyons, Sophie Duker and Ivo Graham - who bring their own experiences, perspective and – usually – much better advice.

A record-breaking bodybuilder. A sex-positive dominatrix. A gaming pioneer with close to a million subscribers. A musical trailblazer who’s queering country music. They sound like a gang of social media influencers and young rising Hollywood stars. But nearly all of them are over 70 years old. In this series, Miriam Margolyes meets a new wave of seniors who are ripping up the rulebook when it comes to ageing, to learn what they can teach us about living life to the full, whether you’re 19 or 90.

You may know comedian, actor, and self-described 'big deal' Julia Morris from her side-splitting stints as a television presenter on Australia’s Got Talent and I’m a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here or as the winner of 2011’s Celebrity Apprentice Australia. Now, Morris adds another title to her esteemed resume: life-expert and personal development guru....

From creative visionary Lena Waithe and Hillman Grad Productions (Queen & Slim and The Chi) comes a Hollywood story you rarely get to hear. Introducing Kym, Audible’s brand-new, raw as hell, heartfelt comedy starring Kym Whitley.

When Kate wins an item at her children’s elementary school auction - an all-inclusive trip to SeaView at Sandpiper Bay - she thinks it’s just what her family needs after a decade of career disappointments and a marriage on its last legs. She has no reason to believe that said trip is a Fyre Festival-level fraud and, in fact, the catalyst to her unraveling. But it is. Oh, but it is.

Holiday Greetings from Sugar and Booze is a music-filled holiday comedy starring Ana Gasteyer and Maya Rudolph, with a jolly cast including Patti LuPone, Rachel Dratch, and Richard Kind. In this heartwarming story of love and friendship, we follow the journey of “Sugar” and “Booze” as they go from inseparable college buddies to busy working moms who mostly keep in touch with each other, and their close friends and family, through annual holiday letters.

Starring Emmy Award winner, Luke Kirby, and Screen Actors Guild Award winner, Lauren Lapkus, Things We Don’t Talk About follows the love and sex lives of multiple generations of an eccentric nuclear family.

Luke 'Milky' Moore is a fun-loving Australian country boy who transforms into a high-rolling playboy, a prison inmate, and a successful criminal lawyer - all because of a bank error. Milky's story starts in a dark place. After the 2008 stock market crash, Milky loses his job, life savings, suffers serious injury in a massive car accident, and struggles to make his house payments. And of course, his girlfriend leaves him. But at this lowest point, his bank accidentally throws him a lifeline.

As a precocious kid who took Broadway by storm at the age of 18, Laura Benanti spent her formative years playing grown-ups onstage, but it took her a while to figure out how to be one in real life. With her razor-sharp wit and unapologetic candor, Benanti shares her hard-won insights on topics like marriage, motherhood, perimenopause, female friendship, and making peace with the younger versions of ourselves.

Ponder the world's most pressing and seemingly pointless questions with Iain Lee and guests.

At a time when live comedy has never been harder to find you've come to absolutely the right place. Audible Presents: Australia's Funniest Stand-Up features six of our most awarded and best-loved Australian comedians doing what they do best, making people laugh in their own, unique ways. Originally recorded live at the Malthouse Theatre in Melbourne, the stand-up specials are also available to watch on Amazon Prime Video.

‘Getting lost to find yourself’ stories don’t often involve going to prison, unless you're award-winning comedian Angella Dravid. Love, Rock Bottom and other Triumphs is her story inspired by true events of a dorky teen who runs away from her dysfunctional family to marry her chat-room true love, almost 30 years her senior and living on the other side of the earth. BUT things get bad. Like, terrible. Yet, this is a surprisingly uplifting journey of finding yourself.

Der Tod mag früher einmal ein Mann mit langem Umhang und Sense gewesen sein - heute ist es der Übergangsmanager, der im zeitlosen schwarzen Einreiher seine Klienten mittels App über eine Rolltreppe in die Reinkarnationslotterie schickt. Doch eins ist gewiss: Einen stressfreien Job hat er nicht gerade. Er kann sich nicht genau erinnern, wie lang er schon die Seelen der gerade Verstorbenen mit einer höflichen Standardfloskel auf den Weg in eine neue Dimension schickt.

When a used car dealership in upstate New York finds out their local rival, Wild Ron (John DiMaggio), is trying to put them out of business, they'll have one week to band together over the holidays to keep their business alive.