Untidy

In this episode of Untidy, Matilda and Hannah chat with the unshockable Cath Hakanson, a globally renowned sex educator and founder of Sex Ed Rescue, Sex Ed Shop, and the podcast Sex Ed for Tween Parents.

Cath has helped over a million parents around the world talk to their kids about sex, bodies, gender, and relationships. Her mission is to make these conversations less cringey, more confident, and just a normal part of growing up...

In this episode of Untidy, Matilda and Hannah discuss an experience every parent will relate to. When you love your kids to bits, but they’re pushing you to the edge of your coping capacity.

Hannah and Matilda unpack those big parenting moments: the ones that make you question if anyone else’s kids are losing it like this, or if it’s just yours, and what does that mean about you as a parent? They talk about...

In this episode of Untidy, Matilda and Hannah are joined by friend of the show, former co-producer, and fellow podcaster Melody Thomas. Melody is the co-creator and host of The Good Sex Project podcast and BANG!, among many other great shows. She joins the girls in bed, for a conversation about the radical act of lying the f*ck down.  

Prompted by Melody’s viral Substack essay The Radical Act of Lying the F** Down, ...

In this episode of Untidy, Matilda and Hannah are dealing with pet perils as visits to the vet become a family affair for Hannah, and Matty takes to the local community page in a desperate search for missing Buster.

They address the present day question of what on earth is ‘6-7’? Not just breaking millennial brains nationwide, it’s even making a boomer out of ChatGPT. Have they all reached the age of irrelevancy?

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In this episode of Untidy, Matilda and Hannah pick up where they left off after Hannah rediscovers the long-lost screenshots from ‘Gareth the Weird Tinder Guy’ and his post-date text barrage. She reads them aloud to take Matty on a journey from polite ‘go wells’ to a spectacular ‘f*ck this’ emotional implosion.

Matilda shares her own encounter with an unhinged Facebook messenger whose rants someh...

In this bonus episode of Untidy, Matilda and Hannah are back with a surprise second helping from the Untidy LIVE event in Taranaki as the audience ask their burning questions to put Chelsea Winter on the spot and indulge them with a little Q&A.

Chelsea answers questions about everything from her curious move to the Taranaki coast and the magic of small-town living, to her food tours in Croatia, Italy, and upcoming trips to Viet...

In this episode of Untidy, Matilda and Hannah sit down in person with the glittering, best-selling author, Chelsea Winter, for a very special live conversation with the cookbook queen, mother of two, and all-round force of divine feminine nature.

Chelsea has been part of our kitchens and hearts since MasterChef days, and she opens up about everything from her free-range childhood to following intuition, navigating motherhood solo, ...

In this episode of Untidy, Matilda and Hannah return fresh (ish) from Taranaki, still riding the high of their live show with Chelsea Winter — sequins, sparkle, and sumptuous snacks. They recap the chaos, the goodie bags, and the rally driver who got them to the airport with four minutes to spare.

Somewhere between the lamb paddocks and face masks that never were, the pair cover:
• Autumns first crime,
• A ret...

In this episode of Untidy, Matilda and Hannah sit down with listener Jo Mackie to talk about one of the biggest decisions a person can make — becoming a single mother by choice.

After years of dating, freezing her eggs, and quietly shelving her dream of motherhood, Jo found herself at 43 standing at a crossroads. Either grieve the life she thought she’d have, or create it on her own. With a little push from her closest ...

In this episode of Untidy, Matilda and Hannah are feeling the eclipse energy, rogue chin hairs, and pending emotional housework. From cup-filling weekends and horse-riding fantasies to crying in the shower, there’s the whole spectrum of chaos, catharsis, and questionable anatomy chat you’ve come to rely upon.

They pay tribute to the late, great Nigel Latta, who left his final legacy, Lessons on Living, as a parting gift...

In this episode of Untidy, Matilda and Hannah are joined by the powerhouse that is Brodie Kane, journalist, broadcaster, podcaster, author, marathon runner, army reservist, and the force behind her own media company. She’s lived a thousand lives already, and she’s not slowing down.

Naturally, they traverse frank chat about IBS in new relationships, the delicate art of introducing farting around your partner, and why ret...

In this episode of Untidy, Matilda and Hannah come in hot with raging blemishes, burning thighs, and the eternal struggle between doing and not doing.

Hannah kicks things off with a surprisingly accurate sojourn into Medical Corner, while Matty recounts her painful pursuit of running a 12K with the girls, raising money for Big Brothers Big Sisters, and winning the battle of her own internal dialogue in the process, if not the race ...

A live show hits different ... In this mini episode of Untidy, Matilda and Hannah take you back to their live, sell-out show with Hayley Holt on stage in the winterless north of Warkworth. Get a taste of the vibe, the honesty, and what it feels like to be part of the audience. Hayley talks about her ‘Hard-out Holt’ party days and hear the room scheming her return to dance teaching as the conversation spirals into plans ...

In this episode of Untidy, Matilda and Hannah are back with neuroscientist, Dr Sarah McKay, author of The Women’s Brain Book, Baby Brain, and Brain Health for Dummies, to flip the script about our brains in midlife. Are we really the dysfunctional crones the social narrative would have us believe? 

They dig into why we forget words, lose our keys, stumble through brain fog, and rage-sweat at night. Sarah explains these a...

In this episode of Untidy, Matilda and Hannah surrender to the delirium of an evening recording. Hannah’s shovelling supplements into every orifice, Matty’s shovelling butter chicken into just one solitary hole, and somewhere in Christchurch, an underqualified masseuse is about to disappoint another unsuspecting client. 

Matty makes the mistake of going to a dress-up party ugly, they discuss how to deal with a saun...

In this episode of Untidy, Matilda and Hannah are joined by Richie Hardcore, former Muay Thai champion, educator, and speaker on healthy masculinity, mental health, and preventing gendered violence. Richie works with young people, schools, and communities across Aotearoa, bringing lived experience and practical tools into spaces where these conversations are needed most.

CONTENT WARNING: Some of this conversation may be upse...

In this episode of Untidy, Matilda and Hannah begin with a good, cathartic rant. (You are encouraged to pause this episode and join them as needed.) Hannah’s having bad brain days, Matty’s wrestling tangled headphones, hectic mornings, running on fumes, and they’re both reaching for more self-compassion, or, at least, a little bit of acceptance. However, there’s something that can be done, and they’re ...

In this episode of Untidy, Matilda and Hannah chat to Petra Bagust, a legend of New Zealand TV, radio and podcasting, and an advocate for living her neurodiverse life out loud. If you grew up in 90s Aotearoa, you’ll know the nostalgia of Ice TV, where Petra cut her teeth creating the culturally iconic show. 30 years on, Petra is one of New Zealand’s most beloved broadcasters, presenters, a media chaplain, and the voice ...

In this episode of Untidy, Matilda and Hannah start out with a plan and run gleefully in the other direction. They park up in Matty’s Medical Corner for some interesting but entirely unqualified health diagnoses, coin a term for being in public just wearing your own face, and catch up on the organised chaos amply provided by each of their offspring. 

There’s chat of house parties, hangovers, and the diabolical evid...