The PickUp

The PickUp

Brittany Hockley & Laura Byrne give you your daily PICK UP with the hottest topics, pop culture and everyday real life conundrums.

Episodes

July 2, 2025 5 mins

If you haven't seen Poop Cruise on Netflix, you NEED to watch it. Laura unpacks what you missed + the secret signals used on cruise ships.

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Did you know the plural of platypus is 'platypodes'?

Britt & Laura unpack whether it's normal to kiss your friends, Matty J joins the show to get some details straight about the upcoming birth of his child and Laura unpacks the Poop Cruise documentary. 

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Lyndal Bubke joins Britt & Laura to chat about the life-altering discovery she made after taking an ancestry test - she was conceived via sperm donor and had AT LEAST 77 siblings across Australia and the world. Lyndal chats about how it has affected her life, and what she's doing to make sure this doesn't happen again. 

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Laura was shocked to discover something very weird in her chip packet over the weekend. A woman who discovered she had 77 siblings joins the show and Britt accidentally 'gifted' her sister something she DEFINITELY didn't want to get. 

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Britt got married (again)! We chat wedding disasters and a poor hurdler who put WAY too much on display during a recent race. 

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Shoutout to Chris Robinson who suffered maybe the worst wardrobe malfuntion we have ever seen and STILL won his race. 

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Laura has discovered the secret to a good marriage (via a Harvard Professor), but Britt isn't quite sold on the concept. 

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Laura has discovered the KEY to love, Britt had an embarrassing nude moment on her honeymoon, and we celebrate your Little Wins of the week. 

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ASK UNCUT: Gabrielle has found out her husband of almost 30 years has been cheating on her, but she's torn on whether she should stay or go. We share the scandalous things you discovered with the DNA test, and we chat about thte lesser-known side of Post-Natal Depression.

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Every week, Britt & Laura take on your deepest, darkest dilemmas and unpack them (and HOPEFULLY come up with an answer for you). 

Gabrielle joined us today with an EXTREMELY difficult situation - her husband has been cheating on her for the last 5 years. She doesn't know whether she should stay or go, or whether she should reach out to the Other Woman.

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Britt & Laura were joined by entrepreneur and podcaster Laura Henshaw to chat about her VERY exciting baby news, her journey to figuring out that she DOES want kids and the very real moment you find out you're pregnant. 

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Laura & Matt are having trouble in the bedroom (it's not what you think), Laura Henshaw joins the show to chat about her baby announcement and Britt & Laura unpack whether this kids party gift is mega-cheap or actually genius?

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There has always been an unspoken rule that you don’t talk about your pregnancy until after the first trimester, but there are people suggesting now that it might be a bit outdated. Laura unpacks why it might be important to tell (certain) people in your life that you're pregnant before 12-weeks. 

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Britt & Laura unpack why the 12-week pregnancy rule may be oudated. Eric Dane is in hot water for the way he may have broken up with his girlfriend and we share the unhinged ways you've all been dumped. 

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Sabrina Carpenter reckons she might consider banning phones at her future concerts, Marlie Mae (accidentally) said something very inappropriate and we take your calls about the inappropriate things YOUR kids have said in public. 

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Popstar Sabrina Carpenter has said she would consider banning phones at future concerts. Britt & Laura unpack their thoughts on why this possibly wouldn't work. 

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Brooke McIntosh joins the show to chat about running the circumference of Australia for Suicide Prevention, Britt chats about losing the thing you DON'T want to lose before a wedding and we discover that Britt does the accents in her head when she reads a book?

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Brooke McIntosh is halfway through running 14,000km SOLO around the entire country. That’s two marathons a day, every day, for 180 days. She’s raising over $1.4 million for suicide prevention through The Blue Tree Project

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ASK UNCUT: Who do you side with when your sister and girlfriend don't get along? We unpack the pettiest reasons you've broken up with your partner (they are SO petty) and Year 9s in South Australia are debating a VERY controversial topic. 

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Every week, Britt & Laura take on your deepest, darkest dilemmas and unpack them (and HOPEFULLY come up with an answer for you). 

Kieran joins us twith a sticky situation... his sister and his girlfriend just DON'T get along and he's not sure what to do about it. 

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