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

April 30, 2025 18 mins

HUGE DAY TODAY!

Laura announced this morning that she and Matty J are expecting their third bub and we are SO excited for them. They share Lola's super cute announcement, reveal how Laura told Matt about the news and they find out the gender of the baby!

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Huge congrats to Laura and Matty J who announced they are having their third baby today!

Matt joins the show to find out whether they are having a baby boy or a baby girl.

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The Dummy Fairy came to visit the Byrne-Johnson household a couple of months ago and Laura was pretty sure she'd cracked the code to parenting -  but it looks like she may have been a  bit too keen a bit too early...

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Britt has come across a school that is trialing using AI to teach students. Laura may have jumped the gun on the success of the Dummy Fairy, and a study has revealed that both men AND women prefer to date younger. 

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Poor Britt had a couple of Italian-related mishaps on her recent travels and almost gave her niece something you DON'T want to feed a baby. 

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April 28, 2025 17 mins

Britt & Laura unpack the JoJo Siwa on CBBUK situation and what happens when your ex dates the person they told you not to worry about. Britt almost ate some VERY questionable things because she can't read Italian and Laura is concerned that she's at the age when you start 'having falls'. 

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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). 

Sarah has just made a new mum friend... but the kids do NOT get along. Can their friendship be saved? Or are they done for?

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Ask Uncut is back and Sarah has made a mum friend but their kids do NOT get along. Britt had a VERY important question for her nephew (it didn't quite go to plan) and would you use a dating app if you couldn't see who you were dating?

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April 23, 2025 14 mins

Britt is obsessed with the sausage dog that is loose on Kangaroo Island (why haven't they caught it yet???), Piers Morgan has been voted the UK's Sexiest Man (???) and Britt sympathy vomited on a plane last week. 

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The UK has voted in its Sexiest Man for 2025 and honestly we are all a bit confused by it. Britt & Laura reveal who they would have voted for and who their ~controversial crushes are. 

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Britt recently had a chat with her nan about the concept of having a 'Bucket List' and it's genuinely very touching. 

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RIP Pope Francis! Britt is currently in Italy and the entire country has gone into mourning. Laura's Hall Pass is in Australia - but how achievable are Hall Passes allowed to be? Britt had a really inspiring chat with her nan and the baby names that are OUT for 2025. 

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Matty J got stung by a bluebottle - did Laura pee on him? Britt is MAD about a menu change at her favourite cafe and we chat screaming kids at weddings. 

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We put 'The Wardrobe Test' to the test (literally), Britt & Laura discuss tacky wedding signs and we ask for the pranks you played as a kid on your parents.

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Author of How To Not Die Alone, Logan Ury, has come up with the 'Wardrobe Test' - a kind of odd way to reveal how we feel about our partners. Britt & Laura put it to the test and find out how their partners feel about them as well. 

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ASK UNCUT: Sam wants to know if he can uninvite one of his groomsmen to a wedding. We chat flu vaxes and Britt was betrayed by the thing she loves most (carbonara)

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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). 

Sam joins us to get some advice on whether he can uninvite a groomsman from his upcoming wedding (we do not envy him tbh).

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The Block Judge, Darren Palmer joins the show to properly score Laura's renovation out of 10, and we unpack the salaries that have been revealed for the cast of the White Lotus

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Laura has been getting some VERY passionate messages hating on the renovation she has been sharing on her socials, so we decided to get an expert opinion - Darren Palmer from The Block. 

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Laura has been rage-baiting people on the internet and it might have gone too far. Britt has thoughts on a new law affecting babies in Italy and what did you discover in the DNA test?

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