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

August 22, 2025 • 15 mins

Laura took Marlie Mae to her first ever concert last night and it turns out the younger generations are experiencing concerts extremely differently. Lola gets critiqued on her Book Week costume by Fashion Critical and we celebrate your Little Wins for the week (including a rabbit that came back from the dead)

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Laura's daughter Lola decided to dress as internet sensation Fashion Critical for Book Week so we had her on the show to rate her costume. 

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ASK UNCUT: How do you deal with a clingy ex? The kids are addicted to their phones (and so are the adults), and Laura is taking Marlie to her first ever concert tonight!

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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). 

Sadie joins us to ask about a clingy ex who keeps paying to renew the Snapchat streak she had with Sadie's current boyfriend.  

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Britt & Laura are unpacking the concept of 'proposing back', a woman was charged $18 to hang her bag on a hook in a restaurant and we test out the new dictionary words for 2025. 

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After a tourist in Ibiza went viral for having to pay $18 to hang her bag on a hook, Britt & Laura wanted to know when you were caught out by the add-on.

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Machine Gun Kelly reckons he could be related to aliens, so we asked for your best alien encounter stories. 

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We chat alien encounters after Machine Gun Kelly reveals he may have alien heritage, Laura left something seemingly impossible on the roof of her car and Britt MAY have a new dog walker for Delilah

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Book Week is finally here (we feel like we have been thinking about it for months), Leonardo DiCaprio says he's emotionally in his 30s, and we have THOUGHTS about people claiming that dogs are the same as babies.

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Britt & Laura unpack Leonardo DiCaprio feeling 'emotionally 35' (it explains a lot)

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We chat through your worst ever dating stories (there are some doozies) and Fun Fact Friday is BACK. 

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August 15, 2025 • 3 mins

New facts for you to take into your weekend! Don't know whether to thank us or be mad at us? Neither do we. 

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ASK UNCUT: Jess' best friend bailed on her wedding, but her mum REALLY wants them to be friends again. Britt has done a deep dive on 'empathy classes' in Denmark and Laura tests out the new Hinge Prompts from Esther Perel. 

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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). 

Jess joins the show to chat about her ex-best friend who bailed on being a bridesmaid a couple of weeks before the wedding and hasn't spoken to her in 18 months. Should she forgive her?

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This week is Bullying No Way Week, so Britt & Laura chatted about the impact of bullying on our kids and the conversations we need to be having. TS12 was announced this week, so Britt & Laura caught up with critically acclaimed Swiftie Georgie Tunny to chat all things The Life Of A Showgirl, and poor Marlie Mae found out the hard way that permanent marker isn't easily removed. 

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Britt & Laura were VERY excited to chat with host of Ready For It and critically acclaimed Swiftie Georgie Tunny to get the lowdown on all things TS12

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Would you pop your partner's pimples in public? Britt has done a deep dive on cryogenic freezing so you don't have to and Laura wants to know what your kids have stolen. 

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Britt has taken a deep dive into the world of cryogenics, and discovered a start-up in Germany that has promised to reanimate your frozen corpse in 200 years for the small price of $200,000

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Britt & Laura debate what the best song of all time is. Laura shares a new parenting trend called FAFO Parenting, and Britt has a warning about a new feature on Instagram. 

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August 11, 2025 • 3 mins

KIIS is on a mission to find the Best Song Ever - so Britt & Laura have shared their picks. 

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