Double A Chattery with Amanda Keller and Anita McGregor
One is an Australian media legend who doesn’t shy away from toilet humour on the radio, the other has a proper job as a forensic psychologist. Amanda Keller and her best friend Anita McGregor are often seen walking around their neighbourhood or catching up over a cup of tea discussing the things we’re all talking about (or not talking about) Double A Chattery is your weekly hit for smart, funny, dumb, engaging, and topical conversation.
Episodes
Amanda and Anita unpack the rise of the analogue room — the tech‑free spaces popping up in homes as we all try to disconnect from screens and reconnect with each other. From books and board games to proper conversations and quiet moments, they explore why so many of us are craving a little less digital and a lot more real life
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Amanda and Anita chat with Marcus Pollard, a music promoter who struck gold in a thrift store after stumbling across a dusty 1960s acetate from an obscure Canadian garage band called The Glass Cage. From here, started an epic journey of brining the band back to life… and resurrecting a slice of music history. Proving that sometimes the best finds are hiding in plain sight between the old crockpots and moth-eaten cardigans.
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This week on Double A Chattery, Amanda and Anita dive into Wuthering Heights and our obsession with bad boys — from mismatched shoes and social-media confessions to the dark, intoxicating pull of Heathcliff himself. After seeing the new film, the girls unpack why toxic romance can feel so compelling, where passion crosses into harm, and why the “bad boy” fantasy still hooks us in. It’s moody, honest and thou...
This week on Double A Chattery, Amanda and Anita tackle Andrew — The Royal Elephant In The Room. From Amanda’s personal memories of the royal wedding to the uncomfortable questions around power, privilege and accountability, the girls unpack the headlines, the history and the PR machine behind the Palace doors. It’s sharp, honest and a little bit jaw-dropping — because when it comes to the Royals, nothing is...
This week, Amanda and Anita are joined by Di Westaway — founder of Wild Women On Top and Coastrek. She shares the setbacks that strengthened her, the lessons she’s learned along the way, and why getting out into nature is a game-changer for your mental wellbeing.
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On this episode of Double A Chattery, we reflect on the emotional cost of being informed, the impact of negative feeds, and why humans simply aren’t equipped to absorb this much distress on repeat. Amanda shares a striking insight from the psychology of exhaustion: that confusion has become one of the most effective tools of control, leaving people doubting not just the news — but their own ability to know what’s ...
In this episode, Amanda and Anita chat with one of Australia’s leading female gaming developers, Clara Reeves. Clara is a long-time video game player and developer; she’s the President of Hipster Whale – the local games company behind runaway indie success Crossy Road. And, in this week’s episode, she shares with us why, for the first time in Australian history, women make up the majority of gamers!
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It’s the first episode of the year and Amanda and Anita are diving headfirst into one of the biggest invisible jobs of all: the mental load.
From imagining what the holidays would look like if women had the freedom to simply ‘show up’, to discussing how the food labour isn’t the same as putting the kids to bed. They unpack the unseen work that makes family life function and some of the science behind it.&nbs...
Amanda and Anita are taking a little holiday break. A chance to recharge, overindulge in tea, and maybe plan a few more of their famous walks. But we didn’t want to leave you high and dry without your dose of chatter, so we’ve lined up some of our favorite episodes to keep you company over the holidays.
A Double A Chattery Mother's Day Special
It’s Mother’s Day this weekend, so we’r...
Amanda and Anita are taking a little holiday break. A chance to recharge, overindulge in tea, and maybe plan a few more of their famous walks. But we didn’t want to leave you high and dry without your dose of chatter, so we’ve lined up some of our favorite episodes to keep you company over the holidays.
A Story of A Mother's Love
Anyone who’s heard Amanda talk about her love for Barry Manilow h...
Amanda and Anita are taking a little holiday break. A chance to recharge, overindulge in tea, and maybe plan a few more of their famous walks. But we didn’t want to leave you high and dry without your dose of chatter, so we’ve lined up some of our favorite episodes to keep you company over the holidays.
It’s a woman’s world
Amanda has brought in a treasure for this week&rsquo...
Amanda and Anita are taking a little holiday break. A chance to recharge, overindulge in tea, and maybe plan a few more of their famous walks. But we didn’t want to leave you high and dry without your dose of chatter, so we’ve lined up some of our favorite episodes to keep you company over the holidays.
Sober-ish: The New Trend in Drinking
The holiday season is upon us, and with it, a ne...
It’s our final episode for the year, and it’s a special one!
Anita’s son Ben joins us in the studio while he’s home from Canada for Christmas. Ben is an advanced care paramedic, and we talk about the work he does, the situations he’s been in (from London’s busiest ambulance service to disaster response overseas), and what it takes to protect your mental health in a job where you see people on the...
This week on Double A Chattery, we wade into one of the trickiest topics there is: going no contact with family.
Anita breaks down what narcissism actually is as a clinical diagnosis, and why the word is being thrown around far too loosely online. Together, she and Amanda unpack the rise of adult children cutting off parents, Ti...
This week on Double A Chattery, we’re joined by Dr Richard “Harry” Harris, the anaesthetist and cave diver who helped rescue the 12 Thai boys and their coach in 2018. Harry talks through what was really happening in those crucial days, why he initially didn’t want to sedate the boys, how he made a decision when there was no good option, and what it’s like to hold that l...
We're talking about feminism, power, and what it means to live – and work – alongside men in 2025.
After a huge emotional response to last week’s conversation with end-of-life vet Dr Lissi Kennedy, Amanda and Anita read some beautiful listener stories about saying goodbye to beloved pets, and the strange comfort (and guilt) that lingers years la...
This week on Double A Chattery, we're opening up about one of the hardest love stories we live — loving an ageing pet.
We're joined by Dr Alicia (Lissi) Kennedy, an end-of-life veterinarian and founder of Cherished Pets, who calls herself a “social-hearted vet”. Lissi talks about the grace of ageing pets, why the human–animal bond has grow...
We sit down with Dr Sharonne Zaks AM, a Melbourne-based dentist internationally recognised for pioneering trauma-informed dental care.
Sharonne explains how the dental chair—one of the most vulnerable places a person can be—can re-trigger memories for survivors of trauma. Her work has transformed how dentists think about trust, consent, and patient empowerment, leading to the Australi...
Who are we now, five years after COVID first shut the world down?
From lockdown memories to hybrid work, empty campuses and vanishing “weak ties,” the conversation explores what we’ve gained, and what we’ve lost, since 2020.
Amanda recalls driving to work with a per...
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