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 11, 2025 4 mins

A couple jumped the gun on booking international flights for a wedding they THOUGHT they were invited to, and turns out Laura has done something similar. 

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A couple accidentally turned up to a destination wedding uninvited, Britt shares a story about an old colleague who left the most disgusting thing you can think of in the work fridge and we celebrate your Little Wins!

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Laura recieved a drawing of herself from her daughter that left her feeling very exposed. A Harvard professor has revealed the secret to a longlasting marriage and Britt was caught in the nude on her Honeymoon. 

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ASK UNCUT: Emily has fallen in love, BUT he has a girlfriend - should she tell him? Laura has reached a new stage of pregnancy and Britt is VERY into piñatas.

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Britt dives into the most unhinged reasons you have dumped someone, parenting expert Genevieve Muir joins the show to chat about the best ways to have safe sleepovers with your kids and Producer Grace had a Facebook Marketplace Mishap.

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Julia Morris joins the show to hat about her Logies campaign, Laura chats about the theory that leads a lot of people to divorce after having their second child, and Britt accidentally gifted her sister a bag of dirty underwear.

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Is the 'man look' a real thing? We do a scientific deep dive. FIVE things in your home that are dirtier than your toilet seat, and Britt chats about whether we need to do more for the pregnant people in our lives.

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ASK UNCUT: How do you decide which country to live in when you're in a long distance relationship? Laura reveals that she used to author VERY inspirational quotes and Britt unpacks the new AI laws in Denmark. 

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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). 

Lauren joins the show - she has found herself in a long distance relationship with someone she thinks could be the one - the only catch is that she lives in Australia and he lives in Canada. 

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Laura reveals the baby names she loves but ISN'T going with, we unpack whether it's a good thing that celebs are being more open about cosmetic surgery, and we chat Rob Irwin's Dine & Dash!

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Tiktokker/model Nara Smith is sharing the baby names she loves but won't be using, so we figured we should do the same!

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There's a whole HEAP of colours you can't wear to weddings (not just white), Laura's doctor described her uterus as something vaguely offensive, and we've figured out the PERFECT break up text. 

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Need to break up with someone? Britt & Laura have found the perfect script for breaking up with someone via text. 

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Laura accidentally forgot her husband's birthday, ChatGPT is apparently making us dumber and Britt & Laura unpack whether it's harder raising boys or girls. 

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July 7, 2025 4 mins

A new brain study is suggesting that regularly using ChatGPT could actively be making us dumber. 

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Shaun Micallef joins the show to chat Dancing With The Stars, we unpack whether a woman on Reddit has the right to dump cold water on her husband because of his toilet habits and Laura unpacks whether we should be using 'no-hit piñatas'

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Shaun Micallef joins Britt & Laura to chat about this season of Dancing With The Stars, his wife's thoughts on his dancing ability and how he intends to wow the judges. 

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ASK UNCUT: How do you come to terms with the fact that you aren't your partner's type? Britt has realised there is a certain element of her relationship that isn't quite compatible with her life, and we unpack whether it would be ethical to bring Paul Walker back to Fast & Furious via AI.

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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). 

This week, Nina has realised that she's not even close to her boyfriend's usual type and she's feeling really insecure about it. 

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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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