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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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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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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