The Beautiful Nightmare

The Beautiful Nightmare

Awarded the Best Comedy Podcast 2024, and 2023 nominee for the Australian Podcast Awards, Shanelle Franklin and Tamara Linke bring you The Beautiful Nightmare. You’re perfectly imperfect, overworked and seriously misunderstood. You’ve got the shits with your family, your boss is a ‘Grade A Dick’ and all you want is to sail away with Pink to a deserted island and eat sourdough. Bliss! Oh don’t forget self-care – add it to the bloody list. Shanelle and Tamara navigate the steep learning curve of life’s shit storm, giving you permission to stop, feel heard, and pour your beverage of choice. Spoken with humour, heart and truth, it’s survival of the fittest and nobody’s winning. If laughter is your tonic and some A-Grade BS is your thing- this podcast is for you. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episodes

June 1, 2025 39 mins
Scrolling online the web throw so much unsolicited advice and judgment in our faces. '12 reasons you're dressing wrong for your age', '10 signs you're intelligent', (and our personal fave '7 Signs you're an attractive man'. In this last episode of the season, the ladies break down why this is not only unhelpful, but also bloody hilarious.

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Praise be! Shanelle and Tamara are guests on Amelia Veale's Radio Adelaide show, and it's a Peri- Menopause party up in here! The ladies discuss the ins and outs of life after 40 and how your body transitions through its second puberty. Night Martin's get onto it!

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May 21, 2025 7 mins

Titbits- it's the bite sized podcast that takes the Mickey Bliss out of a top trending story.

Shanelle and Tamara team up with lifestyle page Mum's Lounge to bring you the number one story of the week. From stories of colossal embarrassment to blood boiling injustice, the gals discuss, judge (not much) and call it where it lies. Episodes drop every Thursday.


We all imagine winning the lottery. But would it really be all it's crac...

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May 18, 2025 39 mins

In this episode, we dive headfirst into the murky waters of scam calls, email cons, and the guy on Facebook who swears he's a bloke in the next suburb selling a perfectly good couch. From market place scammers to job scammers who ghost you taking your 20 bucks, we’re exposing the con artists one ridiculous scheme at a time.


Join us as we share real stories, fake accents, and a few questionable life choices.


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May 14, 2025 5 mins

Titbits- it's the bite sized podcast that takes the Mickey Bliss out of a top trending story.

Shanelle and Tamara team up with lifestyle page Mum's Lounge to bring you the number one story of the week. From stories of colossal embarrassment to blood boiling injustice, the gals discuss, judge (not much) and call it where it lies. Episodes drop every Thursday.


Mt. Fuji is a mountain that could tell some interesting stories. This is...

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May 11, 2025 34 mins
Sometimes as parents we can keep the lid tight on our kids. Wrapping them in the proverbial cotton wool they need to feel safe in the world. But on the rare occasion we let them up for air, and like the French, who wouldn't let their 5 year old drink wine with their Beef Bourguignon?

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May 7, 2025 6 mins

Titbits- it's the bite sized podcast that takes the Mickey Bliss out of a top trending story.

Shanelle and Tamara team up with lifestyle page Mum's Lounge to bring you the number one story of the week. From stories of colossal embarrassment to blood boiling injustice, the gals discuss, judge (not much) and call it where it lies. Episodes drop every Thursday.


Can you imitate a seagull and are you prepared to enter a competition to...

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May 4, 2025 36 mins
Women often sacrifice themselves for the greater good. This week, we dive fork-first into the culinary catastrophe known as Burnt Chop Syndrome—a totally made-up, highly contagious condition affecting anyone who’s given themselves the unwanted meat portion in hopes to make everyone else in their life happy.

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April 30, 2025 5 mins

Titbits- it's the bite sized podcast that takes the Mickey Bliss out of a top trending story.

Shanelle and Tamara team up with lifestyle page Mum's Lounge to bring you the number one story of the week. From stories of colossal embarrassment to blood boiling injustice, the gals discuss, judge (not much) and call it where it lies. Episodes drop every Thursday.


This is about the kinda Tiffany diamond earrings you will never want to ...

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April 27, 2025 28 mins
This week is an ode to some of the fabulous celebrities that have graced the podcast airwaves of The Beautiful Nightmare. Entertaining moments with some of our faves including Maggie Dent, Georgie Carroll, Kate Jenkinson, Christian Hull, Felicity Ward and the charming Dr. Karl.

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April 16, 2025 5 mins

Titbits- it's the bite sized podcast that takes the Mickey Bliss out of a top trending story.

Shanelle and Tamara team up with lifestyle page Mum's Lounge to bring you the number one story of the week. From stories of colossal embarrassment to blood boiling injustice, the gals discuss, judge (not much) and call it where it lies. Episodes drop every Thursday.


The blood of Christ may also mean a trip to ER.


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April 13, 2025 35 mins
Wowser! Our nipples are slippery little suckers; waiting for a moment to show themselves whenever there's a loose fitting top or a popped shirt button, causing ultimate embarrassment. But what about the slippery willies you ask? Yes, they're out there too.

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April 9, 2025 6 mins

Titbits- it's the bite sized podcast that takes the Mickey Bliss out of a top trending story.

Shanelle and Tamara team up with lifestyle page Mum's Lounge to bring you the number one story of the week. From stories of colossal embarrassment to blood boiling injustice, the gals discuss, judge (not much) and call it where it lies. Episodes drop every Thursday.


Yes, Ms Yang lives in a toilet.


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April 6, 2025 36 mins
We can all regale countless tales of quitting a job, getting sacked from that pizza joint, or when your boss is a complete lunatic and you have no other options left but to cut the chord then and there.

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Ever wanted to know what's really hiding in your food on those supermarket shelves? Sure, it says natural (tick), gluten free (tick) and the packaging screams home-made or just how mother nature intended. But turn that package over and view that ingredients list. Beef gelatin anyone? Or perhaps a full dose of MSG you never knew you needed.


Super woman Nabula Brdar takes a seat with the ladies to discuss exactly what her superma...

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March 5, 2025 4 mins

Titbits- it's the bite sized podcast that takes the Mickey Bliss out of a top trending story.

Shanelle and Tamara team up with lifestyle page Mum's Lounge to bring you the number one story of the week. From stories of colossal embarrassment to blood boiling injustice, the gals discuss, judge (not much) and call it where it lies. Episodes drop every Thursday.


What better way to execute revenge than to send your ex's new girlfriend...

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March 2, 2025 35 mins
We regret the big things, we regret the small things. It's not only about the wrong boyfriend or quitting your job- it's about the awkward thing you said to the hot guy at the bus stop or the time you wet yourself at the supermarket because you waited too long. But why regret anything at all?

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February 26, 2025 5 mins

Titbits- it's the bite sized podcast that takes the Mickey Bliss out of a top trending story.

Shanelle and Tamara team up with lifestyle page Mum's Lounge to bring you the number one story of the week. From stories of colossal embarrassment to blood boiling injustice, the gals discuss, judge (not much) and call it where it lies. Episodes drop every Thursday.


When you have a bad day, what else is left to do but to torture poor mar...

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February 23, 2025 45 mins
Oh the boomers- we love em, but we also wince when they bring up topics like immigration and neuro divergence. Let's face it, we're all going to be there one day, and the ageing aint slowing down.

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February 19, 2025 4 mins
Think about your bucket list for a minute. Visit Rome, climb a mountain, learn French? All completely acceptable things. Not for 104 year old Loretta! She's got big plans.

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