The Clock

The Clock

Unless you’ve had a baby or got married, women in their 30s are often forgotten - or at least, rarely celebrated. The Clock aims to find common ground between women and connect us through honest, relatable conversations. Journalist Charlotte Mortlock chats to women who have taken their lives in all sorts of bold directions in a bid to remind us that while your 30s are nuanced, exciting, humbling and fulfilling, it’s certainly not one size fits all.

Episodes

January 11, 2023 42 mins

Hannah Latham is a woman in her 30s who doesn’t want children, and she doesn’t need anyone to convince her otherwise. She leads a fulfilling and happy life and she thinks she’d be a great mum – but she has no desire to be a parent. In this episode Hannah and I discuss why saying that makes some people so uncomfortable. 

Hosted by journalist Charlotte Mortlock @larlmortlock 


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Keira Rumble, or Krumble as you may know her, has 365,000 Instagram followers. She shot to fame as an early day influencer as she shared her pictures of travel abroad and her love for food. But what sets her aside is that she then launched a number of incredible businesses, showing her ability to have her finger on the pulse and fill niches that reflect evolving consumer demand - whether its Beauty Bites collagen bars or Habitual B...

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Deciding to end a long term relationship is one of the hardest decisions you’ll ever make. It often feels like you’re too far down the rabbit hole to start again, or, like you’ll be going back to square one. Clare Todhunter and I were both news reporters for Sky when she started to question her long term relationship. I had two big break ups in my late 20s and am a big proponent for starting again. A year on from Clare’s break up, ...

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December 21, 2022 48 mins

Author, radio presenter and columnist Sian Prior comes on to The Clock to discuss a life without children. This is episode starts at the end… You know that Sian doesn’t get what she desperately wants, which is a child.  Her latest book Childless: A Story of Freedom and Longing is beautifully written – but it is a confronting read for women in their 30s. Sian has an amazing career and a good life, but speaks openly about still havin...

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Holly Wainwright is a big deal in media. She was in magazines when magazines were Tiktok. She is a journalist, editor and author. And right now, she is the Head of Content at Mamamia, a podcast host, a wife, partner — and has just finished writing her third book.

On top of all of that, Holly has also just turned 50. In this episode we talk about what’s changed from when she was in her 30s. She offers some wisdom, and perha...

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Today's episode is with Artemis Greenwood. Arty and her partner have been married for seven years and trying for a baby for two. As we both acknowledge during the interview - we were sold a bit of a falsehood during sex ed in high school – that getting pregnant is SO easy it is almost contagious. Many women have realised it's often  incredibly intricate – and hard.  And just a bit of a trigger warning here – we are having...

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Today's episode is with Finance Influencer Your Rich BFF — also known as Vivien Tu. Viv is a former stock trader at JP Morgan and she has plenty of tips on money, some fun and frivolous, some for your long term planning.  Please don't forget -- Older women over 55 are the fastest growing cohort of homeless Australians. Think about where your superannuation is and how it's performing :-)

Guest:
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Clare Stephens is the Executive Editor at Mamamia, a TikTok influencer, one of the quickest brains in the biz and the queen of cancel culture. Not in the way that she loves it, more so in the way that she hates it. She co-hosts a podcast called Cancelled and we speak about that in this episode.

We also discuss what it's like being in a 12 year relationship without being engaged or having kids -- and the pressures tha...

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This episode is with Antoinette Lattouf. She is a multi-award-winning journalist, a media commentator, author and diversity advocate. Antoinette has had – and is still having – a massive career. But she’s also a wife and mum of two. In this episode we discuss how and if you can really have it all. 

Antoinette speaks rawly and articulately about her experience with perinatal depression and anxiety. 

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This episode with Amber Foster has. it. ALL. My goodness.  The Clock is about celebrating all the different paths women take - and Amber has somehow taken all of them. We’ll be speaking about being a single parent, coming out as gay, race, marriage and sperm donors. There’s a lot of ground covered.

Host: @LarlMortlock
Get in touch: @TheClockPodcast + theclockpodcast@gmail.com

This episode is sponsored by Bailey Nelson -...

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April 20, 2022 42 mins

Allira Potter grew up with a single mum who worked multiple jobs to keep the family afloat. When she lost her mum at just 17, her life became a wild ride of ups and downs. Married by 22 and divorced five years later, she then navigated mental health issues, financial insecurity, substance abuse and hitting rock bottom... until she came across a deck of oracle cards her mum had left her. In this episode Allira and I delve into her s...

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No matter how much we might panic in our 30s, the consensus is undoubtedly that they're better. You're better. In this episode we chat with Melissa Mason who has been a big wig dating and relationships writer for some of Australia's biggest publications. She's also a fantastic and celebrated podcaster.

Mel did a post online about turning 36 that encapsulated a lot of the issues we're all strugglin...

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April 6, 2022 47 mins

After watching most of her friends meet their partners and settle down in their 30s, Sophie Bailey began to panic. Despite always wanting the traditional life of having a partner, children and the white picket fence home, Sophie wasn't as close to that dream as she thought she would be at this stage in her life. After suffering from poor mental health Sophie looked at her options pragmatically and decided to look into sperm do...

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December 8, 2021 51 mins

Jenna Clarke is a breakfast radio host, an assistant editor of The West Australian newspaper, a TV host on Sky News and just an all round legend. In this episode we deep dive on coming into your own and taking up space, the next generation of powerful women and meeting your person later in life. We also unpack the modern day feminist, gender quotas and responsibility. 

Host:
Charlotte Mortlock 
Instagram: @larlmort...

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December 1, 2021 43 mins

In a year Tory Dart went from being heartbroken in Sydney to living out her lifelong dream working for the UN in Laos, in the middle of a pandemic. In this episode Charlotte Mortlock chats to her former roomie about the importance of making bold decisions, even when our brain tells us to play it safe. The pair also discuss how vital it is to surround yourself with likeminded women and to remember that sometimes soul destroying hear...

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If you’re married or in a relationship, it’s a nice idea to think you’ll be with that person forever. But reality is - half of us won’t. And women over 55 are one of the fastest-growing groups of homeless people. There are things you can be doing right now to add to your financial security which the 50 year-old version of yourself will thank you for.  This episode I speak with money and promotion guru Meggie Palmer, founder of Pep ...

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We all form schemas based on our experiences in childhood. Once established, they can be incredibly stubborn, and they’ll often dictate the type of relationships we’ll have in the future. The good news is, you can rewire your brain. This episode I am joined by two fantastic female psychologists. We discuss how schemas impact dating, relationships and parenting.  

Host and show instagram: @Larlmortlock

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Every bride will tell you they are well aware their pandemic wedding was nowhere near the worst thing that’s happened in the last two years. But that doesn’t mean it’s any less heartbreaking or insignificant. Emily Herbert was living in Wanaka in New Zealand with her Welsh fiancé, but traveling back to her home town near Tamworth in north west NSW to get married when the pandemic hit Australia. They bizarrely ended up stranded on h...

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Jessie Stephens and I met around five years ago when I slid into her DMs. Since then she has gone on to publish a critically acclaimed first book, Heartsick, which encapsulates the rawness and pain of heartbreak. Jessie speaks candidly about how sometimes there can be a lack of sparkle in the creative process, and that doesn't necessarily mean it's a bad idea. We also discuss what it's like dating a dude seven years ...

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October 27, 2021 39 mins

Dating can feel like a whole new world in your 30s - and that is what we’re exploring in today’s episode. Carrying past baggage into new relationships, cutting the crap and dating with intention, why ghosting is so common on dating apps and why your self esteem may be a huge part of why it hasn’t been working out….This episode I’m joined by dating expert and podcaster Jana Hocking and my best friend Hayely Olsson.

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