Grace Found An Intruder At 3am. She Did Not Wake Her Husband
5/18/202640 min
Grace heard someone breaking into her apartment, grabbed a tennis racket, lowered her voice and screamed through the door in her mouth guard. It was not, in fact, a burglar. Mary has had it with people saying 'I Love You'. We disagree (and we love Mary, very much). Cath confesses that she dreads holidays since her divorce. Bruna lives with lupus and wakes up in pain every single day, and almost no one knows. And Grace had nits for four days and genuinely thought it was perimenopause.
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In your ears today: Grace Lam, Mary Coustas, Bruna Papandrea and Cath Mahoney.
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First 90 secondsBruna Papandrea· Host0:01
You're listening to a Mamamia podcast.
Cath Mahoney· Host0:03
[upbeat music] Hello, and welcome to Unleashed, a podcast for Gen X women who need a laugh. This podcast, I can promise you three things.
Bruna Papandrea· Host0:20
What are they, Cath?
Cath Mahoney· Host0:20
First of all, you will not learn anything.
Bruna Papandrea· Host0:23
Yes. Nope, no longer. Good.
Cath Mahoney· Host0:25
Secondly, we are not talking about the news. This is not that show.
Bruna Papandrea· Host0:28
No. News.
Cath Mahoney· Host0:28
And third, you don't have to remember anything.
Bruna Papandrea· Host0:31
Thank God. Oh, thank God. Woo.
Cath Mahoney· Host0:32
I know. Hopefully we will.
Bruna Papandrea· Host0:34
Woo-hoo.
Cath Mahoney· Host0:34
Anyway, who is on the couch with me today?
Bruna Papandrea· Host0:37
I'm Mary Coustas. I'm an actress/writer. I'm Bruna Papandrea. I'm a film and television producer.
Grace Lam· Panelist0:42
Hero people, it's Grace Lam, fashion stylist, in the house.
Cath Mahoney· Host0:49
Hi, and I am [laughs] Cath Roney, a comedian.
Bruna Papandrea· Host0:54
[laughs] It's hard to follow that, isn't it, Cath?
Cath Mahoney· Host0:55
Oh, dear, it is hard to follow. [upbeat music] All right. On this show, we have a talking stick. Whoever has the stick has the floor. You can talk about anything you want, big or small, petty or polarizing. Who wants to start?
Bruna Papandrea· Host1:08
Me. I'll go first. I'm an only child. Grace.
Grace Lam· Panelist1:10
So something crazy happened recently.
Cath Mahoney· Host1:15
Mm. What?
Grace Lam· Panelist1:15
I had to fight off an intruder.
Cath Mahoney· Host1:18
What?
Bruna Papandrea· Host1:19
What? Are you serious?
Grace Lam· Panelist1:19
I know. I know. I mean, for people who don't know what I look like, I'm only 5'5". I'm Chinese. I would say I'm more of a slim built person.
Cath Mahoney· Host1:28
Mm-hmm.
Grace Lam· Panelist1:28
So one night