After Work Drinks
After Work Drinks is a cultural commentary podcast hosted by freelance journalists and former magazine editors Isabelle Truman and Grace O'Neill.
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- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 54 minutes
- Episodes
- 363
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
Why Are We All So Damn Impatient?
With the rise of the 'attention economy' and food, shopping, men and, well, literally everything a mere button away - we've all become impatient psychopaths. Or at least that's how Isabelle and Grace…
01:03:12 |
Thu 04 Apr 2019
Is Ambition Overrated?
Isabelle is back from Africa where she had an obnoxiously luxe few weeks (and met a racist named Lindy). We talk Elizabeth Holmes - the scandal everyone can't seem to get enough of. And in the wake o…
01:05:42 |
Thu 28 Mar 2019
How Do We Deal With ‘Leaving Neverland’?
Surprise! It’s an early edition of After Work Drinks this week because let’s be honest, there’s nothing we’re going to want to talk about more than the Michael Jackson documentary (and shocking alleg…
01:06:43 |
Mon 11 Mar 2019
On *That* Jordyn Woods Interview – And Why Do People Hate Amber Heard?
This episode our long awaited debrief of ~the~ celebrity interview of 2019 is here (It's irony people! That was obviously the Biebers). Grace is still espousing Konspiracy theories – but overall we’r…
00:50:33 |
Thu 07 Mar 2019
An Oscars Red Carpet Debrief And Why Everyone’s So Mad About ‘Greenbook’
We’re reuninted and boy does it feel good! Grace tells an unnecessarily long anecdote about her flight back to Australia and Isabelle brags about her upcoming trip to Botswanna – we break down Meghan…
00:46:59 |
Thu 28 Feb 2019
Dissecting The Kardashian Konspiracy Theories And BTS At London Fashion Week
In our first international episode, Grace gives us all the London Fashion Week goss, while Izzy fills her in on everything that’s been happening in the real world, AKA with the Kardashians, since she…
00:40:41 |
Thu 21 Feb 2019
Meet Mr. And Mrs. Bieber - Plus, Making Sense Of Liam Neeson's Insane Race Comments
Grace is back from Tasmania and wasn't - as far as we know - possessed by a ghost and/or demon. Isabelle gives a thorough debrief of 'Abducted in Plain Sight' - the most batshit insane true documenta…
00:54:58 |
Wed 13 Feb 2019
Leave Influencers Alone! Plus, Let's Stop Shipping Lady Gaga And Bradley Cooper
In less than 5 days we broke our true crime ban for an incredibly binge-able, but harrowing new podcast series. Izzy has fallen in love with her first book of 2019 - plus, we break down the internet'…
00:45:56 |
Wed 06 Feb 2019
Have We Finally Reached Peak True Crime? And Are Selfies Turning Us All Into Vain Narcissists?
Something's in the water because we've both developed a love for the great outdoors: Grace went rock climbing (and then Angelina Jolie copied her) and Isabelle literally went CAMPING. In other news, …
00:58:22 |
Thu 31 Jan 2019
Why 'Fuck All Men' Will Never Work And The Millennial Motherhood Question
Your long weekend is SORTED courtesy of our copious amount of reading/podcast/TV show recommendations. Grace makes a surprise cameo in the Fyre festival and Isabelle finds a podcast that has actually…
00:50:40 |
Thu 24 Jan 2019
When Did Everyone Start Getting Botox And Filler? Plus, Making Sense Of R. Kelly
James Hottie Middleton has made his secret Instagram account private - but we're mainly interested in who he's following (and potentially thirsting over). We've heard rumours about R. Kelly for decad…
00:43:45 |
Wed 16 Jan 2019
On New Year’s Resolutions And Money - The Last Great Taboo
We're back! For our first episode of 2019, we talk about New Year's resolutions - or lack thereof in Grace's case. Are they pointless or worth investing in? We break down the Golden Globes red carpet…
01:05:08 |
Thu 10 Jan 2019
On Grace Millane And The Cycles That Lead To Violence
We released this week’s episode a day early because of the latest update in the tragic story behind Grace Millane’s death: that the 26-year-old man who murdered her in New Zealand on December 1st was…
00:47:36 |
Wed 12 Dec 2018
Priyanka And Nick Jonas’ Batsh*t Wedding, Chris Dawson’s Arrest & Gaslighting
Good afternoon to everyone except Chris Dawson! In this episode, we discuss Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas’ insanely OTT wedding extravaganza (#SponCon?) and do a deep-dive into gaslighting and emoti…
00:50:40 |
Thu 06 Dec 2018
‘The Whole Lena Dunham Thing’ and Why Every Woman Should Be Talking About Emotional Labour
In this episode, Izzy and Grace drill-down on Lena Dunham: Is she the self-absorbed narcissist the media insists on painting her as? Or is she a victim of a sexist culture that holds women to a highe…
01:04:23 |
Thu 29 Nov 2018
On The Overrated Instagram Lifestyle & Why It’s Not Your Fault You’re Addicted To Your Phone
Hailey Baldwin – sorry, Bieber – may have officially changed her name, but the real news is that she got caught stalking a Selena Gomez fan account. Plus, we’re collectively obsessed with reading up …
00:48:41 |
Thu 22 Nov 2018
Victoria’s Secret: The Good, The Bad And The Controversial
Isabelle is back from NYC and literally will not stop talking about the Victoria’s Secret show (she went, FYI) so we’re doing a whole special on it! From being backstage with Bella Hadid to scoring a…
00:46:23 |
Thu 15 Nov 2018
On Sleep Paralysis, Anxiety & How To Make Millions From Facebook
This week we’re recording ahead of time, so are taking a little break from the news cycle to bring you an anxiety special. From sleep paralysis to ‘catastrophising’ and secretly having the same psych…
00:38:56 |
Thu 08 Nov 2018
On Finding A Work/Life Balance & The Shitty Men In Media List
Welcome back to After Work Drinks. This week we're talking about the Netflix show that had us both gripped and reminiscing about that one time Izzy made Grace go to the beach. Plus, the big topics: C…
00:46:07 |
Thu 01 Nov 2018
On ‘A Star Is Born’ & Whether Louis C.K. Can - Or Should - Return To Comedy
On the agenda this week, we’re talking about what everyone else is talking about: ‘A Star Is Born’. Plus, whether Louis C.K. should be able to return to comedy and whether Steven Avery is guilty or n…
00:37:56 |
Thu 25 Oct 2018
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