High Expectations is a podcast by New Zealand women about relationships, pop culture, friendship, films, books, sex positivity, music, and whatever we feel like talking about!
Ellen and Jaslyn talk about watching guilty or trashy pleasures, or are they just pleasures? Featuring non Casablancas like Jerry Springer, Terrace House, E! Network, Gossip Girl, Pretty Little Liars…
We answer questions sent in by listeners! Including How do you stop having the same fights with your partner?, Are Australia and New Zealand really rivals?, What's up with Georgia?, What does a Big …
Getting ghosted by a date or a friend sucks! Find out who we call A Shipping Container of Dicks, as we react to some shocking ghosting stories sent in by our listeners, and share our own! We finish y…
Major breakups are really hard to cope with and especially when social media is involved. We discuss advice for getting on with life, as we open up about our own experiences and struggles. Plus, fin…
Jaslyn is one of *those* Radiohead fans. She opens up to Ellen about the depths of her obsession, its life changing effects, and what makes her so excited about the band. If you know their music, see…
Join us for a NSFW chat all about dick pics! We cover the psychology of sending them and rise to the challenge of finding a live one on Chatroulette! We look at celebrity scandals, offer good dick pi…
Get cosy with us and the classic story Great Expectations!! What's the deal with Charles Dickens? Why is Estella so mean to Pip? Do we ship Joe and Biddy? There's more twisty goodness and we open up…
We talk High Fidelity, the book and film, in part one of 'Why are you called High Expectations?' Why is it famous? Why is it so great? We rag on each other about other Nick Hornby books, do some Top …
Put the kettle on and join us as we talk through the psychological concept of gaslighting and how to tell if someone is doing it to you. We look back at upsetting past events in our own lives and fin…
By popular request, this is Ellen and Jaslyn just chatting and cracking each other up! It was meant to be about not liking board games, but we got side tracked by other things that suck or we love fi…
Are you in a special friendship? They are dear to Cathy-Ellen's heart and she helps us explore the spectrum, from romantic to bromance, and passionate to sororal. We also talk about the darker side, …
After drinking mimosas we get musical as we open the listener mailbox wide and put our hand inside! There's a fuckboy controversy to tackle and the Gilmore Girls Revival to discuss, can Ellen & Jasly…
Special guest Clarissa Chandrahasen talks about performing in Naked Girls Reading! We then find out about performing her drag king alter ego, Ricky Rascal, and what happened the first time he met Hu…
What counts as cheating on your partner? Is it ever okay to cheat? Should you let someone know they're being cheated on? What's monogamish? We talk it all out and more!
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What is a fuckboy and what should you do if you encounter one? We share our own fuckboy stories and more in our NSFW season premiere, with special guest Emily!
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The much requested Gilmore Girls episode is our season finale! In our pre-revival talk Ellen and Jaslyn passionately disagree about which of Rory's boyfriends was best. Cathy-Ellen joins us for the e…
Ellen comes back from the future and inspires us to talk about time travel and our favourite uses of it! Including About Time, The Time Traveller's Wife, Doctor Who, Harry Potter, Black Mirror, and o…
We talk about interests that sparked off in our minds and took us down a rabbit hole of discovery and obsession. Thrillers, audiobooks, bicycles, lamps, and more!
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What should you do when friends are being offensive or ignorant about subjects like feminism, gender, race, and queer issues? We discuss the importance of giving people a voice on their own experienc…
We talk Ellen's favourite rom com Definitely, Maybe! It stars Ryan Reynolds, Isla Fisher, the most beautiful woman in the world, Rachel Weisz, and Elizabeth Banks. We then debate the question, are …
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