Ready or Not
The podcast for and about mothers and parents who make work, work by two cousins with four children between them.
We publish content all week long via our podcast, Substack, and social channels.
Every Monday, our banter-based podcast Witching Hour with Loz and Lu will land in your ears right here.
Every Wednesday, we publish our flagship interview podcast with Lucinda aka Lu, Ready or Not.
Every Friday, we publish our brand new mini tip-based episode with Ready or Not's agony aunt and advice queen Loz, Ask Ready or Not.
Lucinda also shares deep dive essays on career and motherhood plus bonus content on our Substack channel - readyornot.substack.com.
Every other day, you'll also find us talking to our community via @readyornot.pod
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- Update frequency
- every 2 days
- Average duration
- 39 minutes
- Episodes
- 311
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2025
Holiday listening: An early favourite with The Memo co-founder Phoebe Simmonds
Hello from your very pregnant and very tired host. I'm Lucinda, and this is Ready or Not's three part holiday listening series. Over the next three weeks, we'll be re-releasing some of the year's mos…
Holiday listening: The most popular episode of the year with Ultra Violette co-founder Ava Chandler Matthews
Hello from your very pregnant and very tired host. I'm Lucinda, and this is Ready or Not's three part holiday listening series. Over the next three weeks, we'll be re-releasing some of the year's mos…
To our generation, being a mum looks thankless, exhausting, and lonely. Can we change the story? Plus, how mothers are navigating Christmas | Witching Hour
Welcome back to Witching Hour: the show that looks at what's exciting, delighting, intriguing, and frustrating us as we make work, work alongside parenting. It's Ready or Not's loose little sister co…
Kasey Edwards on raising girls who like themselves and feeling like she’d failed the first hurdle of womanhood
Author and mother of two Kasey Edwards didn’t like herself all that much growing up, so when she gave birth to her first daughter, she made it her mission to learn how to.
And as someone who had worke…
We have some thoughts on THAT viral "daycare is bad" reel and how to tackle mansplaining in the workplace | Witching Hour
Welcome back to Witching Hour: the show that looks at what's exciting, delighting, intriguing, and frustrating us as we make work, work alongside parenting. It's Ready or Not's loose little sister co…
Day one of uni, 20 years old and a positive pregnancy test: The Natal Naturopath founder Melanie Nolan on what pushed her forward
20 years old, day one of her university degree, and a positive pregnancy test. And a few years later, twins, a separation, and a period of solo motherhood. If that sounds like enough to push universi…
Is it wrong to directly ask someone about their baby bump and how much sex are tired parents having? | Witching Hour
Welcome back to Witching Hour: the show that looks at what's exciting, delighting, intriguing, and frustrating us as we make work, work alongside parenting. It's Ready or Not's loose little sister co…
Tori Bowman Johnson on the first words that come to mind when she thinks of motherhood and the advice she'd go back and give herself
Tori Bowman Johnson never considered herself overly maternal, so it's come as a surprise even to herself how entrenched her work is in the motherhood space.
Through her books, Afterwards and Before, a…
TikTok resumes are now a thing and does anyone feel like an actual adult? | Witching Hour
Welcome back to Witching Hour: the show that looks at what's exciting, delighting, intriguing, and frustrating us as we make work, work alongside parenting. It's Ready or Not's loose little sister co…
Sophie Pearce and Jayde Couldwell on the rise and rise of Beyond the Bump and the light and shade of motherhood
It might be easy to pin Sophie Pearce and Jayde Couldwell as two mothers that are living the dream when it comes to parenting and paid work, but that would be to miss the point entirely. Six and a ha…
What a Whitney Wolfe Herd headline says about the way the media covers women and the controversial four-day school week trial | Witching Hour
Welcome back to Witching Hour: the show that looks at what's exciting, delighting, intriguing, and frustrating us as we make work, work alongside parenting. It's Ready or Not's loose little sister co…
Nell Frizzell on journeying through the panic years, the tracksuit years and the partial eclipse
Nell Frizzell might just be one of the wisest and funniest people I've ever had the pleasure of speaking to. She's a journalist, an author, and a mother, and she writes with the sort of candour and k…
We need to find a hobby that takes as long as golf and "here I am fighting for feminism and I can't even start a barbecue" | Witching Hour
Welcome back to Witching Hour: the show that looks at what's exciting, delighting, intriguing, and frustrating us as we make work, work alongside parenting. It's Ready or Not's loose little sister co…
Lisa Walker on navigating the loss of her husband and helping women over 40 claim back their energy and power
On a warm January day in 2022, Lisa Walker pulled up to her husband’s house to find him peacefully unresponsive on his bed.
A whirlwind of navigating solo parenting, grief, and continuing to build upo…
Britney Spears: “If I got upset and asserted myself, I was out of control and crazy” and "HELP! I'm unexpectedly pregnant in a new job" | Witching Hour
Welcome back to Witching Hour: the show that looks at what's exciting, delighting, intriguing, and frustrating us as we make work, work alongside parenting. It's Ready or Not's loose little sister co…
Gabrielle Nancarrow on why motherhood needn't be a dirty word for feminism and respecting a woman's choice
Our first ever Ready or Not guest - author, doula, and small business owner Gabrielle Nancarrow - is back!
Nearly 10 years ago, when her first daughter was just a little baby, Gabrielle Nancarrow was …
Michelle Andrews and Laura Henshaw open up about their career and baby fears and your advice on going from one to two kids | Witching Hour
Welcome back to Witching Hour: the show that looks at what's exciting, delighting, intriguing, and frustrating us as we make work, work alongside parenting. It's Ready or Not's loose little sister co…
Haylee Collins on integrating our ever evolving identities and the beauty and pain of motherhood
For over a decade, Haylee Collins has worked across book, magazine, and digital publishing, but it was through the birth of her son that she began to explore the intersection of creativity and mother…
An argy bargy on how we should talk about money and the best advice on breastfeeding & returning to work | Witching Hour
Welcome back to Witching Hour: the show that looks at what's exciting, delighting, intriguing, and frustrating us as we make work, work alongside parenting. It's Ready or Not's loose little sister co…
Christina McKay on the power of a positive birth after trauma and losing and rediscovering herself in motherhood
Christina McKay has been cutting her teeth in the beauty industry for over 20 years, working at some of the biggest brands both in Australia and the UK.
Outside of her corporate 9-5, she's also a hypn…