Showy Ovaries with Penny Ashton.
Comedian Penny Ashton is on a voyage of discovery into the hormonal hocus pocus of menopause. So what better way to learn about her moisture moving from inside her body to perspiring out her face, than by talking to a series of wondrous women and owners of ovaries about their own lives and their menopause journeys. A series of frank and funny interviews all about what to expect, when expecting the change. Warning: salty language, and not just from the night sweats. Season Three and beyond is opening up wider to include women and trans individuals of all ages and bodily functionings.
- Update frequency
- every 5 days
- Average duration
- 48 minutes
- Episodes
- 77
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
Award Winning Angela Bloomfield
To celebrate the 30th anniversary of Shortland St, NZ's longest running soap opera, Penny headed to see one of the longest stars of the street - Angela Bloomfield. A veteran of 24 years…
Chief Correspondent Samantha Newman
Hawkes Bay founder of The Female GP, Dr Samantha Newman, joined Penny to share her passion for vaginas, vulvas and all thing science. A self described happy geek, she is an advocate for…
Ain't Nothing Like Dame Catherine Healy
When Catherine formed the NZ Prostitute's Collective (now the Sex Worker's Collective) with her co-workers back in 1987, she never dreamed that would one day lead to a nod from the crow…
Breezy Jeanette Thomas
This week's guest is the very gorgeous Jeanette Thomas, co-host of one of Auckland's most popular breakfast radio shows on The Breeze, and former presenter of Good Morning. She beamed i…
Sunny Astar
This week it's Good Morning's doyenne of the daisy and dazzler of the doily, Astar, so fabulous she only needs one name. She entertained Penny in her home with her tales of working for …
Mother/Daughter Besties Carolyn and Meg
For a Mother's Day special here's Showy Ovaries' first mother/daughter combo with TV director Carolyn Sylvester and artist Meg Mahy. Carolyn (Penny's first adult showbiz employer) told …
Govermental Judith Tizard
Veteran politician Judith Tizard welcomed Penny into her home to talk about her life, her body and her menopause. A part of the Tizard dynasty of public servants we chatted about her ha…
Jazz Handy Jackie Clarke
New Zealand's cabaret superstar Jackie Clarke, dropped into Penny's house with two hot buns to talk all about her sweaty knees. A self described human water feature, Jackie is determine…
Sparkling Miriama Kamo
Showy Ovaries is thrilled to welcome one of the busiest TV presenters and authors in Aotearoa, Miriama Kamo, to share her fertility journey with Penny. From the pain of six miscarriage…
Irrepressible Lana Schwarcz
Former Muppet wrangler at Henson Studios, Lana Schwarcz, joins Penny from Melbourne to talk about her medically induced menopause following a breast cancer diagnosis and surgery. Lana …
What's the HRT?
A minisode with a brief and not at all peer reviewed history and explanation of HRT - Hormone Replacement Therapy. It can sound as dry as a menopausal vagina so stand by for some appall…
Purple-tastic Threesome with Jacki Morris and Denise Astill
It's Shaky Ovaries! In a belated Purple Day Special (Epilepsy Awareness Day on March 26th) Penny chats to fellow ladies with epilepsy Jacki Morris and Denise Astill. Denise founded Foet…
Bestselling Niki Bezzant
This week it's bestselling brainbox Niki Bezzant whose book This Changes Everything: The Honest Guide to Menopause and Perimenopause, recently hit the Number One spot on the NZ top Ten …
Outrageously Fortunate Robyn Malcolm
Award-winning NZ acting queen Robyn Malcolm was NZ's sexiest woman 2007, though she grew up feeling anything but. Her teenage years were a storm of hormones resulting in extreme PMT and…
Glossy Geeling Ching
David Bowie's China Girl is all woman now and still as fabulous as ever. Having always felt incredibly lucky, Geeling told Penny tales of landing the biggest gig of her life rolling nak…
International Man Behind the Woman Day - Matthew Harvey
What better way to celebrate International Women's Day Week than by getting a man in. Penny's husband celebrates her everyday so she decided to have a chat to him about podcasts, her bi…
Novel Nicky Pellegrino
It's a bonus episode on International Women's Day!
Best selling juggernaut Nicky Pellegrino joins Penny Ashton to chat all about her popular new menopause book 'Don't Sweat It: How to M…
Terrifically Tasty Peta Mathias
Queen of the catwalks AND the kitchen, it's NZ living treasure and HRT devotee Peta Mathias. Her culinary travel wings may have been clipped by a pandemic, but chef Peta's zest can't be…
Alison "Not Taking it Any" Mau
Showy Ovaries is in the presence of journalism royalty this week with Voyager Media Award Winning Reporter of the Year, Alison Mau. A journalist since 17, Mau has been successful across…
Showy MP's
In late 2021 Penny Ashton stormed parliament, but in a much more fabulous way. In Season Two's first minisode you can hear the speech she gave to the Commonwealth Women Parliamentarian…