All sizzle, no sausage, so many aliens

Shameless

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4.7 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 18 February 2026

⏱️ 56 minutes

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THURSDAY QUICK AND DIRTY: We simply had to talk about Wuthering Heights, Zayn Malik went on Call Her Daddy and said… far too much. Speaking of saying stuff, Obama broke some huge news this week on the alien front. Then, beauty influencer Mikayla Nogueira broke up with her husband, everyone sat down – it was a whole thing. And finally, SLOW NEWS WEEK! Big thanks to Squarespace for making this episode of Shameless possible. Head to squarespace.com/SHAMELESS10 for a free trial, then use the code ‘SHAMELESS10’ to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain! And shoutout to Instant Scripts, too! Whether you’re at work, on holidays or sick in bed… access it anywhere, anytime and speak to a doctor in under 15 minutes. Download the InstantScripts app to get started. Your hosts are Zara McDonald (@zamcdonald) and Michelle Andrews (@michelleandrews1). Shameless Podcast is produced by Annabelle Lee and Eilish Gilligan, video-produced by Monica Vantilburg, and executive-produced by Lucy Hunt. Our social media team consists of Naima Fatema and Eilish Gilligan, and our partnerships manager is Cindy Luu. Want to support our show? Clicking ‘follow’ on Apple and Spotify is the best way to do that, and we're super grateful to anyone who leaves a five-star review while they're at it. Also! An old-fashioned 'Tell a Friend In Real Life' is equally appreciated. Want more? We've got more… Subscribe to our newsletter Smart, Dumb Stuff: https://tinyurl.com/4yasjphn Follow us on Instagram: https://tinyurl.com/2mf557ux Aaaand we’re on TikTok: https://tinyurl.com/2hchchrp Everything else your heart could ever desire is here: https://linktr.ee/shamelesspodcast Thanks for listening! We’re huge fans of yours. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Shameless Media.
0:05.6	Shameless Media.
0:05.6	Hello and welcome to Shameless, the pop culture Podcast for Smart People who love Dumb Stuff.
0:22.6	You're joined as always by Melbourne writers, Michelle Andrews and Zara McDonald.
0:26.9	Hello, Zazzie McDonald and producer Annabelle Lee.
0:29.9	Hello, happy Thursday.
0:30.8	Happy Thursday.
0:31.9	Happy, happy, happy, happy Thursday, everybody today.
0:35.3	Do we have a big blockbuster episode?
0:39.9	I think we have a good one. Is it jam-packed?
0:46.5	I'm not so sure. It'll be viby. Will it be full of nutrients? No. A sugar hit, though.
0:52.0	A sugar hit for sure. So I saw Wuthering Heights on the weekend and I have lots to say about it.
1:12.5	I also very much would like to talk about Dane Malick's interview and Call Her Daddy, of which I know you've listened to Michelle. Have you seen this around Belly? I've listened to it, yeah. You listened to it? Yeah. Okay. I downloaded the whole episode to cut up clips and I was like, you know what? Let's just listen to it. Much to unpack. Much to unpacked. Obama thinks or says that aliens are real. I agree with him. And I have,
1:20.4	yeah, I have questions, I guess. And then obviously, Michaela Aguera made that now infamous TikTok announcing her divorce and the internet also has a lot of thoughts on that. I cannot wait to talk
1:26.0	about so much of this stuff. Same. Then we're playing Slow Newsweek. It's the first time in 2026, I suspect. Yeah, it is. And I'm captaining it, baby. So you better watch out. Oh, I'm watching out. I think... That was the start of a Christmas jingle. You better watch out. Yeah. But first, before we get into all of it, Michelle, a big thank you to our sponsor today.
1:45.3	Yeah, thank you to Squarespace, the All In One Platform that helps you build a beautiful website
1:50.3	and truly launch your passion, project, or business, Squarespace, have made this episode possible.
1:55.2	A little bit of a structural change.
1:57.7	I know some listeners, will we tweak anything, they let us know.
2:24.8	Oh, they're like, okay, a rejigging of the opening structure. Yes, we thought it's been eight years. Let's swap things around, baby. And to be honest, and candid, I think that worked quite well. Thank you. Seameless. Seameless. Keep the compliments coming. I'm in the mood for it. Thank you, Squarespace. Where do we want to go? Do we want to talk about the company retreat that we just had? We've just spent two full days together. I wasn't planning on it.
2:31.5	No, speak on it, Mish. I just, I really enjoyed the company retreat. We played traders. I would like an extra compliment now.
2:38.3	What do you mean an extra compliment? Well, I ended up being recruited as a trader, and I think I did an excellent job.
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