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Don't you dare take the centre seat

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Society & Culture

4.71.8K Ratings

🗓️ 24 April 2026

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

DUMB STUFF FRIDAYS: Satirical news outlet The Onion is trying to acquire Alex Jones’s site Infowars. Well, sorta. Who/what/where/why? We’ll explain!!! A video of American sprinter Noah Lyles reacting to his wife’s wedding dress is everywhere at the moment. It’s… an uncomfortable watch. His wife, Junelle, has responded to the backlash – we’re going to unpack her quotes. And then, you guys loved them, so we’re bringing them back: Lukewarm takes. This week, Mich recommended watching Your Friends & Neighbours on Apple TV and The Drama. Zara recommended reading The Heir Apparent and also listening to Charlize Theron’s podcast interview on The Interview.  Big thanks to The Devil Wears Prada 2 for making this episode possible. The Devil Wears Prada 2 is in cinemas from April 30. Text the group chat, organise dinner beforehand, and make a whole night of it.  And shoutout to Ecosa, too! They’re offering Shameless listeners 30% off their mattresses, pillows and super soft sheets – valid until May 14 2026. To claim your offer, head here. For terms and conditions, visit https://www.ecosa.com.au/terms Your hosts are Zara McDonald (@zamcdonald) and Michelle Andrews (@michelleandrews1). Shameless Podcast is produced by Annabelle Lee and Eilish Gilligan, executive-produced by Lucy Hunt and audio-edited by Annabelle Lee. Our social media team consists of Naima Fatema, Emily Li 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

Do you remember when back in the day on Instagram, we would be really nosy about things and we started this series because we just really want to know? Do you remember this? What the fuck you're talking about? We started an Instagram series called We Just Really Want to Know where we'd poll people on things that we were just nosy about because we were having a debate about... Wedding Wishing Wells. Wedding Wishing Wells and how much you should actually spend. So we just got the data

0:21.1

and then used it in our own lives. And we found out the average person thinks you should put in,

0:26.5

I think the result was, $125 per head on average. This was five years ago though. So you got to

0:32.4

account for inflation. 150. Yeah. I have one of my own. Okay. If we want to do this again.

0:38.2

Yeah.

0:38.9

So I was talking to Ollie, my partner the other day, and he was buying a gift for someone.

0:45.7

I obviously have to keep this in code because he hasn't given this gift yet.

0:49.0

But this person is really important to him and he needed to buy a really, really good gift. Let's pretend it is a handbag. Okay. No, no, I can say what the gift is. I don't think this person listens as well. It's a man. I'm giving it. No, no, no. We can't follow that anymore because I met a listener in a very unusual place this way. It's really rattled me.

1:10.9

Well, if this comes back to bite me, then like that was meant to happen. So this man, it's for a, it's for a male and he said, I really need to spend a lot of money on this gift because this person's done a lot for me. And he goes, I've been thinking of buying him on umbrella. Yeah. This umbrella has been in our office of quite some time now. I'm like, when is that fucking thing off?

1:28.1

You can't buy this person out umbrella.

1:30.0

I would say a designer umbrella.

1:31.4

It is. This umbrella has been in our office of quite some time now. I'm like, when is I taking that fucking thing off?

1:28.2

You can't buy this person an umbrella. I would say a designer umbrella. It is a designer umbrella. He's like, no, you don't understand. Like, my umbrella's amazing. I'll get it engraved. It's really expensive, this umbrella. Feels incredibly lux to have an engraved umbrella. So I said, but even if you spend this amount of money, he's not going to know that you spent this much money because he'll get it and people will say, what did he only get you? And he'll say an umbrella and people will think he spent $30. And so he said, it's not a problem. Everyone Googles the price of gifts. And obviously, on a designer umbrella, you'll see the designer umbrella brand name.

2:01.6

Do you think that's true? Do you think that everyone Googles the price of gifts?

2:06.9

So you receive a gift and you never Google? No, I sometimes do. But do you Google every gift.

2:14.9

I think we all have to be honest with ourselves. That's why I want to anonymously poll.

2:17.9

Not every gift, because when I get a candle, I go, I know how much that candle costs.

2:35.7

I would say, uh... If you're not sure, like, let's say I gave you something. Like, it's a really big milestone. Hang on, well, let's apply this to your Christmas present last year. I got you a couple of things from a brand that you like. Did you Google? No, but I already knew. Yeah.

2:37.0

So I already knew what you spent.

2:42.1

When Ollie got you a piece of jewelry for Christmas, that necklace, he got you.

2:45.8

I googled. I googled. Do you Google everything? I think everyone does.

2:47.7

I would like the stat. Can we pull?

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