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IN CONVERSATION: Tanya Hennessy

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Society & Culture

4.71.8K Ratings

🗓️ 14 August 2019

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Happy Thursday wonderful people! Today we are joined by Tanya Hennessy, the woman who knows millennials inside out. If you haven't seen Tanya in your Facebook newsfeed with her witty videos, you've probably read her best-selling book 'Am I Doing This Right' or heard about her in-demand comedy tour, 'Low Expectations'. In this conversation, we cover everything from finding your career calling, to mental illness and trolling. Want more from Tanya? OF COURSE YOU DO! Follow her on Insta @tanhennessy (Mich got this wrong in the ep, PLEASE FORGIVE HER!!!). You can also buy tickets to Tanya's critically-acclaimed show here: https://www.frontiercomedy.com/hullandhennessy As for us? Zara is on Instagram @zamcdonald and Mich is @michelleandrews1. We'll be back in your ears on Monday! Today's episode is made possible by RnB Fridays Live. Shameless podcast is a production of Shameless Media. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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I'm a bit fearless in that sense,

0:45.0

whereas I don't really care what people think of me

0:48.0

because I've been through all of that,

0:51.0

and you know, you get to, I'm 33 now,

0:52.0

and I, like I look like a

0:53.8

mess today my hair is everywhere and da da da da da da da. But like I kind of like

0:57.3

that I'm like this I've just kind of come to a resolve with myself. I'm like this is who I am and there's more to me than the way I

1:04.8

look and how I dress like I've got a cool creative brain and that's really

1:08.8

empowering and and and and as long as i can make creative stuff and feel inspired

1:14.6

then that's my highest value Hello and welcome to Shameless the Pop Culture Podcast for Smart Women who

1:35.6

love dumb stuff. Today on the show we are joined by the powerhouse that is

1:40.0

Tanya Hennessy. Tanya is a comedian, a national radio announcer and a best-selling author who, thanks to her

1:46.0

hilarious snappy videos on Facebook, accumulated a following of more than a million.

1:50.9

We sat down with Tanya on our recent trip to Sydney to talk about the illusion of overnight success,

1:55.8

her battle with mental illness, and what she loves most about the career she created for herself.

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