Should we all be bored?

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4.7 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 9 November 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Hello! Coming up on today’s show: is having a boyfriend embarrassing now? It’s the Vogue article that’s fully taken over the world – to the point where it was pitched as a story to all four of our existing podcast pillars lol. This piece has clearly hit a nerve so we wanted to deep it. And later – is boredom a good thing? Or should we all stop romanticising it? Thanks so much to Disney+ for making this episode of Shameless possible. And, big shout-out to Lyka! Remember to use SHAMELESS40 for 40% your first two orders with Lyka. On today’s show, Mich recommended I Was Actually There on ABC iView. Zara recommended Heart The Lover by Lily King. ‘Is Having a Boyfriend Embarrassing Now?’ in Vogue 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 Eilish Gilligan. 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	This episode of Shameless Media.
0:07.6	This episode of Shameless is brought to you by Disney Plus.
0:10.8	Stream All's Fair starring Kim Kardashian, Sarah Paulson and Naomi Watts, now on Disney Plus. I'm Who Who
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0:36.6	Uh Uh Uh Uh Hello and welcome to Shameless, the pop culture podcast for smart people who love dumb stuff.
0:47.1	You're joined, as always, by Melbourne writers, Michelle Andrews and Zara McDonald.
0:51.1	Hello, Zazzie McDonald and hello, producer, Eilish Gilligan.
0:53.8	Hi. Hello, both. Coming up on today's show is having a boyfriend embarrassing now. It's the VOA article that's fully taken over the world to the point where it was pitched as a story in all four of our podcasts at shameless media. We ended up taking it ourselves. It is clearly hit a nerve and we are really excited to deep it, even though we might be a few days late. And later, is boredom a good thing or should we all stop romanticising it? I'm also excited to talk about that. But first, Michelle, you got a recommendation for me? Well, I just want to confess to the listeners, might be the first time in my professional career. I slept through my alarms this morning. So I want to thank you both because there you were sitting around twiddling your thumbs. I love that you said the first time in your professional career. No, the first time. Actually, the main time. There's two main times. Yeah. Okay, one time I almost amazed. Zara and I miss a work event. Do you remember that one? I had to get ready
1:46.1	in the car as you were driving. Yes, that's why I was surprised when you were like, for the first time,
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