Talking all things love, life, lust, and a bunch of other stuff. Nothing is off limits in this podcast that navigates relationships and dating in the modern day. Brought to you by two bachelor finalists Brittany Hockley and Laura Byrne.
Offcuts: Is Kelly Clarkson In The Wrong? Standing In A Car Park Is Illegal & The Tinder Swindler Launches A Dating App
Hey Lifers! Welcome to Offcuts, your little weekend snack!
Brittany is off doing other work this week, so Producer Soph has been called up from the producers’ chair to co host with Laura. Soph also has a very important question: is it weird to go to a dog park when you don’t have a dog?
Then Laura has a big update of her own: Poppy has taken her first steps (and Matt’s reaction was far too calm for Laura’s liking). Plus, a question that has divided the studio: which part of your foot do you use on the accelerator and the brake? Spoiler: one of us uses only her big toe.
Next, the story that Laura vetoed and everyone else overruled. Kelly Clarkson walked into a small Brooklyn shop, wanted a $15,000 wooden bird, and says she was treated like Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman.
Then Transport for NSW has officially confirmed that you cannot reserve a car park by standing in it, and it comes with a $94 fine. Laura shares her unhinged Bondi Junction car park story from when she was eight months pregnant, and Soph reveals the most powerful day bed move she has ever witnessed on a cruise ship.
We close out with the Tinder Swindler, Simon Leviev, who is reportedly launching his own dating app called Safe Love. We unpack why this is horrifying, and look at the Singapore government’s AI matchmaking app. Would you let a panel of experts pick your partner?
Soph and Lachy also have their very first episode of Producers Cut on Patreon this Thursday, so go and subscribe if you haven’t already!
Timestamps:
0:00 Welcome Producer Soph!
2:03 Is it weird to go to a dog park without a dog?
5:03 Poppy’s first steps
7:54 Which part of your foot do you drive with?
10:31 Kelly Clarkson vs the $15,000 wooden bird
20:18 Can you reserve a car park by standing in it?
23:59 Laura’s Bondi Junction car park rage story
30:15 The Tinder Swindler’s new dating app
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Fill in Host Sophie Nathan (https://www.instagram.com/sophie_nathan/?hl=en)
Produced by Lachy Pugsley (https://www.instagram.com/lachypugsley_/)
Video Produced by Vanessa Beckford & Lachy Pugsley (https://www.instagram.com/lachypugsley_/)
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15 Oct 2026
On Track To Lose 18 Years Of Your Life Scrolling. What AI Is Doing To Your Brain - Uncut with TJ Power
Hey Lifers!
Did you know the average person is on track to spend 18 years of their life scrolling? Or that using AI to make a decision can cause a 64% drop in activity in your prefrontal cortex; the part of your brain responsible for thinking? Today we want to talk about how to not lose our minds as AI use increases. Joining us again is neuroscientist, international speaker and author of The Dose Effect, TJ Power.
Last time TJ joined us we talked about micro-habits and the small daily things quietly wrecking our dopamine. This time, we're going somewhere a little different: building a successful brain in the age of AI.
TJ breaks down exactly what AI is doing to our thinking, our creativity and our feelings, why the average person is on track to scroll for 18 years of their life, and the lesser known brain chemical, glutamate, that's quietly driving all of our decision fatigue. We also get into what this means for our kids and screens in schools, why TJ has banned AI from parts of his own life completely, and the very simple (and very effective) "safety check" habit rewiring your anxiety every time you pick up your phone.
Oh, and if you take one thing from this episode, put your phones in another room tonight and watch Good Will Hunting with your partner. TJ's orders.
Timestamps
00:00 — Welcome back TJ Power, and why AI is the new frontier for the brain
02:07 — What AI is actually doing to our brains: thinking, creating & feeling
12:58 — Glutamate: the "decision fatigue" chemical nobody's talking about
19:21 — Doomscrolling for 18 years of your life and what a "successful brain" really looks like
32:09 — Kids, iPads and schools in the age of AI
39:15 — TJ's actionable rules for using AI without losing your edge
49:04 — The phone-free rule saving their relationships (meals, bedroom, bathroom)
59:18 — TJ's OCD story and how to beat the phone "safety check" habit
You can watch our previous episodes with TJ here:
New Year, New You? The Micro Changes We Can Make To Have A Much Happier Life w/ TJ Power
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Fx-uNOefOA (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Fx-uNOefOA)
Dopamine and the ADHD Brain. CLOUD With Neuroscientist TJ Power!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJAgXI39gQQ (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJAgXI39gQQ)
You can follow TJ on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/tjpower/?hl=en (https://www.instagram.com/tjpower/?hl=en)
See him Live in Sydney
The DOSE Experience Tickets:
https://events.humanitix.com/the-dose-experience-tj-power-live (https://events.humanitix.com/the-dose-experience-tj-power-live)
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Produced by Keeshia Pettit (https://www.instagram.com/keeshiapettit/?hl=en) Soph Nathan (https://www.instagram.com/sophie_nathan/?hl=en)
Video Produced by Vanessa Beckford & Lachy Pugsley (https://www.instagram.com/lachypugsley_/)
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13 Oct 2026
Britt & Ben’s Baby Bonanza!!! The Episode EVERYONE Has Been Waiting For
Hey Lifers!
Britt & Ben’s Baby Bonanza is finally here!!! After last week’s announcement, Britt is answering every question we’ve been banned from asking. First, we clear up the Facebook group theory that the announcement was staged. Spoiler: Laura’s face says it all.
Britt takes us back through almost four years of trying. She was banking on falling pregnant naturally until a new fertility doctor delivered some blunt news about Ben’s results, and it changed everything. Britt walks us through what IVF transfer is actually like: the frozen embryo that gets “half defrosted”, the very long needle, the two-week wait, and the cheeky at-home test she wasn’t supposed to take. The big reveal to Ben…
We also get into the harder stuff. Britt talks about her birth plan, being on the cusp of high-risk, and the January transfer window that could mean Ben is overseas for the birth. She responds to the comments questioning how someone with fertility struggles can now be pregnant. Then we have an honest chat about never feeling the maternal pull, the “regret having kids” content that keeps finding us, and what being a “good mum” really means.
Plus: the progesterone boobs that gave it all away, Britt’s potato gem diet, and why she and Ben can’t agree on a single name.
To anyone going through infertility or IVF right now, we’re thinking of you.
TIMESTAMPS
00:00 - Britt’s up the duff and the “fake announcement” theories
06:28 - The fertility journey so far
15:06 - What actually happens with IVF
22:06 - To find out or not? The sealed gender envelope
29:57 - The possibility of giving birth alone
39:15 - Never feeling maternal and the fear of being a “bad mum”
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Produced by Sophie Nathan (https://www.instagram.com/sophie_nathan/?hl=en)
Video Produced by Vanessa Beckford & Lachy Pugsley (https://www.instagram.com/lachypugsley_/)
Tell your mum, tell your dad, tell your dog, tell your friend and share the love because WE LOVE LOVE! Xx
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"Fix the sex, fix the relationship" - Uncut with Esther Perel
Published 14 Nov 2022 · Transcript excerpt
[…] It has changed definitions throughout life. And I think that that is something that we often forget when we say, are we monogamous by nature? No, by nature we are not. Certainly we are socially monogamous, but not sexually monogamous. But monogamy is not about nature. Monogamy is about culture. So for couples who are in long-term relationships, who have chosen sexual monogamy with that person, and I think that this is something that, I mean, it's something you've spoken about a lot, but it's also something that a lot of people experience. And that is that over time, the desire that you feel for your partner, the intensity of those feelings, they wane. […]
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