No Filter

Dee Salmin has spent years talking to other people about love, sex and relationships as the host of triple j’s The Hook Up. But behind the mic, her own dating life was far more complicated than you might expect.
In her early twenties, Dee found herself stuck in a pattern — chasing men who were hot and cold, accepting behaviour she now knows she deserved better than, and constantly seeking validation that never quite stuck.
So she made a radical decision. She stopped dating entirely.
For nearly three years, Dee went “boy sober”, stepping away from apps, relationships and even casual flings to figure out who she was without men at the centre of her life.
In this conversation with Kate Langbroek, Dee opens up about what that time taught her, the therapy that helped her understand her patterns, and the moment everything shifted.
She also shares what it’s been like to find love again — this time in the public eye — and how she’s approached building a relationship on her own terms, without losing herself in it.
And beyond her own story, Dee reflects on the reality of modern dating, why so many women feel like the bar is on the floor, and what it actually takes to build a relationship that feels secure, respectful and real.
Dee Salmin's book is It’s Not Love, Actually is out now.
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CREDITS:
Guest: Dee Salmin
Host: Kate Langbroek
Group Executive Producer: Naima Brown
Executive Producer: Bree Player
Assistant Producer: Coco Lavigne
Audio and Video Producer: Josh Green
Social Media Producer: Olivia Colman
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Robin Bailey is one of Australia’s most recognisable radio voices. Warm, open, and deeply relatable, she’s built a career on making other people feel less alone.
But behind that voice is a life shaped by repeated, unimaginable loss.
In this conversation, Robin sits down with Kate Langbroek to share the moments that changed everything. From losing her father as a child, to the devastating death of her first husband, and later, the loss of her second husband to cancer, Robin speaks with a level of honesty that is at times breathtaking.
She reflects on the moment she had to tell her three young sons that their father had died, and the decision she made about how they would face that grief together. She also opens up about the more complicated chapters of her life, including the choices she’s wrestled with and the long road back to herself.
This is a conversation about grief, but it’s also about resilience. About motherhood, survival, and what it really takes to keep going when life keeps changing in ways you never expected.
Robin’s memoir, Flamingos Aren’t Born Pink is out now.
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Listen: Lisa Wilkinson Was Eveywhere. Then She Wasn't
Listen: Natalie Bassingthwaighte: “The Night That Ended My Marriage”
Listen: Chloé Hayden Knows the Cost of Being the Autistic Woman Everyone Looks To
Listen: Concetta Caristo Changed Her Name to Escape a Violent Home
Listen: Rachel Ward Looks Her Age. When Did That Become Radical?
Listen: For 15 Years, No One Was Listening To Lainey Wilson. Now She's Everywhere
Listen: Supermodel Rachel Hunter Was The Ultimate 90s Muse - Then She Walked Away
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CREDITS:
Guest: Robin Bailey
Host: Kate Langbroek
Group Executive Producer: Naima Brown
Executive Producer: Bree Player
Assistant Producer: Coco Lavigne
Audio and Video Producer: Josh Green
Social Media Producer: Olivia Colman
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Lisa Wilkinson was one of the most recognisable faces in Australian media.
Then, almost overnight, she was gone.
In this episode of No Filter, she sits down with Kate Langbroek to unpack what led to that moment, and what came after.
From her early career in magazines to the highs and pressures of breakfast television, Lisa reflects on the roles that defined her, and what it meant to lose them.
She speaks candidly about not getting the chance to say goodbye, becoming the focus of intense public scrutiny, and navigating a period that forced her to reassess everything.
At the same time, she was writing her most ambitious project yet, a book about Titanic survivor Evelyn Marsden, a story that became both an escape and a way through.
This is a conversation about success, backlash, identity, and the reality of starting again.
For more information on The Titanic Story of Evelyn by Lisa Wilkinson click here.
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Listen: Chloé Hayden Knows the Cost of Being the Autistic Woman Everyone Looks To
Listen: Concetta Caristo Changed Her Name to Escape a Violent Home
Listen: Rachel Ward Looks Her Age. When Did That Become Radical?
Listen: For 15 Years, No One Was Listening To Lainey Wilson. Now She's Everywhere
Listen: Supermodel Rachel Hunter Was The Ultimate 90s Muse - Then She Walked Away
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CREDITS:
Guest: Lisa Wilkinson
Host: Kate Langbroek
Group Executive Producer: Naima Brown
Executive Producer: Bree Player
Assistant Producer: Coco Lavigne
Audio and Video Producer: Josh Green
Social Media Producer: Olivia Colman
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On this week’s episode of No Filter, Candice Fox joins Holly Wainwright for a conversation that goes beyond crime fiction and into the reality behind it.
Candice is one of Australia’s most successful crime writers, with more than 20 books and collaborations with James Patterson. But her understanding of crime didn’t start on the page. She grew up surrounded by chaos; foster children, real-life stories, and a world where darkness was never far away.
In this episode, she shares the moment that changed everything: coming face-to-face with a serial killer on death row, and what it revealed about fear, instinct, and human behaviour.
She also explores why so many women are drawn to true crime — and what we’re really trying to understand when we listen.
And then, the story she couldn’t let go of. A real-life cold case that stayed with her for decades, and became the foundation for her latest novel - a way of grappling with grief, justice, and the limits of storytelling.
Redbelly Crossing by Candice Fox is out now.
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Listen: Chloé Hayden Knows the Cost of Being the Autistic Woman Everyone Looks To
Listen: Concetta Caristo Changed Her Name to Escape a Violent Home
Listen: Rachel Ward Looks Her Age. When Did That Become Radical?
Listen: For 15 Years, No One Was Listening To Lainey Wilson. Now She's Everywhere
Listen: Supermodel Rachel Hunter Was The Ultimate 90s Muse - Then She Walked Away
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Guest: Candice Fox
Host: Kate Langbroek
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Executive Producer: Bree Player
Assistant Producer: Coco Lavigne
Video Producer: Josh Green
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Natalie Bassingthwaighte has spent decades building a life in the public eye, but in recent years, everything changed.
In this episode, she shares the moment that shifted her world, the quiet but undeniable turning point that led to the end of her marriage and a complete rethinking of who she is.
She speaks openly about the confusion of that time, the impact on her family, and the courage it took to step into something new. Now engaged to her partner Pip Loth, Natalie reflects on finding love in a way she never expected and what it means to live more truthfully.
Love Like This: A Memoir by Natalie Bassingthwaighte (Hardie Grant Publishing) is out now.
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Listen: Chloé Hayden Knows the Cost of Being the Autistic Woman Everyone Looks To
Listen: Concetta Caristo Changed Her Name to Escape a Violent Home
Listen: Rachel Ward Looks Her Age. When Did That Become Radical?
Listen: For 15 Years, No One Was Listening To Lainey Wilson. Now She's Everywhere
Listen: Supermodel Rachel Hunter Was The Ultimate 90s Muse - Then She Walked Away
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Watch No Filter on YouTube. Follow us on Instagram here. Follow us on TikTok here.
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CREDITS:
Guest: Natalie Bassingthwaighte
Host: Kate Langbroek
Group Executive Producer: Naima Brown
Executive Producer: Bree Player
Assistant Producer: Coco Lavigne
Video Producer: Josh Green
Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land on which we have recorded this podcast.

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