The White Lotus mirror effect

Shameless

Shameless Media

Society & Culture

4.7 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 9 March 2025

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Hello! On today’s show: The White Lotus is turning a mirror onto female friendships. And you could say it’s not the most flattering reflection. Why are platonic relationships suffering so much in 2025? According to The Independent, our friendships may be deteriorating due to a lack of ‘deep’ conversations. But first - we gotta talk about Meghan Markle’s new lifestyle show… On today’s episode, Zara recommended ‘There’s Only One Aimee Lou Wood’ in The Cut. Huge thanks to Elite Eleven for making this episode of Shameless possible. Also - shout out to Xero! This episode was produced by Eilish Gilligan. 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 you.

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0:00.0	This episode of Shameless Media.
0:06.6	This episode of Shameless is brought to you by Elite Eleven's ninth birthday sale.
0:11.2	Score up to 60% off activewear, loungeware and accessories from 11am this Wednesday, March 12th.
0:17.2	Music 12. Hello and welcome to Shameless, the pop culture podcast for smart people who love dumb stuff.
0:48.3	You're joined, as always, by Melbourne writers, Michelle Andrews and Zara McDonald.
0:52.2	Hello, Zara McDonald and hello producer
0:54.3	Eilish Gilligan. Hi. Hi guys coming up on today's show the White Lotus is turning a mirror
1:00.3	onto female friendships and you could say it's not the most flattering reflection. Why a
1:05.5	platonic relationship is suffering so much in 2025 well according to the independent our
1:10.2	friendships may be deteriorating
1:12.0	due to a lack of deep conversations. But first, we obviously have to talk about Megan Markle's
1:17.3	new lifestyle show. But before we get there, Michelle Andrews, how is your week? Good week.
1:22.6	Shameless media is officially turning seven. Yes. So happy birthday to us. Yeah. Seven of the best. Kind of crazy
1:31.3	to look at where the business is now and where the podcasts are at now compared to where it all
1:36.0	began. I know. I mean, it began. March 12 is the official date, which is when in a couple of days.
1:42.3	A couple of days. Which is very exciting. And we started, as
1:46.0	everyone knows, on a trestle table. In your parents' front study. Home office. Yeah. With surfboards
1:51.9	around. Surfboards around. Not a lot of soundproofing around us. No. Not a lot of technical
1:57.4	ability either. Do you remember the number of episodes we thought we recorded and we didn't
2:00.7	record them at all because we were trained off like YouTube and we didn't know
2:03.9	the basics of putting out a podcast? Literally no worse feeling. What would you say when you think
2:09.3	about the last seven years? Any highlights? Hmm. Probably should have prepped this in my brain.
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