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In this episode of Untidy, Hannah and Matilda welcome back one of their most beloved and popular guests, nutritional biochemist and bestselling author Dr Libby. This conversation goes deep, connecting the dots between nutrition, emotions and biochemistry, to deliver you from overwhelm to empowerment.

They unpack what’s really happening when high-functioning women start to feel:

• Wired but tired
• Foggy, flat or anxious
• Diag...

New here? Welcome to an Untidy Tasting Platter! It’s a little sampler of the laughs, the tears, the “eek, me too!” parenting moments, and profound guest stories and wisdom we’ve collected over the years.

If something whets your appetite, we’ve linked the full episodes below so you can dive deeper. Or just jump in wherever you are – we’re Untidy, normal rules don’t apply! Fill your boo...

In this episode of Untidy, Hannah and Matilda confess their wins, losses, and first week fumbles as the pressures of parenting crank up a gear and the family calendar becomes the Holy Grail of functionality. Matty’s gripping onto the reins of school admin in the face of Art’s audacity to take it over, or worse, check her work ...

They revisit their Words of the Year, including listener submissions and ambitions, which b...

In this mini-episode of Untidy, Matty and Hannah share highlights of their conversation Zazi Henderson (Zazi Plays @zaziplays) from the episode, ‘Communicating through chaos with Zazi Henderson’. Zazi joined the girls for a refreshingly honest chat about modern parenting and how to do it well while keeping your sanity. 

They talk about why getting on the floor matters for language development, phone faces, and how ...

In this episode of Untidy, Hannah and Matilda return from the structural wilderness of the holidays to the regimented back-to-school routine. They take on a mother–daughter LEGO®  challenge to build their animal besties and discover the evolving magic of going on a creative adventure with their girls.

There are the dolphins, orcas, and puppies they expected, and then the less-anticipated freestyle creations, inter-ge...

In this eagerly awaited update in The Case of the Missing Santa, Matty and Hannah bring you new developments in Warkworth’s shocking cosy crime ... 

Just four days after being installed by Matty’s letterbox to spread seasonal cheer, our festive hero was abducted. Only cloth fragments remained. A community is rocked. A missing person investigation is ongoing ...

Following official police correspondence, a bulletin t...

In this episode of Untidy, Hannah and Matilda discuss what’s really happening in your child’s brain when they play. They’re joined by Dr Annette Henderson, a New Zealand child development expert and Professor at the University of Auckland. Specialising in how children develop communication, cooperation, and social understanding, Annette brings a deeply researched and reassuring perspective on why play is central t...

In this mini-episode of Untidy, Matty and Hannah share highlights from their chat with podcaster, presenter and comedian, Hamish Blake. This Best Bits episode is for anyone who’s ever wondered what their kids will actually remember about growing up, and hope it’s the good stuff!

Hamish talks about presence, rituals, and why parenting isn’t about the activity, the advice, or getting it “right” but about...

In this episode of Untidy, Hannah and Matilda cover a veritable feast of topics from the big mistake behind the Beckhams' family feud, the devastating decline of the roadside boop-boop, and the time Matilda and Art got properly and painfully scammed. 

They have teenagers on the brink of independence, dogs on the brink of demise, and households descending into full renovation chaos, soon to be followed by Matty's sensibilities ...

In this episode of Untidy, Matilda and Hannah are ready to swing open the stable door, be slapped on the rumps, and gallop forth into 2026 for the year of the horse! They share their theme words for the year, vaguely remember what they promised themselves for the previous year, and are off on an ambitious trajectory, considering they're but a few weeks in. Slightly overwhelmed by being in a real-life studio, they recover to tidy up...

In this fan favourite episode of Untidy, Matilda and Hannah are joined by internationally renowned exercise physiologist and nutrition scientist Dr Stacy Sims — a trailblazer on a mission to revolutionise how women train, eat, and perform.

Known for her viral TED Talk “Women Are Not Small Men”, bestselling book Roar, and over 100 peer-reviewed papers, Stacy has dedicated her career to closing the gender gap i...

In this episode of Untidy, Matilda and Hannah chat with artist and filmmaker, Jacob Dawson, who flips the script and interviews the girls. So, what happens when a soon-to-be dad realises 2026 is officially ‘The Year of the Baby’… and decides to crowdsource his entire parenting education from two women who have conceived, birthed, and (at time of recording) successfully retained their children?

Jacob everything he...

In this fan favourite episode of Untidy, Hannah and Matty chat with two legends of New Zealand broadcasting, Jay-Jay Feeney and Dom Harvey. Well-known for their work together on The Edge Breakfast Show, Jay-Jay and Dom have shared an extraordinary journey that has seen them transition from romantic partners to business partners, redefining what it means to evolve a partnership.

From their new podcast studi...

In this episode of Untidy, Matilda and Hannah make a final bid for efficiency to cover all the talking points that got lost in favour of alluring tangents. They unpack Hannah’s devastation of being emotionally manipulated by AI dog videos, debate whether a listener’s bush poo was a crime of public indecency or an approved solution, and offer inspiration for ridding yourself of Elf on a Shelf.

Hannah’s driving out ...

In this episode of Untidy, Hannah and Matilda get bum-clenchingly honest about relationships, emotional triggers, fear of failure, and the disappointing truth that doing “the work” doesn’t mean you’re finally “fixed”... (Wait ... what?!) It’s Matty’s turn to talk Hannah off the ledge this week!

They talk hyper-vigilance, catching petty old patterns resurfacing, the pressure to get rel...

In this episode of Untidy, Matilda and Hannah are back together after Hannah’s pilgrimage in India to bring you a conversation covering all the HARD HITTING NEWS. Your Untidy chat is characterised by their consistency in offering you zero structure, maximum honesty, accidental wisdom, and altogether too much information, whether you wanted a discourse on butt hoses and glass bathrooms or not.

They’ll let you know how to...

In this episode of Untidy, Matilda and Hannah chat with the unshockable Cath Hakanson, a globally renowned sex educator and founder of Sex Ed Rescue, Sex Ed Shop, and the podcast Sex Ed for Tween Parents.

Cath has helped over a million parents around the world talk to their kids about sex, bodies, gender, and relationships. Her mission is to make these conversations less cringey, more confident, and just a normal part of growing up...

In this episode of Untidy, Matilda and Hannah discuss an experience every parent will relate to. When you love your kids to bits, but they’re pushing you to the edge of your coping capacity.

Hannah and Matilda unpack those big parenting moments: the ones that make you question if anyone else’s kids are losing it like this, or if it’s just yours, and what does that mean about you as a parent? They talk about...

In this episode of Untidy, Matilda and Hannah are joined by friend of the show, former co-producer, and fellow podcaster Melody Thomas. Melody is the co-creator and host of The Good Sex Project podcast and BANG!, among many other great shows. She joins the girls in bed, for a conversation about the radical act of lying the f*ck down.  

Prompted by Melody’s viral Substack essay The Radical Act of Lying the F** Down, ...