In this SAFE SPACE episode, we explore what it’s really like to be a Porn Star, as Angela White takes us behind the scenes of the adult film world.

Angela is the most searched adult performer globally and among the top earners on OnlyFans, sitting in the highest percentile of adult content creators. She’s a boundary-pushing filmmaker, academic, and advocate reshaping the adult industry on her own terms.

In this episode Angela reveals what life in the adult industry is really like, from the dynamics of intimacy on set, to the importance of communication, consent, and understanding your own desires. This conversation invites curiosity, challenges assumptions, and encourages all of us to embrace our sexuality without shame. Whether it’s redefining empowerment or dismantling taboos around older women in porn, Angela’s insight offers something valuable for any woman who’s ever wondered what it means to fully own her body and her choices.

CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains adult themes and is for grown-up ears only. So if you've got little ones nearby, now's a good time to grab your headphones.

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• Angela White is rewriting what it means to be a woman in adult film, on her terms. Check out her Instagram & TikTok for insights, activism and unapologetic glam head to her for more
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CREDITS:
Host: Jessica Rowe
Guest: Angela White
Executive Producer: Nic McClure
Audio Producer: Nat Marshall
Digital Content Producer: Zoe Panaretos

The Jess Rowe Big Talk Show acknowledges the Gadigal people, Traditional Custodians of the land on which we recorded this podcast, and pay our respects to their Elders past, present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders peoples here today.

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In this SAFE SPACE episode, Jess sits down with Steph Trethewey to explore what it’s really like to be a rural mum, isolated, without support, and raising a newborn in the middle of nowhere.

Former TV journalist Steph left her high-profile career behind to raise a family on a remote Tasmanian farm, but what followed was a brutal mental health spiral into postnatal depression. Cut off from her community, career, and sense of identity, she found herself deeply unravelling, an experience shared by many rural mothers across Australia.

In this powerful conversation, Steph shares the unseen toll of rural motherhood, including staggering statistics: over 70% of rural mums say isolation is the hardest part of parenting, and half don’t have access to a mother’s group. This is a must-hear episode about resilience, breaking down, and the strength it takes to ask for help.

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• Out of Steph’s darkness came Motherland, a community for bush mums that has became a lifeline for rural women across Australia.
• Listen to the Motherland Australia Podcast here
• If you love what we do, why not follow the show, and rate and review on Apple or Spotify

CREDITS:
Host: Jessica Rowe
Guest: Steph Trethewey
Executive Producer: Nic McClure
Audio Producer: Nat Marshall
Digital Content Producer: Zoe Panaretos

The Jess Rowe Big Talk Show acknowledges the Gadigal people, Traditional Custodians of the land on which we recorded this podcast, and pay our respects to their Elders past, present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders peoples here today.

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This episode is a little extra special, because Jess’s guest isn’t just one of our most-loved Big Talk Show regulars… he’s also her husband and one of Australia’s most respected news anchors: Peter Overton (aka Petee!). With 35 years at Channel Nine and a Silver Logie nomination, Petee’s no stranger to the spotlight, but this time you’re asking the questions.

In this heartwarming (and cheeky) conversation, Pete reflects on his long career in news, what the Logie nomination really means to him, what he really thinks of Tom Cruise, the private call he once received from Bryan Henderson (which he’s never spoken about before), and his secret to staying cool under pressure. He also shares why he believes success isn’t defined by what we do, but by how we show up in the world. Expect plenty of laughs, a few mushy moments, surprise cameo questions (yes, even from Ally Langdon!), and thoughtful insights from one of TV’s kindest hearts.

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• Vote for Peter for the Silver Logie HERE Category 20 Ray Martin Award for Most Popular News or Public Affairs Presenter
• If you love what we do, why not follow the show, and rate and review on Apple or Spotify

CREDITS:
Host: Jessica Rowe
Guest: Peter Overton
Executive Producer: Nic McClure
Audio Producer: Nat Marshall
Digital Content Producer: Zoe Panaretos

The Jess Rowe Big Talk Show acknowledges the Gadigal people, Traditional Custodians of the land on which we recorded this podcast, and pay our respects to their Elders past, present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders peoples here today.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.