- 30th June 2026
- By Cal Wilson
The Mother Load
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Cal and Santi get down to the nitty gritty of money and power to find out why women are still being financially penalised for having children (especially single mothers) and how this concerns all of us, kids or no kids. Plus, hear from Dr Lyndall Strazdins who says that in order to solve the gender pay gap once and for all, first we need to understand the gender gap in time.
Featured: Jamila Rizvi (Editor, Future Women), Karen Pickering (author & feminist organiser), Juanita McLaren (academic researcher & writer), Dr Lyndall Strazdins (Professor and ARC Future Fellow, Research School of Population Health, ANU).
A six-part series hosted by Cal Wilson (comedian) and Santilla Chingaipe (journalist and filmmaker). In each episode, Cal and Santilla work together to decode money and power, and what it means for our freedom.
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Cal Wilson
Cal Wilson (1970–2023) was a New Zealand stand-up comedian, author, radio and television presenter based in Australia. She came across the Tasman in 2003 and went on to become one of our most popular comedians, a perennial favourite on television shows such as Spicks and Specks, Good News Week, Thank God You’re Here, and more recently Have You Been Paying Attention? and Hughesy We Have a Problem. Her stand up shows were engaging as they are hilarious, often bringing the audience’s stories to life alongside her own.