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Extraordinary Stories

Liz Ellis

Booking Overview

Extraordinary Stories is a weekly women-focused series hosted by Liz Ellis, featuring guests from across sport, entertainment, and public life who share personal stories of resilience and reinvention. For PR professionals, it’s a strong platform for human-interest positioning—especially around authenticity, recovery, and high-performance lived experience—provided you can bring a remarkable life narrative.

Metrics

Episodes: 47

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 3.8/5.0

Estimated listeners: 10,000 - 100,000

Gender skew: Female

Listener location: Australia

YouTube: 2.9k subscribers

Instagram: 434.0k followers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

podcast@mamamia.com.au

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Host

Liz Ellis - Host of the podcast and described as a former netball champion turned busy mum who sits down with guests to discuss their lives and journeys.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

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Typical Credentials:  
Notable women with compelling personal narratives—often public figures in sport, entertainment, entrepreneurship, or authorship—who can speak candidly about lived challenges (e.g., recovery, burnout, identity shifts) and personal resilience.
Required Achievements:  
Published books (for authors), Public athletic achievements (e.g., elite sport/competition), Career recognition in entertainment (e.g., comedians/performers), Entrepreneurial leadership (running a business)

Recent Guest Discussions

Teigan O’Shannassy - Balancing Elite Sport And Business With Parenting And A Multi-generational Household; Eating Disorder Recovery; Flexible Approach To Food; Practical Survival Strategies Around Meals.

Turia Pitt - Parenting And Running A Business; Burnout And Therapy; Unlearning Hyper-competitive Mindset; Heritage; Ironman Experiences And Under-fueling; Learning To Make Days Easier; Her Coffee Routine.

Lizzy Hoo - Balancing A High-octane Career With Life In Her 40s; Navigating Life On Tour; Food Strategies While Traveling; Heritage; Surviving On Whatever Food Is Available On The Road.

Recent Topics

Women, Resilience, Mental Health, Recovery, Athletes

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
Extraordinary Stories
:

I Know The Day My Mum Is Going To Die: Ginni's Extraordinary Story

September 25, 2026

You may know Dr Ginni Mansberg as one of the voices behind Mamamia’s women’s health podcast, The Well. But Ginni is also one of the hosts of Mamamia’s Gen X podcast, Unleashed, where women come together for a laugh, a chat and, sometimes, some of life’s harder conversations. Ginni recently shared something incredibly personal with the Unleashed listeners: the story of her mum’s decision to choose voluntary assisted dying. Extraordinary Stories is also about the e...

Full Plate: The Perfect Bowl Of Cereal, Chilli Honey On Eggs And A 90-Year-Old Housemate With Teigan O’Shannassey

June 19, 2026

Professional athlete and nutritionist, Teigan O'Shannassy is a cereal expert and ex-perfectionist with a very full plate - who also has a 90 year old housemate.  In this episode, host Liz Ellis, former netball champion turned busy mum, sits down with the NSW Swifts defender to talk about life at "game on" pace. Balancing elite sport with the mental load of her business, Tossed Together, Teigan discusses the reality of living in a multi-generational household where the biggest daily chall...

Full Plate: Raw Dogging Chia Seeds, Eating The Frog And Life After Burnout with Turia Pitt

June 12, 2026

In this episode, Liz Ellis sits down with author, athlete, coach and entrepreneur Turia Pitt. Known across Australia as a beacon of fierce resilience, Turia reveals a candid, hilariously unfiltered side of herself as she opens up about the chaotic reality of parenting two young boys while running a business.  She shares how she had to unlearn her hyper-competitive athlete mindset to survive the daily grind, diving into a period of severe burnout that led her to seek therapy and discover ...

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