Life Uncut podcast and ARN iHeart part ways

ARN and the popular podcast Life Uncut with Brittany Hockley and Laura Byrne have parted ways.

An ARN spokesperson said “After six successful years together, ARN and Life Uncut will part ways at the end of 2025, allowing us to focus on new iHeart Originals launching in 2026. More details on our upcoming podcast slate and The Pick Up will be shared at our Upfront on 29 October.”

Brittany and Laura host The Pick Up from 3-4pm weekdays on the KIIS Network.

Up until this time last year the show also included Mitch Churi, who has now left the network started his own chat show, supported by Acast. 

In 2024 Brittany and Laura were awarded the ACRA as Best Podcast Hosts, (Brittany Hockley pictured at the awards – main) the podcast surpassed 100 million downloads in July and in the most recent Australian Podcast Ranker it ranked 7th (see above) with nearing 900K monthly downloads.