Buckle up, bandits, it's the season finale of Highly Enthused! We're dipping back into some golden oldies this week in terms of TV, Books and Nail Tech, but we're also testing new ways to spice up omelettes and we're thinking a lot about ambition and what that word even means rn. Thank you to Assembly Label for sponsoring this episode, enter the li…

This week we have new Highly Enthused MERCH and multiple types of hot sauce! Our meatballs are spiced like felafels and we've got a restaurant that serves the most decadent tarama on toast. You want a Nicholas Cage movie? We got it. You want "elevated" crispy chocolate treats? We've got that too! We've got it allll.Thank you again to Assembly Label…

Spring is just about here, so we're feeding our plants a special juice, making sure our luggage doesn't go AWOL with some new tech and brining our chicken in pickle juice. What more could you want? For all the links to everything mentioned in this and every ep, subscribe to our free Friday newsletter at highlyenthused.substack.com. Upgrade to a $5 …

This week our pasta is neon, our bread is savoury and our citrus is tart and juicy. We've got a movie that focuses on the messy middle part of growing up, slippery rice noodles, a yoga studio that hums and SoMo's ongoing quest for the perfect pair of undies. Come along for the ride! For links to everything mentioned in this and every episode, sign …

Hello! Recommendations this week include a bar DEDICATED to the Martini, a grief-studded novel set in Tuscany, an essential inflatable, a newsletter to get you writing and the ultimate it bag for that mid-winter holiday you've hopefully booked. Eat up, sweetpeas. For links to everything mentioned in this and every episode, sign up to our free Frida…

This week we're not basic and boring, we're functional and beautiful! We've got toddler fatigue, yes, but we also have two delicious, fragrant bowls of noodles, a salty seaweed snack and fish sauce so good you can use it in salad dressings. For non-food content we've got you covered with a television show to make you feel things and one, lovely ver…

Martinis are DEAD. There's a new cocktail in town. No but seriously, this week we are eating everything in our fridge, cooking chicken slowly in fragrant broth, watching movies with dad and cleaning things that probably don't need cleaning. Need a new foundation? Tick. How about a tool to elevate your toothbrush situation? Maybe a win that's Not Fa…

It's was a long, weird, mouldy summer but we're finally back for Season 6! We took an extra long break and now we are refreessshhhedd and ready to jump into a season of sensuous and unctuous recommendations. We're planning trips and booking flights and packing boxes and shaking things up. But don't worry! We're not leaving you again for a long time…

It's our surprise Season 5 Finale!! This year was a marathon not a sprint, and we decided to give ourselves a bit of a pre-Christmas early mark. To send us off we've got lots of lovely things scattered in amongst an awful lot of **feelings**. Creamy, chewy noodles! Kitchen robots! Oscar Isaac with sizzling chemistry! Potent bottled cocktails with p…

Guys, it's ep 13(!), we are in our longest season of all time, but we're not caving in yet! We have lots to say! Lots about letting onions turn deeply sweet and brown, lots about film, a random cleaning tip you'll probs be impressed by, gifts that feel good, an umami bomb condiment, and a few spatterings about that thing we love to see, the tangles…

The sunshine had us energised this week and we are ticking things off our to-do lists left and right as we get ready for our first week outta lockdown. Baking cakes! Roasting peppers! Buying bikinis and chargrilling skewers and binging entire seasons of gripping television in one weekend! This episode was sponsored by ettitude. Right now, you can g…

The end is in sight! Picnics are here! We're vibrating with new energy this week and have lots for you - about five things to up your picnic game (spoiler alert - just order pizza), a podcast that will make your brain melt, a 2-step strawberry recipe, a foreplay game and a website that tracks cool people's holidays to cool places. Sign. Us. Up. For…

It's the first day of spring!! And this weeks ep has more food recommendations than you can shake a stick at! (As well as a couple of non-food recs we managed to scrounge up.) We've got a cookbook worth dog-earing, two recipes that'll have you eating your greens, Gen Z inspired nail art, not one but TWO new podcasts to get obsessed with and are we.…

Oh hey, we're back with perhaps our longest episode ever? Lots of juicy tidbits this week including an addictive new show, a dish with black pepper as its star, a frightening doco, tunes to bop to, restaurant food delivered, and more! Sign up for our Friday newsletter to get links to everything mentioned in this episode at highlyenthused.substack.c…

Which Soph would win in a bar fight? Which Soph would win in a cook off? After a big scary life event what helps us feel like ourselves again? Exactly how drunk do we get while recording? You asked, we answer! Sign up for our Friday newsletter to get links to everything mentioned in our regular episodes at highlyenthused.substack.com, and while you…

Our title this week is thanks to the heeeeavenly Donna Lewis! Taking us out on this fine day in lockdown. We have so much this week, from a green smoothie/risotto recipe by a curly-haired goat farmer, to a fun game for nights in, two podcasts for long walks, very cool posters for kid or adult rooms and a real estate website you will be addicted to …

Lockdown has us going a little loopy. Our screen time is wayyyyy up and we're at the "just say yes" to all our impulses stage. Yes to baths! Yes to cocktails! Yes to plastic toys! Yes to skincare and homewares and reading kids books as adults! As always we cover all angles in this weeks ep - from margs in the bath to a checker-print oven mitt, a sa…

It's a lockdown special! Are we over it? Yes! But do we still have fun and delicious things to share? Always! From a burnished cheesecake to a fuzzy, cozy throw rug, cold noodles and a cute little snack of a book, we have it all, folks. Sign up for our Friday newsletter to get links to everything mentioned in this episode at highlyenthused.substack…

Trying and failing to have it all! Attachment theory jokes! A love letter to Sarah Snook! Wanting to be slapped in the face (by observations)! Other kinds of consensual face touching! Decorating choice paralysis! A perfect gift for a pondering writer! A way out of our podcast ruts! For a link to everything mentioned in this and every episode, sign …

We've got no less than THREE cafe recommendations for you this week, team, three! These come with a side of two very special vinos, some rib-tickling denim, Danish STUFF you clearly need to add to cart, a book with actual plot (shock! horror!) and plenty more exceptional trinkets and tidbits to fill your time. For a link to everything mentioned in …

It’s Episode 3, the weather’s turned crrrrisp and we’re both bracing ourselves for our new/old work lives. To gird our loins ahead of rejoining the grind, we’re taking holidays within holidays, doing some luxe shopping on a budget, devouring a glossy publishing memoir, making a new-to us Mexican salsa and playing yet another classic tune from the 7…

We're back with some glorious stuffs, including a recipe we're calling "fiddly elegant", the best in Japanese socks, fruit-shaped candles and our thoughts on the next cocktail to suffer death-by-meme - the! spicy! marg! For links to everything mentioned in this and every episode, sign up for our free Friday newsletter at highlyenthused.substack.com…

We're back! For Season 5! And things in Sydney are getting a little feral! There's a **vibe** in the air, and we're just so happy to be back in your ears. This week we're talking lingerie and lazy cooking, break up karaoke and spicy-sweet snacks, a podcast we've both fallen in love with, a photo book to solve all your problems, a website that cuts …

Surprise! Turns out this is the season finale of Season 4 after all. We're off to have ourselves a break over the summer - part holiday (for SoRo), part maternity leave (for SoMo). We didn't want to leave you in the lurch though so this ep is chock-a-block with the good stuff. Think sexy netflix shows, a Sydney swimming bible, comfort reads, a bang…

So much in this week's episode, from a podcast direct from lockdown in Melbourne, swimwear that will - no joke - change your life, vinegary fruit drinks, perfect (and cheap!) linen shirt dresses and something we wish we had more of all the time - a damn good book recommendation. Sign up to our Friday newsletter for links to everything mentioned in …

We've kept it snappy this week, but man do we cover a lot of ground. We've got supermarket flowers, a mouth-sweating spice blend, steamy sex scenes and a dark horse in the baked good aisle. We're self-medicating through TikTok, we're turning into our mothers and not one single chickpea was cooked in the making of this episode! Sign up to our Friday…

In this ep you'll learn how to stock your freezer with good-qual pizza and beer, impress people with a fruitful "house wine" strategy, lose hours to a TV show, de-pill those freaking balls off your jumpers, and generally get your feelings BACK ON TRACK thanks to an old fav Agony Aunt column. You need it? We got it. Sometimes. Find all the links to …

This week we are thrusting our face into the flowering bushes of Sydney in spring and letting sprigs of jasmine perfume our houses. It’s our favourite time of year, but there are deadlines to meet and sometimes the seasonal shift can make SoRo a little blue. To steady our equilibrium we have some decadent chickpeas, an app to track our cycles, a me…

This isn't and will never be a baby-focused podcast, but lots of you asked for recs, so we have a couple to share. But we're also staying hydrated drinking interesting Spanish stuff and well-concealed thanks to a refillable beauty product. Sundays are made for meatballs, so you should try these ones, and oh - we point you in the direction of probab…

We are back in business guys! Season 4 is here and we've got a couple of changes ahead (both big and small), and we are fully recharged and ready to bring you recommendations. This week an awful lot of them are food related! We've got chai and we've got tacos, we've got crispy chicken and chickpeas and middle eastern spices, we've been knitting and…

It's the season finale of season three! So, it's about time we school you in how to properly make risotto and Spanish tortilla. Plus, plenty more including cool earrings, recipes for canned goods, a very excellent new TV series on the ABC, a podcast that'll make you feel more positive about the pandemic and finally, a cheap and chic orb lamp from I…

This weeks snack-sized ep is all about our favourite places to look for the ceramics, lanterns, lamps and linens that make our homes more inviting, more luminous and dare we say it slightly more...chic? Sign up to our newsletter for links to everything mentioned in this and every ep: highlyenthused.substack.com, follow us on Instagram or email us a…

There's a lot of food in this ep! Because that's what we do now, friends. From silky poached breakfast fruit to the world's most perfect jam and TWO low-and-slow recipes, to cocktails ideas and some help if you're moving house, we got you. We got you! Sign up to our Friday newsletter for the links to everything mentioned in this episode at highlyen…

When times get tough, books have to get comforting. We've got one of our pals - journalist, pod-caster, and comfort reader extraordinaire - Hannah-Rose Yee on the podcast this week, taking us through her five(ish) fave books for these weird-as-fuck weeks. Tune in for cozy coming of age tales, behind-the-scenes secrets, filthy sex scenes and our the…

Welcome back to life on the inside. We're shopping and we're not shopping, we're doubling down on cheese and upping our intake of cabbage, we're drinking gin and using it to sanitise. Not only do we have a new and excellent film catalogue to help your indecision and endless scrolling, but we have a new book by a favourite author, cake WITH vegetabl…

We might be stuck at home, but we still want our skin to look fresh and *dewy* for all those zoom parties we've been invited to. We called up qualified naturopath, beauty therapist and certified skin whisperer Fay Halkitis of Luna Beauty & Apothecary to share all her best at home beauty secrets. Tune in to find out which fruits you can smear on you…

What do we want? Isolation tips! When do we want them? Anytime please! Your two fav Sophs are bringing home the bacon this week with no less than six cosy loungewear brands, some boozy and booze-free beverages, two recipes and lots more fun and laffs. Sign up for our newsletter for all the links to everything mentioned at highlyenthused.substack.co…

It's our first isolation episode! We managed to record this while staying socially distanced, and we're talking about some of the "micro delights" that have been getting us through the days so. Tune in to find out which of us has become a...bird watcher? Sign up to our newsletter for links to everything mentioned in this and every ep: highlyenthuse…

Look, we're just going to put this out there, SoRo breaks her sex silence in this episode. Need we say more? Gird your loins. Sign up to our newsletter for links to everything mentioned in this and every ep: highlyenthused.substack.com, follow us on Instagram or email us at highlyenthused@gmail.com

We're back for Season 3! After a leisurely summer break, we've returned refreshed, full of recommendations and ready to take on the year/Covid-19. To kick off our season we've got a fancy, fishy vinegar that'll turn any salad into a sensation, a 150-year-old classic tome of English literature that had SoRo laughing out loud, and a couple of sexy, s…

Hello! We're dropping in from holidays with a special treat: our guide to a bevy of delicious things to do, eat, see and drink in our nation's capital - Canberra. From the best bar McComas drank in last year (plus a very musical cocktail), to SoRo's adventures in dressing like a member of Gen Z and a real-time recording of our experience with James…

It's our season finale episode for Season Two! Can you believe we've made it this far? We can't. Glad to have you here with us as we set foot as born-again flappers into a new decade - The Roaring Twenties. This week we're naming our sometimes earnest, sometimes silly resolutions for the year ahead, snacking on chips and sausages and planning Nora …

We're a little - how should we put this - loosey goosey this week. Sure you could blame the wine, but we like to think it's our extreme love of travel bubbling over! This week we celebrate two of our favourite cities and compare notes on our top tips. We've got tacos and massages, handmade donuts and hand mixed spice blends, wine bars and martinis …

Life has been a bit of an emotional rollercoaster this week, team, but we're hunting for delight in the small things (thanks for the tip, Ross Gay!) and singing about salad (you really should tune in for that alone). We also have some excellent recommendations for Sardinian pasta, special wine from the Yarra Valley, books about that sweet twilight …

It's not summer yet but it's already getting pretty hot here (thanks, climate change). To help us all cool off, we've got Caroline Clements - of 'Places we Swim' fame - on the pod to take us through the best places to throw yourself into a body of water. From a "nature’s own" version of Wet and Wild, to a local spot affectionately nicknamed 'The Sl…

There’s a bit of weird ego in this ep, but it bears fruit! We have tips for things to wear on your wedding day (or to subtly suggest to a bride), some extremely easy dishes-not-dishes to serve at your next having-people-over-thing, we discuss the one beauty product to keep in your fridge and a very special little book you can probably smash out on …

It's our first Guest List for Season Two! We've got Kate Jinx from Sydney's own Golden Age onboard to take us through her five fave summer films. From a 90s classic, to a 70s french fever dream, to a forgotten Australian rock musical gem - we've got you well and truly covered for those hot summer nights when you just can't scroll through Netflix an…

This week, SoRo gets her aura photographed and leans into four different types of white noise, while SoMo spends a lot of time cackling at things on the internet, including dog memes on TikTok and Norwegians who like to touch themselves. Oh, and a new wine bar has opened that's ~somehow~ perfectly designed for us, we discover great egg rolls and ha…

When it comes to cookbooks, we might need to start instituting a 'one in, one out' policy. Except we could never - we love them all like beloved, weighty, glossy-paged children! This week we're focusing on five of our favourites, the ones we return to again and again. Listen up to find out which cookbook we reckon you can read like a novel and whic…

Would you, could you, refrain from purchasing clothes you don't need for three WHOLE months? SoMo's set herself a challenge. Meanwhile, SoRo unlocks a secret level in the burrata game, we talk orgasm workshops, an unmissable Martini happy hour, a disruptive detergent company and recommend a 1972 banger because why the hell not? This episode of High…