Hello! Get to know the Unhinged Greeks

Welcome to our very first (slightly chaotic) episode, where it all begins.

In true unhinged fashion, we're diving headfirst into who we are, how we met, and what led us to finally deciding to press the "record" button.

From Greek roots, to mental health spirals, to parenting fails, expect complete oversharing, plenty of side tangents, and the kind of honesty you usually only get at 2am with your best friend.

This is us .. unfiltered, unpolished, and ready to say the things everyone is thinking.

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Transcript

Speaker 0:00

Cheers! Hello! I sound like a parrot (hysterical laughing). I mean, do we expect anything less ? Squawk! (imitates a parrot, followed by more hysterical laughing) This is us. This is the Unhinged Greeks in the flesh. We're a bit flustered for our first episode. I think if it's not obvious, we've just no idea what we're doing. We are trying very hard to plan and bring it all together. It's a lot easier said than done. We had this image in our heads that we're like, you know what?

Speaker 1 0:37

Just get to the hotel room. Be here by 10:30. We have our best friend's birthday today. It's a 40th celebration. We don't always look like this. No, we don't always we often look like thumbs. But we're like, let's just get our first episode filmed and ready to go. So we're very excited for what lies ahead. Welcome to Unhinged Greeks.

Speaker 2 1:01

So what are we here for today? So this is our first. I mean, you would have seen our little by the time this gets published, is that the word? Release. By the time this gets released, you would have seen our little teaser, which gives you a very brief rundown. But this is uh getting hto know us. So we're going to introduce ourselves, talk about our friendship, and talk about our why, why we wanted to do this podcast, what we hope it will grow into. Yep, and what you can expect to hear from us in the following episodes.

Speaker 1 1:35

Exactly. And I think today is really just to Lina's point is really focusing on who we are as individuals, who we are and how we became the best friends that we are today. And at the end, we'll just do a little bit of a quick fire chat to each other and give our ultimate unhinged answers on questions about ourselves.

Speaker 2 1:54

Yes, and that probably also give you a little bit more of an insight into our personalities. We don't know what these questions are going to bet, so it'll be very interesting when we get to the end.

Speaker 1 2:05

Awesome. So I'm Cass. I am a 40-year-old mum married. We're married now for going on 10 years. Well, both of us have been married for 10 years with our lovely husbands. This year. Yes, this year. We both both got married in 2016. You know, I am a coastal girl now. Moved down the south coast with my husband and my two children. So my husband is Carlos. You will hear a lot about him in this pod. He's obviously the bane of my existence and the love of my life. And then we've got our two beautiful boys, Xander and Phoenix, who are also the bane of my existence. And probably what forced us to even get this podcast underway. So yeah, we decided to move down the coast. We're originally Sydney Siders. You know, I'm a full-time worker.

Speaker 2 2:53

Can I put my hand up when I want to speak? Sure. We've been told not to talk over each other, which is really hard for us. I mean, has anyone met two Greek women? Or just two women in general? That's all I was thinking. How are we gonna do this? Like in real life, we would throw something at each other if one wanted to get the other person's attention. I've spat chewing gumt at your face. You have actually. Yeah. Um, less than a metre from not like less than We were on a train. Yeah, yes.

Speaker 1 3:19

And so that thing was just a bit of backstory about us. That was probably how our friendship really lifted up. I mean, not the chewing gum. But Lina and I, we used to work together um at a bank, at one of the big banks in lovely Western Sydney. And Lina was my manager, and I remember meeting Lina and I was like, oh my god, she's so glamorous, she's so put together, she's so poised. She was a little bit intimidating, but you know, she was um a smoker and I was a smoker, and we'd be out there darting away. And one next minute, being a Greek, she's like, I'm going to Greece. She's like, give me your travel agent's details. I was like, sure, I'll give the travel agents details. And I got a quote for her to go to Greece this year. And this was in 2010. So it's going to be the FIFA World Cup. And the tickets were so cheap. I was like, you know what? I'll come with you. Didn't have any responsibilities.

Speaker 2 4:08

So we went to Greece together. Off we went, and it was planned in a lunch break. Yeah, nice and nice and quick and efficient, which is exactly how Cass works. She's honestly one of the most efficient people that I have ever met in my life. It actually gives me an inferiority complex because there's just no comparison. So I've just very much very quickly learnt to know my place as a type B. I actually, this is a whole other episode. I actually think I'm a type C, not even a type B. Like I've just demoted myself.

Speaker 1 4:41

I mean, I feel like you also called your husband this morning a type Z. I did. So I didn't realise that we had an alphabetical analogy. You are the alpha.

Speaker 2 4:52

So you're like a type A. Just anyway, that's it. Like you can't compare, and then the rest of us slot somewhere in there. Uh and then this morning, yeah. I mean, I could have put Paul in the bin. Um, definitely a type C, but again, that's we can all pull the story. We digress.

Speaker 1 5:11

Uh husband, yeah, we digress, sorry. So I guess, yeah, so uh, yeah, that's a little, you know, me in a nutshell, 40, full-time worker, two young boys. I live two hours away from any form of help. I've managed to build a really amazing village down the coast for me. So some really beautiful mums down there that are helping. Um, but life for me is chaos. I find that I run and I run away from my problems. Last year I did two half marathons, it was like this whole I'm turning 40. I mean, I've always been into my fitness, so I don't want it to be like, oh my god, I've never run a day in my life or I've never lifted up a dumbbell, but it was just something I wanted to set myself up for. And the first time I ran, I was like, oh, I'm actually pretty good at this. So often it's yet running away from my problems. So that is me in a nutshell, and then Lina and I have just been literally, I mean, our friendship, probably since we've both become mums in the last I'd say eight to nine years, has really, really taken off. Like, we are the same person, we hold the same values, we have the same family issues. We do, we you know, we also parent very differently as well. Yeah, you're a lot more nurturing than what I am. Well, no, I wouldn't say that. Like, there's a lot of things we've just got we've got different strengths and weaknesses, but when all the kids are together, we parent together, yeah. Yeah, it's literally we are the village, yeah. We are inseparable even though we don't live near each other, we talk on different platforms all day. Oh, it's too much every day. We don't often know which platform that we've spoken on. Um, but then I guess, yeah, this is the podcast, and as you probably would have seen already leading up to this, you know, with our little socials. We just thought, let's get it out there to other women, get them to know us a little bit more. We've often had people stop us in public by random strangers going, Who are you? Like, what are you laughing about? We just think our conversations are so unhinged and so unfiltered, and we know that there are women out there having the same conversations and probably just think, What the fuck? Sorry, I'm also a big swearer. Yeah, there's not gonna be any bips on this. So we thought let's just get it out there and make the most of it. Who knows where it's gonna be? Who knows what we're gonna be achieving from this? We hope to achieve great things, we just want it to grow, we want to grow our community.

Speaker 2 7:29

Yeah, absolutely. I mean, look, the podcast community is extremely saturated at the moment, you know, I was doing research and I'm thinking to myself, what makes us so different to everybody else? We're not the only self-proclaimed funny women in the world, but I think over time we will find our niche. And a big saying for me is like attracts like, and you know, it b might be asking you questions about, you know, parenting, about you know, things that that our kids have done, marriage woes, you know, ideas, suggestions, tips, how do you juggle X, Y, or Z? We can also, you know, put it out to you if you want any advice from us. We can do like an anonymous DM us anonymously, we can do like an agony aunt column. I mean, look, one of us is in therapy, the other one needs it. So I don't think that we are in any position to be giving advice, but uh, this isn't TGA approved- exactly - is that even the word?

Speaker 1 8:30

I don't think we often, yeah, we just a lot of self-diagnosis and Google diagnosis, but you know, I think once again we've digressed, and that's the w what we said we would do. What about you, Koumbs?

Speaker 2 8:42

What about me? So my name is Lina, my real name is Paulina, that is Panayiota in Greek for those following along at home. Look, we're all friends, so please call me Lina. I very likely won't respond to Paul Lina even if you do call me that. Um, so my husband's name is Paul. So Paul and Paulina, while it's very cute, it's also very confusing. So we'll stick with Lina, I think. I am also 40 years old, I'm an Aries. I am obviously married, so I've been married to Paul for the last 10 years, as we've mentioned. He's amazing. Look, I say he's amazing this week. Next week might be a completely different story. This morning, this morning was a completely different story. You just never know what you're going to get. Um, and that is just the hormonal roller coaster of perimenopause and PMS and PMDD and all the other fun things that we're going to talk about at some point. But look, he's along for the ride with us. Um, and that's what I love about him so much. He's very encouraging of this podcast. And yeah, I even asked him this morning. I said, Would you come on for a chat? And he's like, I hate my voice, and I'm like, Yeah, that's all right, like so do I, but here we are. Yeah, here we are. I am a proud mum of two boys. James Dimitri (Demetrius in Greek). Um he is seven, and Thomas (Anastasi) is six. So, yes, I had two kids 16 and a half months apart. It was not planned, it was a surprise. Yep, it keeps me very busy, they are a lot, and you'll no doubt learn about them, but they're also equally amazing. I work, I work in finance, I always have. That's how I met Cass. Hobbies. Look, I don't run. Okay. I also don't smoke anymore. I used to run when I used to smoke. How does that make sense? I don't know. I was younger. It's the adrenaline, I reckon. Full of collagen air. Full of collagen. Oh, just full of hopes and dreams. It worked. The smoke was coming out of your anus. There she is. The dunny blue that helped. It helped. Is that a is that a menthol? No, it's Lina. She is like the wind. Anyway. So, yeah, look, do I have hobbies? I don't know. Look, do I try to go to the gym days it bring me joy? Look, there might be a bit of endorphins at the end of it. It's a love-hate relationship here, and you're happy that you went after you happy when you're skinny the following week. Do I want to age well because I'm vain? Yes, very much so. Um, we grew up in the 90s, hello.

Speaker 1 11:45

We come from Greek families that, you know, you're eating too much. You're not doing it enough. We have a complex. Yeah, I look we're trying to break that cycle though. Once again, yes, PSA. We don't endorse bad words about body image.

Speaker 2 12:02

Oh, absolutely. No, no, not here. This is just in private where we have meltdowns. Yeah, to it to each other. One of us will be spiraling. So we have, let's talk about our crew. Yeah, so we have like friendships. You've got, you know, your school mum friends, I've got my school mum friends, I've got friends that I've had, you know, since high school and since the Greek dancing days and and all of that that I'm still very, very close to. And look, going back to endorphins, like nothing fills my cup more than sitting around a table with a glass of wine yapping with my girlfriend. Yeah, it is hands down the best feeling in the world. There is, yes, I'm married, he's great, he's my best friend, but he's not my soulmate. Like my soul, you are my soulmate. I feel like I'm telepathically connected to you. I can read your mind and feel your energy before you even open your mouth, and that's really special. And I definitely don't take it for granted. And part of that, I guess that friendship and that energy is the other three girls. So there's three, there's five of us all together. Cass is the one that made individual friendships with all of us, but over the last what decade more, um, we have all grown a bond with each other outside of our friendship with Cass, which is I think equal for me, equally as an important friendship. Like we can catch up. Um, I went to a concert, Lainey Wilson concert, on Monday night with BT. So you'll hear about BT. There's Nikki, (Nikisha), u Rana. So they're they're the crew. U so you will hear their names pop up. You may meet them because you may meet them, they might jump on, they might be filmed without their consent, but we don't give a shit. We may record their phone conversations. We may record phone conversations, we might share screenshots of our messages, and that's okay because they're here for the right as well. So, yeah, keep an ear out, eye out, because they'll make a cameo appearance, and I think it's just as important as yeah, our friendship bond specifically, you and I is like the thick Greek hair on our heads.

Speaker 14:20

Oh, and my back Maybe my left flap, the one that keeps on growing. Or the nipple. And you look one, it's just like, there it is again.

Speaker 14:35

Menopause a few extra sprouts that we've got.

Speaker 1 14:37

No, like allm jokes asidel we often joke of how much hair we have and we leave it everywhere. Um, but no matter how much hair that falls out, like we just had so like it's it's just the thickness and the foundation of our friendship. A bond cannot be broken.

Speaker 2 14:51

Bond cannot be broken, just like our hair.

unknown 14:55

Correct.

Speaker 1 14:56

Alright, I think you know, we shall go to our little fun facts.

Speaker 15:01

What have we got? Yeah. Fun facts. Oh, can we just rewind a little bit? Okay. Topics. What can we expect to hear about?

Speaker 1 15:08

Yes, I forgot we're actually filming this. Yes. It's putting it out there to you guys, but I think we definitely have some key topics that we probably want to focus on, and each episode will be one of those topics, and it'll be just us talking about them unhinged. So, you know, a big one that we talk about a lot is our perimetopause. We are n there in the thick of it, it's literally the onset. It feels like a thickness, it feels like the thicker and it's it's what causes the extra tears to go, for fuck's sake, we've got another at least 10 years of this shit ahead of us.

Speaker 2 15:38

It's wild, and not to digress, but you know, everyone's like, I know I look 19, but no, I'm I'm 40, and this shit has already started a long time ago, so it's really cooked. Um, wast a lady in the lift, yeah. So because Paul and I were at each other like the whole time, yeah, and then Carlos came down. I'm like, take this bag and take him. Like, I'm done. And he's like, Oh, just a heads up. Cassie's like, you know, oh, I'm like me too. And he's like, shit, 10 o'clock. She was like, I fucking said 10:30. Never said 10. She wishes it was 10. Anyway, so we're in this lift, and there's other people in there, and then these this older couple, the man's gone to swipe the card, and she's like, You didn't push up the button. And I said, I just blurted out. It never changes, does it? Like, and everyone laughed. But they they could there was another couple, and she's like, Oh, wait, she goes, Do you have kids? And I said, Yes, and she's like, Really? I'm like, Yes, yes, friend. Um, and she said, I'll wait till they're teenagers. And I'm like, oof.

Speaker 1 16:45

That's what, yeah, my cousin, she said the exact same thing. Her boys are a lot more older than ours, and she said it does never fucken end cass. Yeah, so you know, that's just an example of a topic. ADHD is another really big one. We've both got, I guess, what we call as neurodiverse kids, our youngest little special ones. Um, very spicy, very fucking painful, and just navigating that and everything we do to try to fix, you know. Just as an example, the other day, I put words of affirmation on Phoenix's mirror, just so you know, but that's just another topic. But yes, it'll be various topics, but also through our socials, we want to ask women what they want to hear about and what they want to hear, our unhinged opinion on that specific topic.

Speaker 2 17:22

Yes, absolutely.

Speaker 1 17:24

Question time what is the most dramatic thing I have ever overreacted to? Oh fuck, where do I start?

Speaker 2 17:32

Oh babe, there's so many.

Speaker 1 17:35

Very dramatic.

Speaker 17:36

Oh there's so many. I can't actually think of like one specific thing. Because when you do flip, there's a valid reason for you flipping out, right? But when you are stressed, you will flip out over, and I mean we all do it, but over the dumbest, stupidest little thing.

Speaker 1 18:03

Like lining up in a customs line. Fuck you all. We're also going to Bali next weekend, so that's just another little side topic.

Speaker 2 18:14

Oh, a specific example. I don't I can't I actually can't remember a specific example because that is just I just know that when you are stressed, you will flip out at yeah, at the little. I'm a clicker. I literally have a very short fuse. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'm working on that with my therapist. She will actually like she'll flip a chair. Um literally. To be fair, I have never been at the end of that, like, but honestly, I feel fair. I'm like, I'm too scared. So I'm like, we have to go wrong. You know, we're like, oh my god, because Paul's like, how did you even get into this podcast? I'm like, I'm just scared. She just was at me for so long. I just went, okay. So people, this is not true. No, no, no.

Speaker 1 19:00

It is part ially true okay, go. Now you get the concept of the question that I got. Okay, well, this is one of my questions. What is your favorite thing about me? Oh, fuck me. One thing, one thing alone. Your favorite my favorite thing about you is your ability just to keep me grounded. Oh, see, it's a special, it's a superpower. It is a superpower to literally like I know in those moments of smiling, and there have been really, really dark moments where I've text you at seven o'clock in the morning when she's also dealing with fucking chaos in her own house, and I'd be like, for Greeks following. I'm about to do this, and I'm not even gonna repeat. And she will literally drop whatever it is that she's doing. I'll leave my kids there to stab themselves. That's okay, and you would have to be able to calm me down. Like there are you know, I think there's things that I can't even tell Carlos or other friends in my life, like you are the only person I will go to. Yeah, and there's no judgment. So, your ability, and that is my favourite thing that I know I can always rely on you. Of course. I love you. I've been drinking so much proseco.

Speaker 2 20:08

Okay, okay, what's next?

Speaker 1 20:10

Probably got time for a couple more. If I was arrested, what would everyone assume I did? It would have something to do with you being naked, it would have to do with your in decent exposure. Without a doubt. Without a doubt. I do love being in the nude. I'm not gonna lie. I am so comfortable in my body on the days that I don't look like a thumb. Oh, if you're not pre-period, you know, so basically for seven days out of a 30-day month, I feel completely, you know.

Speaker 20:45

I love you work hard for your body, absolutely beautiful, and you know what? Own it. The rest of us do not have that confidence, but this it would be being naked for sure. Like you're just a you're you're so liberated and you're just so, yep, this is me, like it or take it. I love that. I'm a little bit jealous of that side, definitely because you're naked. And it would be in a foreign country to make it to make it even worse, right? It would be like Bali.

Speaker 1 21:12

Chappelle Corby situation mix, so not that it's drug related, but getting arrested in Bali, because I decided to do a nudie run down the middle of Canggu Beach.

Speaker 21:21

She wanted to tan her , she wanted to tan the hair and row. Okay, here. Uh, thanks for sharing. If I was a warning label, what would it say? Lucky you are pretty. Lucky I'm pretty is what your warning label would say. Yours would say handle with care. Fragile. May explode without. Notice. Oh my god, if we go back to the arresting one, yeah.

Speaker 1 22:04

What would you be arrested for?

Speaker 2 22:07

I feel like you've gone mushroom hunting to cook for Paul. Mushroom picking. It wouldn't even be mushroom. Sorry, too soon? That's too that's not okay. Why? But mushrooms, okay. No, like I do. I've recently been introduced to mushrooms. No, I'm not talking about that. I'm talking the lady that kills make the pies. I was trying to like get away from that because I'm like, that's not okay. Well, first of all, I don't cook. Like, I'm never gonna bake a fucking mushroom pie. Let's be real. Okay, me. So no, I'll cook it for you. I'm your alibi. Okay, one more, one more. If I were a household appliance, what would I be and why?

Speaker 1 22:52

You would be a microwave. Because we just don't know how to set the timer effectively, like, and you're not always on time.

Speaker 23:01

So when have I ever been late?

Speaker 1 23:04

Always, but then again, I've got a different expectation in my mind. You're definitely a microwave. Like, you're like, okay, I'm gonna set you for two minutes to reheat my pasta, and then I can't take it out, the plate's hot. I'm about to fucking drop you, but then like I go to eat said pasta, and you're like stone cold in the middle. I'm like, for fuck's sake, completely unreliable at the moment. Shove you back in the microwave for another minute. You are the microwave that's a little bit unhinged with your timing ability.

Speaker 23:31

No, I disagree with that. Okay, completely, completely. When I'm by myself, I am never late. Thank you very much. I'm never early. No, just to be clear, it's not. If you tell me to be somewhere at one o'clock, I'll be there at one o'clock. Not like you, you can be there at 12:45..

Speaker 1 23:50

. If I was a household appliance, what would I be? A blender without the lid.

Speaker 24:04

Lots of good ingredients go in, but then they also come out. On that note, I love you. I love you too. Let's go celebrate our other bestie.

Speaker 1 24:15

Let's do celebrate our other bestie. Thank you, everybody. See you next time. Bye.