[1] Created "for smart people who love dumb stuff", Shameless delves into the pop culture stories of the week in every Monday episode.

Later that year, Andrews and McDonald launched Thursday In Conversation episodes, in which they interviewed a well-known person, but this was later replaced by SCANDAL in 2021, where the hosts revisit one of the biggest celebrity controversies in history and unpack it with a modern lens.

Michelle Andrews and Zara McDonald first worked together as colleagues at women's media company Mamamia, where they pitched the podcast concept for Shameless.

[4] Upon its rejection, the pair began working on Shameless independently, and left their roles at Mamamia to pursue the podcast free of network support.

[5] As of October 2023, the podcast had over 70 million downloads and had been written about in The New York Times, The Guardian, The Age, Marie Claire, and The Sydney Morning Herald.