Benjamin Maio Mackay's Talk 2 Me! Benjamin Maio Mackay's Talk 2 Me! Benjamin Maio Mackay's Talk 2 Me! is a podcast hosted by actor and director Benjamin Maio Mackay. The show launched in May 2014. The show is produced by Preachrs Podcast OnLine & OnStage. By mid-2014 the show began receiving positive press, including articles on "Books and Arts Daily" and in The Australian. After concluding a 4-year Doctor Who podcast Maio Mackay wanted to launch an interview show, which he described as "a midpoint between The Graham Norton Show and Parky." Maio Mackay used his past podcast and ABC Radio hosting experience to coax early
The Talk (talk show) as "dates" to fill in Aisha's seat. At the start of the eighth season, some of the guest hosts included Carrie Ann Inaba, Garcelle Beauvais, Michelle Williams, Sasheer Zamata and Eve, the last of whom was announced as the fifth permanent co-host on November 14, 2017. In a promo for the ninth season, it was revealed that all five co-hosts would return to the panel. However, Chen did not return to the show for the ninth season premiere amid sexual misconduct allegations against her husband Leslie Moonves. Chen officially announced her departure from the talk show in a pre-taped message