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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Lifestyle
As told to Katie Cunningham

Three things with Triple J’s Concetta Caristo: ‘This question is so triggering for me’

Triple J radio breakfast co-host Concetta Caristo standing with her arms folded against an white background with pink and yellow streaks.
‘I now constantly tell parents I can relate to having kids, which annoys no one’: Triple J radio breakfast co-host Concetta Caristo on plant parenthood. Photograph: ABC

If you tuned into Triple J’s Breakfast show this week, you would have heard Concetta Caristo on the airwaves. Caristo is a new addition to the youth radio station’s primetime team for 2023, joining co-host Bryce Mills on the mic.

Before she started waking up with the ABC, the Sydneysider cut her teeth as a standup comedian who delivered very funny sets about life as “the most Italian woman in the world” – who has never been to Italy. While she’s been on the comedy circuit since 2019, her standup career was put on hold during Covid lockdowns. That enforced time off gave Caristo a chance to throw herself into an important new passion: making her apartment look as nice as possible.

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