Gather Around Me
Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith help you make sense of the world.

Hi there, folks, it's ya pals Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith with another podcast for your listening duty. This week we take our topics from kind Patreon patron David "@davebottles" Bruce.

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Hi there, folks! It's a very special Christie-cast thanks to a request from Patreon-supporter Jay Freeman!

Spoiler alert for Murder On The Orient Express!

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Hi there, folks, it's episode 268 in a series of 1000 podcasts with ya mates Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith.

In this one, we talk about insurance ads and question time and Loreal and Ben was on TV and there is a confession.

Enjoy!

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Hi there, gentle listeners, it's episode 267 in a series of 1000 with ya mates Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith.

In this ep, we discuss:

  • Supergirl
  • Memento remakes
  • Germaine Greer
  • AND CONFESSIONS
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Hey there, gentle listeners! Ya pals Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith here with another movie recap-cast. This time it's 2013's The Conjuring. PLUS Ben has noticed that we are always getting left off Best Podcast Listicles and he is NOT impressed.

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Hey there folks, it's Ep 265 in a series of 1000 podchats from Ben "Up All Night To Get" Pobjie and Cam "Another Modern Reference" Smith.

In this ep,

  • Our moods.
  • Our pants.
  • A schooltime injustice.
  • National anthems.
  • The Melbourne Cup.

Enjoy.

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Hi there, gentle listeners. It's ya pals Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith.

In this ep:

  • What a nice day it is.
  • Human rights abuses.
  • Horrific crimes.
  • 800 Words, the hot new drama on Channel 7.
  • Meat.

Enjoy!

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Hi there, folks, it's episode 263 in a series of 1000 podchats with ya pals Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith.

In this ep:

  • Broken tables
  • Star Wars
  • Human rights abuses
  • The Bachelorette
  • GPS mishaps!

Enjoy!

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Hi there, gentle listeners! Ya pals Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith here with the hottest takes on all of this week's big issues: Millennials, Blinky Bill and naked dating.

Enjoy!

iTunes.

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Hi there, gentle listeners! It's ya spooky pals Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith back with another episode of their Stephen King-themed podcast Hashtag Just King Things!

In this episode, they discuss in depth the film 1408 starring John Cusack. This is on Australian Netflix if you would like to watch it before listening!!

Enjoy!

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Hi there, folks! It's an all new ep of Gather Around Me with your mates Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith.

In this edition, we discuss our run at the Fringe Festival, the Hadley/Abbott interview, and the triumphant return of Cam, He's A Man Of Confessions.

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Ho-hum, another Spill.

Your mates Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith discuss this big week in politics.

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Hi there, folks, it's a cracker of a show on this, the latest episode of Gather Around Me with your friends Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith.

Recorded on Tuesday, but uploaded on Friday because Cam meant to put it up on Thursday but he thought that Friday was Thursday for quite a while into Friday until he saw some people at work and thought, "Hmmm... they're dressed quite casually for a Thursday."

In this ep:

  • Syria
  • TURC
  • 7/11 exploitation

Enjoy this hilarious episode of Gather Around Me!

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Hi there, folks! It's ya mates Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith with another delicious helping of Gather Around Me. In this ep we discuss:

  • Which immigration ministers will be in the dock at the Hague.
  • Dyson Heydon.
  • The Muppets.
  • And possibly the final Cam, He's A Man Of Confessions?

Enjoy.

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Hi there, gentle listeners! It's time for an all new ep of Gather Around Me with ya mates Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith.

In this ep:

  • Why Ben is late
  • Mark Latham
  • Some vague blather about other stuff
  • CONFESSIONS

Enjoy.

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Hi there, gentle listeners! It's Episode 255 in a series of 1000 podchats from ya bud Cam Smith and ya mate Ben Pobjie.

In this ep:

  • Schoolyard bullying
  • The cricket
  • Dank drugs
  • Wedge politics
  • The Speaker
  • Canberra
  • Perth
  • Gippsland
  • Vegemite Alcohol

Enjoy

 

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Hi there, gentle listener, it's ya pals Ben Pobjie & Cam Smith with a brand new episode of Gather Around Me!

Having watched a whole bunch of supposedly spooky movies for #JustKingThings, Ben and Cam have found themselves not scared by much anymore. But is it because they have just been watching terrible not-that-scary horror movies? To test this, they had a sneaky viewing of the new allegedly quite scary film THE GALLOWS. Is it as scary as its marketing suggests? There is only one way to find out! Have a listen, ya duffers!

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Hi there gentle listeners, in this ep of Hashtag Just King Things we discuss the 1992 werecat incest film Sleepwalkers.

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Hi there gentle listeners, it's Ep 252 of Gather Around Me with ya mates Cam Smith and Ben Pobjie.

In this ep, we discuss important matters of the day and also confessions.

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Hi there, gentle listeners! Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith here with the final Confession for Confessions-Week, all about the leerings of a lecherous librarian.

Enjoy.

iTunes.

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Hi there, Gammies! It's Episode 250 of Gather Around Me! Can you imagine it's been 50 episodes since our amazing 200th ep??!

In this ish, Ben and Cam read a chilling confession about cretinous curs at cake comps.

Enjoy!

iTunes.

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Hi there, gentle listeners! It's Day 3 of Confession Week on GAM and have we got a treat for you: it's the CASE OF THE DISAPPEARING CHICKEN.

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Hi there, gentle listeners! Confession Week continues apace on Gather Around Me! Your friends Ben Pobjie & Cam Smith read a twisted tale of deceit and betrayal and 4WD-related internet forums!

Enjoy!

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Hi there, gentle listeners, welcome to Confessions Week on Gather Around Me. We've recorded a bunch of confessions from various august journals and we are going to share them with y'all this week.

Enjoy!

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Hi there, gentle listeners! In this episode of Stephen King-themed podcast #JustKingThings, Ben & Cam discuss the King-penned X-Files ep Chinga (aka Bunghoney, really, it really is aka that) from season 5 of the X-Files.

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Hi there, gentle listeners! It's ya mates Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith here to help you get through these tough times.

In this episode...

  • Basic stuff
  • Cam, He's A Man Of Confessions at the start for a change
  • Q & A
  • Citizenship
  • Other shenanigans

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(*apologies to The Glasshouse, the Q & A of the noughties)

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Hi there, gentle listeners! Ben Pobjie & Cam Smith are back to discuss all matters large and small, including, but not limited to:

  • Some abuse that Ben received
  • Bribing people smugglers
  • Citizenship-strippage
  • State Of Origin & Minutes Of Noise
  • Cam, He's A Man Of Confessions

Check it on iTunes.

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Hi there, gentle listeners, it's ya pals Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith back with an all new podchat. In this ep, they take a break from the works of Stephen King to enjoy a completely different type of literary horror: a Choose Your Own Adventure novel.

Thrill as they make bad decisions!

Chill as they have even worse decisions made for them!

Krill as they describe the ways in which a child has improved upon the illustrations in this second-hand book!

Check out GAM on iTunes!

And also check out our Patreon where we have even put up a sneaky backers-only cast!

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Hi there, gentle listeners! Ben & Cam are back with another #JustKingThings - this week they're tackling The Running Man starring Arnie.

Sit back and enjoy their take on this glib future in which only Mick from Fleetwood Mack is willing to stand up to a totalitarian reality television-producing government.

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Hi there, gentle listeners, Gather Around Me is back! Too much stuff has been going on that is not Stephen King related, to be quite honest.

Join your friends Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith - and their special guests Bec Shaw & Peter Taggart from Bring A Plate - as they discuss airplanes and citizenship and Queer As Folk and other things.

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Hello there, gentle listeners! Your friends Ben Pobjie & Cam Smith are back with another #JustKingThings - this week they discuss celluloid contraceptive Children Of The Corn.

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Hi there gentle listeners, welcome to Episode 3 of #JustKingThings, in which your friends Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith think they have done an okay job of summarising the plot of Stephen King's It.

Enjoy.

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Hi there! It's Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith back with another podcast all about the works of Stephen King. In this ep, we are joined by Dan "Redrum" Hall to discuss The Shining and the terrible/terrific documentary about Stanley Kubrick's The Shining, 'Room 237'.

Spoiler alerts, y'all!

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Official Merch!

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Hi there! It's Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith here with the debut episode of our new podcast #JustKingThings - a podcast all about the works of Stephen King.

In this episode, we are joined by Cam Tyeson to discuss Pet Semetary, a somewhat scary film about cultural appropriation, and Maximum Overdrive, a very silly film in which every single directorial choice was informed by cocaine.

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Hi there, gentle listeners, to episode 236 in a series of 236 podcasts. The events of the Wollongong Podcast Festival have sapped all of our will to podcast.

Australian politics and pop culture are trivial and we bear no grudges to other podcasts who wish to continue commenting on them in an arch manner, but it no longer brings us any pleasure.

One day, a topic might come along that may enervate us to return to the mic, but it would have to be a pretty important subject indeed.

Thank you for joining us on this journey. We only wish we were leaving under better circumstances.

Good bye.

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Guten tag, Hans & Rutger here with the debut episode of our new poddenkasten, Sneaking Aboat, ja.

Thank you to the nice young gentleman who have given us their poddenkasten equipment and poddenkasten accounts to poddenkast from.

Hopefully this poddenkasten will help you learn a thing or zwei about the noble art of smuggling.

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AUTO UPLOAD

Placeholder text: Hi guys, Ben and Cam here with another podcast from the Wollongong Podcast Festival. We're about to head out to a secret after-dark podcast and probably won't be back until quite late, so I've set this up to auto-upload once the recording stops. Sorry in advance if there's any audio issues, I'll go back in the morning and do a quick edit if so! Anyway, enjoy whatever we end up talking about in this one! xoxo Cam

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Hi there, gentle listeners! It's episode 233 in a series of 1000 podcasts from your friends Ben Pobjie & Cam Smith!

We're here at the Wollongong Podcast Festival and we've never felt more alive! In this, our second daily festival-cast for the week, we talk about some of the panels we've seen and some we're looking forward to, but basically all you need to know is that the WPF is wonderful.

We have never felt so enthused about GAM and being amongst our podcasting brethren and sistren has gotten us incredibly excited about the future of podcasting in general but GAM specifically. We hope you continue with us on our journey!

One way to do that is to subscribe on iTunes!

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Hi there, gentle listeners! Ben and Cam are on their way to Wollongong and recorded this podcast while travelling along a nice straight bit.

See you at the Wollongong Podcast Festival!

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Hi there gentle listeners! It's episode 231 of GAM!

Just a short one this week, as Ben and Cam have to pack for a certain podcast festival, but topics discussed include:

  • NSW's wild weather
  • Operas
  • Sister Fanciers
  • Daredevil
  • Candycrushme95
  • Secrets Of A Taxi Driver

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Hi there, gentle listeners, it's ya pals Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith, back for more podcasting fun.

Bringing the laffs and the guffaws this week is our special guest Justin Hamilton, of popular & great podcast Can You Take This Photo, Please?

We talk about all the showbiz goss, so if you are a comedian you definitely need to listen in - what if we are talking about you?

But for normal people, we discuss ordinary affairs of the day, like The Phantom, Daredevil, who would win in a fight between Bruce Wayne and Kal-El, and whether fame is really worth the trouble.

Enjoy!

(ps. subscribing on iTunes is a good way to get this podcast on the reg)

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Hi there, gentle listeners! It's ya pals Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith, fresh from a successful live podcast at the Melbourne Town Hall. The people lining up for Rich Hall really seemed to appreciate hearing parts of That's Life stories.

In this podcast:

  • Askance Looks
  • The War On Ice
  • That's Life

Enjoy!

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Hi there, gentle listeners! A sneaky short one for you recorded in a Coles carpark. We talk about showbiz and racism.

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Hi there! It's Episode 227 with ya mates Ben Pobjie & Cam Smith ANNNNND special guest Lisa-Skye!!

Lisa-Skye is back to talk about things in a saucy fashion, including:

  • Jewel
  • Things That Happened In Adelaide
  • Dragons in the Bible
  • Essendon's Supplement Scandal
  • Cocaine Sifting
  • Cam, He's A Man Of Confessions
  • Guttermouth
  • Plugs & The Like

Get it on iTunes!

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Hi gang,

It's ya pals Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith.

In this thrilling installment:

More onions!

More metadata!

And more confessions than you can handle!

Plus more discussion of the works of Thomas Harris than you might expect to stem from talking about Ben's wife's birthday.

Enjoy!

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Hi there, gentle listeners!

In this ep:

  • Abbott ate an onion
  • Abbott did a weird awkward Vietnam thing
  • What if Fawlty Towers was modern?
  • A Weird Amount Of Sinatra-chat for 2015
  • Ferals in the Senate
  • Confessions of Mums
  • Actual discussion of the Meerkat social network??
  • The Jinx
  • Metadata

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Hi there, gentle listeners! Cam and Ben with some podcast action.

In this ep, we discuss the late, great Terry Pratchett and then get into the dumb news of the week. Plus! Cam, He's A Man Of Confessions.

Soz about the audio quality on this one. It's not unlistenable but it's not up to our exacting standards either.

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Hey there, it's ya mates Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith back with a chat about different stuffs. For zamps:

  • Ladies Night On Q&A
  • We're going back to Iraq!
  • George Brandis' week!
  • A Triple Confession Bonanza!

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Hi there, folks! It's ya pals Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith back with another compelling mini-narrative-cast in which they discuss the big ishes of the day, including:

  • Gillian Triggs' disgraceful report & conduct at Estimates
  • The Flintstones
  • Illegal inducements
  • TV reviewer perks
  • The House of Reps
  • I'm A Celeb-updates
  • Cam's missed call drama
  • The Oscars

Hey folks, why not subscribe on iTunes (and also leave us a sneaky review?).

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Hi there, gentle listeners. Welcome to Episode 221 in a series of 1000 podchats from the Gather Around Me podcast salon with your friends Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith.

In this episode:

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Hi there gentle listeners! It's been too big a week for your friends Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith to cover it by themselves, so they've roped in your mate Dan Hall to talk:

  • FEDERAL LEADERSHIP CRISES
  • QUEENSLAND ELECTION UPSETS
  • NT LEADERSHIP UPSET CRISES
  • I'M A CELEBRITY GET ME OUT OF HERE
  • and a bunch of other stuff including... the 90s!

Enjoy!

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Hi there, gentle listeners, welcome to Episode 219 in a series of 1000 podcasts from your friends Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith.

In this ep:

  • The Hottest 100!
  • Taylor Swift!
  • Sister Fanciers pitches!
  • Sir Princes!
  • Upcoming Trampoline Purchases!
  • The Tennis!
  • What's On Telly!
  • Is Ben A Randy Millenial?

CORRECTION: At one point we talk about Gabriel Gate, but the ethnic chef Cam was thinking of was actually Ian Parmenter. Cam did have Gabriel Gate's number though.

DOUBLE CORRECTION: Obviously it was The Herd and not the Hilltop Hoods who covered I Was Only 19. We regret the error but not that much because how much can you regret skip-hop errors?

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Hi there! It's Episode 218!

We talk about Cam's trip to Europe and also the Village of the Damned.

CORRECTION: At one point we discuss a movie but Cam mis-remembers Placido Domingo as Pavarotti and mis-remembers John Denver as Kris Kristofferson. Please shout those names over the incorrect names when you get to that bit.

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Hi there gentle listeners!

It's our third and final holiday special! More random Wikipedia articles including plenty of glider chat!

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Hi there gentle listeners!

Happy New Year! Ben and Cam are on holidays but here's a bonus ep they recorded for yas!

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