Welcome to Episode 55 in a Series of 1000 Podiscussions from yo pals Ben "Darkseid" Pobjie and Cam "Granny Goodness" Smith. Hang on a second.

LOOKOUT! It contains talk of:

• Angry Birds
• Jinx Personal Jinx
• Grinches & Scrooges
• Energy Vampires
• Changey Songs
• Wikileaks
• Oprah
• Drive Safe

Get it up on your iTunes.

Sorry, that sounded more overtly sexual than I meant it to.

APOLOGIES.

Good day, welcome to Episode 54 of the Gather Around Me Podtalkable starring Ben Pobjie as Alfie and Cam Smith as his trusty butler Alonso.

LOOK OUT! It contains such wondrous things as:

• Breaking Up
• The Big Friendly Giant
• I Feel Like
• Companies To Boycott
• The World Cup
• Cam, He's A Man Of Letters: Gay Marriage & Marijuana, A 60 Year Long Gay Marriage, The Lurks/Perks of Local Government, Old People And Their Long Memories, Your Most Memorable Sporting Event
• Wrap It Up

Imagine! In this day and age!

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Welcome to Episode 53 in a Series of 1000 Victorian Electioncasts from Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith.

• Mandatory Greetings
• Victorian Podcasts
• ALP Slogans
• Sinking Ships
• Hung Parliament Jokes
• A Quality Burma Gag
• Selling Schools
• Changing The Flag
• Cam, He's A Man Of Letters: The Future, Toys, Jokes
• How To Vote Cards
• The End Of The Podcast

Enjoy?

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Roll up, roll up, it's Episode 52 in a Series of 1000 Podchats starring Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith.

Featuring reasoned discussion which raises the discourse about:

• The Alphabet
• Gay Marriage
• Prank Patrol
• Bigotry
• "Social" Networking
• Polygamy
• Cam, He's A Man Of Letters: Haircuts, Asteroids, Dogs, The Foreshore

Get it up ya brain.

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Good evening.

Welcome to Episode 51 in a Series of 1000 Podchats from Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith.

In this issue, we discuss various things, possibly even including:

• MOVEMBER
• NUNSPLOITATION
• RICHARD ROXBURGH
• ROLF THE HEER
• OTHER THINGS

Many coughs and sniffles and other dreadful noises were EDITED OUT during the EDITING process. That is what you are paying for.

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Welcome to Episode 50 in a Series of 1000 Podchats from your friends Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith.

Warning, may contain traces of:

• The man at Subway discriminated against us because he thought we were gay.
• Peter Costello
• Salad Days
• Making Money
• Joel Monaghan
• Burma
• A new political paradigm

Enjoy!

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Hello pumpkins!

Welcome to Episode 49 in a Series of 1000 Talkcasts starring your friends Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith.

This is a very special episode in that it is entirely scripted!

Warning, may contain traces of:

1. Weather
2. Fashion blogging
3. Futurism
4. Ozone Therapy

Enjoy!

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Episode 48 in a Series of 1000 Podchats from your friends Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith

Warning, may contain contents of:

• Teletubbies
• Internet Comments
• Cranberry Country
• Bio-Engineering
• Sex Pests
• Dick Smith
• Katherine Heigl

Get it on the iTunes, doggs.

Stay metal and stay bogan.

This is actually episode 47 in a series of 1000 podchats from your friends Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith.

 

It primarily concerns WONKDRINKS. What is a drink? What is a wonk? Etc.?

 

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Enjoy!

Gentle Listeners! Check it out! Episode 46 in a Series of 1000 Podchats from your delightful ear-companions Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith!

It is also our FIRST BIRTHDAY! Our first podcast was a year ago... TODAY!

In honour of this special occasion, we have put together a clip show of some of the most memorable moments from this year of Gather Around Me.

Warning! This clip show of memorable moments may contain traces of:

• Sacred cows we've slaughtered
• Music to soothe savage beasts
• Savage beasts to be soothed
• Parenthood
• Getting funky in the kitchen

Enjoy!

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Episode 45 in a Series of 1000 Podiscussions from your friends Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith.

Warning, may contain sexy traces of:

 

• Blowing minds
• MacKillop: The Musical
• Toastmasters
• The Melbourne Show
• Batman Versus Mr. Minit
• Ghost Trains
• Lessons Learnt

Enjoy responsibly.

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Welcome to Episode 44 in a Series of 1000 Podchats from your friends Ben Pobjie, Cam Smith and poet Les Murray.

Warning, may contain traces of:

• What's Been Going On
• Introducing Les
• Lettuce!
• hug break
• Mazes
• Toddlers
• The Papal Visit To London
• What is a malt?
• Female Teen Pope
• Cosmo Sealed Section
• Pope Joan
• Publishing opportunities
• And much more???

Enjoy!

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Episode 43 in a Series of 1000 Podchats starring Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith.

Warning may contain traces of...

• Dogs
• Prime Ministers
• Taxi Driver
• Women In Uniform
• The Three Investigators and the Nazi Animator
• Serial Killer Dreamings
• Pasties
• Firing Stilgherrian
• A Big Discussion About Depression:
  • What makes people feel sad?
  • What are some good ways to feel better?
  • Are chemical solutions viable?
  • Is religion the answer?
  • Finding solace in books

Enjoy!

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Episode 42 in a Series of 1000 Bloodcasts starring blood brothers Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith.

Warning, may contain traces of:

• Memories
• A Hat Made Of Milk
• Insightful/In Depth Political Discussion
• A Lupus Update
• The Price Of Needles
• Stilgherrian Jones
• Sex Parties

Enjoy!

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An exclusive interview with Bob Katter on the direction in which he will take this country.

As recorded for the August 27th edition of 3CR's SUWA program.

 

Episode 41 in a Series of Analysiscasts starring your friends/acquaintances Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith, the most prescient commentators in this entire country.

Warning, may contain traces of:

1. What did we DO?
2. The Twitter Election
3. Begging The Question: A Tutorial
4. The Independents
5. Does Quentin Bryce have a conflict of interest?

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Episode 40 in a Series of Engaging Talkchats with your Friends Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith.

Warning, may contain traces of:

• Ground Zero
• Sleep Deprivation
• Game Changing Gaffes
• The Return of Christ
• Policy Analysis
• A Law & Order Election
• Beggars
• Games
• Who Will We Be Voting For?
• More Worry About Whether We Are Too Arch
• The End

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Episode 39 in a Series of 1000 Archcasts starring your friendly neighbourhood spidermen Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith.

THIS EPISODE IS CANON.

Warning, may contain traces of:

• Our Mia Freedman correspondence
• Boatphones Vs. Batphones
• The Animorph Election
• Special Minister of State Joe Ludwig
• Getting Into The Music Industry
• The Leaders Forum

It is possible that we very briefly touch on whether the podcast is too arch.

Enjoy?

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Episode 38 in a Series of 1000 highly informative thinkpieces starring Ben "Rock Hudson" Pobjie and Cam "Doris Day" Smith.

Hey, hang on a second.

Anyway, this one has got much detailed analysis of the ALP campaign launch and also upcoming Juggalo events.

Enjoy!

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Episode 37 in a series of 1000 sexcasts from your sexy friends Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith.

In this episode, we ruminate on crimes committed just prior to the recording of the podcast and also about the Liberal Party campaign launch, which was also quite recent at time of recording. Also, what would be a better theme for the news AND what actually happens at the end of Cujo? There is election fatigue by the bucketload.

[Some have wondered about the delightful synth noises scattered throughout - these are not incoming emails or other such technological delights, but CENSORSHIPS of alleged crimes allegedly committed. Far more pleasant a tone than a BLEEP, yes?]

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No electiocast today! Instead we have an interview with Family First senator Steve Fielding, recorded for 3CR's Squatters & Unwaged Workers Airwaves program on July 23.

Enjoy!

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Episode 36 in a Series of 1000 Internet-facilitated Audio Discussions from Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith.

Warning, may approximately contain traces of:

1. The Debate
2. Some Royal scandal about which both of us are, at best, uninformed
3. The Lake House

Hello! Cam here. Normally I listen to these before I put them up, but not today, because I am busy. This has not been edited AT ALL. That does not make a huge difference, I suppose, but I am just letting you know that if you have friends who appreciate a verité podchat, you may want to let them know about this.

Subscribe on iTunes, unless you're some sort of coward. You're not a coward, are you?

What the dickens! Episode 35 in a Series of 1000 Podchats, it's another Electiocast from Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith.

Live on tape from the Gather Around Me Media Centre, this 'cast may contain traces of:

1. Glenn Milne
2. ABC24 Commentary
3. ALP climate policy
4. National Security
5. Kevin Rudd & The UN
6. Ripping
7. Octopi
8. Hamish Blake's healthy sperm
9. More ABC24 Commentary
10. Hawke
11. Tony Abbott on Hey Hey It's Saturday
12. Facebook Fugitivery

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Episode 34 in a Series of 1000 Podchats by Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith.

But also Episode 2 in a Series of Election Minicasts by Cam Smith and Ben Pobjie.

Warning, may contain traces of:

• Campaign Fatigue
• TCB
• Dirt Units
• Anti-Lifesaver Party
• Stealing Fruit from Illegal Immigrants
• Angry Cake-Sellers
• Jumping Out Of Planes
• If Dr. King Roman was Prime Minister...
• Swearing

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The first Election Campaign Mini-Cast from Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith.

It is Day 2 of the Election Campaign, and what is going on? Nobody knows!

Except us! Expert analysis of what is what and what is not on the campaign trail.

Get it up ya face.

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Episode 32 in a Series of 1000 Podiscussions starring your friendly neighbourhood spider-men Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith.

WARNING! May contain traces of:

• Episode 24
• The Election was Called Yesterday
• Magneto, Misunderstood
• Fake Refugees
• Atoms
• Construction Workers Have Feelings
• What Did Ben Have For Tea This Week
• What Did Ben Watch On TV This Week
• Hey Hey! disappoints all with casual anti-semitism
• Australian Versus A Chair

Enjoy... if you dare!

Subscribe via iTunes... if you dare!

Episode 31 in a Series of 1000 Thoughtchats by Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith

Warning, may contain traces of:

• The Free Market Of Ideas
• Turkish Delight
• Classic Cramps Comedy
• What Did Ben Have For Dinner?
• What Did Ben Watch On TV (excluding Masterchef)
• Elton John
• The Hectic Day Of Mia Freedman
• Whispering
• Australian Versus
• Lessons

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What? Episode 30 in a Series of 1000 Podposiums featuring Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith?

WARNING

May contain traces of:

1. Life. Be in it.
2. Catholic China.
3. Environmentalism
4. Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo
5. Kramer Vs. Kramer
6. Centrifugal forces
7. BONUS TRACK: People who were in the Subway we went to
8. Flirtexting

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Episode 29 in a Series of 1000 Podchats starring Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith.

Warning, may contain traces of:

• Waiting For Godot
• Monetizing the podchats
• Blatant commercial pandering
• Our special guest! Trial Kennedy & Boom Crash Opera tour manager Scott "Top Cat" Redford!
• The World of Finance
• The World of Rockstardom
• The World of Jazz Enthusiasm
• Violence!
• Let's start a cover band!
• Cigarette Lighting & Holding
• The time that Scott met Kevin Rudd (hot politics/music goss)

Enjoy!

This week's podcast has been delayed, so enjoy an interview that Cam conducted on 3CR with Stephen Smith, the Minister for Foreign Affairs. This was obviously recorded after one scandal, but before another.

Anyway, 3CR is having its Radiothon at the moment. You should go to the 3CR website and donate them some money. NOW.

Or you can subscribe to our podcast via iTunes.

OR YOU CAN DO BOTH.

 

Episode 28 in a Series of 1000 Pobjcamsts by Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith.

Warning, may contain traces of:

• Catherine Deveny, our special guest.
• A solution to the Israel/Palestine conflict.
• A discussion about a woman's right to choose.
• A tasting of delicious Warheads sprays and drops.
• An awkward conversation about disappointing our mothers.
• And much much more?

ENJOY.

 

Episode 27 in a series of 1000 goldcasts by Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith.

Warning, may contain traces of:

• Item of Business 1: Does Cam Have Cancer? The Answer!
• Item of Business 2: What happened to our special guest?
• Item of Business 3: The Green Arrow
• Item of Business 4: GayFL
• Item of Business 5: Delicious Candy
• Item of Business 6: Israeli passport scandalz
• Item of Business 7: Christopher Hitchens & The Race War
• Item of Business 8: Hungry Hungry Urchins

Enjoy?

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Episode 26 in a Series of 1000 Podchats by Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith!

Warning! May contain traces of:

• Sound Checking
• Ben's Surgery
• The Science Of Cryonics
• Does Cam Have Cancer? Maybe! Maybe Not!
• Tony Abbott On The Truth And Also Things You Shouldn't Say At The Supermarket
• Race War (not the proper one though, sorry)
• Sexing Up Androids
• Closets
• The Sad News that Ghost Whisperer and also Numbers have been cancelled
• General Melancholy and SUSPENSE

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Episode 25 in a Series of 1000 Podchats by Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith

Warning, may contain traces of New Barbarianism AND:

Faisal SHAZAM
Voices of Reason
The Babysitters Club Prequels
The Politics of the Empire
April O'Neal versus Andrew Bolt

Then we took a short break and got the Herald Sun and we saw that Ben Pobjie was actually mentioned in a certain column, but before we got to that we had to read articles about:

Barack HUSSEIN Obama
Burqa Bans
Adultery
Catherine Deveny

and then an opinion piece by Andrew Bolt which cleverly misrepresented Ben. We all laughed.

Episode 24 in a series of 1000 Podchats by Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith.

Warning, may contain traces of:

1. The Man of 1000 Voices
2. Masterchef
3. Haircuts
4. Melbourne Talk Radio
5. Carl Williams, The Man With Two Brains
6. A Banana Argument
7. Knives Scar Lives
8. Albert Jacka, not just a gay shag rat
9. Smuftis, both suave and swift

This week's podcast will be an extra-special affair, kiddies, and requires much mental preparation. As a result, it will be late.

In the meanstimes, here is an exclusive interview with Gunns CEO John Gay from the end of March.

Episode 23 in a series of 1000 Fireside Podchats with your hosts Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith.

Warning, may contain traces of:

 

• Fidgeting
• Reminiscing
• The Lisa McCune Podcast
• Teen Wolf 2
• Kylie
• Finding Jesus
• The First Draft of Back To The Future
• Eugene Terre'Blanche
• The Sisterhood Of The Travelling Pants
• Watching TV
• Cruel Impressions

Episode 22 in a Series of 1000 Podcasts by Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith.

With Special Guest Star: Crikey Cartoonista and Bon Vivant Mr. First Dog On The Moon.

Warning, may contain traces of:

1. Name-calling
2. Things a man does alone in the forest
3. The Circle (but for men)
4. Pleasing Christopher Pyne
5. Leg Stretches and Larissa Dubecki (callback to episode 8)
6. A man with a dog's face or a dog with a man's hands???
7. Ben has a whinge about getting told off for doing the wrong thing
8. Sleeping under your desk
9. Who is a better Crikey editor: Jonathan Green or Sophie Black?
10. Who would win in a fight: Jonathan Green or Sophie Black?
11. Who would win in a kissing comp: Jonathan Green or Sophie Black?
12. I made up Number 11, but that would have been interesting.
13. Sliding Doors
14. What is the best way to ingest Ice?
15. Where is the best place to make Ice? (callback to episode 5)
16. Doodlejump

Fun for the whole family!

Episode 21 in a Series of 1000 Anonocasts from John Q. Shadow and Mister X.

Warning. May contain traces of:

1. Who are we?
2. Evolution and the New Barbarians
3. Marshmallows
4. Lazy Pakistanis, lolling about, singing their crazy songs
5. Thank God You're Here!
6. Hey Dad! memories
7. Les Miserables
8. The Matty Johns Show
9. Gary Chook
10. Catherine Deveny
11. Comedy Festival recommendations
12. More Hey Dad! memories
13. Wrapping up

Episode 20 in a Series of 1000 Podcasts from Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith.

Warning, may contain traces of:

• Awkward conversations in vegan cafes
• Ben has a headache
• Ben has principles and won't read out private correspondences on the podcast.
• The Comments Facility on iTunes (which hasn't actually been used, it turns out)
• A hot, barely legal Angela Lansbury
• MAN BAT and other Superhero Discussion
• The Babysitters Club
• Cam, He's A Man Of Letters: Heroes & Villains Edition (Sunday trading, The Moon Landing, Gays)
• What Have We Learnt

Listen responsibly.

P.S. If you want to leave a comment, you can do so on the posts at http://gatheraround.me or at http://gatheraroundme.libsyn.com.

Episode 19 in a Series of 1000 Gather Around Me Fireside Podchats.

This episode is in TWO parts, but you only pay ONCE. And you don't even pay. It's free. It is in two parts because we recorded the first part, and then we had some stuff to do. After we did that stuff, we were like... that was kind of short, let's record some more. So we did. TWO PARTS! Also, this podchat follows directly on from Episode 18's closing To Be Continued, so Part One of this is actually Part Two of that, and Part Two of this is Part Three. Do you follow?

PART ONE (technically part two):

Warning, may contain traces of:

• Previously on Gather Around Me...
• Apology Spiders
• ASIO
• Hitler's Son
• Roadworks
• Schoolgirls
• Beating Children
• Savage Garden
• Desk Piano/Take A Chance On Me

PART TWO (technically part three):

Warning, may contain traces of:

• Tasmanian politics
• Brewster's Millions
• 3D movies
• Vega is shutting down
• Double Take on DVD
• An erotic tableau
• And back to Double Take
• Cam, He's A Man Of Letters (A lack of professionalism, breathalysers, evolution, Men: A User's Guide)
• Fernando/One Night In Bangkok/Money Money Money

Episode 18 in a Series of 1000 Fireside Chats by Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith

Warning, may contain traces of:

• REAL LIFE
• Driving
• Getting a Parking Thing
• Walking
• Talking
• Meeting People
• BEING ATTACKED ON THE STREET - STREET VIOLENCE

 

Hullo,

Cam here. Still sick. Here is a bit from the 3CR show. It is from this Friday just gone.

Hey Kevin Rudd, thanks for instantly dating our bit. You ratfucker.

We should return to regular podcasting soon!

Ciao!

Director's Commentary: I refer to it as the "Pink Batt Controversy" because I haven't read a newspaper in 2 weeks and I had only a very vague idea of what the controversy was about.

Hullo, hullo. Cam here.

I'm still sick. Too sick for podcasting! Luckily, we got plenty of bits and bobs laying about until I get better.

Here is an excerpt from Andy Slackbastard and I's radio progamme on 3CR 855 AM - it's from the end of January.

It features a brief discussion about capitalism and the Monarchy, and then there's an interview with a secret ALP source about recent goings-ons within the party.

Enjoy.

Hullo! Cam here!

The podcast will be delayed this week because my throat stopped working. I went to the hospital and they took a lot of my blood and told me to harden up. I said, "Is there any medicine I should take?" and they said, "There is no medicine for what is wrong with you" (it is true, they really said that) and also, "DO NOT make ANY podcasts or vodcasts under ANY circumstances!"

But they didn't tell me not to upload any tracks from Ben Pobjie's new album HypnoProphet: Tales Of Truth And Explosions to the podcast feed in a daring cross-promotional effort. So here it is! Track Number 5. If you are a dedicated subscriber you will already have track 11. Now there are only 15 more tracks to collect. I suggest you buy this fucking album if you want them. Stop being such a cheapskate. It's not a good look on a boy/girl as pretty as you.

Email hypnoprophet@gmail.com and say you want a copy and Ben will work out a sweet deal with you. They are $15.

Episode 17 in a Series of 1000 Fireside Chats c/o Ben Pobjie & Cam Smith

Warning, may contain traces of:

• Sound checking
• The Syphilis Holocaust
• Oz politics
• Cam's CD player in his car is broken. It is a bad situation.
• Why hasn't Triple M called?
• How To Pick Up Girls
• Australia's Worst Mum
• Man Of Letters (The Correct Parlance, Australia's Worst Son)
• Moe Man - Boola Boola Band

Go hard or go home!

Episode 16 in a Series of 1000 Podcasts!

Warning, may contain traces of:

1. Sound Check
2. The Job Interview
3. Which One Of Us Is Which
4. Happy Pakistan Day
5. More Foo Than You Can Handle
6. Looking Into People's Windows
7. All Of Ben's Money Got Stolen
8. Man Of Letters (Dr. King Roman again, Ungrateful Aborigines, A New Flag, Lurks/Perks, Newspaper Thieves, The GST, then we took a little break, then A Couple More About The Flag)
9. The Diggers

Episode 15 in a series of 1000 podcasts.

Warning, may contain traces of:

1. Pie floaters
2. It's been a big week in sport!
3. It's been a big week in politics!
4. It's been a big week in sci- MELTDOWN!
   
5. Ten Foot Poles
6. Drugs
7. Why is everyone sexually deviant with goats?
8. Pandering to listeners outside of Melbourne
9. Man of Letters - Lawn mowing, internet dating, fluoride
10. The End
    

Episode 14 in a Series of 1000 Podcasts!

Cam Smith and Ben Pobjie return to the free-wheelin' world of podcast after being forcibly removed from the world of uptight community radio!

Warning, may contain traces of:

1. Why do you think we got kicked off the radio?
   
2. Taking a bullet for Ryan, Monty & Wippa
3. Is rape funny?
4. Cats and Dogs
5. How bitter should we be?
6. More reasons we got kicked off the radio
7. Ringo Starr, Phil Collins, Peter Gabriel
8. Vampire Weeknights
9. Cam, He's A Man Of Letters (Prisons, Indian Students, Smoking, Water Shortages, Whaling, Animal Cruelty)
10. That's why we got kicked off the radio!
    

Episode 2 in hopefully a Series of 5 Radio Shows.

But also unlucky Episode 13 in a series of 1000 podcasts.

Warning, may contain traces of:

1. Classic Comedy!
2. Feedback from Episode 1
3. An Interview with Joey Kurtschenko
4. Pirates - Your Time Is Up
5. Phillip Adams
6. The Great Australia Day Kerfuffle
7. Pork Lances
   
8. Hey Terrorists, We Get It
   
9. Cam, He's A Man Of Letters
10. Feedback from Episode 2, including a missed opportunity for a pun regarding straightedge hardcore band Good Clean Fun
    

Possibly every Monday in January 2010, 7pm on Triple R. 102.7. RRR.ORG.AU