Critical Banter

Another week with Sen off mysteriously leaving Migs and Ro to hold down the fort. The boys talk about their time at the Sydney Comedy Festival (featuring Vietnamese/Cambodian Sen). Migs then talks about his upcoming South America trip at the end of the year including training for a trek, Ro continues to complain about the Sydney housing market, we have a few listener submissions and we end with th...

Lots going on this week as we start with Ro explaining his absence from last week with both himself and Sen holding grudges against mechanics. Ro then illustrates how broken the Sydney rental market is and then proceeds to tell an unbelievable yarn featuring a former Prime Minister. After that, we tee off on Davey Warner for a bit, before Sen's got some niches tales about amateur boxing and loud n...

Ro's biggest fear came true as he encountered another flat tyre, leaving Migs and Sen to their own devices. They lift the hood a little on the boys trip to the Easter Show, we discuss Trump's insane ramblings, the kit kat heist, an exuberant salesman, wild takes on IG Live and Sen wears a mental t-shirt. We have another game this week "Winner Stays On," where as the name suggests, the boys give ea...

Just when you thought we possibly couldn't have any more wedding yarns, here we are this week with back to back wedding tales to kick us off. Ro begins with a story of a wedding in the Hunter (if you can wrap your head around that) before Migs recounts a different wedding he attended over the weekend. Migs also went shooting and Sen hits the boys with a stream of consciousness. Our game this week...

Just Migs and Ro this week and it's been a while since we've had this combo. Ro starts with a yarn about a man trying to find some love and is willing to pay $25,000 to find it. In a similar vein, next up is a discussion on the 'Manosphere' documentary before Miguel recounts his time at the Matilda's game and then at Barry's bootcamp. Ro then makes his case for not being conscripted and then heaps...

As the title suggests, we have the much anticipated final instalment of Ro's wedding, featuring a dodgy cameraman and even dodgier dancing. We also hear about Ro being emasculated and Miguel's adventure in a broken down car. We have a car mind your manners as well before Sen brings a few tidbits to the table. We end with "What Your X Says About You," where we rattle off some (potentially outdated)...

The wedding yarns continue as Ro runs a few dubious wedding related items by the boys before we waffle on for another half an hour, covering a range of topics including lookalikes, birdmen, free chicken, Ro's horrible dancing and of course Iran. In our segment this week, we test how ChatGPT reacts (often overwhelmingly positive and supportive) when you present it with an outrageous scenario. _____...

Ro is back, fresh off his honeymoon, and we start this week by hearing his version of events at his wedding, including a behind the scenes look at all the highs and lows. We then talk about his honeymoon and his new found life of being a house husband. Sen then brings up a viral substack which outlines a very dystopian future regarding AI. We have 2 mini games this week with the first one being a...

No Ro, no Kush which means once again it falls to Migs and Sen to keep this machine running. Sen outs himself for some rare behaviour, Migs and Sen then recount their Friday night at Leichhardt Oval before we spend way too much time talking about a bloke named Enrique. We put the call out for a Q&A and you guys delivered as we answered some serious and some not so serious questions across a wi...

Kushy is back for the first time in 2026, but unfortunately Ro is off on his honeymoon (shout out Trip.com) so it's just the 3 musketeers today. Migs and Sen recount Ro's wedding last weekend, Kush has some tales from SF, including a quick mind your manners, we ran into some listeners during the week and we have a football update. We're back with "Things No One Says," this week as we rattle off ni...

Bit going on this week, as we start with Sen dobbing himself in for being cheap, he also reveals he's now an engaged man as well. Speaking of mug offs, Ro got given the business by a homeless man, we talk about the world's worst bookstore, Sen asks what happened to George Street Maccas and then ends with a rant about catching the bus. We bring back "Top 5's" as we are tested on some fact based one...

Here we are, Ro's last few days of freedom before he ties the knot. He gives us some last minute updates for his wedding and then an epic battle he fought whilst trying to book his honeymoon. Ro also has some unethical life hacks for organising a wedding. Migs has a metro yarn, Sen talks about AI and has a sudden urge to buy an E-bike. We are back with "Compare and Contrast" as we tier list cuisin...

Plenty of tales from Ro's bucks on this week's episode including an epic Sunday saga. We also get an update on Miguel's fines and we play guess the grunt. "What Your X Says About You," is back for 2026 with the boys raring to go with making as many stereotypes as they can. ___________________________________________________________ FULL PODCAST EPISODES 🔽 APPLE PODCASTS: https://podcasts.apple.co...

This week we talk Ro's bucks, Polymarket, Migs saw a stereotype in China and Ro tries to tell a story about networking that descends into anus chat. We bring back the popular "Top 10's," with Migs putting Sen and Ro through their paces for the first time in 2026. ___________________________________________________________ FULL PODCAST EPISODES 🔽 APPLE PODCASTS: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podca...

The boys are back for the first proper episode of 2026 and wowee do we have a good one. We start with some yarns from the back end of last year including the boys trip to Canberra for Spilt Milk as well as Ro and Sen's trip to BrisVegas for the cricket. We then get some holiday yarns from Miguel's time in China as well as Sen's time in Hong Kong and Japan. We bring back our yearly tradition as Sen...

Yep you read the title right - Bonnie Blue reached out to us to appear as a guest on the pod. Hear all about the moral conundrum in the podcast camp about whether or not to entertain this intriguing offer. We also talk about a Namibian politician named after an Austrian painter. Kush then brings up some tales of racism from SF before Sen and Miguel swap tales about parking. We end with rating corp...

Massive week for the pod as we welcome current professional footballer and Socceroo Patrick Yazbek onto the show. We learn all about Yaz's journey to professional football from early beginnings to making his professional debut and even representing his country. We hear some great yarns from his NPL days, as well as stories about the A-League, Norway and of course the MLS. All round just a fantasti...

 King Kundra is still here gracing us with his presence. He begins this week with some yarns on Kundra Snr, including an update on the infrared vacuum and his negotiating skills. Kush and Migs had some run ins with fans, before we talk about El Jannah's sale to Private Equity and Ro met another bloke with 2 phones. For our game this week we have the "2025 Quiz" with Migs testing the rest of the b...

The whole gang is back for the first time in a year. Kush’s got yarns out the wazoo including transport yarns (shoutout Sydney metro) and some dating yarns. Then we delve into animal rights as we discuss a real life reindeer on the Central Coast, live fish in restaurants and Sen saw a gnarly chicken video. We also chat La Mono, Betoota stepping on our toes, running stories, a hostage car and an in...

Ring a ding ding you've got the king - that’s right King Kundra is back in town and he’s gracing us with his presence. He’s got plenty of yarns with an update on his dad’s battle with Good Guys, a story about a new number, glazing halloween and then even more glazing of Air New Zealand. We end with some bashing of Sky Sports and a very tone deaf marketing campaign. We have some “Corporate Starter...

Absolute ripper of an episode this week as we are joined by young gun cricketer Harjas Singh, fresh off smoking the third highest score in Sydney Grade Cricket history. We chat early beginnings in cricket, his meteoric rise, winning a World Cup, the triple hundred, his life outside of cricket and plenty in between. Overall a fantastic yarn with Harjas and of course had to play a quick game with hi...

We're back with another ripper episode and thankfully for the listeners Manu is back as well. He brings some yarns including a religion based email sign off and a tale of going to Sculptures By The Sea. Sen went to Oasis, dobs himself for becoming an office yuppie and shouts out Nancy Pelosi and Mamdani. The game this week is "Price is Right," as Sen has Migs and Ro guessing the prices of various...

This week is just Ro and Sen left to their own devices with no Migs to keep them in check. Sen kicks us off this week with a philosophical discussion on what “6-7” means with Ro providing little to no input. Sen then goes to town dobbing in one of his mates for being an absolute rare unit. The game this week is “Top 10,” with Ro testing Sen’s knowledge on various Top 10’s. To end this week we brin...

Another week and more wedding chat with Sen bringing another yarn from Triple Cheese as a continuation of the yarn told last week. Sen also had a run in with a local drunk on the metro before being mugged off by a barista. Ro MC’d a wedding and also got mugged off by a local taxi driver. The game this week is “AI or Not,” as Ro and Sen work together to figure out which of the Shark Tank products M...

Wedding heavy chat this week as Ro tells a tale of a wedding Instagram page and a case of mistaken identity. We find out some old high school lore regarding a wedding of an old schoolmate, while Ro has his own battles with his upcoming wedding. Finally Sen tells us a gnarly story of his friend in Vietnam. The game this week is “Search and Destroy,” which has nothing to do with the game mode in Cal...