Ratbag with Mel & Sam

Helloooooo darlings!! Welcome to your platter full of ratfood for the week! Our Melbourne live pod is just around the cornerrrrr and today we have a packed ep for you in which we chat all things from our worst gig ever, to the bangs that broke the internet part 2, us trying to get to the bottom of why the incels don’t care about bothering us with their abuse anymore (sad face), Mel’s exciting fost...

Heya cutie patooties! Welcome to another episode of ‘Ratbag!’ In today’s episode Mel brings a segment about the ‘things she loves about women’ which has been LONG awaited since Sam did her list LITERALLY a year ago. Then we have a write in from a rat wanting our ‘Usher The Musical’ services applied to their job as a librarian. Then our ‘Kick Ons’ sees Mel asking us a music theory FMK before we sen...

Hey darlings! Welcome to another episode of ‘Ratbag!’. To kick things off Sam brings a segment about the laziest things we have ever done. Then we have a write in from a rat about our punches and forehead kisses for the week. Then there’s a ‘Kick Ons’ about singing and dancing (because we know our audience!!!) Thanks as always for listening and see you on Thursday for another ‘Ratfood!’ Love Mel a...

Helloooooo darlings!! Welcome to your platter full of ratfood for the week! This week, Mel shares her complex feelings around it being the final week of the heathers tour, talking about what happens when you achieve your dream and it becomes your job, work life balance and from Sam’s POV, what it’s felt like to actually NOT have performed in a little while. Sammy also shares an outrageous story in...

Heya cutie patooties! Welcome to another episode of ‘Ratbag!’ we love that you have popped us in you’re ear holes! In today’s episode Sam brings a segment about the TV shows that don’t exist, that we desperately need. Then we have a write in from a rat wanting advice around their queerness and their family. Then our ‘Kick Ons’ has us sharing our personal EGOT’s inspired by Amy Poehler’s pod. Then...

Helloooooo darlings!! Welcome to your platter full of ratfood for the week! This week, we are chatting about the current Subway identity crisis, as well as KFC getting a little pickle happy, the rise and fall of Yochi, Traitors, Sam’s newest Netflix obsession and the joys and troubles of self taping in a family home and with neighbours. We will see you for another Ratbag on Monday, and wishing you...

Heya cutie patooties! WE HAVE HIT 100 EPISODES!! Can you believe it??? Rats, welcome to a party episode of ‘Ratbag’ we’re stoked you’re listening! In today’s episode Mel quizzes Tom on his lesbian terminology. We also have a guest appearance from girlfriend of the pod, Niamh, who does an uncanny impression. We have a write in from a rat asking about how to be natural when recording a slate. We the...

Helloooooo darlings!! HUMONGOUS day in the studio today. It’s long-awaited. You’ve been begging for it. It’s everyone’s faaaavourite iPad kid … Australia’s very own Heather McNamara from Heathers: The Musical … it’s Abigail Sharp!! You were all absolutely desperate to know what Abi’s experience has been like going straight from high school immediately in to a professional touring musical theatre p...

Heya cutie patooties! Welcome to another episode of ‘Ratbag’ we’re stoked you’re listening! In today’s episode Sam brings a more specific, more lesbian version of an old segment, and this time instead of ‘The Rush Hour Crush’ we’re chatting ‘Missed Connections’. Then we have a write in from a rat wanting  advice around their recent casting as a lead in their community musical. And then we STE...

Heya cutie pies! Welcome to another week's episode of 'Ratbag!' and today Mel brings in a chat about things we think inanimate objects find embarassing, before we crack open yet another BIG question, surrounding a car with never ending petrol. Then we have a write in from a rat asking for us to make a musical about theatre ushers. Our 'Kick Ons' has Mel and ONLY Mel sharing her dream day. We then...

Hi angels!! Hope this ep reaches you having a wonderful week, wherever you are. Today we are chatting MEL’S NEW PERSONALITY, including a certain vehicle and a new hobby entering the villa. We also talk all about Sam’s time on First Dates Australia, how we’re being collectively fucked by allergy season and Mel tells a bonkers story about a homophobe, a spa and a big ol’ misunderstanding that needs...

Hey little rats! Welcome to another episode of ‘Ratbag’ and to kick us off Sam gets us ranking the iPhone alarms as we go through each and decide if it would wake us up or not. Then we have a write in from a rat who asks for some advice surrounding long distance. There's of course a ‘Kick Ons’ followed by  a RATBAG FIRST where Pod Dad Tom JOINS us for our ‘Hit it Toots!’. Thanks as always for...

Hi angels!! Hope you enjoy this gorrrgggeous lil unpack of the absolute STACK of shows Sam has seen IN the West End, in London! We’re talking The Producers, we’re talkin’ Cabaret, we’re talkin’ Hot Mess, Oh Mary, the magic of Joy Woods, forcing revivals and so much more! Sam also chats about her experience at the Ariana Grande tour and we unpack the question “where has the personal gone in pop con...

Hey lovely rat divas! Welcome to another episode of ‘Ratbag’ and to kick us off Mel brings a collection of everyday occurrences that are ‘not that deep’. Then we have a write in from a rat who shares a story surrounding some messed up bed sheets. Then we have  riff on some things we got wrong in our lifetime (rip shower heads) before we end with a good old Christian Rock ‘Hit It Toots!’ Thank...

Hi angels!!  Coming to you liiiiive from Rural Ireland and the Gold Coast, as we answer a biiiiiiiiig ollllllll’ EARNEST one today: What are we most afraid of?  We chat all things hedonism, aging, fear of boring, wonder, magic, life’s purpose, being misunderstood, time running out and more.  We will see you for another Ratbag on Monday, and wishing you love and cheese cubes wherever...

Hey cuties! Welcome back for another episode of ‘Ratbag!’. This week we are joined by comedian, writer, performer, DJ and all round icon - Alex Hines. Whether you know her as her absurd and deeply lovable character Slug Girl, or have seen in her hit show ‘Girl Culture’ or perhaps opening for Hannah Gadsby, you are gonna love this episode, we just know it! In today’s episode we chat everything from...

Hi angels!!  Sammy coming to you live from Londontownn and Melly coming at you from the Gold Coast! Hope this episode finds you well wherever you are in the world. Nee naw nee naw it’s ratbag CENSUS time, and today we are chatting all things stats, rats, conspiracies, foodtok, seasonal depresh and the historical organ change.  We will see you for another Ratbag on Monday, and wishing you...

Heya rat heads! It’s time for another ‘Ratbag’! and today we are kick starting the episode off chatting about a food delivery app… where you’re food doesn’t arrive. Next we have a write in from a rat asking about how to take the leap into working full time in the arts, and we share our tips and tricks from what we’ve learned over the years. Then Sam railroads the kick ons (sorry Mel) before we bot...

Hi angels!!  Told ya we’d be back for a Part 2!! Today is a continuation of us telling you our fullllll origin story. It’s another gorgeous little trot down memory lane, picking up from our decision to make our first ever comedy show together and tracked all the way through what we’ve been up to for the last 4 years or so.  We tell you all about our comedy shows, touring, failed opening...

Hey lovely rat cuties! Welcome to another episode of ‘Ratbag’ and to kick us off we open with a collection of the biggest blunders people have made at work. Then we have a write in from a rat who asks us an impossible ‘would you rather?’ Involving potato’s and some impossible tits. Then we have a rapid fire theatre kick ons before ending the ep to the sweet tune of country. Thanks as always for li...

Hi angels!! Today is a really special episode. We are taking a gorgeous little trot down memory lane to tell you the story (in depth this time!) of how we met and how we came to be creative partners in life! We tell you everything about how we met, our first impressions of each other, the exactitudes of how we first became collaborators and where it all started (spoiler alert, it was 2018). We als...

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Hi hunnis!!!  Welcome to your platter full of ratfood for the day. It’s a gorgyyy giggly one today as we bop all around the place chatting about what has been happening on tour in Adelaide with Heathers. We chat the best thing Mel’s been given at stage door as well as a disastrous story involving Mel’s Type B attitude and a corporate email gone wrong.  We are also joined by Abigail Sharp...

Heya lil rats of our heart! On today's episode are joined by our ultimate fav musical comedian, dog lover and all round ICON Michelle Brasier. In today's episode we chat everything 'Pretty Woman the Musical', the show in which Michelle is currently starring in, we chat the stage door experience, the Logies, improvising in a musical and much much more. We of course open up our Hotline for all of yo...

Hi hunnis!!! Welcome to your platter full of ratfood for the day. It’s a gorgyyy giggly one today as we bop all around the place chatting about everything from 7 year old Miles’ Phillips’ song ‘Eastern Rosellas’ taking the internet by storm, to a wedding dress shop blunder by Sam, some stories about our dad’s music listening tendencies that make us giggle, our desire for an Australian Ellen, and e...