Critical Banter

A huge episode this week featuring some very special guests as we are joined by Don and Cristian from “The Cheatcoders” podcast. As usual we begin by getting to know our guests, how they began their podcasting journey, how they deal with online hate, hobbies outside of podcasting and we hear perhaps our best ever rarest moment story. We put our new guests through their paces with our game “Bullslu...

Topical start to this week’s episode as we recount a story that happened over a month ago. Sen and Migs went footgolf recently and decided this was the week to regale Ro and the audience with that tale. Ro’s then got his own yarn from that same weekend, including a lavish meal, crab crackers and deceit. We briefly touch upon Sen’s favourite podcast (other than this of course) before Migs ends us w...

No clickbait this week, as the title suggests, we attempted to break a world record live on air. The Mr Potato Head dream still lives on, but this week the boys tried to beat the world record for the fastest time to drink a capri sun - a much coveted record. After that malarkey, we discussed the new metro and how it’s actually more of a nuisance than convenient. Finally Ro is in his property mogul...

The boys are back on the airwaves this week after a minor blip last week. Kush has safely moved over to the US as we got a glimpse into his life and his living conditions - most importantly, however, his computer (and PS5) are now set up and raring to go. We also tie up some loose ends from our previous few episodes and we have our very first ever “Stay Dangerous.” Our game is “Top 5’s” this week,...

Well here we are, as we have foreshadowed for many weeks now. We bid farewell (but not goodbye) to the one and only Kushagra, but fear not he shall still remain integral to this podcast and we may even get some guest appearances from him live from San Francisco. We talk some footy first with Ro spinning a yarn of antagonising a big Arab man, we discuss Kush’s farewell drinks at one of Sydney’s fin...

No Ro this week so in his absence we talk about one of his favourite topics - pokies. Kush wistfully retells his experience at a local pokie den playing the classics such as “Where’s The Gold?” “Lucky Dragon” and of course “Bull Rush.” We then talk about Swing City, Employees Only, Sen issues an apology for defending Mr Beast last week before finally moving onto more topical and current news - Ray...

We have a full house this week and wowee do we have an episode for you. We’re off to a scintillating start with Rohit questioning the definition of a burger as he took on a local pub and what they categorise a steak sandwich as. While pondering that, he also had a near death experience as he needed the heimlich to be performed on him. Then we get some yarns of Sen’s night out which included muggin...

Back to regular programming this episode except we got a no show with Sen too embarrassed to show his face after a horrible week in fantasy Premier League. In any case, Kush is counting down the days until he departs this great nation to head off to San Francisco. To prepare he discusses the plight of the homeless over there including purchasing a taser for self defence. We also talk about selling...

Massive episode this week not only by the sheer length of the episode but also because we are graced by the presence of one of Australia’s premier food bloggers and friend of the show - Sydney Food Boy. We told Ro to hit the bricks to make way for big Kev and we start this week’s episode by getting to know him, learning about how he got into the industry, the tricks of the trade, the sudden boom i...

Lots to talk about this week and very little time to spare. Kush is not here this week as he was off finding his trusty MAGA hat and missed this recording. Ro starts us off with an update about the new gaming app Sen’s physio was flogging a few weeks back. We then talk about match fixing in our Sunday league football, angering 1.4 billion Indians and we reminisce about Timstar for some reason. Our...

 We have got a massive episode this week featuring a very special guest - Justin Truong, co-founder of Pushas joins us live in the studio. Really fun and interesting chat with Justin as we hear about the origins of Pushas, starting a business with his partner, his thoughts on some shoe trends and even the story of him teaching Ro at UNSW. This week Justin takes the hot seat as he plays Migs and R...

Record number of consecutive weeks with all 4 members of TCB showing up, but alas don’t get used to it. We kick off this week with yet another yarn from Sen and his physio. At this point we’d be better off swapping Sen out with his physio. This time his story is his physio shilling him a new pseudo-gambling app - smells like trouble. Ro then tells a story which he alluded to in our live show with...

We’re merely weeks away before Kush departs these shores so we must get the most out of him before then. To start us off this week Kush immediately begins with bringing up the hawk tuah girl again as we discuss how to make the most of your 15 mins of fame. We then debate whether we should fear AI or not before we put the tin foil hats on to chat about the Trump assassination attempt. Our game this...

Full house this week and we begin with a proper reflection of our live show last week with this being the first episode recorded post show. Few yarns from the show before Kush rather sickeningly admits to watching Major League Cricket as we discuss the intricacies to naming a MLC team. Finally we end with a new mini segment “TCB Tries” as we try things around Sydney and this week we start with a r...

We start this week with a massive thank you to everyone who came out on Saturday night for the live show - full disclosure this episode was recorded before it and we’ll have our yarns from the live show on next week’s episode. The boys were pretty delirious this week so not much going on, we talked about gambling, the US presidential debate, Bronny James and of course Hawk Tuah. Our game was “5 Se...

We start this week with a public service announcement for our live show on Saturday - DOORS OPEN 7PM AND SHOW WILL START 7:30PM SHARP, DON’T BE LATE. Anyway after getting through the admin, Sen has some redactions from last week, Ro has a gnarly tale about a divorce, we berate Ro about his wrist monitor and we rate EY’s Nike Air Force collaboration. “10 Question Challenge” is back as our game this...

Few years ago we jokingly titled an episode "Someone is Leaving?" as we revealed Migs would be gone for a few months on exchange. Unfortunately this time there is no clickbait as Kush announces he is off to the US, taking his talents to San Francisco. Fear not however, Kush will still very much be involved in the podcast (unfortunately for him) and will hopefully make the odd appearance here and t...

Another huge episode this week featuring a very special guest - Brenda from DatingAppsSuck. Brenda is a trailblazer in the dating community after turning her back on dating apps and instead creating her own in person dating events. We discuss some of her experiences as well as the differences in dating in Sydney vs Melbourne before we dive into some dating red flags as sent in by our listeners. As...

The boys have been in Japan over the last few weeks and are finally back from their trip and are filled to the brim with yarns. Before we dive in, we start with a massive thank you to everyone who purchased tickets to our sold out live show - apologies to those who missed out, we might have to do another show. The boys then jump into a recount of their trip focusing only on the lowlights (and ther...

We have the full squadron of the fellas for this week (at least for most of the episode). Sen tells the boys about the untimely demise of the Bungalow saxophone man before Kush provides some updates on his beef with various companies, including an Indian booking company as well as potentially taking Dell to tribunal. Ro is also back from his holidays with yarns from Hong Kong and Vietnam, includin...

 LIVE SHOW TIX: Critical Banter - LIVE - Stand Up Sydney ___________________________________________________________ The menace trio of Kush, Migs and Sen are back once again this week with Ro still MIA. Straight off the rip Kush brings our favourite type of yarn - a weirdo in a bathroom. This particular weirdo happened to be moaning and farting whilst peeing at the cubicle. Sen also has some yar...

Absolutely massive episode we got for you this week as we are joined by a very special guest. The king of acai himself, Jacob Najjar of Thirsty Monkey fame, joins us live in the studio. We discuss his successful Muay Thai career, opening up a gym, venturing into the world of cafes and acai and his grand vision for acai in Western Sydney. All in all, a super interesting chat with a very entertainin...

Huge episode this week as Ro is off galavanting through Asia, leaving the dastardly trio of Migs, Kush and Sen to steer the ship. Immediately we begin with smut as Miguel painfully recounts a story of his nether regions being shattered via a kick in soccer, all while being recognised by a group of teenage boys. Sen then dobs in Rohit for some truly strange behaviour, before revealing he may have s...

Massive week for TCB and for Kush especially as he finally gets his first W against a corporation. Kush recounts in detail his year long battle with a large Sydney music store which came to a tantalising conclusion last week. The other boys then bring some yarns of their time playing 2 Up on Anzac Day, including a rivalry with a fellow punter. We end with a review of the EY Converse collaboration....

We’ve called Kush back up from the reserves as all the boys are back on deck this week. We start with a tale of hubris as Ro foolishes tries to save a woman’s life only to be met with the least helpful 000 responder. Also this week, Sen’s in rehab for his foot and he brings yarns from his physio. This week it’s the tale of his physio trying to fake his way onto Beauty and the Geek. We’re back with...