Betoota Talks

Geoff Rissole and Nick Furphy (the blokes behind Shit Towns Of Australia and Shit Towns of New Zealand) join the Betoota Advocate team to discuss the official list of shittest moments in Aussie sport.  The unflappable stalwarts of Trans Tasman social media give us the run down on their new book which covers the controversial subject, as well as the current power rankings of some of our most b...

Clancy Overell, Errol Parker and Wendell Hussey wrap up all the biggest stories from the week - live from the Desert Rock FM studio in downtown Betoota. Click here for up to 45% off   Subscribe to the Betoota Newsletter HERE  Betoota on Instagram Betoota on TikTok See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The nation's most esteemed political analyst and demographics wizard, George Megalogenis joins Betoota Talks to explain just how different Australia actually is to what our media, politicians and cultural commentators think it is. The demographics aren't changing, they have changed. The voting patterns are going back to what they used to be. Pauline Hanson has a ceiling of popularity because the a...

The cult Kiwi heavyweight of comedy, Joe Daymond joins Betoota Talks this week to tackle one of the great political issues of our time: is Russell Crowe a Kiwi or and Aussie? Who gets to claim Crowded House? Why do the Kiwis want Kyle Minogue to be one of theirs so badly. The Betoota Advocate drafts up a list of our ten favourite Kiwis and he drafts up a list of his ten favourite Aussies. We then...

Clancy Overell, Errol Parker and Wendell Hussey wrap up all the biggest stories from the week - live from the Desert Rock FM studio in downtown Betoota. Click here for up to 45% off   Subscribe to the Betoota Newsletter HERE  Betoota on Instagram Betoota on TikTok See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A titan of Australian journalism, Paul Barry has finished up at Media Watch and is back on the beat as an investigative journalist. And the story he's just broken is massive. Ever heard of Whyalla? It's down on the bottom of South Australia and it looks like this town has been F*CKED by an (alleged) con-artist. This is Australia's version of the Simpson's Monorail! His newest book, THE BIG STEAL,...

Clancy Overell, Errol Parker and Wendell Hussey wrap up all the biggest stories from the week - live from the Desert Rock FM studio in downtown Betoota. Click here for up to 45% off   Subscribe to the Betoota Newsletter HERE  Betoota on Instagram Betoota on TikTok See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Take me home, country roads! Former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd returns to his rural Queensland hometown for the 2026 Eumundi Writer's Festival. After wrapping up his high-profile tenure as Australia's Ambassador To Washington D.C - Mr Rudd joins Clancy Overell from The Betoota Advocate on stage at the Imperial Hotel in Eumundi for live interview about his life, politics, and relationship with Xi Ji...

Clancy Overell, Errol Parker and Wendell Hussey wrap up all the biggest stories from the week - live from the Desert Rock FM studio in downtown Betoota. Click here for up to 45% off   Subscribe to the Betoota Newsletter HERE  Betoota on Instagram Betoota on TikTok See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Joining Clancy and Wendell in the studio today is an icon of Sydney, and a driving force behind the revitalisation of the city's nighttime economy. Nahji Chu, better known as Lady Chu, has been at the forefront of hospitality for more than a decade, with her Kings Cross Restaurant one of the most popular on the strip. From humble beginnings as a Vietnamese immigrant to opening the iconic MissChu t...

Errol Parker brings you all the latest headlines live from the Desert Rock FM Studio in downtown Betoota. Thanks to Betoota Golf Club and BYD Betoota for sponsoring the show   Subscribe to the Betoota Newsletter HERE  Betoota on Instagram Betoota on TikTok See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week’s episode of Betoota Talks is more than a podcast interview. It's a showcase. One of Queensland's most decorated mix masters, NERVE, brings in all of his production kit and begins sampling old records. From classic Aussie TV jingles to Killing Heidi. This is great fun. Watch the full chat on Youtube HERE Check out NERVE's new album GROWING PAINS out now! See omnystudio.com/listener...

Prepare for some eye-opening and breathtaking revelations on BETOOTA TALKS this week, as the editors are joined by Chanel Contos. An author and social activist who finds herself fighting the least sexy  causes in social justice. How do we say that unbridled access to online porn is ruining everyone's brains? How do we welcome radicalised young men back into society? Why are Gen-Z more chauvin...

Clancy Overell, Errol Parker and Wendell Hussey wrap up all the biggest stories from the week - live from the Desert Rock FM studio in downtown Betoota. Click here for up to 45% off   Subscribe to the Betoota Newsletter HERE  Betoota on Instagram Betoota on TikTok See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It’s rare to get a guest from as west as Betoota - but Wade Forster is just that. From Winton (Queensland) to Nashville (Tennessee) The former rodeo party boy turned global country music singer joins BETOOTA TALKS on the eve of his 3rd studio album. There are some very funny yarns spun in this interview See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Clancy Overell, Errol Parker and Wendell Hussey wrap up all the biggest stories from the week - live from the Desert Rock FM studio in downtown Betoota. Click here for up to 45% off   Subscribe to the Betoota Newsletter HERE  Betoota on Instagram Betoota on TikTok See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

With the Australian political establishment shifting significantly, we are joined by the newest party on the scene - Community Strong Australia. Also known as Competent Sheilas Australia, the driving forces behind the party, Allegra Spender and Zali Steggall stopped by to give us the run down on the fundamentals. From the pillars holding up the party to their stance on current issues like sportsbe...

Clancy Overell, Errol Parker and Wendell Hussey wrap up all the biggest stories from the week - live from the Desert Rock FM studio in downtown Betoota. Click here for up to 45% off   Subscribe to the Betoota Newsletter HERE  Betoota on Instagram Betoota on TikTok See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week we are visited by two of the biggest creators Australia has produced. Boasting 7 million subscribers between them, Aleksa Vulović (Boy Boy) and Alex Apollonov (IdidAthing), joined the show to chat about the incredible journey. From a hair cut in North Korea to breaking into Pine Gap and breaching the military blockade around Cuba, it's been quite the ride for two fellas from Sydney's Hil...

One of the most conveniently forgotten chapters in Australian history is interrogated and mapped out this week on Betoota Talks. Nobody wants to imagine that our sunburnt larrikin nation was built off the back of slaves... But a lot of it was. It's not a culture war, it's a historical fact.  This week's guest, historian Ryan Butta, has compiled all of the old slave trade routes, ships, ports...

Clancy Overell, Errol Parker and Wendell Hussey wrap up all the biggest stories from the week - live from the Desert Rock FM studio in downtown Betoota. Click here for up to 45% off   Subscribe to the Betoota Newsletter HERE  Betoota on Instagram Betoota on TikTok See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Joining Clancy and Errol this week is Zoe Pepper and Cody Greenwood, director and producer of the new Australian film Birthright. Birthright uses the form of horror to examine generational relationships amid the housing crisis as a millennial couple are forced to move back in with their boomer parents. With screams, tears and laughs all packed into one home grown classic, we found out what motivat...

Clancy Overell, Errol Parker and Wendell Hussey wrap up all the biggest stories from the week - live from the Desert Rock FM studio in downtown Betoota. Click here for up to 45% off   Subscribe to the Betoota Newsletter HERE  Betoota on Instagram Betoota on TikTok See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Most Australians have grown up with this bloke on their airwaves and televisions - so it was very kind of him to take the best part of an hour out of his day to join this week's episode of with Betoota Talks. After a storied career in radio, TV comedy, children's books and game show hosting - Andy Lee is now loving his career pivot into animation. You probably already knew, this but this interview...

Big Marty Bella, a renegade from the sugar cane town of Sarina. He played 28 Origins for Queensland and plenty of NRL. He's also a physio and local councillor in Mackay. He does not miss when it comes to Pauline Hanson. Marty refreshes all of us on how things work in the Deep North. This is some old school North Queensland politics. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.