Betoota Talks

Errol Parker, Wendell Hussey and Clancy Overall wrap up all the biggest stories from the week - live from the Desert Rock FM studio in downtown Betoota. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

TikTok sensation Esmé Louise James is in the booth this week to chat to Wendell Hussey and Effie Bateman about her new podcast Kinky History, how she found herself amassing 2.3 million followers, as well as revealing some of the facts your history teacher forgot to teach you in high school.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Errol Parker, Wendell Hussey and Clancy Overall wrap up all the biggest stories from the week - live from the Desert Rock FM studio in downtown Betoota. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week two greats of the rugby league world have stopped in to give us the lay of the land heading into the 2023 NRL Season. The Scope and Willie have played for plenty of clubs all over the country and the world, and have a unique take on the sport - and life in general. From the mentality of the modern player to who is going to make the grand final and everything in between, the new face of r...

Australian rock royalty Tim Rogers is in the booth this week to discuss the enormous career he’s made for himself playing music in pubs and stadiums full of screaming fans. The frontman for You Am I, a solo artist and a band-member to many other rock groups, Rogers tells us about the euphoric highs and the humbling lows of this wild career, with an enlightening discussion of mental health manageme...

Errol Parker, Wendell Hussey and Effie Bateman wrap up all the biggest stories from the week - live from the Desert Rock FM studio in downtown Betoota. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

WorldPride has hit Australia, and the gays are really putting on a show. The actual host city is actually Sydney, but just like the Olympics, there’s events in every city that celebrate this momentous occasion. The Betoota Advocate speak to the Sydney Swans Gaybassador Tim Abbott about the history of the Mardi Gras, Pride and why he’s pretending that he’s not gonna be front and centre for all of t...

Errol Parker, Wendell Hussey and Effie Bateman wrap up all the biggest stories from the week - live from the Desert Rock FM studio in downtown Betoota. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chatswood’s problem child, Speed are a five-piece Australian hardcore punk band that have exploded internationally during and after the pandemic. Clancy talks to the boys about the meteoric rise from the mosh pit of Parkway Drive shows, to headlining in LA. Listen as these gentlemen successfully articulate the art form of Hardcore to the layman. 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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week, Clancy and Wendell are joined by not only Australian, but Queensland icon Robert Forster. Robert talks through his career in music, shines a light on the new crop of musicians coming through as well as his latest and heartfelt new project. Have a listen! 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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What’s is World Pride? Do you keep hearing about this imminent even but aren’t tapped in enough with the gays to fully understand what it means? Do you realize Sydney is about to host the biggest party since the Olympics? Are you aware that Oxford Street is going to look like the Mardi Gras on steroids for an entire month. Today’s guest Martin Stark explains it all, and gives us the run down on hi...

Clancy Overell, Wendell Hussey and Effie Bateman wrap up all the biggest stories from the week - live from the Desert Rock FM studio in downtown Betoota. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Nowra’s favorite son joins The Betoota Advocate podcast this week. Triple J host, rapper, writer, cultural institution! Nooky discusses his career thus far, from meeting the Black Eyed Peas in Redfern as a kid, to taking over Sydney (Black) Power House this week for a January 26 arts and music showcase. It’s a hell of a yarn. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Wendell Hussey and Effie Bateman wrap up all the biggest stories from the week - live from the Desert Rock FM studio in downtown Betoota. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A titan of Australian reporting, Nance Haxton joins Clancy and Errol on The Betoota Advocate Podcast this week. Talking about her wild career chasing stories all around the country. From her Walkley award winning coverage of Woomera Detention Centre, to her historical reporting about the Queensland blackbirding trade. Haxton is now focusing her attention on ‘Water’ - rivers, lakes and creeks. What...

Clancy Overell, Errol Parker and Effie Bateman wrap up all the biggest stories from the week - live from the Desert Rock FM studio in downtown Betoota. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week Leigh from the wildly popular We Got The Chocolates podcast stops in to join the show. He talks to us about being a celebrity in Brisbane Grade Cricket, finding endless supplies of dad jokes and the summer of cricket ahead. Have a listen. 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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Cults were big in the 80s… Some people thought they may have thinned out after the invention of the internet. This is not the case. This week, the editors interview the award winning journalist and author Tim Elliott about his new true crime podcast: Inside The Tribe. This series investigates a very peculiar cult that that exists just south of Sydney, the Twelve Tribes. Tim and his co-writer Camil...

Wendell Hussey and Effie Bateman wrap up all the biggest stories from the week - live from the Desert Rock FM studio in downtown Betoota. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week the editors are joined by Triple J presenters Hobba & Hing who’ve just launched their television special on iview called ‘Australia’s Best Competition Competition’. What do you know about Turkish oil wrestling in Caboolture? There’s a lot to know apparently. Tune in.  Find the show here: https://ab.co/BestCompetition 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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Richie Merzian, Director, Climate & Energy Program at the Australia Institute, and former Australian Government representative to the UN climate change conference. He joins the podcast from COP27 in Egypt to run us through what’s happening, what’s not, the weirdo nuclear advocates, the White Lotus resort that the conference is held at, and if the rest of the world is still laughing at us. Have...