Critical Banter

Second episode of the year and we got a full house minus Sen. Kush once again laments his lack of staying dangerous and implores people to accost him on the street if they see him. He also tells a yarn of being involved in a violent high speed motor vehicle accident (he got rear ended by his mate at go karts) and his scheme to get out of paying for it. Ro also has a yarn of trying to get tickets t...

Happy New Year from all the boys at Critical Banter! After finally settled into his new life into San Francisco, Kush decided now would be a great time to return home to Sydney. Before explaining or even acknowledging Kush's return to the studio, Migs & Sen selfishly take over the Logue to chat about several pressing matters - including New Years Resolutions, Lune Bakery & Star Bar. With t...

With Christmas fast approaching, 2 of the 3 boys are in festive spirit - with the devout Christian of the group forgetting his Lord and Saviour's birthday. We kick-off with a GOAT tier Stay Dangerous before we delve into the Christmas yarns - corporate parties & Bad Santa. We're then back to our regular scheduled programming with Rohit's not-so-anonymous work surveys, and his not-so-smart stor...

All the boys are back again this week and we begin with more Manu Philippines yarns. That’s a lie, he told all his stories last week, instead Ro gives us a wedding planning update and the man is beginning to feel nervous already, more than 12 months away from the big day. We talk Hawk Tuah again, much to Sen’s delight and Ro’s annoyance. We go full crypto bro’s with a discussion on famous rug pull...

Praise the lord because Miguel is back! After last week’s shambolic effort from Ro and Sen, Migs is thankfully back to bring some much needed yarns from his trip to the Phillipines. We discussed Manila traffic, speaking the mother tongue, tourist scams, semi-legal gambling and much more. New and simple game this week called “Rank 5” where as the name suggests Ro gives the boys 5 options and they m...

After failing to learn from last week the 2 stooges are here again, running it back another week. Not much is going on in the boys' lives as we talk code freezes, Ro drops a life hack, Sen tells a story of a man almost getting bashed for no reason and we end with a chat about the social media ban. Got a new game this week with “The Linking Game,” which is ripped straight off Tik Tok. Simple game w...

Well well well it’s finally happened, this week it’s just Ro and Sen (aka dumb and dumber). They decided not to do a game and instead went yarn heavy, including Ro’s injured hand and a damning commentary on Australia’s GP’s. We also hear about his crazy experience in Bankstown, Sen went to a wedding last week and then went hyper karting before Ro finally reveals he is now an engaged man - talk abo...

Stop whatever you’re doing cause we have a massive episode for you guys this week as we are joined live and direct from San Francisco by the king himself Kushagra Kundra. With Kushy back we have a yarn filled episode as we of course talk about the US election and how people reacted over there. Kush then tells some tales of getting a phone plan, edging a shoe company, doing a SWOT analysis on a tas...

Miguel is nowhere to be seen as he continues to celebrate the Donald’s re-election. In Miguel’s absence, Raj (aka Triple Cheese) (aka Sen’s cousin) takes his place for his second appearance on the pod. We start with some Stay Dangerous’s, talk US politics, Pauline Hanson, Melbourne Cup, bathroom rare units and finally Sen has some mind your manners. Our game this week is “Guess Who,” both the cous...

Quite an interesting episode this week and to kick us off Sen’s got plenty of yarns. He begins with a Marta update and then launches into a tale featuring his friend and a dog photoshoot which ultimately leads to a discussion on classic scams. Ro then dobs his dad in for some rare behaviour before Migs plays the UNO reverse and dobs Ro in. Our game this week is “Higher or Lower,” fairly straightfo...

Big yarns this episode as we start with a recap of our latest TCB Tries escapade at Parra Lanes. Feel free to write in what you want to see us try next. Then Ro reveals he is a degenerate gambler as he bet everyone else’s money on a boxing fight he had no knowledge about. Miguel talks battle passes and loot boxes in real life in the form of the Mecca Beauty Loop. Finally Sen talks about US politic...

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...