Critical Banter

My lord are we excited for this episode. Strap yourself in folks because we have an absolute doozy for you this week. Rohit is off in Melbourne trying to gain a wildcard entry for this year's Australian Open. In his stead we have a very special return guest (first time in person), friend of the show, comedian Neel Kolhatkar. We catch up with how Neel’s been over the past few years as we delve into...

Second episode of the year and we’re already down on troops, forcing us to bring in an emergency sub. We searched far and wide for our guest today as he makes his triumphant return to the pod, 237 episodes later. Our high school friend Rohan is back after 4.5 years and he brings with him a yarn about a very left wing cricket team he’s recently joined. We then ask for his expert legal opinion on a...

New Years is a time for many to sit down, set goals and make some positive changes for the year ahead. Here at Critical Banter, it is time for us to change our intro (which is still TBC). For the first episode of the year, we have lost Sen to his pending court trial, however Kush kicks us off with his ongoing battle with Dell and whether one man can take on an entire multibillion dollar multinatio...

It’s time this week for the annual TCB Christmas episode (2 days after Christmas). To get us in the festive mood, Kush begins by recounting his ongoing legal battle with Dell after his desktop bit the dust. We then hear about the lads' respective work Christmas parties, including Ro infiltrating the Atlassian party. We end with some sport chat where Ro politely enquired about another blokes weight...

After resolving our technical hiccup from last week (not yet resolved), we are back with a brand spanking new episode (recorded 2 weeks ago). We begin with a Sen yarn about love and war, featuring an engagement ring, a surprise engagement and pesky birds. We then brainstorm ideas of how to pull off the best surprise engagement that didn’t include using a flashmob at a uni. We discuss yet another p...

We’re up to the final 4 episodes for 2023 and we start this week with a series of unfortunate events featuring Rohit and a certain ride sharing app. Migs and Sen then spin some yarns from their time at Post Malone’s concert in the mud. We finally get some mic’d up frisbee audio which should honestly be NSFW given what occurred. We also rant ad nauseam about the silly sport that is frisbee before w...

We’re at the pointy end of the year where things begin to slow down, but not here at TCB, where our yarns only seem to get longer. Sen begins with a Marta (aka the neighbour from hell) update as we begin to devise a plan so dastardly, the only thing stopping us would be the law. Ro then provides the council with another edition of our famous bathroom rare units, this time Ro finds himself in the m...

The podcast is back to full capacity as the final member makes their triumphant return. Local deviant and village idiot, Rohit, is back after his month long jaunt across Europe. He’s filled to the brim with yarns and begins rattling them off with a series of L’s copped across that great continent. We also get a community sport update and we rate Amazon’s office snacks. Our game this week is a new...

We’re nearing silly season here on the podcast with Kush returning from his one week walkabout. We have plenty of admin up top full of apologies and shout outs before we get into some community sport updates including the frisbee resurgence and then we end with a look at Telstra’s office snacks. Our first game this week is a new one which might be familiar to listeners - “Catchphrase.” Fun little...

Ro and Kush are MIA so the boys call in the big guns to help out with Sydney comedian Henry Zhu stepping up to the plate. We get to know a bit about Henry including his trivia hosting, his start in comedy and his wonderful office. We also review the snacks at Liverpool Hospital. The game of choice for our guest is “Bullslut” as Henry goes head to head with veteran Miguel. Bullslut is a game of blu...

Absolutely jam packed episode for you this week and we begin with a triumphant Kushagra following his daring escape from Sanctuary Hotel. We have some yarns about the challenge, but you’ll have to wait for the full video to come out. Ro is currently galavanting in Europe and we get a quick update from him. Sen then rants about chopper gunners used on animals and the English national anthem. We get...

Massive week at TCB as Kush undertook his 24 hour challenge. Before that, Ro is full of yarns from his trip to Melbourne last week. He begins with a tale of a magical venue that doubles as both a succulent Chinese restaurant as well as being a fully fledged night club. Next he recounts his ordeal in voting in the referendum which includes being accosted while waiting in line. He then goes on a lon...

Different kind of episode this week, a rather self-indulgent one at that (if you couldn’t tell from the title alone). Ro is off in Melbourne this week, mourning the results of the Australian Referendum - speaking of which Kush and Sen ran into the most adamant of No voters out in the wild. Sen then apologies for absolute pelican behaviour during the week as he retells one of the stranger stories w...

Big episode this week with Kush nowhere to be seen still since the conclusion of the challenge. Nevertheless, the lads move on, Ro and Migs tell a tale from a party they attended last week which featured a rogue fruit and a threat of an explosion. Next Sen asks the boys for some petrol station etiquette. We also get an update on various social sports the boys are playing and we end with a review...

Rohit kicks us off with some anti-establishment energy this week as he spends upwards of 5 mins bashing cops following a strange run in with the law. Sen then gives some unethical life tips regarding drink driving. Kushagra is also MIA this week fresh off his brave loss in the game challenge last week. In his absence we announce an update to the Maccas Challenge, as we reveal this challenge will b...

Another glorious week here at TCB, and of course some more audio issues, this week we lost our Would You Rather segment to the podcasting gods. Nevertheless we got some wicked yarns to kick us off as we went on an excursion during the week to Marrickville and the Factory Theatre to support the arts. We discuss our succulent Vietnamese meals before discussing the standup comedy we watched which con...

The boys are on a roll here and this week is yet another cracker. We begin with some Rohit yarns, firstly a rare moment on Sydney roads where all drivers show utmost respect to one another, culminating in a roundabout standoff. His next yarn is more of a flex really as he boasts about pre ordering the new premium iPhone, with his new credit card before his luxurious Europe trip. Tosser. Anyway, Se...

Another red hot episode this week as we begin with another update from the pesky downstairs neighbour. Sen’s workmate has given their blessing for the boys to approach Marta as they also seek external legal advice on the legalities of their plan. Ro then tells a tale of woe and misery and deadset blatant false advertising. The boys were desperate to get glazed and were unable to do so. Finally Mig...

Plenty of admin up top to start the episode as we get some quick updates from previous yarns. Ro gives us an update about the money lent to his cleaners (must be nice): no money has been paid back. Sen gives an update on whether the boys can accost Marta, the horrible neighbour at her apartment: waiting to get confirmation. As we said, quick updates. Manny has a proper yarn for us as during the we...

We are in record breaking territory as we have yet another week with a full house of the lads. Sen kicks us off this week with a riveting update from the annoying downstairs neighbour first mentioned a few weeks ago. Sen reads out the second letter in this intriguing tale and the boys toss up whether they should investigate this apartment block themselves and see if they can score an exclusive int...

 After last week’s calamity, we tested our audio not once, not twice but three times before we began. With everything in place, we begin with Ro posing an interesting hypothetical to the lads. We delve deep into the world of gambling addiction, who we’d give money to no questions asked and why Kush would not give any of the lads a single cent. Next up, Kush describes some equally disgusting behav...

Our episode starts with an apology this week as our audio is completely scuffed throughout as well having to scrap our usual weekly wrap up segment. Luckily we were able to salvage the rest of the episode which contained the comeback of 2 classic segments. We bring back “The Price is Right” this week as Miguel, Rohit and Kush are asked to guess the price of everyday grocery items from Woolworths t...

Fresh off appearing in the AFR, Ro reveals how he was accosted at his local Mazda dealership by a podcast fan - have the boys finally reached a middling level of fame? Ro goes on to mention how he took advantage of this poor unassuming listener and took him for all he’s worth. If you are a TCB fan and you come across Ro in the wild, avoid at all costs! Kush then has his weekly “old man yells at cl...

Like all good episodes, this week’s starts with an apology for last week’s shambolic audio quality. The lads then go into detail on the troubleshooting efforts that took place to ensure clean audio for this week. Kushagra takes centre stage to use this platform to condemn the state of Adidas (or Abibas) shoes which caused him much pain and discomfort - could be user error, the jury is still out o...

 Shambolic start to this week as we reveal an ongoing saga behind the scenes regarding our bank account - we know, riveting stuff. Kush goes full Karen at some poor bank branch workers before donning the tin foil hat as everyone tries to steal his data. The FIFA Women’s World Cup is currently on in Australia (and New Zealand) and Miguel gives us his unfiltered opinion on the Matilda’s exhilaratin...