Deep Fought

Another break, but this one more excusable, because Nick was in Australia again for the first time in 16ish months. Better yet, he was in Melbourne, which means this is an in-person podcast. The bad news is, the audio is all over the place because we've lost the skills to make good recordings in the same room. But hopefully our charm and charisma will paper over those flaws. This episode's mistake...

Hello, dear friend. Such a long time has passed since last we spoke, and yet so little has changed. I love how easily you and I slip back into these easy rhythms together. It's something special. A testament to our connection after all these years – in fact, today is our seventh anniversary since launch. Let's not leave it so long next time, eh? This episode's mistakes include: A sprinkling of lig...

Sorry, sorry, I know – I was caught in traffic. Hope you're keeping well. It's a loose and loopy one this week as we ramble our way through car purchases, noisy neighbours, stretchy ties, and café heartbreak. You'll love it. This episode's mistakes include: Definite slurring. Extra silliness. Failed to properly explore the idea of dragon capitalism. Egregious factual inaccuracies. Call noise contr...

Will you even see this post? That's the question we're asking this week in the wake of Facebook's secession from the Australian media market. Plus, there's another hair update, a COVID follow-up, and some exciting Mars news. This episode's mistakes include: One noticeable edit - can you find it? Unpaid Manscaped promotion. Audible sweat. Egregious factual inaccuracies. Seek out your own sources, t...

I know, I know, it's been a minute. Let's not dawdle. I know your time is valuable and your eyes hurt reading every unnecessary, redundant word. This episode's mistakes include: A bit of lag making some of our conversation jaggy. Outdated investment advice. Bizarre diversion into spice talk?? Egregious factual inaccuracies. Count to one billion, then like us on Facebook , follow us on Twitter  and...

You smell that sweet something in the air? That's the aroma of freshly baked podcast, just out of the oven. This week we're talking about the intersection of free speech and the private sphere of social media, and how many platforms have banned Donald Trump. But at the end, there's a story about aliens and toffee crisps, so... the usual. This episode's mistakes include: Non-consensual photography....

Happy new year, friends and foes! 2020 has been dragged kicking and screaming into the future, and rebranded itself with a fun new name. Yes, we're talking about the recent events in Washington, D.C., and what it might portend for the future. Plus, Nick's show Good Grief debuted on New Zealand TV, and we talk through how it went. This episode's mistakes include: Our densest Science News ever. A li...

It's our last show of the year, and it's our beloved annual retrospective. We're looking back 2020, in all its delight, and reflecting on how we coped. We hope you have a safe and satisfying holiday season, and that 2021 holds many exciting things for you. This episode's mistakes include: Dissing our product placement. Personal introspection of limited external interest. Nick did not get Michael a...

We're here, and so are you, and we're all very thankful. It's our 150th AND our Holiday Spectacular all in one, and we're talking about the dynamics of male friendship. Plus, we debut our 2020 Christmas songs, and honestly, between our individual songwriting and the editing of the podcast itself, we probably put over seventy hours of work into this one episode. We say that not to demand praise (or...

'allo 'allo 'allo, wot do we 'ave 'ere 'en? A brand-spankin' new ep'a Deep Fought, ripe fo' the pickin'. Dem scallywags Micky and the Chief are up t'no good, or my name ain't bob's yer uncle. This episode's mistakes include: Recording in the initial frenzy of the Adelaide lockdown, but before the twist ending. Five terrific minutes we spent scheduling the 150th episode left on cutting room floor....

What a world. Hi everyone, and welcome to a new era/the old era but longer. It's our election spectacular, and yes, we recorded it before a final decision was made. But that just makes it fun! This episode's mistakes include: Already being out of date. Spending too long on the opening act and holding up the main event. Wahl has not returned our calls. Egregious factual inaccuracies. Refresh the ma...

Ka-ching! That's the sound of us making bank, and it's sort of the topic at hand in this loosey goosey ep. We're talking billionaires, we're talking elections, we're talking Christmas, and we're talking piss. The big four. This episode's mistakes include: No resolution to Michael's exciting news cliffhanger. Subtle foreshadowing. Biting the sponsor hand that feeds us. Egregious factual inaccuracie...

The President of the United States has a deadly virus and this isn't even a Michael Bay film. You know what we're talking about this week, as we do a deep dive into the implications and actions of this horse actually loose in a hospital. This episode's mistakes include: Secrecy without explanation. Going extremely into the weeds with the minutiae of the American electoral system. Forgot to mention...

Sorry for the wee delay, but Nick has been a little under the weather this week and started slacking off. It's a nice and fun ramble today with an earth-shattering scientific pronouncement, a Weird News™, a Science News™, and even a Recommendation Engine™ to cap things off. This episode's mistakes include: Aggressive energy. Not being able to edit out all the coughing. Literally just spent a minut...

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Welcome to our dozens of new, parsnip-loving listeners. This episode talks a lot about everyone's favourite hip new veggie, the 'snip (parsnip). It's also a rambling voyage through dialect differences, music in the animal kingdom, musculature, and mortality. Par for the course, really. This episode's mistakes include: Top-loading all our best content (parsnips). Unable to see picture of parsnips w...

My, you step away from the world for a month and look what happens. Nick is back from making a TV show, and Michael is back in Melbourne lockdown again. It's a big catch up episode with a lot of filmmaking discussion, so we won't hold you up with any more nonsense here. This episode's mistakes include: Forgot to discuss continuity. Michael's new boom arm made the audio worse. Nick is hot now, deal...

Roll up, roll up, for the show of the century! It's a loosey-goosey chat today about everything from the return of lockdown in Melbourne, to the debut of Hamilton on Disney+, to a discussion of body temperature. There's also a bit of an update on 'Good Grief', Nick's streaming series that will soon start filming, making this the last pod you will have for about a month. This episode's mistakes inc...

Hello and welcome to another juicy discussion on the state of the world, as we dive into the controversy around the destruction of statues. Is this revisionist history, or something more noble? This spins off into a discussion about old comedy shows pulling problematic episodes, as well as a nice bit of Weird News in the end. This episode's mistakes include: Accidentally proving Michael right in h...

Well met, young travellers. I hope times are treating you well and that this morsel of discussion may sate your appetite. We talk about the black rights matter protests and defunding the police, but we also try to work out which is the coolest fruit, so never let it be said we don't have range. This episode's mistakes include: Lack of ethnic diversity. Lack of gender diversity. Lack of sweater div...

G'day g'day, and welcome to our online podcast. This delightful episode covers a lot of ground, from the racist narratives around COVID success stories, to Joe Rogan's Spotify sell-out, to Hannah Gadsby's latest special, 'Douglas'. There's also some swole panic, pillow talk, and a car czar to look forward too, so dig in. This episode's mistakes include: Cutting out all the beard oil chat for time....

Hey everyone, hope you're all keeping happy and healthy. This week is a light and easy one in which we practice simple dinner time conversation with the help of some prompts, with a nice second course of Science News and some Recommendation Engine for dessert. Grab a spoon. This episode's mistakes include: Rushed episode notes lending a generic feel. Buxton references. The um... horse... got.... l...

Hey, wow, good to see you. You've really bulked up, good for you. Respect. Me? Oh, not much, not much. Been doing this podcast thing actually. Pretty fun. Yeah, getting some buzz I think, I dunno, we don't do it for the money. Yeah, yeah. Oh, anything really - this week was about jobs and work and what to do when people outnumber tasks on this planet. Yeah, can be, but we try to lighten things up...

Hello friends, are you well? Please stay safe out there, and make sure to maintain social activity remotely - like by talking to a friend about this interesting podcast you just heard. This week we pull at the thread of Apple and Google's COVID tracking apps and end up unravelling the cardigan of Orwellian surveillance. Plus, moose talk. Finally. This episode's mistakes include: A mediocre lit cri...

Today marks six years since Deep Fought launched (!) and we'd like to note up front how grateful we are to all of you who have tuned in along the way. Thank you. We're back at the podcast coalface with a topic we can't leave alone - Louis C.K. - in light of the recent release of his special. There's also a smattering of chat about the corona situation, some more recommendations, and a twist ending...