Fwends

Benjamin Law is an Australian writer and broadcaster. He’s the author of two books,  The Family Law and Gaysia , and has written for over 50 publications in Australia and worldwide, including Good Weekend, frankie and The Monthly. Benjamin is also an AWGIE Award-winning screenwriter. In this episode, our new fwend Ben talks about queer friendship, intergenerational friendship, late-night...

It's a mailbag episode! We read your emails, texts, and wish upon a star for a gift in the PO Box. Send us your thoughts, on that or anything else, to... 0431345145 on the burner phone fwendspod@gmail.com via email PO Box 24144, Melbourne, Victoria, 3001 for the Mailbag YOUTUBE Soon you can watch clips of the show on YouTube, click through and hit subscribe now: Fwends Pod YouTube SUBSCRIBE Please...

Luka Muller is a Melbourne-based comedian, radio presenter, writer & podcaster who has performed all over Australia as well as headlining shows in Edinburgh, London, Berlin, Paris, Amsterdam, Singapore & Kuala Lumpur. He co-hosts the Breakfast show on Triple J and, well, he's a very good boy. In this episode, Luka talks about friendship in country towns, accidentally befriending a bully, f...

It's a mailbag episode! We read your emails, texts, and wish upon a star for a gift in the PO Box. Send us your thoughts, on that or anything else, to... 0431345145 on the burner phone fwendspod@gmail.com via email PO Box 24144, Melbourne, Victoria, 3001 for the Mailbag YOUTUBE Soon you can watch clips of the show on YouTube, click through and hit subscribe now: Fwends Pod YouTube SUBSCRIBE Please...

Alexei Toliopoulos is a writer, comedian, podcaster, film critic and technically, an internationally acclaimed investigative documentarian. Currently, Alexei utilises his unmatched encyclopaedic film knowledge and infectious passion to celebrate cinema on  The Last Video Store. In this episode Alexei chats about being friends with movies, being plonked with a family friend who became a foreve...

It's a mailbag episode! We read your emails, texts, and wish upon a star for a gift in the PO Box. Send us your thoughts, on that or anything else, to... 0431345145 on the burner phone fwendspod@gmail.com via email PO Box 24144, Melbourne, Victoria, 3001 for the Mailbag YOUTUBE Soon you can watch clips of the show on YouTube, click through and hit subscribe now: Fwends Pod YouTube SUBSCRIBE Please...

Michelle Brasier is an actor, singer, comedian, screenwriter and author. While best known for her work with sketch group, Aunty Donna, Michelle has appeared on myriad TV shows and has performed her solo comedy shows  Average Bear, Reform , and  Legacy  internationally, earning multiple awards. Her memoir,  My Brother's Ashes Are In A Sandwich Bag , was published in September 20...

It's a mailbag episode! We read your emails, texts, and wish upon a star for a gift in the PO Box. Send us your thoughts, on that or anything else, to... 0431345145 on the burner phone fwendspod@gmail.com via email PO Box 24144, Melbourne, Victoria, 3001 for the Mailbag YOUTUBE Soon you can watch clips of the show on YouTube, click through and hit subscribe now: Fwends Pod YouTube SUBSCRIBE Please...

Ben Shewry is the award-winning head chef and owner of one of the world’s most celebrated restaurants, Attica, famous for its groundbreaking approach to Australian cuisine and its culture of collaboration. Ben’s story of resilience, leadership, and creative excellence was featured in Netflix’s Chef's Table, and is explored in his acclaimed memoir 'Uses For Obsession'. Ben is also, as it...

It's a mailbag episode! We read your emails, texts, and wish upon a star for a gift in the PO Box. Send us your thoughts, on that or anything else, to 0431345145 on the burner phone, or via email fwendspod@gmail.com or you can pop it in the mail to Fwends, PO Box 24144, Melbourne, Victoria, 3001 YOUTUBE Soon you can watch clips of the show on YouTube, click through and hit subscribe now: Fwends Po...

Erik Jensen is an award-winning journalist, biographer, screenwriter and poet. He is the founding editor of  The Saturday Paper  and editor-in-chief of Schwartz Media. He's written a bunch of incredible books and it's very likely he spells "friend" correctly in all of them. On today's episode, Erik talks about struggling to make friends as a child, Nan School, being almost exclusively fr...

It's a mailbag episode! We read your emails, texts, and wish upon a star for a gift in the PO Box. Send us your thoughts, on that or anything else, to 0431345145 on the burner phone, or via email fwendspod@gmail.com or you can pop it in the mail to Fwends, PO Box 24144, Melbourne, Victoria, 3001 YOUTUBE Soon you can watch clips of the show on YouTube, click through and hit subscribe now: Fwends Po...

Ben Lee began his career as a young teenager in the early 90’s, in the Australian lo-fi punk band Noise Addict, who were discovered by Sonic Youth and the Beastie Boys. That began an extraordinary career that has been both eclectic and eccentric. Ben has put out over 20 solo albums that have made romantics swoon for multiple generations and catapulted him to national treasure status. But enough of...

It's a mailbag episode! We read your emails, texts, and wish upon a star for a gift in the PO Box. Send us your thoughts, on that or anything else, to 0431345145 on the burner phone, or via email fwendspod@gmail.com or you can pop it in the mail to Fwends, PO Box 24144, Melbourne, Victoria, 3001 YOUTUBE Soon you can watch clips of the show on YouTube, click through and hit subscribe now: Fwends Po...

With an effortless ability to turn low-key yarns into high-stake rollercoasters, Geraldine Hickey is one of Australia’s most beloved stand-up comedians. She's also our great mate. She's won loads of awards and you've definitely seen her on the telly. In this episode, Geraldine talks about the intricacies of WhatsApp groups, failed primary school business ideas, Cold Chisel, a trip for World Youth...

It's a mailbag episode! We read your emails, texts, and wish upon a star for a gift in the PO Box. Send us your thoughts, on that or anything else, to 0431345145 on the burner phone, or via email fwendspod@gmail.com or you can pop it in the mail to Fwends, PO Box 24144, Melbourne, Victoria, 3001 YOUTUBE Soon you can watch clips of the show on YouTube, click through and hit subscribe now: Fwends Po...

Gillian Cosgriff is a multi-award-winning actor, singer, writer, musician, composer and comedian. She is also an absolutely world-class friend. In this episode Rhys, Kyran, Georgia & Gill discuss sibling friendships, read receipts (hell), long-distance friends, homemade plays, school reunion revelations, fringe friends, pandemic bonding and chair theory. We also wax lyrical about two national...

It's a mailbag episode! Just Rhys and Georgia this week and it is suitably chaotic. We read your emails, texts, and wish upon a star for a gift in the PO Box. Send us your thoughts, on that or anything else, to 0431345145 on the burner phone, or via email fwendspod@gmail.com or you can pop it in the mail to Fwends, PO Box 24144, Melbourne, Victoria, 3001 YOUTUBE Soon you can watch clips of the sho...

Zachary Ruane is best known as one-third of the global comedy phenomenon, Aunty Donna. In his own right, he's a comedian, a writer, an actor, and a world class artiste of the noblest of all pursuits, podcasting. In this episode, Zac talks with hilarious candour (and mild panic) about reaching one's mid-30s and wondering what friendship is supposed to look like. Let's just say the question "are you...

It's a mailbag ep. We get your emails and DM's and still nothing for Fwends in the PO Box. Send us your thoughts, on that or anything else, to 0431345145 on the burner phone, or via email fwendspod@gmail.com or you can pop it in the mail to Fwends, PO Box 24144, Melbourne, Victoria, 3001 YOUTUBE Soon you can watch clips of the show on YouTube, click through and hit subscribe now: Fwends Pod YouTub...

Zoë Coombs Marr is a comedian, writer, performer and, to be frank, she's annoyingly good at all of it. Zoë has performed all over the world, won a bunch of big awards, and become one of Australia's most celebrated and innovative comedians. In this episode, Zoë talks about a friendship as long as her memory, making friends that last for one night, the art of gossiping, theatre friends, and much mor...

It's a mailbag ep. We get your emails and DM's and still nothing for Fwends in the PO Box. Send us your thoughts, on that or anything else, to 0431345145 on the burner phone, or via email fwendspod@gmail.com or you can pop it in the mail to Fwends, PO Box 24144, Melbourne, Victoria, 3001 YOUTUBE Soon you can watch clips of the show on YouTube, click through and hit subscribe now: Fwends Pod YouTub...

Sarah Blasko is one of Australia's most beloved singer-songwriters. She's a 3x ARIA winner, 18x ARIA nominee, and has won the J Award for  Australian Album of the Year . Sarah’s seventh album I Just Need To Conquer This Mountain is one of late night reflections on goodbyes, grief, new beginnings, and an important friendship that underpinned her childhood. So how apt to have her on the podcast...

It's a mailbag ep. We get your emails and DM's and still nothing for Fwends in the PO Box. Send us your thoughts, on that or anything else, to 0431345145 on the burner phone, or via email fwendspod@gmail.com or you can pop it in the mail to Fwends, PO Box 24144, Melbourne, Victoria, 3001 YOUTUBE Soon you can watch clips of the show on YouTube, click through and hit subscribe now: Fwends Pod YouTub...

Alex Dyson is an old friend of Kyran and Rhys's, they've lived together, worked together and the three of them own Comedy Republic together. So this is a special ep this one. Although it's Alex's first friend, fastest friend, former friend and forever friend that we are discussing today. CONTACT Text - 0431 345 145 Email - fwendspod@gmail.com Mail - PO Box 24144, Melbourne, Vic, 3001 RATE AND REVI...