That's Not Canon Productions

Ghosts of Boyfriends Past

Comedy EN ↓ 285 episodes

LET’S TALK ABOUT EX, BABY! AH CRAPPY RELATIONSHIPS, THE BANE OF OUR COLLECTIVE EXISTENCE. BUT WHAT DO WE LEARN FROM OUR MISTAKES? Former relationship columnist Elizabeth Best and current all-round funny guy Tom Harris chat to guests about the couple fail stories we all like to recount over drinks (because let’s face it, sometimes we need booze to cope). Ghosts of Boyfriends past will take you on a journey through the funny, tragic, horrifying and sometimes just plain bonkers stories about that crazy little thing called love, and try to wind up wiser for it. It’s like a group therapy session......

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That's Not Canon Productions

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Comedy

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Latest episode

Nov 12, 2025

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Episodes

Maeve and the Flip Flop 30.04.2025

He loves her, he loves her not, he loves her. Get ready for the rollercoaster of Maeve’s breakup with a flip flopper… except technically the breakup never actually happened.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Quickie 128 - The Good Questions 23.04.2025

Liz and Tom don their relationship counselor caps and do their best to help out friends of the show in their pursuit of love and happiness. With next to no qualifications. The BIG LIST is back baby! Tom returns with another chunk of the list of 150 First Date Questions for Liz and Zane to sift through, judge and potentially, execute. So, please play along with us and picture putting these question...

Toby and the Walls 16.04.2025

Toby thought he had found the love of his life at first. Then his mates started telling him something was off about his girlfriend. It would take a horrible moment before he realised what was actually happening. Trigger Warning: This episode contains discussions of emotional manipulation and psychological abuse. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Quickie 127 - Seconds 09.04.2025

Time to have your insanity read back to you Readers. It's Quickie time and we've found the best/most horrific dating stories from you the listeners and online to make you feel better about your own dating lives. Stories this week are all themed around begging to be taken back after being broken up with, and all of the potential fallout...Plus, technology catches more cheaters. So dive on in for an...

ENCORE: Jackie and Fairer Sex 02.04.2025

After a lifetime of dating men, Jackie decided to try dipping her toes into the lady pool. And while the sex was amazing, it turns out that drama has no gender. You can find Jac’s first ep for GOBP here: https://play.acast.com/s/ghosts-of-boyfriends-past/jackieandthetractordate And her second one here: https://shows.acast.com/ghosts-of-boyfriends-past/episodes/jackie-and-the-grey-area Jackie is a...

Mel and the Bestie Betrayal 26.03.2025

Mel had been friends with her bestie for years… in fact, several generations of her family were also friends with her friend’s family! But when she discovered a big secret her bestie was keeping from her, everything changed. Meet Mel Tan, one of the co-hosts of 30, What Now? , the podcast where two now 33-year-olds try to make sense of the beautiful mess that is "adulting". With humor, heart, and...

Quickie 126 - Point of No Return 19.03.2025

Time to have your dating insanity read back to you Dear Readers; it's a stories driven Quickie episode this week. For discussion amongst yourselves; has technology made it harder or easier to catch a cheater? We do NOT condone it, but today we dive into some stories where cheating has been outed by technology. PLUS, some examples of reaching the point of no return in a relationship... Send your go...

Carly and the Mystery Ghost 12.03.2025

WE’RE BACK! After a well deserved holiday, Liz and Tom are back, this time with our new Ghosts of Friends Past series. Returning guest Carly chats about that time her bestie just… wasn’t her bestie anymore. Can you ever get closure when a friend just ghosts you?  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Quickie 125 - Friends and Family 29.01.2025

Liz and Tom don their relationship counselor caps and do their best to help out friends of the show in their pursuit of love and happiness. With next to no qualifications. Yet more dating questions to pose and ponder here on Ghosts of Boyfriends Past. Is there someone in your life who you are just forced to have a relationship with? Do you have to like your partners friends and family? All of this...

Quickie 124 - Middle of Nowhere Manhattan 16.01.2025

Time to have your insanity read back to you Readers. It's Quickie time and we've found the best/most horrific dating stories from you the listeners, and online to make you feel better about your own dating lives. Another helping of insanity from the dating world for you Dear Reader. We hope your holidays were happy and healthy and that you have set a little bit of time aside for Ghosts of Boyfrien...

Quickie 122 - Tea or Coffee 26.12.2024

Liz and Tom don their relationship counselor caps and do their best to help out friends of the show in their pursuit of love and happiness. With next to no qualifications. Merry Christmas to each and every one of you. Thank you for choosing Ghosts of Boyfriends Past as your little escape from friends and family this festive season. We are on holiday ourselves but have dished up yet another Quickie...

Quickie 122 - Revenge Flowers 12.12.2024

Time to have your insanity read back to you Readers. It's Quickie time and we've found the best/most horrific dating stories from you the listeners, and online to make you feel better about your own dating lives. What date of the year would you think is the date that most people break-up on? Have you ever self-gifted yourself anything as a placeholder for somebody else? Tuck in and enjoy our holid...

Quickie 121 - Self-Defecating 27.11.2024

Time to have your insanity read back to you Readers. It's Quickie time and we've found the best/most horrific dating stories from you the listeners, and online to make you feel better about your own dating lives. A real ripper of a first date story today on Ghosts of Boyfriends Past. Every now and then we want to bring a bit of a levity and boy have we brought it in bunches here. Bit of a flatulen...

Quickie 120 - Extrovert Comedy 13.11.2024

Liz and Tom don their relationship counselor caps and do their best to help out friends of the show in their pursuit of love and happiness. With next to no qualifications. Dating advice for new couples is first off the top of the show. What advice would YOU give to a new couple starting out? We have another bash at our giant list of first date questions so please jump in and join us! We would love...

Anonymous and the Note 07.11.2024

In the back of a cupboard sat a note that would change everything about a relationship forever. LINEA PROMO CODE: Reshape your teeth and rediscover your confidence with Linea. Right now, listeners of Ghosts of Boyfriends Past can get $100 off any Linea treatment, from clear aligners to whitening. Take the quiz on linea's website ( lineaofficial.com.au/aligners/quiz/ ) and use the promo code "GHOST...

Quickie 119 - Secretly Judged 30.10.2024

Liz and Tom don their relationship counselor caps and do their best to help out friends of the show in their pursuit of love and happiness. With next to no qualifications. This recording session, Tom has fears that Liz has been replaced by cunning aliens. So to test if the REAL Liz is in the building, we threw a couple of questions her way to get her secret thoughts on a few things in the world of...

Chanel and the Consent Course 23.10.2024

How much do you know about consent? It’s probably not as much as you think. LINEA PROMO CODE: Reshape your teeth and rediscover your confidence with Linea. Right now, listeners of Ghosts of Boyfriends Past can get $100 off their Linea treatment. Take the quiz on linea's website ( lineaofficial.com.au/aligners/quiz/ ) and use the promo code "GHOSTIES" in the "influencer" drop box and enjoy $100 off...

Quickie 118 - Instant Anullment 16.10.2024

Time to have your insanity read back to you Readers. It's Quickie time and we've found the best/most horrific dating stories from you the listeners, and online to make you feel better about your own dating lives. Dear Reader we thank you so much for once more tuning into Ghosts of Boyfriends Past! Look at you here, all ready for yet another Quickie... Liz brings us some cute green flag dating stor...

Anonymous and the Liar 09.10.2024

When your boyfriend says one thing and your friends say another, who do you trust? Visit our Facebook group: Ghosts of Boyfriends Past Group Therapy to join in the discussion. Have you got a story to tell? Let us know here.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Quickie 117 - The Art of Date Conversation 02.10.2024

On this week's Quickie of Ghosts of Boyfriends Past, it's Zane and Tom holding the fort while Liz is away. Just what you wanted, dating advice from 2 white men! Today the boys further explore our enormous list of first date questions plus supplying their own thoughts on the world of dating conversation. Join the convo or have your dating story shared on the show by writing us at ghostsofboyfriends...

Brooke and the Ex-Friend 25.09.2024

This week we have a returning guest in freelance radio producer and presenter Brooke Seychell into the studio to bring us our very first 'breaking up with a friend' story. We explore the nebulous realm of friendship and what it can mean to be a good and bad friend this week on Ghosts of Boyfriends Past. Have you ever had to split up with a mate? Was it as difficult as going through a romantic brea...

Quickie 116 - Transactional Drinks 18.09.2024

 Liz and Tom don their relationship counselor caps and do their best to help out friends of the show in their pursuit of love and happiness. With next to no qualifications. How would you feel about your partner accepting drinks in a bar without informing the drink purchaser that they are involved with someone? Reason to be upset or is a free drink a free drink? We discuss and answer more rela...

Scott and the Snip 11.09.2024

Ever thought about getting a vasectomy? Ever wanted your partner to get one? We chat to Scott about his experience getting the snip. Because Liz and Tom think more people should talk about this stuff.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Quickie 115 - Awkwardness Rating Dating 04.09.2024

Time to have your insanity read back to you Readers. It's Quickie time and we've found the best/most horrific dating stories from you the listeners, and online to make you feel better about your own dating lives. Welcome Ghosties! Our wonderful step-producer Scott shares a story of a date he witnessed in real life. Liz delights us further with some choice reasons-for-divorce stories sent in to us...

Krystyna and the Marriage Whiplash 21.08.2024

When a relationship goes from 0 to 100, sometimes there’s not time to actually meet your partner properly. Krystyna had barely got back from the honeymoon when she realized something wasn’t right about her second marriage. Krystyna Weston is an ex corporate chick (well more of a hen these days) serial entrepreneur. She’s thrice married and twice divorced! She cohosts Every Step podcast with Judith...

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