Out of the Question with Adam Zwar

This week’s guest on Out Of The Question is Masterchef judge, Andy Allen. Andy was an elite basketball player and full-time electrician before becoming a Masterchef contestant and then winner, in season 4. After that, he became a trainee chef at Three Blue Ducks restaurants, head chef at their Rosebery establishment, and then a co-owner of the group. In 2019, he returned to Masterchef as a judge....

Our guest this week is the brilliantly laconic comedian Dan Connell. I first saw Dan perform at Dave O’Neil’s Fun House in around 2014 and was immediately struck by his super-relaxed delivery and use of old school lexicon. Dan grew up in the rugby league heartland of Bateman’s Bay on the New South Wales South Coast, which was hit by the terrifying Currowan fire in 2019 that ended up burning for 74...

The lawyer-turned-comedian and television creator, Nazeem Hussain. If you’re anywhere near TikTok you’ll see that Nazeem’s sketch shows Legally Brown, which first screened on SBS, and Orange is the New Brown (Channel 7), have gained a whole new, obsessively loyal audience. But Nazeem’s not thinking too much about creating any television right now. He’s just become a father for a second time and hi...

Pretty excited to have the British comedian Mark Watson on the podcast this week – not only do I find him hilarious, but I also like the way he explores the formats in which comedy can be presented. He’s won Perrier awards, Time Out Critics Choice awards and been nominated for Barry Awards at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. He’s appeared on Never Mind the Buzzcocks, Mock the Week, Wou...

Pretty excited to be interviewing a duo this week. Possibly, Australia’s funniest duo. They are Melbourne Comedy Festival favourites, they’re winners of the Edinburgh Fringe Perrier Award, and they made two hilarious seasons of their sitcom on the ABC. Throughout this interview with Colin Lane and Frank Woodley we talk about how they started off as a trio called The Found Objects with a writer-per...

Annabel grew up on a farm, graduated from the University of Adelaide, became a journalist at the Adelaide Advertiser and moved on to The Age where she worked in the paper’s London bureau. Then, when she returned to Australia in the mid 2000s, she wrote books, won Walkley Awards and also appeared on quiz shows (Randling) and panel shows (Gruen). And from those beginnings, a stellar TV career emerge...

This week has been a hell of a week for anyone living in the flood effected Northern Rivers region of NSW, so I thought it was appropriate to talk to author, comedian, and now Green’s candidate for Richmond in northern NSW, Mandy Nolan. All week she’s been helping the rescue effort in the region, so I was lucky to get her on Zoom for a chat. She’s one of the funniest comedians in Australia. She’s...

Our first guest under the new Out of the Question moniker is the screenwriter and satirist, Chris Taylor. Post university, Chris started off as a cadet journalist for ABC news in Melbourne before moving back to Sydney and writing full time for the Chaser newspaper. He soon became a fully-fledged member of the Chaser and was a distinctive voice in all the group’s iterations. Other works include bei...

The smart, talented and hilarious Chrissie Swan. She was an advertisting copywriter before going on Big Brother in 2003. After that came a stint on regional radio in Queensland, then Vega and Mix FM in Melbourne, and now Chrissie, Sam and Brownie on Nova. In between, there were long term TV stints on The Circle, Can of Worms and The Great Australian Spelling Bee for Channel 10. Now she’s back on t...

I first came across the Adelaide-raised Anthony “Lehmo” Lehmann when he teamed up with Wil Anderson for their national drive show Wil and Lehmo. I loved his work on Before the Game where he cracked football-wise alongside Dave Hughes, Peter Helliar, Andy Maher and Samantha Lane. Since then, he and Joe Stanley took Gold FM’s breakfast show to number one before being fired – he talks about that here...

Adam's book Twelve Summers is out now. Twelve Summers is the story of those big memories and the big matches that accompanied them, told by one of the funniest writers in Australia.   Australian audiences know her best for her work as “Patricia Saunders” on Love Child, “April” on No Activity and the showstopping “Stevie” on The Other Guy. But since moving to the US, Harriet’s career has reached ev...

Welcome to our short 10 Questions spin off, The Top Three. I choose a topic and ask guests to list their three favourite things about it. On this episode, comedian Lawrence Mooney details his top three beverages.   Get the full series here - https://www.patreon.com/10QuestionsWithAdamZwar   Socials Twitter - Adam Zwar Facebook - Adam Zwar   10 Questions with Adam Zwar is produced in part by Nearly...

Adam's book Twelve Summers is out now. Twelve Summers is the story of those big memories and the big matches that accompanied them, told by one of the funniest writers in Australia.   This episode’s guest is one of my favourite comedians, Lawrence Mooney. I love Lawrence because he says the things I dare not think. He’s an actor, a writer, a stand up and of course a radio host. I’ve known him sinc...

Adam's book Twelve Summers is out now. Twelve Summers is the story of those big memories and the big matches that accompanied them, told by one of the funniest writers in Australia.   After starring on such Australian TV shows as Moody Christmas, Strange Calls and Offspring, Patrick Brammall co-created the Stan hit No Activity with Trent O’Donnell. They took it to the US where it played on CBS All...

Adam's book Twelve Summers is out now. Twelve Summers is the story of those big memories and the big matches that accompanied them, told by one of the funniest writers in Australia.   Today we’re joined by former advertising copywriter turned social commentator turned novelist Jane Caro. \It’s impossible not to feel wiser after a conversation with Jane If you suffer anxiety or insecurity and want...

Adam's book Twelve Summers is out now. Twelve Summers is the story of those big memories and the big matches that accompanied them, told by one of the funniest writers in Australia.   Writer, director and producer, Trent O’Donnell, is one of Australia’s most prolific comedy creators – co-creating such shows as Review With Miles Barlow, Moody Christmas, No Activity and Squinters. He moved to the US...

Adam's book Twelve Summers is out now. Twelve Summers is the story of those big memories and the big matches that accompanied them, told by one of the funniest writers in Australia.   Those who only know today’s guest Ed Kavalee from television are getting just a fraction of his personality. His close friend, Josh Lawson, used to call him the unofficial mayor of Melbourne. If you needed to get int...

Adam's book Twelve Summers is out now. Twelve Summers is the story of those big memories and the big matches that accompanied them, told by one of the funniest writers in Australia.   The first politician I ever interviewed – way back in 1993 – was the former leader of the Australian Democrats, Cheryl Kernot. And I’m delighted she could join us here. Cheryl was the Democrats’ Senator for Queenslan...

I’ve known Dil, as he is often called, from around the comedy traps for quite a few years and watched him graduate from open mics to headlining, and from bit parts in TV shows to main roles. I last spoke to him in 2015 before I moved to LA and while I was gone he released two hour-long comedy specials, won a Logie and lost more than a third of his body weight.  During this interview we talk about...

Adam's book Twelve Summers is out now. Twelve Summers is the story of those big memories and the big matches that accompanied them, told by one of the funniest writers in Australia.   More thrills and spills from my chat with Kate Langbroek.   Socials Twitter - Adam Zwar Facebook - Adam Zwar   10 Questions with Adam Zwar is produced in part by Nearly Media. More about Out of the Question: https://...

Adam's book Twelve Summers is out now. Twelve Summers is the story of those big memories and the big matches that accompanied them, told by one of the funniest writers in Australia.   Our returning guest is my old friend Kate Langbroek, whose bold and hilarious banter is one of my favourite things about Australian broadcasting. And she’s a great writer too. She started out on Neighbours, then had...

Adam's book Twelve Summers is out now. Twelve Summers is the story of those big memories and the big matches that accompanied them, told by one of the funniest writers in Australia.   Legendary Australian batter and captain, Gregory Stephen Chappell. When I was growing up, I used to wear a t-shirt with his face emblazoned on it. I also had a Greg Chappell towel and a Greg Chappell hat. Chappell ha...

This time we revisit one of our most popular guests, my friend, the comedian, broadcaster, architecture enthusiast and design aficionado, Tim Ross.  Most of Australia knows Tim from his stage, radio and TV partnership with Merrick Watts. But more recently, he’s travelled the world performing live shows with a focus on architecture and design. I was lucky enough to see Tim’s longest running show -...

Arguably Australia’s most popular comedian over the past 25 years. He’s played to packed houses all over the country and hosted radio shows on Nova, KIIS and now on 2Day FM. TV shows he’s either hosted or been a regular on include Hughesy We Have A Problem, The Project, Before The Game and of course ABC’s, The Glass House.  During our chat, he talks about living in the moment, the occasional regre...

I’ve known Meshel Laurie for more than 30 years. She was easily the funniest and most talented person in the first year of her acting course at the University of Southern Queensland in Toowoomba. I distinctly remember her doing a monologue for her end of year assessment and having the whole auditorium in hysterics but for some reason the lecturers didn’t let her graduate into second year acting. S...