Proper True Yarn

Knuckles and Zak are back for Silly Saturday #22 with cold beers and another round of unhinged listener yarns. The boys kick off with details on AlphaFest — Sandstone Point Hotel, last weekend in May, $99 tickets, with Bliss N Eso, Shannon Noll, The Wolfe Brothers, Buster, Danny Grant, Benny Penningill and more. Best yarn on the day wins a one-of-one custom stonker hat. Listener yarns this week: B...

7x Muay Thai & kickboxing world champion Chad Collins returns to the Proper True Yarn Podcast to tell the full story behind his first world title win — and the emotional moment with his father that changed why he fights forever. From bawling in the change room while getting his hands wrapped, to facing Thai superstar Yod IQ in Melbourne on Rebellion, Chad opens up about manifestation, mindset,...

Australian Muay Thai superstar Chad Collins joins the Proper True Yarn Podcast to tell the full story behind becoming a 7-time world champion. From brutal fight camps, savage weight cuts, and training through injuries, to getting robbed on the scorecards in Thailand and fighting across the world — Chad opens up about the sacrifices, politics, and mindset behind elite combat sports. He shares stori...

Knuckles and Zak are back for Silly Saturday #21 with cold beers and the best listener yarns of the week. Fresh off the Flood Relief Tour with Lee Kernaghan, Luke Geiger and Jared Wrigley, Knuckles shares the road stories — including how the boys threw a free pub night for the flooded-in locals at Eulo. Plus listener yarns from Nathan, The Semen Eater, Judy the Horny Cougar, The Broken Foreskin, a...

Aussie actors Jordan Abbey Young and Beau Jones crack a cold one with Knuckles for a no-holds-barred yarn about life on and off screen. From working alongside Chris Hemsworth on Thor and Jason Momoa on Aquaman, to crashing Chris Pine's LA house party with a carton of beer and a bottle of JD these blokes have stories. In this episode the boys cover: Getting bogged in the outback and the six-day, si...

Knuckles is back on the piss with Beau Jones and Jordan Abbey Young — and within minutes Knuckles drops a curly one. At the Childers show, a carny rocked up to his stall calling himself Jonesy, reckoning he was Beau's older brother. Helicopter yarns, court battles over Coolibah Station, a feud over the family inheritance — the bloke had detail for days. Only problem: nobody in the actual Jones fam...

Knuckles is joined by Beau and Jordan — two mates who grew up in the bush — for a proper crack about reality TV, fake country blokes, and the next great Aussie dating show: Miner Wants a Vagina. Beau gives the inside word on growing up on Keeping Up with the Joneses, the reality series built around his family. He reckons every reality TV format hits the same four base needs — shelter, food, sex, a...

It’s Silly Saturday 20 and this one is absolute chaos from start to finish. We’ve got a proper true yarn from a small-town rodeo that quickly spirals out of control, involving a pissed-up night, a run-in with an angry granny, shitting yourself mid-street, a river misadventure, and somehow ending with an op shop break-in just to get a fresh outfit. Plus, the Poddy Royale is heating up with submissi...

In this episode of the Proper True Yarn Podcast, Beau Jones and Jordan Abbey Young break down the moment acting school stopped serving a purpose and real experience finally took over. The conversation centres on Beau’s time filming Territory in the Northern Territory, and how different the environment was compared to his early work on productions like Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan. Where ac...

In this episode of the Proper True Yarn Podcast, Beau Jones and Jordan Abbey Young take Knuckles back to Jordan’s hometown of Forsayth in North Queensland for what was meant to be a wholesome country weekend and quickly turned into absolute chaos. What starts as a 2000-kilometre road trip in an old 75 Series LandCruiser becomes a full-scale lesson in small-town dynamics. Yabbie races with serious...

This episode of the Proper True Yarn Podcast goes completely off the rails as Beau Jones and Jordan Abbey Young introduce one of the strangest ongoing bits in podcast history. What starts as a casual yarn quickly turns into an in-depth, highly unscientific investigation into circumcision, foreskins, late cuts, and why one of the boys is actively keeping a written list of who’s cut, who isn’t, and...

In this episode of the Proper True Yarn Podcast, Beau Jones and Jordan Abbey Young break down acting school from the inside, what it actually teaches you, what it doesn’t, and why most people misunderstand how acting careers really work. The conversation centres around their time at the New York Film Academy on the Gold Coast, back when it operated out of the Movie World studios. The boys explain...

This episode of the Proper True Yarn Podcast brings two absolute weapons into the studio, Beau Jones and Jordan Abbey Young, for a long-form yarn about friendship, acting, and how careers sometimes start in the strangest possible ways. Both Beau and Jordan grew up as station kids in North Queensland and the Northern Territory, chasing an acting dream that confused their families and tested their c...

It’s Silly Saturday 19 and this one kicks off with a proper blow-up over Australia Post and the chaos small businesses are dealing with right now. We break down exactly what’s going on behind the scenes — from incorrect parcel scanning, underpaid postage charges, and why small businesses across Australia are getting stitched up by a broken system. There’s also a listener yarn with some real insigh...

In this episode of the Proper True Yarn Podcast, Jimmy Christmas jumps into the hot seat for a rapid-fire question session, live on TikTok. From the very first question, it’s chaos. Jimmy shares where to find his viral Christmas light displays (Jimmy_Xmas on socials) and talks about the Tongan rugby league light show that blew up online. What started as a hobby has turned into one of the most talk...

In this episode of the Proper True Yarn Podcast, Jimmy Christmas looks back on the years that shaped him most, his time at agricultural college, and why it was the best thing that ever happened to him. Jimmy talks openly about hating school, struggling academically, and being given one last shot when his parents allowed him to leave in Year 10 and head to Ag College. With strict conditions to pass...

In this episode of the Proper True Yarn Podcast, Jimmy Christmas switches gears from farming chaos to classic footy stories that only come from road trips, rep sides, and too much freedom in motel rooms. Jimmy talks about growing up around footy, playing local and rep sides, and why making representative teams was often more about the away trips than the games themselves. He shares one unforgettab...

It’s another loose Silly Saturday on the Proper True Yarn Podcast packed with outrageous listener stories, unfiltered banter, and absolute chaos. From backyard spud gun disasters to a brutal “Ring of Fire” yarn that’ll have you wincing, nothing is off limits. We dive into ridiculous would-you-rather questions, share some of the funniest (and most cooked) call-ins yet, and wrap it up with a wild Ne...

In this episode of the Proper True Yarn Podcast, Jimmy Christmas delivers one of the loosest and most unbelievable farm yarns you’ll ever hear, and every word of it is true. The conversation dives straight into the reality of hiring seasonal workers on a regional avocado farm, where interviews don’t always tell the full story and first days can go wildly off the rails. Jimmy introduces listeners t...

This episode of the Proper True Yarn Podcast features a brand new guest with one of the most unexpected passions you’ll hear about all year. Knuckles sits down with Jimmy Xmas, also known as James Cortese, the bloke who turned a simple idea for his kids into a fully synchronised Christmas light display that pulls crowds from all over the region. What started as a few lights quickly turned into a f...

This episode of the Proper True Yarn Podcast is pure loose chat, fast questions, and unfiltered answers as The Baron gets thrown straight into the hot seat. Knuckles fires off rapid-fire questions that spiral quickly from dream autographs and celebrity encounters to golf blow-ups, Tasmanian party chaos, and a full-blown teenage brawl that involved branches, numbers, and very poor decision-making....

Silly Saturday is back and this one is absolutely unhinged. In Silly Saturday #17, Knuckles and Zak rip into some of the wildest listener yarns we’ve ever heard – this time from a frontline ambo who’s seen it all. From bizarre emergency callouts to full-blown chaos in the back of an ambulance, these stories prove truth is always stranger than fiction. We dive into: Insane ambulance callouts you wo...

This episode of the Proper True Yarn Podcast goes places no one expects and somehow ends up delivering one of the most important health messages you’ll hear all year. What starts as a loose laugh turns into an unforgettable yarn when The Baron tells the full story of discovering a very swollen left nut. From bleach baths and bathroom mirrors to real estate being taken up where it shouldn’t be, Nat...

This is one of the most raw and important episodes of the Proper True Yarn Podcast to date. In a conversation that strips everything back, The Baron opens up about life behind the laughs, sharing the deeply personal story of his daughter Evie and the reality of raising a child with complex medical needs. Nathan speaks honestly about Evie’s diagnosis of cerebral palsy, her being nonverbal, and the...

In this relaxed and unexpectedly personal episode of the Proper True Yarn Podcast, we sit down with The Baron for a yarn that moves from family life to food debates and everything in between. Nathan opens up about life away from the internet persona, talking honestly about his wife, his kids, and what it’s like raising a family in Tasmania. While most people know him for loud laughs and viral vide...