Ratbag with Mel & Sam

Woweeeee!! We hope you guys are ready for a goodie because my golly do we have it!! Today we are joined by an absolute force in the Australian Musical Theatre industry. She's a song writer, performer, she's currently starring as the lead in MTC's 'My Brilliant Career', it's... Kala Gare!!! In the episode we dive head first into the world of actor-muso shows, we chat rehearsal process, what made 'M...

Hellooooo treasured rats!! Welcome to a giggly, gorgggyy ratfood comin in HOT to you wherever you are in the world! Today, the vibes are through the ROOF. We are particularly zippy and chatting alllll things from Sam’s colonoscopy (no such thing as TMI, shut ya rat traps!), Mel’s beef (excuse the pun) with the Subway steak cubes, Madame Tussauds, Greek Easter and so much more. We will see you for...

Heya there little rats!!! Thank you for swinging round for another episode of 'Ratbag' hosted by your fav queer musical comedians, and apparently persuasive essay experts: Mel and Sam. To start off the episode, Sam brings in a gorgeously brave email she sent her dad at the ripe age of 11. (Also if the title of this episode makes sense to you, then you are an OG OG fan of us and we had to do it cau...

Hellooooo treasured rats!!  Welcome to a giggly, gorgy ratfood comin in hot to you wherever you are in the world! Today, the girls let you in on a theatre-going theory that they believe will change your life FOREVER. It’s PHD level, peer-reviewed, and never misses. We also chat child agencies, the whiff of desperation, the truth about what happened to all of the Jane Banks’ from ‘Mary Poppins...

Hello darling hearts and welcome to another 'Ratbag' episode! Now, strap in divas because it's time for another guest episode!! Today we are joined by THE Gabbi Bolt! Gabbi is multi-disciplinary artist who rose to prominence in the early 2020s through her viral online content. Her debut solo musical comedy show sold out nationally and earned her the Best Newcomer Award at Sydney Comedy Festival an...

Hellooooo treasured rats!!  We hope this gorgy, softly spoken, warm hug of a ratfood meets you wherever you’re at today. We personally are exhausted and feeling a bit ‘woe is me’ so please - join us!!  We are ultra sleepover style today (and joined by Mel’s foster cat Tora - OBVIOUSLY) and coming together to chat everything from foreign language competition blunders, to dogs not having b...

Hey there you little buttons! GUESS WHAT it's time for another guest episode and today we are joined by the wonderful Cassie Hamilton. If you don't know Cassie, first get ready to fall in love. Cassie is a playright, screen writer, song writer, actor and all round force in our industry. In today's episode we chat her new musical 'Transgender Woman On The Internet Crying' which will be going presen...

Hey darling pies! Thrilled you are taking our pod for another spin!! For this weeks Ratbag we bang into the episode chatting the names that are illegal to call your child. What follows this chat is a spine chilling realisation for Mel and her family tree which takes our episode down a very funny turn. Then we have a write in from a rat asking us to expand our Mel and Sam universe to make space for...

Hey cuties! It’s time for another ‘Ratfood’ (on the road!!) episode for your Thursday listening pleasure! Now, JUMP SCARE we will be beginning the episode unpacking that Timothee Chalamoooot interview that took the internet by storm. We look at the real stats behind Ballet and Opera and if it is aaaaactually a dying medium or if Timothee has it all wrong. Then we review Charlie XCX’s new film ‘The...

Hey cutie pies! Welcome to 'Ratbag!' our fav lil poddily-dod that we record for you weekly! To kick start the episode Sam brings in an attempt to add some new terms to the dictionary inspired by (shock horror) the Performing Arts. We then have a write in from a little rat asking about the best practice in navigating social media as an artist and we hope something we share in this riff is even a te...

Hellooooo rats!! Welcome to a JAM-PACKED lil snack plate of tidbits for your Thursday! Today, Sammy opens the ep with a hot take about animal hospitals and a juicy juicy tale about the food-ordering curse that it RUINING HER LIFE. If anyone knows any witches, pls get them in touch ASAP. We then also talk about both of our journeys trying to get back in to reading with Sammy sharing some of her fav...

Hey there cuties! Welcome back to another episode of 'Ratbag'. Today Mel kicks off the episode with a tour of her Primary School work deeeeeep from the archives of her family home, including a fantastic 'top tip' list on ways to lose a cat. Our 'Bring Bring Bitch Hotline' includes a write in from Sam's girlfriend all about what Mel & Sam challenges we would create to determine if we kept or di...

Hellooooo rats!! Welcome to a JAM-PACKED lil snack plate of tidbits! Lots to cover today, starting chats off with all things Alysa Liu’s incredible win at the Winter Olympic Games. We chat the power of creative autonomy and the epicness of this comeback! Then, in response to a heavy amount of critical online feedback towards Amber Davies performance in Legally Blonde, we chat a little about stunt...

Hey diva boots!!! We begins today's episode by waxing lyrical about a pop diva who WILL be getting her flowers in 2026, Ms Zara Larson. From her viral dolphin meme being turned into branding, to other artists we are so excited to see soar in 2026, we are chatting aaalllll things music. Our 'Bring Bring Bitch Hotline' brings the question around a magic button that could change the theatre industry...

Hey cuties! Happy Ratfood day to one, to all! Today Mel is FINALLY able to talk about her big secret - she will be starring in the Australia and New Zealand tour of ‘Heathers: The Musical’ and we COULDN’T be more thrilled for her (!!!!) In this ep, we also unpack Laneway including reviews of our faves from Blusher to Lucy Dacus, Pink Pantheress and of course - Chappell Roan!! As well as touching o...

Hey hey there our treasured rats! We're back for another Ratbag. Today we begin by unpacking the cutest things couples do in their relationship to find joy. Next we get a question in our hotline about how to0 navigate friends missing their birthday, and as two rats who have failed in this category we give our advice. Our 'Kick Ons' looks a little different today as we introduce 'Tom's Movie Corner...

Hey cuties! Happy Ratfood day to one to allll, and especially to the queers and allies who partied at Pride this weekend! We love u a little extra this week! Today we’re chatting all things from Mel and Sara’s first kiss story (!!!), to Sam’s newest hyper fixation, Mel’s grim start to the morning, perks of the office, touches of woo-woo, a mistaken identity VIP situation and so much more! We also...

Hey there rat heads! We are back for another 'Ratbag' and we are stoked to be back in your earholes yet again, or if you're new here, welcome! We begins today's episode by riffing on the brilliant never ending well that is Cameo. We unpack the best of the best celebrity Cameos that exist on the internet and it would be poor form of us to not wax lyrical about Nikki Blonsky. We then chat about how...

Hey babies!! Happy Ratfood dayyyy to one to all! Hope you enjoy your plate of little treats cos today we are GIGGLIN’ with a capital G. It’s a real mixed bag, this one! We’re chatting everything from Chappell Roan’s Grammys look to our experience at the Renee Rapp concert, to Tom’s chafed nipples (stick with us), Mel’s thoughts on the double standards we have with sportspeople, a brand new idea of...

Hello our darling rats!! It's time for another silly silly 'Ratbag!'. This week NEE NAW Mel revisits a segment!!! It has happened!!! We open the episode with a round 2 of 'The Sargey Diaries' and god it's true we really love this man, and his 2014 MacBook receipts. Next Sam shares an embarrassing story surrounding a high school alumni run in, and a badly timed 'fun fact'. Our Kick Ons is a questio...

Right. If anyone knows a ball kid. Or knows someone who KNOWS someone who knows a ball kid. You know where to send ‘em. It’s Australian Open season rattieeeees, and we have felt INSPIRED to chat all things sport today (nee naw - new content alert, when have we ever talked about sport before?? Hahahaha) We’re chatting all things from the reasons why ball kids are famous to us, the sports we grew up...

Hey rats! We're back for another Ratbag in a brand new studio! To kick things off we are circling back to the ranking of the Arnotts assorted creams, but this time... we're going savory edition. We will be ranking the 'Shapes' range, and we find ourselves shocked that Shapes were invented in the 50s??? Come again??? Next we get a question in our hotline about the kind of jobs that we would absolut...

Greetings to the rat den!!! Today’s Ratfood is a juicy one, boys. We chat everything from Ariana Grande and Jonathan Bailey’s casting in ‘Sunday In The Park With George’ - what we’re keen for, and what we’re not so keen for - Mel tells us alllllll about her foster kitty, Tom tells us about the predicament of his resting bitch face, and we learn about a natural phenomenon that has made Sam’s blood...

"Hey fam anmd welcome to a kind of different ep this week! If you didn't know, we recently went live for a whole 24 hours, to raise money for Gaza, and today we bring to you a slice of this live, as we recorded a podcast ep as part of the stream, when we were as fresh as a daisy, one hour in! In this episode we chat 'the rules that exist when riding hot air balloons', our hot takes on Wicked - For...

Hellooooo RAT DEN!  Happy Ratfood day to youuu. Today we go INNN on a dissection of the new Netflix documentary ‘Simon Cowell: The Next Act’, and the creation of the brand new boy band ‘December 10’. After Pop Star Academy and the creation and smash hit of Katseye, we were MEGA keen to see what this was all about and we absolutely have thoughts a plentyyy. We cover everything from rogue marke...