Rats In The Gutter

Sam and Johanna go broad this week! From Auckland new goblin bar to lute wielding exes in press ons to Esther Perel deep romance interrogation ; come for Anne Franks lost musical career and stay for Sam’s bottom line. Get episodes early and in video on our Patreon xx Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

the country is being run by sociopaths with micro penises. This week the rats call the corners and their enraged and like-minded peers towards a solution outside of discourse. Get episodes early and in video on our Patreon xx Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sam and Johanna are on a political rampage! Spanning the suffrage movement, Gertrude Steins iron reign, and NZ government moving against its own capital city in a powerful surge of hypocrisy, our rats offer their a variety of their extremist left wing views with minimal solutions! Get episodes early and in video on our Patreon xx Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

an ambiently bitter episode. includes a review of Ariana Grande’s racial fluidity, a loving rib on theatre, and the usual white-noise you’d expect from the rats that live in your walls. Get episodes early and in video on our Patreon xx Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Theatre, faggotry, more faggotry, very public meltdowns. Welcome to this week’s intellectually stimulating potpourri of an episode. We speculate on Abe Lincoln’s sexuality, Mary Todd’s alcoholism, and whether or not we’d fuck a skinhead. Get episodes early and in video on our Patreon xx Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ancestry, misogyny, wellness, an oddly earnest hour(ish) of rats this week. Basically the only real journalism left in this country after the budget cuts. enjoy. Get episodes early and in video on our Patreon xx Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

take a cozy and harrowingly unfiltered 50 min break with a recording of our latest live appearance. If you listen quietly you can hear people leaving the theatre midway. Get episodes early and in video on our Patreon xx Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

this week we talk to NZ Herald journalist Emma Gleason about life, love, and the dystopian abolishment of truth in a media landscape that has no center. Support us on Patreon for video episodes and more xx Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

this week the rats speculate whether a midi allegation has substance or is just the blue-haired posturing of a hysterical plaintiff with a bone to pick. Support us on Patreon for video episodes, bonus episodes and more xx Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nothing spoils the broth quite like remembering that you’re gonna die, though the rats recommend a daily memento mori to avoid delusions of immortality. Other bummers this week include mystery smells and the martial-homo tragedy of Achilles and Patroclus. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The rats are emotionally unstable this week. We think it has something to do with the retrogrades. Enjoy forty-ish minutes of arrested development and gymnastic avoidance. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It’s a cruel world but the rats think they’ve got a handle on it. This week they share their dos and donts, exchanging considered perspectives on different kinds of etiquette, ugly people in Melbourne, coexisting with a debilitating nicotine dependence, and anal bleaching. Support us on Patreon xx Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

this week, let them eat fritters! the rats get nostalgic about fritter festival, which they have never been to. there’s also some light commentary on the monarchy and the lethal stranglehold america has on the rest of the world (as always, free palestine) Find video episodes and bonus episodes on our Patreon xx Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

this week the rats are fired up about political violence, dead naming Russel Brand, the class warfare that is travel by air, and Brian Tamaki’s big glass closet. Support us on Patreon xx Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Want some tips on how to combat writers block? The luteal phase? Drunk history? Johanna’s specific walk of shame requirements? Samuel’s relaxation routine? Trad wives? Look no further! And that’s on leeches in the fridge x Support us on Patreon for episodes early and in video xx Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

MaXXXine is out! Madam is out! Richard III’s corpse is out (in a carpark)! Sam and Johanna are sick of therapy but they absolutely love Michelle Branch - buckle up for a beautiful and spiteful 34.40 minutes ratties x Get episodes early & in video by supporting us on Patreon xx Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ep description: Our (b)rats are back in the studio and if you thought they were over screaming themselves hoarse over the acid green sensation that is Charli’s latest offering - you are sorely mistaken! Additional material includes a history lesson, an elocution lesson and some good old fashioned self referencing indulgence Support us on Patreon xx Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more i...

The seasons cleave to Charli XcX and the world is now Brat green! Join Johanna and Sam for a deep dive into THE album of the year (soz Beyonce) with side notes including Andy Cohen’s femme shark tank, the self suck community and Azealia Bank’s extensive dry cleaning requirements. Find video versions of episodes + bonus episodes on our Patreon xx Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more info...

the rats have difficulty centering themselves this week because the world is a gleaming conundrum equal parts pleasure and shiny anguish. So they anchor the only way they know how; talking shit. Video episodes and more available on our Patreon xx Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

is bisexuality a myth? does pussy count as a meal and does it have a smooth finish? this week the rats go deep within themselves to find out where in the binary they live and whether or not identifiers matter when you’re getting properly laid. Full episode available on our Patreon xx Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week the rats cusp extracurricular exhaustion and the ambient horror of a world on fire, while also finding time to assess the particular madness of aged celebrities, consider Jar Jar Pinks as a prescient gender-radical, and wonder at the face-card cost of using Ozempic (with a less than subtle nod to the songstresses of a generation - Creed) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more in...

against all legal advice, the rats describe some of their extracurricular activities, which they’re forced to do because podcasting is largely pro bono. Also on the table this week—predatory bisexuals, show me that sweet lil peach, Bayonetta’s lycra wedgie, and bastard-Negronis. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After a brief work related hiatus - the rats are back in situ with some juicy and shocking personal revelation’s. No spoilers here - tune in and slurp that hot piping tea! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It’s here—the rats live! Effortlessly eclipsing The Eras Tour as the season's most sought-after ticketed event, Cosgrove and Te Kani set Auckland’s Q Theatre alight with blistering charismas, hard hitting takes on social issues, and a tasteful in memorium for celebrity human trafficking victim Madeline McCann. Utterly unmissable. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

the rats try and have a critical conversation about some frankly profound theatre they recently saw together, and are thwarted by a bug in the system. Ironically, said play had themes of failure in art, in life, and the vertigo and grief of ambition giving way to defeat. We like when a theme comes full circle. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.