The Adelaide Show

When Adelaide launches its own Monopoly Board Game this year, please let it not be cosmetically Adelaide but roots-and-all Adelaide. That's why we're offering this episode to sway the powers-that-be to transform Monopoly away from the 'bored' game and into the board game for South Australia. EverettBrookes Jewellers has just been named Best Jewellery Retailer in Australia and New Zealand. We find...

This talk about the Arnotts Yo Yo biscuit, the only biscuit sold by Arnotts exclusively within South Australia. We are guided in our discussions by Amanda McInerney, the food blogger behind the Lambs' Ears and Honey blog. That conversation finally draws our South Australian Care Package discussion to a close. In Adelaide's Yesterdays, Colin hand manipulates an irate letter to the editor from The A...

There is a new brewing enterprise in town and the Boring Adelaide crew was invited to record live from the launch at the Wheatsheaf Hotel. Big Shed Brewing has taken a number of pubs by storm and Jason Harris talks us through the beer and the vision while enjoying the title of South Australian Drink Of The Week. And after a month of deliberation, we finally whittle down the shortlist for the Offic...

Is Adelaide lying on the cutting room floor of the film and television industry? Hell, no, says Tess O'FLaherty, one of our guests this week. In response to negative comments about the likelihood of making a career in film and tv based in Adelaide by Jessie Biscuit, Tess says the opportunities abound here if you are smart, work hard and take an interest in others. And how could Colin look at anyth...

When I'm ridin' round the world And I'm doin' this and I'm signing that And I'm tryin' to make some girl Who tells me baby better come back Some haunting lyrics from the Rolling Stones' (Can't Get No) Satisfaction, set the scene for this week in Adelaide. Mick Jagger had terrible news about the death of his girlfriend, postponing the much-touted launch concert at the Adelaide Oval, meanwhile we al...

What do you give a South Australian not currently living in South Australia? A wonderful email from Matthew Longmire in Tasmania, an ex pat South Aussie, says he is enjoying our podcast because it gives him a slice of South Australia, which got us wondering, what would you put in a South Australian Care Package? In this week's podcast, we give you nine ideas but now we want some from you, too. Plu...

This week we celebrate the brand new Adelaidia app - a great tool that not only unlocks Adelaide history but encourages us to add our stories - with none other than Mr Adelaide, Keith Conlon. Keith shares a number of fascinating historical yarns with us in his easy, conversational style. We also hear first hand from the aftermath of the mid-north bushfires where Brett spent a day volunteering to h...

Mad, passionate foodie and cook, Tania Esposito, is gunning for a gong in the Royal Adelaide Show in 2014 with her relish and we are going to track her progress. In our interview, you discover what real foodies like Tania think about 'reality' cooking shows. Chloe from Yelp joins us to give us the good oil on where to go and how to get the best out of your Adelaide Fringe experience. In Adelaide's...

We are your three small amusements, let us entertain you! In this week's episode we explore what Adelaideans did for amusement 100 years ago, to the day! Trevor Pomery from Golden North praises the volunteer effort around Laura during the recent bushfire. We also learn more about Colin's dogs than you probably want to. Plus other fun, music and chatter about Adelaide. BONUS: Brett and Colin have p...

When presenters on a radio show - the team from PBA FM's The Show - critique our podcast and then make an overt attempt to gain one of our much-sought-after Adelaide Visas, the Boring Adelaide team is force to deliberate to a greater depth than usual. We also dig deep into Adelaide history as Brett discovers his great great great great grandfather laid the first pitch on Adelaide Oval. And Steve D...

The number one topic in Adelaide this week was the new ad for the Tourism Commission of South Australia about Adelaide, called Adelaide. Breathe. and we speak to the writer of the ad, James Rickard from KWP! about what went into the ad and why he thought it was so controversial. We also chat with Kate Leaney from The Welcome Centre, a drop in centre for refugees in Adelaide - they do amazing work...

What a mixture this show is! Brett reveals he is now single and stumped by his need to change cooking routines, so we chat with Susan Devine from SingleFare.com.au about some strategies. Steve says he was inspired by an article to give a gift of a vacation to his wife instead of more things, so we chat with Chloe Reschke-Maguire from Yelp about some getaway ideas south of Adelaide, in the CBD and...

In this episode, three confirmed meat eaters are treated to some of the finest riches of vegan cuisine by Tom Williamson from The Adelaide Chopping Board. He treats, he wows, he conquers. Even if you are an avowed carnivore, with an open mind and an appetite for something new, you will hear about some stunning dishes that will help you understand why so many people are experimenting with veganism...

On the fourth night of heatwave conditions, the Boring Adelaide team delves into the science, geography, nutrition and technology that creates or protects us from the cool. We chat with ThatAirConGuy, Jesse, about keeping your air conditioner running, Chef Mel Haynes about perfect summer drinks (one even protects your skin), and in Adelaide's Yesterdays we get the lowdown on why lows and highs del...

This week, a 2.6 magnitude earthquake disturbed the Adelaide Hills area and was felt around the city. Nigel Dobson-Keeffe digs the dirt and uncovers some history and some startling facts about our city's relationship with fault lines. A story from the street makes the traditional jack-in-the-box toy the centre of attention. Why is it holding the attention of kids in 2014 when there are so many fla...

This end of year, double length extravaganza captures the best of Adelaide and South Australia from 2013, as experienced through the lens of the Another Boring Thursday Night In Adelaide podcast. Along with the 13 musical shrines of Brett Monten's Musical Pilgrimage, we will share with you the top South Australian Drinks Of The Week, Reasons To Head To Adelaide In 2014, Things To Do In Adelaide, F...

This is NOT a NORMAL episode of our podcast but rather a relaxed, festive season ensemble performance with partners adding some new voices and Xmas cheer adding some, well, some 'fluidity' to the show. We cover memories of Adelaide at Summer time, as well as 'covering' the on-going debate about Rundle Mall's facelift, especially its arguable lack of Christmas decorations as outlined by Sunday Mail...

On the Nigel, or Night, before Xmas, we talk to an Adelaide Hills man whose family rejected the Santa side of Xmas - we ask why and how. We also talk to an Adelaide man who has played Santa for more than a decade about his experiences of the 'magic' of the man in red. We also learn more about another man who brought gifts to South Australia, Jakob Wintulich. This man and his metwurst are part of t...

Catherine Lambert joins us this week to share a story about reverse snobbery in the local advertising industry, Peta Spurling-Brown compares Adelaide and Edinburgh Fringe audience habits, d'Arenberg Wines in McLaren Vale gives us a Shiraz Grenache to try, the Beards taunt all fathers who teach their sons to shave and we dig up some long lost words like drongo, sissy bar and pashing. And that's wit...

Adelaide was flush with ideas and competition last weekend at #StartUpADL - and we talk to two of the winners. With Nigel 1 filling in for Brett, we delve into the Somerton Man Mystery and learn about its links to ASIO. Ben McHenry from the SA Museum talks about Bornite - our official, mineral emblem, which has just been dropped from the museum's Rainbow Mineral Collection, then it Adelaide Visa C...

Adelaide found a new avenger in Lucy Gransbury a former Adelaidean living and performing in Melbourne who wrote a scathing rebuttal to Anthony Sharwood's poison piece about our city. We chat with her via Skype as our first live guest. We also have our first Story From The Street as Sean O'Connor shares some observations about the new Adelaide Oval from up atop the stands. And are we really the Cit...

In this episode, Colin returns from the confines of a Panda (long story) to join Brett and Steve on the Courtesy Bus to memories of a great Adelaidean who died this week in her 100th year - Lillian Field AKA Steve's Grandma. Through her life we pick up on some interesting things from Adelaide's Yesterdays. Naomi Simson from RedBalloon drops inserts her quick thoughts about Adelaide while communica...

[NOTE: Revised version twice over - had to move some audio that had slipped - no content was altered] This week the introduction has been recorded live at Adelaide's annual Credit Union Christmas Pageant, with us secretly hidden inside Wang Wang and Funi on their bizarre float. However, cramped conditions thwarted our plans with Brett and Steve absconding from Wang Wang leaving Colin stuck in Funi...

Tonight we launch our much awaited theme song, Adelaidee Hoo. Could this be destined to become the next Adelaide Pub Anthem? We think it has potential, all we need are some singers ;-) We toast our late patron with a Lady Bay Tempranillo - a surprising drop. Colin sports a moustace and bemoans motorists de-hairing themselves at the traffic lights. Brett gets all pedantic about language with a reve...

Tonight is the most diverse podcast yet, with everything from cheese on trains to racist xmas pageant floats, and straight cabernet franc to a Sydney journalist biting off more than he can chew in attacking Adelaide. Music from Sun Theory and a revenue raising idea for the South Australian Government. Go on, you want to listen. Oh, there's even a reference to 'hardcore' music! Support the show: ht...