Unpacking Brisbane

Joe finally relents and watches 'Scooby-Doo: The Movie,' leading to an immediate unpacking. Hear all about the movie's weirdly erotic original premise, Henry's deranged addiction, and the price which Tim Curry wasn't willing to pay to star in the film. The first unpack of a Brisbane movie arrives now.

The boys venture deep into the western suburbs via jetski, to take a look at the home of leafy residences, chlamydia-ridden koalas, and absolutely no shops whatsoever. Renew your annual Lone Pine membership today.

With big houses, Eat Street markets, and a road that is constantly in construction, Hamilton is the suburb by the river that gets the unpacking treatment this week. Tune in to hear Housemate Jack's sordid tale of accidentally carjacking a bloke he thought was his Uber driver.

LIVE from Fritzenberger, it's Henry & Joe unpacking the great suburb of Petrie Terrace.

Henry & Joe venture to the home of the Newy and Brisbane's best sushi to unpack swimming pools, Mexican restaurants, and the deranged decision to place nine restaurants right next to a carpark.

Special guest and top-notch comedian Shad Wicka joins us this week to give us the Brisbane perspective from a man who only moved here in February 2019. We chat the piss-soaked Southbank Beach, the experience of driving 20-year-olds to the strip club in your Uber, and Henry's nerd era on the Mayor's Youth Advisory Council. It's a special episode.

Henry & Joe journey across the Walter Taylor Bridge to the right side of the tracks, Graceville. Get ready for a deep unpack into brunches, old people in cinemas, and the boldness of naming a primary school 'Christ: the King.'

The boys journey down Oxford Street to unpack the lycra-clad riverside suburb of Bulimba, with its nineteen different burger joints, suspiciously charming cinemas, and a lot of flat whites watching their kids play soccer.

It's not Wilston, it's not Newmarket, it's somewhere in between, and this week the boys unpack Grange, with its Cold Rock vibes, Wilston State School drinking hotspots, and the world's most confusing bakery, Mr T's. What's there not to love?

With a new studio space/degenerate sharehouse alive and kicking, Henry and Joe unpack the week as it was, talking meat pies, rugby league tries, and cool neighbours.

Special guest and Twinfolds frontman/songwriter/saxophonist, Hamish Litster, joins Henry & Joe this week to unpack playing your first gig at Ric's, dealing with recording your first single, and helping Henry start his very own Brisbane indie-rock band. Special thanks to The Missing, Big Dinner, and Concrete Surfers for the best-sounding transition music a podcast has ever had.

The boys journey east this week with a very special guest, Jack Hardy, unpacking the beautiful seaside suburb of Murrarrie, with motorways, Metro Mouse parties, and shopping for a new TV all receiving the unpacking treatment.

It's the home of the Broncos Leagues Club, a cinema that sells jaffles, and every house is either a rich palace or a crack den. Red Hill is given the unpacking treatment this week.

The tantalising suburb of railway crossings, long roads, and Brisbane Lions training facilities is under the microscope this week, as the hotly-requested Coorparoo gets the unpacking treatment.

The boys take a trek out to the most-requested suburb so far, as Arana Hills falls under the unpacking microscope. Henry & Joe talk bunyips, rugby league careers, and the world-famous Arana Hills Plaza.

Special guest and Ekka expert (Ekkxpert?), Caitlyn Duke, joins Henry & Joe this week to unpack Sideshow Alley, stomach pumping, and dirty dagwood dogs. Yep - we're talking all things Ekka.

The Regatta, the RE, or the Cemetery? That age-old debate will be addressed, among other pressing Toowong questions, in this week's episode, where Henry & Joe take a look at the suburb that's got a bit of everything and a lot of nothing.

In Unpacking Brisbane's first interview, Henry & Joe sit down with UQ Senator, activist, and provocateur on the cusp of expulsion: Drew Pavlou.

The Bowen Hills are well and truly alive with the sound of unpacking this week, as Henry & Joe take a firm gaze at the land of Virgins, margaritas, and gangs of youths.

A suburb with cricket at its heart, and a LaserForce at its soul, Henry & Joe take a long hard unpack of Woolloongabba this week, including how hard it is to spell.

The suburb of big houses, big lifestyles, and good little footy players is under the microscope this week, as Henry & Joe take a stone-cold look at Ascot and its unique ways.

Henry & Joe cross the Walter Taylor Bridge, coming from Graceville, to unpack the suburb of 'Indro' and its weird and wonderful ways.

Henry & Joe take a serious, incisive look into the most pressing democratic concern of our time: a local council election.

With Brisbanites spending more time in their suburbs than ever before, Henry and Joe address the most important question in the middle of a global pandemic: which Brisbane suburb would you most want to be in during a lockdown?

Henry & Joe wrap up this season in the finale about the iconic suburb of Ashgrove. Listen in.