What a Great Punk

It’s birthday week on the pod, and we’re talking Dean Koontz, Warnie tributes, getting third-hand goosebumps from the Fooeys, trying on undies, chocolate beef and question time! To hear the full episode head over to our Patreon https://patreon.com/whatagreatpunk Shout outs @honestfranks Sign up to our Patreon for a bonus pod each week (that's double the pod!) and other VIP stuff for just $5 a mont...

Welcome to the real comedy fest! Issy Beech is back and we discuss colonic irrigations, what we’d do if we were in a Saw movie, Savage Garden’s comeback, new wave sex apps, how Leroy and Jamie invented the mannequin challenge and the time Todd got dogged at the Bloc Party after party. Shout outs @isobelbeechdotcom Sign up to our Patreon for a bonus pod each week (that's double the pod!) and other...

Pod favourite Jenna Owen joins us ahead of her appearance with us at this year’s International Melbourne Comedy Festival! We chat about riffing with the wrong crowd, doing cringe photoshoots, dancing against your will, the ins and outs of the improv scene, Todd’ performance as Rapunzel in the school play, and Jenna tells the story of her biggest ever bomb. To hear the full episode head over to our...

We’ve got Jake and Stevie from Clowns and Melbourne based record label Damaged on the pod this week! We share some tour stories, talk about inter-band politics, analyse Rove’s social media strategy, discuss the art sexting and figure out who’s the most punk of the group. Shout outs @steviewhatever @catman.scoop   Check out our vinyl and heaps more sick shit on the Damaged record store: https://dam...

"We're going on tour and we're never coming back!". We continue our series of directors commentary of our mockumentary TV show. We're up to the first episode of our second season, which is an absolute honker to say the least. To hear the full episode head over to our Patreon https://patreon.com/whatagreatpunk Sign up to our Patreon for a bonus pod each week (that's double the pod!) and other VIP s...

Reg Harris is the Music Director of our favourite radio station, FBi Radio, which runs out of Redfern in Sydney. We chat about good critters, bad critters, bacon lovers, the Sydney music scene and some of our worst Airbnb reviews. Shout outs @reginald_harris_v.4 Sign up to our Patreon for a bonus pod each week (that's double the pod!) and other VIP stuff for just $5 a month: https://patreon.com/wh...

Rhys sticks around for the Patreon and we chew the fat over some wine tasting and each try our hands at psychic readings. To hear the full episode head over to our Patreon https://patreon.com/whatagreatpunk Shout outs @dripcoffee Sign up to our Patreon for a bonus pod each week (that's double the pod!) and other VIP stuff for just $5 a month: https://patreon.com/whatagreatpunk Join us all in the T...

We had technical issues that meant we unfortunately couldn’t put out our podcast that we recorded with the wonderful Jenny and Rosie from I Know Leopard this week—so Rhys saved the day and popped by for some homemade sausage rolls and a chat. If you’re in Melbourne, come join us at the I Know Leopard show at The Night Cat on Thursday the 17th! Shout outs @dripcoffee Sign up to our Patreon for a bo...

Very good episode in our opinion. Todd tells the story of a little band from Adelaide, and how their dreams were crushed before their very eyes. To hear the full episode head over to our Patreon https://patreon.com/whatagreatpunk Sign up to our Patreon for a bonus pod each week (that's double the pod!) and other VIP stuff for just $5 a month: https://patreon.com/whatagreatpunk Join us all in the T...

We chat about Banoffee’s upcoming move back to LA, having a sobby maz, feeling like a loser in the airport, password security, not going to shows anymore, not digging your partner’s drip, and being asked by strangers the big question, “are you famous?”. Oh and also, fuck Vegemite! Shout outs @banoffeemusic Sign up to our Patreon for a bonus pod each week (that's double the pod!) and other VIP stuf...

This one’s been a long time coming! Our dear friend Dean Tuza is the producer of MOSSY and a lot of TNSW music including our first album, You Work for Us. In this episode we catch up for a chat about our experiences working together, the magic of music stores, lawn mower techniques, the anxieties of social media, and what it was like growing up and making music with the Rubens as trouble making te...

On this week’s pod Lachy educates us on hamboning, we discuss the unaffordability of backline and why it’s too expensive to play with a live drummer, come up with song names for our new project “Death Seminar”, and give the lowdown on our band’s unfortunate phishing incident from earlier in the week. Shout outs @therealerewbank @dzdeathrays Sign up to our Patreon for a bonus pod each week (that's...

We’re back on our bullshit, answering questions sent in from the Patreon crew again this week. Thanks to everyone who wrote in, they were all great and we had a lot of fun answering for you! To hear the full episode head over to our Patreon https://patreon.com/whatagreatpunk Sign up to our Patreon for a bonus pod each week (that's double the pod!) and other VIP stuff for just $5 a month: https://p...

Feeling loose from the bathhouse, stars of the Life Camera Action podcast, Maria and Rhys, join us for a hilarious rollercoaster ride of a pod in which, amongst many claims, Rhys makes the big call that, “monkeys are great, but they can’t run a business”. Catch Maria performing her new show, The Disappearing Act, at this year’s Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Life Camera Action pod: @life...

Jamie’s old friend and H20 co-star Burgess Abernethy is back on the Patreon this week and we discover that Jamie doesn’t care for pesto, Todd thinks Timothée Chalamet doesn’t have the “X factor” and Burgess can’t stand Wes Anderson films. We also read some diarrhoea-fixing cat food reviews and conduct a young Billy Connelly swag report. To hear the full episode head over to our Patreon https://pat...

We chat with comedian Becky Lucas about how it’s cool to be corny in 2022, having a mouse in the house, getting smacked, being star struck by covid, AI aliens making humans obsolete, doing DMT but staying sober and tell a bunch of other people’s stories for good measure. Shout outs @beckylucas__ Sign up to our Patreon for a bonus pod each week (that's double the pod!) and other VIP stuff for just...

Callum is a very close friend ours. He plays in punk band Publique and has been in the TNSW universe since the early days—working on all of our mockumentary episodes as a producer and camera operator, as well as a creator, writer and the director of TNSW Tonight!. In this not-to-be-missed episode we have the best time reminiscing on classic mems, discussing behind the scenes insights and anecdotes...

Crowd favourite, Ryan Shelton is back on the pod. We chat about Jamie’s awkward conversation with his butcher, if Spud Bar employees like to be called “Potato Artists”, not getting recognised by name anymore, being the "pizza guy" on NYE, why it’s good to be wise in the creative process, check in on our mental health and reflect on the completion of his 2 year project of making and releasing a vid...

We're still doing Patreon pods during our 2 week break. In this episode we cover Kangaroos killing people, dealing with thicc spiders, the time Jamie crashed "Horse" (his first car), and what really happens when grown ups have sleepover parties. To hear the full episode head over to our Patreon https://patreon.com/whatagreatpunk Sign up to our Patreon for a bonus pod each week (that's double the p...

While we take 2 weeks off over xmas, we're unlocking a couple of episodes from the Patreon archives. In this all-time pod, Will finds out that we've all been calling him Houdini behind his back for years 🤣 Shout outs @o_willl Sign up to our Patreon for a bonus pod each week (that's double the pod!) and other VIP stuff for just $5 a month: https://patreon.com/whatagreatpunk Join us all in the TNSW...

We're still doing Patreon episodes during our 2 week break. In this episode Santa takes some time from his busy schedule to join us on the pod again this year. He doesn’t do a lot of press, so we really appreciate him giving us the scoop his songwriting process with Mrs. Clause, and we discuss how for decades everyone’s been talking about your Lennons and McCartneys, Jaggers and Richards, but no-o...

While we take 2 weeks off over xmas, we're unlocking a couple of classic episodes from the Patreon archives. The first is all about the time where Famous rapper Lil B @lilbthebasedgod tried to scam Jamie, so we went on an undercover investigation into the weird af world of Lil B! Lets rock! love it family !!! SEND WAY BIGGER PAYMENT NOW !!!! LOVE !!!!! To hear the full episode head over to our Pat...

This week we talk about the path of truth, seeing a cops arse, being in training to be Mick Jagger, going to The Tinea Warehouse, the difference between the meat and vegetarian ends of the table, and finish up with a few Matt Papa stories as requested by some of you. To hear the full episode head over to our Patreon https://patreon.com/whatagreatpunk Sign up to our Patreon for a bonus pod each wee...

Comedian, writer, presenter, and all round funny person Froomes is up this week! We talk about venturing into the property market, dry reaching off fried chicken vapes, the wrinkles on each other's foreheads, online dating as a famous person, a new business idea “Poo by Froomes” and how being unhealthy is the new healthy. We’re taking a two week break for xmas and will be back in 2022 with all new...

Did you know a yellow fish Tuna is worth 1 million dollars? On this week’s Patreon Ben joins us for another episode in our series of directors commentary of our mockumentary TV show. We’re up to one of our favourite episodes — Season 1, Episode 6: “The Buzz”. See ya on the road Phill! To hear the full episode head over to our Patreon https://patreon.com/whatagreatpunk Shout outs @bangtimony Sign u...