What a Great Punk

Lowlife Alert! Comedian Becky Lucas joins us on pod this week for an all-time classic episode for the day oners! Big shout-outs to Becky @beckylucas__ 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 Follow us on Twitch : https://twitch.tv/thesenewsouthwhales Watch our Comedy Central Mockumentary s...

Burgess is back, baby! On this week's Patreon pod, we take a deep dive into the male used underwear industry and explore what we’d all like to do with our lives if we weren’t doing this (LOL). Listen to the full episode plus all the bonus eps over on our Patreon feed: https://patreon.com/whatagreatpunk Shout outs Burgess @burgess_abernethy Sign up to our Patreon for a bonus pod each week (that's d...

Last week's Patreon episode was a real honker, so we decided to unlock it for everyone to hear on the main pod this week. Hope you enjoy! We called old friend and Old Spice-man, Remy Hii, while he was in hotel quarantine, for a well overdue catch-up. We cover everything from the early days jamming in our share house living room together, to the more recent days attending Netflix premieres in NYC,...

Bloody stonker of an ep this one! We called old friend and Old Spice-man, Remy Hii, while he was in hotel quarantine, for a well overdue catch-up. We cover everything from the early days jamming in our share house living room together, to the more recent days attending Netflix premieres in NYC, and carrying bribe money through Kazakhstan. Listen to the full episode plus all the bonus eps over on o...

Last time we saw Jack was pre-covid at his house in LA. We were guests on his hit podcast Yeah, But Still, which turned out to be a massive influence for us in starting our own pod. Check it out if you haven't. It was a real pleasure chatting shit and catching up, he's a great punk. Enjoy! Big shoutouts to Jack Jack Wagner: @versace_tamagotchi Yeah, But Still: @yeahbutstillpod Sign up to our Patre...

Another burnt trash Jamie and Todd pod this week. We talk about how we saw a UFO at Jamie and Frank’s birthday party and dive into the first ever TNSW recordings. Listen to the full episode plus all the bonus eps over on our Patreon feed: 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://pat...

Stonecold Stevesie from high octane punk rockers, Clowns, joins us on pod this week. We find out what it’s like to be "born to rock", why 2020 was a transformative year for him, and Jamie works up the courage to confront our guest after being dogged in the name of rock 'n' roll at the recent show we played together. Big shoutouts to Stevesie Sign up to our Patreon for a bonus pod each week (that's...

Kieran from the Patreon wrote to us with the idea for a special episode hosted by Todd called “The Toddcast”. Great idea Kieren! The first guest in the series is a big boon—Jamie from TNSW!!! 15/10 burnt trash pod. Enjoy. Listen to the full episode plus all the bonus eps over on our Patreon feed: https://patreon.com/whatagreatpunk Shout outs Mathew from Lightening Tree Sign up to our Patreon for a...

Sydney via Boston rapper, and total sweetheart Raj Mahal, joins us on pod this week! We catch up and talk about how he wound up in Sydney, how he approaches his work, and what influences him as an artist. There’s also a bit of talk about a Raj Mahal x TNSW collab... imagine that! We’ll draw the winner of the ‘What A Great Pedal’, a one off, handmade replica of Todd’s signature guitar pedal, on Mar...

The whole TNSW is back! Fresh from playing a stonker of a show on Friday night in Melbourne, Frank and Will join us on the Patreon for a honker of an episode. We think you'll really enjoy this one. Oh, and we also announced some very exciting news!!! Listen to the full episode plus all the bonus eps over on our Patreon feed: https://patreon.com/whatagreatpunk Big shoutouts Will and Frank Sign up t...

Our mate Julia Shapiro from Seattle band Chastity Belt is our very special guest on this week's pod. Julia calls in from her new home in LA and we chat about loads of shit, share horrible plane stories, and relate to life in a new world, absent of touring. Big shoutouts to Julia 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...

Question time continues on the Patreon! Thanks so much for all of your questions. We've said it before, but we love hearing from you all. Shoutouts to the lot of ya. Julia Shapiro from Chastity Belt is on the main pod next week, as well as a fresh new Patreon ep. See ya at the expo! Listen to the full episode plus all the bonus eps over on our Patreon feed: https://patreon.com/whatagreatpunk Big s...

Question time is back! We used to do it a lot when we first started the pod, and it's back by popular demand. Submissions this week are from the wonderful people on our Patreon and there were a lot of them. Two bloody episodes worth! You can listen to part two on our Patreon — just head to https://patreon.com/whatagreatpunk Big shoutouts to all the peeps on the Patreon Sign up to our Patreon for a...

Shit gets a bit loose in part two of our chat with Jamie's best bud, and H20 co-star, Burgess Abernethy and TNSW drummer Frank Sweet... culminating with Jamie prank calling a pizza house from the Gold Coast :/ D'oh! Listen to the full episode plus all the bonus eps over on our Patreon feed: https://patreon.com/whatagreatpunk Big shout outs Burgess and Frank Sign up to our Patreon for a bonus pod e...

Bit of a different one this week! Frank from TNSW is on pod to spruik his stunning new single from his side project honestfrank, called 'Bass is Hardcore'. Jamie calls in from a holiday on the sunny Gold Coast with his best bud, and H20 co-star, Burgess Abernethy. We were having so much fun on this one that we decided to continue recording for a part 2! Which you can hear over on our Patreon: http...

Wipooo! Luke's back!! And it's a 15/10, gags AF episode. If you don't know, Luke's our original drummer, TNSW co-founder, star of our mockumentary series, singer/songwriter of I Know Leopard and the face of Robert Timms coffee bags. Among many things, we discuss an important revelation we had when songwriting at band practice this week... Sometimes you've just got to dress the hog, cumberbund and...

Dena Kaplan is an incredibly talented individual. She's a dancer, actor, DJ, singer, and producer, but most importantly she's quite possibly our #1 fan! She joins us on pod from her new digs in northern NSW for a chat about the curse of being a gifted child, the struggles of touring, balancing multiple career directions at once, plus a bunch of the usual shit-talking and lols along the way. Oh, an...

We asked Luke to join the Patreon episode last minute but he couldn't because he was going for Seabass' birthday swim. So we called Seabass to wish him happy birthday instead. We also chatted about a bunch of random shit, including some more reminiscing on Jamie's lost years, and an update on the neighbourly bin drama from Todd's new place. Happy Birthday Helen!! Listen to the full episode plus al...

This week we are simply honoured to have comedic genius (and fellow fan of Gaffer tape) Glenn Robbins in the house! You'll most likely know uncle Glenn from his many iconic comedic television performances, including Kel Knight in Kath and Kim, and Aussie outback expert, Russel Coight. We had a fun chat; swapping showbiz stories and discussing risk-taking in comedy, staying authentic to your art, a...

Chewy and The Cricket here! Bringing you another honker of an episode, direct to the Patreon. We fucked up the time difference for our pod with Maz this week, so a lot of this one is us talking while we wait for our guest, and it's good stuff! You can listen to the full episode plus all the bonus eps over on our Patreon feed: https://patreon.com/whatagreatpunk Big shout outs to the Patreon subscri...

Maz from Waax joins us for a chat in the midst of her recovery from a stonker of a Lime Scooter crash. We cover a lot of ground, including Jamie's dream journal, show etiquette (don't be a gronk), band member break up stories and emojis that give you the ick, before getting into the early days of Waax and what's going on with songwriting for their next album. Big shoutouts Maz Sign up to our Patre...

These New South Whales series co-creator and director, Ben Timony, joins us on the Patreon this week to watch a snippet of Pelvis’ original audition tape (we'll watch more on Twitch this week) and s1e3 of the TNSW mockumentary series. The episode quickly devolves into more of a private Zoom meeting where we sit around talking about ideas for the next series of TNSW. Jamie even gets carried away an...

Toby Cregan joins us on pod this week to chat about all things Skeggs; from smashing his guitar on stage at their second ever show (wanker!), to their first ever sold out show at Brighton Up bar in Sydney. Todd and Toby also compare their guitar collections… we’re talking makes and models here, people. Big shoutouts Toby Sign up to our Patreon for a bonus pod each week (that's double the pod!) and...

And the judgment-free zone continues. 😂  We convinced Issy to stay for the Patreon episode too because she promised some more great stories (shoutouts Ricky Martin), and let us tell you, she did not disappoint!! You can listen to the full episode plus all the bonus eps over on our Patreon feed: https://patreon.com/whatagreatpunk Sign up to our Patreon for a bonus pod each week (that's double the...

It’s the first pod back for the year and we come through the threshold of 2021 with a 15/10 pod feat. return guest, and TNSW Tonight! writer, Issy Beech. Lots of gags and probably a little too much doxxing in this one. Head to our Patreon to subscribe and hear part 2 of this episode plus all the bonus eps: https://patreon.com/whatagreatpunk Big shoutouts Issy Sign up to our Patreon for a bonus pod...