Michael & Angie with Leah for Breakfast

And you wouldn't necessarily know. Our good mate and host of Rural Focus, Leah, has been homeless twice in her life and was kind enough to share her story. This month, if you could donate a new blanket as we Blanket to the Border for our communities, it would make a difference for a range of people doing it tough. Head online to triplem.listnr.com to find a drop off point. There's also so many goo...

Did you know an Aussie threw their hat in the ring to become the next Pope? Leo XIV got the job, but our exclusive audio of the vetting process pre conclave shows who it could've gone to. Happy Mother's day by the way, hope your kids and partners are better organised than Michael. Hopefully your kids are better behaved than Angie, who spent her youth mooning traffic cameras. On something a bit mor...

Hope you enjoyed your holidays as much as Angie did, and much more than Michael. We explain how he did himself a mischief and ended up with stitches, how you make a new surf break with the Albany Board Riders, how the West Coast Eagles could lose a generation of fans and how Brian Canham of Pseudo Echo revamped Funky Town for the 80s. Don't forget to join Michael & Angie on Facebook, to stay i...

Are you as excited for school holidays as Angie is? Maybe you get to head to the Karijini Experience to try the amazing food of Storyteller Chef Zach Green? Maybe you have tips on how to camp and adventure as a parent of an infant? Or maybe you're a West Coast Eagles fan, excited by Gather Round and want to know more about the fine print of Harley Reid's contract offer?  Don't forget to join...

We take you behind the scenes of this week's April Fools pranks and dive into Abgie's big announcement. You'll just have to listen to find out more. Stay in touch by joining the Michael & Angie group on Facebook. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ever wonder what it's like to guard the leader of Australia? Or maybe you're actually guilty of a crime you don't even know about? And why are there all these trucks in Perth? Michael & Angie tackle all these questions, as we talk cops coming to our sunny shores with Srgt Ben Woods of West Coast Cops (a new doco series on Channel 9) and tales of an AFP officer, who knows what a former PM was u...

Would you run 2 marathons a day? Brooke McIntosh has taken up the challenge to run Perth to Perth the long way round for the Blue Tree Project. We have a great chat with her about mental health and Angie shares why the interview hit pretty hard this week. If someone you know would benefit from hearing Brooke's inspiring story, then send the pod their way. Michael also does another deep dive, this...

A joyvious holiday now ruined by the cost of living and your footy team forgetting to play a whole game. Michael's on a rollercoaster of emotions, or should that be sand board, as we find out if he took up Angie's challenge while on holiday. Scott Phillips, Chief Economist at the Motley Fool explains how President Trump's tariffs could affect us in Australia and Xavier Ellis previews Round 1 of th...

Footy comes to the SW this weekend at Hands Oval, between the West Coast Eagles and North Melbourne. AFL Producer Dan Leach jumps on to give us a peak into the commentary box and how despite his best efforts Michael did not make for a great replacement. We also get to hear from a couple of the players; proud Dunsborough boy Reuben Ginbey of the Eagles and West Aussie turned North Melbournian Griff...

Our new behind the scenes podcast format continues with Angie wanting to know a bit more about how Michael got here. So come on a journey that goes back over a decade! We also catch up with Craig Kitson from Ningaloo Glass Bottom Tours, to talk the shocking coral bleaching happening in our North. Don't forget to join the Michael & Angie group on Facebook to stay in touch! See omnystudio.com/li...

Welcome to the new podcast format! We've decided to mix it up and explore some of the behind the scenes of radio, while still bringing you some of the best chats from the week. Angie took a couple of days and that can be a pretty big deal in radio (or so we thought)! Ross Noble is touring our patch, so we had, as you would expect, the most ridiculous and tangential conversation about launching a M...

From legally changing your name, to fishing tips and free plugs, this show has it all! We catch up with Ross Brommel (the voice of the Busselton Jetty Swim), our fishing guru Holly and Tracie gets a new jingle courtesy of DJ Ayers. We also look into what happens when a poli changes their name to Mr Aussie Trump. Let us know if you enjoy the daily catch ups, because we have a new plan for next week...

Have you ever heard of Bioethics? Us neither! Dr Evie Kendal talks us through the asteroid that's on a collision course with Earth, and how there's a lot of unanswered questions about who is in charge of space defense and if maybe we shouldn't do anything at all. Being a Thursday we've got to get a movies and streaming update from Shane the Movie Analyst. Meanwhile one of WA's biggest companies, F...

By chance everything starts with the letter R today! Australian acting royalty Rachel Griffiths drops in to tell us about her newest role in Madam on Channel 9, based on the true story of a woman in New Zealand who started an ethical brothel. Scott Phillips of the Motley Fool gives us the low down on interest rates going down in 2025. Jayden Forster of Celebrity Lane keeps us up to date on this ye...

It's back to school this week so Michael & Angie have an educational and entertaining (aka edutational) show for you. Michael has gone full nerd mode and learnt as much as he could about desalination in a Deep Dive, while Angie presents the newest kids show (which has something for the parents as well). Namu drops in to keep us up to date on all things extreme sports including a chat with wind...

The newest Yellow Wiggle Tsehay Hawkins drops by to tell us more about the new Wiggles country album and all the amazing artists that feature, including the late great Slim Dusty! Wayne's World this week is all about the amazing work of the Marine Rescue teams in our patch. Finally it wouldn't be a Monday without sport's Good, Bad and Ugly (it involves 100s at the MCG, politicians being salty and...

It’s Friday and that means Busso’s most famous fisho Holly drops by to let us know where the fish are biting this weekend and Michael lobs Angie another “Social Handgrenade” (Speed limits make Angie very fiery, so let’s see how this plays out). Speaking of fiery, our patch of WA is very hot so Jess at the BOM explains heat waves and how the wind works in Australia. Al...

West Coast Eagles and Southwest star Reuben Ginbey, made headlines for something truly heinous! (Not really though, as you’ve probably done it yourself and Angie did it at a music festival). We also get to chat with one of only 4 people to have done every Busselton Jetty Swim, the wonderful Wendy Tapper joins us as she approaches swim 30. Shane the Movie Analyst share his thoughts on Nicole...

Ever wonder what your house sitters are up to? Well Angie found some pretty interesting evidence. Rob Carlton had a bit of extra time for us while he’s touring his latest show around regional WA, so we wanted to see how fond he was of his name. Jess at the Bureau of Meteorology explores if the these tropical lows could turn into 5 cyclones! Send your weather questions for Jess on our text li...

Plenty of sport to start your 4 day work week off! Southwest local, Dane Greenstreet will be representing Australia at the Invictus Games this year in wheelchair rugby, snowboarding and swimming. We chat about this big new chapter after his time with the ADF. Jess deep dives on why long range weather forecasts aren’t reliable and we need to unpack a big weekend of Big Bash, the Ashes and Pre...

Bet you didn’t know John Aiken from Married at First Sight used to be a cricketer, so can he give us the tips to save our batting partnerships? Busselton’s most famous fisho – Holly - let’s us know where the fish are biting this long weekend. Speaking of the long weekend, how does Australia Day look for you this year? Finally, Jess from the Bureau of Meteorology deep dives...

The show got very colourful and a bit Trippy when multi-hyphenated-artist Genava from Messy Friends dropped by! You can catch their amazing drag show at Bunbury and Perth Fringe this summer. Speaking of summer, it’s a great time to hit the water and South West Olympian Kyle Lee joined us moments before the starting gun for the Open Water Championships in Busselton. We also chat A Complete Un...

The amazing Lenny Pearce takes us into the wild world of children’s dance music, while a holiday-maker learns the hard way why you don’t take a cat to our beaches, and Jess answers the question “how can it hail when it’s hot? Don’t forget to join the Michael & Angie group on Facebook to stay in touch See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Here on Earth, President Trump re-enters the White  House, and we get a rundown from The Briefing’s  Sacha Barbour Gatt on just what it means for us in WA (and what was Elon Musk doing!?) Don’t forget to look up this week to see the amazing parade of planets, Donna Vanzetti from Star Tracks Astro Events teaches us all about it and what you need to see it. Also our part of the...

Michael and Angie explore why the cost of coffee could be going up this year, with Yahava Koffee Works CEO John Batty, while our mate Wayne has been busy bird watching. Also our patch of WA is in a heatwave, while the north west has Tropical Cyclone Sean, so Weather Witch of the West Jess tells us more. To start off the episode though we see if AI can improve our town entrance signs. Don’t f...