Podcasts by Gather Around Me

Episode 417: Anachronistic Video Calling Technology from 2023-08-28T15:04

Folks, it's probably fair to say that nobody has been clamouring for an unpacking of the first three Insidious movies, including comparisons with turn-of-the-millennium Australian techno-thrille...

Episode 416: Mission Insomnibird from 2023-07-24T09:10

We have a chat about that hot cinema property Mission Impossible 2 - as well as another impossible mission, successfully holding the Commonwealth Games.

Episode 415: Later Or Sooner We All Stop Lating from 2023-07-17T09:43

Not with a bang but with a podcast we finish our journey into the Queensland hinterland courtesty of Libby's synopsisizing skills.

Episode 414: Sooner Or Later We All Stop Podding from 2023-07-09T15:27

It's episode 414 in a series of 1000 pods from your friends at Gather Around Me Inc. In this episode, we return to a series that I think we abandoned pre-Covid thanks to listener (and reader) Li...

Episode 413: Gacy House 90210 from 2022-12-11T06:15:16

This week we're talking about a very bad movie.

Episode 412: Halloween Ends Tonight from 2022-11-07T09:18:44

This week we are talking in great detail, scene-by-scene- about the film Halloween Ends. This approach to film reviewing seems to come as a surprise to some!

Episode 411: Murder Dolls Need Souls from 2022-10-15T13:32:51

This week we're talking about 2021's Baby Oopsie, a film which surprised and delighted us in equal measure.

Episode 410: Everygam, Gammywhere, All At GAM from 2022-09-26T13:45:51

Cam tricked Ben into seeing Everything, Everywhere, All At Once. Continued discussion of the ever-expanding RCU. Ben wants to be like Jordan Peterson but not politically, just completely off cho...

Episode 409: Mate Against Mate, Escape Against Escape from 2022-07-18T09:56:26

In this, episode four hundred and nine out of one thousand, we discuss the State of Origin (2022) and Escape Room (2017) but not Escape Room (2019).

Episode 408: Beep Boop Beep from 2022-07-03T09:29:03

This week your friends BenTron 3.0 and Cambot 6000 take over the pod for some AI shenanigans.

Episode 407: An Election Is A Long Time In Politics from 2022-05-26T14:06:52

It's your pals Cam and Ben with Episode 407 in a series of 1000 podchats about affairs of state and culture and such. This week we recorded the Monday after the election for fresh takes on the a...

Episode 406: The One Poll That Counts from 2022-05-15T12:57:09

This week we have some grievances to share. Plus a spoiler alert for Dr Strange and The Northman.

Episode 405: Bayme95 from 2022-05-02T09:29:32

We discuss the election campaign and the film Ambulance (spoiler alert: both of them are careening out of control through the streets of LA). We have absolutely no proof that Michael Bay is not ...

Episode 404: A Week Is A Long Time In A Week Is A Long Time In A Week from 2022-04-20T14:19:40

Is A Long Time In Politics. A day can happen in a year and a year can happen in a month.

Episode 403: The Bellingcatman from 2022-04-11T13:06:29

This week Ben & Cam discuss (with spoilers) the films The Batman, Morbius and RRR. Cam is not impressed with The Batman's refusal to do even the most simple geolocation.

Episode 402: Content Warning: Racist Prime Ministers from 2022-04-05T08:07:39

Folks, huge content warning on this one: the Prime Minister is racist. And Ben saw Morbius.

Episode 401: Oscars So Fight from 2022-03-28T08:57

Gather Around Me is back with our hot takes on the Academy Awards, Mark Latham, etc.

Episode 400: Paul On The Road To Cowes from 2021-12-06T10:38:47

A very special episode for Ep 400! Not really! Cam reads Ben some terrible stuff. At one point he says it's Friday afternoon, but actually this was recorded on a Monday. Says it all.

Episode 399: Halloween Kills from 2021-11-19T07:34:21

This week Ben and Cam went to see Halloween Kills, a film about the aftermath of a movie about podcasters.

Episode 393: A Missing Episode from 2021-11-13T05:58:49

Apparently this episode never went online? Anyway - enjoy these hot earthquake takes!

Episode 398: Stupid Ghosts from 2021-11-13T05:54:18

This week we talk about a real idiot of a ghost.

Episode 397: A Little Bloke In The Telly from 2021-10-28T07:20:47

This week we take a road trip out to Engadine to discuss the works of George Orwell.

Episode 396: We Got Shooters from 2021-10-21T08:10:48

This week we talk about shooting ranges, Olympic and otherwise. Plus would Ben be a good liar?

Episode 395: Some Ideas For Matthew Guy from 2021-10-14T08:04:50

We've been asked by the Victorian Liberal Party to brainstorm some ideas and we are not ones to leave our state in the lurch!

Episode 394: Thirty Odd Poste Of Grunt from 2021-10-07T09:30:20

Sometimes you get the Zodiac Killer's name slightly wrong but then you repeat that mistake for 20 minutes.

Anyway, in this ep we discuss the only news that matters: the revelation of the ...

Episode 393: Sportsball from 2021-09-30T07:27:16

This week we talk about Sportsball, earthquakes and other silly things.

Episode 392: Color Out Of Setka from 2021-09-23T08:36:43

Folks, this week we're talking:

1. Filing cabinets
2. John Setka
3. Color Out Of Space
4. The Entire 2 Billion Year Future-History Of Humanity
5. A Dream That C...
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Episode 391: Cheap Rent&A Three Day Ghost from 2021-09-17T00:25:30

This week we're talkin' spooky boys and mockdowns, baby. See you down the gardens, folks!

Episode 390: Saving On Towels from 2021-09-09T07:27:14

This week your pals Ben & Cam discuss the impending ascent of Matthew Guy to the leadership of the Victorian Opposition + Stockholm Syndrome and some SPOOOOKY STORIES.

Episode 389: Goodbye Crood World from 2021-09-02T08:05:57

Hi there folks, it's time for a little bit of normal-sounding GAM in your earholes. This week we discuss:
The Croods
Bostik Swastika
Fergburgers
and a spooooky story

Episode 388: Deep Thoughts from 2021-08-26T10:22:55

Hi there folks, it's a little poddy with some rona chat and some movie recaps. Thanks to a fun technological mishap, one of our voices gets a little bit deeper than usual.

Episode 387: The Devil Made Me Do It from 2021-07-02T12:52:17

Your pals Ben and Cam went to the movies to watch The Conjuring Part 3: The Devil Made Me Do It.

Episode 386: She's All Hardly Waiting from 2021-02-10T11:21:59

Hi folks, ep 386 in a series of 1000! Please replace the reference in this podcast to 'Can't Hardly Wait' with 'She's All That'.

Episode 385: By Any Other Name from 2021-01-31T05:52:03

Hey folks, a tiny lil Confession for yas from the murderous but sunny foothills of Adelaide.

Episode 384: #WonderWomanFromMarketing from 2021-01-21T11:04:29

Hi folks, it's ya pals Ben & Cam back for 2021. We are back on set with Lucy Lawless and discussing a few things from the news and popular culture, as we are wont to do.

Episode 383: Let's Get Freaky from 2020-12-09T07:57:22

Hey there folks, we are back! We talk about the films Freaky and The Dark Tower, plus some war crimes.

Episode 364: Sock It To Me from 2020-10-22T16:45:29

Hi there folks, welcome to another edition of GAM with ya pals Ben & Cam. This would be Episode 383 but we realised we never did an Episode 364 and we don't want to have to do a heap of contract...

Episode 382: The Germanic Thirst For Peace from 2020-09-16T15:24:16

Folks, it is ya pals Ben Pobjie & Cam Smith discussing a series of problematic topics: war criminal bath-artists, ambitious 1930s sci-fi, sociopathic nephews and THE DEVIL (or at least a minor d...

Episode 381: Private Dickensian from 2020-08-18T14:40:38

Friends! It's a new ep of GAM - there are confessions, there's Sister Ghost, this episode has everything.

Episode 380: Brewster's Ark from 2020-07-29T16:12

Hey there folks, it's ya pals Ben & Cam taking a break from setting the agenda for the national discourse to talk about daleks, sharehouse ghosts & Bollywood Agatha Christie adaptations.

Episode 379: To All The Roys I've Loved Before from 2020-05-30T09:30:26

folks, it's ya pals Ben & Cam with a spooky tale from That's Life + discussion of Home & Away, Beauty & The Geek and Angel Is Down.

Episode 378: Fess Up from 2020-04-08T09:17:15

Hey folks, it's ya pals Ben & Cam here with some CONFESSIONS.

Episode 377: Pod In The Time Of Coronavirus from 2020-03-22T07:16:04

Hey folks, it's ya mates Ben & Cam reporting from quarantine on some of their Coronavirus Gripes & Grumbles!

Episode 376: Baboon Fever from 2020-03-02T07:47:43

Hi folks,

Your friends Ben Pobjie & Cam Smith are back talking about baboons, coronavirus and Mayor Pete (R.I.P.).

Episode 375: Hindsight Is 2020 from 2020-01-13T09:51:51

Folks, new year, same old GAM. We're back on the set of My Life Is Murder discussing the war in Iran and bushfire conspiracies between takes.

Episode 374: Waiting Out The Decade In A Fridge from 2019-12-24T13:56:09

Hi there folks, one last ep of GAM to send off 2019. Have yourself a merry little everything and we'll be back in 2020 with more hot takes and Dean Koontz recaps.

#JustKingThings Episode 14: Doctor Sleep from 2019-12-05T09:26:48

Hey there folks, apologies for the delay. Ben and Cam went to see Doctor Sleep and then they talked about it.

#JustKingThings Episode 13: It Chapter 2 from 2019-09-24T10:37:45

Hi folks, Ben & Cam went to see Chapter 2 of the Stephen King's IT series of films at the cinema and they have some thoughts. Settle in for more of a David & Margaret affair rather than a blow-b...

Episode 371: A Bit Week For News from 2019-08-28T09:37:41

Folks, it is an old school episode of GAM as ya pals Ben Pobjie & Cam Smith watch a forbidden episode of The Drum, sympathise with Epstein's negligent guards, and try to understand boat-based cr...

Episode 370: Annabelle Comes Home from 2019-07-29T12:20:18

Folks, it's ya pals Ben and Cam here. We went to see the new Annabelle movie at the cinema and boy howdy did it give us a fright. Here is our recap.

#JustKingThings Episode 12: Sometimes They Come Back from 2019-06-29T10:14:06

Folks, sometimes they come back. That's the long and short of it. Othertimes they don't, but this is not a podcast about one of those times.

#JustKingThings Episode 11: Christine from 2019-05-30T10:20:59

Hey there folks, it's another episode of our Stephen King podcast #JustKingThings. In this edition, we watched the 1983 killer car flick Christine and then recapped it. Spoiler warning for the D...

#JustKingThings - Episode 10: I Don't Want To Be Buried In A Pet Sematary... Again from 2019-05-02T13:51:27

Hey folx, #JustKingThings is back! Ben and Cam went to see the new Pet Sematary at the flicks and they recap it and discuss... IN A SPOOKY PARK AT MIDNIGHT.

Spoiler alerts!

Episode 366: My Life Is A Murder from 2019-03-27T09:44:40

Hi there folks, Ben and Cam coming to you live from the nice park where they are filming My Life Is Murder. We talk about yowies, YouTubes and red flag books.

Episode 365: Parklife from 2019-03-02T10:43:18

Hi folks,

Ya pals Ben & Cam are back with a nice sit outside and a chat about current affairs and penguins.

Episode 363: Cyberhog's Breath Cafe from 2019-02-12T07:25:48

G'day there folks, it's a new ep of GAM from ya pals Ben & Cam.

This week, such thrilling segments as:
Ben's Dream Diary feat. Graham "Richo" Richardson
Cam's You...

Episode 362: A Wrestler Squashing Gummi Bears from 2019-01-30T07:24:05

Hey folx, new year, new GAM. In this episode we do a bunch of segments, including:

What's The Deal With Jonah?
Cam's YouTube History Accountability Corner
Cam's Sports Roundup...

Episode 361: Memory Is A Parasite from 2018-12-23T14:54:11

Hi there folks,

It's the last GAM for 2018 and we go out with a bang including all your favourite segments: What's The Deal With Bostik Swastika, Carey Or Darey, WEB CAM and more. We will...

Episode 360: Bostik Swastika from 2018-12-11T21:45:55

G'day folks, apols for the radio silence. We are back with a rebooted Gather Around Me. For the first time: SEGMENTS.

Do not listen to this if you are going to be on a gangland jury...

Episode 359: Neptune's Folly from 2018-11-08T11:52:34

Alright hotshots, it's a brand new ep of Gather Around Me. Well, it's an ep of Gather Around Me. Look hotshots, this was recorded a couple of weeks ago. I got an ear infection, okay. Here are so...

Episode 358: Holding A Torch from 2018-10-11T09:21:26

Hi folks, it's episode 358 in a series of 1000 podchats with ya pals Ben & Cam. In this ep we discuss strange ATMs, low fuel warnings and the global flashlight industry.

Episode 357: Nun The Wiser from 2018-09-26T10:23:50

Folks, it is finally time. Your friends Ben and Cam were very brave boys and went to see The Nun. SPOILER ALERT: This podcast is a recap of everything that happens in The Nun so there may be som...

Episode 356: Nun Dare Call It Conspiracy from 2018-09-13T13:05:28

Hey folks, sneaky little mini-sode here. Ben is sick so we have postponed our viewing of The Nun. While we wait for his vocal cords to heal, here is Cam with a solo Cam, He's A Man Of Confession...

Episode 355: Millions Of Dead Bees from 2018-09-06T10:42:26

G'day folks, welcome to another edition of Gather Around Me with ya pals Ben & Cam. In this episode, we discuss Matthew Guy's Phillip Island dramas, the au pair thing of course, the bloody honey...

Episode 354: Brother, Can You Au Pair A Dime? from 2018-08-29T02:24:44

Folks, ya pals Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith are back discussing spills (leadership) and thrills (getting ready to see The Nun). Plus what's the bloody go with those au pairs?

Episode 353: Sky's The Limit from 2018-08-17T03:16:46

We're back - we heard the fascists were trying to get Sky taken off the train stations and we knew only we could stop them. That's right, folks, it's the news of last week, fresh off the presses...

Episode 352: A Couple Of Footy Boys from 2018-07-15T09:25:29

True story, folks, Ben and I were sitting on his couch watching the footy when I said, "why don't we record a sneaky little podcast." And so we did until his family came home from picking up cri...

Episode 351: I Put A Moz On You from 2018-07-09T13:29:42

Hi there folks, it's another edition of Gather Around Me from your buds Ben & Cam. In this edition, we discuss ghost dogs, N*Sync and gangstalking.

Episode 350: The Member for New England from 2018-06-23T13:17:12

Folks, Gather Around Me is back. Apologies for the lack of pods, we had accounted for Cam's holiday but we hadn't accounted for him getting deathly ill immediately upon arriving home in Australi...

Episode 349: Oh Nan! from 2018-05-21T16:00

G'day folks, it's the last of our pre-recorded Confessioncasts! Cam should be back in Australia soon enough. For now, enjoy the tale of this naughty nanna.

Episode 348: Return Of The Tall Stabberman from 2018-05-14T16:00

Hi there folks, it's another spooky confession. This one has SENTIENT KNICK KNACKS!

Episode 347: A Tale Of Betrayal from 2018-05-07T16:00

Hi there folks, it's another Confession - this time a tale of betrayal and security guards.

Episode 346: Cam Went Away On A Holiday from 2018-04-30T04:00

Hi there folks, Cam has popped off to Europe for a few weeks, so we've recorded a few confessions to keep you going. Sorry, we know how much people rely on us for up-to-the-minute news takes. Th...

Episode 345: Ah, Better Late Than, Ah, Never? from 2018-04-23T12:21:53

Hey folks, it's episode 345 in a series of 1000 podchats from ya mates Ben and Cam. Sorry for the delay on this one, folks, Cam has been a sickly boy.

In this one we talk about the timely...

Episode 344: It's Just Not Cricket wait no that's a terrible episode title ah well too late now from 2018-03-30T12:01:59

g'day folks, welcome to episode 344 in a series of 1000 podchats with your mates Ben and Cam. In this episode, we discuss cricket (and fix it) plus Peter Dutton, that bloody galah, and a few oth...

Episode 343: Batman Begins from 2018-03-16T09:29:17

Hey folks, it's ya pals Ben and Cam back in the podatorium together for a discussion about Batman, the price of democracy, and prison reform (spend less on shoes). Also what happens if ya get th...

Episode 342: Now You're Messing With A Son Of A Glitch from 2018-03-03T09:21:06

Hi folks, it's an all new ep of Gather Around Me with your mates Ben and Cam. This one is done over Skype, and there is a little bit of annoying headphone noise in the first 5 minutes and 9 seco...

Episode 341: Scarecrow-Resistant Super-Birds from 2018-02-18T09:22:49

Hi there folks, it's episode 341 in a series of 1000 podchats from ya friends Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith. In this episode, lots of news out of Canberra to pore over and pour over.

Episode 340: Singularity&Ready To Mingle from 2018-02-04T05:23:52

Hi there folks, it's ya human pals Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith with blockchain three hundred and forty in a series of 1000 bitcasts.

In this episode, we discuss all the political news of the...

Episode 339: Cat People But For Take 5 from 2018-01-28T06:32:36

G'day folks,

Better late than never, right? In this ep, a bit of outdated current affairs (Cam's Overland thing, Qanon, the Ataris bloke) + the return of Ben's Book Corner AND Cam, He's A...

Episode 338: Romper Stomper Dompity Doo from 2018-01-19T04:00:12

Boy have we got a podcast for you.

Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith are back in 2018 with a chitty chat about Romper Stomper and the lamb ad that nobody cares about anymore and people getti...

Episode 337: Do Russians Dream Of Electronic Sheep? from 2017-12-17T04:46:29

Hi there folks, it's ep 337 of Gather Around Me with ya pals Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith. In this episode, we discuss Roy Moore, Dastyari and Russian Sleep Experiments from the late 1940s. Please d...

Episode 336: Darkness On The Edge Of Town from 2017-12-07T11:56:59

Folks, it's another edition of GAM with ya pals Ben and Cam. This week's show was recorded on 6/12 and features:

• aa milne
• whinging about long marriage equality debate speec...
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Episode 335: Robert The Doll from 2017-11-25T22:51:33

This is our challenge to Robert The Doll, the most haunted doll in America. If you are name-searching yourself on iTunes - well, that means we have basically already won - but if you are, we are...

Episode 334: Love Conquers All (Even Sky Trollies) from 2017-11-15T13:52

Hi there folks, it's episode 334 in a series of 1000 podchats from ya mates Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith. That's right, we're past the 1/3 mark.

This episode was recorded shortly after the re...

Episode 333: And The High Court Sang Waltzing Matilda from 2017-11-03T11:16:38

G'day folks, it's episode 333 in a series of 1000 podcasts from ya pals Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith. That's right - we're 1/3 of the way done. Phewbie a-whoobie.

In this ep, we talk about th...

Episode 332: Scary Spaghetti from 2017-10-20T10:27:08

Hi there folks, it's ya spooky pals Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith here with some spine-tingling tales to delight and horrify in equal measure. As requested by Listener Jay, this week we're doing... C...

Episode 331: The Making Of Episode 200 from 2017-10-15T12:11:48

Hi there folks, this week ya pals Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith delve deep into the archives to play you the planning meeting for Episode 200 (inarguably our best episode ever) at the request of Patr...

Episode 330: Into The Panopticon from 2017-10-06T11:07:16

G'day folks,

It's a jam-packed ep this week - they're only rolling out a bloody panopticon, aren't they. Plus we discuss It some more and read a Confession (spoiler alert: there is adulte...

#JustKingThings - Episode 9: It's Just The Wind from 2017-09-30T18:52:54

Hi there folks, we are BACK. It has been too long between podcasts (due to sickness and people going to Western Australia) and it has definitely been too long between Stephen King-themed podcast...

Episode 328: Do Androids Dob On Electric Sheep? from 2017-09-10T17:24:35

G'day cobbers, ya pals Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith here with the 328th episode in a series of 1000.

In this edition:

• Peppa pig
• Dibber dobbers
• How the Left are ...
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Episode 327: A Week Is A Long Time In Politics from 2017-08-27T12:12:14

hi there, folks! a week is a long time in politics, so ya mates Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith have given it up. the entire podcast is now solely devoted to recaps of relationship breakdowns.

Episode 326: Don't Eat Gnocchi With A Jockey from 2017-08-13T15:33:20

Hey there folks, in this ep we discuss Matthew Guy's unfortunate choice of dining companion and restaurant, plus Ben is listening to good music (?) and Cam has been seeing sad movies.

Episode 325: It'll Only Be Weird For A Minute from 2017-08-07T12:01:35

G'day folks,

It's episode 325 in a series of 1000 podchats from ya mates Ben and Cam. Ben has been on a whirlwind book tour promoting Aussie Aussie Aussie but now he is back in Cam's free...

Episode 324: Immediately Outdated Current Affairs from 2017-07-18T10:26:37

This is what we get for talking about the news. In this ep, we discuss such current events as:

Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds
Scott Ludlam's resignation
The new Dr Who Listen

Episode 323: Ancient Colaology, The Sweetest Science from 2017-07-10T13:24:18

G'day folks,

Boy, have we got an investment opportunity for you. In this ep we discuss the news of the day and wonder why we can't score a sneaky research grant considering all the resear...

Episode 322: The Black Hand Go To Smuggler's Cove from 2017-06-30T12:18:46

G'day folks, it gets off to a rocky start but we find our way in the end. A few bits and bobs from the week that was, plus the much requested return of Ben's Book Corner.

Episode 321: Toowoomba Chicken, Townsville Hill from 2017-06-21T11:18:35

g'day cobbers, let them what is without sin cast the first stone.

oi, who cast that?

Castle Hill is in Townsville, but the good chicken is in Toowoomba. What a funny old state of a...

Episode 320: Life Comes At You Fast from 2017-06-14T08:26:48

G'day there cobbers. It's an all new ep with the latest news in orbs, elections, and rural Queensland (romance??) novels.

Episode 319: The Beans Are Back In Town from 2017-06-03T02:56:30

G'day folks, it's an all new Skype ep of GAM featuring Ben's Book Corner and some Disney Dogs.

Episode 318: Back In The Saddle from 2017-05-22T09:47:14

G'day folks,

Apologies for the delay! We is back!

In this ep:

• Ben's Book Corner
• A very spooky Confession Cast
• And some talk about Sydney.

Episode 317: Getting Un-Nude from 2017-04-26T12:37:05

It's episode 317 in a series of 1000 podchats from ya mates Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith.

In this ep:

• ANZAC DAY SCANDAL
• ONE NATION SCANDAL
• IMPENDING NUCLEAR ANN...
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Episode 316: Wounded By Lifts from 2017-04-20T14:16:15

Hi there folks, just a short one of varying audio quality from outside the Melbourne Town Hall. A bit of chat about the news of the week and another SEXY CONFESSION ripped from the pages of That...

Episode 315: Jay Talking from 2017-04-14T06:04:26

Hi there folks, it's episode 315 in a series of 1000 podchats and we are coming to you again from our second sold out live show at the Melbourne Town Hall. There was not a single ticket left to ...

Episode 314: Live from Town Hall from 2017-04-08T02:34:03

Hi there folks, it's episode 314 in a series of 1000, and the first of our live Town Hall shows for the 2017 Comedy Festival. In this ep we chat with Harrison Engstrom and a few other people who...

Episode 313: The Return Of The Legend Mitch Carter from 2017-03-29T10:46:53

G'day folks,

Welcome to Episode 313 in a series of 1000 podchats with ya mates Ben & Cam. In today's episode, we have our classic regular segment The Chopping Block. Who's up on the block...

Episode 312: A Marriage Made In Mud from 2017-03-25T08:03:20

G'day folks,

It was a pleasant enough evening, so no excuses.

Clicking into random bits of the podcast, it would seem we talked about:

• 18C
• Mud Marriages
...
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Episode 311: Apologies In Advance from 2017-03-16T11:44:26

G'day folks, it's ya pals Ben & Cam in this, the 311th episode in a series of 1000.

FOLKS, there is no getting around it: it was hot when we recorded this.

Sorry in advance.

Episode 310: The Rains Are Here from 2017-03-02T11:16:08

G'day folks,

It's episode 310 in a series of 1000 podchats from ya mates Ben Pobjie & Cam Smith.

It's another hot one as the planet slowly boils around us. Topics discussed include...

Episode 309: Time To Get Serious from 2017-02-22T08:03:21

Hi there folks,

It's an all new ep of Gather Around Me with ya mates Ben & Cam. In this edition, we discuss the following current events: Weary Dunlop, the Garden of Eden and Milo Yabbada...

Episode 308: Toyoling In The Fields from 2017-02-11T18:38:09

Selamat datang, gentle listeners, to another edition of Gather Around Me - the 308th in a series of 1000, to be precise.

In this audio newsletter, ya mates Ben Pobjie dan Cam Smith take a...

Episode 307: Most People I Know from 2017-02-06T09:55:03

G'day folks, it's an all new ep of GAM about this crazy week that was.

Executive Orders, Billy Thorpe, Dirty Harry, misremembered Indonesian ghosts - the only thing this is more than curr...

Episode 306: Spinners&Losers from 2017-01-21T04:08:50

G'day folks, it's ya pals Ben & Cam here with a look back and who lost and who spun in the week that was.

Episode 305: Mission Improbable from 2017-01-09T10:23:17

Hi there folks, it's episode 305 of Gather Around Me with ya pals Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith.

In this episode it is really really hot while we are recording it.

Everyone tweet @benpo...

Episode 304: It's Beginning To Feel A Lot Like Purgesmas from 2016-12-24T01:07:34

Happy Hanukkah & Merry Crassmas, folks! Here is a present from ya mates Ben Pobjie & Cam Smith, a recap of The Purge 2: Anarchy!

Enjoy! And if we don't pod again before 2017, happy new ye...

Episode 303: With A Bullet from 2016-12-08T09:37:22

G'day cobbers, what you hear is not a test, this is actually episode 303 in a series of 1000 podchats with Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith.

In this ep, we discuss the news of the week (Wed-Wed) ...

Episode 302: The Leadership Delusions of Tony Abbott from 2016-12-04T09:08:06

Folks, it's an all-new ep addressing an overdue requested topic from dear listener Alex: the leadership-delusions of Tony Abbott. Luckily this is an ageless topic.

Do please enjoy!

Episode 301: By Request from 2016-11-21T09:33:33

Hi there, folks! It's a special episode of GAM featuring topics requested by our darling Patreon peoples.

For Annette: what is going on with other Russian peninsulas?

For Jeremy: w...

Episode 299: The Dawning Realisation That It's All Gone A Bit Wrong from 2016-11-10T14:12

Hi there folks, welcome to Episode 299 in a series of 1000 podchats from ya pals Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith. This is the director's cut of episode 299, which was released liveish in chunks on elec...

Episode 299 (d): It's All Over Bar The Shouting from 2016-11-09T06:05:30

A defeated finale to GAM's live-ish election coverage.

Episode 299 (c): Pointy Haired Bosses from 2016-11-09T05:13:21

It's part 3 of GAM's live-ish election coverage

Episode 299 (b): It's Not Looking Great from 2016-11-09T04:52:14

Part 2 of GAM's live-ish election coverage

Episode 299 (a): Relaxing Election Special from 2016-11-09T04:31:09

Hi there folks, it's part 1 of our live GAM election coverage.

Episode 298: Binge&Purge from 2016-11-06T11:20:37

G'day folks,

It's episode 298 in a series of 1000 podchats with ya pals Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith.

In this episode, the lads watch The Purge and have some thoughts on it. Have a lis...

Episode 297: Hashtag Fix Your Seatbelt from 2016-10-24T07:01:17

G'day folks, it's a new ep of GAM with ya buds Ben and Cam.

Sorry this has taken so long to get out - poor old Cam got a bloody cold after we recorded it and everything was just a bit har...

Episode 296: Cracks Appear from 2016-10-07T10:56:48

I feel a bit like a ghost

Scraped out thin

Across the toast

Of reality

Why would that be?

Blend 43.

Hi there, folks, it's a brand new d-floor banger fro...

Episode 295: Pleb-Liszt-ite from 2016-09-27T10:57:21

G'day folks, it's only another ep of Gather Around Me from ya mates Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith. Filling the gap left by Something Wonky, your heroes discuss the same sex marriage plebiscite and Br...

Episode 294: Boys Keep Swinging (Safely) from 2016-09-18T12:02:22

Hi there, folks, it's episode 294 of Gather Around Me with ya mates Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith.

Some podcasts might have cut and run 94 episodes ago. Not us, mates.

In this ep... Das...

Episode 293: The Clown Prince Of Clicking On Spam Links from 2016-09-04T08:22

G'day folks, it's ya mates Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith with some Suicide Squad chat and a bit of reading through Cam's v. earnest high school literary output.

Enjoy!

Episode 292: Boom Boom Shake The Room from 2016-08-25T07:13:21

Hi there folks, it's only just Episode 292 of Gather Around Me with Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith.

In this episode, we discuss Suicide Squad (but not too much) and Cam becomes briefly concerne...

Episode 291: 8094 Red Frogs To Kamchatka from 2016-08-17T12:56:21

Folks, it is a special ep of Gather Around Me - on a topic of listener & supporter Matt Stevenson's choosing - that topic being: Stuff You C...

Episode 290: The Bitcoin Farmers of Fate from 2016-08-11T05:21:35

Hi folks,

It's ya mates Ben and Cam with lots of chats including:

• The Census
• The Family (the Victorian cult)
• The Bachelor
• Alternate realities
...
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Episode 289: Making Census Of It All from 2016-08-02T11:04:35

Hey there, folks, it's an all new ep of Gather Around Me in which ya lads Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith discuss:

• Common workplace afflictions
• Training courses
• Different...
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Episode 288: The Slit-Faced Vote Counter from 2016-07-24T02:47:25

Hey there, folks, in terms of weeks, it's been a big one. Here to dissect it all last Wednesday, it's ya mates Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith

Have a sneaky listen to their thoughts on all the u...

Episode 287: Weasels Ripped My CDs to Winamp from 2016-07-18T09:37:13

Only nineties kids will get that title. The nineties bit of it anyway, definitely.

Hey there, folks, it's ya mates Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith with a podcast all about weasels, as requested ...

Episode 286: Monkeying Around from 2016-07-07T12:47:30

Hi there, folks, there's just been an election and things have been a little bit surreal. Maybe not as surreal as some other things, but still you'd have to say, "hmm, that's a bit off though."<...

Episode 285: You Brexit, You Bought It from 2016-06-28T19:38:08

G’day folks,

It’s an election special as Ben and Cam discuss Brexits, baristas and the bad people who want to run the country.

Enjoy!

i...

Episode 284: Blimey, it ain't arf a ghost, innit! from 2016-06-20T12:39:18

Hi there, gentle listeners! It's ya spooky pals Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith back with a new edition of Gather Around Me. For some reason, we went and saw The Conjuring 2 and folks, the things we do...

Episode 283: Guess Who Is Back (It Is Us) from 2016-06-13T09:37:17

Hi folks,

Apologies for the long delay between shows - Ben and Cam were not in the same country at the same time for like 7 weeks. But now they are! And they are back!!

In this epi...

Episode 282: Put Half On Red&Half On Black from 2016-04-16T02:29:46

More Wikipedia Roulette, folks! Some people would say that maybe it would have been a good idea to actually release these at the intended time, but to them I say POPPYCOCK. Anyway, Ben is back f...

Episode 281: Pants From A Gun Shop from 2016-04-07T10:24:38

G'day folks, a sneaky bonus ep while Ben is on holiday on a bloody boat!

Episode 280: Cam: The Dining Experience from 2016-03-25T09:51:43

Hi there, folks, welcome to episode 280 of Gather Around Me with ya blokes Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith.

In this ep, a bit of chat about ghosts, a bit of chat about theatre restaurants. The u...

Episode 279: Old Haunts from 2016-03-16T09:29:15

Hi there, folks! It's ya pals paranormal investigators Ben "The Believer" Pobjie and Cam "The Cynic" Smith back with another dip into the case files of Ed & Lorraine Warren, this time via the Di...

Episode 278: Whap! Bam! Pow! from 2016-03-10T07:40:20

Hi there folks, it's episode 278 in a series of 1000 podchats with ya mates Ben Pobjie & Cam Smith.

This week the dynamic duo are joined by none other than Listen

Episode 277: Something Sticking In My Eye from 2016-03-03T09:56:10

Folks, they say it's easier for a needle to pass through the eye of someone injecting heroin into their eyeballs than it is for a rich but conventionally unattractive man to pass through the gat...

Episode 276: If I Were A Mongoose from 2016-02-18T12:07:38

Hi there folks, it's another jam-packed ep from Ben Pobjie & Cam Smith.

In this edition:

• Fiddling on roofs
• Scott Morrison's maths
• Falling over
• Frin...
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Episode 275: A Little Bit Of Roz-a-ma-tazz from 2016-02-11T09:33:54

Hi there, folks, it's ya pals Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith with another podchat for your ears only.

Joining us this week is star of stage and screen Roz Hammond (Blue Heelers, Muriel's Weddin...

Episode 274: Up Against The Wall from 2016-02-03T12:38:38

Another hilarious ep of Gather Around Me, as your pals Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith pick apart the amusing news of the day: from I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here! to the impending removal of babie...

Episode 273: The Problem With Pissing from 2016-02-01T11:20:58

G'day folks, it's a brand new ep of Gather Around Me, powered by the official drink of GAM: Blend 43.

In this ep: hospital visits, homophobe visits, and when is it okay to piss on a couch...

Episode 272: Millions of Brewster's, Brewster's for Free from 2016-01-18T06:38:55

Hi there, folks. A listener recently brought it to our attention that we have never really made it clear that every episode of Gather Around Me is intended as a live Brewster's Millions commenta...

Episode 271: Back To The Future from 2016-01-09T05:32:27

Hi there, gentle listeners! Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith are back with a new year of Gather Around Me! In this ep, they discuss Christmas, New Years, blown tyres and the spectre of reverse sexism wh...

Episode 270: Eggs is eggs from 2015-12-17T04:57:18

Hi there, folks, it's ya pals Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith with another podcast for your listening duty. This week we take our topics from kind Patreon patron David "@davebottles" Bruce.

Episode 269: Murder On The Orient Sexpress from 2015-12-09T07:24:01

Hi there, folks! It's a very special Christie-cast thanks to a request from Patreon-supporter Jay Freeman!

Spoiler alert for Murder On The...

Episode 268: Lucky You're With Haneke from 2015-11-25T08:36:17

Hi there, folks, it's episode 268 in a series of 1000 podcasts with ya mates Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith.

In this one, we talk about insurance ads and question time and Loreal and Ben was on...

Episode 267: Twist Upon Twist from 2015-11-19T05:39:11

Hi there, gentle listeners, it's episode 267 in a series of 1000 with ya mates Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith.

In this ep, we discuss:

• Supergirl
• Memento remakes
• G...
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Episode 266: You're Gonna Get Conjured! from 2015-11-11T09:26:37

Hey there, gentle listeners! Ya pals Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith here with another movie recap-cast. This time it's 2013's The Conjuring. PLUS Ben has noticed that we are always getting left off Be...

Episode 265: A Pint On The Negs from 2015-11-05T05:36:23

Hey there folks, it's Ep 265 in a series of 1000 podchats from Ben "Up All Night To Get" Pobjie and Cam "Another Modern Reference" Smith.

In this ep,

• Our moods.
• Our ...
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Episode 264: A Nice Day from 2015-10-27T08:50:01

Hi there, gentle listeners. It's ya pals Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith.

In this ep:

• What a nice day it is.
• Human rights abuses.
• Horrific crimes.
• 800 Wor...
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Episode 263: We've Got Plenty Of Gum Left from 2015-10-21T06:44:36

Hi there, folks, it's episode 263 in a series of 1000 podchats with ya pals Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith.

In this ep:

• Broken tables
• Star Wars
• Human rights abuse...
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Episode 262: The Blinky Bill Pledge from 2015-10-15T06:41:30

Hi there, gentle listeners! Ya pals Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith here with the hottest takes on all of this week's big issues: Millennials, Blinky Bill and naked dating.

Enjoy!

Listen

#JustKingThings - Episode 8: Don't Trust The B In Apartment 1408 from 2015-10-08T07:16:29

Hi there, gentle listeners! It's ya spooky pals Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith back with another episode of their Stephen King-themed podcast Hashtag Just King Things!

In this episode, they dis...

Episode 260: Can't Hadley Wait from 2015-09-29T07:51:04

Hi there, folks! It's an all new ep of Gather Around Me with your mates Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith.

In this edition, we discuss our run at the Fringe Festival, the Hadley/Abbott interview, ...

Episode 259: Built To Spill from 2015-09-18T10:01:51

Ho-hum, another Spill.

Your mates Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith discuss this big week in politics.

Episode 258: All at sea from 2015-09-11T06:27:36

Hi there, folks, it's a cracker of a show on this, the latest episode of Gather Around Me with your friends Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith.

Recorded on Tuesday, but uploaded on Friday because C...

Episode 257: It's Like A Small Kangaroo from 2015-09-03T12:49:25

Hi there, folks! It's ya mates Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith with another delicious helping of Gather Around Me. In this ep we discuss:

• Which immigration ministers will be in the dock at...
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Episode 256: The Legend Of Mitchy from 2015-08-24T10:00:59

Hi there, gentle listeners! It's time for an all new ep of Gather Around Me with ya mates Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith.

In this ep:

• Why Ben is late
• Mark Latham
• ...
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Episode 255: Places! Take 2! from 2015-08-13T13:12:40

Hi there, gentle listeners! It's Episode 255 in a series of 1000 podchats from ya bud Cam Smith and ya mate Ben Pobjie.

In this ep:

• Schoolyard bullying
• The cricket Listen

Episode 254: Gallows Humour from 2015-08-07T08:48:24

Hi there, gentle listener, it's ya pals Ben Pobjie & Cam Smith with a brand new episode of Gather Around Me!

Having watched a whole bunch of supposedly spooky movies for #JustKingThings, ...

#JustKingThings - Episode 7: To Sleepwalk, Perchance To Dreamwalk from 2015-07-30T08:34:46

Hi there gentle listeners, in this ep of Hashtag Just King Things we discuss the 1992 werecat incest film Sleepwalkers.

Episode 252: MFW I'm Listening To Gather Around Me from 2015-07-23T11:59:25

Hi there gentle listeners, it's Ep 252 of Gather Around Me with ya mates Cam Smith and Ben Pobjie.

In this ep, we discuss important matters of the day and also confessions.

Episode 251: Every Book You Take from 2015-07-16T12:37:12

Hi there, gentle listeners! Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith here with the final Confession for Confessions-Week, all about the leerings of a lecherous librarian.

Enjoy.

Listen

Episode 250: Caketakers Anonymous from 2015-07-15T12:41:10

Hi there, Gammies! It's Episode 250 of Gather Around Me! Can you imagine it's been 50 episodes since our amazing 200th ep??!

In this ish, Ben and Cam read a chilling confession about cret...

Episode 249: The Disappearing Chicken from 2015-07-14T13:47:03

Hi there, gentle listeners! It's Day 3 of Confession Week on GAM and have we got a treat for you: it's the CASE OF THE DISAPPEARING CHICKEN.

Subscrib...

Episode 248: The 4WD Forums Of The Heart from 2015-07-13T13:06:38

Hi there, gentle listeners! Confession Week continues apace on Gather Around Me! Your friends Ben Pobjie & Cam Smith read a twisted tale of deceit and betrayal and 4WD-related internet forums! Listen

Episode 247: The Luck Of The Irish from 2015-07-12T11:35:16

Hi there, gentle listeners, welcome to Confessions Week on Gather Around Me. We've recorded a bunch of confessions from various august journals and we are going to share them with y'all this wee...

#JustKingThings - Episode 6: Chinga / Bunghoney from 2015-07-07T10:50:39

Hi there, gentle listeners! In this episode of Stephen King-themed podcast #JustKingThings, Ben & Cam discuss the King-penned X-Files ep Chinga (aka Bunghoney, really, it really is aka that) fro...

Episode 245: Golden Shiers* from 2015-06-24T09:03:22

Hi there, gentle listeners! It's ya mates Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith here to help you get through these tough times.

In this episode...

• Basic stuff
• Cam, He's A Man Of ...
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Episode 244: All At Sea from 2015-06-19T09:39:44

Hi there, gentle listeners! Ben Pobjie & Cam Smith are back to discuss all matters large and small, including, but not limited to:

• Some abuse that Ben received
• Bribing peop...
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Episode 243: Weapon Of Choice from 2015-06-11T08:59:07

Hi there, gentle listeners, it's ya pals Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith back with an all new podchat. In this ep, they take a break from the works of Stephen King to enjoy a completely different type ...

#JustKingThings - Episode 5: Glibstopian Futures. from 2015-06-03T06:54:39

Hi there, gentle listeners! Ben & Cam are back with another #JustKingThings - this week they're tackling The Running Man starring Arnie.

Sit back and enjoy their take on this glib future ...

Episode 241: Rising like a phoenix from 2015-05-30T09:13:55

Hi there, gentle listeners, Gather Around Me is back! Too much stuff has been going on that is not Stephen King related, to be quite honest.

Join your friends Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith - a...

#JustKingThings - Episode 4: That's Amaizeing! from 2015-05-25T08:55:31

Hello there, gentle listeners! Your friends Ben Pobjie & Cam Smith are back with another #JustKingThings - this week they discuss celluloid contraceptive Children Of The Corn.

Listen

#JustKingThings - Episode 3: When everything floats, nothing does from 2015-05-20T10:55:42

Hi there gentle listeners, welcome to Episode 3 of #JustKingThings, in which your friends Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith think they have done an okay job of summarising the plot of Stephen King's It.<...

#JustKingThings - Episode 2: Shine On, You Crazy Danmond from 2015-05-13T21:03:14

Hi there! It's Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith back with another podcast all about the works of Stephen King. In this ep, we are joined by Dan "Redrum" Hall to discuss The Shining and the terrible/terr...

#JustKingThings - Episode 1: Maximum Semetary w/ Cam Tyeson from 2015-05-05T13:35:40

Hi there! It's Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith here with the debut episode of our new podcast #JustKingThings - a podcast all about the works of Stephen King.

In this episode, we are joined by C...

Episode 236: The Final Episode from 2015-05-01T07:01:21

Hi there, gentle listeners, to episode 236 in a series of 236 podcasts. The events of the Wollongong Podcast Festival have sapped all of our will to podcast.

Australian politics and pop c...

Sneaking Aboat - Episode 1 from 2015-04-30T06:20:20

Guten tag, Hans & Rutger here with the debut episode of our new poddenkasten, Sneaking Aboat, ja.

Thank you to the nice young gentleman who have given us their poddenkasten equipment and ...

Episode 234: Wollongong Nights from 2015-04-29T06:18:21

AUTO UPLOAD

Placeholder text: Hi guys, Ben and Cam here with another podcast from the Wollongong Podcast Festival. We're about to head out to a secret after-dark podcast and probably won'...

Episode 233: Get it on. Wollongong. from 2015-04-28T08:05:02

Hi there, gentle listeners! It's episode 233 in a series of 1000 podcasts from your friends Ben Pobjie & Cam Smith!

We're here at the Wollongong Podcast Festival and we've never felt more...

Episode 232: The Road to Wollongong from 2015-04-27T05:41:20

Hi there, gentle listeners! Ben and Cam are on their way to Wollongong and recorded this podcast while travelling along a nice straight bit.

See you at the Wollongong Podcast Festival! Listen

Episode 231: The Flying Mouse from 2015-04-23T07:58:10

Hi there gentle listeners! It's episode 231 of GAM!

Just a short one this week, as Ben and Cam have to pack for a certain podcast festival, but topics discussed include:

• NSW'...
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Episode 230: No Man Is A Justin Hamilton Island from 2015-04-16T08:56:49

Hi there, gentle listeners, it's ya pals Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith, back for more podcasting fun.

Bringing the laffs and the guffaws this week is our special guest Listen

Episode 229: Out On The Town from 2015-04-11T00:28:23

Hi there, gentle listeners! It's ya pals Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith, fresh from a successful live podcast at the Melbourne Town Hall. The people lining up for Rich Hall really seemed to appreciate...

Episode 228: Parking from 2015-04-06T09:10:36

Hi there, gentle listeners! A sneaky short one for you recorded in a Coles carpark. We talk about showbiz and racism.

Subscribe on iTunes.

Episode 227: Excuse Me, While I Kiss Lisa-Skye from 2015-03-31T09:49:50

Hi there! It's Episode 227 with ya mates Ben Pobjie & Cam Smith ANNNNND special guest Lisa-Skye!!

Lisa-Skye is back to talk about things in a saucy fashion, including:

• Jewel<...
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Episode 226: It's not like baking a cake from 2015-03-25T06:52:22

Hi gang,

It's ya pals Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith.

In this thrilling installment:

More onions!

More metadata!

And more confessions than you can handle!

Plu...

Episode 225: Layers Like An Onion from 2015-03-19T06:53:08

Hi there, gentle listeners!

In this ep:

• Abbott ate an onion
• Abbott did a weird awkward Vietnam thing
• What if Fawlty Towers was Listen

Episode 224: The Turtle Moves from 2015-03-13T09:13:21

Hi there, gentle listeners! Cam and Ben with some podcast action.

In this ep, we discuss the late, great Terry Pratchett and then get into the dumb news of the week. Plus! Cam, He's A Man...

Episode 223: Surely you can't be Cirrus! from 2015-03-03T08:17:41

Hey there, it's ya mates Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith back with a chat about different stuffs. For zamps:

• Ladies Night On Q&A
• We're going back to Iraq!
• George Brandis'...
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Episode 222: The Unexpected Virtue Of Triggsnorance from 2015-02-25T10:07:27

Hi there, folks! It's ya pals Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith back with another compelling mini-narrative-cast in which they discuss the big ishes of the day, including:

• Gillian Triggs' di...
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Episode 221: Joust The Tip from 2015-02-17T07:56:15

Hi there, gentle listeners. Welcome to Episode 221 in a series of 1000 podchats from the Gather Around Me podcast salon with your friends Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith.

In this episode:

Episode 220: Stephen King's Sesame Street from 2015-02-03T07:05:30

Hi there gentle listeners! It's been too big a week for your friends Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith to cover it by themselves, so they've roped in your mate Dan Hall to talk:

• FEDERAL LEAD...
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Episode 219: I Was Only 219 from 2015-01-27T07:45:23

Hi there, gentle listeners, welcome to Episode 219 in a series of 1000 podcasts from your friends Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith.

In this ep:

• The Hottest 100!
• Taylor Swift...
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Episode 218: What A Girl Wants from 2015-01-21T06:32:06

Hi there! It's Episode 218!

We talk about Cam's trip to Europe and also the Village of the Damned.

CORRECTION: At one point we discuss a movie but Cam mis-remembers Placido Domingo...

Episode 217: Wikipedia Random Articles #3 from 2015-01-08T17:00

Hi there gentle listeners!

It's our third and final holiday special! More random Wikipedia articles including plenty of glider chat!

Episode 216: Random Wikipedia Articles #2 from 2015-01-01T17:00

Hi there gentle listeners!

Happy New Year! Ben and Cam are on holidays but here's a bonus ep they recorded for yas!

Episode 215: Random Wikipedia Articles #1 from 2014-12-25T17:00

Hi there, gentle listeners!

It's a Camsmas miracle! Ben and Cam might be on holidays, but they have recorded a few sneaky podcasts to get you through.

This is the first of three Wi...

Episode 214: Liaisons from 2014-12-15T06:40:17

Welcome to Episode 214, recorded on 12/12/14:

Featuring...

• the news of that day
• Gastro-chat
• Gold Coast Confessions
• Greg Bird's wazzing
• Soa...
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Episode 213: You've Got Mail from 2014-12-01T11:03:06

Hi there, gentle listeners! Guess what, it's Ep 213 in a series of 1000 podchats with your buds Ben Pobjie & Cam Smith.

In this eppo:

• Swallowing Flies
• Wars in the St...
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Episode 212: Look, here's the thing. from 2014-11-26T07:15:01

Hi gentle listeners, welcome to Episode 212 in a series of 1000 podchats with Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith. In this thrilling election week installment:

• The Sound Of Music
• Port...
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Episode 211: Serial from 2014-11-13T07:35:53

Welcome to Episode 211 in a series of 1000 podcasts from your friends Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith.

In this installment, Ben and Cam discuss:

• Pratfalls
• The Goldbergs Listen

Episode 210: More Like Advanced Snorefare from 2014-11-05T08:02:53

Welcome to Episode 210 of Gather Around Me, with your friends Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith.

In this issue, Ben and Cam discuss:

• The evolving Nova Peris thing
• Call Of Dut...
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Episode 209: Son of Tim Tam Slam from 2014-10-30T06:58:12

Welcome to Episode 209 of Gather Around Me starring Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith.

In this ep, we discuss all the news of the day:

• PETROL TAX RISES
• DANCING WITH THE STARS...
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Episode 208: False Flagstaff from 2014-10-20T08:39:21

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Episode 207: Tragedy from 2014-10-10T11:25:52

Welcome back to Gather Around Me with your friends Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith!

In this ep:

• The tragedies that have befallen Ben!
• The greater tragedy that has befallen ...
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Episode 206: Engorged But Not Ridiculously So from 2014-09-17T08:58:33

Hi there gentle listeners, it's episode 206 in a series of 1000 from your friends Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith.

In this ep...

Episode 205: Kamchatkacast! from 2014-09-02T08:47:35

Hello there, friends! It's your buds Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith with another episode of Gather Around Me! If you listened to last week's ep you might remember the lads promising - in their typical...

Episode 204: Get your hands off my missus, you damn dirty ape from 2014-08-26T08:29:11

Welcome to Episode 204 of Gather Around Me with your friends Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith.

No episode will ever live up to ep 200, but we struggle on regardless.

Topics chatted include...

Episode 203: Stop Meowing, Tony from 2014-08-19T09:01:26

Welcome to Episode 203 of Gather Around Me with Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith, a podcast in which NO SACRED COW IS SAFE.

In this ep:

• Ferguson
• Sexy newspaper columns
...
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Episode 202: Icac'd meself from 2014-08-15T08:20:24

Hi there, gentle listener! Welcome to Ep 202 of Gather Around Me!

In this edition, Cam and Ben...

Episode 201: A Big Month For News from 2014-08-07T10:10:05

Hi there gentle listeners, Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith are back with Gather Around Me after an extended illness!

Topics discussed:

• Ian "The Thorpedo" Thorpe.
• The World ...
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Episode 199: Testicle Of Dangerous Ideas from 2014-06-25T13:24:12

Hi there, gentle listeners! It's your friends Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith with a special crowdsourced podcast! We asked Twitter for topics, here's what they gave us:<...

Episode 198: You're the Van Best around... from 2014-06-22T12:32:18

Hi there, gentle listeners! Your friends Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith are back to talk about the breaking news issues of ISIS' Iraq takeover, the Zodiac and the Carry On films. Enjoy!

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Episode 197: A Strong Constitution from 2014-06-12T12:52:48

Hi there gentle listeners, welcome to Episode 197 of Gather Around Me with your friends Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith.

In this eppy, we discuss lots of fun topics including gun control, Victor...

Episode 196: An Ostentatious Affair from 2014-06-08T04:52:51

Welcome to Episode 196 of Gather Around Me with Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith, in which your friends discuss the Victorian constitutional crisis, the Zodiac book Cam is reading, Yahoo Serious & other...

Episode 195: Hot Rocks Abbott from 2014-05-30T01:33:01

Another thrilling audio adventure from your friends Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith.

In this episode:

• Hashtag Druthers
• Cam has started reading the Zodiac Killer Is My Dad b...
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Episode 194: The Alex Winter Soldier from 2014-05-22T12:46:26

SPOILER ALERT FOR CAPTAIN AMERICA 2 COLON THE WINTER SOLDIER

In an epic sequel to Episode 76 of Gathe...

Episode 193: Pyning For The Fjords from 2014-05-16T10:45:03

It's Episode 193 of Gather Around Me! The final daily newscast! Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith bring you all the hot goss on:

• Chris Pyne's parliament shenanigans!
• Tinkler at ICAC...
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Episode 192: Budget Reply Reply from 2014-05-15T11:48:12

Welcome to the offical Gather Around Me Budget Reply Reply with Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith.

Also discussed: the Royal Commission into the Home Insulation Program, ICAC & the Gordian Knot. Listen

Episode 191: The Most Dangerous Game - Russian Yahtzee from 2014-05-14T10:54:51

Welcome to Episode 191 of Gather Around Me and our THIRD LAST DAILY NEWSCAST!

In this special post-budget edition, Ben and Cam give their budget reply with a number of solid solutions for...

Episode 190: Budget Over from 2014-05-13T12:03:26

Hi there, welcome to Episode 190 of Gather Around Me with your friends Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith!

It's a special Budget Night edition in which we discuss:

• A new My Dad Was The...
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Episode 189: Tax That! from 2014-05-12T11:40:42

Hi there, gentle listeners! It's a new week of daily newscasts from Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith and this one is a doozy!

• Take That Tax Avoidance!
• ABS scammery!
• Budget...
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Episode 188: Staria Staria Night from 2014-05-09T14:33:02

Hi there, gentle listeners!

It's today's #GatherAroundMe newscast in which Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith cast their eyes over the news of the day and then comment upon such.

In today's ...

Episode 187: MegaPython Versus Tummy Eggs from 2014-05-08T12:11:32

Welcome to Episode 187 of Gather Around Me with your friends Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith!

In this edition:

• Geoff Shaw's Tummy Eggs!
• Uber Crackdowns
• Packer Vs G...
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Episode 186: Bored Dads from 2014-05-07T13:12:18

Hi there, guys! It's Episode 186 of Gather Around Me! In today's audio newspaper, we had to rely on the Herald Sun website due to the Fairfax strike, so news items discussed include:

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Episode 185: Think Punches from 2014-05-06T12:20:55

Hi there! It's Ep 185 of Gather Around Me with Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith!

In today's NEWSCAST:

• Packer/Gyngell fallout!
• The Victorian State Budget came out today!
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Episode 184: Advice For Aspiring Criminals from 2014-05-05T14:33:30

Hi there, gentle listeners! It's Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith up late with another newscast!

What's in the news:

• More ICAC shenanigans!
• James Packer & Davey G punching o...
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Episode 183: That's The Thing About Football from 2014-05-02T12:39:46

Hi there, gentle listeners! Welcome to our third daily Newscast! We had to skip a day (we are still working out the kinks (we are not working out The Kinks, they are a powerpop band, it's pretty...

Episode 182: The Tatooine Tango from 2014-04-30T11:39:49

Hi there, gentle listeners! It's a daily Gather Around Me newspod from Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith. We are your one-stop-shop for what's what and what is not.

News items discussed:

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Episode 181: ICACs and Sarlaccs from 2014-04-29T13:59:21

Hi there! It's a special NewsCast #1 from Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith.

NEWS ITEMS:

• There are lots of drugs!
• ICAC is still going and people are still dumb at it!
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Episode 180: A Complete Turnaround, If There's A Word For That from 2014-04-28T12:27:49

Welcome to Episode 180 in a series of 1000 podchats, gentle listeners! Gather Around Me is about to trial a daily format (?!) so this is the last long one for a little while? We talk about all s...

Episode 179: Last Wil&Testament from 2014-04-21T08:22:28

Hi there, genteel listeners! Welcome to Episode 179 in a series of 1000 podchats with your friends Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith plus special guest international man of mystery Wil Anderson?

W...

Episode 178: Rocky Montage Scene from 2014-04-15T12:30:47

Hi there! Welcome to Episode 178 in a series of 1000 podchats from Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith! It's another MICFcast! Ben was performing in Set List (@setl...

Episode 177: Lisa in the Skye with Fisting from 2014-04-12T08:54:03

Hi there, gentle listeners! We're back with another special MICF-cast! This time our special guest is the lovely Lisa-Skye! (@thelisaskye)

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Episode 176: Peter&The Wharf Revue from 2014-04-09T14:53:01

Hi guys. Is the Peter & The Wolf pun in the title of this ep too niche? Answers on a postcard to Phillip Adams please.

It's Episode 176 in a series of ONE THOUSAND podchats with your frie...

Episode 175: Boy Crazy Sinodinos from 2014-04-06T11:19:51

Hi there, gentle listeners! Welcome to Episode 175 in a series of 1000 podchats with your friends Ben Pobjie & Cam Smith.

In this ep we are back at Melbourne Town Hall where we received m...

Episode 174: A Very Melbourne International Comedy Festival Episode from 2014-04-01T12:49:47

Hey there, gentle listeners! Coming to you from outside the Melbourne Town Hall, it's ya buds Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith with an OB at the MICF.

Topics discussed:

Fucken, I don't kno...

Episode 173: Keeping House from 2014-03-25T09:36:45

Hello gentle listeners! Welcome to Episode 173 in a series of 1000 podchats!

Join your friends Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith in discussing all manner of things including:

• Cypherpu...
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Episode 172: White Dudes Talking About Race - FINALLY from 2014-03-13T11:20:41

Hey there, gentle listeners! Welcome to Ep 172 in a series of 1000 podchats from Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith.

In this ep:

• RACISM
• HOT DOGS
• DRUGS
• WHAT S...
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Episode 171: You Bet Your Sweet Bippy! from 2014-03-02T11:24:34

Gentle listener!

Welcome to Episode 171 in a series of 1000 podchats from your friends Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith.

In this edition:

• Scott Morrison
• The Golden Ag...
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Episode 170: Red Sleigh Down from 2014-02-16T10:58:20

Hi there, gang! Welcome to Episode 170 in a series of 1000 podchats from your friends Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith.

In this episode, recorded in mid-February, we inexplicably discuss:

Episode 169: Home&Away from 2014-02-09T02:31

Hello there! Welcome to Episode 169 in a Series of 1000 podchats from your friends Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith.

In this episode:

• Charmed
• The Navy
• Theme Tunes Listen

Episode 168: Deals With The Devil from 2014-01-31T04:06

Hello there, gentle listener! It's your friends Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith with Episode 168 in a Series of 1000 Podchats for your listening pleasure.

In this highly segmented episode, these...

Episode 167: Dance Fever from 2014-01-23T09:37

Hi there, gentle listeners! It's Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith back with another chat about stuffs! Guess who is their guest - it's Dan Hall, who is legitimately surprised to find himself ...

Episode 166: Fancy that! from 2014-01-16T05:50:11

Hi kids! Welcome to Gather Around Me for 2014!

In this special episode, Ben and Cam hold a band meeting for their folk-rock band The Sister Fanciers.

ENJOY

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Episode 165: It's Really Hot from 2013-12-19T10:36:38

Guys, the first thing you need to understand when you listen to this is that it was ridiculously hot. Like 40 degrees. Come on.

But what if you are listening to this in the future and tha...

Episode 164: Drug Chickens from 2013-12-12T08:57

Hello there, gentle listeners! Welcome to Episode 164 of Gather Around Me, with your friends Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith.

In this episode/awful changey-song version of We Didn't Start The Fi...

Episode 163: She Blinded Me With Science Journals from 2013-11-19T09:09:38

Welcome to Episode 163 in a series of 1000 podchats from Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith.

In this thrilling episode, there is:

• No pandering to millenials
• Breaking Bad chat ...
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Episode 162: D*I*C*K P*I*C*S from 2013-11-07T09:04:34

Hi there, gentle listener! Welcome to the rebooted Gather Around Me! This would be Episode 162 if we hadn't decided to freshen things up, but we have, so it's Episode 1.

In this edition:<...

Episode 161: The Artist Formally Known As Fake Tahitian Prince from 2013-10-31T06:55:15

Welcome to Episode 161 of Gather Around Me, with your friends Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith.

In this episode (a reboot), we discuss some things that might be of interest:

• Our bitt...
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Episode 160: Sons O' Anarchy! from 2013-10-23T10:08:56

Welcome to Episode 160 in a Series of 1000 podchats from Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith. Also known as Episode 3 of our first reboot, Episode 2 of our second reboot, and Episode 1 of this reboot.

Episode 159: Re-Rebooted from 2013-10-10T10:05:20

Hi there, gentle listener! Welcome to Episode 159 of Gather Around Me. That's in the old money. In the new money, it's Episode 2. In the newer money, it's Episode 1.

That's right, we've r...

Episode 158: REBOOT from 2013-09-17T23:17

Welcome to the REBOOT of Gather Around Me! This is Episode 158 in the old money, but in the new money it is EPISODE ONE!

In this exciting debut episode, your hosts B...

Episode 157: The News Of The Day... Tonight from 2013-09-10T11:26:41

Genteel listeners! Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith are back with a piping hot serving of fun! It's Episode 157 in a series of 1000 Gather Around Me podchats!

In this edition, B & C discuss the m...

Episode 156: Death Tolls from 2013-09-03T12:02:18

Hi guys!

Masterchat is over and Gather Around Me is BACK! Back to reclaim its rightful place as BEST PODCAST.

In this episode, your friends Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith discuss:

Episode 155: King Of Kings from 2013-07-30T15:49:14

Roll that stone away, Gather Around Me is back!

In this thrilling installment, Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith bring you up to speed on what they've been up to, have a bit of a whinge about low ...

Episode 154: Budge Over from 2013-05-15T06:42:55

Hey there, gentle listener! Welcome to Episode 154 of Gather Around Me starring Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith.

It has been a while so it is a bit of a long one.

In this episode:

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Clive For PM from 2013-04-26T08:35

A special presentation! Cam and friend of GAM, Andy Slackbastard were lucky enough to score an exclusive interview with Clive Palmer on 3CR's SUWA Show.

Weirdly, Clive sounds a lot like B...

Episode 153: Thatcher In The Rye from 2013-04-18T11:07:28

Hi, welcome to Episode 153 in a series of 1000 podchats starring Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith.

Come, take a seat. In this episode these knockabout Aussie blokes with a slightly skew-whiff tak...

Episode 152: A Glimpse Into The World Of The Comedian from 2013-04-11T22:18:29

Hello there, gentle listeners! Welcome to Episode 152 in a series of 1000 podchats with Your Friends Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith.

In this thrilling installment, Ben and Cam sit on a wall on ...

Episode 151: Do you have the numbers? from 2013-03-20T08:58:28

In this thrilling installment of Gather Around Me, your friends Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith get to the bottom of who has the numbers and who doesn't, what the deal was with the guy from Numbers, wh...

Episode 150: As Time Goes By from 2013-02-28T23:37:19

Hey, how you doing, sorry you can't get through. Just leave your name and your credit card details, and we'll get back to you.

Hang on a second! This isn't our De La Soul fraud education ...

Episode 149: Lord Of The Things from 2013-02-06T12:53:20

Hello gentle listeningers, welcome to a fancy new episode of Gather Around Me from your sexsual friends Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith.

In this thrilling installment:

• WORMS
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Episode 148: Fox On Hound Violence - What Can We Do As Parents? from 2013-01-27T22:40:02

Hello gentle listeners...

AND WELCOME TO GATHER AROUND ME for 2013!!

In our first episode of the year we discuss heaps of contemporary issues, such as Lance Armstrong and Disney fi...

Episode 147: Rock And Roller Cola War Is Over If You Want It from 2012-12-28T02:22:43

Hello gentle listeners, and welcome to the final edition of Gather Around Me for 2012.

In this special episode, we asked Twitter for topics and talked about every topic offered.

Th...

Episode 146: Kangaroos In The Attic from 2012-12-14T05:41:15

Ahoy there. Welcome to Episode 146 of Gather Around Me starring your friends Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith.

In this thrilling episode, we discuss Flowers In The Attic and some other stuff, lik...

Episode 145: The Lost Episode from 2012-11-18T11:54

Hello gentle listeners, welcome to Episode 145 which is actually Episode 140 in a series of 1000 podcasts from your friends Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith.

Listeners to the other Episode 140 mi...

Episode 144: God Has Gone Wrong Again from 2012-11-18T11:46

Hello gentle listeners! Welcome to episode 144 in a series of 1000 podchats from your friends Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith.

In this thrilling installment we get to the big issues a bit. It is...

Episode 143: The Socialist Undertones Of The Saddle Club from 2012-11-18T11:34:08

Hello gentle listeners! Welcome to Episode 143 in a series of 1000 podchats from your friends Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith.

In this podcast, at the behest of generous listener Alexina, we dis...

Episode 142: Life, The Universe, and Adam Richard. from 2012-11-11T05:51:27

Hello gentle listeners! Welcome to a very special episode of Gather Around Me from your friends Ben Pobjie, Cam Smith and special guest-friend Adam Richard.

For this podcast, we fulfill o...

Episode 141: Giraffe Cannibal Holocaust from 2012-11-04T10:53:43

Hi Gentle Listeners, welcome to Episode 141 of Gather Around Me starring your friends Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith.

In this thrilling installment, expect to hear some ZINGERS about such relev...

Episode 140: State Sanctioned Costumed Vigilantism from 2012-10-28T00:45:13

Hello gentle listeners and citizens of Gotham, it is your friends here with a new episode of Gather Around Me. You know the ones! Ben "The Greenwash Lantern" Pobjie and Cam "Judge Dreadlocks" Sm...

Episode 139: The Birds. from 2012-09-17T10:54:23

Welcome to Episode 139 in a series of 1000 podchats from your friends Ben "Ken Henry" Pobjie and Cam "Glenn Stevens" Smith.

In this thrilltastic installmentable, the terms of our podcast ...

Episode 138: Misandry, The Final Frontier? from 2012-09-10T23:14:48

Hullo, gentle listeners! This is the first in a series of podcasts in which Your Friends Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith must discuss the topics suggested by high-rolling Indiegogo financiers!

T...

Episode 137: Despite all our rage, we are still just rats in John Cage. from 2012-09-05T22:08:54

Hullo gentle listener!

Welcome to Episode 137 of the Gather Around Me podchat starring your friends Ben "The Artful Dodgy" Pobjie and Cam "Bam Thank You Ma'am" Smith.

In this thril...

Episode 136: Waiting For A Bus from 2012-08-26T02:19:55

Yeah - HUP. Episode 136 in a series of ONE THOUSAND podchats with your friends Ben "Split Enz" Pobjie and Cam "Crowded House" Smith.

In this thrilling installment, we are sitting in a bus...

Episode 135: Biding Our Time from 2012-08-22T10:55:28

Hola! Welcome to Episode 135 of the Gather Around Me podchat starring Your Friends Ben "Helter Skelter" Pobjie and Cam "Ticket To Ride" Smith.

In this thrilling installment!

• ...
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Episode 134: Star Fame from 2012-08-15T12:32:26

Hi everyone! Episode 134 in a series of 1000 starring Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith!

Today is our final dailycast! It has been an exciting journey! We have reached our target, but if you want ...

Episode 133: A Passion For Fashion from 2012-08-14T09:34:59

Hello! Welcome to Episode 133 in a Series of 1000 podchats from your friends Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith.

In today's edition, at the direction of @AlexinaRose, we discuss FASHION. And also S...

Episode 132: Comedy As A Vehicle For Life Lessons from 2012-08-13T11:46:16

Hello! Episode 132 in a series of 1000 podchats with your friends Ben "Mother Hen" Pobjie and Cam "Archduke" Smith.

In this thrilling installment, @erinvk asked us to discuss COMEDY AS A ...

Episode 131: Closing Ceremonies from 2012-08-12T11:10:07

Hola gentles listeners. Welcome to Episode 131 in a series of 1000 podchats starring your friends Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith.

As the Olympics comes to a close, so too does our Indiegogo fun...

Episode 130: The Three Best Movies Ever Made from 2012-08-11T08:42:15

Hi there! Welcome to Episode 130 in a series of 1000 podchats starring your friends Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith.

In this installment, at the request of @Steven_Savona, we discuss The Three B...

Episode 129: Usain Bolt from 2012-08-10T11:38:39

HULLO! Episode 129 here! Ben "Shaq" Pobjie and Cam "Frack" Smith here with all the news!

In this exciting episode, author @angsavage asked us to talk about "Usain Bolt. What else?" WE DO!...

Episode 128: She Blinded Me With Science from 2012-08-09T11:56:12

Hullo! Welcome to Episode 128 of the Gather Around Me podchat starring your friends Ben "Mother Hen" Pobjie and Cam "Shadow Dancer" Smith.

In this thrilling installment we tackle some big...

Episode 127: The Worst Gig from 2012-08-08T08:00:12

Welcome to Episode 127 of the Gather Around Me podfunk starring Ben "Beats" Pobjie and Cam "Rhymes" Smith.

In this edition, we take our topic from @_carnavas, who asked us about The Worst...

Episode 126: Penis Size LOL from 2012-08-07T08:38:06

Hullo gentle listenerers! Another daily podcast from your friends Ben "The Pobj" Pobjie and Cam "A-Lama-Ding-Dong" Smith.

Today's topic comes from @MagicalBrunette, who asked for us to sp...

Episode 125: We're here to clean the pool from 2012-08-06T10:48

Welcome to Episode 125 of the Gather Around Me podcast starring your friends Ben "Oaky Finish" Pobjie and Cam "Muskrat" Smith.

In this fun-sized edition of the 'cast, we have yet again ta...

Episode 124: Odds&Sods&Vods from 2012-08-05T09:55:47

There's gonna be a new podcast! The kids are gonna start it up! Yeah-hup! It's your friends Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith with an all new podcast!

Today's topic comes from @lockhartbeth and it...

Episode 123: Garriage from 2012-08-04T07:47:23

Hi there,

Welcome to Episode 123 of the Gather Around Me podcast. Today's topic comes from @MagicalBrunette and it is GAY MARRIAGE, or as we like to call it, GARRIAGE.

ENJOY. (and ...

Episode 122: Existential Crises from 2012-08-03T08:32:39

Hello gentle listener! Welcome to Episode 122 in a series of 1000 podposiums from your friends Ben "Donatello" Pobjie and Cam "Michaelangelo" Smith.

In this thrilling installment, we take...

Episode 121: Things Oscar Wilde Should Have Said from 2012-08-02T10:40:20

Hello podcast fans! Ben Pobjie! Cam Smith! Here to podcast it up from the Podcasthaus with a topic selected from the Twitter.

Today's podcast topiceer is @sanderlands, who suggests THINGS...

Episode 120: Olymbics from 2012-08-01T10:49:44

Welcome to Episode 120 of the Gather Around Me infocast starring your informative friends Ben "The Magnificent" Pobjie and Cam "Ranchero Flavour" Smith.

In this episode, at the request of...

Episode 119: Floppy Hats from 2012-07-31T10:47:59

Hey hey hey! Welcome to Episode 119 of the Gather Around Me funcast starring Ben "The Rock" Pobjie and Cam "Gone In 60 Seconds" Smith.

Today's topic comes from @phantomdiorama, and it is ...

Episode 118: Can I repeat mine from earlier? from 2012-07-30T11:15:22

Hello gentle, genteel and gentile listeners! Welcome to Episode 118 of the Gather Around Me funcast starring your friends Ben "Danger" Pobjie and Cam "Jackrabbit" Smith.

Every day of our ...

Episode 117: Yowie Zowie! from 2012-07-29T11:34:32

Welcome to Ep 117 of Ga' Ro' M'. Sorry, we don't have time for the full words of anythi anymo, we are go-getters and HUNGRY for It. What is it? We don't know, but we have it? Or we want it? Can ...

Episode 116: The Joy Of Lego from 2012-07-28T07:30:31

Hi there! Welcome to Episode 116 of the Gather Around Me podchat starring Ben "San Diego" Pobjie and Cam "San Antonio" Smith.

In this amazing installment of our daily podcast series, we h...

Episode 115: The Labor-Greens Spat&What It Means For The Prime Minister from 2012-07-27T08:42:58

Hello Gentle Listener, welcome to a politically-charged episode of Gather Around Me starring Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith.

In this thrilling installment, things get a bit political, as - at t...

Episode 114: Lions&Antelopes&Rippers, Oh My! from 2012-07-26T11:39:58

Welcome to Episode 114 of Gather Around Me starring Ben Pobjie, Cam Smith and with special guest Andy Slackbastard.

Today's topic, requested by @Shellity, is Lions & Antelopes.

Ple...

Episode 113: The Difference Between Men And Women from 2012-07-25T12:30:18

Hello! Welcome to an incredibly controversial episode of Gather Around Me starring Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith.

In this episode we tackle the taboo topic of The Difference Between Men And Wo...

Episode 112: Dick Jokes from 2012-07-24T11:26:53

Hello! Welcome to Episode 112 of the Gather Around Me funcast! With Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith and Jonah Pobjie!

The topic for today's episode was suggested by @mrgrumpystephen and it is: D...

Episode 111: Tiny Italian Biscuit Chefs from 2012-07-23T11:18:18

Welcome to Episode 111 of Gather Around Me!

Today's topic comes from @HeathC and it is PIZZA SHAPES.

Check out http://www.indiegogo.com/gatheraroundme for our amazing new target! Listen

Episode 110: The Scourge of Milo from 2012-07-22T12:32:32

Welcome to Episode 110 in a series of 1000 podchats with your friends Ben "Ben" Pobjie and Cam "Cam" Smith.

Today's topic, as suggested by @becpobjie, is MILO.

Donate at http://www...

Episode 109: 50 Shades Of Orange from 2012-07-21T08:20:52

Hello gentle listener! Welcome to Episode 109 in a series of 1000 podchats starring your friends Ben "Muscles" Pobjie and Cam "Boney M" Smith.

This is the sixth of our daily fundraiser po...

Episode 108: Are genitals overrated? from 2012-07-20T11:34:28

Hello gentle listener! Welcome to Episode 108 in a Series of 1000 podchats starring Ben "Willy Wonka" Pobjie and Cam "Marquis de Sad" Smith.

This is the fifth in our series of daily Indie...

Episode 107: Queensland for the Queenslander from 2012-07-19T11:17:26

Hi! Welcome to Episode 107 in a series of 1000 podchats starring your friends Ben "Joh For PM" Pobjie and Cam "Zombie Joh For PM" Smith.

This is our fourth daily podcast in aid of our Ind...

Episode 106: The State of the Music Industry from 2012-07-18T11:55:07

Welcome to Episode 106 in a series of 1000 podchats from your friends Ben "Dustin Mothman" Pobjie and Cam "AAAAARGH" Smith.

This is the third in our Indiegogo daily podcast series. Donate...

Episode 105: Reality TV. Is it real? from 2012-07-17T11:33:47

Welcome to Episode 105 in a series of 1000 podchats starring your friends Ben "Money For Nothing" Pobjie and Cam "Chicks On Speed" Smith.

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Episode 104: Crocodile Talk from 2012-07-16T11:00:28

Welcome to Episode 104 in a series of 1000 podchats from your friends Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith.

This is the first of our 31 daily Indiegogo-casts and today our topic is CROCODILES.

Episode 103: Hitting a Nirvana from 2012-07-09T23:18:53

Hi there, gentle, genteel and gentile listeners! Welcome to Episode 103 of the Gather Around Me lecture series with yr friendly professrs Ben "Sandalwood" Pobjie and Cam "Tuscan Sunrise" Smith.<...

Episode 102: Ben went away on a holiday... from 2012-07-02T08:20

Hello gentle listeners! Welcome to Episode 102 in a series of 1000 podchats starring Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith!

In this thrilling installment!!!

• Rent-A-Rabbi and other failed ...
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Episode 101: Room 101 from 2012-06-19T23:13:58

Hello, gentle listeners, and welcome to episode 101 in a series of 1000 podchats starring your friends Ben "Oceania" Pobjie and Cam "Eastasia" Smith.

In this special edition, Ben and Cam ...

Episode 100: Like Sliding Doors, if Sliding Doors were about two different people... from 2012-06-08T14:12

Gentle listeners!

Please, join Ben Pobjie, Cam Smith and Special Guest Marieke Hardy in celebrating reaching the milestone of 100 podcasts. 900 to go!

Woah woah woah, what's that? ...

Episode 99: Gather Around Me presents CYOA: TTT Part 5 from 2012-06-01T03:09:34

Oh my giddy aunt, gentle listener! Things are certainly heating up in the world of adventures that you choose yourself!

Come with Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith on another THRILLING installment...

Episode 98: Living In The Now from 2012-05-26T04:06

Welcome, gentle listeners, to Episode 98 in a Series of 1000 podchats with Your Friends, Ben "I'm Not A Racist But" Pobjie and Cam "If Life Is A Series Of Accidents, Why Can't I Sue?" Smith.

Episode 97: Gather Around Me presents CYOA: TTT Part 4 from 2012-05-22T01:45:33

Gentle listeners, welcome to Part 4 of our Choose Your Own Adventurestraza starring Ben "Wavox Gravox" Pobjie and Cam "Zunebeam" Smith.

In our last thrilling installment, you were given a...

Episode 96: Cranbourne City Nights from 2012-05-17T02:16:13

Hola gentle listeners, welcome to Episode 96 of the Gather Around Me podchatte starring Ben "Danger" Pobjie as himself and Cam "Flanger" Smith as himself, and Jonah "Stranger" Pobjie as himself....

Episode 95: Gather Around Me presents CYOA: TTT Part 3 from 2012-05-07T00:54:27

Gentle listeners/adventurers, please enjoy in your earholes the third installment of our CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE SERIES.

What will happen when you join Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith in... IN...

Episode 94: A timely discussion of current events from 2012-05-01T04:00

Hi gentle listeners! Welcome to Episode 94 in a series of 1000 free markets of ideas from your intellectual friends Ben "Graham "Chook" Fowler" Pobjie and Cam "John "Completely Legitimate Busine...

Episode 93: Gather Around Me presents CYOA: TTT Part 2 from 2012-04-26T10:51

Gentle listeners! Things are heating up in our Choose Your Own Adventure series!

JOIN! Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith as they investigate THE ADDRESS BY THE DOCKS.

VOTE! On which directi...

Episode 92: Parks&Desecration from 2012-04-22T10:35

Hola, gentle listeners! Welcome to Episode 92 in a series of 1000 podchats starring your friendos Ben "Ranger Stacey" Pobjie and Cam "Smarter Than The Average Carebear" Smith.

In this spe...

Episode 91: Gather Around Me presents CYOA: TTT Part 1 from 2012-04-17T23:13

Welcome to a Very Special Episode of Gather Around Me with your Very Special Frenemies with Frenefits, Ben "Brown Sugar" Pobjie and Cam "Brown Stevia" Smith.

This episode marks the beginn...

Episode 90: The yolk is on you. from 2012-03-28T01:21:57

We join our heroes Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith in me...

Episode 89: Live Free Or Tie-Dye from 2012-03-14T22:34:57

Welcome to Episode 89 of the Gather Around Me podchat starring your friends on benefits Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith.

In this thrilling installment, Ben and Cam reflect on why the Wollongong ...

Episode 88: Wollongong Podcast Festival Special from 2012-03-07T20:58:12

Hi guys/gals,

Ben and Cam here. You might be wondering, did we record a special podcast on our way to the Wollongong Podcast Festival? The answer is a resounding YES.

Please enjoy ...

Episode 87: How Green Was Our Vale Democracy from 2012-02-26T01:08

Hello! Welcome to episode 87 in a series of 1000 pod-symposiums from your good friends (maybe something more?) Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith.

In this thrilling installment, we discuss all matt...

Episode 86: Eyes Wide Shut from 2012-02-16T11:02:43

Close your eyes and let your ineffable hosts Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith take you on a journey of the imagination.

The West Wing! Wolves! Why Ben was a Year 6 Prefect!

And also other ...

Episode 85: The Spill from 2012-02-05T11:07:48

Hello gentle listeners! The spill is on! The Labor leadership is in question and your affable hosts Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith have been sent to Canberra by their respective news publications to c...

Episode 84: In the year 2021... from 2011-12-24T02:24:10

Welcome to Episode 84 in a series of 1000 podchats from your esteemed colleagues Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith.

In this action packed episode:

• Drink driving!
• Family!
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Episode 83: Ghost Protocol Starring Goldie Hawn from 2011-12-18T08:22:25

Hello gentle listeners!

Gather Around Me, after an unannounced hiatus, is back. For good. Deal with it.

Ben Pobjie as Goldie Hawn. Cam Smith as Demi Moore.

Contents:

Episode 82: You can go your own way? from 2011-11-07T10:17

Yep. Episode 82 in a Series of 1000 podchats starring Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith.

In this issue:

• Thrills!
• Spills!
• Soup!
• Sex Workers!
• Carafes...
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Episode 81: A slow ride. from 2011-10-30T07:57:41

Hello gentle listeners! Welcome to Episode 81 of the Gather Around Me podchat series starring Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith.

In this episode:

• Pre-cogs!
• Taxes!
• Da...
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Episode 80: A train bound for Cranbourne from 2011-10-16T04:38:13

Hello! Episode 80. Series of 1000. Ben Pobjie. Cam Smith.

I would like you to imagine two strangers on a train. Then imagine sitting across from them are two people with a pre-existing po...

Episode 79: There'll be pay in your pocket from 2011-09-26T09:51:47

Friends, Romans, Countrymen! Lend me your ears.

Actually, hang on to them. You will need them to listen to this podcast from Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith.

It's about Midnight Oil, it's...

Episode 78: Frankly, Mr. Shankly, I don't give a damn. from 2011-09-12T22:08:31

Welcome back! It's Episode 78 in a series of 1000 Podchats with your friends or maybe distant relatives Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith.

In this episode we get to the bottom of:

• Pri...
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Episode 77: It's been a big week for new clothes. from 2011-08-22T23:17:27

Holla holla,

Welcome to Episode 77 of the Gather Around Me podcast starring your friend Ben Pobjie and your frenemy Cam Smith.

This episode deals with adult issues such as:

Episode 76: By The River Of The Babylon from 2011-08-13T08:11:27

Ahoy there! Welcome to Episode 76 in a Series of 1000 fireside chats from your friends Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith.

This is not a fireside chat at all. It is a riverside chat. It is a chat n...

Episode 75: Smash The Bells from 2011-07-18T10:36:53

Welcome to Episode 75 of the Gather Around Me podcast starring Ben Pobjie as Manimal and Cam Smith as Son Of Manimal.

In this thrilling edition:

• Children! They have issues! Listen

Episode 74: One Night In Bangkok from 2011-07-01T09:36:16

Hello gentle listeners! Welcome to Episode 74 in a Series of 1000 podchattables from your friends Ben "David" Pobjie and Cam "Margaret" Smith.

In today's edition, the boys sit in a casino...

Episode 73: Charles Writes Writes... from 2011-06-28T00:15:48

Welcome, dear listeners to the 73rd in a Series of 1000 Fireside Chats from your friends Ben Delano Pobjie and Cam Walker Smith.

In this episode...

• Cadbury Creme Eggs
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Episode 72: Kids Free 2B Kids from 2011-06-17T00:51:49

Welcome to Episode 72 in a Series of 1000 Podtorials from your friends Ben Pobjie and also Cam Smith.

In this exciting installment!

• Sexual tension
• Fanemies
• ...
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Episode 71: Cocaine Blues from 2011-06-10T00:33:12

Hello hello! Welcome to Episode 71 in a Series of 1000 Podvestigations by Senior Sergeant Ben Pobjie and Detective Inspector Cam Smith.

In this episode:

• Fire Safety
• ...
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Episode 70: Remorse. from 2011-06-03T00:31:09

Hello cats and kittens and robo-kittens! Welcome to Episode 70 of the Gather Around Me podchat starring Ben "Pobjie" Pobjie and Cam "Jackhammer Jones" Smith.

In this episode, we discuss b...

Episode 69: Ooh la la... from 2011-05-20T03:19:16

Hello sexy listeners!

Welcome to a highly sexsual EPISODE SIXTY NINE of the Gather Around Me Podcast In A Series Of 1000 highly sexsual Gather Around Me Podcasts.

Your friends Ben ...

Episode 68: A Ghost! Behind You! from 2011-05-13T00:59:03

Welcome to a super-spooky Episode 68 in a Series of 1000 spookcasts from your haunted friends Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith.

In this issue, find such delights as:

• Nirvana Changey-...
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Episode 67: Tears Of A Child from 2011-05-07T04:30:24

Good day. Welcome to Episode 67 in a Series of 1000 Podposiums from Your Good Friends Or Maybe More, Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith.

In this episode, the gentlemen discuss many weighty matters ...

Episode 66: Home Again Home Again from 2011-04-27T22:56:51

Hello, gentle listeners! After an extended hiatus brought on by technical difficulties and circumstance and court orders, your heroes Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith return with Episode 66 in a Series ...

Episode 65: I thought we were friends, Frodo... from 2011-04-04T11:56:20

Welcome to Episode 65 in a Series of 1000 podcasts starring your friends Ben Pobjie, Cam Smith and special guest Paul F. Tompkins, the 21st Century Tommy Chong. The F stands for Francis, but it ...

Episode 64: Make It Rain from 2011-03-25T03:43:04

Hello dear listener! Welcome to Episode 64 in a series of 1000 podcasts from raconteurs about town Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith.

In this issue, we discuss many an issue, including, but not li...

Episode 63: Everyone is normal on Krypton from 2011-03-15T04:15:15

Hello. Do you enjoy the sound of crying infants and also the sound of podcasts, but find it difficult to bring these things together? Good news! We have done the hard work for you!

Let Ca...

Episode 62: Of Feuds and Baronettes. from 2011-02-27T22:52:43

Episode 62. Ben Pobjie. Cam Smith.

There are feuds. There are spoilers. There is a feud. I already said that.

A rollicking adventure!

Get it in your earholes and out your no...

Episode 61: If you beelieve it, you can achieve it from 2011-02-20T21:47:38

Hello you! How's it hanging?

Welcome to Episode 61 of Gather Around Me, a podcast excreted from the glands of Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith.

In this episode we discuss such weighty topi...

Episode 60: This Is Your Early Morning Wake Up Call from 2011-02-13T22:24:10

Hello Sunshine! This is Episode 60 in a Series of 1000 wake up calls.

Warning, may contain traces amounts of:

• Roadworks
• Shark Jumping
• Mr. Men
• Valen...
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Episode 59: Happy Days Are Yours And Mine from 2011-02-06T23:59:13

A new podposium from thought leaders Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith.

Warning! May contain traces of:

• Christine Anu comeback album
• Sunburn
• Flipping Burgers
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Episode 58: It was an alien all along. from 2011-01-31T21:34:57

Episode 58 in a Series of 1000 Podchats from your friendly flambogglers Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith.

WARNING: May contain traces of...

• Is it recording?
• Grapeshot
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Episode 57: Get a handle on Sharia from 2011-01-24T01:32:16

Welcome to Episode 57 in a series of 1000 podlectures from Drs. Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith.

In this issue, we discuss the pros and pros of Sharia law.

Also: Cricket and the Safety Da...

Episode 56: Teen Hospital from 2011-01-18T09:52

 'Gather Around Me' is back for Twenty Eleven! It's episode 56 o...

Episode 55: Justifiably Upset Birds from 2010-12-11T05:23:56

Welcome to Episode 55 in a Series of 1000 Podiscussions from yo pals Ben "Darkseid" Pobjie and Cam "Granny Goodness" Smith. Hang on a second.

LOOKOUT! It contains talk of:

• An...
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Episode 54: Things We Feel from 2010-12-05T03:10

Good day, welcome to Episode 54 of the Gather Around Me Podtalkable starring Ben Pobjie as Alfie and Cam Smith as his trusty butler Alonso.

LOOK OUT! It contains such wondrous things as:<...

Episode 53: Ummmmmmmm... from 2010-11-27T22:07

Welcome to Episode 53 in a Series of 1000 Victorian Electioncasts from Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith.

• Mandatory Greetings
• Victorian Podcasts
• ALP Slogans
• Sinkin...
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Episode 52: Prank Patrol from 2010-11-22T01:20:04

Roll up, roll up, it's Episode 52 in a Series of 1000 Podchats starring Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith.

Featuring reasoned discussion which raises the discourse about:

• The Alphabet...
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Episode 51: At least one free burger from 2010-11-14T23:35:29

Good evening.

Welcome to Episode 51 in a Series of 1000 Podchats from Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith.

In this issue, we discuss various things, possibly even including:

• MOVE...
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Episode 50: Give us your money from 2010-11-08T02:40:54

Welcome to Episode 50 in a Series of 1000 Podchats from your friends Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith.

Warning, may contain traces of:

• The man at Subway discriminated against us beca...
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Episode 49: NUT UP or SHUT UP from 2010-10-31T22:13:55

Hello pumpkins!

Welcome to Episode 49 in a Series of 1000 Talkcasts starring your friends Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith.

This is a very special episode in that it is entirely scripted!<...

Episode 48: Pests, Sex And Otherwise from 2010-10-21T21:34:41

Episode 48 in a Series of 1000 Podchats from your friends Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith

Warning, may contain contents of:

• Teletubbies
• Internet Comments
• Cranberry...
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Episode 47: Also Known As Episode 48. Also Known As Episode 47. Also Known As The Wonkdrinks Episode. from 2010-10-14T21:54:28

This is actually episode 47 in a series of 1000 podchats from your friends Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith.

It primarily concerns WONKDRINKS. What is a drink? What is a wonk? Etc.?

Episode 46: The Best Of Gather Around Me! from 2010-10-01T04:35

Gentle Listeners! Check it out! Episode 46 in a Series of 1000 Podchats from your delightful ear-companions Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith!

It is also our FIRST BIRTHDAY! Our first podcast was ...

Episode 45: Lemonade went everywhere. Everywhere. from 2010-09-25T01:27

Episode 45 in a Series of 1000 Podiscussions from your friends Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith.

Warning, may contain sexy traces of:

• Blowing minds
• MacKillop: The M...
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Episode 44: Lettuce pray, cabbages salaat from 2010-09-16T22:59

Welcome to Episode 44 in a Series of 1000 Podchats from your friends Ben Pobjie, Cam Smith and poet Les Murray.

Warning, may contain traces of:

• What's Been Going On
• ...
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Episode 43: The Mystery of The Human Brain from 2010-09-09T23:23

Episode 43 in a Series of 1000 Podchats starring Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith.

Warning may contain traces of...

• Dogs
• Prime Ministers
• Taxi Driver
...
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Episode 42: Blood Brothers from 2010-09-03T05:02

Episode 42 in a Series of 1000 Bloodcasts starring blood brothers Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith.

Warning, may contain traces of:

• Memories
• A Hat Made Of Milk
• Insi...
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Mad Katters? from 2010-08-27T04:44

An exclusive interview with Bob Katter on the direction in which he will take this country.

As recorded for the August 27th edition of 3CR's SUWA program.

Episode 41: Hung like a donkey from 2010-08-23T04:15

Episode 41 in a Series of Analysiscasts starring your friends/acquaintances Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith, the most prescient commentators in this entire country.

Warning, may contain...

Episode 40: No! Sleep! 'Til Canberra! from 2010-08-19T23:53

Episode 40 in a Series of Engaging Talkchats with your Friends Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith.

Warning, may contain traces of:

• Ground Zero
• Sleep Deprivation
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Episode 39: Arching Up from 2010-08-19T02:31

Episode 39 in a Series of 1000 Archcasts starring your friendly neighbourhood spidermen Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith.

THIS EPISODE IS CANON.

Warning, may contain traces of:

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Episode 38: Blaze Ya Dead Homie from 2010-08-18T03:35

Episode 38 in a Series of 1000 highly informative thinkpieces starring Ben "Rock Hudson" Pobjie and Cam "Doris Day" Smith.

Hey, hang on a second.

Anyway, this one has got much deta...

Episode 37: Crime and Punishment from 2010-08-11T23:43

Episode 37 in a series of 1000 sexcasts from your sexy friends Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith.

In this episode, we ruminate on crimes committed just prior to the recording of the podcast and al...

This is my shopping ensemble! from 2010-07-28T04:51

No electiocast today! Instead we have an interview with Family First senator Steve Fielding, recorded for 3CR's Squatters & Unwaged Workers Airwaves program on July 23.

Enjoy!

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Episode 36: Letter Boxes Defying The Laws Of Time from 2010-07-25T21:13

Episode 36 in a Series of 1000 Internet-facilitated Audio Discussions from Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith.

Warning, may approximately contain traces of:

1. The Debate
2. Some Ro...
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Episode 35: Has Glenn Milne completely lost it? from 2010-07-23T13:59

What the dickens! Episode 35 in a Series of 1000 Podchats, it's another Electiocast from Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith.

Live on tape from the Gather Around Me Media Centre, this 'cast may ...

Episode 34: What's A Ganache? from 2010-07-20T22:02

Episode 34 in a Series of 1000 Podchats by Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith.

But also Episode 2 in a Series of Election Minicasts by Cam Smith and Ben Pobjie.

Warning, may contain...

Episode 33: A General Sense Of Unease And A Mild Dislike On The Campaign Trail from 2010-07-18T22:04

The first Election Campaign Mini-Cast from Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith.

It is Day 2 of the Election Campaign, and what is going on? Nobody knows!

Except us! Expert analysis o...

Episode 32: Your Mum Is A Sofa from 2010-07-16T02:36

Episode 32 in a Series of 1000 Podiscussions starring your friendly neighbourhood spider-men Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith.

WARNING! May contain traces of:

• Episode 24
• The...
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Episode 31: Free Rug With Every Idea from 2010-07-08T22:58

Episode 31 in a Series of 1000 Thoughtchats by Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith

Warning, may contain traces of:

• The Free Market Of Ideas
• Turkish Delight
• Classic...
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Episode 30: Life. What's It All About? from 2010-07-02T02:11

What? Episode 30 in a Series of 1000 Podposiums featuring Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith?

WARNING

May contain traces of:

1. Life. Be in it.
2. Catholic China.
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Episode 29: Top Cat - Top That! from 2010-06-16T22:44

Episode 29 in a Series of 1000 Podchats starring Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith.

Warning, may contain traces of:

• Waiting For Godot
• Monetizing the podchats<...
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There are many nods and winks in International Relations from 2010-06-13T01:11

This week's podcast has been delayed, so enjoy an interview that Cam conducted on 3CR with Stephen Smith, the Minister for Foreign Affairs. This was obviously recorded after one scandal, but bef...

Episode 28: Maybe you should wear a balaclava? A Devcast! from 2010-06-07T18:12

Episode 28 in a Series of 1000 Pobjcamsts by Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith.

Warning, may contain traces of:

• Catherine Deveny, our special guest.
• A solution to th...
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Episode 27: Crazy. Amazing. Cramazing. from 2010-05-27T22:22

Episode 27 in a series of 1000 goldcasts by Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith.

Warning, may contain traces of:

• Item of Business 1: Does Cam Have Cancer? The Answer!
• Item of B...
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Episode 26: Medical Maladies and Magical Madrasas from 2010-05-20T23:35

Episode 26 in a Series of 1000 Podchats by Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith!

Warning! May contain traces of:

• Sound Checking
• Ben's Surgery
• The Science Of Cryonics Listen

Episode 25: The Downfall of Western Civilisation from 2010-05-06T23:38

Episode 25 in a Series of 1000 Podchats by Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith

Warning, may contain traces of New Barbarianism AND:

Faisal SHAZAM
Voices of Reason
The Babysi...

Episode 24: Knives Save Lives from 2010-04-22T06:49

Episode 24 in a series of 1000 Podchats by Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith.

Warning, may contain traces of:

1. The Man of 1000 Voices
2. Masterchef
3. Haircuts
4. Mel...
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Hung Parliaments from 2010-04-19T03:38

This week's podcast will be an extra-special affair, kiddies, and requires much mental preparation. As a result, it will be late.

In the meanstimes, here is an exclusive interview with Gu...

Episode 23: Sisterhood of the Travelling Wolf from 2010-04-11T22:12

Episode 23 in a series of 1000 Fireside Podchats with your hosts Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith.

Warning, may contain traces of:

• Fidgeting
• Reminiscing
• Th...
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Episode 22: One of these days, Alice! First Dog On The Moon! from 2010-04-03T02:08

Episode 22 in a Series of 1000 Podcasts by Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith.

With Special Guest Star: Crikey Cartoonista and Bon Vivant Mr. First Dog On The Moon.

Warning, may contain trac...

Episode 21: Anonocast from 2010-03-27T04:10

Episode 21 in a Series of 1000 Anonocasts from John Q. Shadow and Mister X.

Warning. May contain traces of:

1. Who are we?
2. Evolution and the New Barbarians
3. Mar...
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Episode 20: Even Heroes Have To Die from 2010-03-19T20:03

Episode 20 in a Series of 1000 Podcasts from Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith.

Warning, may contain traces of:

• Awkward conversations in vegan cafes
• Ben has a headache
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Episode 19: 2 For The Price Of 1 from 2010-03-12T19:52

Episode 19 in a Series of 1000 Gather Around Me Fireside Podchats.

This episode is in TWO parts, but you only pay ONCE. And you don't even pay. It's free. It is in two parts because we re...

Episode 18: Hey, We're Back! from 2010-03-06T03:36

Episode 18 in a Series of 1000 Fireside Chats by Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith

Warning, may contain traces of:

• REAL LIFE
• Driving
• Getting a Parkin...
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Stay Inside On March 24th from 2010-02-27T21:54

Hullo,

Cam here. Still sick. Here is a bit from the 3CR show. It is from this Friday just gone.

Hey Kevin Rudd, thanks for instantly dating our bit. You ratfucker.

We should...

This isn't wrestling, this is politics from 2010-02-17T23:46

Hullo, hullo. Cam here.

I'm still sick. Too sick for podcasting! Luckily, we got plenty of bits and bobs laying about until I get better.

Here is an excerpt from Listen

An Illustrated History of the Hapsburg Dynasty from 2010-02-11T21:53

Hullo! Cam here!

The podcast will be delayed this week because my throat stopped working. I went to the hospital and they took a lot of my blood and told me to harden up. I said, "Is ther...

Episode 17: The Return To Oz from 2010-02-05T17:51

Episode 17 in a Series of 1000 Fireside Chats c/o Ben Pobjie & Cam Smith

Warning, may contain traces of:

• Sound checking
• The Syphilis Holocaust
• Oz politics Listen

Episode 16: Happy Pakistan Day from 2010-01-28T23:24

Episode 16 in a Series of 1000 Podcasts!

Warning, may contain traces of:

1. Sound Check
2. The Job Interview
3. Which One Of Us Is Which
4. Happy Pakistan Day<...
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Episode 15: Something For Everyone from 2010-01-22T02:03

Episode 15 in a series of 1000 podcasts.

Warning, may contain traces of:

1. Pie floaters
2. It's been a big week in sport!
3. It's been a big week in po...
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Episode 14: Too Hot For Triple R from 2010-01-14T22:36

Episode 14 in a Series of 1000 Podcasts!

Cam Smith and Ben Pobjie return to the free-wheelin' world of podcast after being forcibly removed from the world of uptight community radio!

Warning, m...

The Rue McClanahan Hour: Week 2 from 2010-01-04T14:34

Episode 2 in hopefully a Series of 5 Radio Shows.

But also unlucky Episode 13 in a series of 1000 podcasts.

Warning, may contain traces of:

1. Classic Comedy!
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The Rue McClanahan Hour: Week 1 from 2009-12-28T11:03

Episode 1 in a Series of 5 Radio Shows!

But also Episode 12 in a series of 1000 podcasts.

Warning, may contain traces of:

1. Payola scandal at Kids FM
2. Feuding with other r...
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Tamara Jaber from 2009-12-23T23:17

The final Gather Around Me! Xmas Bonus - it's a song by that hip up-and-coming band Nation Of Slam, recorded all the way back in September 2008.

Personnel (at the time):

1. Vox: Cam Listen

Episode 11: I hope you CHOKE on it from 2009-12-23T00:23

Episode 11 in a Series of 1000 Fireside Chats.

Not really, but we are never going to get to a thousand if we don't cheat every now and then. This is the second Gather Around Me Xmas Bonus for 200...

Zombies from 2009-12-22T00:52

'Tis the Season, SWAT Kats and Kittens! That's why this week we shall be bringing you Three Fantastic Gifts. No Frankenstein or Myrrh here, just good ol' fashioned Comedy Gold.

First cab off the ...

Episode 10: Merry Crassmas from 2009-12-18T02:13

Episode 10 in a Series of 1000 Podcasts on GatherAroundMe.

Warning! May Contain Traces Of:

1. One Thousand Podcasts
2. The Rue Mc...
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Episode 9: Lunch from 2009-12-11T05:57

Episode 9 in a Series of 1000

Warning - May Contain Traces Of:

1. What's wrong with the microphone?
2. Being on time
3. Chris Berg from the Institute of...
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Episode 8: No Business Like Radio Business from 2009-12-04T09:36

Please find attached, for your approval, Episode 8 in a Series of 1000 podcasts.

Warning, may contain traces of:

1. The Flu
2. Radio Duos Who Met At University
3. Ra...
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Leadership Troubles from 2009-12-02T11:56

You may have noticed there has been no podcast so far this week.

Some of us were too sick to record one. Sick of uncertainty within the upper echelons of the Liberal Party, that is.

Episode 7: Schoolies Week from 2009-11-21T01:09

Episode 7 in a Series of 1000

Warning! May Contain Traces Of:

1. The Fonz
2. Conjoined Twins
3. Magneto Was Right
4. Schoolies Week
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Episode 6: Love Is Like A Heatwave from 2009-11-17T06:09

Episode 6 in a Series of 1000 Fireside Chats for http://gatheraround.me

May contain traces of:

Episode 5: What if you could go back and change one mistake? from 2009-11-08T23:50

Episode 5 in a series of 1000 podcasts c/o your friends at http://gatheraround.me

Warning! May Contain:

1. Gay Marriages?
2. Allergies
...
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Episode 4: Off to the Racists from 2009-10-31T05:26

Episode 4 of 1000 podcasts c/o http://www.gatheraround.me

Warning, may contain traces of:

1. Sound Checking
2. Vegetarians eating FISH!
3. Keepin' Sl...
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Episode 3: The Joy of Parenthood from 2009-10-25T10:11

1. R.I.P. Don Lane
2. The Return Of The Variety Format
3. Parenting
4. David Hume
5. The Nelwyn Defence League

Episode 2: Hey Hey, It's Murder! from 2009-10-10T23:33

Episode 2 in a series of 1000 Fireside Chats c/o www.gatheraround.me

Warning, may contain traces of:

1. Commentary on Televisual Programmes
2. Telephone Poles Listen

Gather Around Me: It Begins from 2009-10-03T00:03

The first of many Fireside Chats for the fantastically named website http://www.gatheraround.me

May contain traces of:

1.  Introductory chit-chat
2. Manifesto!
3. The Fu...
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