Apocalypse LIVE

Alex and Heather are outside and locked down and in-disguise – finally! In this episode, Alice Springs joins the fun as snowballing pandemic restrictions roll out across the country. And everyone is having such a nice time! So get yourself an apocalypse sausage and don a disposable mask – it's apocalypse,  live.A podcast with love xxFor more on Apocalypse LIVE visit apocalypselive.comThis episode recorded 1 July 2021 by Heather Smith and Alex Burgess.Additional sound effects from zapsplat.com

In this Finke Desert Race special,  Alex and Heather are racing towards vaccine hesitancy-hesitancy. Or are they? It's hard to say. Although our great PM has been absolutely clear: this is not a race (or is it?), so put down your Gatorade. OMG we got vaccinated and it was slightly less exciting than anticipated!!A podcast with love xx(FYI, lots of birds and bits of wind in this outdoor episode, bear with us.)For more on Apocalypse LIVE visit apocalypselive.comThis episode recorded 21 June 2021 by Heather Smith and Alex Burgess.Additional sound effects from zapsplat.com

Wave goodbye to youth because it's everybody's birthday!! Alex and Heather celebrate becoming a year older by caving into an inevitable urge that comes with age: emotional investment in the British royals. It's also revealed that Daft Punk got old and wardrobes make terrible segues.A podcast with love xxFor more on Apocalypse LIVE visit apocalypselive.comThis episode recorded 10 March 2021 by Heather Smith and Alex Burgess.Additional sound effects from zapsplat.com

In which  grasshoppers encroach with their message of impending doom. In this episode Heather discusses a recent article by Jonathan Safran Foer she can't remember the name of and Alex is absolutely not an epidemiologist. Natalie Portman remains conspicuously quiet.A podcast with love xxFor more about Apocalypse LIVE visit apocalypselive.comThis episode recorded 15 February 2021 by Heather Smith and Alex Burgess.Additional sound effects from zapsplat.com

In which it turns out 2021 is not a post-apocalyptic world. In this episode, Alex  furiously manifests a purpose for all the cushions in her living room and Heather contemplates a post-excitement world. It's the apocalypse we had to have and it's probably not over... hooray!A podcast with love xxFor more about Apocalypse LIVE visit apocalypselive.comThis episode recorded 30 January 2021 by Heather Smith and Alex Burgess.Additional sound effects from zapsplat.com

In which multiple apocalypses are pondered and there's a near miss in the U.S elections; Australia's border situation is like a game of Wack-A-Mole and we discuss Jenny Offill's book Weather. With a note of cautious optimism, Alex considers her extra large swimming cap and Heather moves a step closer to Darth Vader.It's a podcast with love.For more about Apocalypse LIVE visit apocalypselive.comxxxThis episode recorded 16 November 2020 by Heather Smith and Alex Burgess.Additional sound effects from zapsplat.com

In which it turns out there's a whole world out there - and it's quite similar to Ballarat!! This week, Alex and Heather receive a dispatch from Sally in Berlin, where socially distanced nightclubbing is a thing and recreational establishments stay open as late as 11pm.  Wow!And for more about Apocalypse LIVE visit apocalypselive.comxxxThis episode recorded 24 October 2020 by Heather Smith and Alex BurgessAdditional sound effects from zapsplat.com

In which Heather and Alex consider our dystopian future - today!! In this dystopian future, Heather learns about super computers without home screens that can fit in your pocket and the term 'peri-apocalypse' receives some overuse.And for more about Apocalypse LIVE visit apocalypselive.comxxxThis episode recorded 30 August 2020 by Heather Smith and Alex BurgessAdditional sound effects from zapsplat.com

In which Heather and Alex receive a dispatch from Ash Steel, locked down in Melbourne. In this alternative southern universe, wine goes in keep cups, mums can be fangirls and there is very much no escape. Ash plays us her pandemic-themed track, Social Distance, live over Zoom. The audio quality does not do it justice, but luckily you can find Ash's music, including Social Distance, at ashsteelmusic.bandcamp.com.And for more about Apocalypse LIVE visit our websitexxxThis episode recorded 30 August 2020 by Heather Smith and Alex BurgessAdditional sound effects from zapsplat.com

In which Heather realises Harrison Ford is a very handsome man and Alex promises to stop texting in the middle of the night.30 July 2020

It's the second wave! But don't worry, Heather is very certain that she doesn't have COVID-19 and nobody dies on air.18 July 2020

In which Alex and Heather face a post-pandemic future with some trepidation and muscle cars feature heavily.12 May 2020

In which Heather reveals cruise ship enthusiasts exist, and Alex locates a tangible sensation of the other side.27 April 2020

In which Heather and Alex interview JP about the, er, apocalypse, Alex learns about dungeons and dragons and it is noted that the sprint has very much become a marathon.10 April 2020

In which Alex interviews Kate, who perches precariously on the edge of her chair and the world.29 March 2020

In which Alex interviews Heather about the, er, continuing apocalypse and the tone is notably less jovial.28 March 2020

In which Heather interviews Alex about the, er, apocalypse.22 March 2020