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Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith get together for a relaxing fireside chat about the news of the day and the ways of the world. It will blow your mind.

Ben Pobjie & Cam Smith


    • Dec 16, 2024 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 47m AVG DURATION
    • 434 EPISODES


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    Episode 421: Totally Wicked

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2024 46:37


    They tried to hide it from us but we found out about Wicked.

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    Episode 420: Got A Bad Feeling About This

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2024 52:13


    This episode we're talking about the first Omen, but not The First Omen.

    Episode 419: Madame Bees

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2024 80:27


    This week we are talking about the two hottest creepy crawly flicks of 2024: The Beekeeper and Madame Web.

    Episode 418: Talkin' 'bout those Night Swims

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2024 52:32


    Vox populi, vox dei. The people demanded an indepth recap of haunted pool movie Night Swim and who are we to deny them?

    Episode 417: Anachronistic Video Calling Technology

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2023 74:40


    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-thriller The Bank and yet that is precisely what you are listening to. It's a funny old world.

    Episode 416: Mission Insomnibird

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2023 28:06


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2023 41:23


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2023 48:43


    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) Libby.

    Episode 413: Gacy House 90210

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2022 40:55


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

    Episode 412: Halloween Ends Tonight

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2022 64:13


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2022 41:47


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2022 30:42


    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 chops on benzos and steak.

    Episode 409: Mate Against Mate, Escape Against Escape

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2022 43:09


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 3, 2022 33:26


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2022 33:03


    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 ascendant Albanese government and the Rebel Wilson vehicle Senior Year.

    Episode 406: The One Poll That Counts

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2022 36:39


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

    Episode 405: Bayme95

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2022 40:50


    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 doing Dogme95 films on the side. 

    Episode 404: A Week Is A Long Time In A Week Is A Long Time In A Week

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2022 35:50


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2022 42:19


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2022 34:29


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

    Episode 401: Oscars So Fight

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2022 32:10


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

    Episode 400: Paul On The Road To Cowes

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2021 27:03


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2021 58:31


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2021 38:02


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

    Episode 398: Stupid Ghosts

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2021 24:37


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

    Episode 397: A Little Bloke In The Telly

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2021 21:11


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

    Episode 396: We Got Shooters

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2021 28:44


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

    Episode 395: Some Ideas For Matthew Guy

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2021 30:05


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2021 34:42


    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 real identity of the Zodiac Killer.

    Episode 392: Color Out Of Setka

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2021 37:42


    Folks, this week we're talking: Filing cabinets John Setka Color Out Of Space The Entire 2 Billion Year Future-History Of Humanity A Dream That Could Be A Movie

    Episode 391: Cheap Rent & A Three Day Ghost

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2021 40:33


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

    Episode 390: Saving On Towels

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2021 44:06


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2021 37:43


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2021 44:11


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2021 91:19


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2021 27:20


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2021 27:33


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

    Episode 384: #WonderWomanFromMarketing

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2021 28:27


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2020 48:48


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2020 52:00


    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 contractually-obligated extras once we get to Ep 1000. We talk about lots of up-to-the-minute current affairs and then have TWO confessions: a spooky one and a saucy one.

    Episode 382: The Germanic Thirst For Peace

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2020 58:58


    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 demon).

    Episode 381: Private Dickensian

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2020 58:33


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

    Episode 380: Brewster's Ark

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2020 51:06


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2020 53:43


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2020 58:04


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

    Episode 377: Pod In The Time Of Coronavirus

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2020 46:55


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

    Episode 376: Baboon Fever

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2020 60:40


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2020 60:10


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2019 46:25


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2019 57:46


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2019 70:24


    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-by-blow recap. Cam is Margaret obviously as he once also put on an illegal screening of the highly dodgy film Ken Park.

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