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The Australian podcast that pays tribute to the traditional late night format but with a modern twist. Every episode features original segments, topical monologues, entertaining games, hot takes, hilarious chats and absolutely no fake laughter. Join the hosts Miguel, Rohit, Sen and Kush weekly as they poke fun at university, work and the world around them. All this in a podcast that infuses late night television and Australian humour directly to your ears. New episode out every Wednesday!

Critical Banter


    • Jun 3, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
    • weekly NEW EPISODES
    • 51m AVG DURATION
    • 309 EPISODES

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    The Critical Banter Podcast is truly a standout in the world of podcasts. From its engaging segments to its ability to provide a much-needed escape from the chaos of everyday life, this podcast has become a staple in my daily routine. The hosts have a chemistry that is unmatched, and their banter keeps me entertained throughout each episode. Additionally, the 45-minute time frame gives me just enough time to relax and unwind without feeling overwhelmed. I am also grateful for how loud I can turn up the podcast to drown out any external noise or distractions. This podcast truly fits seamlessly into my life.

    One of the best aspects of The Critical Banter Podcast is its variety of segments. Each episode offers something new and exciting, whether it's discussing current events, reviewing movies or TV shows, or simply engaging in humorous conversations about random topics. This variety ensures that there is always something for everyone, keeping listeners engaged and interested.

    However, one aspect that could be improved upon is the frequency of episodes. While I thoroughly enjoy listening to previous episodes to drown out any background noise, it would be even more enjoyable if there were two episodes released each day. This would provide even more content for fans like myself and ensure that there's always something new to listen to.

    In conclusion, The Critical Banter Podcast is an absolute gem in the podcasting world. It consistently delivers entertaining content that keeps me hooked from start to finish. The hosts' banter and chemistry are fantastic, making each episode feel like a conversation with old friends. I highly recommend giving this podcast a listen; it will undoubtedly brighten your day and keep you coming back for more laughter-filled moments.



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    Latest episodes from The Critical Banter Podcast

    The Phantom Skidder (with Jeffrey)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2025 51:27


    We are back with a brand new episode this week after a brief break last week. Joining Migs and Sen is friend of the show (and in real life) Jeffrey whilst Ro is still overseas. We talk about Sydney airport, a rare win against a large tech conglomerate, narrowly avoiding a beat down in soccer and Jeffrey gives us his thoughts on NY and Boston.Sen tests Migs and Jeffrey's niche knowledge in the “Top 10 Game” including the athletes with the largest instagram followings, large companies and large countries.We end with the classic “Rare Units,” featuring a bloke mogging everyone at the gym and then 2 of our favourite category of rare units - the bathroom rare unit.___________________________________________________________YOU CAN FIND JEFFREY HERE:

    The TCB Origin Story

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2025 70:09


    The boys start off the episode strong chatting about hacked uni group chats, the etiquette in greeting high school alum in the wild, and long distance partners mooching long-term accomodation rent free (literally). We round off the logue with an impromptu #AskTCB where we answer some of the burning questions you guys have asked over Instagram - be sure to follow us on @criticalbanter to get your submissions in for next time.The game this week we bring back the “Letter Game” - where the boys name a word that begins with the first letter and ends with the second letter Sen gives them. After the sheer simplicity of the first rendition of this game, we add an additional rule where the word must be more than 4 letters.Second segment of the week is another returning segment "Blind Ranking" - where we rank random top 5s without knowing the rest of the list. We cover some outrageous topics such as Harry Potter characters on how racist we think they are, various 'Jacks', Premier League wingers, Australian CEOs on how fast we think they'd be at a 100m race - and so much more.___________________________________________________________FULL PODCAST EPISODES

    Sen vs Microsoft

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2025 41:55


    Sen kicks off formalities this week with a few tales. In his first tale he is both the victim and perpetrator, as he ignores the sage words of Gandhi and goes eye for an eye. In other news, Sen is also engaged in a painstaking battle with Microsoft in a desperate attempt not to get charged $150. Elsewhere, Ro got a ride share with a driver who started abusing him to his face in another language - unfortunately for the driver, Ro understood every word.The “Wavelength” game is back with Sen and Ro giving each other clues by way of answering increasingly niche/unrelated questions to help them guess what number the other is thinking.Our final segment this week is “Don't Say This, Say That.” Have you ever sat in a meeting at work and looked at your coworker secretly hoping you could absolutely spray this clown. In this segment we help you find ways to deliver passive aggressive or otherwise messages, in a very corporate friendly manner.___________________________________________________________FULL PODCAST EPISODES

    Accidental Influencers

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2025 59:10


    This week, Migs and Ro recount their experience at their first ever influencer(?) event where they tried their best to not look like cheapskates and miserably failed in doing so. We also have a listener submission about unethical life hacks which includes impersonating companies, leading to a passionate rant from Migs about a specific ice cream store.Our game this week is “Taboo,” which is similar to charades except each round gets more difficult as the game master (Sen) adds a ridiculous rule to the already existing rules.This week we end with “Bottom 5's” as the boys put a negative twist on their usual Top 5 antics.___________________________________________________________FULL PODCAST EPISODES

    The Boy Who Cried Racist

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2025 59:31


    Some weird energy in the studio this week as the boys recorded this late on a Monday night. Despite the delirium, Ro has a stay dangerous as well as a yarn from his time in BrisVegas about the homeless people of the great northern state. Ro also has a yarn from Oztag featuring serial pest Triple Cheese as he continues to drag this podcast's name through the mud - this time in a case of mistaken identity. The chat gets derailed and niche from here as we cover Sen getting mauled at the temple, Trump tariffs, watching videos at 2x speed and Declan Rice free kicks.The game this week is “Think Fast,” which is ironic as this game had Migs and Sen doing everything but that. In any case, Ro gives Sen and Migs 10 statements each which they must answer, the winner is the one who can answer all 10 in the quickest time.Our final segment is “Corporate Dog,” where we discuss some of the big corporate stories over the past few months that you may have missed. We talk about employers spying on employees at home, corporate espionage and Japan's 4 day work week.___________________________________________________________FULL PODCAST EPISODES

    The Sydney Chicken War (with Wingboy)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2025 72:40


    Yet another special episode this week as we welcome Mike and George from Wingboy onto the show. Only the second time we've had duel guests on one episode and wowee is this a huge one. We get around Mike and George and learn about their journey to where they are today as well as some industry secrets and future plans for the lads.As usual we play “Bullslut” with our guests as Mike and George take on Ro for bragging rights.We end this week with our take on the very popular chicken wing interview show, “Hot Wings.” Masterchef Ro has cooked up some chicken wings with varying levels of spice and as the wings get hotter, so do the questions.___________________________________________________________YOU CAN FIND WINGBOY HERE:

    The Man Who Beat Jetstar (with Rohan)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2025 97:11


    Unofficial guest episode this week as we welcome back friend of the show (and in real life) Rohan for this 3rd* appearance on the pod. We've replaced one rare Ro with another and off the rip we dive into whatever niche interests Ro is into lately. We hear about his equally rare roommates, his obsession with side adjusters and his famous battle with Jetstar. We also talk about Vitamin C showers, Ashton Hall and Trump Tariffs.The “Wavelength” game is back after a long time with Sen and Ro giving each other clues by way of answering increasingly niche/unrelated questions to help them guess what number the other is thinking.We finish this week with a segment that's fast becoming a TCB favourite with “Top 5's.” We run back the top 5 Sydney cafes (Rohan's Version), as well as top 5 Sydney bars, useless degrees, best chook in Sydney and more.___________________________________________________________YOU CAN FIND ROHAN HERE:

    How To Be A Heavy (with Cal Best)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2025 90:41


    Huge episode this week with another very special guest - Cal Best. The Heavy himself joins us to discuss a range of topics including how he got into watches, how he became a viral sensation, where his famous catch phrases come from as well as just some good funny yarns.As usual we play “Bullslut” with our guest as Cal goes up against both Migs and Ro for bragging rights.We finish this week with a 2 for 1 segment with “What Your X Says About You / Tier List,” as of course we ask Cal about his thoughts on various watch brands and the people who buy them as well as ultimately ranking these brands.___________________________________________________________YOU CAN FIND CAL HERE:

    The SHOCKING Truth About Reality TV (with Winna Bhun)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2025 85:30


    Massive episode this week featuring a very special guest - Winna Bhun. We start off getting to know Winna and his many talents including competitive eating, how he grew his social media following, working at a casino, a drunk night out at UNSW and much more.As usual we play “Bullslut” with our guest as Migs and Winna go head to head for bragging rights.We finish this week with a segment called “Mythbusters,” as we ask Winna about his time on Australian Survivor and ask him the hard hitting questions about the show and reality tv in general.___________________________________________________________YOU CAN FIND WINNA HERE:

    Mayhem In Melbourne

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2025 74:46


    Yarn heavy episode this week as Ro and Sen recount stories from their weekend in Melbourne, including a very generous restaurant owner, a grumpy casino dealer and large amounts of head loss and carry on from the boys in a story where they definitely come out looking shameful.Our game this week is “Taboo,” which is similar to charades except each round gets more difficult as the game master (Sen) adds a ridiculous rule to the already existing rules.We're back again with “Top 5's” this week as the boys take turns ranking their top 5's in various different categories including some questionable takes about jobs.___________________________________________________________FULL PODCAST EPISODES

    Make Kebabs Great Again (with The Ox Show)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2025 73:20


    Very fun episode this week as we are joined by the Kebab master himself - The Ox Show. We learn all about Ox's journey into the kebab world, how he began, industry secrets, HSP Appreciation Society, Gold Coast Kebabs and he actually shows us his resume.We have our first guest for 2025 and as per usual, the game of choice for our guest is “Bullslut'' as Ox goes head to head against Rohit and Miguel.We end this week with a TCB classic segment with a twist - “Corporate Rare Units.” We love to hear about rare units here at TCB and one of our favourite genres of rare units are the ones you find at work. Sen and Ro share some weirdos they've worked with before Ox drops some classics.___________________________________________________________YOU CAN FIND THE OX SHOW HERE:

    Man Vs Cyclone

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2025 69:02


    Absolutely huge episode this week filled with plenty of yarns. Sen is back from a quick trip to the USA while Ro is also back from a work trip to Byron Bay. Sen went to Vegas and Ro took on a cyclone - this week is story heavy and self indulgent.We really went above and beyond for our game this week “Logo Quiz.” Based on the famous board game, Ro asks Migs and Sen questions from the game to find a winner.We have a listener-submitted segment this week called “Cheapskates,” where we discuss the cheapest things we've seen, done or heard of. We have some listener submissions as well as some of our own experiences as well as famous examples of rich people being cheap.___________________________________________________________Visit health.gov.au/vaping for more info and resources on vaping and support to quit.___________________________________________________________FULL PODCAST EPISODES

    The Final

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2025 76:38


    With Sen exploring alternative (and very right-wing) podcasting options in America and Kush still fighting for his life in the mean streets of San Francisco, we are left with the dynamic duo this week as Miguel & Rohit recap the week. Ro kicks off chatting about the Slater & Gordon incident that left nearly 1,000 executive salaries, performance reviews & other sensitive info leaked.The boys then spend a disgusting amount of time reliving their Summer Football grand final - with behind the scenes footage, teammate dial-ins & absurd comparisons to winning Olympic Gold. We finish off the Logue with quick updates on AI & parking in Parramatta.The game this week is a return of '20 Questions'. Simple game (in theory), where one of the boys will have a person, place or thing in mind and the other will ask up to 20 yes or no questions to figure out the mystery answer. Chaos ensues as the boys once again reveal their slow wit & lack of pop culture knowledge.Second segment of the episode is a twist on 'Top 5s'. In this iteration, we run through what we believe is the top 5 in any given category. We touch upon Sydney cafes, bubble tea orders and more. Being highly subjective, we have already prepared ourselves for the hate that is about to ensue. ___________________________________________________________FULL PODCAST EPISODES

    We Got Deepfaked

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2025 53:40


    Another week rolls on and Ro continues to be involved in lengthy battles with various wedding venues across NSW. This week's battle is catering and which venues will allow delicious Indian and Chinese food to be cooked and served. We then talked about Drake's Sydney concerts, our Thursday night 6 a side comp before ending with some deeply disturbing footage and a sombre warning about AI.The ever reliable “Bullslut” is back for the first time in 2025. It's Ro v Sen as the boys take each other one in some of the most classic TCB categories.We finish this week with a bit of a throwback with “Would You Rather,” with Migs asking Ro and Sen some of the most popular WYR's from the internet.___________________________________________________________FULL PODCAST EPISODES

    Ro's Wedding Woes

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2025 65:36


    Ro is up to his gills in wedding planning and begins this week almost immediately complaining about the cost of wedding venues. We entertain this man for a bit before both Migs and Sen share niche Metro chat, we have an update on Summer Soccer which gets derailed for one of the more unbelievable (as in we don't believe it) Stay Dangerous stories.The game this week is the “Letter Game” - pretty simple premise as Sen gives the boys 2 letters. They must name a word that begins with the first letter and ends with the second letter, the winner is the one who names the word first.Our final segment is another new one - “Career Limiting Moves.” We start with some listener submissions, before we discuss some of our own/ones we witnessed ourselves which leads us going down some very sobering rabbit holes. We then end with some famous examples of career limiting moves from various athletes.This week we also have a special message on behalf of the Department of Health and Aged Care.___________________________________________________________FULL PODCAST EPISODES

    Miguel Went On National TV

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2025 78:29


    Few “Stay Dangerous” to kick us off this week before we have an extra unethical life hack from a listener. After we discuss the intricacies of Talon's plan, we discuss the biggest news of the week - Luka Doncic's “trade” to the Lakers. Ro then tells us about his accountability group and his menacing communist behaviour. Migs and Sen end with tales of social etiquette in the workplace.For our game this week we bring back the always popular real estate themed “Price is Right.” Migs and Sen try to guess property prices from across Sydney.Our final segment is a new one - “Do You Remember,” as we invoke some nostalgic memories of mid-2000's and early 2010's Australia including the behind the scenes of one of Australia's premier children's quiz shows.___________________________________________________________FAR EAST ALCHEMY

    The Boys Got Betrayed

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2025 59:25


    Migs starts proceedings this week with an immediate attack on a certain culture's parenting style as he retells his encounter with a bratty child at a shopping centre. Ro shamefully admits to playing Last Man Standing Cricket - the lowest form of cricket known to man. Sen then pleads with the listeners for any potential football players looking to join a new team before outing Ro in a tale of betrayal and deceit.Our game this week is a familiar game but with a twist. The game is “Reverse Top 5,” where each lad gives their top 5 of something and the other 2 have to guess what the category is.For our final segment we bring back “Unethical Life Hacks,” where each of the boys share some uncouth life hacks either they do or they have heard from other people. This edition features how to always get free parking, how to get a free mattress, negotiating at a department store and more.___________________________________________________________FAR EAST ALCHEMY

    Confessions of a Workaholic

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2025 52:45


    We kick this week off straight off the bat with a hot take from Miguel as he ponders if Lavar Ball is the greatest dad of all time. Ro then once again shows off his pro bus agenda with a smear campaign against the metro before Sen ends with a tale featuring Cliff Dive and a security guard hellbent on busting Ro's balls.New game this week called “Guess the Job.” Miguel has found some very normal job roles that have been given funky titles, the other 2 must guess what the original role is.Our final segment is “Work Confessions,” where we asked our listeners to send in their work confessions for things they do or have done at their workplace. Some really good submissions as we discuss them and add in our own confessions.___________________________________________________________FAR EAST ALCHEMY

    Communist Summer

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2025 74:12


    We bid farewell to Kushagra once again but welcome back to Sen who returns from his trip to Vietnam. He comes bearing gifts - both physical and metaphysical in nature. He brings along with him a new ideology which he immediately pushes onto the boys. As the lads get used to their new left wing mantra, Sen regales them with tales of his trip to Vietnam.We're bringing back an old game with “Stockholm Syndrome” where Sen gives the boys some names and they must figure out if it's an Australian Open tennis player or IKEA furniture.We end this week with our first tier list of 2025 in the segment “Compare and Contrast.” This week we tier list Sydney dessert places including Sydney institutions, cult classics and some Tik Tok viral places.___________________________________________________________FAR EAST ALCHEMY

    The Wickedly Talented TCB

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2025 58:01


    The boys from last week run it back again with Sen still MIA, probably pleading with US officials not to ban Tik Tok. In any case, Ro kicks us off with a baffling tale of watching Wicked in cinemas and a potential administration error on his end. He then even more concerningly admits to not knowing Wicked is a musical. Kush then tells a yarn of some cat like PDA, Mig's saw a bloke wearing a gaming headset out and about before he laments the fact we're all getting old and we don't know what skibidi means.We're back with a TCB vs listener edition of 'Bullslut'. We once again put the call out on Instagram and had some fine challengers take us on.We end this week with one of our more popular segments - “What Your _ Says About You” is back for the first time in 2025. This is just a segment where we profile people based on some broad categories and assumptions.___________________________________________________________FULL PODCAST EPISODES

    The Truth About San Francisco

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 7, 2025 61:58


    Second episode of the year and we got a full house minus Sen. Kush once again laments his lack of staying dangerous and implores people to accost him on the street if they see him. He also tells a yarn of being involved in a violent high speed motor vehicle accident (he got rear ended by his mate at go karts) and his scheme to get out of paying for it. Ro also has a yarn of trying to get tickets to the Sydney Test Match including how to identify potential scams.Kush has our game today called “Guess the Crime.” There is an app in the US called “Citizen” which allows people to report any crimes in the area on the app for others to see. Kush has found some of the most outrageous ones as well as making up some of his own and the other 2 must guess what the real crimes are. This is not a paid partnership for the app.Our final segment is the always reliable “Head to Head,” and this week we put Sydney vs San Francisco head to head across a number of categories with Kush out here fighting the good fight for San Fran. We might be potentially very bias to Sydney in this segment.___________________________________________________________FULL PODCAST EPISODES

    EP 287

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2024 68:58


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    All I Want For Christmas is TCB

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2024 49:58


    With Christmas fast approaching, 2 of the 3 boys are in festive spirit - with the devout Christian of the group forgetting his Lord and Saviour's birthday. We kick-off with a GOAT tier Stay Dangerous before we delve into the Christmas yarns - corporate parties & Bad Santa. We're then back to our regular scheduled programming with Rohit's not-so-anonymous work surveys, and his not-so-smart story about going to a birthday party where he knew no-one - including the celebrant.As per the TCB end of year tradition, our game this week is "Google Trends". Senny has prepared lists of various top 10 Google Searches in 2025 and Migs & Ro have to guess what is on the list. Topics span from global Google searches, Australians, athletes, sporting events and much more.We end this week with another new segment, "Corporate Nicknames". We asked you for some of the nicknames you have floating around your workplace, and we react to the funniest, strangest and most outrageous ones. We still can't believe that the creativity of some of these, with others teetering on the fine line of workplace bullying.___________________________________________________________FULL PODCAST EPISODES

    Big Willy's Wedding

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2024 48:48


    All the boys are back again this week and we begin with more Manu Philippines yarns. That's a lie, he told all his stories last week, instead Ro gives us a wedding planning update and the man is beginning to feel nervous already, more than 12 months away from the big day. We talk Hawk Tuah again, much to Sen's delight and Ro's annoyance. We go full crypto bro's with a discussion on famous rug pull scams before talking conspiracies about cash, homeless people selling The Big Issue, rounding up for Charity and Blessings from Africa.The “Logo Quiz” is back as we play the famous card game - this is when you know we have exhausted all creative juices.We end with a new segment, “Corporate Jargon,” as we are so sick and tired of circling back and touching base that we decided to come up with our own nonsensical corporate robot speak you guys can use in the workplace.___________________________________________________________FULL PODCAST EPISODES

    Manny Meets Manila

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2024 74:20


    Praise the lord because Miguel is back! After last week's shambolic effort from Ro and Sen, Migs is thankfully back to bring some much needed yarns from his trip to the Phillipines. We discussed Manila traffic, speaking the mother tongue, tourist scams, semi-legal gambling and much more.New and simple game this week called “Rank 5” where as the name suggests Ro gives the boys 5 options and they must rank them in whatever order he says.We end this week with our version of the Spotify Wrapped with “TCB Wrapped,” with a mix of real and made up statistics regarding our lives.___________________________________________________________FULL PODCAST EPISODES

    Dumb and Dumber

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2024 48:13


    After failing to learn from last week the 2 stooges are here again, running it back another week. Not much is going on in the boys' lives as we talk code freezes, Ro drops a life hack, Sen tells a story of a man almost getting bashed for no reason and we end with a chat about the social media ban.Got a new game this week with “The Linking Game,” which is ripped straight off Tik Tok. Simple game where Ro gives Sen a number and 5 categories that are all linked with that number. Sen's job is to guess how each category is linked with the number.We end this week with a classic segment “Hypotheticals.” We've found the best hypotheticals on the internet (all of which are monetarily inclined of course) and do our best to answer them.___________________________________________________________FULL PODCAST EPISODES

    Ro's Big News

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2024 69:57


    Well well well it's finally happened, this week it's just Ro and Sen (aka dumb and dumber). They decided not to do a game and instead went yarn heavy, including Ro's injured hand and a damning commentary on Australia's GP's. We also hear about his crazy experience in Bankstown, Sen went to a wedding last week and then went hyper karting before Ro finally reveals he is now an engaged man - talk about burying the lede.We do have a tier list this week with “Compare and Contrast.” This week we tier list corporate Christmas parties that our listeners contributed with some insane parties which include taking over a neighbourhood to some downright terrible ones featuring a self funded party at a local pub.___________________________________________________________FULL PODCAST EPISODES

    The Return Of The King

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2024 67:34


    Stop whatever you're doing cause we have a massive episode for you guys this week as we are joined live and direct from San Francisco by the king himself Kushagra Kundra. With Kushy back we have a yarn filled episode as we of course talk about the US election and how people reacted over there. Kush then tells some tales of getting a phone plan, edging a shoe company, doing a SWOT analysis on a taser, buying some pepper gel and a rant on tipping culture. Migs shares a story of the wilderness as well as an interview mug off before Ro ends with a yarn about a former Masterchef winner.Our game this week is “Top 5,” as Migs and Kush try to guess Sydney's most Chinese suburbs, the most spoken languages in Australia (other than English) as well as Sydney's most liveable and dangerous suburbs.___________________________________________________________FULL PODCAST EPISODES

    Make TCB Great Again (with Triple Cheese)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2024 73:50


    Miguel is nowhere to be seen as he continues to celebrate the Donald's re-election. In Miguel's absence, Raj (aka Triple Cheese) (aka Sen's cousin) takes his place for his second appearance on the pod. We start with some Stay Dangerous's, talk US politics, Pauline Hanson, Melbourne Cup, bathroom rare units and finally Sen has some mind your manners.Our game this week is “Guess Who,” both the cousins have very niche knowledge on useless things and people so Ro puts them to the test with a guessing game of famous people with some very cryptic clues.We end with the increasingly popular “Agree or Disagree,” a segment where we each have contentious opinions and see if the boys agree with us or not. This week we talk about how many interviews are too many, are concerts expensive, remote worker pay, road rules and are the hills boring?___________________________________________________________YOU CAN FIND TRIPLE CHEESE HERE:

    The Oldest Scam In The Book

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2024 58:52


    Quite an interesting episode this week and to kick us off Sen's got plenty of yarns. He begins with a Marta update and then launches into a tale featuring his friend and a dog photoshoot which ultimately leads to a discussion on classic scams. Ro then dobs his dad in for some rare behaviour before Migs plays the UNO reverse and dobs Ro in.Our game this week is “Higher or Lower,” fairly straightforward where we have to guess which item from Amazon is more expensive for the first round and in the second round we guess which country has a higher population.We end this week with a new segment “Niche Habits,” where we discuss, as the name suggests, unique habits we (and the listeners may have). The boys discuss their own first including Migs' interesting controller grip, Sen's microwave obsession as well as waving to garage doors before we dive into the listener submissions.___________________________________________________________FULL PODCAST EPISODES

    Ro's Big Bet

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2024 85:41


    Big yarns this episode as we start with a recap of our latest TCB Tries escapade at Parra Lanes. Feel free to write in what you want to see us try next. Then Ro reveals he is a degenerate gambler as he bet everyone else's money on a boxing fight he had no knowledge about. Miguel talks battle passes and loot boxes in real life in the form of the Mecca Beauty Loop. Finally Sen talks about US politics as we get around Aunty Kamala but secretly wonder if we could become millionaires if we went down the extreme right wing path.Our game this week is “Scattergories” with Migs and Sen going head to head in a number of categories including an impromptu football round as both prove their nerd status with really no one (including the listener) winning there.We end this week with the famous subreddit turn podcast segment “AITAH?” We read some of the best posts from this subreddit and provide our own input to ultimately decide if the writer of the post is indeed the AH or not.___________________________________________________________FULL PODCAST EPISODES

    Pinoy Party with The Cheatcoders

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2024 95:04


    A huge episode this week featuring some very special guests as we are joined by Don and Cristian from “The Cheatcoders” podcast. As usual we begin by getting to know our guests, how they began their podcasting journey, how they deal with online hate, hobbies outside of podcasting and we hear perhaps our best ever rarest moment story.We put our new guests through their paces with our game “Bullslut.” It's a 2v2 situation with both podcasts being pitted head to head for bragging rights and supremacy.Speaking of head to head, our final segment today is the aptly named “Head to Head.” Given our esteemed guests are some of Australia's premier voices of the Filipino community, we thought who better to help us compare the Philippines with South Asia in a number of categories including tardiness, food and punishments. Miguel sounds and looks much more Sri Lankan in this segment.___________________________________________________________YOU CAN FIND THE CHEATCODERS HERE:

    The Man With No Morals

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2024 68:45


    Topical start to this week's episode as we recount a story that happened over a month ago. Sen and Migs went footgolf recently and decided this was the week to regale Ro and the audience with that tale. Ro's then got his own yarn from that same weekend, including a lavish meal, crab crackers and deceit. We briefly touch upon Sen's favourite podcast (other than this of course) before Migs ends us with an extremely rare unit at the gym.We have a new game this week with “Minute Scrambled Eggs.” Ro gives the boys a topic after which they have 2 minutes to cram as much information from the Wikipedia page into their stupid heads as they can. Ro then tests the boy's knowledge with 3 questions based on the Wikipedia page.We end this week with one of our more popular segments “What Your _ Says About You.” This is just a segment where we profile people based on some broad categories and assumptions - this week has a corporate theme as we discuss email signatures, laptops, attire and zoom backgrounds.___________________________________________________________FULL PODCAST EPISODES

    We Broke A World Record

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2024 84:20


    No clickbait this week, as the title suggests, we attempted to break a world record live on air. The Mr Potato Head dream still lives on, but this week the boys tried to beat the world record for the fastest time to drink a capri sun - a much coveted record. After that malarkey, we discussed the new metro and how it's actually more of a nuisance than convenient. Finally Ro is in his property mogul era as he outlines his ongoing journey to purchasing a property.The game this week is the “TCB Spelling Bee.” What starts off as a relatively simple game, takes a turn to become increasingly difficult with us looking barely literate at the end.It's tier list time to end us off this week with our segment “Compare and Contrast.” We asked you guys on instagram to give us your best work perks and now we've ranked them. Some of you have really good work perks whilst a lot of you need to find new jobs.___________________________________________________________FULL PODCAST EPISODES

    TCB Reloaded

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2024 63:53


    The boys are back on the airwaves this week after a minor blip last week. Kush has safely moved over to the US as we got a glimpse into his life and his living conditions - most importantly, however, his computer (and PS5) are now set up and raring to go. We also tie up some loose ends from our previous few episodes and we have our very first ever “Stay Dangerous.”Our game is “Top 5's” this week, as quiz master Ro challenges Migs and Sen to name various different top 5's in categories such as Australian brands, safest airlines, highest paid Australian athletes and more.We finish with “Agree or Disagree,” a segment where we each have contentious opinions and see if the boys agree with us or not. This week we talk about the hierarchy of carbohydrates, office perks, k-pop stans and much more.___________________________________________________________FULL PODCAST EPISODES

    Kush's Last Dance

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2024 88:12


    Well here we are, as we have foreshadowed for many weeks now. We bid farewell (but not goodbye) to the one and only Kushagra, but fear not he shall still remain integral to this podcast and we may even get some guest appearances from him live from San Francisco. We talk some footy first with Ro spinning a yarn of antagonising a big Arab man, we discuss Kush's farewell drinks at one of Sydney's finest establishments (including a security guard mug off) before Ro reveals a big decision he's made. We got a brand spanking new game this week with “Guess the Ethnicity.” As the name suggests we asked our listeners to send voice recordings of themselves speaking their mother tongue as well as some quality selfies - using these the boys must guess where these people are from.Finally this week we end with “Ask Kush.” To send Kush off into the sunset on his big US journey, we asked listeners to write in with questions they had for the great man and he does his absolute best to not answer a single one of them.___________________________________________________________FULL PODCAST EPISODES

    Raygun's Revenge

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2024 62:40


    No Ro this week so in his absence we talk about one of his favourite topics - pokies. Kush wistfully retells his experience at a local pokie den playing the classics such as “Where's The Gold?” “Lucky Dragon” and of course “Bull Rush.” We then talk about Swing City, Employees Only, Sen issues an apology for defending Mr Beast last week before finally moving onto more topical and current news - Raygun. Full disclosure this episode was recorded back when Raygun was still relevant and we really wanted to share our 2 cents on it. For our game this week “Price is Right” is back. Instead of guessing house prices or even rental prices, Kush and Sen try guessing the prices of popular fast food items.We end this week with another return segment “Hypotheticals.” A segment where we can waffle on about scenarios which would never happen meaning we can make outlandish claims with no backlash.___________________________________________________________FULL PODCAST EPISODES

    Stay Dangerous

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2024 59:37


    We have a full house this week and wowee do we have an episode for you. We're off to a scintillating start with Rohit questioning the definition of a burger as he took on a local pub and what they categorise a steak sandwich as. While pondering that, he also had a near death experience as he needed the heimlich to be performed on him. Then we get some yarns of Sen's night out which included mugging off a mate, getting kicked out and facing a hater in real life - rattling stuff.We're back with the famous Tik Tok game - “Impostor". Quite a simple game, each round the boys are given a famous name except for one person who is the Impostor. They then use one word to describe the person and the Impostor must guess the person before the other 2 guess who the Impostor is - except there is a twist this time.To finish us off we have a segment from left of field - “PIP.” We've taken it upon ourselves to put some poor performing individuals on a performance plan in order to turn their fortunes around. In our sights this week are Joe Biden (this episode was recorded before he stepped down), Tiger Woods, Mr Beast and a Spartan general that we all definitely know.___________________________________________________________FULL PODCAST EPISODES

    Wicked Wedge Warrior

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2024 83:49


    Back to regular programming this episode except we got a no show with Sen too embarrassed to show his face after a horrible week in fantasy Premier League. In any case, Kush is counting down the days until he departs this great nation to head off to San Francisco. To prepare he discusses the plight of the homeless over there including purchasing a taser for self defence. We also talk about selling your betting accounts and trying out the local driving range featuring a drive by from a child.For our game this week we bring back the always popular real estate themed “Price is Right.” Instead of guessing house prices, the boys are shown some rental properties and must guess the rent per week for these places.“Overrated and Underrated” is also back this week with the boys discussing some listener submissions as well as their own such as crispy coke, fingerprint scanners, marvel films and a secret new app that lets you get 50% meals at restaurants.___________________________________________________________FULL PODCAST EPISODES

    Asian Snacks Rate Asian Snacks

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2024 101:50


    Massive episode this week not only by the sheer length of the episode but also because we are graced by the presence of one of Australia's premier food bloggers and friend of the show - Sydney Food Boy. We told Ro to hit the bricks to make way for big Kev and we start this week's episode by getting to know him, learning about how he got into the industry, the tricks of the trade, the sudden boom in the number of food bloggers as well as his alter ego of being an optometrist.This week the Food Boy takes the hot seat as he plays Migs and Kush in the classic “Bullslut.” The boys have been doing well recently against the guests but with Kush playing who knows what will happen.We haven't done one of these in a while so here we are, back with the ever popular segment “Compare and Contrast.” We've gone back to our roots this week as we rank some of the most popular Asian snacks, ranging from pocky to seaweed and everything in between.___________________________________________________________YOU CAN FIND KEV HERE:

    TCB vs India

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2024 72:34


    Lots to talk about this week and very little time to spare. Kush is not here this week as he was off finding his trusty MAGA hat and missed this recording. Ro starts us off with an update about the new gaming app Sen's physio was flogging a few weeks back. We then talk about match fixing in our Sunday league football, angering 1.4 billion Indians and we reminisce about Timstar for some reason.Our game this week is a twist on an old classic TCB segment - “Musical Bullslut.” Instead of naming things within a category in 30 seconds, Migs and Sen go back and forth on the least amount of seconds needed to guess a song. Pretty fun game until we get done for copyright infringement.We end this week with one of our more popular segments “What Your _ Says About You.” This is just a segment where we profile people based on some broad categories and assumptions - this week we're talking about jobs, phones, clothes and bubble tea orders.___________________________________________________________FULL PODCAST EPISODES

    The Diary of a Sneakerhead

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2024 74:42


    We have got a massive episode this week featuring a very special guest - Justin Truong, co-founder of Pushas joins us live in the studio. Really fun and interesting chat with Justin as we hear about the origins of Pushas, starting a business with his partner, his thoughts on some shoe trends and even the story of him teaching Ro at UNSW. This week Justin takes the hot seat as he plays Migs and Ro in the classic “Bullslut.” You can tell Sen has been spending too much time watching the Olympics this week with one too many Olympic categories.We end with “Cop or Not,” we usually do this segment as a way to rate corporate merch but instead this week we use Justin's area of expertise to rate some famous/well-known shoe collaborations or customs.___________________________________________________________YOU CAN FIND JUSTIN HERE:

    The Pursuit of Gold

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2024 53:37


    Record number of consecutive weeks with all 4 members of TCB showing up, but alas don't get used to it. We kick off this week with yet another yarn from Sen and his physio. At this point we'd be better off swapping Sen out with his physio. This time his story is his physio shilling him a new pseudo-gambling app - smells like trouble. Ro then tells a story which he alluded to in our live show with him being stitched up with a car with no petrol.Our game this week is “Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader.” Much like the tv show this game is based on, Miguel tests the boys' knowledge with this very basic general knowledge quiz. The results are quite concerning and a better question to ask would be if the boys are even smarter than third graders.We end this week with a rather topical edition of “Hypotheticals.” All the hypotheticals discussed are Olympic themed as we discussed animals competing, average joe's competing, who we would want competing for our lives, which sport we would watch for the rest of our lives and much more.___________________________________________________________FULL PODCAST EPISODES

    AI Will Come For Us All

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2024 51:55


    We're merely weeks away before Kush departs these shores so we must get the most out of him before then. To start us off this week Kush immediately begins with bringing up the hawk tuah girl again as we discuss how to make the most of your 15 mins of fame. We then debate whether we should fear AI or not before we put the tin foil hats on to chat about the Trump assassination attempt.Our game this week is “Avoid What We Say,” a slight spin on the popular tik tok game. Sen has prepared 20 questions and answers of his own which he then asks to the boys - a point is awarded if they give a unique answer."Starting 5's" is back again this week. This is the segment where we each come up with our own Starting 5's (essentially a basketball team) from any category that would go undefeated in an NBA season - this time we've kept it to strictly human categories only.________________________________________________________FULL PODCAST EPISODES

    Authenticity is Overrated

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2024 56:58


    Full house this week and we begin with a proper reflection of our live show last week with this being the first episode recorded post show. Few yarns from the show before Kush rather sickeningly admits to watching Major League Cricket as we discuss the intricacies to naming a MLC team. Finally we end with a new mini segment “TCB Tries” as we try things around Sydney and this week we start with a review of Chebbo's new store in Marrickville.Our game this week is “The Tower” as we once again divide into teams with the familiar Migs and Ro vs Kush and Sen. Simple game as each team has a rule in mind and it's up to the other team to guess things within the rule to ultimately guess the rule in the end. First team to guess the rule wins.'We finish with “Agree to Disagree,” a segment where we each have contentious opinions and see if the boys agree with us or not (we bought brand new paddles for this). Few red hot opinions in this edition as Ro froths westernised Asian food, Migs defends Sydney nightlife, Sen glazes Big 4 graduates before Kush fights for his life to prove Sydney has the best coffee.___________________________________________________________FULL PODCAST EPISODES

    Nepotism is Good

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2024 58:50


    We start this week with a massive thank you to everyone who came out on Saturday night for the live show - full disclosure this episode was recorded before it and we'll have our yarns from the live show on next week's episode. The boys were pretty delirious this week so not much going on, we talked about gambling, the US presidential debate, Bronny James and of course Hawk Tuah.Our game was “5 Second Challenge” which quickly became the “3 Second Challenge” which then eventually descended into “how quickly can you name 3 things.” Please let us know if this was an enjoyable listen.We finish this week with a bit of a throwback with “Would You Rather,” each of the boys have come up with a few WYR's for each other. A mixed bag with the quality of some of these WYR's as Sen clearly thought of his whilst on the toilet whereas Ro's just straight up didn't make sense.___________________________________________________________FULL PODCAST EPISODES

    Ben 10 Gets Divorced

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2024 66:17


    We start this week with a public service announcement for our live show on Saturday - DOORS OPEN 7PM AND SHOW WILL START 7:30PM SHARP, DON'T BE LATE. Anyway after getting through the admin, Sen has some redactions from last week, Ro has a gnarly tale about a divorce, we berate Ro about his wrist monitor and we rate EY's Nike Air Force collaboration.“10 Question Challenge” is back as our game this week. Ro and Migs have each been given famous characters which they must guess. As the name of the game suggests, they only have 10 yes/no questions to ask to get to the answer.For our last segment this week we are bringing back “Life Hacks.” This week we're milking our Japan content again as we discuss hacks/tips we wish people had told us before we had gone to Japan. This is the stuff tik tok/reddit won't tell you about.___________________________________________________________FULL PODCAST EPISODES

    Someone Is Actually Leaving?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2024 45:16


    Few years ago we jokingly titled an episode "Someone is Leaving?" as we revealed Migs would be gone for a few months on exchange. Unfortunately this time there is no clickbait as Kush announces he is off to the US, taking his talents to San Francisco. Fear not however, Kush will still very much be involved in the podcast (unfortunately for him) and will hopefully make the odd appearance here and there (technology pending). He's not gone for a few more months so we'll get the most out of him between now and then, meaning max 2 more episode appearances from the big man. Our game this week is "Family Fight" which is back after a long time. This is our very own low budget version of Family Feud, where the host Ro has the top 5 answers in a category and it's up to the rest of the boys to do their best to get it.New segment to finish "Starting 5's" which is a little left field from us. Essentially in this segment we've each come up with our own Starting 5's (essentially a basketball team) from any category that would go undefeated in an NBA season.___________________________________________________________FULL PODCAST EPISODES

    Love On The Spectrum (Of Colours) with Brenda In Business

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2024 80:16


    Another huge episode this week featuring a very special guest - Brenda from DatingAppsSuck. Brenda is a trailblazer in the dating community after turning her back on dating apps and instead creating her own in person dating events. We discuss some of her experiences as well as the differences in dating in Sydney vs Melbourne before we dive into some dating red flags as sent in by our listeners.As usual Brenda takes on Migs and Ro in the classic “Bullslut,” with some fairly targeted categories including countries in Asian and Asian last names.For our final segment this week, we discuss “The Ethnic Experience” with a focus on dating as an ethnic. Our lovely listeners wrote in with some of their experiences and struggles and we discuss/comment on them, providing some of our own experiences where we can.___________________________________________________________YOU CAN FIND BRENDA HERE:

    TCB Takes On Japan

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2024 84:20


    The boys have been in Japan over the last few weeks and are finally back from their trip and are filled to the brim with yarns. Before we dive in, we start with a massive thank you to everyone who purchased tickets to our sold out live show - apologies to those who missed out, we might have to do another show. The boys then jump into a recount of their trip focusing only on the lowlights (and there were quite a few) with some group shenanigans as well as some individual mishaps, all in all, a great trip.Our game this week is “Urban Myth.” Miguel bought a board game from an Op Shop recently and this brilliant $1 purchase has provided us with 1,000 fact or fiction questions - so be prepared to hear this game quite a bit.For our final segment this week, we pit Sydney vs Tokyo in “Head to Head.” Just when you thought the boys couldn't talk any more about Japan, here they are to discuss these 2 great global cities across 5 main categories: food, transport, people, culture and nightlife. ___________________________________________________________FULL PODCAST EPISODES

    Rohit Loves The Dong

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2024 56:22


    We have the full squadron of the fellas for this week (at least for most of the episode). Sen tells the boys about the untimely demise of the Bungalow saxophone man before Kush provides some updates on his beef with various companies, including an Indian booking company as well as potentially taking Dell to tribunal. Ro is also back from his holidays with yarns from Hong Kong and Vietnam, including rare units, women in night clubs as well as not being invited to an orgy. Our game this week is the very creative “Guess the Cartoon Character.” Ro found a Youtube video featuring the voices of famous cartoon characters and it's up to the boys to name the character based only on their voice.For our final segment this week, we bring back “What Your _ Says About You.” As we did a few weeks ago, we have a number of categories we discuss in which we just rattle off the most number of stereotypes we can in the space of 30 minutes.___________________________________________________________FULL PODCAST EPISODES

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