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Burnie and Ben discuss Gold records, Gold YouTube buttons, streaming metrics, TikTok hooks, handy ultrasounds, musical talent, Espresso vibe-authoring, rumors about Vimeo layoffs, and rampant astronaut speculation.
Burnie and Ben discuss RT Shorts, leaving the country, Disney adults, rail travel, House of Dynamite, dub vs sub, Costco, AI vs AI assisted search, and choosing a futbal club.
Burnie and Ashley discuss Hoosier firsts, Hoosier meanings, climate change, America's largest land acquisitions, China depop, and being childfree vs antikid.
Burnie and Ashley discuss Burnie's birthday, sushi train, Zootopia 2, Avatar gets cheaper, the emerging AI class system, platform performance of the RTAAs, tennis professional amateurs, and mistaken identities at the BBC.
Burnie and Ashley discuss Animaniacs, Madonna, Amazing Race, the Great American visa drought, The World Cup, Messi, Posh Spice's husband, social media jobs, The Birthday Problem, real stuff that we don't believe, hoverboards, and Star Wars executive changes.
Burnie and Ashley discuss Marvel teasers, Ponies, The Boys, Walking Dead, 28 Years and Six Months Later, Alamo controversy, Digg returns, Fark, X agrees to only undress some people, and Xray cams.
Justin Heazlewood fled a complicated early life in Tasmania searching for fame as an artist on the mainland but then moved back to his home town of Burnie, and realised community is where you find it.For years he imagined his hometown as somewhere he had to leave, especially if he was going to be any kind of artist.And there were other, more personal reasons that made staying in Burnie complicated.Justin's Mum has schizophrenia, and growing up he was often forced into the role of being her carer.It was something he did his best to hide from his friends and other people in his life.So after school, Justin headed to the mainland and began a life as a comedian and a songwriter.But a few years ago, he found himself returning to his home town for good. This episode of Conversations explores mental health, caring for parents, parents with mental illness, small towns, leaving your hometown, big city life, regional Australia, creatives in regional Australia, mother son relationships, returning home, community, fame, triple j, bedroom philosopher, radio, writing, music, musicians, learning guitar, grandmothers.Get Up Mum is published by Affirm Press and Justin's new book, Dream Burnie, celebrates the creative humans like him making art far from the big cities, and some of the teachers who recognised the young artists while they were at school.You can learn more about Justin's book Dream Burnie online.The Young Carer's Hotline is open Monday-Friday on 1800 422 737
Burnie and Ashley discuss box office all-time, Scott Adams, Ivermectin, Tesla FSD milestones, Jerome Powell investigation, claw machine metaphors, stores of value, tariff rulings, Iranian executions, Erfan Soltani, and Burnie finally has a good AI experience.
Burnie and Ashley discuss fat Mush, Burnie the Pushover, the Are You Dead app, Hitchbot, robot serial killers, Nigerian princes, and valuable data for scams.
Burnie and Ashley discuss leaving hibernation, Golden Globe roundup, Slashies, roast awards, Kpop Demon Hunters, Sinners, dog awards, uninvestable Venezuela, Iranian internet, sonic weapons, Discord secret IPO, and the Epic Games Store data disparity.
Burnie and Ashley discuss agitators, Iranian protests, Memories books, yearbook signings, Twitter conspiracy theories, WB's deadline, Ole Miss exits the CFP, CES round up, and Tamagotchis.
Burnie and Ashley briefly discuss their growing exhaustion with the pace of American crisis events.
Burnie and Ashley discuss snow days, screen time, CES, Lego Smart Brick, Lego lore, Harry Potter, Twilight, retail teleportation, packing for holiday returns, Alpha & Beta bricks, PBS shutdown rumors, iPods, media libraries, and eliminating minutia.
Burnie and Ashley discuss overly complicated recipes, expiration dates, fake paparazzi, voice mails, three seashells, Quarto, rotting in Hell, Tesla loses top EV spot, sinister driving, Netflix theatrical window, breakout YouTubers, corporate music, and how to panic properly.
Burnie and Ashley discuss college football final four, DSLRs, mobile electronics, 28 X Later, Operation Absolute Resolve, Venezuela, Maduro costume changes, regime changes, narcoterrorism, and moving ahead.
Burnie and Ashley discuss Ashley's memory hole, failed interrogations, Reddit predictions for 2026, GTA: Tokyo almost happened, and Avatar films as a unit of value.
Burnie and Ashley discuss Rob Reiner, great last lines, non-linear podcasts, The London Eye, British emotions, and our Best of 2025 Awards.
Burnie and Ashley discuss culture shock, dirty sodas, Shiner Cheer, Tron Ares, Warner Bros rejects Paramount again, Bugonia, Poor Things, and the last hurrah pitfall.
Burnie and Ashley discuss moon missions, letting go of problematic dreams, Ukraine protection plan, Anthony Joshua car accident, 2025 Award Nominations, US summer vacation, Bugonia, New Years Resolutions, JD's resolutions, screen time, and not saying 2025 in 2026.
Burnie and JD discuss Austin changes, Avatar Fire & Ash, Odyssey trailer, IMAX, brand loyalties, tipping in the US, UK university, Eurail pass, bed bugs, data centers, getting out of 2025, and rock stars we never loved.
Burnie and Ashley discuss gift opening protocol, the lack of internet creativity, One Battle After Another, internet junk, defending Christianity, not joking about Greenland, Bugonia, Marty Supreme, and Anaconda 2025.
Burnie and Ashley have a nice little Christmas morning chat.
Burnie and Ashley discuss Christmas Eve, too much food, Piña Coladas, grape juice, frozen concentrate, Christmas obligations, security theater, Marvel teasers, and hanging out with family.
Burnie and Ashley discuss manufacturing woes, Jim Beam pausing production, stress on the supply chain, virgin oak, expensive pennies, and a quest for the perfect stocking stuffer.
Burnie and Ashley discuss the weekend of loss: Okalahoma, A&M, Jake Paul & Andrew Tate, updating your gifts, Avatar 3 box office, inflation, the Epstein unrelease, and watching birds via app.
Burnie and Ashley discuss the great Chinese catch up, EUV chips, research milestones, and all the Marvel teasers.
IS THE BONDI BEACH MASSACRE AUSTRALIA'S WAKE-UP CALL?HEADLINE 1: The United States just slapped new sanctions on Iran's shadow oil fleet. HEADLINE 2: Israel, Greece, and Cyprus are mulling a military coalition to deter the Turks.HEADLINE 3: U.S. MidEast envoy Steve Witkoff is heading to Gaza ceasefire talks…. In Miami. ---FDD Executive Director Jon Schanzer provides timely situational updates and analysis, followed by a conversation with Joel Burnie, executive manager of the Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council.Learn more at: fdd.org/fddmorningbrief---Featured FDD Pieces:"It's time for Brussels to designate Yemen's Houthis as a terrorist organization' - Behnam Ben Taleblu and Bridget Toomey, Euractiv"Mostly quiet on the Gazan front" - Clifford D. May, The Washington Times"How Turkey Props up Venezuela" - Sinan Ciddi and William Doran, The National Interest
Burnie and Ashley discuss fake Marvel teasers, Steam replay, James Cameron, YouTube gets all the Oscars, Avatar 4 & 5, and waiting to get physical.
Burnie and Ashley discuss the President's dumb social media posts, the evolving WBD, iRobot bankruptcy, Ashley Burns Shenzen Hater, timing a bankruptcy, Digg's exit, rural tech, measles in South Carolina, RIVR stair robots, Kessler Syndrome, megaconstellations, and Speilberg's new teaser trailer for Disclosure Day.
Burnie and Ashley discuss purchasing mistakes, retail policies, Amazon stores, long term addiction, bail bonds, mass casualty reporting, and the quickest of quicksands.
Disclaimer: Many serious topics in today's episode.Burnie and Ashley discuss Kansas City's playoff streak, alternate timeline merch, Brown University shooting, Bondi Beach shooting, Rob Reiner murder, and navigating crisis events.
Burnie and Ashley discuss the Game Awards, dead genres, Divinity, Control, Baldur's Gate, and causing chaos in Venmo comments.
Burnie and Ashley discuss dermaplaning, being self conscious, US creeping on your socials, piracy on the high seas, Pirates!, AI water usage, Hank Green, Tehran, and a follow up on Joe The Cat.
Burnie and Ashley discuss the Australian social media ban, the worst platforms for kids, Joe the Cat, Game Awards, Expedition 33, Dispatch, Kik, World Cup, weaponizing sexual content, Eurovision, media protests, the Pop Tart bowl, and the Wrapped movement has gone too far.
Burnie and Ashley discuss Half Sword, violence in videogames, adrenaline games, the hostile takeover of WB, and the media devils on our shoulders.
Burnie and Ashley discuss pumping up the crowd, cell phone lockers, Star Wars diners, A New Hope theatrical cut, being the coldest, the cringe-worty World Cup draw, The Jason Statham Game, and the surprising wins at the box office.
Burnie and Ashley discuss negging your partner, Spotify Wrapped, Sponsor Chat this weekend, Flu season in Scotland, Dave Chapelle's Edmonton show, World Cup Draws, and Netflix wins the WBD bidding process.
Burnie and Ashley discuss She-Ra, He-Man, Netflix reboots, serial animated shows, obscure cartoons, Star Blazers, Popples, Chinese ICE flood, Indian Teslas, Tarantino's rants, Fortnite lore, Dell donations, and Spaceballs 2.
Burnie and Ashley discuss voice mails from Black Friday, the weird world of Golf ads, Francis Ford Coppola watch auctions, not knowing about collectibles, Guillermo Del Toro, China's robotic warnings, the Chinese Bike Collapse of 2018, learning from bubbles, and having an exit strategy.
Burnie and Ashley talk about rawdogging boredom, barebacking travel, K-shaped economies, all gas no brakes spending, and all problems no solutions podcasting.
Burnie and Ashley discuss College Football, World Cup 2026, Wicked Too, Zootopia 2, Kill Bill Fortnite, Wobbly Life, Quarto, Chess, and the Airbus 320 rollback.
Burnie and Ashley discuss Black Friday, the best holiday ever, Howard Stern's cancellation, snacking, getting ready for Playboy, not being able to respond to heat, media mergers, and the future we could all be living in.
Burnie and Ashley discuss turkeys, Paw Patrol and modern fascism, Tron release, Tether downgrade, gold holdings, Korean romcoms, and the Scrubs reboot.
Burnie and Ashley discuss defrosting, learning you're smarter than adults, microwave fears, gifts for dads, Stranger Things release day, AP's Top 25 Football teams, AP Top 10 videogames, fictional kinks, Burnie's awful streak of endings, and Disney World kind of sucking.
Burnie and Ashley discuss Executive death threats, Starliner, Bitcoin crash, day trading, Scion fund closure, Wicked premiere, Titanic's PCP problem, and deli meats.
Burnie and Ashley discuss passkeys, sleeping in the car, Xbox 360 turns 20, the weird weekend of American politics, Helldivers, Dispatch, Megabonk, and the terrible burden of original ideas.
Burnie and Ashley discuss Dispatch, Joey's lost episodes, funny voiced actors, Sean Astin, Gomez Addams, Star Trek lyrics, Xena, Outland, Dark Star, and fringe sci-fi favorites.
Burnie and Ashley discuss Aberdeen, Scottish weather, World Cup, geography according to Americans, Epstein, training LLMs on locked documents, Devs, Nick Offerman, Station Eleven, 1978 Dawn of the Dead, Kingdom Come, physical vs digital games, and shoveling snow.
Burnie and Ashley discuss 6/7, generational numbers, Epstein saga ending, Epstein saga just beginning, being cool vs being responsible, Game of the Year, Disptach, Deadpool VR, Subnautica 2, technology only used by accident, and Games Of The Year Of Our Backlog.
Burnie and Ashley discuss chess lessons, carton physics, Rube Goldberg, female members of Jackass, Lego Economics, Home Alone, Zathura, Jumanji, Simpsons Fortnite, Vbucks, Microsoft Points, and virtual currencies.