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NewEp79. Dagong ShowNovember 12, 2026 · 1 h 29 min

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The Battler is a podcast about culture, politics and media in Australia, hosted by Patrick Marlborough and Timwintoncellectuals.

Episodes 82

Ep79. Dagong Show
November 12, 20261 h 29 minEpisode 79
This week, the Dagong brothers are thrilled to discover that there is a whole genre of Chinese literature called “Battler” writing (打工诗歌), based on migrant workers that went from rural to industrial areas in …
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This week, the Dagong brothers are thrilled to discover that there is a whole genre of Chinese literature called “Battler” writing (打工诗歌), based on migrant workers that went from rural to industrial areas in the late 20th century.
They’re also thrilled to discover that Russel Brand is going away for a long time, and to dive into the Silvey Sorry day. They’re thrilled to develop short man/little guy theory, Marxist nimbyism theory, left wing class fear theory, Sidney Nolan horizonist theory and a healthy admonition of all other leftwing podcasters in Australia. Get it where you get it.
Thanks as always to Dan “Dagong” Dare for production.
Song is “No Strain” by the Southend Rainbows.
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Ep78. Ani are you ok?
November 5, 20261 h 55 minEpisode 78
This week the w*rker jih*dis are talking kkkaos in Ausstralia and Amerikkka, from RBA class war to the Shoebridge Program, to the Nation of Juggaloes, to the Trump Ass Patrol and competence nostalgia, to …
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This week the w*rker jih*dis are talking kkkaos in Ausstralia and Amerikkka, from RBA class war to the Shoebridge Program, to the Nation of Juggaloes, to the Trump Ass Patrol and competence nostalgia, to Anakin/Malfoid lore and back to Latham Undone. Ep recorded before midterms, photo confected thereafter.

Thanks as always to “Demokkkrat” Dan Dare for production.

Song is No Strain by the Southend Rainbows

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Ep77. Lyrical Realism w. Anwen Crawford
November 2, 20261 h 26 minEpisode 77
This week the r*thless two are chatting with music and film writer Anwen Crawford about her book on the 2002 film Morvern Callar by Lynne Ramsay. They talk about the cinema of the early 21st century, the false …
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This week the r*thless two are chatting with music and film writer Anwen Crawford about her book on the 2002 film Morvern Callar by Lynne Ramsay. They talk about the cinema of the early 21st century, the false promises of “classless” British culture, the utopian impulse of raves, and the film itself, before moving to more familiar territory of activist memory and security culture in the Australian Left. Anwen also explains her idea of “lyric realism” to define films like this.
You can get her book from Decadent editions, and see her reading at At Large on November 26 at Sean and Dollys.
Ep76. The Croissantulla Riots
October 26, 20261 h 24 minEpisode 76
Mrs Timwintoncellectuals is back from his nuptial bliss and straight back into the guts of the kulturkampf as he and Pat walk through the wasteland of the last couple of weeks. From the Jordon Steele-John …
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Mrs Timwintoncellectuals is back from his nuptial bliss and straight back into the guts of the kulturkampf as he and Pat walk through the wasteland of the last couple of weeks. From the Jordon Steele-John allegations, to endemic abuse and misogyny in politics right and left, to rising violence, to the absolutely cactus machinery of diagnosis that our media and political class use to make sense of all of this, the l*ds are at full throttle. Also, the French are copying Cronulla, the great revolution of the 21st century, Professor X is using mutants as cheap labour, and Australians are losing their minds because Pat has told them to stop reading children’s books.
As always, you are at the coalface with the B*ttlers, fighting a rearguard action against the forces of cultural Paulinification and the fight for the right to be idiots.
Sorry we’re late this week; Tim promises never to get married again.

Thanks as always to Dan “The Directorate” Dare for production.

Song is No Strain by the Southend Rainbows.

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Ep75. Cinemarchaelogy w. Simon Miraudo
October 15, 20261 h 6 minEpisode 75
BATTLERS!While 'Tim' is 'away' 'marrying' his 'wife', Pat chats to writer, critic, cinephile, and film historian, Simon Miraudo, about their upcoming book, 'Last Rites for Lost Films', which is out October 28 …
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BATTLERS!
While 'Tim' is 'away' 'marrying' his 'wife', Pat chats to writer, critic, cinephile, and film historian, Simon Miraudo, about their upcoming book, 'Last Rites for Lost Films', which is out October 28 vis Simon's imprint, Low Heroes Press. (Simon is launching the book on the 29th of October at Planet Books, Mt Lawley, for any Perh Battlers interested).

Thanks as always to Dan 'Da Man' Dare for producing this little beauty.
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Ep74. Calendar Days ft. Mitch L. Ryan
October 8, 20261 h 55 minEpisode 74
This week the Y*ppie D*gs are talking to Mitch L. Ryan, musician, author, record seller and author of a new book on Dick Diver’s Calendar Days, the seminal album. They chat dolewave, post-Howard political …
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This week the Y*ppie D*gs are talking to Mitch L. Ryan, musician, author, record seller and author of a new book on Dick Diver’s Calendar Days, the seminal album.
They chat dolewave, post-Howard political culture, the death of the music industry and the flowering of criticism in the 2010s blogosphere. Beforehand, the l*ds talk about the NRL Grand Final, Shoebridge’s worker Jihad, white Isis, brother Chun’s Nation of Islam, Bogan haram and other important stuff.
Ep.73 | DIY OR DOA w. Max Easton
October 1, 20261 h 40 minEpisode 73
This week the D*sgraced S*nators talk to their first repeat-guest, the perennial Max Easton. Max brought out his new novel, Now, Autonomy, a couple of months ago, and he’s on to chat the Sydney scenes (DIY …
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This week the D*sgraced S*nators talk to their first repeat-guest, the perennial Max Easton.
Max brought out his new novel, Now, Autonomy, a couple of months ago, and he’s on to chat the Sydney scenes (DIY, Music, Literature, Politics); writing the present; literature as questions rather than answers; and looking abroad for hope. As always, it’s a an absolute circle pit (good) of a chat.
Before that, the p*trid d*gs chat the fallout from the Dockercide, with Pat going Gonzo (crying) on the streets of Freo.
They also talk about other losers, like Bibi at the UN and Albo’s AI (valorization) crusade.
Produced by "Dictator" Dan Dare.
Ep. 72 | BIPOC Milat
September 24, 20261 h 23 minEpisode 72
This week Chopper and The Dodge are up Wolf Creek without a Matt Canavan rowing paddle; Chatting One Nation race science; baby pig punting; beef week; woke Milat for miscegenation; Dockerdom; failures of …
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This week Chopper and The Dodge are up Wolf Creek without a Matt Canavan rowing paddle;
Chatting One Nation race science; baby pig punting; beef week; woke Milat for miscegenation; Dockerdom; failures of policing DV, croc olympics and the unbearable “who?”ness of Sheeran.

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Song is No Strain by the Southend Rainbows.
Ep71. Bluey Waffle
September 18, 20261 h 29 minEpisode 71
Would a transphobic Gandalf be TOO powerful? The Battlers go over the deep lore of Adelaide and its many evil twinks, discuss the intangible nature of the average One Nation voter, ponder Walt Whitman and more …
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Would a transphobic Gandalf be TOO powerful?
The Battlers go over the deep lore of Adelaide and its many evil twinks, discuss the intangible nature of the average One Nation voter, ponder Walt Whitman and more in this week’s episode.
Thanks as always to Dictator Dan Dare for producing this ep, and don’t forget to become a subscriber via our newish website, thebattler.net.
This week’s paid ep is about short stories — fun!
Ep.70 Either Way You Lose w. Patrick Hunn & Ursula Robinson-Shaw
September 11, 20261 h 29 minEpisode 70
This week the m*nters chat to Patrick Hunn, whose new book, Either Way You Lose, is out on the 18th of September. Joining Pat is Ursula Robinson-Shaw, who helps to run Sick Leave– the press that is putting out …
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This week the m*nters chat to Patrick Hunn, whose new book, Either Way You Lose, is out on the 18th of September. Joining Pat is Ursula Robinson-Shaw, who helps to run Sick Leave– the press that is putting out the book. They talk about the short story as a form, the benefits of living in an ugly city, and the realities of working as a small press in 2026. Tim tries and fails to wring Melbourne lit scene gossip from the gathered faithful. Sorry!

Before that, they chat Barnaby, the Hadley/Jones beef, the NSN High court appeal and recent book acquisitions.

Get it where you get it.

Song is No Strain by Southend Rainbows
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Ep69. Glorious Heights with Montaigne
September 4, 20261 h 50 minEpisode 69
This week the C*rdeliers chat with pop chanteux and impresario Montaigne, ahead of their appearance at the Bella Ciao anti fascist festival this weekend at the Thornbury Theatre. They talk about pop music in …
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This week the C*rdeliers chat with pop chanteux and impresario Montaigne, ahead of their appearance at the Bella Ciao anti fascist festival this weekend at the Thornbury Theatre.
They talk about pop music in Australia, the difficulty of juggling political and aesthetic commitments and remaining to true to one’s vision, the stakes of speaking out for Palestine, and the experience of major label and independent record production.
You can buy tix to the festy here:Before that, the Petr*leuses talk Secret Harbour One Nation victory, Labor self-sabotage, the ideal candidates for each party, penny wong casuistry and the French Revolution.
Thanks as always to “dictator” Dan Dare for production.
Song is no strain by the southend rainbows.
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Ep.68 Certified Sinophile
August 20, 20261 h 31 minEpisode 68
This week, the Sp*rious tw* chat the various iterations of woke and the flashpoint of the Arday case in the UKKK. They talk the nature and history of the great Satan “identity politics.” They chat the end of …
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This week, the Sp*rious tw* chat the various iterations of woke and the flashpoint of the Arday case in the UKKK. They talk the nature and history of the great Satan “identity politics.”
They chat the end of MAGA and the possibilities of rebuilding amerikkka in its wake. They quibble over justice Fagan’s ruling about the IHRA definition of antisemitism.They also talk Juche Trump; undiddlable drew; lime green nonce suits; spanian prison theory; pedo eggs and soldiers; and the ancient Chinese drake/japanese Kendrick beef.
There’s still time to donate to the Craigie/wharfrat fundraiser, though it has met its initial target of 15k jillbucks in under a week.
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Ep. 67 Wet Behind The Ears with Becki Whitton
August 13, 20261 h 27 minEpisode 67
This week, the Georges Batt**l*ers talk to Becki Whitton, or Aphir, the musician and producer behind the Wettest 100. We talk about the gaps in broadcast and the Aussie market for experimental or “left-field” …
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This week, the Georges Batt**l*ers talk to Becki Whitton, or Aphir, the musician and producer behind the Wettest 100. We talk about the gaps in broadcast and the Aussie market for experimental or “left-field” music; the forms of support that artists provide for each other when old structures collapse; e-girl aesthetics and twitch streaming; and the way that an initiative like the W100 tries to bring attention to overlooked musicians.
Before that, the M*jahideen talk about the exciting new joint business venture/pyramid scheme that is WHARF RAT: Pat’s small press. You can donate to the Kickstarter here. They also talk about the Omar musa gong at the Miles Franklin; Sussan Ley’s Zen and the Art of Liberal Leadership for the AFR; CUCKUS; “Greenlip”-sandgroper supercessionism; Judge Mark Holden and more.
Thanks as always to “Dictator” Dan Dare for Production.
Song is No Strain by the Southend Rainbows.
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Ep. 66. Crackerjack Fascism
August 7, 20261 h 46 minEpisode 66
Www.thebattler.netwww.thebattler.netwww.thebattler.netwww.thebattler.net* William Carlos WilliamsWe have a bloody website and we want YOU to give us money! You can get all kinds of great merch (paid), paid …
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We have a bloody website and we want YOU to give us money! You can get all kinds of great merch (paid), paid subscriptions (paid), access to a discord server (paid) and all kinds of other great stuff (paid). Get over there and become part of the movement that critics are calling “GetUp! for the Putrid Dog Left.”
We also have an actual episode to follow, where we talk commo literature, the low level of cultural attainments among the Aussie Left, French Rev aesthetics, Autistic Tumblr Robespierre girls, which Asian City State is your Aussie City?, Amerikkkan antisemitism envoys, Queensland’s Crackerjack Fascism and the doughie revolution, the Jimnygeoisie, Nick Cave sophistry, Triffids v Go Betweens, Alan Jones diddling while Rome burns, strike novels across the world, kids books TALKING DOWN TO KIDS, “Bluey” the CFMEU heavy, Shaun Tan ideology critique, Pat’s NOLA mugging, New York (sorry).
Caveat: Regina Featherstone’s work on NDAs in sexual assault cases is about civil suits, not criminal proceedings.
Also we forgot to mention that friend of the pod Max Easton is launching his new book Now, Autonomy, at the Gaelic Club in Sydney this Saturday the 8th, with a bunch of great bands.
Song is No Strain by the Southend Rainbows.
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Ep.65 Diary of a Gympie Kid
July 29, 20261 h 12 minEpisode 65
This week it’s Labor Fever as the Gr*upers talk the smell of the National Conference, Caroll’s Allan Stabbing, Shoppification and the sidelining of Ed “Hughesy” Husic, all broadcast from the media room at Felix …
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This week it’s Labor Fever as the Gr*upers talk the smell of the National Conference, Caroll’s Allan Stabbing, Shoppification and the sidelining of Ed “Hughesy” Husic, all broadcast from the media room at Felix Lee’s Point Piper mansion. They also talk about the One Nation sturmarbeitung, Malcolm Roberts’ Bath Time, Hughesy’s (the real one) Icarian flight, KRudd Compson and the Sound and the Bloody Fury, Jillbucks and the Diddlergeddon that is Australian broadcast and politics. They also manage to talk about communist Aussie writers, Indonesian cinema, the Black Armada and how to skin a whale.Thanks as always to “Dictator” Dan Dare for production.
Song is “No Strain” by the Southend Rainbows.
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Ep64. Birthday Trippin' with James Robert Woods
July 24, 20261 h 53 minEpisode 64
This week, the L*estrygoonians talk to James “Robert” Woods, whose The Birthday Trip comes out in cinemas on the 30th of July. They discuss Stan originals/music video aesthetics in oz cinema; the state of the …
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This week, the L*estrygoonians talk to James “Robert” Woods, whose The Birthday Trip comes out in cinemas on the 30th of July. They discuss Stan originals/music video aesthetics in oz cinema; the state of the industry; the stakes of social satire in Australia, and the particulars of getting a movie made here. It’s a great chat, and you should go see the movie.
Before that, the fell*s talk the Nolanyssey (Spoiler Alert), Tim’s own Toorak Yacht Week odyssey riff; Pauline “Hussein” and the fake dog theory “Burnham Wood coming to Downing Lane;” and Master’s Milk. If you want to see the l*ds live, let us know in the comments!
Thanks as always to “Dictator” Dan Dare for production.
Song is “No Strain” by the Southend Rainbows.
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Ep63. Ladybuggery
July 17, 20261 h 23 minEpisode 63
This week the imp*rial ret*nue mourn the passing of Sam Neill, Liberal Party Corruption (Catholic Schools edition), the great book production debate, Melvillean Marxism and the terrors of Left irony, making …
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This week the imp*rial ret*nue mourn the passing of Sam Neill, Liberal Party Corruption (Catholic Schools edition), the great book production debate, Melvillean Marxism and the terrors of Left irony, making prisons safe spaces, Lindsey Graham queer lore, Mamdani Italian erasure, the racial profile of New York couples, Shakespeare, and Iran 2: Lindsey’s Revenge.
Song as always is No Strain by the Southend Rainbows.
Thanks to Diktator Dan Dare for production.
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Ep.62 Lynx Africa Frosty
July 9, 20261 h 47 minEpisode 62
Battlers, we have a question for you…Shag - Date - Marry: Pat - Tim - Drew.This week, The Battler Lads discuss The Beijing of the North (Brisbane), Pat’s (receding) hairbrained scheme to sell OzLit to the …
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Battlers, we have a question for you…Shag - Date - Marry: Pat - Tim - Drew.This week, The Battler Lads discuss The Beijing of the North (Brisbane), Pat’s (receding) hairbrained scheme to sell OzLit to the Chinese market, contemporary Chinese cinema, the mercurial definition of ‘The Battler’ in 2026, and, as usual, the state and fate of the current Australian left. + the Prime Minister said he’d k*ll Kylie Minogue or something? And more!Thanks as always to Producer Dan ‘Danni Minogue’ Dare for all his hard work!

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BONUS EP: Michael Winkler's "Griefdogg" Launch
July 3, 202645 minBonus
With Tim up in the great Pearl River City of Brisbane, this week the Battler brings you a conversation between friends of the pod Michael Winkler and Giacomo Bianchino. They launched the book Griefdogg together …
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With Tim up in the great Pearl River City of Brisbane, this week the Battler brings you a conversation between friends of the pod Michael Winkler and Giacomo Bianchino. They launched the book Griefdogg together at Better Read than Dead, in Sydney, back on the 15th of June. They chat about metaphor, the resistance of landscape to art, grief and the sentence. There are also some great questions from the civs in the audience.
Thanks to “Dictator” Dan Dare as always for production Back to regular programming next week.
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Ep61 Swim Centre Poetics w. james.haha.nice
June 25, 20261 h 55 minEpisode 61
This week, the extended M*rlborough-Sh*a-C*llectual clan chat for ages with James.haha.nice: the “alternative comedian from Melbourne” responsible for the Harold Holt Swim Centre series on Instagram Tiktok …
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This week, the extended M*rlborough-Sh*a-C*llectual clan chat for ages with James.haha.nice: the “alternative comedian from Melbourne” responsible for the Harold Holt Swim Centre series on Instagram Tiktok. They talk about “Puss” Holt, the general mean-ness of the Australian political class; the misogyny at the heart of conspiracy theories; The Butter Wars and international trade policy; modern documentary culture; Australian history’s terminal dullness; defamation and the chilling of critical culture. It’s a huge and important yarn; all-time Battler areas.
Before that, the r*de mechanicals talk Starmxit, the Race Around the World; Shakespeare (gay); and the HUGE REVEAL of the CHARLIE PICKERING BB KING.
Note: Watteau was not really a landscape painter, but certainly bordered on genre!
Thanks as always to “Dictator” Dan Dare for production.
Song as always is “No Strain” by The Southend Rainbows.
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Ep.60 SJXSJC IN FURS w. Shane Jesse Christmass
June 18, 20262 h 13 minEpisode 60
This week, the gr*nks are talking to Shane Jesse Christmass, author of Xerox Over Manhattan; Latex, Texas; Meth DTF and a bunch of other indie gems. They talk prose style, the global indie publishing orbit …
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This week, the gr*nks are talking to Shane Jesse Christmass, author of Xerox Over Manhattan; Latex, Texas; Meth DTF and a bunch of other indie gems. They talk prose style, the global indie publishing orbit, Amerikkka as theory and practice; collaboration across continents and defining Ozlit. It’s a ripping chat, particularly for fans of the truncated sentence (I know there are a few of youse getting around!)
Before that, they talk over each other about cinema, a McManus Merkin Mime, Segal World, Lesbian barfights, the ELECTION OF DREW PAVLOU AS CHAOS CORRESPONDENT FOR KARL STEFANOVIC, America250 and DJT80; woodchopping lore; Murnane’s Order of Australia speech; and Tim sets Pat off like a Beyblade about the changing world of CGI in movies lol.
Thanks as always to “Dictator” Dan Dare for Production.
Song as always is “No Strain” by the Southend Rainbows.
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Ep59. #Jesuischarlie
June 12, 20261 h 31 minEpisode 59
This week, the Wh*te D*gs are chatting ABC stores and the blackface era of the 2000s; the Bellingen writers’ festival and Lesbian scene; nearly coming to blows over Wes Anderson; method acting; Charlie …
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This week, the Wh*te D*gs are chatting ABC stores and the blackface era of the 2000s; the Bellingen writers’ festival and Lesbian scene; nearly coming to blows over Wes Anderson; method acting; Charlie Pickering: Zionist BB King; Sooshi Mango; Betootafication; the Parkinson era; TISM wars; AUKUS inquiries; Pauline “Little Chiko” Hanson at the Ballroom.
Note: Tim calls Pi O a Comedian.
Thanks as always to “Dictator Dan Dare” for his tireless work in production.
Song is “No Strain” by the Southend Rainbows.
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Ep. 58 Pavlou's Dog C*nts
June 5, 20261 h 51 minEpisode 58
This week the str*nzi are off-leash and rolling in any shit they can stick their noses into. They talk the rise of the PHONies and the inadequacy of certain Left responses; the BRS/Hastie beef; the trenchant …
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This week the str*nzi are off-leash and rolling in any shit they can stick their noses into. They talk the rise of the PHONies and the inadequacy of certain Left responses; the BRS/Hastie beef; the trenchant bastardy of cops; the cruelty of Australia and cultural Howardism; the Teal Panel Party; the language of parliament; the nonce media and their love of babykillers; Alan Jones biopics; Abbott 2.0; evil gays and powerful lesbians; and Drew, Drew, Drew. Sweet Drew, our beautiful son and collaborator. We wonder about what makes him tick, what he thinks about, what he wants from the world, how he sees himself, what keeps him up at night. It’s a Pavlouvian Republic of Drewstralia, and we are just living in it.
Song is “No Strain” by Southend Rainbows.
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Ep57 Keeping Up Appearances w/ Will Cox
May 29, 20262 h 21 minEpisode 57
This week, the c*bbers talk to Will Cox, critic and author of Hyacinth, a gothic retelling of various episodes of Keeping Up Appearances. They chat about the nature of old media and nostalgia, serialisation …
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This week, the c*bbers talk to Will Cox, critic and author of Hyacinth, a gothic retelling of various episodes of Keeping Up Appearances. They chat about the nature of old media and nostalgia, serialisation, experimentation in modern fiction, translation and appropriation, formal fragmentation and other absolutely renegade stuff.
Before that, the boys talk online anti-reading trends, more circumcisions, the hues of One Nation foreheads, mining corruption and greenwashing, the various ways they both encouraged bullies as teenagers, Pitchfork Jet Review Reichstag Fire, Tealification, Auctioneer gang wars in Sydney post-budget, tax concession anger and downwards envy.
Thanks as always to “dictator” Dan Dare for production.
Song is No Strain by the Southend Rainbows, who have just started recording their next album ;).
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Ep56. Mudoken Malarkey
May 22, 20261 h 21 minEpisode 56
On this very special late night/laggy recording of The Battler, Pat talks about the splendour and the beauty of living in the ADHD capital of Australia, while Tim discusses his first time with Ridley Scott’s …
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On this very special late night/laggy recording of The Battler, Pat talks about the splendour and the beauty of living in the ADHD capital of Australia, while Tim discusses his first time with Ridley Scott’s criminally underseen ‘Alien.’
We also get into The Federal Budget, Dave Hughes’ descent into cookerdom, the limits of Australian literary criticism, and Joe Biden’s life as a Mudoken saviour + more. Produced and edited by our own personal Watto, Dan Dare. Follow/like @twimwintoncellectuals and Straying for the Morsel, @cormac_mccafe and The Yeah Nah Review, and buy NOCK LOOSE!

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Bonus Ep.
May 15, 20261 h 2 minBonus
Battlers! Tim is sick with Hentai Virus and Pat has been busy animating Hentai! So we’ve had to take the week off—Latham forgive us!But on Tuesday, May 12, Pat had the honour of sitting down with renowned OzLit …
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Battlers! Tim is sick with Hentai Virus and Pat has been busy animating Hentai! So we’ve had to take the week off—Latham forgive us!But on Tuesday, May 12, Pat had the honour of sitting down with renowned OzLit scholar/academic/critic Emmett Stinson to talk all things NOCK LOOSE at Lawson Flats in Perth.
Regular scheduling returns next week. Enjoy!
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Ep55. Rebel (Wilson) Ballads
May 7, 20261 h 58 minEpisode 55
This week the wh*te d*gs don’t have much to talk about in the news, so they talk about the Fremantle Dockers bris-based goal celebrations, Sopranos dolewave, Paul Kelly’s italian heritage erasure, Sergeant …
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This week the wh*te d*gs don’t have much to talk about in the news, so they talk about the Fremantle Dockers bris-based goal celebrations, Sopranos dolewave, Paul Kelly’s italian heritage erasure, Sergeant Johnson’s Purple Heart award, slurs for white people, The Safran Defence, KRudd’s Eunuch aesthetics, Martin Sharp and the ghost train fire, the Mining Boom as foundation of auspol, the Ocker Gump in history, Classic Israeli Bits, Australian Racism’s Immunity to Woke, Irish Rebel Wilson Ballads.
Thanks as always to “Dictator” Dan Dare for production.
Song is No Strain by Southend Rainbows.

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Ep54. Tarofash
April 30, 20261 h 35 minEpisode 54
This week, Pat is in Melbourne to open the new High Street Maccas. Timbo is at Tigertown activating the Tinny Dome. They chat Apple stores and the disappearance of dudes with Stretcher earrings; Cheers lore and …
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This week, Pat is in Melbourne to open the new High Street Maccas. Timbo is at Tigertown activating the Tinny Dome. They chat Apple stores and the disappearance of dudes with Stretcher earrings; Cheers lore and the differential status of bar flies in Amerikkka and Australia; IDF Hentai boobytraps; ANZAC raves and ANZAC hecklers and the Bed and Rest Sanctuary wellness centre. They also talk about the longterm Zio goal of destroying presses like UQP, with the new fuckery around Jazz Money and Matt Chun’s Bila.
Thanks as always to “Dictator” Dan Dare for production.
Song is “No Strain” by Southend Rainbows.

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Ep53_Creating Drama w/ Zarah Butcher-McGunnigle
April 23, 20261 h 60 minEpisode 53
This week the g**ners chat with poet and flaneuse Zarah Butcher-McGunnigle, about the release of her two new-old books, Autobiography of a Marguerite and Leaves Fall Off to Create Drama. They talk about the …
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This week the g**ners chat with poet and flaneuse Zarah Butcher-McGunnigle, about the release of her two new-old books, Autobiography of a Marguerite and Leaves Fall Off to Create Drama. They talk about the legacy of L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E poetry; the changes in verse in the last couple of decades; Autofiction and fragmentary writing; cracking open old works and the vicissitudes of life on the scene.
Before that, Putrid Pat and Tumescent Tim discuss JJJ and Raw Comedy aesthetics; revivalism in noughties music; the death of music press; Australian political memoirs; CTE-lit; magic realism v fabulism; the nature of the middlebrow; playfulness in comedy; Masculinity: a gay conspiracy; the BRS Read-a-thon.
Production by “Dictator” Dan Dare.
Song: No Strain by The Southend Rainbows.

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Ep52. Paisano Libtard
April 16, 20261 h 50 minEpisode 52
This week the f*dayeen are (finally) flying solo again, like a drone over the red sea; collecting expensive missiles from the haters as they go. They chat Clavicular getting Minutemogged; One Nation’s predator …
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This week the f*dayeen are (finally) flying solo again, like a drone over the red sea; collecting expensive missiles from the haters as they go. They chat Clavicular getting Minutemogged; One Nation’s predator problem and the MILLENNIAL WOMEN supporting them!!!!; Angus Trumpchrist; the papal/presidential 1v1; the motives for Israel’s crimes. They also chat about the “Lowering of the sights”: the running-rampant of “guilty pleasures” in the kidlerite endumbening of the public sphere; the “too-hard” argument against Woke; and the path towards a joyous Left.
Thanks as always to “Dictator” Dan Dare for production. Song is “No Strain by the Southends.”
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