Best Perry Michael Simon Podcasts (2025)

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Campbell Brown, Richmond's Tom Brown, Idiot File - The Rush Hour podcast - Thursday 15th May 2025 1:08:50

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JB and Billy pay tribute to Robert Walls - who passed away today. Billy has the All Sports Report with some big games across several sports this weekend, before Richmond's Tom Brown is in studio to talk about THAT tackle against West Coast last weekend. Topics Brayshaw has someone in his sights for turning into a knob, and Matthew Campbell calls in…

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Ocean with Attenborough, Garden Design, Turning Contemporary Politics into Opera 42:43

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Colin Bulfield, Executive Producer of the new film Ocean With Attenborough, talks about working with the celebrated broadcaster and filmmaker Sir David Attenborough on his latest project, an exploration of the vital importance of healthy oceans to our planet which is in cinemas around the country now. Current exhibitions at V&A Dundee and the Briti…

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Jesse Hogan, Mike Hussey, Hump Day Quiz - The Rush Hour podcast - Wednesday 14th May 2025 1:04:42

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The AFL and the Umpires are at odds as Billy kicks off the show with his All Sports Report, and the boys are spewing about a missed opportunity to go to Vegas. Aussie cricket royalty Mike Hussey phones in to talk about the resumption of the IPL season, and Australia's squad for the upcoming World Test Championship. Wade and Daniel battle it out on …

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Morcheeba perform, Virginia Woolf's Mrs Dalloway 100th anniversary 42:22

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Novelist Elif Shafak, artist and writer Edmund de Waal and Professor Rachel Bowlby join Samira to discuss the centenary of Virginia Woolf's Mrs Dalloway. As the Semi Finals of Eurovision start tonight in Basel, Switzerland, Paddy O'Connell talks about this year's contest. Four hundred leading British Artists such as Paul McCartney and Kate Bush hav…

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Jarrod Berry, Nitro Circus Daredevil Ryan Williams, Weird Dates - The Rush Hour podcast - Tuesday 13th May 2025 1:04:28

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We can't help but break things in our studio, but we crack on with the All Sports Report - as Billy struggles to get his head around Damian Hardwick's fixture idea. Nitro Circus daredevil Ryan Williams leaps his BMX bike over the top of Billy, and talks about what else the Nitro Circus tour will bring when it comes to Australia in October. Topics B…

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Suzanne Vega sings in the studio, P Diddy trial, Mother Courage in County Durham 42:22

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Suzanne Vega has just released her first album of all-new material for nearly a decade. "Flying With Angels" continues her folk-influenced sound and introduces influences of soul as well as a song in tribute to Bob Dylan's "I Want You". She performs in the studio with guitarist Gerry Leonard. Sean Combs aka P Diddy is on trial in New York, charged …

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Mark Ricciuto, Todd from Barwon Heads, Billy's Big Day - The Rush Hour podcast - Monday 12th May 2025 1:03:22

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We belatedly celebrate JB's birthday, then a croaky-voiced Billy kicks into the All Sports Report. Damian Barrett is in studio with his positives and negatives from round 9 - and he's not making friends out of either JB or Billy. Todd from Barwon Heads invades the Monday Brag Artist to give Billy a serve about the Cats, Virat Kohli retires from Tes…

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National Lampoon's European Vacation with Jon Gabrus 2:44:30

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Congratulations! You’ve won an all-expenses-paid vacation with Griffin, David, Ben, and Jon Gabrus to Europe! Only downside is…well, you have to watch this movie. From the strange cultural stereotypes to the unfortunate lack of jokes, Amy Heckerling’s sequel to National Lampoon’s Vacation isn’t the smoothest trip. But, it certainly gives us an excu…

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Daisy Thomas' Biggest Disappointments, JB Makes History, Craft Brownless - The Rush Hour Sunday Session - Sunday 11th May 2025 50:32

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We look back at an enormous week - with Daisy Thomas, Craft Brownless, Gold Coast's Mac Andrew, bad Mother's Day Gifts, Jonathan Brown, JB making history, the bloke who scored 50 points on Josh Giddey, an Idiot Song, and Billy's sexy neighbour joke See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…

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Billy's Jokes - May 5-8 6:30

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Review, The Wedding Banquet, Isabel Allende, The Brightening Air 42:34

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Authors Matt Cain and Eimear McBride join Tom Sutcliffe to review a new remake of Ang Lee's 1993 classic The Wedding Banquet. They also discuss Isabel Allende's new novel My Name is Emilia del Valle and the play The Brightening Air, on at the Old Vic theatre in London. And the National Gallery is having a re-hang, we speak to Head of the Curatorial…

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Tex Walker, Jo Weston, Idiot Song - The Rush Hour podcast - Thursday 8th May 2025 1:03:30

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Billy is fascinated by the process of choosing a new Pope, then the All Sports Report features AFL team news, and an interesting socials comment from Harley Reid. Vixens and Diamonds superstar Jo Weston is in studio - and she puts Billy through a recruitment interview. Topics Brayshaw is looking for your ridiculous coincidences, Rabs has found an B…

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Leni Riefenstahl, Queen Elizabeth Memorial, Keli 42:26

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Acclaimed German journalist and film producer Sandra Maischberger talks about her new documentary about Leni Riefenstahl, which re-examines the life and career of the filmmaker and Nazi propagandist who was one of the most controversial women of the 20th century. Art historian and curator Sandy Nairne, a member of the Queen Elizabeth Memorial Commi…

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Mac Andrew, Chelsea Frawley and 'MakeUp-Gate', JB Makes History - The Rush Hour podcast - Wednesday 7th May 2025 59:49

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We start the show by reliving one of Billy's most classic cockups, before kicking into the All Sports Report - where he makes several more, and threatens to walk off the show! Chelsea Frawley is in studio to talk about Spud's Game on Friday night, and we dig deep into the archives and play the infamous "MakeUp-Gate" segment from the Saturday Rub. H…

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Hamlet Radiohead mashup, Stoke-on-Trent pottery in crisis 42:23

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In the wake of President Trump's proposed film tariffs, Jake Kanter, International Investigations Editor at Deadline, discusses what the impact could be for the British film industry. Last week Moorcroft became the latest heritage ceramic company to close its doors in Stoke-On-Trent. Emma Bridgewater, founder of the eponymous ceramics company, and …

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Daisy Thomas, Ryan Daniels WA Footy Report, The Man Who Dropped Fiddy on Giddey - the Rush Hour podcast - Tuesday 6th May 2025 1:01:19

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The boys start the show with a flashback to a classic boxing moment, before ripping into the All Sports Report - and it's the 'end of an error at Sant Antonio'. Daisy Thomas is in studio to give his top 5 disappointments of the 2025 season so far, and Topics Brownless wants to know about your worst Mother's Day gift. Craft Brownless is back with Ne…

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A snapshot of culture on VE Day 1945 42:08

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To mark the 80th anniversary this week, we explore British culture around VE Day in 1945, reflecting on the music, books, films and theatre that defined the moment and the complex emotional landscape that followed the war’s end. Songwriter and pianist Kate Garner joins us at the piano. Guests: Michael Billington, theatre critic; Ian Christie, film …

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Jono Brown, Damien Barrett's Round 8 Wrap, Stevie J's Political Knowledge - The Rush Hour podcast - Monday 5th May 2025 1:06:47

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Billy is up and about after the Cats win, we revisit BT being a quiz question, and we kick the show off with the All Sports Report, as an Aussie again dominates on the World Stage. Damian Barrett is in studio with his positives and negatives from round 8, then it's Monday Brag Artist. JB had a bank issue, Lions legend Brisbane Jonathan Brown is in …

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Johnny Dangerously with Josh Gondelman 2:27:32

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He’s the nicest bad guy in town. His last name is an adverb. And he’s got some pretty wacky bits! Sweetie pie comedian Josh Gondelman joins us to talk about 1984’s Johnny Dangerously, Amy Heckerling’s loving homage to 1930’s gangster pictures. Things we attempt to understand in this episode: the cultural legacy of Joe Piscopo; the actual joke that’…

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Craft, Topics, and Segments Brownless, Plus Jordan Lewis and Kamdyn McIntosh - The Rush Hour Sunday Session - Sunday 4th May 2025 1:00:39

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Have a look back at an enormous week on riple M's Rush Hour, featuring Billy's new Top 5 segment, Carlton's Mitch McGovern, Topics Brownless, Kamdyn & Brooke McIntosh, Craft Brownless, an Idiot File, Jordan Lewis, and Billy's Grandpa Joke See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Triple M

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Ryan Coogler on Sinners, The Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz, Book Bans in the US 42:23

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US director Ryan Coogler on his supernatural horror film, Sinners. Anne Sebba discusses her new book, The Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz, about the orchestra formed in 1943 among the female prisoners at the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. And as a new report looking at so-called book banning in the United States is published, we talked to au…

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Billy's Jokes - April 28-May 1 6:39

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See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Triple M

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Review: John Lennon docs, Tina Fey's The Four Seasons and The Great Gatsby musical 41:51

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Critic Kate Maltby and Beatles author Ian Leslie join Tom Sutcliffe to discuss two documentaries about John Lennon remaking his life in New York - Borrowed Time: Lennon's Last Decade and One to One: John & Yoko. They also discuss Tina Fey’s new series The Four Seasons, based on the 1981 film of the same name, which explores the relationships of thr…

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King James VI & I, Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes, The Extraordinary Miss Flower 41:59

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Jeff Pope on his new series Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes, the innocent man who was killed by police on a London tube in 2005, which launches tonight on Disney+. James VI of Scotland & I of England is the subject of a major exhibition at the National Gallery of Scotland in Edinburgh. We’re joined by the historical writers Lucy Hu…

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Jordan Lewis, Jack Crisp, Idiot File - The Rush Hour podcast - Thursday 1st May 2025 1:05:16

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It's ratings day and JB and Billy are flying. We kick off the show with the All Sports Report, before Collingwood's Jack Crisp calls in ahead of his 245th consecutive AFL match on Saturday - a new record. Topics Brownless goes to an old classic, JB has a story about the great Sir Don Bradman, and Herby is in studio with some social media feedback f…

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Steven Baker, Jay Z Clark Returns, Bill's Sports Names Craft - The Rush Hour podcast - Wednesday 30th April 2025 58:20

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We kick off with Billy's All Sports Report - as Kane Cornes draws the ire of the North Melbourne Football Club. Jay Z Clark makes his long awaited return to the show with footy's biggest headlines, then Ben and Chris battle it out in the Hump Day Quiz. JB's Traffic Party has an all points bulletin aimed at Victorian Driving Instructors, and Bily wr…

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Noddy Holder of Slade, Stephen Rea and Simone de Beauvoir 41:53

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In 1975, at the height of their fame, British band Slade made a feature film, Slade in Flame. The film was a critical and commercial failure at the time, but has built up a cult following over the years. Now it's being re-released in cinemas and on DVD. Frontman Noddy Holder and film director Richard Loncraine spoke to Samira Ahmed in studio. With …

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Todd Goldstein and Tristan Xerri, Kamdyn and Brooke McIntosh, Billy's Straya Moments - The Rush Hour podcast - Tuesday 29th April 2025 1:00:08

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The Warrnambool Carnival is under way, and so is Billy with his All Sports Report. Kamdyn McIntosh is in studio alongside his sister Brooke - who is running a full lap around Australia to aid mental health group the Blue Tree Project. Topics Brownless wants to know what you've been dragged along to, and JB talks about his son voting in an election …

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Universal Theme Park, Olivier award-winning play Giant, Two to One 42:18

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Mark Rosenblatt on Giant, his Olivier award-winning play starring John Lithgow as Roald Dahl. As Universal Studios announce plans for a major new theme park in Bedfordshire, what does this mean for the UK entertainment industry? Samira is joined by entertainment journalist Ella Baskerville and Gareth Smy from Framestore to discuss its signficance a…

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Mitch McGovern, Damian Barrett, What Is Liverpool's Logo - The Rush Hour podcast - Monday 28th April 2025 59:07

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Rabs is up and about because Liverpool sealed the EPL title, and Billy kicks off the show with the All Sports Report - and a visit from one of our most famous callers. Damian Barrett is in studio with plenty to talk about from Round 7, and we want you to tell us about something amazing you did with Monday Brag Artist. Billy has some news you might'…

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Fast Times at Ridgemont High with Lola Kirke 2:26:53

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We’re grabbing our Vans slip ons and heading to the mall as we kick off our Amy Heckerling series - Pod Times at Ridgemont Cast - with Fast Times at Ridgemont High. Fresh off her appearance in Sinners, actual high school friend of Griffin Newman Lola Kirke returns to the pod and things get pretty bogus. Like, David Lynch was supposed to direct this…

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Craft Brownless, Max Gawn, Idiot Song - The Rush Hour Sunday Session - Sunday 27th April 2025 45:37

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Take a look back at a short but big week - with Craft Brownless, JB's emails, Ben Dixon, Topics Brownless, The Hump Day Quiz, Max Gawn, Billy's new shoes, an Idiot Song, and a joke about stolen underpants. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Triple M

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Billy's Jokes - April 22-24 4:35

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See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Triple M

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Review: Self Esteem's album A Complicated Woman; RSC's Much Ado About Nothing; Julie Keeps Quiet tennis film 42:30

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Journalist Siân Pattenden & critic Stephanie Merritt join Tom to discuss Self Esteem's third album A Complicated Woman, which features collaborations with Nadine Shah and Moonchild Sanelly. Ahead of the release, Self Esteem AKA Rebecca Lucy Taylor showcased the album by staging a five-night theatrical presentation at London's Duke of York theatre. …

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Jobe Watson, Ben Dixon, Billy's New Shoes - The Rush Hour podcast - Thursday 24th April 2025 1:01:25

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Billy debuts a new pair of shoes... and they're a bit noisy. Then we get into the show with the All Sports Report. Essendon legend Jobe Watson is in studio to talk about the ANZAC Day game against Collingwood, and he has a little clip for his old man Tim! Topics Rabs is in the house with petty neighbour disputes, Billy has some news you might've mi…

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The ethics of publishing posthumous diaries, Pianist Igor Levit, and Memorials to great women. 42:06

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As the journals of the American writer Joan Didion (based on conversations with her psychiatrist) are published, writer and journalist Rachel Cooke and Alan Taylor, editor of actor Alan Rickman's diaries, discuss the challenges, responsibilities and ethics of posthumously publishing the diaries of great writers, artists and actors. Acclaimed German…

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Isaac Quaynor, Rhys Stanley, JB's Election Concern - The Rush Hour podcast - Wednesday 23rd April 2025 54:32

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Billy's All Sports Report kicks off the show - including more craft from Billy. Kane and Brandon battle it out for some great prizes in the Hump Day Quiz, before Collingwood's Isaac Quaynor rings in to talk about the ANZAC Day game against Essendon. JB had a concern about the Federal Election today, Billy has some news you might've missed, and JB h…

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Dante's Inferno in Jamaica, Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time re-examined, Shakespeare's first theatre 42:32

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Jamaica's former poet laureate, Lorna Goodison, on setting Dante's Inferno on the island of her birth; Journalist Joanna Moorhead on Pope Francis' relationship with the arts; Poet and librettist Michael Symmons Roberts on writing a form-breaking book to re-examine French composer Olivier Messiaen's form-breaking masterwork - Quartet for the End of …

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Max Gawn, Todd from Barwon Heads, Billy's Twins Craft - The Rush Hour podcast - Tuesday 22nd April 2025 1:01:41

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Billy is a lot worse for wear after Geelong's win yesterday, but we eventually manage to get to the All Sports Report - including Noah Balta's court sentence, and Oscar Piastri achieving a 15-year Formula 1 first. The AFL's Cal Twomey is in studio with some takeaways from Round 6 - including growing concern over the four-umpire system. Billy is ver…

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JMW Turner: 250th anniversary of Britain's greatest painter 42:24

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Mr. Turner director Mike Leigh, art historian Charlotte Mullins and senior curator at Tate Amy Concannon join Tom Sutcliffe to celebrate the life and work of JMW Turner, as we approach the 250th anniversary of his birth. Also in this edition, David Hockney on Turner's skill as an artist, Alvaro Barrington talks about his continuing influence on art…

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Schindler's List with David Ehrlich 3:49:02

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Our Early Spielberg series concludes with a movie that is a super fun time and not at all distressing to watch in our current political climate! David Ehrlich joins us to discuss 1993’s Schindler’s List, the film that defined the visual language of the Holocaust and finally got Spielberg his Oscar. We’re getting into the critical debates about this…

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Billy's Katy Perry Craft, Damo Gets Tricked, Calsher Dear - The Rush Hour Sunday Session - Sunday 20th April 2025 1:00:44

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Look back at a massive week on Triple M's Rush Hour, as Damian Barrett reveals how Billy tricked him at a lunch, and Billy looks at the best moments of Gather Round. Revisit Billy's Katy Perry-inspired craft, Port Adelaide's Jason Horne-Francis, and Topics Brownless. Freo's Josh Treacy and Murphy Reid were in studio, Billy has an enormous Idiot Fil…

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Billy's Jokes - April 14-17 5:34

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See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Triple M

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Review: Alex Garland's film Warfare, Audition by Katie Kitamura, Shanghai Dolls by Amy Ng on stage 42:20

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Alex Garland's latest film Warfare, which is co-directed by US military veteran Ray Mendoza turns back the clock back nearly twenty years to reconstruct a real-life surveillance mission in Iraq. Film critic Tim Robey and journalist Zing Tsjeng give their verdict on the analysis of the theatre of war, which unfolds in real time. They've also been to…

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Idiot File, Calsher Dear Finds A Namesake, Jonathan Brown - The Rush Hour podcast - Thursday 17th April 2025 1:04:04

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JB's back in the studio as Billy kicks off a pre-Long Weekend show with an All Sports Report. Hawthorn's Calsher Dear is in studio, and finds out he's no longer the only Calsher in the world, then Topics Brownless wants to know when your parent has embarrassed you. A quick hit of footy news precedes Herby's social media feedback - as the family rip…

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Photographer Susan Meiselas, The Impact of Trump's Tariffs on Musical Instrument Manufacturers, Author Ewan Morrison. 42:18

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American documentary photographer and President of the Magnum Foundation Susan Meiselas speaks about her fifty-year career, as she receives the Outstanding Contribution to Photography award at the Sony World Photography Awards 2025, and as her work goes on display at Somerset House in London. We hear how President Trump's economic tariffs are affec…

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Max Gawn, Jason Horne-Francis, AFL Membership Numbers - The Rush Hour podcast - Wednesday 16th April 2025 55:42

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The best caller in footy Jack Heverin is in JB's chair today, as we recap something that Opals superstar Bec Allen said about him. We move into the All Sports Report, then Port Adelaide's Jason Horne-Francis calls in after their big win over the Hawks. Lisa and Ben battle it out in the Hump Day Quiz, Billy has some news you might've missed - as Wil…

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Josh Treacy & Murphy Reid, Jack Bowes, Billy's Katy Perry Craft - The Rush Hour podcast - Tuesday 15th April 2025 53:37

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A late start to the show means an abridged All Sports Report, then Fremantle's Josh Treacy and Murphy Reid are in studio ahead of their clash with the Demons at the Triple MCG on Saturday. Topics Brownless wants to know what you've dropped, we've got some AFL injury news, and 7 Rules when Attending the Masters. Billy has pieced together some craft …

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Muriel's Wedding the Musical, Dr Who, Anthony Horowitz on Marble Hall Murders 42:17

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Director and Screenwriter PJ Hogan, creator of the 1994 comedy Muriel's wedding, speaks to Samira Ahmed about the new musical adaptation of his film. With lead actors leaving, and ratings down, there are questions about the future of Doctor Who. Author John Higgs, and entertainment writer Caroline Frost, talk about the past, present and future of t…

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Lachie Fogarty, Gather Round Dustiness, Damian Barrett - The Rush Hour podcast - Monday 14th April 2025 1:00:29

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JB, Billy, and Rabs are all a little worse for wear after Gather Round, but nothing can stop them from kickstarting the show with the All Sports Report - as Oscar Piastri has another dominant F1 victory. Damian Barrett is in studio to wrap up the positives and negatives of Gather Round, including his own afternoon with Cashies Brownless. We want yo…

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