The Barry Bullock Hour: Recent Episodes
Elwood Social Club Productions
Join the sane Kieran Bullock, the less sane Nick Barry, the Minnesota Thunder Eric Cox, and immoderate moderator Callum Mcdonald as they discuss the big issues over some big brews.
After eighteen months without a recording, The Barry Bullock Hour attacks when you least expect it! BANG! Five days before Christmas. After a full year without fresh content, the boys are back with a Christmas miracle of their own.
Not content to rest on their laurel (wreaths), episode sixty-six is a boozy big hitter, just like the beers they drink - broaching new ground and going where the podcast has never been before. A Brunswick beer crawl encompassing three Brunswick pubs - Co-conspirators, Inner North, and Bridge Road brewing, including a large chunk of chat recorded on the street. With not enough content for a double-header, the year's one and only episode is also the LONGEST. EPISODE. EVER.
Go once. Go big. Go hard. Sage words for the festive period.
Merry christmas everyone!
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StreetEnergy
BeerCrawl
OneWordGastro
RECORDED JULY 2023
Well it's only taken nine months, but part two of July 2023's classic boozy double header is finally here! All unborn children mentioned in this episode have arrived into this world happy and healthy!
The drinks flow, as does the conversation. As all drunken conversations do, this one leads to KFC. But not just KFC, but the world's greatest KFC! The start of many (KFC) bucket lists are born. But if death was in fact on your doorstep, what would the last meal be? KFC? Only the deepest of philosophical questions on the #BarryBullockHour!
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KFCBucketBucketList
TwisterCow
DeathRowMeals
After a classical Barry Bullock Hour hiatus episode sixty-four is here with a bang! The decision to abscond to the Kensington Palace lounge for a bit of #LoungeEnergy is immediately regretted when Eric and Cal launch into back-to-back segments that require the use of the kitchen. A golden spatula amongst them, no less!
Cal enjoys his final child-free days by doing something stupid, the #WheelOfForfeit returns, and Eric's French chef doppelganger arrives just in time to deliver some culinary mayhem as only Chef Ericque can.
All this and more in the latest craft beer-fuelled comedy rampage!
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DietaryFibre
PregnantPause
CloveSingular
Episode 63 is here, and the second part of truly memorable and very boozy double-header!
If you haven't listened to episode 62 - aka part one yet, you are strongly advised to do so. As there are SPOILERS WITHIN.
This episode focuses on making the world a better place, and where better place to start than beer, cricket, and public transport! A blind tasting occurs. More sorbet is eaten. And Kieran fires off a couple of rampant #BigDogBones. All this and so much more in episode sixty-three!
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BarryBullockHourBaby
ForYourEarsOnly
PartTwoOfTwo
Sixty-two episodes of The Barry Bullock Hour and this just might be
THE.
BIGGEST.
YET!
This podcast contains NEWS, and in the interest of spoilers, we'll say no more. You'll just have to listen and find out. But trust me, it's worth it!
Part one of a classic #BarryBullockHour boozy double header!
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PoppersInTheCrotch
PartOneOfTwo
'Tis the season! The season for Christmas-themed podcasts!
The Barry Bullock Hour Christmas Party episode is here, and contains next to no Christmas content! Other than wishing you a merry Christmas and a happy holidays, which is compulsory for the form.
Instead the conversation opens with a special #ChristmasConfession, and the Big Dog making his timely return to the podcast. Chat then turns to the wide world of chilli sauces, and then to the slightly-less-wide world of bidets. It's the Christmas episode you didn't know you wanted! But it's the Christmas episode you got.**
**this blurb contains the word 'christmas' more times than the actual episode.
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HeatQueens
BidetChat
WhoDoubleDipped
It's another gruesome twosome as the C-Mac and the Bullock return to the Kensington Palace, and return to the last cans of the GABS Festival beer box.
After a brief chat about the weather - classic podcast fodder - things ramp up as the sore topic of the T20 World Cup is immediately brought up. New Zealand didn't make it, which shouldn't surprise anyone, but it's not the Black Caps latest failure that has Kieran frothing.
And speaking of frothing, Cal demands the ceremonial blindfold be donned as he lays down a beery gauntlet for Kieran to meander through. But what's the twist that lays at the end of the four beers? There's only one way to find out!
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NoDoonaDecember
BeerIsAHealthFood
Gary
It's #BarryBullockHour episode fifty-nine, coming to you from Yarra Park in Melbourne! Where the beers are cold, the spring sun is warm, and the magpies are swooping!
Eric's partner Ikue joins us for a little bit of #ParkEnergy, as Melbourne's flirtation with warmer weather drives us to crack out the picnic blanket. The changing seasons remain a topic of conversation, with Eric's northern hemisphere habits not fading so quickly. Pumpkin Chat ensues.
All this and more on the latest Barry Bullock Hour!
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PumpkinChat
SeinfeldShowbag
OctoberPumpkinAndHotdogMonth
It's #BarryBullockHour episode 58, and it's a glorious late-night affair, fuelled by Blackman Brewing's finest, and also... wine??
Another classic Bullock-and-CMac mess-around, Kieran kicks things off with a newish segment, and reminds us all that the Commonwealth Games are still a thing, but they might just be alright? Cal returns serve with a bone and spatula of his own, before a fortutious can holder prompt a walk down memory lane - this time to the wild depths of the southern state, Tasmania.
A glorious and whimsical ramble through topics old and new, it's another perfect slice of Barry Bullock Hour chaos. And it's all yours! Enjoy it, and share it if you must!
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PeakyBlindersBullsh*t
BarryBullockHourTotopos
StevePonting
It's another #GABS redux as we tackle the mighty behemoth that is the Great Australasian Beer SpecTAPular Mixed Beer Box, and it is full of big boozy boys! Which is what would be if we tried to drink the whole box.
A return to the Kensington Palace sees Cal crack out the guitar and the Barry Bullock Hour Wheel of Forfeit - but who will it be that gets to #SpinTheWheel?! And will last episode's jokes about the demise of Eric Cox be about to backfire??
All of this and more from the Westbourne studios!
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GottaHaveTheBlueBeer
Coxtel
Coming to you live from the Bridge Road cardboard pop-up bar in Brunswick it's #BarryBullockHour 56! To paraphrase the immortal words of the New Girl, it's a classic C-Mac and Bullock mess-around, as the raging plague continues to play havoc with our recording schedule, and in this case attendance.
Delicious fresh-hopped beers are drunk. And we get uncharacteristically topical as we discuss what Elon Musk buying Twitter means for the world as large. Probably not the first podcast to discuss this topic, but maybe one of the more unique takes going around?
Kieran rounds out the episode by reminiscing about a former high school, and apologising for the chaos that fourteen-year-old Kieran caused. All this and much more on another rampaging instalment of the Barry Bullock Hour!
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RobotArmy
ElonMuskIsABondVillain
ForYourEarsOnly
Well it wouldn't be a new year without a fresh round of pandemic pandemonium, and when the clouds finally parted mid-January we went straight to Bodriggy Brewing for a few brews, and some serious ATMOSPHERE!
We talk the looming Superbowl, and Kieran's strange and very tenuous connection to one of the starting quarterbacks. Meat products are discussed, much to Cal's chagrin. And Eric unleashes a bold new plan to become Australian's newest winter Olympian.
All this and so much more in the first episode of 2022!
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HardTruthsAndSoftJoy
IveGotNoBeefWithBacon
Pyongyang2024
A calimitous batting collapse from England sees the Ashes urn stay in Australia, forcing Callum and Kieran to abscond to Cox Towers for the luncheon interval. Suddenly, a podcast breaks out!
Unsurprisingly the lack of value for money is an early point of discussion. Kieran then picks a bone with Christmas. And hosting duties go straight to Eric's head as he attempts to whisk the Barry Bullock Hour listeners away to the distant continent! Is it gastonomy? Is it just fantasy? Whatever it is ensures the final instalment of 2021 is an absolute cracker! Wait, probably shouldn't have said cracker...
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DolphinMurderers
DesertCarcassonne
BezosFarts
It's the #BarryBullockHour Christmas Party, and you're invited! Bursting at the seams with Christmas content, but not in a way that makes you pine for the new year. With Elvis and riots on the docket, this content is as fresh as the beers we're drinking.
We break into the Carwyn Cellars Canvent Beer Advent Calendar, ignore the "one a day" advent spirit, and get straight into the beautiful Christmas brews. Callum unleashes a Christmas Quiz, and the episode is rounded out with a visit from a very special jolly red man!
Just the tonic to ease into your festive season. Pour yourself a brew or whip up a fresh batch of MODERN eggnog, sit back, sip, and enjoy!
Merry Bloody Christmas all!
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SmallpProhibition
KentuckyChristmas
After several long months we're back at the Kensington Palace and ready to rumble! No more Zoom, but plenty of pace!
We kick things off with a couple of spicy challenges, and finally inaugurate the #BarryBullockHour Wheel of Forfeit. And then a couple of classic topics of discontent, Microsoft and James Bond, find themselves in the firing line. And then Dr Eric's Science Corner returns - but this time more mad science than actual science!
A classic slice of in-person Barry Bullock Hour chaos with a Halloween twist!
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FrankenBeer
NoTimeToSayGoodbyeIThink?
The #BarryBullockHour goes NUCLEAR! Or at least Big Dog does, as a swathe of technical issues plague the start of recording down in the Mornington Peninsula Dog Pound. But has it sparked an idea that might end the mobile phone charger for good??
Eventually it all kicks off with a round of outstanding individual beer choices. Cal embarks on a change of career. Eric once again finds a way to shoehorn VB into the conversation. And not for the first time, Kieran rages at rugby league.
All this and much more on #Episode51 of the #BarryBullockHour. In their fifties now, but no less mallow.
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BigDogIndustries
OldMen
ComettiOfCatan
It's the FIFTIETH EPISODE of the #BarryBullockHour and we return to the digital realm, dressed to the nines and just as many beers deep. It's a celebration! A milestone! And we're not going to let a little pandemic stop us from having an absolute ripper!
Kieran kicks things off with a 50th-themed quiz. Question one: how many fun facts are there about the number fifty? Answer: none!
Cal unveils a lockdown-appropriate #GoldenSpatula, Eric takes us down the spiral staircase for another installment of #DrEricsScienceCorner, and Big Dog puts a beloved Australian children's entertainment group squarely in the crosshairs. Cats, dogs, time travel, and slandering The Wiggles. What more could you want from a fifty-minute slice of podcasting madness!
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IndigoWiggle
EricJrJrJr
BeersOnMars
It's episode forty-nine of #TheBarryBullockHour coming to you LIVE from the Princes Park Carlton Bowls Club! Yes, that's right, after years of threatening do it we finally get the microphone down to the bowls club for a spot of bowls chat. The only catch? Plenty of chat, but no bowls.
Callum places a box on the table and asks the age-old question #WhatsInTheBox?
Kieran places the Sourade Berry Blast Sour from Wayward Brewing, and the Iced Faux-Vo Berry Coconut Sour from Stomping Ground on the table and asks "Aren't these delicious?"
Eric places a dubiously-notated piece of paper on the table and asks "What is Australia's favourite beverage?"
It's the craft beer podcast with big brews, and big issues, and rarely has an episode been so locked-in on both. In forty-nine we ask the big questions! And hopefully find some big answers.
Sourade
GABSredux
IWannaMakeBeerGreatAgain
It's #BarryBullockHour 48, which finds us out in the wild, and back on the beers!
The fearsome foursome assemble at 2 Brothers Brewing in Moorabbin, a month late, but worth the wait! A brief discussion on Cal's low-fi navigation methodology leads to Kieran getting badly lost in the north of Japan. The adult themes continue as Big Dog picks a bone with a certain adult entertainment festival. And Cal kicks off a bold new challenge section, with Big Dog and Eric ready to square up. But what will the punishments be if they fail? Kieran's mysteriously big bag may hold the answer!
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WheelOfForfeit
JapanesePornDungeon
BackOnTheBeers
A delightful planned trip south of the river to sample the delicious nectar of 2 Brothers Brewing in Moorabbin becomes a mere fantasy, as Melbourne relapses once again in its dangerous battle with lockdown addiction. We take once again to Zoom to podcast from the comfort of our own homes.
After last episode's train station quiz Cal once again slips into the shoes of the late Alex Trebek to play quizmaster. Is Eric still a true American? Is he now a true Australian? And a disasterous showing from Kieran could see his New Zealand passport revoked. A lot is at stake when you know ASIO is listening!
Eric hits you with the latest round of #NewBrewsYouCanUse to finish put the exclamation point on other cracking #BarryBullockHour.
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PartyingLikeIts2020
Rotovegas
Episode 46 of the #BarryBullockHour is here and it's a beaut! Fueled by a delicious array of beers from Ferntree Gully's Little Brew, Cal kicks off proceedings with a controversial Melbourne train station quiz. Kieran has a bone to pick with April 1st. And Eric rounds out the episode by trying to restore the Barry Bullock Hour's reputation as a serious beer podcast but delving into some of wonderous technology from the world of beer. But will the so-called "science lab" live up to its hype??
All this and so much more!
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WagerAWarmCoors
SouthMorangLine
Ultrasonic
The renaissance of the #BarryBullockHour continues! In person and on the hoon, episode 45 is ripe with #LoungeEnergy, political satire, and swashbuckling tales of adventure!
Cal sets the scene with a time-bending philosophical question, but things go quickly awry when John Travolta (as a conversation piece) enters the conversation.
Eric's looming citizenship test sends us down some dangerous satirical alleyways, and the episode finishes off with some important questions about politicians and their drinking habits.
It's a heady cocktail of beer and chat, and it's just what you need to kick off your Easter weekend!
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PodcastSchool
AngelaMerkelsFridge
We're back with the second half of our boozy reunion - a three-hour recording session where we got stuck into the GABS mixed 24-pack and has ourselves quite the time!
Part two kicks off with controversy, a beer with a show-stopping smell brings proceedings quite literally to a halt. Surely a new contender for #AustraliasWorstBeer wouldn't be found in the Top 100 countdown?? Surely not. But the unnamed stinker momentarily unsettles everything with its offensive nose.
We right the ship by getting down to the big topic of the afternoon: FIGHTING! Good old fashioned Russell Crowe fighting around the world. The fists might not be flying, but the stories certainly do!
And the episode finishes with another outstanding round of #NewBrewNewsYouCanUse before we agree that we've had too much beer and it's probably time for bed!
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HugDefense
InfamousParmesanBrew
It took the best part of nine months but the #BarryBullockHour is finally back in one room and #BackOnTheBeers! And what better way to celebrate than with a mighty beer box - the mixed 24-pack from the GABS Hottest 100. Twenty-four delicious craft beers and three men? Now that's a recipe for proper old-school BBH carnage.
And speaking of nine months, where's the Big Dog? Notable by his absence, we call in for the #BigDogBabyBulletin, as number two is imminent.
A Hungry Jack's glass hustle. #NewBrewNewsYouCanUse. Bones and golden spatulas a plenty! A Barry Bullock Hour the way it used to be! And not a zoom window in sight.
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ReunitedAndItFeelsSoGood
AudibleMastication
LovesAChew
All pretences that 2021 is going to be different to 2020 are dashed immediately, as a touch of the sniffles send the Minnesota Thunder and the Bullock once again to arena of Zoom to drink some big brews and talk about the big issues.
A broad recount of December's social activities are up first, with cycling escapades and some very dull, very exciting test cricket. Then, in the Big Dog's absence, a confession of sorts from the unlikeliest of sources. The very conversation that spurned the creation of the #BarryBullockHour makes a resurgence: but is the infamous story of the #DoubleDip built on a lie??
All this, plus another round-up of the freshest beers going around with #NewBrewNewsYouCanUse volume three!
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YouDoNotDoubleDipUnderAnyCircumstances
CucumberFreePodcast
After several years of joyous Christmas episodes sitting around the table with a bunch of good mates and drinking fine brews, we throw the most 2020 #BarryBullockHour Christmas party imaginable - one where everything goes wrong!
With Eric absconding to a last-minute bachelor party (who knew such a thing existed), Callum requiring a pre-show nap after a massive week in the classroom, and Big Dog fighting a brand new laptop that simply doesn't want to be involved, chaos is unleashed in true Barry Bullock Hour fashion. The once-vaunted in-house Kensington Palace reunion becomes a chaotic clusterflucken, but in the best way imaginable!
Happy holidays everyone, and get the heck off my lawn, 2020!
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LetMeTellYouSomethingAboutMaths
CursedChristmasEpisode
FiveGoldRings
It's a #GruesomeTwosome on Halloween as Big K and Elrico Kalimotxo go head to head on the big issues of the week, and with Kieran recently returned to the thriving metropolis of Melbourne conversation soon turns to plotting chaos in the warmer months.
Is the #BarryBullockHour a pro-melon podcast? A second round of #NewBrewNewsYouCanUse sees a resounding consensus on the subject of the large round fruit.
And with the podcast turning 40 and becoming uncomfortably sensible in the process Kieran and Eric engage in a tried-and-true round of wistful nostalgia, reminiscing on emo nights of the early 2000s, and some of the cheapest beverages on this side of the Mississippi!
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ThatsABigPivot
GinandTonicTime
SummerofSeltzer?
BarryBullockHour 39 is up and racing, just in time for summer!
The conversation starts with early twists and turns, delving into McDonalds mascots and the species thereof. And what type of bird is Sesame Street's biggest bird? And the jaunt down memory lane continues with a rediscovery of nursery rhymes. Are they are wholesome as we remember?
Eric drives the ship home with #NewBrewNewsYouCanUse, casting an eye over some delicious new releases in the beer world. But his hot tip for the drink of summer isn't beer??
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KalimotxoOClock
GooseyGooseyGander
Episode 38 is here and it is a fearsome kaleidoscope of bold ideas and silliness! Big brews and big issues, the #BarryBullockHour way! And while it's hard to hear about anything else than covid, the Big Dog unearths a little nugget you may have missed - a cure, no less! And one you are going to want to try (at least, some elements of it)...
Eric (while wandering within his 5km bubble) stumbles upon a Richmond local that may well lead to some BBH sponsorship down the track - but it turns out he's not the first one to have eaten there!
Cal puts tough football questions to the panel in the latest impromptu round of the #DavidMitchellChallenge, and Kieran has a very short bone to pick with open sandwiches - namely that they're not sandwiches.
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BigDogDeli
BaristaTraining
SandwichChat
It's another Trans-Tasman Zoom-fuelled hour of chat at the #BarryBullockHour. With a tantalising beer menu of Garage Project and Trillium, Stomping Ground, Pabst, and whatever it is that Big Dog has in his mug we get on with talking about the bigger issues. And the biggest of dogs breaks the Barry Bullock Hour promise of not talking about covid-19 to unleash one of the more bizarre #BigDogBones in recent memory!
And then we propose a brand new and exciting Melbourne attraction! Yarra Trams, we hope you're listening...
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CigaretteGate
PubTram
Foodies unite! Episode 36 is the one you've been waiting for, an episode almost entirely taken up by discussions over some of the finer things in life: food and drink.
It's a duet, a two-hander, with the Bullock and the Cox taking hot seats on both sides of the Tasman Sea, with a VB and Lakeman Brewing Hopadelic IPA in hand.
The hot topic of the day is pies. And with no Australian voices on the air the hard questions are soon asked:
Is the classic Four and Twenty Meat Pie the world's worst pie?
When the Aussies are away, the Kiwi and the American will play!
Episode36
KillTheFourAndTwentyMeatPie
PieTime
It's a special #BarryBullockHour, as we're all recording FROM HOME. That's right, from our three home studios we take this podcast ONLINE. Well, it's always been online. You get the picture...
Despite being remote, it's a cracking episode. We cover the return of sports, and the subject quickly turns to how to fix the most contentious day on the sporting calendar: the Melbourne Cup. And boy, do we fix it!
Episode35 for your listening pleasure!
SayYesToTheCup
MelbourneCup2080
Recorded on March 22, 2020 as part of a big boozy double-header, Episode 34 starts with many brews already under the belt as the gang look ahead to the impending covid-19 crisis.
Callum predicts the end of the internet as we know it, and a return to more old-fashioned forms of media. Kieran jumps in in agreement, albeit with a curious twist set years into the future.
Clem turns up the spice-o-meter, as things turn R18 with a little bit of #SpicyBedChat.
Eric rightly turns the conversation back to beer, with a frightening hypothetical around the supply of beer in the midst of the virus crisis.
And Kieran rounds out the episode with a blistering #BigDogBone - if you happen to be employed in the Adidas uniform design department then you may want to switch off, or prepare to be properly blasted! the game is incorrectly mentioned by Kieran as Blues v Bulls, when it was actually Highlanders v Bulls
An absolute belter in the shadow of the pending apocalyse!
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It's part one of a big #BarryBullockHour double-header as we gather around the microphone for one last blast before the world goes into lockdown. Recorded on March 22nd, 2020.
We kick it off with Eric "Big Time Foreigner" Cox chowing down on some delicious (?) lamington chips, and Cal comes to the party with the perfect beer pairing - the Quiet Deeds Lamington Brown Ale. Things then get absurdly patriotic. Little Bang's outstanding Undercover Fashion Police NEIPA is then drunk, freshly smuggled over from the brewery in Adelaide.
We've got the latest results and tips for the #DavidMitchellChallenge, but with the postponement/cancellation of all global sport, what can there be left to watch? Kieran scours Youtube and comes up with a bold offering.
Big Dog comes to the party with some of the silver linings of the Covid-19 outbreak, such as FREE ENTERTAINMENT! Stuck on a disease-riddled cruise ship? Don't worry, there are companies out there that have got your back.
The Cox rounds out the episode with a controversial #BigDogBone.
All this and more for your #LockdownListening!
BarryBullockHour #33
WhatHappensInSelfIsolationStaysInSelfIsolation
Episode 32 is an absolute cracker, a Friday-night fanfare fuelled by jagerbombs, strawberry Fanta, the Burnley Brewing Pale Ale and the Beatnik XPA. Callum returns fire after his failed Fruit Salad Challenge and sets Kieran another food-based challenge. We get an update on the David Mitchell standings. Kieran has a bone to pick with people on electric scooters. And Eric rounds out the episode with a bizarre but enticing proposition about flying fruit.
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TwinkieChallenge
SkateboardMunters
AnyBinsAWin
Big Dog kicks off episode #31 of the #BarryBullockHour with a #BigDogBone about Jetstar - surely not the first criticism levelled at the Australian budget airline, but by far the most entertaining! Kieran defends the consumption of traditional winter liquids stout and soup in the summer months. Why should deliciousness be seasonal? Cal unleashes a ferocious rant at the latest frankenfood to grace Australian supermarket shelves, and Eric, being American, is far less repulsed about the controversial combination of savoury and sweet. He then turns his attention to a quiz, in celebration of the upcoming #AustralianOpen, and presents "Is this person a tennis player or a serial killer?" Can a bloke whose first name is TENNYS actually play the game? Or is this surely a clever double-bluff by the Minnesotan quizmaster?
All this, and much more!
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SkyKennel
Tennys
SummerStouts
BigTimeForeigner
It's #ChristmasTime, mistletoe and BEER! Episode 30 sees the newly-minted serious financial podcast return to its roots with the purchase of the Purvis Beer Advent Calendar box. The beers are unveiled, drafted, and then drunk as the usual chaotic chat follows.
Kieran has a bone to pick with fast food loyalty schemes. HOW MANY Subway sandwiches does he have to buy to get a freebie?
Cal unveils the results of the last David Mitchell challenge. Big Dog cops a Reschs.
Eric asks for a ruler to "measure a body part" for a world record. Immediate suspicion ensues.
It's festive good times!
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InternetConnectedCheesegrater
ZombieCake
Episode #29 kicks off in Kensington, and it's a big one! First, Resch's Challenge punishments are meted out, and new challenge are laid down. Can Callum successful determine the mystery ingredient in the fruit salad? Or is there a room-temperature April 2017 vintage Reschs Pilsner coming his way?
And speaking of aged beers, Kieran unveils an absolute treat: two vintages of Garage Project's Triple Day of Dead (or Día de Muertos which he definitely pronounces correctly) for a side-by-side tasting! How will the original 2014 vintage compare against its fresh 2019 counterpart?
Beers are tasted. Bones are given. Eric enlightens us on the magic of Thanksgiving and Black Friday. It's a big fifty minutes!
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MouthfeelWithEricCox
FruitSaladChallenge
BarryBullockHour #28 is a lazy Sunday affair coming to you LIVE (recorded LIVE) from Moon Dog's brand-spanking-new beer theme park Moon Dog World in Preston!
After beating off hordes of plant-and-beer-loving people for a table Cal, Eric The Cox and Kieran sit down to enjoy some bloody tasty brews, bloody decent views, and talk about the ISSUES.
Sports results are mulled over, some talked about - the AFL Grand Final, and some NOT talked about - the All Blacks disappointing #RWC2019 exit. And the results of last episode's tipping contest are in. Did Russia pull of the greatest upset in the HISTORY OF SPORT? And gain a confident Eric he all-important point he needed? Only one way to find out!
We go west, with Perth on the radar, and conversation soon turning to the difficult and probably pretty boring issue of cricket's drop-in pitches. We grill Eric on America's obsession with pumpkin-flavoured things. And then Kieran rounds out the episode from some bizarre claims of cactuses (cacti??) and wild chickens roaming the Kensington area.
All this and more! Episode 28 is there for the taking. Go ahead - take it!
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ChickensOfKensington
Episode 27 is a BIG ONE, full of BIG CHAT and the #BIGBIGSOUND from the west of the town!
On Grand Final eve the lads ponder the potential result of the big game, with Callum throwing in a tipping contest of epic proportions into the mix.
Now recording from the Kensington Palace Kieran sees fit to unleash the first #ReschsChallenge, only to reveal that on a certain news website the filthy brew deigned #AustraliasWorstBeer was actually voted to be the best?!
And with the GWS Giants making their first grand final, their theme tune which was awarded a Golden Spatula back in July in suddenly going viral. Finally the rest of the AFL agrees that the #BigBigSound from the west of the town is criminally underrated.
EPISODE #27! It's a big sound for the big game!
Not one short month since the last #BarryBullockHour episode, #26 arrives in alarming proximity. Has the new four-pronged pace attack of Cal, Kieran, Big Dog, and the Minnesota Thunder Eric Cox finally fixed the Barry Bullock Hour frequency issues? Sure seems like it!
Join Cal, Kieran and Eric as they get stuck into beers and burritos at Foreigner Brewing in Brunswick, as suggested by Cal in episode 25.
With Big Dog absent at the football the boys discuss the pros and cons of taking babies to sporting events, and on holidays. Arguments of spatial dynamics ensue. Who owns the arm-rests on planes? Are modern-day economy seats a cloth-clad prison for today's broad backsides?
Cal takes his rage from the air to the trains, picking a strong and altogether deserved bone with Melbourne's much-maligned train operator. Kieran goes after the buildings that house the trains. Eric blames Cal and Kieran for his lingering hangover in equal measure, as bowls celebrations (#BOWLSCHAT) and a late night with the Tour de France turned in a long Saturday for The Cox.
And what exactly is #SugarySunday?
All this and more in Episode 26 of The Barry Bullock Hour!
After yet another lengthy hiatus the #BarryBullockHour boys are back again! And with more big brews and big NEWS?
Big Dog had a baby. C-Mac got engaged. Life bloody well happened. So to alleviate the matter of life constantly interfering with podcast frequency Kieran resorted to adding a NEW MEMBER to the #BarryBullockHour team! And no, we don't mean Big Dog's young child, despite his early suggestion of a maternity ward episode.
Big Dog rages at up some eytomologial curiosities. What is it about the Cricket World Cup that's got Kieran hot under the collar (despite the New Zealand team's indifferent form)? And what local discoveries entice Callum to not only propose the location for the next podcast, but also to create a brand new segment on the fly?!
All this and more, while drinking Parrotdog's Rifleman XPA, Philter Brewing's Carribean Stout, and Edge Brewing Project's Block O'Choc nitro imperial stout. Get those brews in your mouth, and this freshly-brewed podcast in your ears!
Episode25
MelbourneStar
BigBrewsBigIssues
AwesomeFoursome
After an almost year-long (!!) and entirely unintentional hiatus, the #BarryBullockHour is back with a boozy, ramshackle hour of pure un-edited nonsense! The team descend on Richmond's Moondog craft brewery after loading up at a boozy birthday brunch. The result is the Barry Bullock Hour at its loud, unfiltered, controversial best!
Big Dog delves into his medical journals to chronicle the mysteries of gout. Kieran proposes a radical plan to eradicate slow walkers on city footpaths. Callum arrives late despite a twenty-minute headstart from the boozy brunch.
Why is Callum's choice of pant such a hot-button topic? Would a Kieran Bullock-led dictatorship be a humanitarian disaster, or are smooth-moving footpaths worth the (literal) sacrifice?
And which piece of Moondog toilet wall graffiti has everyone talking??
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23 is here, to usher in the change of season! Spring is upon us, and so too another #BarryBullockHour hoon. This time coming to you from the lovely brewery bar at Three Ravens in Thornbury.
Callum introduces us to the musical intricacies of the "noodle". Kieran inspires heated debate with perhaps the most controversial #GoldenSpatula yet - are Nickelback really THAT bad?
And Big Dog faces the music (not Nickelback) and officially receives his punishment for taking the bronze medal in our long-lost #SocialMediaCenturion.
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22 is a monster episode, coming to you from the Temuka St Studio, aka Callum's house. We're joined by Clem and Kitty and expand the judging panel for the massive finals of #AustraliasWorstBeer. By episode's end, the Golden Turpentine has been awarded, and one the finalists disqualified due to being discontinued!
Kieran somehow finds himself challenging Rafael Nadal to a tennis match.
Big Dog goes rogue (more than once).
Callum wears a dangerously trendy hat (which you can't see, but it still happened)
EPISODE 22!
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Episode 21 is a long time in the making, but it's here! Summer has been and gone if you look at the calendar, but as the boys settle in on a thirty-degree day in the Kensington Palace it's agreed and Melbourne shifts its season on a whim.
Big Dog turns the conversation briefly to motorsport, much to Callum's chagrin. Kieran suggests there might be ONE motorsport that might interest him. Big Dog's looming wedding and bachelor party are briefly mentioned. Kieran has his eyes fixed firmly on the recent graphic design decisions of certain local sporting establishments. There's more bowls chat #FINALS.
The beverage of choice is Nomad's Long Reef Pale Ale, and spoiler: it's bloody delicious
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Episode 20 is a raucous affair, taking place on a glorious Sunday after a round of Extremely Casual Cricket.
In keeping with the Christmas party vibe, Bridge Road's Magical Christmas Unicorn vanilla ice cream ale is cracked out, and is proven to be delicious. Conversation soon turns to cricket in the USA, care of our recently-converted friend Eric Cox. Round ball sports continue to be the theme of the day, as Callum's bowls club booze-up is delved into, in a surprisingly entralling edition of "Bowls Chat." We chat to Dave Massingham of the Sexy Detectives about sketch comedy.
Kieran causes controversy by unleashing a combined bone/golden spatula, as someone is both lauded and slandered, and Big Dog chimes in with an exciting Martin Shkreli update.
A big finish to a big year of big issues!
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On a majestic Sunday afternoon in Kensington the boys sit around and are joined, surprisingly, by some guests who arrived unfathomably early for a casual cricket match in the park.
Joined by guest beer pourer Clementine West, the quarter finals of #AustraliasWorstBeer commence, and there's a surprise in the offing as one of the hot favourites fails to make the top 4.
The recent US election gets a cursory mention, with Donald Trump's shock victory left alone, but his potential choice of air-based transport a topic that requires heated discussion.
And in what we can only assume is a WORLD FIRST (because who else would be daft enough to do it?) we sample the latest offering from Coca-Cola, Coke Ginger.
Episode 19. The big issues, in small bite-sized pieces of lunacy.
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The noble hunt for #AustraliasWorstBeer continues on the Barry Bullock Hour, with the second batch of disgraceful brews being shoved down the discerning mouths of the panel. Carlton United Breweries then get roasted for reasons other than their shithouse brews, Kieran lauds the efforts of a young man who successfully petitioned the government at the ripe old age of fifteen, Donald Trump's a twit, Big Dog breaks the furniture shortly after take-off, and Callum manages to participate in the recording despite frequent unannounced urination breaks, and abandoning his Googling post to hunt for treasure in Kieran's kitchen.
It's another blistering hour of beer-fueled lunacy from the Kensington Palace Studio.
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Episode 17 sees the beginning of a noble crusade - to blind taste-test sixteen of Australia's worst mass-produced beers and determine which of them is truly the worst. The blindfolded are donned, the bottles and can wrapped up to obscure their labels, and the tastings begin. We drink them, so you don't have to. Eight beers start the podcast, but only four make it through to the fifty-minute mark.
In between tastings the lads recount their election day shenanigans, Callum has positive words about Perth, and which Hollywood superstar does the Big Dog have firmly in his sights?
All this in fifty minutes of glorious podcasting action. The big issues, in small bite-sized sips of lunacy.
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The lads converge on Two Birds Brewing in Melbourne's west for a delicious Good Beer Week event and podcast. After nibbling on a few delicious canapes they sit back with a few Parrotdog, Feral, and Two Birds brews and get into it. Callum unleashes the ultimate movie trivia challenge on the Big Dog, while Kieran professes to yearning for the good old days - the days of Tony Abbott. Has he lost his mind? Or does he actually have a point? Find out, in Barry Bullock Hour 15!
The big issues, in bite-sized pieces of lunacy.
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A lazy Saturday afternoon finds the boys collected at the Posty in Richmond, and after demolishing a pizza they settle in with a round of Sample Pale Ales.
Should there be Anzac Day ceremonies at every football match in Australia on Anzac Day weekend? Who will win the AFL Grand Final? Did Shakespeare ACTUALLY exist? And did Big Dog finally put a ring on it??
The big issues, in bite-sized pieces of lunacy.
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After chowing down on some delicious Sparrow's Philly cheesesteaks at the Catfish in Fitzroy, the boys settle into a few delicious brews, NZ beers on account of the Waitangi Day holiday.
The topics get as heavy as the 8 Wired Brettamonyces Black IPA Kieran was drinking, as the lads delve into new dates for the Australia Day holiday, Kieran rips into the NZ flag, and Tony Abbott is once again in the Big Dog firing line for his recent trip to New York.
The big issues, in small bite-sized pieces of lunacy.
Big Dig and Kieran meet Callum at The Alehouse Project in Brunswick East after his work break-up drinks to discuss what the official name for various Doctors of Delicate Areas are, whether or not there would have been sneaky drinking at Hogwarts, and Gelato Messina is in the firing line, though not because of their ice cream.
The last, arguably loosest episode of 2015! Get on it.
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After an accidental hiatus over the winter, the sun is out, and the Barry Bullock Hour is back! The lads talk football, new digs, and Kieran outlines a social media challenge, #SocialMediaCenturion. The podcast ends up out of this world, not surprisingly, as Big Dog trawls Hollywood's Mars-related filmography. Get on it! Barry Bullock Hour!
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Sunday April 26 2015, 6pm, the boys went LIVE! Recorded live, broadcasted live. YOU MISSED IT, but luckily, we have it for you! The great man Mikey T tunes in, beers are drunk and discussed in ferocious fashion. Big Dog offends all Christians with an unorthodox description of Jesus, and Big K has a bone to pick with women wearing fitness gear all the time. Episode ten.. A proper hoon!
The lads open 2015's second episode by stating that the Barry Bullock Hour is a "quality over quantity" podcast. Conversation turns briefly to the Grand Prix, allegedly happening a few kilometres away at Albert Park. Big Dog decides that he'd make a good stay-at-home husband, and has a serious Bone to pick with Unbelievably-Still-The-Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott. Callum checks in from his self-imposed exile in country Victoria, and in his honour Kieran cracks a Bridge Road BLING Indian Pale Ale for tasting.
2015 is upon us, and so too another fine hour of nonsense: the Barry Bullock Hour! Cal, Kieran and Nick are joined by comedian and musician Matt Snelson to dissect the big issues into small, bite-sized pieces of insanity. Big Dog kicks off the madness from the outset by pondering the recent spate of shark attacks in Australia. Cricket, naturally, becomes the topic of conversation, with Kieran predicting the Black Caps to take out the upcoming Cricket World Cup. Taylor Swift's potential inclusion in the triple J Hottest 100 is keenly debated. And finally: which Barry Bullock Hour cast member has undergone a sudden change of relationship status?? All this and MORE!
It's summertime at the Spray Street Mansions, or IS IT? A quick debate over the seasons makes way for yet another chaotic version of the Barry Bullock Hour. Fittingly, and somewhat unintentionally during episode 007 the boys discuss which is the best James Bond actor - SPOILER, it's not Roger Moore. And what mysterious and somewhat embarrassing "injury" plagued Kieran after running the 15 kilometre City To Sea last weekend? All will be revealed!
Kieran Bullock and Nick Barry drink beer and talk rubbish. Callum McDonald listens and Googles things that come up. Wilton sits in the corner silently. This is THE BARRY BULLOCK HOUR! Six hours of lunacy whittled down to the best 25 minutes of fool's gold. Get on it!
After a decent break the lads return with episode six of the Barry Bullock hour! Having been challenged by the boys to brew a light beer that was better than Cascade Light, New Zealand's unofficial Prime Minister Billy Penfold delivers three bottles of the finished product for tasting. For comparison Kieran brings a bottle of "Brewery Fresh" Cascade, and Callum finds two expired bottles of said Light at his house. T-shirt blindfolds are donned, and chaotic tasting ensues. Following that, the rather serious, broad and controversial topic of racism in Australia is briefly delved into, before Big Dog rounds out with hour with his plans to find Atlantis.
Join the lads for the first edition of 2014! New Years shenanigans are recounted with great vigour, and goals for the coming year are discussed. Big Dog talks of his holidays plans to Fiji, at a resort with a pool in the shape of a foot. His known aversion for midgets soon turns to discussions about Danny DeVito, the relative merits of a "Twins" sequel, and the hour is rounded off as the lads delve into the viability of colonising Mars.
Joining Big Dog K Dog and Cal-Dog this week in the Abbotsford studio is the oft-mentioned, mysterious and elusive WILLIAM OTIS PENFOLD!
Yes, mentioned numerous times throughout the first three episodes, Bill makes his first appearance on the Barry Bullock Hour, recorded live on a sunday morning after he and Big Dog had a big night in Carrum, of all places.
It takes all of five minutes for conversation to turn to Bill's favourite topic of conversation - BEER. Other topics are covered, but is there anything more important than beer?
It's Episode Three! Big Dog Barry brings in his Kris Kringle present from the office - a "variety box" of beer containing 8 separate Australian beers. The lads sit down, crack 'em all, and start tasting. After that the lads discuss cricket, with the Ashes having been wrapped up hours prior to recording, and then look to the future and the Boxing Day. The looming arrival of NZ's finest gentleman to these glorious shores then takes centre-stage, and the excitement of the imminent arrival of Mr Billy Penfold triggers an avalanche of Billios-related stories to round out the hour.
Join resident lunatic and larrikin philosopher Nick Barry and the only-slightly-more-sane Kieran Bullock as they sit on the couch at the Spray Street Mansions and postulate about the wonders of the universe. In this episode, recorded following a big saturday, we are regaled with the story of the night before, which tangents into a discussion on why Niagara Falls has casinos, and finishes with a deep Google session to discover why Pluto was demoted from Planetary status by the people who decide those things. Apparently there was a vote. The big issues. In small, bite-sized pieces of lunacy.
Join resident lunatic Nick Barry and cohort Kieran Bullock for the very first episode of the Barry Bullock Hour. They start off by defining "lunatic", explaining the four-year between podcast idea and actual recording, and move immediately to Nick's infamous policy on double-dipping. Bad Australian beers also make an appearance, as does Sandra Bullock's controversial attire in the movie "Gravity". The big issues. In small, bite-sized pieces of lunacy.