White Noise: Recent Episodes

Joshua Robinson and Matthew Blacker

If you're reading this, you're probably after some White Noise. Maybe you need help sleeping. Maybe you want something to put on while you study. Maybe you just need some sound as you're driving to work. Well do I have the show for you!

You may be wondering, why should I listen to this over actual White Noise? The answer: Because we're funny (sometimes).

Each week, Josh and Blacker will take you through a journey of the wonderful and bizarre, as we make interesting and maybe unfounded claims about all sorts of things. We are two white men after all.

(New episodes every Friday!)

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This week Blacker fills Josh in on The Bear, a TV show he's been watching. 

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We cover the remainder of the films we're excited to have come out this year.

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We cover films releasing up to June this year! What are you excited about? Let us know.

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Boys are back for Season 4 (!!)

Here be discussion about Stranger Things' own season 4. Kinda epic.

Blacker is running the London and Edinburgh Marathons to raise money for the Lord's Taverners, a charity which runs cricket programs for young people in the UK with disabilities and from disadvantaged communities. The goal is to help these people access the social, emotional, and physical benefits that team sport brings.

You can learn more about what the Lord's Tavs do by signing up to their mailing list here (https://www.lordstaverners.org/support-us/email-sign-up/) and donate here:

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This week the boys cover Ghost Towns and William Shatner's Muppets Crossover.

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We talk the rise of ChatGPT and what that means for the future of humanity

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We discuss the Oscar nominations for the year.

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The boys discuss the three body problem, and Harry Styles' three nipples

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It's another summer series episode on cricket! This week the boys discuss the world test championship and new methods on how to fix it.

Note: This is a direct continuation from last weeks episode.

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This week the boys cover the summer of cricket, including the series of South Africa against Australia and Davey Warner. Plus Josh tells a story of his Cricket19 antics.

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Welcome to the 2022-23 Summer Series! This time, we're playing through a free visual novel Josh found called "Renting Love for Christmas", available here: https://honeybunny-of.itch.io/renting-love

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Welcome to the 2022-23 Summer Series! This time, we're playing through a free visual novel Josh found called "Renting Love for Christmas", available here: https://honeybunny-of.itch.io/renting-love

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Welcome to the 2022-23 Summer Series! This time, we're playing through a free visual novel Josh found called "Renting Love for Christmas", available here: https://honeybunny-of.itch.io/renting-love

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This week the boys cover their films from 2022 and give three word reviews of some of them. They also revisit their list from the first episode of the year and see what they enjoyed and what they didn't. 

This is the last main season episode for the year, but join us next week for the start of a summer series!

(Sorry this one is late, Josh is still crook)

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This week the boys talk Netflix's new film White Noise and how they might be able to make a quick buck from cashing in on the marketing. Also included is discussion on BFI's top film list.

(Sorry this one is a bit late, Josh got crook)

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This week the boys cover the latest in the Hunger Games franchise, "The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes". Did you get the title? It's because Blacker is a snake, hahaha. Anyway, please enjoy!

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This week the boys go through Buzzfeed reader's controversial food opinions and see if any of them are any good.

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This week the boys discuss House of the Dragon while Blacker comes up with as many GoT related zingers as he can.

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Hello! This week Josh and Blacker discuss Josh's music, a piece called Crossing for one marimba and two players. Josh talks about his creative process and the music he likes to write, and how he gets there.

We were meant to talk about House of the Dragon, but we go on tangents and have fun instead.

You can listen to more of Josh's stuff here: https://soundcloud.com/joshualrobinson

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This week the boys talk about Doctor Who's latest episode, the news about the 14th Doctor, and Disney+ being the new home of the series from 2023.

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In this totally planned slightly later than normal episode, we try to solve the Halloween Murder Mystery that Josh found in a minute of searching on Sporcle. 

We really hope you enjoy it and that it comes across ok in the audio medium.

Happy Halloween!

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  1. Am I The Asshole: Pizza Party

  2. Am I The Asshole: Free Pizza

  3. Josh's Greece Stories

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This week the boys cover Stranger Things, and everything they enjoyed about it. There might be a part two, we don't know. Hope you enjoy!

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This week the boys review Tick Tick Boom

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This week the boys rank their airlines (but really only the international ones, we don't really care about the others)

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This week we were meant to discuss Stranger Things but end up talking about airports. Enjoy!

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This week the boys review everything Lightyear, and Josh takes us into a deep dive into why he wasn't a fan of the twist. Hope you enjoy!

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This week the boys cover a lot of things but none of them really related, including the weather, first meetings, Josh and Blacker's performance history, and suits. Hope you enjoy!

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Our first live recording in a year, and it's in Josh's car. Nice!

Guess where the boys are going (if you haven't listened to last week's episode).

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  1. Cat, Dog, Rat, Frog

  2. A bird interrupts the recording

  3. Am I the Asshole?

  4. Exclusive Rap 

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  1. Wordle for Countries

  2. Things which got their names from people

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This week the boys cover the not-so latest out of Comic-Con, including the latest batch of MCU films to head our way. 

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Apologies if you don't like Pokémon but we don't care to be honest. Enjoy it anyway!

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  1. We write a horror movie

Apologies for the late & lazy ep this week, Josh was on holiday and only just had the time to edit it. We're back on our usual schedule from Friday!

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  1. Blacker's Japan stories

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  1. BFGS: Hades (the game)

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An epic adventure of one man's attempt to travel from England to Japan. Plus Josh's MCU airport story tacked on. Enjoy!

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  1. Am I the Asshole?

  2. The Lemon Spray

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  1. Josh's dinner at the Governor General's House

  2. Why Josh owns a hammer

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  1. Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness

  2. Chip 'n' Dale Rescue Rangers

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  1. The Northman

  2. The Duke

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This week the boys play through text adventure game "You are Jeff Bezos" and cause some chaos.

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  1. Big Yoshi's Lounge

  2. Funny News Stories

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The boys discuss what Josh thinks could be the greatest movie ever made, and briefly touch on Moon Knight and Gideon the Ninth as well.

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This week the boys cover Thunderbirds, including the best one (we can all agree its not 1 right?). They also partake in a little trivia.

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  1. The New Doctor Who casting and Josh's thoughts on this era of Chris Chibnall

  2. Ranking the Doctor's outfits

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  1. Ed Sheeran's Recent Plagiarism Court Case

  2. The Colour Green

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  1. Hot Cross Buns (Famous Australian Foods)

  2. Vegemite

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  1. How good is cereal?

  2. Am I The Asshole?

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  1. Sonic the Hedgehog 2 discussion including Jim Carrey retiring and whether Idris Elba and Jessica Alba are related

  2. Sports Roundup - Women's World Cup and Ash Barty's new career

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This week, the boys talk about The Batman and their opinions on it, before sidestepping to talk about Marvel, the state of cinema, and the bloating practice of increasing film runtime and game screentime. 

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  1. Sports Roundup (cricket women's world cup, Aus v Pak series, Josh's footy tipping, Buddy 1000 goals)

  2. Animals which eat their own poop (not us)

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  1. Josh's Dreams

1.5. Nightmares and Scary Films

  1. Sultanas

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  1. Usman Khawaja update and Josh's boy Sweppo

  2. AFL Tipping where Josh is the World Cup Octopus

  3. Book, Film, Game, Series: Turning Red

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  1. The passing of Rod Marsh and Shane Warne (RIP)

  2. Am I The Asshole: The Batman Edition

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  1. Intro

  2. 3 Movies we're looking forward to this year

  3. The daily Lewdle

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The boys mean to get around to Justin Langer but just don't. Instead, they discuss singing, Ukraine and Russia, beanies, hats, and Dave Goggins. 

Stay safe everyone!

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This week the boys trade stories and give some important advice about wasting time. You better listen to it if you want to improve your life massively!

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The boys cover European politics, Wordle, and the three ODIs from the Ashes this week. 

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The boys are back to cover the one and only T20 that was meant to be three, and the one and only Test of which there should have been three. 

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The boys take a much needed break and let their friend Wendy take over the podcast for the week. She shares some meditation tips and breathing exercises to get you through the rest of the cricket season (especially if you're an English fan)

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We wrap up the Hobart test, get distracted by Willy Wonka and Glenn Maxwell (some would say, the Willy Wonka of Australian Cricket), and discuss England's big changes and the disaster of an Ashes they had. 

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Yeah look we recorded this a while back and got too busy to upload it but its here now so deal with it

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Blacker is joined by his Dad to discuss the upcoming test

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  • Scott Boland!
  • Australia wins the ashes
  • Scott Boland.
  • England's woes
  • Scott Boland?
  • Australia's batting
  • Scott Boland!!!

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On the first day of Christmas my true loves gave to me:

  • Talk of England's changes
  • Marcus Harris' Batting
  • Usman Khawaja
  • TV graphics
  • 2 bold predictions

And a Partridge in a Pear Tree

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The Boys cover Marcus Harris, Jos Buttler's keeping, Joe Root's nutshot, English Batting, Dawid Malan's all-rounder prowess, Ollie Robinson's spin, WTC over rates, and much more!

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Welcome back! On the eve of another test, the boys discuss Australia's selection, English bowlers, The Barmy Army, Shane Warne, Australia's record in day-nighters, whether cricketers eat during their breaks, and predict the results of the test. 

Whoo! See you in a few days for the wrap-up!

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The boys talk the toss, Cummins's captaincy, England's bowling shenanigans, England's batting collapse, The aggression of the aussies, good Head, and the pros of Root and Malan. 

See you later this week for the preview for Adelaide!

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Welcome to the summer series 2021-22! (Or winter series if, like Blacker, you reside across the equator). In this episode the boys discuss lineups, predict the series and have all sorts of bants. Hope you enjoy!

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  1. Intro

  2. Flashback Friday: Scav Hunt

  3. Reviewing the worst beaches in Australia

  4. Murray’s Confession

  5. The weekly word: exfoliating

  6. Josh is out of things to talk about

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Welcome back to White Noise! TV seasons often have a "highlight reel" episode to save time and this is ours. Peace!

Segments:

  1. Intro

  2. The Chum Scrubber

  3. Ikea Employees and Canberra Roads

  4. We Stole a CD

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  1. Intro

  2. Cas is secretly a biologist?

  3. Easter Eggs of the Internet

  4. The 2021 Ig Nobel Prizes

  5. The Weekly Word: Tittynope

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Ya boys are back for another episode! Let us know what you think by sending in a message to our Facebook or via a voice message. 

Segments:

  1. Intro

  2. Dr. Who Season 1

  3. AITA if I didn't clean my AirBnB?

  4. Common names in England

  5. The Weekly Word: Knacker

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Josh was working on Honours this week so Blacker went full Nick Fury and recruited some people to create a new team. 

These are their stories. 

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This week on the show the boy's take on the T20 World Cup, Reddit, and bring you another weekly word.

  1. Namibia Cricket at the T20 World Cup

  2. Asshole Judge - BBQ

  3. What would you name the baby?

  4. The Weekly Word - forswunk

  5. An abrupt ending

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Welcome back listeners! This week the boys take on Dear Evan Hansen and some listeners, iCarly, Doctor Who, and the Haitian revolution. Stay groovy and see you next week!

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  1. Intro

  2. Cricket 22

  3. Romantic Acts of the Romantic Era: Mary Shelley

  4. The Weekly Word: Eucatastrophe

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Oh, I didn't see you there. Here's White Noise.

  1. Intro Who?

  2. Blacker's UK Adventures: Real or Fake

  3. Mario Movie Cast

  4. Josh's Magic Trick

  5. The Weekly Word: Contiguous

  6. Wrap up

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Welcome back to Fog of Love! This week sees the dramatic conclusion to Guenther and Kevin's relationship. Will this pair stay together, or will their personalities cause them to drift apart?

Recap:

Guenther: the royal heir turned internet celeb who wants to be a vigilante and maybe Olympic athlete

Kevin: The internet celeb turned royal heir who is basically an e-boy prince charming

Will their love prosper, or will it flounder?

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In this episode da boys play Fog of Love and explore the relationship of Kevin & Guenther

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  1. Intro Joke

  2. Movies that released after our births

  3. Dune

  4. The White Noise Narnia Reading Order

  5. The Weekly Word: Ennui

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  1. Intro Joke

  2. Holey Moley it was Father's Day

  3. 3DS Games Power Rankings

  4. Blacker lost his earbuds

  5. The Weekly Word: Mencolek  

  6. Got 'em

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  1. Football's coming home

  2. Common or Uncommon School Experiences

  3. Cow Chat

  4. The Weekly Word: Papal

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  1. Intro Joke

  2. Return of the Ingebrigstens

  3. Josh and Blacker get picked up  

  4. Christmas in July in July

  5. The Weekly Word: Illeism

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  1. Intro Joke

  2. What kind of pizza is Celine?

  3. Celine's rant

  4. Keeping up with the Ingebrigstens

  5. The Weekly Word: Weenis

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  1. Intro Joke

  2. If it ain't broke, break it

  3. Birds and Squirrels (Pokemon chat)

  4. The Weekly Word: Exfoliating

  5. Sponsor us!

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  1. Intro Joke

  2. Black Widow

  3. Olympics: The 1904 St Louis Marathon

  4. The Weekly Word: Persiflage

  5. Nerds of the Show

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  1. Intro Joke

  2. Olympics Chat

  3. Josh Reviews: Spiritfarer  

  4. Celebrity Do(u)gs

  5. The Weekly Word: Petrichor

  6. Listener Correspondence

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  1. We invent bluetooth

  2. Joshua Robinson, pro snowboarder

  3. Ikea, famous swedish restaraunt

  4. Josh's Doctor Who Marathon

  5. The Weekly Word: Eisenbahnscheinbewegung

  6. Outro

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Welcome to the White Noise Winter Special! We'll be tackling the (Star Trek knockoff?) Fighting Fantasy gamebook "Starship Traveller" by Steve  Jackson. Matthew Blacker and the Friends of the Show will need to live long and prosper if they hope to make it out of a parallel universe alive.

There's aliens. There's philosophy. There's strange new worlds. There's future tech. There's Blacker being upset by Interstellar. What more could you ask for?

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Welcome to the White Noise Winter Special! We'll be tackling the (Star Trek knockoff?) Fighting Fantasy gamebook "Starship Traveller" by Steve Jackson. Matthew Blacker and the Friends of the Show will need to live long and prosper if they hope to make it out of a parallel universe alive.

There's aliens. There's philosophy. There's strange new worlds. There's future tech. There's Blacker being upset by Interstellar. What more could you ask for?

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Welcome to the White Noise Winter Special! We'll be tackling the (Star Trek knockoff?) Fighting Fantasy gamebook "Starship Traveller" by Steve Jackson. Matthew Blacker and the Friends of the Show will need to live long and prosper if they hope to make it out of a parallel universe alive. 

There's aliens. There's philosophy. There's strange new worlds. There's future tech. There's Blacker being upset by Interstellar. What more could you ask for?

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Yeah, it's a slow White Noise week. Just that time of year really. 

The boys were too busy to record a proper episode this week, so here's a little something from the archives - a trip down memory lane, to Blacker's last night in Canberra. 

Hope you enjoy!

  1. "Do you wanna be on the podcast?"

  2. Intro

  3. Liam and the origins of “Chad”

  4. Gaenor and Sophie the Sheep Girl

  5. Miranda the Super-Fan

  6. Outro / Next Time

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Welcome back to White Noise! This week, Josh gets asked a riddle, Blacker brings up some niche world records, and the boys discuss what little there was to talk about the E3 Conferences. 

Segments:

  1. Blacker's literally on the phone

  2. "So the listeners can understand what we're working with"

  3. A riddle

  4. Oscars follow-up (2 months late)

  5. Pasta debate Pt. 2

  6. Soup or Salad update

  7. It's EOFYS

  8. E3

  9. Niche World Records

  10. The Push-Up Challenge

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Welcome back to White Noise! This week the boys deal with technical issues, talk through food ranking systems, and see the return of a fan-favourite segment. Hope you enjoy!

  1. State of Origin Chat

  2. Testing the Vuvuzela

  3. There are Four Types of Meal

  4. Controversial Food Combos

  5. Romantic Acts of the Romantic Era: Franz Liszt

  6. In Defence of our Opener

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  1. Zoom zoom (Mazda)

  2. Toothless

  3. Zoom troublesh

  4. Funny news

  5. There's a cat in my pool table!

  6. White Noise vs Tom Gleeson

  7. How good is Kane Williamson?

  8. DS stands for Dual Screen

  9. Unboxing - live

  10. Catch you next week!

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  1. Funny News

  2. Blacker vs the physics department

  3. Coffee Chat

  4. That's the tea

  5. Josh gets friggin beaned

  6. The Moose Story

  7. Josh vs some cows on a mountain

  8. ARE SPAGHETTI NOODLES

  9. Dumplings?

  10. Gumtree live

  11. The future of White Noise

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Sorry for the late upload this week! Listen to this episode to hear a little bit about why that may be...

Segments:

  1. Hello Lispeners

  2. Blacker's Wild Week  

  3. Facestack Friends (shoutout to Tiff, Jess and Gabriel)

  4. Little Edwards

  5. Musical Chat

  6. What kind of pasta are you?

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Welcome back to another episode of White Noise! This week the boys re-do their cut-off discussion about Hamilton from last week, touch on the concepts of Australian colonialism, Death of the Author, Science Fiction, and Blacker tries to stay awake. He almost succeeds. 

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  1. Recap and back to Hamilton

  2. Unpacking Australian colonialism

  3. Death of the author

  4. Star Trek and becoming a physicist

  5. Tiktok, Youtube, and the internet rabbit hole

  6. Murray's Confession

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  1. Einstein vs Schoenberg  

  2. An unexpectedly deep analysis of universities and higher education

  3. Hello Hamilton

  4. Surprise, it's Blacker here!

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Welcome back to White Noise! This week we bring a very special friend of the show onto the show to take us on a whirlwind tour. We actually got hours of recording from this guest, so we hope you enjoy the whirlwind topics of this three-part episode. We’re still figuring out how to release it, but eventually it will all see the light of day. If you enjoy the show why not go like our Facebook page to stay up to date with all our news? And thank you to everyone who has started listening recently, hope you enjoy this episode!

Segments this week:

  1. "So we've still not actually introduced who you are" x3

  2. Friend of the show Number 7

  3. Saucy letters throughout history

  4. The ship of Theseus and how Murray plans to live forever

  5. The German Off

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Welcome back to another week of White Noise! This week the boys have lots lined up for you, so I'll keep this part of the description short. Enjoy!

  1. A Fantastique Opener

  2. Are we shirtless?

  3. An adversarial banana

  4. Distracted by WAP

  5. Who actually won the Hottest 100?

  6. Beatles song or made up phrase (Part 1)

  7. A short sea shanty story

  8. Beatles song or made up phrase (Part 2)

  9. We should not make a White Noise Coin

  10. Josh's sad (but funny) story

  11. Blacker and Josh preview the Oscar's

  12. Friends of the show business

  13. Blacker's favourite song on the Spacey Jane album

  14. Josh's controversial business

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Welcome back to White Noise! Blacker is back in the studio and has brought a few gifts from WA back with him. 

This week the boys remember Funniest Home Videos, analyse the film Yesterday (2019) and review Western Australian newspaper Prosh. 

  1. "Alumni Stories"

  2. Mini golf is a dangerous sport

  3. Yesterday: Spark Notes

  4. Two Plots One Movie

  5. DiD yOU knOW blACkeR wENt tO oXfORd iN YeAR eLEVeN?

  6. Seas of Blood Plug

  7. Josh is out of things to talk about

  8. Prosh 2021 Review

  9. Friends of the show business

If you enjoy the podcast please leave a review and follow us on our social medias!

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Welcome back to White Noise! Following last week's beach discussion, Blacker has returned to the nudist beaches of WA where he can finally be free from whatever it is he studies here. 

Meanwhile, Josh got Tiff and Callum (Blacker's replacement) on to have some good vibes and some good talks about all kinds of things. 

Segments:

  1. Intro

  2. Ranking 2000s animated Disney movies

  3. Favourite Disney movies

  4. Randy "Mr Worldwide" Newman and the multi-lingual versions of "You've got a friend in me"

  5. Outro

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Welcome back to White Noise! This is something of an Easter special (but not really). We laughed a lot during this episode, so we hope you enjoy it as well. 

Segments:

  1. 40 Hours Controversy

  2. Bruce's 40 Hours of Film & Josh's rant

  3. Is the ship still stuck?

  4. Reviewing the WORST Beaches in Australia - #5 will shock you

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  1. Blatantly breaking rule number 1

  2. Josh is a CHAMPION

  3. Friends of the show business

  4. 40 Hours of Film: the sun is GONE

  5. Josh is FAKE NEWS

  6. Last time on: romantic acts of the romantic era

  7. Romantic Acts of the Romantic Era: Hector Berlioz (Part 2)

  8. Denouement

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  1. What's McCrack-A-Lackin!

  2. A crash course in RuPaul's Drag Race

  3. Horses and Bicycles (Shoutout to Luke Hemsworth at 20:11)

  4. Did you know that Dylan is a design student?

  5. The Snatch Game, picking Dylan's favourite judge and lip sync battles (in praise of Tom Holland)

  6. Dylan and Blacker go on the runway

  7. Runway songs

  8. Testimonial: The Blanket Show

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  1. Hey, who turned out the lights? 

  2. Josh teaches us how to be romantic 

  3. Josh’s life changing high school experience

  4. Romantic Acts of the Romantic Era: Hector Berlioz (Part 1)

  5. Rogaine Recount 

  6. Josh's grim run

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Welcome to Season 2 of White Noise! In this exciting opener the boys have a brand new mic, they cover all the updates of friends of the show, they cover some very topical pokemon news, and they reminisce on O-Weeks past. 

  1. Intro: Introducing Rode Michaelrophone

  2. Friends of the Show

  3. Pokemon News (New Pokemon Snap, Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Pokemon Shining Pearl, Pokemon Legends: Arceus) (segment goes from 14:31-31:55)

  4. Flashback Friday: Scav Hunt

  5. Chifley Chat

  6. Outro

We're very excited for the brand new season, so we hope you'll join us for another great year of White Noise

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  1. Intro: Studio O-What A Feeling!

  2. Where’s the Yeet button?

  3. Quantum “Something”

  4. Meet the Mormons

  5. The Blue Nun

  6. Tom Cruise Chat

  7. (Almost) the last day of Summer

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This week, Blacker interviews his high school mate Haseeb. Together they play some chess, reminisce, and talk about Haseeb's social enterprise, MAN UP. 

Hope you enjoy!

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Segments:

  1. Intro: Who is the host this week?

  2. Stuck in the high school glory days

  3. Atomic Frontier vs 40 Hrs of Film

  4. Would you rather: Perth travel edition

  5. Testimonial

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Welcome back to another episode of White Noise with Blacker!

Wait, where's Josh? Good question. Blacker's stuck in Perth's lockdown with nothing to do, so Josh let him record the podcast on his own this week. If it's poor quality, now you know why. 

Segments on this week's show:

  1. Intro: Where's Josh?

  2. How the Blacker family works

  3. Buzzfeed Quizzes

  4. The best states (apart from WA)

  5. Fan questions

  6. Testimonial

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Welcome to the first of our summer series of episodes! Because Blacker is trapped in Perth we're recording these remotely as a stopgap until season 2 premieres in a few weeks time.

This week on the pod, Blacker and I talk ways of shutting each other down while in separated by several locations, our predictions for the Big Bash League Finals this week, and get interrupted by two of my friends who knocked on my door. 

Hope you enjoy!

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Welcome to the exciting conclusion to this White Noise mini-series, based on the Fighting Fantasy gamebook by Andrew Chapman. 

This week, Blacker travels to the final island, and has an epic showdown with a monster. You don't want to miss a moment of this episode. 

Thanks for listening to Seas of Blood! White Noise will return with season 2 in the near future. In the meantime, why not tell a friend how much you enjoyed this mini-series?

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Welcome back to Seas of Blood (Part 3), based on the Fighting Fantasy gamebook by Andrew Chapman. 

This week, Blacker is an all-round awful human being. It's better you don't ask. This is basically the Game of Thrones episode of this series (but one of the better ones, not the final season). 

Tune in next week for the exciting finale!

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Welcome to Seas of Blood, Part 2! (Based on the Fighting Fantasy gamebook by Andrew Chapman)

This week, Blacker continues his journey through the spooky island and travels to a mysterious land ruled by a King. 

Tune in next week for part 3!

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Welcome to episode 1 of Seas of Blood, based on the fighting fantasy gamebook by Andrew Chapman. 

This week, Blacker begins his journey, finds some ships, and goes adventuring on a spooky island. 

Tune in next week for episode 2!

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Good evening and welcome to the official trailer for Seas of Blood! Using the Fighting Fantasy gamebook "Seas of Blood" by Andrew Chapman. 

Starting on New Years Day at 5PM (AEDT), we'll be delivering an epic four-part adventure throughout January until season 2 of the podcast premieres. 

We hope you enjoy this special series (we had a lot of fun making it), and tune in this Friday for the first episode!

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Merry Christmas and Welcome to the White Noise Christmas special! Thanks for joining us on this merry holiday, and we hope you enjoy the finale to Season 1 of White Noise!

This episode is an episode to remember the good times - and the not so good episodes - that we experienced this year. 

Segments:

  1. Dreaming of a White Noise Christmas (Intro)

  2. Reministmas

  3. In Memoriam: The Lemon Spray

  4. Naughty & Nice List

  5. Christmas Movies

  6. Dreaming of a White Noise Christmas (Outro)

Thanks for joining us on the most wonderful day of the year to celebrate the year that was. Seas of Blood: A White Noise Show will debut in a week, on January 1, so start your new year right and listen to White Noise, not fireworks. 

And you'll hear us again soon when Season 2 premieres shortly after the end of the special episodes. See you then!

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Welcome back to Part 2 of this exciting collaboration, and the penultimate episode of the year.

Segments:

  1. Sunburns

  2. Cricket

  3. MCU Facts

  4. Tiff's Nightmare

  5. Doctor Who

  6. Tiffany's Lie

  7. Water Efficiency

  8. Rocket Raccoon is Dead

  9. Salads

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This week we get not another friend of the show, but an enemy of the show on the podcast, and get them to tell interesting stories. 

Segments:

  1. Intro

  2. Pod Themes

  3. The Simpsons

  4. Pet Avengers

  5. What Avenger is Tiff?

  6. Benedict Cumberbatch

  7. Tiff's Parents Were Abudcted

  8. What Avenger is Tiff? (Reprise)

  9. The MCU

  10. Chris Hemsworth

Tune in next week for Part 2!

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We're closing in on the end of season 1 of White Noise, and just like most TV Shows, we're running out of steam.

Segments:

  1. Intro

  2. Guinness World Record Day

  3. Blacker's Weet-Bix Record Story

  4. Josh's Weet-Bix Story

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Welcome back to another late episode of White Noise, we hope the wait was worth it (hint: it's not). 

Segments:

  1. Happy Birthday Mrs Blacker

  2. Josh is bad at music

  3. Bridge to Witch Mountain

  4. Mt Kosciuszko Facts

  5. Prank Calls

  6. Seas of Blood

Thanks for listening!

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Wazzup everyone and welcome back to another episode of White Noise, practically live this week. 

Segments:

  1. Intro

  2. Intro (Reprise)

  3. Brogaine Chat

  4. Three Word Reviews (Narnia Edition)

  5. Secret Snack

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Welcome back to White Noise this week! We recorded this episode live at the ACT Rogaining Championships, so we have a few special guests and random nature sounds thrown in, which is always lovely. 

(We explain what a rogaine is in the episode if you've never heard of it before)

Segments:

  1. Intro

  2. Introducing Maddy, Hannah, and Kelvin

  3. Choosing One Film for Each Year

  4. Rabbit Hash's New Mayor

  5. Outro

We came second in our category, if you're wondering. 

Thanks for listening! See you next week

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We're back! Here's what you can expect this week:

Segments:

  1. Musical Opening

  2. Movember (Donate to Blacker's team MAN UP here: https://au.movember.com/team/2373429?mc=1&utm_medium=share&utm_source=dynamic&utm_campaign=copy-clipboard

  3. Who would win: 1 billion lions vs 1 of every Pokemon

  4. Shrek's Last Name (Revisited)

  5. Shrek 2 guess the scene from the line

  6. Shrek Soundtracks, compared (including musical interludes)

  7. A brief history of the steelpan and its globalisation around the world

  8. Who Will Win: Biden vs Trump?

Hope you enjoy! Check back next week for more quality White Noise

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Welcome back to this week's episode of White Noise. 

Last week, the boys got halfway through talking about Josh's Inward Bound story this year. We ended that episode on a cliffhanger, right before it was about to get good. If you haven't listened to episode 26 ("Dr Seuss is a Fraud"), go do that now!

Now it gets good. 

Hope you enjoy!

Segments:

  1. Bruce Inward Bound (Part Two)

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Welcome to another episode of White Noise!

This week the boys talk about:

  1. The origami hat/ship

  2. Dr Seuss is a fraud

  3. Vocal warmups

  4. Super conductors (idk Blacker wanted to talk about these)

  5. Quantum Computers

  6. The Sims(ulations)

  7. Bruce Inward Bound, Part One

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Welcome back to another episode of White Noise! This week you get to hear the exciting continuation of the discussion with Kazi from last week, from exactly where we left off.

Segments this week:

  1. Intro (recorded 2 weeks later)

  2. Home Alone and the Plaza Hotel

  3. Cinema vs Film

  4. Dinosaurs

  5. First Date Questions

  6. Alvin and the Chipmunks

  7. Mother-Son Bonding Moments

  8. Mrs Robinson

  9. Esio Trot

  10. That time James Corden was on Doctor Who

  11. Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman

  12. Jason Mamoa

  13. Directors

  14. Arrival

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G'day,

This week on the pod the boys are joined by their good friend and all-round upstanding bloke Kazi(mier) Lim. 

This gives them the chance to become infinitely more interesting as they have another person to play off who is (probably) far more interesting than they are. 

Segments this week:

  1. Getting to know Kazi (10 Quick Questions)

  2. Chair chat

  3. Guessing Ikea furniture based on its name

  4. Chair chat (reprise)

  5. Book Club - The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

Note this episode was so long that for the first time ever we're doing a two-parter: next week you can hear the exciting conclusion (in case you thought it ended at an odd time). It definitely wasn't because Blacker broke rule #1. 

Hope you enjoy!

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This week the boys really live up to the name of the podcast and remember the life and times of the one and only RBG. Oh, and there's some other things on there as well. 

Segments:

  1. Remembering RBG

  2. Days of the Week

  3. Game: what is more prevalent in a brownie mix?

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Hello everyone and welcome to a very special bonus episode of White Noise. 

In Episode 21, you may remember the 20 questions game, where the answer, revealed last week, was Jurassic Park. 

In this exclusive bonus episode, the boys discuss this answer live, as Josh reveals he has never seen Jurassic Park all the way through - which Blacker implied would be friendship-ending in episode 20. 

Hope you enjoy!

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This week it's all throwbacks as Josh and Blacker bring up things that were previously mentioned on the podcast - just like all good series do. We discuss Frankenstein and the differences between his pop culture self and his literary self; Blacker quizzes Josh on music demographics; and there's plenty of banter along the way.

Segments:

  1. Intro

  2. 20 Questions Answer Reveal

  3. Frankenstein

  4. Blacker's Music Quiz

As always, thanks for listening. Don't forget to like our Facebook page and subscribe to the podcast to never miss a new episode!

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Welcome back to today's episode of White Noise. This week the boys have a game-filled podcast for you to dip your toes into, so get involved and play along. Our final game for this week encourages you to send in your guesses ahead of next week's episode. 

Also in this week's show, Blacker swore for the first time on the podcast. Luckily, Josh was there to bail him out with some handy editing, but unfortunately that means this episode was edited slightly. 

Segments in the Show:

  1. Intro - Toe Chat

  2. 35th Anniversary of Super Mario Merchandise

  3. Fruit Chat

  4. Rating Systems

  5. 20 Questions

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Welcome back to another episode of the podcast. This week, Blacker is still slightly drugged up and Josh tells the story he hinted at in a previous episode (it wasn't useless after all). 

Segments today:

  1. Tap Chat

  2. Surgery Chat

  3. The time we stole a CD, and it didn't matter until now

  4. Timezones and Running

  5. Outro

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This week the boys continue a bit of the discussion from last week as well as do some foreshadowing for future weeks. 

Segments:

  1. Guess the rip-off song

  2. Chadwick Boseman & racism in the film industry

  3. The AFL Grand Final moves to Brisbane (#Queenslander)

  4. What Greek god are you descended from?

  5. Nintendo Switch Best Selling Games Game

  6. Conclusion

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This week on the podcast we go slightly more serious by seriously living up to our name & description, before bringing you some more light-hearted news from around the world. Perfectly Balanced, as all things should be. 

Segments this week:

  1. The Riddle / The Batman trailer discussion

  2. Paul Simon is a cultural appropriator (and why music theory is racist)

  3. Funny News Stories

  4. The Riddle (Answer)

Further Reading:

http://philipewell.com/

“Confronting Racism and Sexism in American Music Theory,” by Phil Ewell: https://musictheoryswhiteracialframe.wordpress.com/

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An ultimate betrayal on this week's podcast. 

Segments:

  1. The Betrayal

  2. Josh's Book Club

  3. The Cooking Game

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Sadly, Alvin, Simon, and Theodore couldn't come this week so we got the lesser-known Chipmunks of Josh & Blacker to do this week's podcasts (they're from Alvin & The Chipmunks VIII). 

This week we discussed a way you could interact with the show. Send a voice message in here: https://anchor.fm/hwhitenoise/message

Segments:

  1. Intro

  2. The Voice Message

  3. A Film Interlude

  4. Alvin & The Chipmunks

  5. A Film Interlude (Reprise)

Thanks for listening, as always please like the podcast, share with a friend, leave us a review, and like us on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/White-Noise-108657674096530/.

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Blacker & Josh are back with another episode of White Noise this week, with some more banter to end your week (or start it depending on how you listen).

Segments:

1 - The Pirate Opener

2 - Modern Pop Song or Classical Poetry?

3 - The Biggest Australian Conspiracy

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Good afternoon and a very merry Christmas in July to you all! We open the second half of season 1 with our Christmas (in July) special, with a slightly more structured format. It's good to be back!

Segments in today's episode:

  1. The Song Intro

  2. The Shrek Poll

  3. Christmas in July / Oxjam Performance

  4. 20 Questions (Chicken Run)

If you would like to donate to the very good charity initiative of oxjam you can do so here: https://www.oxjam.org.au/donate

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Today is a historic moment - the finale to the first part of season 1. In this episode the boys discuss their favourite and least favourite (mid) season finales ever, in the hopes this episode will stack up to be one of the greats. 

Parts of today's episode:

  1. Blacker's Dream

  2. Trees can't exist

  3. Gravity is wrong

  4. Thanks, teachers

  5. Season finales

  6. The big bombshell

The boys are taking a small break after today's episode but they'll be back in a few weeks refreshed and ready to rumble with the second part of season 1. In the meantime, take a listen (or re-listen) to the season so far and share with all your friends. 

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This week, Blacker quizzes Josh on a set of ethics problems from the NBC TV Show "The Good Place", including everyone's favourite trolley problem and variations. 

Is Josh a Utilitarian? You'll have to listen to find out. 

As always, remember to like and subscribe!

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In this week's episode, Blacker must face Josh's grueling challenge of having to rank the best-selling Nintendo Switch games in order. How will he do?

Also, we spend a bit of time discussing Blacker's cooking habits, and some funny Zoom stories - and Josh breaks Blacker's heart. 

Remember to follow us and share us with your friends!

Segments in this week's episode:

  1. Blacker's cooking

  2. The Nintendo Switch Game Game

  3. Zoom Meeting Pranks

  4. Josh has a podcasting assignment

  5. Blacker's Zoom story that won't get him expelled from Honours

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This week, Blacker and Josh fight over cricket players. It's just like in primary school when you had to choose your soccer team and I would always be picked last. 

This is our longest podcast yet, but we got all our cricket talk out of us so hopefully that won't seep into any more pods. 

Stay tuned for the details of the simulated Blacker XI v Robinson XI.

In the meantime, enjoy the discussion of who would win between a team consisting of players like Smith versus Kohli, or Warner versus Rabada, etc. etc.

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We intended on talking about the internet phenomenon SCP today but we end up going on a variety of tangents. Here's a fun list to keep track of:

  1. The Infinite Ikea

  2. Fan Fiction

  3. Final Space

  4. Lemon Spray

  5. Jaywalking

  6. Road Rules

7: High School Musical: The Musical: The Series: The Documentary

  1. Josh's High School Musical Story

  2. Cordial

  3. The Human Bean

  4. Blacker gets a call from his parents

  5. The 30,000km long Corgi

  6. Claw Machines

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Is Bruce Banner really the Hulk? Why does he have 7 PhDs? Find out more on today's episode. 

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Can't make a sweet fried egg in real life, whatever Blacker says

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I can't believe the truth about the Chum Scrubber and now Spongebob Squarepants has been ruined forever. 

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The boys try their hand at book club

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I'm not Ele-kidding you when I say Josh's teams would beat Blacker's any day

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This is the real Bachelor's Degree.

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Wait till the end, it's really funny. 

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We talk about Rotten Tomatoes top 50 films of the decade genre lists, and stop off to debate the merits of the Shrek and Stuart Little sequels. 

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