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Pie Hard is a show about Collingwood, unearthing the hidden stories, strange beauty and offbeat culture of the Pies and beyond. For more Pie Hard check us out at: linktr.ee/piehard
Pie Hard returns to ride the Daicos family bronco, analyse 'that' goal and the Carlton win, our standout rookies, the Buckley auction, veteran report cards, Fly's hard edge, to draft or to trade, plus our rating of the top ten Magpie marks this century. Giddyup!
Pie Hard returns mid hangover to analyse the Collingwood malaise, blame the fixture, send an SOS to Graham Wright, denounce John Farnham, query Fly's writer's room, lament game style deficiencies, retire old veterans, compliment only two players and generally remember how good last year was
In Part 2, we chat the redemption of John Noble, Darcy Moore in Speedos, Dane Swan’s foray into food television, Murphy’s concussions, De Goey’s digs, plus our suggestion for Craig McRae’s new motivational theme for Collingwood’s premiership defence, and our Ned Guy ‘he’ll surprise you’ picks for the most improved player for the upcoming season
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We return for a new season of pie hard with the pod version of a double-header. We describe our experience of getting clean off Collingwood post Grand Final and then relapsing again and again, revisit the post-premiership orgasm, rate our favourite offseason narratives, discuss Graham “Contiki” Wright’s Euro Gap Year, breakdown Collingwood’s recent foray into the cinematic universe, plus we chat offseason movements, Mini Mihocek, Craig McRae’s self-imposed use by date and Isaac Quaynor’s phenomenal summer
We wrap up an immortal season marinated in red wine, stuffed with wholesome, and basted in the succulent juices of ultimate glory in the most indulgent breakdown of Collingwood's 16th premiership yet
We celebrate a bumper grand final week with all the hard news, hard asks, hard predictions and hard plans leading into Saturday's mega climax
We marinate in the glory of a special preliminary final victory, discuss the relationship debit and credit system ahead of grand final week, the art of Cuddleball, our run in with some old saints, De Goey the giant slayer, the loss of McStay, and revisit your favourite red wine replays from Collingwood’s one-point victory against GWS
We take preliminary final lessons from mythology, necromancy, tattoo artists, miracle hamstrings and Colombian remedies, plus our attempts to look good, smell good, feel good, play good, and we find out what's on your mind ahead of Collingwood’s 11th prelim in 22 years
We spend the week off renaming Collingwood babies and magpie sculptures, discussing the Maynard shitstorm, deciphering the new culinary gameplan, preparing the premiership poster, and planning a glorious weekend of self-care and injury schadenfreude
Pie Hard returns for a bumper finals series featuring Qualifying Final predictions, selection conundrums, private jets, moon phases, Grand Final entertainment, Nick's knee cream, Fly's keynote and Oleg's underpants
Pie Hard turns to the people to address your questions and anxieties, feat. dirty grand final apparel, Nick VS Josh, our preferred finals matchup, Fly's mind games, a Malthouse return, ice cold Crownies, Jarrod 'druid' Wade, and our plans for a Collingwood army fleet of lime scooters
Pie Hard rediscovers the club's mojo with a brand new Terrace Talk, juicy red wine replay, Ginni and the recipe of team selection, Bobby's break-out, the Moore injury, Nick's bone broth, Fly's man crush, Ken Done pastels, and is it finally time for a Jarrod Wade badge?
We bemoan the lack of red wine, unpick the team malaise, and dissect the three act structure of the Collingwood season, plus a secret visit to the halls of power, navigating life after wholesome, Damien's Daicos family connection, and our foolproof recipe for getting the team back on track
We chat apparel jinxes, ins & outs, the Howe move and the Cox question plus Daicos contract extensions, Jeff Browne hair extensions, the IQ fragrance, Magpie cookware and Heretier’s new business
We chat love bombing Fly and bully boy Ken, goon bags or aperol spritz, football therapy, Nathan's string, that Beau McCreery kick, the Mason Seinfeld jibe, Graham’s signing spree, plus the deliciously low stakes Carlton game and finding the gumption to mention the P word
Pie Hard turns seventy with more pizza pie and red wine replay, plus kid talk, Collingwood crocs, Daicos diary, Nathan's imminent return, the beauwatch extension and our thoughts on Port the beverage and the opponent
We chat Belarusian prison tattoos, Daicos spheres, country footy bashings, Peter dancing in the aisles, Pendlebury pizza, Ginnivan's future, our IQ admiration club and Gabriel Gaté inspired magpie cooking shows
We chat about the key to getting Taylor Swift down to Collingwood, edging, contrast therapy, weaponising happiness, the Ben King fitness test and the brands turning to the Pies to endorse their products
In a special bye episode of Pie Hard, we count down the hardest moments from the first half of the season
We enlist AI to help decipher a rare loss, debate the pros and cons of segregating fans, why bigger slides are better, the problem with Grundy's portrait, the players code, flu fatigue and the lessons of Jens Voigt, non hungover contract extensions, shitty ghost written biographies, the beauty of the bye, plus the cultural high water mark of 2000's Sunsilk commercials featuring Matthew Lokan.
We chat second teams, Carlton Schadenfreude, Pies media watch, wholesome gods and the unlikely Collingwood totem, plus our bombshell road trip strategy, the Pie Hard time capsule, milestone men and the Steele biopic
We chat about love bombing Marvel Stadium, cannibal football sides, Carlton sapping the vibe, adorable Ash, floating stadium parties, hotel mini bar hacks, Bezos’ free pies, the river of Collingwood hate slime, and in honour of his 300th game, we share some lesser known Steele Sidebottom facts
We chat about missing games due to cursed in-flight wifi, match day indulgences, how not to approach magpie legends in the wild, plus we explore Jungian archetypes, animal menageries, red wine replays and our genuine love of the wholesome Pies
We chat Camilla and the coronation pies, 'striker' Mihocek, the Collingwood Benjamin Button, sinister swans and the return of the boo debate, Jeff Browne's dicky groin, plus our guide to tailgate parties and surviving the fixture solstice
Welcome to Daicosic Park, a podcast suspended in amber resin, featuring both the Adelaide and Anzac day games, the Collingwood Richo, player doxing, the unhateable Pies, e-bike bliss, Darcy orations, sad sundays, Flying V's, disgusting umpiring, bean bag reviews, medicinal remedies plus the celebrity chef race and more Pie culture than the American 60 minutes
We taste test Gather round weet-bix & wines, carwash tube men, 'Lucky' injuries, the old ruckman debate, another fucking basketballer recruit, plus Beauwatch hits the road, your most versatile pies and our favourite all time Anzac day memories
We chat about Albino wallabies, schedule losses, PR Hyperbole, Harlem Globetrotters, Tom Browne’s Collingwood mole, the Pies forgotten ruck hope, selling home games, a team full of Daicoses, pieswashing, Collingwood’s home in Adelaide, and our plans for 4:20pm Sunday
We chat about afterglow champagne, dick and balls graffiti, removing the lid, supporter beast mode, bullshit boundary signs, WHE and the maligned magpies, body language shaming with Peter Frampton, plus Nick and the Michelangelo finger
We chat about Darcy the Vampire Slayer, sensory overload, the MCG scent, basting the opposition, key bumps in the outer, plastered Peter, dressing for football in March and Terrace Talk returns
McRae's difficult second album, anointing the Collingwood Ataturk, predicting the next cult pie, ugly ass wharf pylons, the AFL merch shakeup, moving Mihocek magnets, invoicing Ed Sheeran and our honest season predictions
In a new episode of Pie Hard, Alex and Damien count down the hardest moments from Collingwood's offseason
Paul Williams was the poster boy of 90s Collingwood. His ability to kick long running goals captivated supporters during a dark time when team success eluded the Magpies. We chat with Paul about his bromance with Graham Wright, Nathan Buckley's basketball skills, those running goals, player curfews and nightclub bans, end of season trip bonding, rooming with Monkey, coach Tony Shaw’s visionary game plans, the meeting with Mick Malthouse that sealed his fate at Collingwood, moving to Sydney, Bloods culture, getting sacked from Carlton via courier and how he’s rekindled his love for the pies
Peter McKenna the Rastafarian, Fly Spray, Collingwood royalty, the big Steele, gigantic portion sizes, the three-martini lunch, second favourite teams and MCG Magpie flash mobs.
Heath Shaw is the only member of the Collingwood Rat Pack to reach 300 AFL games. We chat with Heater about the secret to his longevity, playing in front of the Magpie Army, what he’d call his autobiography, his bitter exit from the Pies and the team sacrifice that led to the ultimate glory.
Gerard and the Collingwood Grim Reaper, the Jolimont groove, Beau "The Claw" McCreery, the rising trend of unofficial suburban player meet and greets, and more last minute heroics from Jamie Elliott and the procrastinating Pies.
For our 50th episode, we bookend a truly memorable win against the trash talking Demons, record raw from the streets of Collingwood as we walk to the game, discuss what makes the ultimate footy pub and explore the club’s dark history of hotel ownership, plus contract trigger clauses, free agency bites, Grundy’s sacrifice, and we review the Magpies' 11th win in a row
'That' Jamie ~~Oliver~~ Elliott Goal, mid season draft party crashers, Lethal’s sleepless night, Daicosian calendar re-re-visited, breakaway rebel leagues and our selection and finals crystal ball
Collingwood hypnosis, Daicos in Hollywood, condiment chaos in Adelaide, anti-germ sponsored content, Leon, salacious trade rumour mongering and Scott Pendlebury call signs
We roll out the Robbie Williams red carpet, celebrate another Magpie renaissance, discuss Saverio's Hall of Fame snub, Taylor's new look, McStay's underwhelming Wikipedia page, Fly's family vibes, post-injury body language, plus introducing 'Shawry' the play, and your dream Magpie musicals.
McRae’s Mount Rushmore, one way crowds, heightened expectations, Browne comedy, Collingwood themed sandwiches, Maxy moves on, Tony wins a Logie, Coolangatta Gold, plus your ultimate interstate footy trips
In another quiet week for Collingwood, we chat mid-season breakage, trending Magpies, awkward video apologies, De Goey solutions, spontaneous Bruzzy love and we revisit the seminal 1991 VHS classic, Daicos Magic.
A Queen’s Birthday masterpiece, the prophecy of sexy pies, free agency porn, a Daicosian calendar bombshell, the Masonaissance, Caviar bumps with the President, 150th birthday player unveilings and we imagine what a Magpie metaverse might look like.
The Entrecôte throttler, pugilist Swan and Nhill duck, rogue umpiring, media baiting, grand designs by Chris Tarrant, De Goey’s dream mid season break and our very own progressive arts festival featuring Shane Morwood’s carved ice gullet
A Magpie Masterpiece in three parts, Jarrod Wade and the unexpected injury boon, drinking Penfolds Grange at the football, mid season draft musing, is Dekka’s time up?, and we go undercover inside the Collingwood President’s Club.
A noble effort, player’s signing stuff, chicken wing etymology, meat pie cannons, the gift that keeps on Ginnivan, Magpies on the punt, ‘that’ Saverio Rocca hit, Roughhead’s Coogi moment and we solve the AFL’s attendance problem.
James Clement is a CEO, Director and former Collingwood champion currently living in Perth. He’s remembered for his versatility as a defender, being able to play on small and tall forwards and being exceptional one-on-one with superb rebound line-breaking abilities. In 2021, the AFL ranked Clement as Collingwood’s best defender of the 21st century. He possesses a high football intellect but rarely gives interviews. In a Pie Hard exclusive, we chat about his low key retirement from the Pies and why he wouldn’t change a thing, his move from Fremantle to Collingwood and the pitch from Mick Malthouse that won him over, his early memories of living in Melbourne and stepping inside Victoria Park for the first time, Collingwood’s much-loved ‘foreign legion of misfits’, which teammate was affectionately named after a volleyball, recasting himself as an All-Australian running rebound defender, the James Hird push in the back fiasco, his thoughts on former protege Héritier Lumumba and the player he would hand his number 8 jumper to, the cultural challenges faced by old institutions, and his high-flying career post football.
Prince Ginnivan and the elixir of youth, old man Leigh, Dead Poets Society feat. Fly McRae, Vintage Pendles, Grundy vs Bucks, Cox vs Cameron, Cloke talk, and your all time favourite Magpie haircuts.
Standing room only, Anzac '95 and who Bucks should've kicked it to, Mark McGough's MCG commute, Master Splinter returns, your favourite Malthouse memories, which eye catching Magpie will turn it on this Anzac Day and more
We uncover Collingwood’s musical connection, Slash guitar solos, Villainous Selwood, Fly’s stock pot, Horizontal Tay Tay, Magpie ankle trackers, Darcy felafel royalty and we preview the team's much anticipated return to the Dome.
We delve into the Krooooooooger chant, knob fiddling coaches, Da Vinci code banners, Ginnivan's Boris Johnson energy, the mic'd up Swede, full frontal pies and your weirdest footballer encounters.
Pie Hard chats with Shane “Morf” Morwood about the 1990 Grand Final, the time the entire Collingwood team almost died on a pre-season camp, Athas Hrysoulakis’ blistered feet, his fierce views on the modern mullet, the showbiz nickname Leigh Matthews hated, plus his take on coaching, team culture and Craig McRae’s new look Pies
We chat Collingwood opp shop finds, Jeff Browne's AFL smackdown, membership ladders, the origins of the Pies new training jumper, the Squid King, MCG's new look menu and how the club's membership packages could be improved.
In our first episode of 2022 we break down Mason's new look, debut our season launch slogan, chat 90s sitcom pies, Denis Banks oration, legacy buffing, the problem with Nike and Daicos' high-flying handball clinic.
We chat with Josh Fraser about the pressures of being a high draft pick at Collingwood, his first impressions of Victoria Park, those lost grand finals and his recent return to the Pies as a coach. Plus Big Dog Browne, the De Goey conundrum, a delicious Daicos sandwich and more.
We chat with premiership Magpie Luke Ball about what it was like crossing to the Pies, how the rat pack made him a better footballer, the rigorous coach selection process that led Collingwood to Craig McRae and who to blame if it all goes pear. Plus, Luke’s aspirations for the Collingwood Presidency, which player Fly singled out in the interview process and we reveal the 2010 premiership side’s group chat name.
We look at the new generation of Magpie teen stars, discuss our favourite coming of age films, revisit Tony Shaw the marathon man, a gloved up Josh Daicos, brotherly bloodlines, Collingwood’s Scottish connection, and which young Pie we’ve nicknamed ‘the Greyhound’
Pie Hard dives head first into the biggest news story to hit the club since the Magpie Button – the search for the next senior coach. We look back at how it all started for Matthews, Shaw and Malthouse, and how (spoiler alert) each ended in a fiery demise, before turning our attention to the current search and the bizarre physical quirk that ties all great Magpie coaches together. Plus, Collingwood’s new dirt-encrusted timepiece and we reveal why our next coach will be unveiled inside a Suzuki Mighty Boy
We catch up with club legend turned Football Director Paul Licuria about the Collingwood board, the coach search, what makes a great Collingwood spa, and his enduring relationship with Rob Lowe.
The knives are out at Collingwood and with Jeff Browne’s intentions clear we check in with passionate supporter David “Turtle” Hatley to talk about the latest statement from the board, how he got the nickname “Turtle”, what he intends to do with the signatures, and find out what snacks were on offer when he met with Mark Korda
Ahead of Collingwood’s insurrection the boys ask if it’s Coup or couP, take a look back at Alex Waislitz’s python, break down the United Petroleum Balls Up, pour one out for the homey Collingwood Clips, and drop our most shocking BLASSphemy yet. This is Pie HARD.
We give new president Mark Korda an exciting new image makeover, talk mixed social media messages, Jamaican pies, haircut wars, and in their hour of need, we pitch our idea for a new pre-game hype song to Collingwood, enlisting the help of the greatest Hollywood action movie star that ever lived
On this week’s pod/group therapy session, we meet Collingwood’s Mr Fix It, discuss your favourite 50 games (or fewer) Magpies and ask the longest suffering supporters we know (our Dads) what’s one thing they’d change if they were the club president for a day. Plus, we chat doomscrolling, gastro subs, denim shorts, the day Diana died and why the children are our future.
Beating the blues, footy's first billionaire, more Moore fangirling, power vacuums, we launch our first ever giveaway and take a look back at the infamous Collingwood underworld figure, raconteur and idol of Eddie's, John Wren.
We discuss THAT interview, interrogate Brodie Grundy’s flag aspirations, ask if drafting dumb is the key to success, revisit Eddie’s most enduring legacy, pair players with wines, explore the idea of ‘conscious coach uncoupling’ and riff on our predictions for the season ahead.
In our first pod for 2021, we discuss Collingwood's uncharacteristically quiet start to the year, share our offseason hard ons and flops, ask which baby magpie will take flight, talk black Nike puffer jackets, drumming mascots, and we chat with Rana Hussain, Broadcaster, Writer, Presenter and member of the Collingwood Football Club's newly formed Expert Group on Anti-Racism.
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Our Elimination final hard ons and flops, why Mihocek deserves to get the money, greatest upsets in the history of mankind, we anoint the next Pendlebury, why @Collingwoodclips deserves life membership, Pie Hard Semi final preview, manufacturing motivation against the Cats and moore
Coach Culls and Coach Killers, Bad Finals Series Slogans, Collingwood's Cleanskin Connection, Eau De Parfum Collingwood, Dirty Ass Pies and the secret to winning in the west
Mason the One-Eyed Cox, Magpie Spam, Unorganised Structure, Rising Stars, Eddie's Diplomatic Nightmare and God Save Scott Pendlebury
Rivalries, what happens to the Grand Final sprint, return of the destination club, glove trivia, and future father sons.
Collingwood and disappointment are firm friends, but is everything as bad as the media and social media doomsdayers suggest? We take a Pie Hard look at the club's current predicament, player care packages and why footballers on cameo don't work. Plus, we've heard of coaching handovers but what about hand backs?
We investigate what's gone wrong with season 2020, Hub conjugal visits, discuss Buckley getting caught having sets with Alicia Molik, and we review the growing trend of players calling their Mums when they get a game
The Pies are Maroochydore bound but reviews of their new resort style hotel paint a grim picture. We propose a radical 'Australia A' style selection concept to combat the fixture squash, plus with no VFL is TikTok a viable performance indicator
Collingwood and internal investigations go together like a pie and sauce. As the only podcast providing high-level commentary on CFC culture, we conduct our own investigation
Pie Hard asks who the hell is Pat McAfee, we explore the history of the AFL's American superfans, discuss end of season trips in the corona age and look at some of the dangers that await players at their new WA based hub.
Pie Hard welcomes premiership player & rat pack co-founder Ben Johnson to the pod. In a revealing chat, Ben shares his tips for young AFL players looking to start their own rat pack, we discuss St Kilda's 'shoulda coulda woulda bullshit', which magpie is the next Dane Swan, the Milne bounce of the ball, booze-fuelled fist fights, the best captain he played under, the secret to not getting sacked, and how being called a weak prick by coach Mick Malthouse saved his career.
Introducing PIEATUS, a Collingwood retrospective podcast for the iso age. Take a ride with us back to 2010. To a simpler time when rotations were uncapped, when a masterful senior coach devised a cunning game plan inspired by a military unit of the Roman army, and when a washed up football journeyman became the Magpies' missing link.
Pie Hard returns for season 2020 harder than ever. Join us as we reveal Terrace Talk recorded behind enemy lines, reveal which Pie won the offseason, discuss a year of magpie milestones and bury the podcast wobbles once and for all
From loveable rogues to convicted felons, Collingwood has had them all. In this episode of Pie Hard, we look at the club's bad boys whose colourful life choices and penchant for punch-ups made headlines over the years.
Collingwood's renaissance man, Nathan Buckley coach and art critic, a WEG retrospective and why there should be more celebration of Collingwood at Collingwood.
On the verge of a bumper ski season, Pie Hard decamp to Mt Donna Buang ahead of the BF5 against Melbourne. Listen as we dissect the Demon's annus horribilis, talk hubcap cheese boards and settle the dominant ruck debate once and for all.
There are traditional rivals and then there is Sydney. From Presidential punch-ups over the cost of living allowance to failed poaching attempts, Pie Hard heads up the Hume to resume hostilities.
The Billion Dollar Man, Magpie Illuminati, Collingwood's Graceland, Perth's Prawn Baron and more.
We relive the first Anzac Day Blockbuster, ask which players would star in Pie Hard the Movie, and hint at a selection bombshell this week
The Richmond Game, Darcy 'Gazelle' Moore, The Brayden Sier Mystery, Club Sponsorships and more...