Chat 10 Looks 3 is officially a cult. Leaders Sales and Crabb predict the future and look at our current dystopian obsessions, including Margaret Atwood and George Orwell. (This episode brought to you by Gumption and Salada Chocolate Caramel Crack)
Read MoreSales sets a new benchmark in creative swearing as she wrestles with new audio equipment. Yes! We have proper microphones at last! Crabb thinks the recording device looks like a medieval contraceptive crossed with a bomb and advises that they never attempt to fly anywhere with it. Brenda breaks out a creme de menthe to celebrate receipt of an audible podcast.
Read MoreCrabb and Sales look back on a year in reading. Recorded as part of the Sydney Writers Festival at the Roslyn Packer Theatre, 27 May 2017. (Thanks to SWF for providing the audio.) Warning: includes S-Town spoiler!
Read MoreSales insists on showing Crabb visual jokes about music notes while cry-laughing. Yes, it's one of those episodes. Crabb gets her own back by eating a box of delicious treats dropped off by a listener - and we have the recipe! There's a row over who's hogging the chat but there's only one loser - tuba players. Again.
Read MoreSpoiler alert! Crabb and Sales watch the first episode of the new season of The Americans and tell you all about it. The conclusion: "it has to end in catastrophic doom!!" The chat then turns into a Richard-Fidler-love-fest. Sales reveals that a few years ago she was lucky enough to conduct a rare interview with him about his life. (Brenda has proof on a USB stick).
Read MoreRecorded backstage at the Sydney Writers Festival. Sales and Crabb dissect the history of Donald Trump's hair and how it feels to 'witter' away at one of your favourite authors. There is a sweet anecdote about Roger Moore, plus discussion about John McCain and how nostalgia has become a refuge.
Read MoreBeginning with a touching discussion on early motherhood, holocaust survivors and scholarship recipients, Sales and Crabb then have a stab at poetry appreciation. "Look on this podcast, ye mighty, and despair". Thankfully the chat moves on to some new TV and podcast recommendations!
Read MoreIt is Sales' birthday! Plenty of cry laughing and clanging with mentions to scoffing pizza on live TV, having a late dinner with Armando Iannucci plus Brad Pitt channelling Zoolander. (Dedicated to Mark Colvin who passed away 11 May 2017)
Read MoreCrabb and Sales chat about S-Town, Oprah, exploding whales and tuba players with bum acne. There is the inevitable mention of Garner. Apparently Sales indulges in some dance moves inspired by “Every Musical Ever”. Both reveal a backlog in their "must-read-and-watch" lists. Frustratingly we do not get the details about Sales’ early night after the Logies!?
Read MoreDeux, derr, DUH! (Crabb and Sales go all out with their French pronunciation skills). A diverse range of topics are whized through: the Dixie Chicks concert, John Howard as Mark Colvin, books on political intrigue, the S-Town podcast from Alabama plus the art of writing a weekly column. There are plenty of distractions, including rose gold laptops and whether Crabb has left it too late to pick up the kids on time.
Read MoreDeux, derr, DUH! (Crabb and Sales go all out with their French pronunciation skills). A diverse range of topics are whized through: the Dixie Chicks concert, John Howard as Mark Colvin, books on political intrigue, the S-Town podcast from Alabama plus the art of writing a weekly column. There are plenty of distractions, including rose gold laptops and whether Crabb has left it too late to pick up the kids on time.
Read MoreThe 50th episode! Surely not? There is plenty of clanging, including some competitive clanging over Armando Iannucci. Sales has been getting chummy with Iannucci and Bill Nighy, while Crabb has been hanging out with the world’s 50 best chefs. There is an hysterical meltdown over a list of the 2017 AFL players’ names.
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