Crabb visited family in Singapore over summer and discovered the delights of holidays with cousins who can entertain each other round the clock ... a glorious binge of reading ensued, some of which is covered here. (Crabb is now sulkily back at work)
Read MoreWe've hit the ton (as new cricket tragic Sales would say) and our loveable bunglers have finally mastered the audio well enough to give Chatters the greatest gift ever - a mindblowingly special guest!
Read MoreCrabb and Sales are back and refreshed from their summer break! Crabb has been indulging her love of prehistoric novelty-sized plants while Sales is now even more of a clock-watcher, after becoming obsessed with Christian Marclay’s The Clock.
Read MoreSales and Crabb look back on 2018. Recorded live at the ANU on Sun 9 December.
Read MoreCrabb and Sales are in sync. They have both been consuming works about horror and the art of writing.
Read MoreJust a few kilometres from the hallowed MCG, and in front of a live audience of 2400 people, Crabb and Sales recreate Shane Warne taking his 700th wicket. And they've seen every version of A Star Is Born. Recorded live in Melbourne.
Read MoreBumbling Brenda stumbled across a podcast that Crabb and Sales recorded and sent to her ages ago! The Warne interview may have come and gone but it is never too late to hear Sales and Crabb discussing fielding positions, sledging tactics and soaking fruit in booze.
Read MoreCrabb and Sales have been doing some serious reading about people on the margins. Sales still manages to drop a major clang but mercifully doesn’t join the ranks of Michael Caine impersonators.
Read MoreCrabb revels in her opportunity to drop the phrases “pantry items” and “innovative indexes” while discussing her new cook book. You can hear Crabb’s eyes rolling when Sales claims she could improve on the recipes by adding in “a few extra ingredients” and removing all the capers.
Read MoreBoth Crabb and Sales are getting all judgy from their moral high grounds. Lots of art forms are discussed as well as the new Chat 10 Looks 3 Bookshop.
Read MoreRecorded live at the Heath Ledger Theatre in Perth on September 15th.
Read MoreSales has written a book and Crabb has read it. Discussion ensues.
Read MoreCrabb is stunned to discover that Sales is reading and enjoying a book of poetry. Could capers and tuna be on the menu next?
Read MoreSince Sales and Crabb last met the country has a new Prime Minister. Politics these days seems like a workplace with the conflict buttons dialed up to eleven.
Read MoreSales notes that Crabb seems to know an awful lot about Cocktail, a film she claims to hate so much. Crabb admits that she retains reprehensible details of worthless projects. [Cue: Kokomo sing along] Tom Cruise, Steve Jobs and Brian Mannix all get mentions, which leads to the question: Why do we accept that geniuses and celebrities should be able to act like monsters!?
Read MoreThis somewhat 'vintage' episode from earlier this year is like a perfectly cellared bottle of wine that is now at its prime, ready to be consumed before it starts to turn rancid. Enjoy the fully matured flavours that contain a hint of citrus. (Recorded live at Orange Civic Theatre on 26 May 2018.)
Read More[This episode was recorded just before the sudden death of Dale Sales, legendary Dad and human. He is much mourned.] Crabb feels a bit off kilter when Sales is nice to her for the second episode in a row, but everything returns to normal when she is subjected to some Salesplaining. Crabb and Sales reflect on some recent True Crime Podcasts and whether this format is a beacon of hope for investigative journalism.
Read MoreSPOILER ALERT. This entire episode is about the final season and the finale of The Americans. Normal chatting will resume next episode.
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