The Fireside Chat ORIGINAL

109 - Proximity

Tue, 21 Apr 2026 19:22:07 GMT

Bunnings trade section. Becoming landscapers. Bunnings sausage prices. Onions. Peanut allergies. Chimp civil war. US navy food. Neighbour dispute. Boring explanation of Matt's property boundary issues. Fake maple syrup. Fake Lego. Advice column. GLP-1s. More neighbour disputes. Ed doesn't know what a spark plug is. Fake advice columns. Movie Talk. Outwitting ourselves. Baldness drugs. The male insecurity market.

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108 - Gaslighting

Wed, 01 Apr 2026 08:53:53 GMT

Sydney. Public transport tickets. Petrol prices. Dezi Freeman. Big Arch. Fast food news. Turkey mince guy. Advice column. Crazy conversations on the train. Gaslighting. Yet more toilet seat talk. Ed and Matt gush about Mad Men. Moon. Russell Crowe. Movie Talk. Kit Kat heist.

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106 - Impersonation

Tue, 24 Feb 2026 21:00:18 GMT

Matt didn't go to the gym. Renovations. Toilet glitch on aircraft carrier. Simulation games. Wrapping up the Winter Olympics. Altitude sickness. Australia Post uniforms. Throwing stuff away. What presents to get kids. Ed stores his stuff in Alex's shed. Fly in the sauce. Ed lies about finding a redback on his shoe. Matt loses it. Talking pizza. Taking driving tests for other people. Cars are evil. Dutch person impersonation. What happened at the BAFTAs. Ricky Gervais. A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms. Scheming eunuchs.

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105 - Heroism

Wed, 18 Feb 2026 21:36:52 GMT

Low ratings. Toilet update. Pissing on the floor. Bum Farto. Penis injections update. BBLs. Cricket. WWI ordinance in anus. Hero Alex. Albury emergency landing. Hero Indian restaurant. Vigilante justice. Phone thieves. Big Issue. Winter Olympics AI plagiarism. Olympians running out of condoms. Norwegian ski rage. Ed and Matt sound the same. Doomsday cults. Keto. Dropped burger. Pre-wake McDonald's. Food is bad in the UK. Sandwich chat. Matt painstakingly recounts a scene from The Founder for some reason. Other podcasts that are better than ours. Culture is dead. Futurama.

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104 - Loyalty

Wed, 11 Feb 2026 19:54:54 GMT

Mea culpa. Movie Talk. Cool phone numbers. Pokemon license plates. Quantitative easing. Dennis the Menace. Winter Olympics. Penis injections. Scrotum injections. Epstein contrarians. Superbowl. Parma vs parmi vs parmo. Chip butty. Chinese food by the quart. Parma banh mi. Roll in a roll. Surprise divorce party. Helicopter weight tests. Listening to other podcasts. Munich. The War Nerd. Voice mail. Aliens. Corner shop loyalty. Counterfeit tobacco. Bluey in WWII. Harry Potter.

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103 - Imitation

Wed, 04 Feb 2026 20:43:00 GMT

Ice. Spice Girls. Savage Garden. More AI slop. Air conditioner repairs. Glacier expedition. Advice for a doctor. Youngest Brian. George R.R. Martin. Wild Horses. Apple TV. The Rip again. Testosterone. The NHS. Lords. Epstein emails. One-star reviews. Bridges. Great Barrier Reef. Uluru. Big Ben. Leaving the toilet seat up when you pee. Golf. Pinatas. Fairy bread. Colin the Caterpillar. Henry the Hoover. Old stuff that was built to last.

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102 - Replicability

Tue, 20 Jan 2026 18:13:57 GMT

Grilled chicken. Email. Six Seven. Height. Space. Movie Talk. Ancient Troy. Ben Affleck and Matt Damon. Crocodile. Shark. Animal autopsies. Confused tourists. One-star reviews. Hearse in the drive-thru. Dodgy guy. Tradespeople. Alex DIY. Black mould. Chips on the beach. Microplastics. The crisis of replicability. Chat GPT ads. Banning Nazis. New words of 1900. Zeppelins. GTA V. Subscription computing. Reading.

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101 - Resurrection

Thu, 08 Jan 2026 16:11:16 GMT

Sinkhole. Trains. Guy smoking crack. Blue Monday. Blood tests. Slop. Christmas in Devon. Cream or jam. Matt is dumb. Quiz shows. Christmas dinner. Burgers. Lining up for food. Lining up for the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II. The Christian Fireside Chat podcast. Parenting. Uncle mode. Safe Schools. Burke and Wills. The closure of the frontier. Jason the barber. World's smallest penis. Swedish politician's balls. The Bourne movies. Electric Blue by Icehouse.

107 - Resentment

Thu, 12 Mar 2026 13:23:04 GMT

Burger wars. Memories of McDonald's. Star Wars. Jurassic Park. Real estate agents. Mortgage brokers. Japanese gold bars. Complaining about people getting public transport. Complaining about cars being too big. Dymocks. The Simpsons. Uncle. Giving blood. Flavoured milk. Repeating blood test stuff. Divorce party follow-up. Lambs brain on toast.

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Romans 8:11

Tue, 06 Jan 2026 19:57:52 GMT

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