Badgered

THIS IS OUR FINAL EPISODE THIS SEASON. 

HONESTLY I CAN'T BELIEVE WE MADE IT THIS FAR, AND I'M REALLY PROUD OF US.

In this episode, Kevin and Bilal recap the entire first season of Badgered, and weigh the strengths and struggles of each of their podcast ideas this (pilot) season.

They talk about what it takes to start (and continue) a podcast all about creative writing. Kevin is humble again, and Bilal tries to use the word 'untenable' without sounding pretentious. Only one of them is successful. They discuss viewership, success, and what they're passionate about continuing to do from here.

Stay for the end of the episode to witness the birth of a new idea!

Badgered is a podcast all about being a creative writer living and working in Western Sydney. We share our creative writing online, and we record our writing process so you can follow along and get tips for your own work. You can email us on [email protected] if you've got any enquiries, want to give us some encouragement, or want to share any work that we inspired you to write!

Links for this episode:

Underground mag? was actually UNDERBELLY, I GOT IT WRONG! - Here is the link https://www.underbellymag.com/about

Also it's 'The Western', here's the episode with our amazing colleague Lamisa - https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-western-podcast-lamisa-haque-s4e07/id1370752842?i=1000523372823

And the link to the 'No Water Breaks' podcast - https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zb3VuZGNsb3VkLmNvbS91c2Vycy9zb3VuZGNsb3VkOnVzZXJzOjkxODczMTQ3MC9zb3VuZHMucnNz/episode/dGFnOnNvdW5kY2xvdWQsMjAxMDp0cmFja3MvOTU0OTM1NzQz?sa=X&ved=0CAUQkfYCahcKEwig5IrmmYjyAhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQAg&hl=en-AU

If you stuck with us this long, and you're reading to the end of these show notes, we love you with our whole hearts. Thank you for the support, and drop us a line sometime. We'd love to have a chat about writing, or anything else! Stay safe, and well, and catch you next season!

- Bilal and Kevin

In this pilot, Kevin and Bilal talk about their biggest Digital Disasters. Kevin laments at his music loss, and Bilal is still cut up about the photos on his phone.

This episode's got bikies and breakfast, digital foils and victories, and the moral qualms of downloading cartridge ROMS.

Tune in to hear about Kevin's saga of repairing a Gameboy SP, and Bilal driving to Kevin's house at midnight for a copy of Windows.

Enjoy!

Link to British man fixing Gameboy SP https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DleS18FRV0k

Link to the EverDrive Kev bought (he bought the last one, but it looks like it's back in stock) - https://www.amazon.com.au/EVERDRIVE-EverDrive-GBA-X5-Mini/dp/B0052URK0Q

You can email us on [email protected] if you've got any enquiries, want to give us some encouragement, or want to share any projects that we inspired you to start (or finish)!

In this episode, Kevin and Bilal interview each other, about each other. Kevin is treading in the waters of life, Bilal manipulates Kevin into complimenting him, and they both ask each other questions to understand the humans of this room they're in.

You can email us on [email protected] if you've got any enquiries, want to give us some encouragement, or want to share any projects that we inspired you to start (or finish)!

StoryCorps Link - https://storycorps.org/participate/great-questions/

10 Mary Street, by Peter Skrzynecki - http://englishsc.weebly.com/10-mary-street.html

Bladerunner, 'Tears in Rain' Monologue - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoAzpa1x7jU

In this pilot for our DIY Podcast, Bilal and Kevin bicker about the aircon temperature, discuss smacking car batteries like watermelons, and what it's like being an anxious millennial.

We delve into the wonders of owning your own Dremel, and how to make structural improvements to cardboard boxes.

Kevin talks all about redoing his floors, and they both discuss repairing things around the house, and navigating the expectations and realities of being an adult.

You can email us on [email protected] if you've got any enquiries, want to give us some encouragement, or want to share any projects that we inspired you to start (or finish)!

In the car on the way to the Bankstown Poetry Slam, Kevin and Bilal jump into the nitty-gritty bureaucratic nonsense of being a writer. Bilal talks about where and how he saves his poetry, and Kevin is appalled. As always, Kevin is a lot more organised. 

Tune in to learn how to (and how definitely not to) keep your writing safe. 

Badgered is a podcast all about being a creative writer living and working in Western Sydney. We share our creative writing online, and we record our writing process so you can follow along and get tips for your own work.

You can email us on [email protected] if you've got any enquiries, want to give us some encouragement, or want to share any work that we inspired you to write!

Enjoy :)

In this next pilot, Kevin and Bilal explore the stories that had a huge impact on them growing up.

This episode is all about Avatar: The Last Airbender. They talk about their love for the show, what makes it totally fantastic, and the lessons they took away from it as adults.

Then they try to rank the most influential characters from the show on their lives.

It gets messy...

This is a special episode, where Kevin and I drove to the Bankstown Poetry Slam (the largest regular poetry slam in Australia) and we recorded the conversation we had on the way.

We talk about poetry, rap, missing friends, and driving pet peeves. 

On 'Badgered' we share our creative writing online, and we record our writing process so you can follow along and get tips for your own work.

You can email us on [email protected] if you've got any enquiries, want to give us some encouragement, or want to share any work that we inspired you to write!

P.s. Shameless plug for Kevin's instagram, if you want to check out a documentary-stye video of our Grand Slam: 

https://www.instagram.com/keveywestside/?hl=en (@keveywestside)

And link to Kavita Bedford's Book: https://www.booktopia.com.au/friends-dark-shapes-kavita-bedford/book/9781922330475.html

In our second Pilot, Sponsored, hear all about a self-help line that helps... just a little too much. And stay tuned afterwards to listen to us actually editing and rehearsing the piece you just heard, before the final recording. 

We share our creative writing online, and we record our writing process so you can follow along and get tips for your own work. 

You can email us on [email protected] if you've got any enquiries, want to give us some encouragement, or want to share any work that we inspired you to write!

Here is Draft #2 of Sponsored if you want to follow along with the script as we make changes:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/160j8qWejCjV4srD0IKP23kDpZ8K_J220owS6wm_m6RY/edit?usp=sharing

And here is the Final script for the performance, after we workshopped it together on the show:

...and that is why you leave flat Fanta in your cupboards to ward away mice.

That concludes this episode of home owners and loners

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There’s just too much to do and not enough time to do it in, am I right?

And if that’s not enough already, we’ve got to make all these choices.

Honey, what should we have for dinner today? Who’s going to pick up the kids? What should we watch tonight? What should they watch? Who should we let into our home? Who should we listen to, who is right, who is left…

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Full script can be found here:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CToGVqLeeMhoV4pP-GsQfKc4qm4kF-CMm3TImVUk6mA/edit?usp=sharing

Enjoy!

In our first Pilot, we start with Bilal performing a brand new monologue he’s written about Parramatta. We then travel back in time to hear how Kevin and Bilal actually workshopped and edited the piece you just heard.

We record our writing process and then play it all for you to hear, so you can see what it takes to professionally edit a piece of creative writing so that it’s ready to be published, and shared with an audience.

Here’s the draft piece of writing we started with (you can follow along and see what changes we made before Bilal’s performance):

ACT1

From behind the window, behind the curtain.

I’m looking at all the actors on this unscripted day.

There’s the Starr delivery man who’s still looking for number 92

(we’re 90, and our neighbour is 94)

the cafe worker across the street still looks like my brother (if I squint and age him about... 10 years)

and there are no birds

I’m not sure if the play has started yet.

It’s important to tell you where I’m sitting -- you’ll see why.

In our downstairs office, there’s a little nook that’s shaped somewhere between a fish tank and a small car. It’s mostly wood and cushion and glass, and it faces out onto George street.

George, after the king? The Greek place on the corner likes to joke it’s named after their uncle, and I like that a little more.

I don’t think of Parramatta as a museum.

It’s old, sure, as old as anything in Australia can be.

I once heard that the bend in Parramatta’s river (in walking distance from what(ever) I can see outside the window) was a birthing site for Aboriginal mothers… before-

I don’t think of it as a museum

Museums are sad places, (where) (the) visitors snatching bits of people’s lives into their coat pockets, to hold on train rides home and remember years that weren’t theirs.

So no, Parramatta is not a Museum, I’m not a visitor.

Besides, I’m talking about what’s on the other side of the display.

Because on that side

I remembered how to feel.

It’s 3 weeks ago, and I get to see a slice of Parramatta’s opera.

I wonder if this story’s mine or to share.

I am an Observer, mostly unseen. More theoretical than thespian.

And here are our two players. I can see them now.

The man is shorter than me, but more handsome, his eyes dark flints - making sparks at the woman. She hasn’t seen him yet, but he’s watching her, quietly. Is there any other way to look at love(/there’s no other way to look at love)? Like it’s night, and cold, and you’re (hunched over, focused) trying to start a fire.

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(The rest of the Draft script can be found here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/10A75KGdGAtxYkWofj16xuPUr0b6F76mYblTo8z2g5mc/edit?usp=sharing)

(For a full transcript of the final script go to: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ehaIAcGfObrJR-MlK43vb6feuu2-5UtGWgUcQIzXMhg/edit?usp=sharing)

Want to get in touch? Email us at [email protected]

Enjoy!