It’s been another big week for Myf and Zan, in private and public, and we catch up on Bjerth, missing cues on the Rocky Horror stage, and meeting the guy who wrote “I Want It That Way”. It’s also 6 years to the day that Bang On first popped into your podcast feed! Oh yes, we go back to the tapes…

We were chatting International Women’s Day then, and still are now. What’s changed in that time? And what are the conversations we’re fed up with having?

Owen Wilson is soon to star as a certain painter in an amazing looking movie, in house art critic Myf Warhurst tells you everything you need to know. And Jamie Lee Curtis has captured a feeling, crying out for nanna gigs for those of us who like an early night.

With fashion weeks and awards ceremonies allowing for many a catwalk and red carpet, the disappearing of clothing in the name of empowerment and fashion has us thinking. We’re not alone, as Kerri Sackville wonders if men should be chasing that same empowerment through shedding cloth.

And we’re banging on about a great Australian series, and a sumptuous memoir from Stanley Tucci.

Show notes:

Bjork in Perth: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/mar/04/bjork-cornucopia-review-an-electrifying-pop-concert-art-installation-and-opening-ceremony-rolled-into-one

Zan meets Max Martin: https://www.instagram.com/p/CpeDX-lSV3p/

Lisa Millar responds to abuse: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-03-08/lisa-millar-responds-to-social-media-abuse/102066884

Lucy Smith on IWD: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cpgroi6yEkq/

Strobes in the ‘Sup: https://aunty.goldenplains.com.au/every-thing/stage-lighting/

Owen Wilson in Paint: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ObPQyc6Qsk&ab_channel=IFCFilms

Jamie Lee Curtis is our early to bed Queen: https://www.instagram.com/reel/CpeNHOsjRRk/?igshid=MDJmNzVkMjY%3D

Is it time to free the penis? https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/fashion/we-ve-just-about-liberated-the-nipple-is-it-time-to-free-the-penis-20230302-p5covq.html

Stanley Tucci’s Taste: https://www.penguin.com.au/books/taste-9780241501009

Colin From Accounts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRMnbfZfoMw&ab_channel=BINGE

Bang Back to us: [email protected]

Bang On is an ABC podcast, produced by Double J. It is recorded on the lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin nation. We pay our respects to elders past and present. We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Australians and Traditional Custodians of the land where we live, work, and learn.

Myf and Zan are catching up on the week that was, and whether Harry is still doing shoey’s. W Magazine has just unveiled a phenomenal cover shoot with woman of the moment Jennifer Coolidge, as crafted by Directors of the moment “Daniels”. Yep, the people who put together Everything Everywhere All At Once have made a magical world for J Cool and it’s as good as it sounds.

Meanwhile the King has Coronation Party anxiety, Ted Lasso is back soon with some more hints at S03, and a long read on the age we think we are is one of our faves in a while. At least since we were 25. And Myf’s been watching the Paul Mescal film Aftersun, while Zan has been loving Zoe Coombs-Marr’s Queerstralia.

Show notes:

Zan at Harry Styles: https://www.instagram.com/p/CpMMILoSpY3/

Jennifer Coolidge in W Magazine: https://www.wmagazine.com/culture/jennifer-coolidge-daniels-directors-issue-cover-photos

King Charles’ Coronation Concert: https://www.thecut.com/2023/02/king-charles-coronation-adele-spice-girls-no.html

Ted Lasso S03 trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IR9yjn7Lkdg&ab_channel=AppleTV

Atlantic article on age: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2023/04/subjective-age-how-old-you-feel-difference/673086/

Aftersun: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXKcWRu8K_U

Queerstralia: https://iview.abc.net.au/show/queerstralia

Bang Back to us: [email protected]

Bang On is an ABC podcast, produced by Double J. It is recorded on the lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin nation. We pay our respects to elders past and present. We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Australians and Traditional Custodians of the land where we live, work, and learn.

We’re back, and 2023 is already as wild as we imagined it would be. Myf and Zan catch up on what’s gone down since we last banged on; notably Myf is now best friends with Jason Donovan.

Zan watched Cocaine Bear and lets you know whether it’s worth the ticket, and Harry Styles is continuing the strange and disgusting “tradition” of drinking from his own shoe while in Australia. Whyyyyy?

Meanwhile a Tiesto remix of the White Lotus theme is not the only hot goss about our favourite series; has Johnny Knoxville let the location of series 3 slip? And we’re pulling on the Big Red Boots as we watch Cunk on Earth and Fleishman Is In Trouble.

Show notes:

Cocaine Bear: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuWEEKeJLMI&ab_channel=UniversalPictures

Harry Styles did a shoey: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-64713696

Tiesto’s remix of White Lotus theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_S9dtZnOnnM&ab_channel=Ti%C3%ABsto

Johnny Knoxville on White Lotus: https://movieweb.com/johnny-knoxville-confirmed-next-the-white-lotus-location/

Voyager to represent Australia at Eurovision: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-22/voyagers-eurovision-dreams-come-true-australia-picks-first-band/102003432

The Big Red Boot: https://mashable.com/article/mschf-big-red-boots-viral-where-to-buy

Fleishman Is In Trouble: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jyBu4xGeH4&ab_channel=FXNetworks

Cunk On Earth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hm6AOHq9OL4&ab_channel=BBC

Barry Shitpeas & Philomena Cunk discuss Brian Cox’s “Wonders of Life” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQafqIufnNw&ab_channel=ChrisMerriman

Bang Back to us: [email protected]

Bang On is an ABC podcast, produced by Double J. It is recorded on the lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin nation. We pay our respects to elders past and present. We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Australians and Traditional Custodians of the land where we live, work, and learn.

Myf Warhurst and Zan Rowe are getting ready to get back in the ring and wrap-up your week in art, life, music, faaaarshun and everything in between.

What a bloody year. Well done, you made it! And for our final episode, we’re throwing Bang On over to you – our beautiful Bang Fam – for some excellent summer recommends.

Myf and Zan will wrap our favourite (and most cooked) moments of the year too, and ask the question we posed at the start of 2022: has the vibe actually shifted? Yes, that was this year.

We’re also checking in with Bang Fam all over the world, from Dortmund to London to Sydney, for some beautiful Bang Backs. Stick around till the end, for a conversation with Suzie you won’t soon forget.

Thank you to each and every one of you for being part of the Bang Fam. You’ve filled our cups time and time again this year, and over the past five odd years since we began. We love ya. See you in 2023.

Show notes:

A Court of Thorn and Roses: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50659467-a-court-of-thorns-and-roses

Bookstagram: https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/bookstagram/?hl=en

Pottery Throwdown: https://binge.com.au/shows/show-the-great-pottery-throw-down!5471

A Heart That Works: https://www.hachette.com.au/rob-delaney/a-heart-that-works-the-sunday-times-bestseller

From Scratch: https://www.netflix.com/au/title/81104486

The Story of Art Without Men: https://www.penguin.com.au/books/the-story-of-art-without-men-9781529151145

Selena Gomez “Me and My Mind”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=of32sI9jw5Q

The Henna Artist: https://www.goodreads.com/series/302638-the-jaipur-trilogy

Plogging: https://www.cleanup.org.au/plogging-guide

Decoder Ring: https://slate.com/podcasts/decoder-ring

Bang Back to us: [email protected]

Bang On is an ABC podcast, produced by Double J. It is recorded on the lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin nation. We pay our respects to elders past and present. We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Australians and Traditional Custodians of the land where we live, work, and learn.

White Lotus is winding up and we’re on the edge of our seats, but importantly – which character would we most like to take back to our fancy hotel room? Myf and Zan are digging into a brilliant thinkpiece on just that. A couple of weeks ago we got the Macquarie Word of the Year, now it’s Oxford’s turn and the results prove that dictionaries are Bang Fam.

Meanwhile it’s a bear, and not bird, week. Balenciaga have confused and upset a lot of people with their latest campaign showing BDSM bears in the hands of children. And the highly anticipated trailer for Cocaine Bear has dropped. Take our money.

We reflect on the legacy and legend of Christine McVie too, and are banging on about two brilliant books from two brilliant women.

Show notes:

The White Lotus characters ranked: https://www.smh.com.au/culture/tv-and-radio/a-ranking-the-white-lotus-characters-i-would-invite-to-my-hotel-room-20221205-p5c3ss.html

Oxford Word of the Year: https://amp.theguardian.com/science/2022/dec/05/goblin-mode-new-oxford-word-of-the-year

Balenciaga bears: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/nov/29/kardashian-teddy-bears-bondage-gear-balenciaga

Christine McVie RIP: https://www.abc.net.au/doublej/music-reads/music-news/christine-mcvie-fleetwood-mac-died-tributes/101720878

Christine McVie interview: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/jun/09/fleetwood-macs-christine-mcvie-cocaine-and-champagne-made-me-perform-better

Cocaine Bear trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuWEEKeJLMI&ab_channel=UniversalPictures

French guy wins right not to be “fun”: https://www.businessinsider.com/man-won-legal-right-not-be-fun-at-work-alcoholism-2022-11

Reasons Not to Worry: https://www.allenandunwin.com/browse/book/Brigid-Delaney-Reasons-Not-to-Worry-9781743310496/

Grace Tame: https://www.panmacmillan.com.au/9781760988050/

Bang Back to us: [email protected]

Bang On is an ABC podcast, produced by Double J. It is recorded on the lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin nation. We pay our respects to elders past and present. We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Australians and Traditional Custodians of the land where we live, work, and learn.

Myf and Zan bring Bang On live to the Bang Fam for the first time in 3 years! As a part of the Grapes of Mirth festival, we head to the Barossa Valley in South Australia for some woine time, with special guests Tom Gleeson and Geraldine Hickey.

Did you know Tom is Bang Fam? Believe. And wait till you hear what Gez is Banging Back about. Join us for a big love in, in the Barrel Room of a vineyard, as we reunite with our Bang Fam.

Show notes:

Rogue: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iInDq8bn81g&ab_channel=kute0027

The Last Movie Stars: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQvU_ry6OhI&ab_channel=RottenTomatoesTV

Bang Back to us: [email protected]

Bang On is an ABC podcast, produced by Double J. It is recorded on the lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin nation. We pay our respects to elders past and present. We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Australians and Traditional Custodians of the land where we live, work, and learn.

Myf and Zan are back and oh boy, there’s a lot to catch up on. We’ve been glued to the telly with the Kath & Kim specials, news of Neighbours returning (what?), and the promise of even more White Lotus.

The Macquarie Dictionary are offering up their contenders for word/phrase of the year and there are some Bang On classics in the mix. And speaking of Bachelor’s Handbags, there’s more bird talk this week. Maybe we should rebrand to Bird On?

Dolly Parton has finally been inducted to the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame, and we look back at the road to this momentous moment. And the Paris Olympics have unveiled their 2024 mascots. They’re very, pleasurable.

Meanwhile we’ve had our noses in some great Australian books, and are banging on about Wil Anderson’s new memoir, and Holly Throsby’s latest murder mystery.

Show notes:

Send us your 'Bang Back' for our final episode of 2022: [email protected]

Kath & Kim review: https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/nov/21/kath-kim-our-effluent-life-review-not-the-reboot-we-hoped-for-from-the-comedy-greats

Kath & Kim reax: https://punkee.com.au/kath-and-kim-our-effluent-life-reactions/150991

Neighbours returns? https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-11-19/neighbours-returns-what-do-we-know/101673778

White Lotus S03: https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/film-tv/a41812758/the-white-lotus-season-3-news-cast-spoilers-date/

Macquarie Word of the Year: https://www.macquariedictionary.com.au/resources/view/word/of/the/year/2022

Lyrebird mimicking sirens: https://www.tiktok.com/@tarongazoo/video/7166028986286427393?_r=1&_t=8XQcYSOOIzp&is_from_webapp=v1&item_id=7166028986286427393

Peregrine Falcon dies: https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/collins-street-falcon-chick-dies-days-after-taking-wing-20221115-p5byi1.html

Dolly Parton inducted into Rock n Roll Hall of Fame: https://www.vulture.com/article/rock-hall-of-fame-induction-ceremony-2022-highs-and-lows.html

Clit Mascot: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/nov/15/mascot-paris-olympic-games-2024-likened-to-clitoris-in-trainers-phryges

Wil Anderson’s memoir: https://www.allenandunwin.com/browse/book/Wil-Anderson-9781760878948/

Holly Throsby’s Clarke: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/61850075-clarke

Bang Back to us: [email protected]

Bang On is an ABC podcast, produced by Double J. It is recorded on the lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin nation. We pay our respects to elders past and present. We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Australians and Traditional Custodians of the land where we live, work, and learn.

Myf and Zan are back to flick through the week that was and explain WTF happened. A man in Philly has eaten 40 rotisserie chickens in 40 days, there’s that. Speaking of birds, Myf has an important update on her beloved Collins St Peregrine Falcons. Meanwhile Twitter’s “imminent demise” has a few people switching to the Mastodon social platform, we explain what it is.

If you’ve noticed that celebs have flipped back to the “heroin chic” look of the 90’s, you’re not alone. A new piece by Jameela Jamil unpacks this step back in body positivity (and health). And in the name of all things frivolous and fun, the annual Goop Gift Guide is out and we’re making our list and checking it twice.

Myf is banging on about the return of White Lotus for it’s second season in Sicily, and Zan is in fantasy land with Stephen King’s new book “Fairy Tale”.

Show notes:

Hot Chicken Guy: https://www.pedestrian.tv/online/rotisserie-chicken-guy-twitter/

What is Mastodon: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/nov/08/mastodon-what-is-it-how-do-i-join-use-find-best-server-list-change-elon-musk-twitter-leaving-social-network-alternative

Kath & Kim reunion: https://www.pedestrian.tv/entertainment/kath-and-kim-reunion/

Jameela Jamil on Heroin Chic: https://www.papermag.com/the-hunger-game-jameela-jamil-2658618118.html

Goop Gift Guide: https://goop.com/style/gift-guides/ridiculous-holiday-gifts/

How to Build a Sex Room: https://www.netflix.com/au/title/81220971

White Lotus S02: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Baflc_0XVfY&ab_channel=HBO

Stephen King’s Fairy Tale: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60177373-fairy-tale

Email us: [email protected]

It’s Halloween and you know what that means: celebs dressing up in hot costumes.

Not so with Heidi Klum, Halloween’s biggest fan, who has topped all of her previous efforts by dressing up as a giant earthworm. We talk about why this slimy turd is so compelling.

Speaking of scary, several lions escaped from their enclosure in Taronga Zoo this week, and we’re wondering what they were looking for. Taylor Swift has made history (again), and Elon Musk has everyone in a tizz with his acquisition of, and plans for, Twitter.

And a ruling on the gossip columnist whose behaviour caused Rebel Wilson to prematurely come out is timely, in a week when Heartstopper actor Kit Connor is being hounded for supposed “queer baiting”.

Myf and Zan have been watching lots this week too, with a saucy plane movie, and an excellent doco on Tourette’s.

Show notes:

Heidi Klum’s Halloween looks: https://www.vogue.co.uk/gallery/heidi-klum-halloween-costumes

Heidi interviewed as the worm: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHqXV-Pkuw4&ab_channel=EntertainmentTonight

The galvanising horror of Heidi Klum’s worm costume: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/annals-of-appearances/the-galvanizing-body-horror-of-heidi-klums-worm-costume

Lions escape in Taronga Zoo: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/nov/02/taronga-zoo-put-into-lockdown-after-five-lions-break-out-of-enclosure

Taylor Swift makes history: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-11-01/taylor-swift-midnights-claims-top-10-chart-billboard-hot-100/101601358

Let’s Not Pretend Elon Musk Made Twitter Awful: https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/musk-has-bought-twitter-so-should-we-stay-or-should-we-go-20221101-p5bujp.html

APC ruling on SMH piece: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-10-31/rebel-wilson-sydney-morning-herald-australian-press-council/101596108

Kit Connor outed: https://www.vogue.co.uk/arts-and-lifestyle/article/kit-connor-heartstopper-queerbaiting-viewpoint

Me and My Tourette’s: https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/tv-program/me-and-my-tourettes/2080373315589

Good Luck to You Leo Grande: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJcbZoJFLTU&ab_channel=SearchlightPictures

Email us: [email protected]

Bang On is an ABC podcast, produced by Double J. It is recorded on the lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin nation. We pay our respects to elders past and present. We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Australians and Traditional Custodians of the land where we live, work, and learn.