Critical Banter

We haven't seen a combo this good since dipping Maccas french fries in soft serve as Ro and Kush are back as a duo for the first time in years. Kush goes to Aldi to return some chicken, Ro bangs on about an AI assistant, Hans Zimmer was half empty, the five stages of the flu, Stay Dangerous fan sightings and your listener questions.

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Huge guest this week as we get professional badminton player Pushkal Irusumalla on the podcast. We chat with him about his journey from picking up badminton as a kid after failed attempts to be Cristiano Ronaldo to where he is today travelling the world playing badminton in a pursuit to be world number 1.

He opens up about his upbringing and how his dad has trained, shaped and supported him along the way, as well as the various trials and tribulations he has faced in his journey as a pro athlete.

After our chat and a couple of mini games, Pushkal has a couple of questions for us before we jump into a classic round of Bullslut.

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Back with another cracker episode this week full of red hot travel yarns from around the ground, including airplane etiquette, chaotic organisation at the F1 and some tomfoolery. In a return to regular programming, we end with some Top 10 lists.

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Do not adjust your earphones, you are hearing this correctly - Kush is back and back for good. Wowee ladies and gentlemen, strap it, because it simply does not get much bigger than this. Kundra graces us with his presence as the pod returns to its more familiar 4 man roots. We hear some final San Francisco yarns as well as an overall summation of his time abroad and experiences in the land of the free and the home of the brave.

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Back to regular scheduled programming, well for some of us at least. Ro & Migs in the studio for this week's episode - Sen & Kush both on annual leave without pay. Wrapping up the past couple of week's, Ro regales us of a tale where he has been cucked - once again whilst Migs recounts various stories on his most recent escapades overseas including one where he nearly lost his iPhone 17 Pro Max in the mean streets of Uluwatu, Bali and closing off the loop of whether he got a black suit for the black tie wedding he was invited to (spoiler: he did not). Other happenings include buying (potentially stolen) sneakers at the local wharf, getting swooped by magpies, AppleCare and getting mogged by fitness influencers in Bali.

In good ol' fashioned TCB style, the boys play a game for this week's segment "Guess the Number". Premise is simple, they each have a number stuck on their foreheads which they can't see, and they must ask Yes or No questions to guess the number. Chaos ensues. ___________________________________________________________

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Long overdue guest this week, we welcome Justin Li, of Humans of Eastwood fame, to the podcast. We learn about all things Justin, from his background, to career in politics, to actual career, as well as all things Eastwood - how he gets the inside scoop on everything happening in and around Eastwood, the craziest submissions he's received on the Humans of Eastwood page & the lore behind the Granny Smith Apple.

Justin also runs us through some Top 5s in his areas of expertise with topics including Top 5 Date Spots in Eastwood, Top 5 Hidden Gems in Eastwood and Top 5 Most Confusing Shopping Centres in Sydney.

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Usual nonsense chat this week (disclaimer this was recorded a few weeks ago) including entertaining Ro's weird obsessions, more LinkedIn rants, NFL and GTA VI. We also do some "Quick Fire Tier Lists," which is always guaranteed to anger someone out there.

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Whole lotta nothing to kick us off this week as Sen opens up the Pandora's box of understanding the other boys social media habits, including cheeky LinkedIn scroll's at work and the various environments where hitting a scroll is acceptable. Sen and Migs also share physio stories.

We end with "Play On or Not," where we discuss if certain behaviours in a work setting are kosher or not.

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Full time haters this week as Sen gets on his soapbox about the Sydney Marathon, leading to a lengthy discussion about the etiquette of wearing participation medals. We also talk Brisbane local government politics and suit shopping.

We play the "Muted Draft," this week which starts off strong and then inevitable descends into chaos.

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One in, one out policy at TCB as Ro returns and Migs departs. Sen and Ro have some lovely yarns including engagements, a triumphant football season, responding to listener comments and recounting what can only be described as a hate crime. We are also joined by a special guest for our segment "10 to 1."

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