Join Caroline Wilson and Corrie Perkin for Part Two of our Live Christmas Show. 

We were raising funds at our event for The Salvos Drought Relief programs. They work alongside of other rural support agencies, participate in community engagement activities and conduct regular visits to farmers and rural workers in need of practical assistance, or simply a listening ear and a hand of friendship. Our donation will go towards emergency financial assistance e.g. help with bills, vouchers for farming supplies, help in the delivery of donated goods and food hampers and much more.

If you would like to make a contribution via our fundraising page HERE. 

Thanks to Select Harvests, Cobram Estate, Humphrey Law Socks and Hardie Grant Books for donating wonderful prizes for our lucky door prizes. 

TIME CODES / SHOW NOTES

1.00 min Caro and Corrie welcome Anna Barry (aka Anna from the Op-Shop) and Julia Wilson (aka Caro’s Mum).

2.00 – What annoys us most about Christmas?

Anna, the busy mantra.

Julia – it was better in the 1940s

Caro – why the urgency to “catch up before Christmas”

Corrie – Black Friday, over-rated Ginger bread houses, tangled Christmas lights, competitive Christmas lunch catering stories.

6.20 – Heart-felt thanks from Corrie for all of the well wishes after her dog Bearsy’s death.

6.50 – ‘Crush of the Week’ Jacinda Adern. “She behaves like Australian’s should” says Julia of Jacinda. Caro looks back on some of her past crushes.

8.45 Book Screen and Food (BSF)

Corrie’s Top Ten Books of 2019

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Join Caroline Wilson and Corrie Perkin for part one of our Live Christmas Show. Our guests are Peggy O'Neal (President of the Richmond Football Club) and Konrad Marshall who has just released his new book Stronger and Bolder: The Story of Richmond's 2019 Premiership (available HERE). 

We were raising funds at our event for The Salvos Drought Relief programs. They work alongside of other rural support agencies, participate in community engagement activities and conduct regular visits to farmers and rural workers in need of practical assistance, or simply a listening ear and a hand of friendship. Our donation will go towards emergency financial assistance e.g. help with bills, vouchers for farming supplies, help in the delivery of donated goods and food hampers and much more.

If you would like to make a contribution via our fundraising page HERE. 

Thanks to Select Harvests, Cobram Estate, Humphrey Law Socks and Hardie Grant Books for donating wonderful prizes for our lucky door prizes. 

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Join Caroline Wilson and Corrie Perkin for Ep 111 - 'You and the Queen Have A Lot In Common'. 

CHRISTMAS LIVE PODCAST EVENT - tickets still available

WHERE – the rooftop at Bells in South Melbourne. 

WHEN – Tuesday December the 10th, 6.30pm – 8.30pm

HOW TO BOOK – Email Tara via [email protected] or phone (03) 8825 6605.

$10 from every ticket purchased will be donated to the Salvos Drought Relief Support program.

This week Caro and Corrie reflect on a few cultural highlights they've been to lately and talk Book Club breakups. 

We pay tribute to Clive James who died last week and look at his life and contribution to Australian literature and culture. 

Corrie's 'Crush of the Week' is sadly her dog Bearsy, who also passed away recently. Vale Clive and Bearsy!

In BSF - Corrie highly recommends AFL star Nic Naitanui's kids book Little Nic's Big Day (available at My Bookshop HERE). Caro deep dives on The Crown Series 3 and shares a simple but delicious recipe for chickpea puree from Karin Martini's wonderful cook book Feasting (available HERE), see recipe below. 

This week Caro's slightly grumpy about the whole concept of Black Friday sales - do we need to follow everything the US does?

In '6 Quick Questions' we cover a whole lot of weird issues, including Corrie's weird website discovery of Tipsy Elves.com and a musical based on the life experience of Michael Jackson's glittery glove! 

Caro's GLT is one for hummus lovers - Cafe 55 in Elsternwick. 

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Karen Martini’s Chickpea Puree (originally from her Crispy Fried Lamp with Chickpea Puree and Carrot and Beetroot Salad recipe). 

2 x 400g cans chickpeas

1 bay leaf

2 cloves garlic, halved

100ml extra virgin olive oil

2 teaspoons tahini paste

Juice of 2 lemons

1-2 tablespoons hot water (optional)

Place the chickpeas and bay leaf in a saucepan of water over medium heat and bring to the boil. Drain.

Puree the hot chickpeas and garlic in a food processor. Add the remaining ingredients and process

Caro’s Spiced Nuts

(Recipe from a Laurie Chartres Cooking Class).

INGREDIENTS

2 tablespoons of olive oil

300g macadamia nuts

2 tablespoons of white sesame seeds

3 tablespoons of sunflower seeds OR any seeds (pepitas, pine nuts etc)

½ cup (100g) caster sugar

1 and ½ teaspoons of salt

1 tablespoon of ground cumin

1 teaspoon ground coriander

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Is there a succession plan in place for the AFL CEO job? Caro gives her insight. 

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Join Corrie Perkin and Caroline Wilson for Ep 110 'Frizzled and Grizzled'.

It certainly feels like we're on the down hill run to Christmas - for our Melbourne and Victorian listeners we'd love you to join us at our Live Christmas Podcast Event - there's still plenty of tickets available, so make a night of it!

WHERE – the rooftop at Bells in South Melbourne. 

WHEN – Tuesday December the 10th, 6.30pm – 8.30pm

HOW TO BOOK – Email Tara via [email protected] or phone (03) 8825 6605.

This week Corrie and Caro discuss a recent incident in sleepy Woodend, where Nazi symbols were paraded around a supermarket and they ponder the importance of keeping the truth of the Holocaust alive, especially through screen and literature. 

Prince Andrew's been sacked by his Mum, his birthday party's been called off and we can't help but see the similarities in storylines playing out on the new season of The Crown. 

Caro takes us inside AFL HQ with a couple of theories about a succession play should Gillon McLachlan step down at the end of next year. 

Corrie's 'Crush Of the Week' is Pete Buttigieg who's a candidate for the Democratic Party nomination in 2020. You can listen to his interview on The Daily HERE. 

We've got plenty of great recommendations in BSF, Corrie's been reading Damascus by Christos Tsiolkas (available HERE) - a confronting read not for the faint hearted. Caro's been to the cinema to see Knives Out and Corrie shares a great recipe from Alison Roman's Nothing Fancy cookbook. . .Frizzled Chickpeas and Onions with Oregano and Mint. (see recipe below). 

Caro's Grumpy that Marie Kondo first urged us to de clutter but has now launched an online store to sell us back the clutter of the future! 

OTHER FILMS AND BOOKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE

Movies: Hope Gap and The Good Liar. 

Books: Rebel Prince: The Power, Passion and Defiance of Prince Charles by Tom Bower.

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Frizzled Chickpeas with onion, oregano and fetta.

From the cookbook Nothing Fancy by Alison Roman

Ingredients

Steps

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Join Caroline Wilson, Corrie Perkin and special guest writer and journalist Garry Linnell for Ep 109 'Darling. . .I'm Not Really A Ghost'. 

Tickets are ON SALE NOW for our Live Christmas Podcast Event

WHEN – Tuesday December the 10th, 6.30pm – 8.30pm with special guests Peggy O'Neal, Anna from the Op-Shop and Julia Wilson. 

WHERE – the rooftop at Bells in South Melbourne.  

HOW TO BOOK – Tickets are $80 and include food and drinks. Please email Tara via [email protected] or phone (03) 8825 6605 to book your tickets now!

We begin with a discussion about Garry's new book Buckley's Chance: The Incredible True Story of William Buckley and How He Conquered A New World (available from My Bookshop HERE). 

From Buckley's remarkable story of survival in colonial Australia we move on to the British Royal family and Prince Andrew's appalling interview and his attempt to distance himself from the Jeffery Epstein scandal. Plus season three of The Crown has just hit Netflix, we get Caro and Corrie's early reviews. 

Garry's 'Crush of the Week' is Nigella Lawson for being an ever present foodie inspiration - just don't call it 'food porn' or you'll make Caro even grumpier. Food porn, travel porn, garden porn - it's just not right says Caro. 

It's a bumper edition of 'BSF' - Garry's recommending Lonsome Dove by Larry McMurtry and A Little Hatred by Joe Abercrombie. Caro's been to see Ford v Ferrari and Corrie serves up a chocolate torte with blood plum compote (see recipe on the Facebook page soon HERE. ). 

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Flourless Chocolate Torte with Blood Plum Compote
(From Feasting: A New Take on Jewish Cooking by Amanda Ruben)

Ingredients
Olive oil spray for greasing
6 eggs
100g caster (superfine) sugar
100g light brown sugar
300g dairy-free dark chocolate couverture, roughly chopped
2 tablespoons good-quality ground coffee
1 tablespoons Dutch (unsweetened) cocoa powder, to serve

Blood Plum Compote
1 kg blood plums, quartered, stones removed and roughly chopped
Juice of 2 oranges
6 long strips of orange zest, approximately 2cm thick
85g caster (superfine) sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla paste

Preheat the oven to 180degrees C. Grease a 25cm (10 inch) round cake tin with olive oil spray and line it with baking paper.
In the bowl of a stand mixer, whisk the eggs and sugars for about 5 minutes, or until light and creamy.

Melt the chocolate in a double boiler and leave to cool to room

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Join Caroline Wilson and Corrie Perkin for Ep 108 - 'Hands Off the Six Wives, Caro'. 

Tickets are ON SALE NOW for our Live Christmas Podcast Event

WHEN – Tuesday December the 10th, 6.30pm – 8.30pm with special guests Peggy O'Neal, Anna from the Op-Shop and Julia Wilson. 

WHERE – the rooftop at Bells in South Melbourne.  

HOW TO BOOK – Tickets are $80 and include food and drinks. Please email Tara via [email protected] or phone (03) 8825 6605 to book your tickets now!

Monica Lewinsky spoke at the Wheeler Centre  on the weekend and Caro and Corrie share their thoughts the compelling discussion addressing issues of feminism and sexism. 

Former PM Tony Abbott was the guest of honour at a tribute dinner last week to mark his 25 years in politics - we reminisce about PM's who have retired gracefully (or not!). 

Caro's 'Crush of the Week' is her mother in law Moira Donohoe who passed away at the age of 93 recently. She's remembered as a wonderful mother, grandmother, adventurer, selfless and tireless worker and much loved member of the Anglesea community.

In BSF - Caro's been reading The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker (available HERE), and she's recommending heading to the movies to see Last Christmas. Corrie shares her tried and true recipe for Crostini with Chicken Livers, Anchovies and Capers (see recipe below). 

This week Caro's grumpy about the way discussions about climate change politics have been inserted into the coverage of the bushfire crisis and she's got a great Good Local Tip - Aviv Bakery in Elsternwick. 

In '6 Quick Questions' Corrie lists her favourite 3 podcasts to keep up to date with the US president's impeachment process (1. Deadline White House, 2. Article II - Impeachment, 3. Hacks on Tap with a nod to Pod Save America as well). 

We talk about the ABC's decision to pull it's Olympic coverage, the musical about Henry the VIII's six wives, family What's App protocol and more. 

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Crostini with Chicken Livers, Anchovies and Capers.

INGREDIENTS

500g of chicken livers, trimmed and cleaned

2 tbs of butter

½ of fresh chicken stock (home-made is preferable)

2 to 4 anchovy fillets (to taste)

1 tablespoon of capers

Cracked black pepper

Fresh parsley

Fresh crostini

METHOD

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Join Caroline Wilson and Corrie Perkin for Ep 107. 

Tickets are ON SALE NOW for our Live Christmas Podcast Event

WHERE – the rooftop at Bells in South Melbourne.  

WHEN – Tuesday December the 10th, 6.30pm – 8.30pm

HOW TO BOOK – Tickets are $80 and include food and drinks. Please email Tara via [email protected] or phone (03) 8825 6605 to book your tickets now!

This week we discuss the landmark equal pay deal brokered by the Matildas and the impact it may have on other sports. As Christmas draws closer we look at the change in attitudes towards shopping up a storm as new stats show Aussie spending rates are the slowest since the 1990-91 recession. 

Caro's 'Crush of the Week' is Ash Barty (again!) and she's grumpy about the coverage of the Melbourne Cup in the Sydney media. 

In BSF - Corrie's hooked on the new Helen Garner book Yellow Notebook: Diaries Volume I 1978–1987. Caro's been off to the movies to see Military Wives and she shares a simple recipe for Caesar Salad. 

In '6 Quick Questions' we talk Spring Racing, star signs, off the shoulder fashion and Corrie's latest binge worthy viewing recommendations. 

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Other Recommendations

Helen Garner The Spare Room, Monkey Grip, This House of Grief.

Years and Years on SBS

Hinterland on Netflix 

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Join Caroline Wilson and Corrie Perkin with special guest Barry Bissell for Ep 106 'Waiting for Whitney'. 

Barry hosted Take 40 Australia for 20 years, and shares some of his most memorable music memories plus Barry, Corrie and Caro share their 3 Top Books of 2019 (see list below). 

We also discuss the shake up at the Melbourne Press Club, Corrie's 'Crush of the Week' is Christopher Pyne who's just launched his own podcast 'Pyne Time' and we've got loads of recommendations as well. 

Tickets are ON SALE NOW for our Christmas Party Live Podcast

WHERE – the rooftop at Bells in South Melbourne.  

WHEN – Tuesday December the 10th, 6.30pm – 8.30pm

HOW TO BOOK – Email Tara via [email protected] or phone (03) 8825 6605.

Caro’s Best 3 Books

Boys Swallows Universe by Trent Dalton

Transcription by Kate Atkinson

After the Party by Cressida Connolly

Barry’s Best 3 Books

The Wolf and the Watchman by Niklas Natt och Dag

An American Marriage by Tayari Jones

A Song For Summer by Eva Ibbotson

Corrie’s Best 3 Books

The Erratics by Vicki Leveau-Harvie

Manderley Forever by Tatiana de Rosnay

Elizabeth Macarthur by Michelle Scott Tucker  

Afghan Biscuits

Ingredients

For the icing

InstructionsConventional Method

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With two weeks to catch up on join Caroline Wilson and Corrie Perkin for  Ep 105 'Silence is a Gift'. 

Caro reports back from her Book Club's annual getaway while Corrie shares some simple guidelines and tips for running a successful Book Club. 

We discuss the ABC's investigation into the horse racing industry on 7.30, Caro has a 'Crush of the Week' and she's grumpy too. 

In BSF - everyone's been reading The Dutch House by Anne Patchett (available HERE), Caro's raving about Renee Zellweger in Judy and Corrie shares a recipe for an brilliant tapenade (check out our Facebook page soon for the recipe). 

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