Don't Shoot The Messenger

Join Caroline Wilson and Corrie Perkin for Ep 116 'Rocking The Onesie'.

We check in with Corrie and Caro's monthly challenge which has been a success this February. Corrie's instagram hours are declining rapidly while Caro's decluttering is paying dividends.

We discuss the backlash when public figures make innapropriate remarks or gaffes. Are we forgiving of genuine mistakes but much less tolerant now of comments that allude to unsavoury attitudes?

Caro and Corrie also touch on the new documentary about Adam Goodes The Australian Dream which aired on ABC TV on Sunday.

The AFLW season is in full swing and we're starting to see media coverage of players and their sometimes poor performances - is this a sign that the league is growing up?

In 'BSF' Corrie sides with Oprah in recommending American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins, Caro's hot screen tips are Temple (SBS on Demand) and The Stranger on Netflix and Corrie shares a simple recipe for brilliant roast potatoes (see recipe below).

Caro's grumpy this week about the shoddy clean up by NBN contractors in her neighbourhood and we pay tribute to June Dally-Watkins who died recently aged 92.

ROAST POTATOES (ala Susie Rogers Wilson).

Choose your potatoes (Corrie likes Deseree or Chat) wash them then boil for 15-20 minutes in salted water until they are softish (but still slightly firm).

Cut into halves so you have a flat bottom to place flat on the baking tray or dish. Make a series of close slits accross the top of the potatoes, then drizzle / brush generously with olive oil. Sprinkle on plenty of salt and chopped rosemary. Roast for 45 minutes at around 180 degrees C.

My Bookshop Bushfire Recovery Event

On Thursday March 26 Corrie will host a very special event with two award-winning authors, actor and writer Magda Szubanski and journalist Margaret Simons, renowned political journalist Barrie Cassidy, and Will Connolly, a young activist who is emerging from the popular “Egg Boy” tag to show his capacity to change the world in which he lives.

The event will start at 6.30pm and finish 7.30pm. Tickets are a donation minimum of $100 each and all proceeds will go toward Magda Szubanski and Will Connolly’s Go Fund Me initiative to raise money to support ongoing mental health services in bush fire-affected regions. For more details click HERE

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Join Caroline Wilson and Corrie Perkin for Ep 115 – ‘Maybe It Was The Weevils’.

Caro’s back from her #FillUpYourEsky road trip through bushfire affected towns along the South Coast of NSW – and she’s got some great recommendations for local businesses that need our support including Dulcie’s Cottage in Merimbula, Tathra Oysters and The Long Paddock in Lindenow.

As February challenges continue – Corrie’s managed to cut her Instagram usage by 27% and the cull continues at Caro’s house.

Caro and Corrie discuss the current state of women in Sports journalism and in leadership roles in sporting bodies. Why is there still such under representation? Why do difficult men seem to survive where difficult women don’t?

We recap some of the highlights from the Oscar’s last week and Caro reviews Parasite.

Caro’s ‘Crush of the Week’ is journalist Louise Milligan for her expose about an alleged ‘cultural cover up’ at St Kevin’s Catholic School in Melbourne.

In ‘BSF’ Caro’s pulled a classic from the shelves in F.Scott Fitgerald’s The Beautiful and Damned, Corrie’s been to see the 2020 version of Jane Austen’s Emma and Caro shares an easy recipe for Spicy Chilli Beans (see recipe below).

This week Corrie’s grumpy about ruthless landlords who’d rather risk an empty shop than face the reality that retailers are struggling.

My Bookshop Bushfire Recovery Event

On Thursday March 26 Corrie will host a very special event with two award-winning authors, actor and writer Magda Szubanski and journalist Margaret Simons, renowned political journalist Barrie Cassidy, and Will Connolly, a young activist who is emerging from the popular “Egg Boy” tag to show his capacity to change the world in which he lives.

The event will start at 6.30pm and finish 7.30pm. Tickets are a donation minimum of $100 each and all proceeds will go toward Magda Szubanski and Will Connolly’s Go Fund Me initiative to raise money to support ongoing mental health services in bush fire-affected regions. For more details click HERE

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SPICY CHILLI BEANS

2 tablespoons olive oil

1 brown onion, finely chopped

1 red capsicum, cut into 1cm pieces

4 cloves of garlic, thinly sliced

1 tablespoon ground cumin

1 teaspoon smoke paprika

400g can chopped tomatoes

1 tablespoon tomato paste

400g can lentils, rinsed and drained

400g can red kidney beans, rinsed and drained

425g can black beans, rinsed and drained

Sea salt and cracked black pepper

Heat the olive oil in a large heavy-based saucepan (cast iron if possible) over medium heat. Add the onion and capsicum and cook, stirring often for 3-4 minutes or until softened.

Add the garlic, cumin, paprika, tomatoes, tomato paste and 200ml of water and stir to combine. Bring to the boil, then reduce the heat and simmer gently, stirring occasionally for 20 minutes.

Add the lentils, kidney beans and black beans and stir to combine. Continue simmering for 20minutes to bring the

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Join Caroline Wilson and Corrie Perkin as they list their 20 predictions for 2020.

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Join Caroline Wilson and Corrie Perkin for Episode 114 – ‘All Claws Out’.

We check in with Corrie and Caro’s February challenges. Caro’s shedding things, and Corrie’s trying to curb her Instagram habit!

We look at the tumultuous week in federal politics with a forced resignation, a leadership change in the Nationals and a cabinet reshuffle. . . and the claws are out among political commentators like Niki Savva.

Hamish Macdonald gets the thumbs up from both Caro and Corrie as he takes over the hosting role on ABC TV’s ‘Q & A’ from Tony Jones.

The AFLW had their season launch on Tuesday – but has the AFL done enough to publicise the upcoming season and keep pace with the huge swell of interest in Women’s Footy?

Caro’s ‘Crush of the Week’ is a posthumous tribute to former Victorian Premier John Cain.

In BSF (Books, Screen and Food) Corrie’s been reading The Sphinx by Hugo Vickers, Caro reviews Seaberg and shares a recipe for Tomato and Tamarind Fish Curry (see recipe below).

Caro’s more than a little Grumpy about the AFL renewing its partnership with Bet Easy despite lobbying from anti-gambling campaigners and in ‘6 Quick Questions’ we talk BAFTAs fashions and much more.

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Tomato and Tamarind Fish Curry

For the curry paste

· 2 tsp coriander

· 1 tsp cumin seeds

· 2 tbsp light-flavoured oil

· 1 tsp chilli flakes

· 1 tsp ground turmeric

· 11/2 tbsp tamarind paste

· 3 garlic cloves, crushed

· 2 cm piece of ginger peeled and chopped

For the fish curry

· 2 onions, sliced

· 2 tsp black mustard seeds

· 8 curry leaves

· 3 potatoes, quartered

· 4 tomatoes, quartered

· 300ml good fish stock

· 200ml coconut cream

· 600g firm white fish fillet cut into chunks

· Coriander to serve

· Toasted desiccated coconut to serve

· Steamed rice to serve

To make the curry paste, dry fry the coriander and cumin seeds over a medium het for a few minutes, until fragrant. With a drop of oil, blitz the toasted seeds, chilli flakes, turmeric, tamarind, garlic and ginger to a paste in a food processor. Set aside.

Heat the remaining oil in a large frying pan, add the onion, mustard seeds and curry leaves and fry for about 8 minutes, until the onion is golden. Add the potatoes, tomatoes, fish stock and coconut cream to the pan and cook over a low heat until the potatoes are cooked through and the sauce has thickened slightly. Nestle in the fish, spoon over a little sauce and simmer for 2-3 minutes, until the fish is just cooked through.

Remove from the heat, scatter with coriander leaves and serve with toasted desiccated coconut and rice.

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Caro and Corrie kick off 2020 by setting a few goals and discuss the 2020 bush fire tragedies – has it been a game changer for climate debate in Australia?

Caro and Corrie don’t agree at all about the Sussex’s departure from formal Royal life and Corrie has a ‘Crush of the Week’ on Celeste Barber who has helped raise $50 million for Bushfire Relief projects, plus Caro has a swag of GLT’s.

For more details about the Bushfire Fundraiser event at My Bookshop in March email [email protected]

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BSF (Books, Screen and Food)

Corrie’s Top 3 Books

Catch & Kill by Ronan Farrow

Lady in Waiting by Anne Glenconner

House of Trelawney by Hannah Rothschild

Caro’s Top 3 Books

Julia in Ireland by Ann Bridge

Bruny by Heather Rose

Outline by Rachel Cusk

Corrie’s Top 3 Screen Picks

The Gentleman

The Irishman (Netflix)

London Has Fallen (Netflix)

Caro’s Top 3 Screen Picks

The Gentleman

Little Woman

Marriage Story (Netflix)

Berry Crumble Ice Cream

by Jane Hornby Simple & Classic

Ingredients

21/2 cups (600 ml) heavy (double) cream

1 tsp vanilla extract

Scant 1 cup (200 ml) sweetened condensed milk

3/4 cup (100 g) all-purpose (plain) flour

1 pinch fine salt

31/2 tbsp (50 g) unsalted butter, cold

4 tbsp superfine (caster) sugar

About 3 cups (350 g) mixed berries (fresh or frozen)

1 Pour the cream into a large mixing bowl, then add the vanilla. Using an electric mixer, whip the cream until thickened but not stiff.

2 Add the condensed milk to the cream, then use a spatula or large metal spoon to fold it in until evenly mixed. Try to conserve as much of the air in the cream as you can.

3 Put the mixture into a large freezerproof container (I used a small 7 x 10-inch/18 x 25-cm roasting pan, or a baking dish would be fine, too), cover with plastic wrap (clingfilm), then freeze for 3 hours, or until set but still spoonable.

4 Prepare the crumb topping and fruit while you wait. Preheat the oven to 350°F/180°C/Gas Mark 4. Mix the flour and salt in a large bowl, then add the butter, cut into cubes.

5 Rub the butter into the flour, passing it through fingers and thumbs until the cubes of butter start to incorporate into the flour. If the mixture starts to feel warm or the butter sticky, chill it for 5 minutes, then continue. Keep rubbing together until the mixture looks like clumpy bread crumbs, then stir in 2 tablespoons of the sugar.

6 Spread out the crumb mixture over a large baking sheet. Bake for about 25 minutes, until golden and crisp, taking a look halfway through. If the crumbs are browning unevenly, break up with a spoon and

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Join Caroline Wilson and Corrie Perkin for Questions from Ep 112 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. 

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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

NON-FICTION:

FICTION:

AND THE BOOK CORRIE CAN’T WAIT TO READ OVER SUMMER:

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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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