It's our first episode for 2026 and we're diving into a Hottest 100 debrief with triple j Unearthed Music Director Claire Mooney! Claire could very well be the biggest Australian music fan you will ever come across, find out how her iPod led her to triple j, how her own relationship with music fandom has evolved throughout her epic career, what a typical day looks like as a music director, what it's like within the walls of triple j in the lead up to the Hottest 100 and heaps more!

🎧 Listen along: Follow the Fan to Fan playlist on Spotify and Apple Music!

🎵 Intro/Outro music: Dean Valentino (aka Slowcoaching)

Your hosts: Alex Pearce & Bridget Hustwaite

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It’s time for our 2025 music year in review! We’re talking favourite songs, albums we had on repeat, and the gigs that made this year unforgettable. Join us as we look back on the highs, the obsessions, and the tracks that soundtracked our 2025 <3 <3

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🎵 Intro/Outro music: Dean Valentino (aka Slowcoaching)

Your hosts: Alex Pearce & Bridget Hustwaite

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This week we’re fully fanning out with former AFL player Mitch Brown and getting to know the music that made him!

Earlier this year, Mitch made history as the first male AFL player to publicly come out as bisexual in the league’s 129-year history. Since then, many of us have felt like we’ve gotten to know him on a deeper, more human level but now it’s time to go even further, through the music that shaped him.

From school discos to solo loungeroom sessions with his Discman, and the lasting influence of David Bowie, Mitch takes us through the songs, artists and moments that helped him make sense of the world and himself <3

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🎵 Intro/Outro music: Dean Valentino (aka Slowcoaching)

Your hosts: Alex Pearce & Bridget Hustwaite

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A cheeky, chaotic and candid episode for ya this week with Caleb Harper from Spacey Jane! Fresh from performing at Rolling Sets Festival, Caleb joins us at Moose’s for a full debrief on what has been an absolutely massive 2025 for Spacey Jane.

We dive into everything from the band stepping into co-management and Caleb’s songwriting sessions with Sarah Aarons that shaped their third LP, to how he’s personally navigated the ups and downs of life on tour and in LA. Caleb also takes us through his own evolution as a music fan, the impact of Kings of Leon on his personal life and seeking inspiration from Matty Healy on stage.

Plenty of top-tier live music moments too, including the consumption of whole avocados on the side of the highway at Splendour and a tequila-fuelled egg feast in London. Yep. Enjoy!

🎧 Listen along: Follow the Fan to Fan playlist on Spotify and Apple Music!

🎵 Intro/Outro music: Dean Valentino (aka Slowcoaching)

Your hosts: Alex Pearce & Bridget Hustwaite

Catch clips from the show and more on our Instagram! (thanks to Mia from Sound Scene for videography this episode!)

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This week we’re diving into the craft and chaos of building a modern music festival! Joining us is Nick Greco, co-founder of Untitled Group and the juggernaut festival that is Beyond The Valley. Nick takes us from his early days running nightclub events to launching the first BTV with 8,000 people and how it grew into a 40,000-strong cultural force set to celebrate its 10th anniversary. We break down what it really takes to find the right festival site, why understanding your audience and community is everything, and how programming choices and genre curation have evolved as the festival has scaled. Nick also shares how BTV is pushing beyond music (and drinking culture) to create richer experiences, and how working behind the scenes has changed him as a music fan!

If you’ve ever wondered what it takes to keep a festival afloat (and thriving) in today’s climate, consider this episode your backstage pass!

🎧 Listen along: Follow the Fan to Fan playlist on Spotify and Apple Music!

🎵 Intro/Outro music: Dean Valentino (aka Slowcoaching)

Your hosts: Alex Pearce & Bridget Hustwaite

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This week we are joined by the delightful Stella Donnelly to discuss not only her gorgeous new album Love & Fortune, but her first new music in three years and what exactly happened during that time off! We get super candid as Stella shares how she recognised her burnout and loss of love for music, how she learned to become a fan again, the book-inspired approach behind her songwriting, and how she’s been making sense of her recent ADHD diagnosis. Plus, we chat about what it's like to work in a cemetery, how her dating history has surprisingly contributed to her brother’s own music projects, and who she thinks is winning the AFL Grand Final next year (a wild answer for a WA gal, tbh)

🎧 Listen along: Follow the Fan to Fan playlist on Spotify and Apple Music!

🎵 Intro/Outro music: Dean Valentino (aka Slowcoaching)

Your hosts: Alex Pearce & Bridget Hustwaite

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For our first guest on the podcast - and Moose's first time interviewing anyone - we've gone straight to the top with one of Australia's greatest ever singer-songwriters, Paul Kelly!

We get the lowdown on Paul’s recent arena headline tour (including the moment that made Moose well up), and he takes us back to one of the toughest gigs he ever played.

Hear how Paul's thirtieth album Seventy came to be, along with the songs currently sitting in his “odd socks drawer.” Plus: how he really feels about entertainment at the footy, performing at the AFL Grand Final, who he reckons has the best (and worst) AFL club song and the one player he would totally fan over meeting.

We also talk about his earlier dip into writing footy articles, navigating songwriting pressures - particularly when creating a sequel to How to Make Gravy - and how literature and sport continue to shape his creative life.

Paul Kelly's new album Seventy is out now!

🎧 Listen along: Follow the Fan to Fan playlist on Spotify and Apple Music!

🎵 Intro/Outro music: Dean Valentino (aka Slowcoaching)

Your hosts: Alex Pearce & Bridget Hustwaite

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Alright fam welcome to EP2 where we are turning to our own backyard to bring you 10 Australians acts we reckon you are sleeping on! With international heavyweights dominating the charts and our feeds, it’s harder than ever for local acts to cut through - so we’re here to help #ausify your algorithm!

Keen to check out all amazing music referenced in this episode? Our playlist is available on Spotify and Apple Music - dive in and flick it a follow!

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Your hosts: Alex Pearce and Bridget Hustwaite

Podcast Intro/Outro music by Dean Valentino aka Slowcoaching!

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WELCOME TO OUR FIRST EPISODE! 🎉

We’re kicking things off by getting to know each other, fan to fan! We're diving into how music has shaped our lives, from Moose’s AFL career to Bridge’s journey into national radio (and how we could have almost crossed over like six years ago!!)

Plus, Moose reveals the song his mum played him in the womb, Bridge shares how the triple j textline led to a spontaneous trip to Las Vegas, and we chat about our favourite lyrics, the first CD's we owned, even the songs we want played at our funerals (V IMPORTANT!), and heaps more!

🎧 Listen along: Follow the Fan to Fan playlist on Spotify and Apple Music!

Big thanks to Jarred Seng for helping us film the pod - you can catch some clips over on our Instagram.

Shout out to RØDE for sorting us with the best audio gear and empowering creatives across all platforms - Australian owned and operated too!

🎵 Intro/Outro music: Dean Valentino (aka Slowcoaching)

Your hosts: Alex Pearce & Bridget Hustwaite

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