Gimme Empathy

Scott reunites with drummer, friend and inaugural podcast guest Ash Shanahan to talk about life changes, marriage breakups, the driving culture of Tweed teens and the songs of the Finn brothers.

The three members of new wave/punk band WHALEHOUSE talk to Scott about band dynamics, Guitar Hero, home-made costuming and camp mentoring at Girls Rock Brisbane.

Scott delves back into the archives with a Jeremy Neale interview recorded five years ago for the podcast Only Talking Sense. 2013-era Jeremy tells of getting his start in music playing video game-inspired pop-punk, assembling the full 12-piece garage ensemble Velociraptor and how he became involved in so many different bands and creative ventures across Brisbane.

Scott enjoys a few late night drinks with bandmates Phillipa Perrott and Harley Young while visiting Melbourne. They talk Nick Cave, Joni Mitchell, Harley's worst songs and the life and legend of Phillipa's characterful grandfather, Bob Lord.

Scott talks to his new bandmate Adele Pickvance about her life and adventures, from migrating to Australia from Manchester as a teenager to playing bass in The Dave Graney Show and The Go-Betweens to singing karaoke with Sleater-Kinney.

Scott ascends the concrete and glass tower of Z Block at the Queensland University of Technology to talk to Dr John Willsteed, Senior Lecturer of Music, former member of seminal Brisbane bands Xero and The Go-Betweens, sound designer for film and television and one of the loveliest music producers around.

Filmmaker, musician and former cult video store proprietor Andrew Leavold talks to Scott about drumming in wild punk bands, the pleasures and disappointments of running Brisbane's iconic Trash Video and the long, hard road to finishing his passion film project, The Search for Weng Weng - a documentary about a 2'9" Filipino action star from the 1980s.

Musician/community radio host/audio engineer/local legend Branko Cosic talks to Scott about Simpsons-inspired songwriting, the steady rise of his band Tape/Off and finding his friends at the dearly departed DIY venue The Hangar.

Lloyd Martin, lead guitarist of The Bear Hunt, talks to Scott about the highs of music, the stresses of signwriting and how he and his mother built a new life in Australia after escaping his violent biological father.

Bec Wilson, lead singer of The Bear Hunt, talks to Scott about songwriting influences, pilates training and her relationship with her lead guitarist/fiancée Lloyd.