Few years ago we jokingly titled an episode "Someone is Leaving?" as we revealed Migs would be gone for a few months on exchange. Unfortunately this time there is no clickbait as Kush announces he is off to the US, taking his talents to San Francisco. Fear not however, Kush will still very much be involved in the podcast (unfortunately for him) and will hopefully make the odd appearance here and there (technology pending). He's not gone for a few more months so we'll get the most out of him between now and then, meaning max 2 more episode appearances from the big man.

Our game this week is "Family Fight" which is back after a long time. This is our very own low budget version of Family Feud, where the host Ro has the top 5 answers in a category and it's up to the rest of the boys to do their best to get it.

New segment to finish "Starting 5's" which is a little left field from us. Essentially in this segment we've each come up with our own Starting 5's (essentially a basketball team) from any category that would go undefeated in an NBA season.

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FULL PODCAST EPISODES

🔽 APPLE PODCASTS: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-critical-banter-podcast/id1453453320

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🔽 WEBSITE: https://www.criticalbanter.com

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SOCIALS (@criticalbanter)

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👪 FACEBOOK GROUP: https://www.facebook.com/groups/tcbappreciationsociety

📱 TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@criticalbanter

🎬 YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/c/criticalbanter

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FOLLOW THE BOYS:

📸 MIGUEL: http://www.instagr.am/miggybrahhh

📸 ROHIT: http://www.instagr.am/robro1

📸 SEN: http://www.instagr.am/sen.thav

📸 KUSH: http://www.instagr.am/kushyyk

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Loxbeats: https://soundcloud.com/loxbeats

Another huge episode this week featuring a very special guest - Brenda from DatingAppsSuck. Brenda is a trailblazer in the dating community after turning her back on dating apps and instead creating her own in person dating events. We discuss some of her experiences as well as the differences in dating in Sydney vs Melbourne before we dive into some dating red flags as sent in by our listeners.

As usual Brenda takes on Migs and Ro in the classic “Bullslut,” with some fairly targeted categories including countries in Asian and Asian last names.

For our final segment this week, we discuss “The Ethnic Experience” with a focus on dating as an ethnic. Our lovely listeners wrote in with some of their experiences and struggles and we discuss/comment on them, providing some of our own experiences where we can.

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YOU CAN FIND BRENDA HERE:

📸 BRENDA: http://www.instagr.am/brendainbusiness

📸 DATING APPS SUCK: http://www.instagr.am/datingappssuck_

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FULL PODCAST EPISODES

🔽 APPLE PODCASTS: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-critical-banter-podcast/id1453453320

🔽 SPOTIFY: https://sptfy.com/criticalbanter

🔽 WEBSITE: https://www.criticalbanter.com

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SOCIALS (@criticalbanter)

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👍 FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/criticalbanter

👪 FACEBOOK GROUP: https://www.facebook.com/groups/tcbappreciationsociety

📱 TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@criticalbanter

🎬 YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/c/criticalbanter

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FOLLOW THE BOYS:

📸 MIGUEL: http://www.instagr.am/miggybrahhh

📸 ROHIT: http://www.instagr.am/robro1

📸 SEN: http://www.instagr.am/sen.thav

📸 KUSH: http://www.instagr.am/kushyyk

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Loxbeats: https://soundcloud.com/loxbeats

The boys have been in Japan over the last few weeks and are finally back from their trip and are filled to the brim with yarns. Before we dive in, we start with a massive thank you to everyone who purchased tickets to our sold out live show - apologies to those who missed out, we might have to do another show. The boys then jump into a recount of their trip focusing only on the lowlights (and there were quite a few) with some group shenanigans as well as some individual mishaps, all in all, a great trip.

Our game this week is “Urban Myth.” Miguel bought a board game from an Op Shop recently and this brilliant $1 purchase has provided us with 1,000 fact or fiction questions - so be prepared to hear this game quite a bit.

For our final segment this week, we pit Sydney vs Tokyo in “Head to Head.” Just when you thought the boys couldn’t talk any more about Japan, here they are to discuss these 2 great global cities across 5 main categories: food, transport, people, culture and nightlife.

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FULL PODCAST EPISODES

🔽 APPLE PODCASTS: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-critical-banter-podcast/id1453453320

🔽 SPOTIFY: https://sptfy.com/criticalbanter

🔽 WEBSITE: https://www.criticalbanter.com

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SOCIALS (@criticalbanter)

🐦 TWITTER: https://twitter.com/criticalbanter

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👪 FACEBOOK GROUP: https://www.facebook.com/groups/tcbappreciationsociety

📱 TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@criticalbanter

🎬 YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/c/criticalbanter

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FOLLOW THE BOYS:

📸 MIGUEL: http://www.instagr.am/miggybrahhh

📸 ROHIT: http://www.instagr.am/robro1

📸 SEN: http://www.instagr.am/sen.thav

📸 KUSH: http://www.instagr.am/kushyyk

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Loxbeats: https://soundcloud.com/loxbeats

We have the full squadron of the fellas for this week (at least for most of the episode). Sen tells the boys about the untimely demise of the Bungalow saxophone man before Kush provides some updates on his beef with various companies, including an Indian booking company as well as potentially taking Dell to tribunal. Ro is also back from his holidays with yarns from Hong Kong and Vietnam, including rare units, women in night clubs as well as not being invited to an orgy.

Our game this week is the very creative “Guess the Cartoon Character.” Ro found a Youtube video featuring the voices of famous cartoon characters and it’s up to the boys to name the character based only on their voice.

For our final segment this week, we bring back “What Your _ Says About You.” As we did a few weeks ago, we have a number of categories we discuss in which we just rattle off the most number of stereotypes we can in the space of 30 minutes.

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FULL PODCAST EPISODES

🔽 APPLE PODCASTS: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-critical-banter-podcast/id1453453320

🔽 SPOTIFY: https://sptfy.com/criticalbanter

🔽 WEBSITE: https://www.criticalbanter.com

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SOCIALS (@criticalbanter)

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👪 FACEBOOK GROUP: https://www.facebook.com/groups/tcbappreciationsociety

📱 TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@criticalbanter

🎬 YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/c/criticalbanter

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FOLLOW THE BOYS:

📸 MIGUEL: http://www.instagr.am/miggybrahhh

📸 ROHIT: http://www.instagr.am/robro1

📸 SEN: http://www.instagr.am/sen.thav

📸 KUSH: http://www.instagr.am/kushyyk

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Loxbeats: https://soundcloud.com/loxbeats

LIVE SHOW TIX: Critical Banter - LIVE - Stand Up Sydney

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The menace trio of Kush, Migs and Sen are back once again this week with Ro still MIA. Straight off the rip Kush brings our favourite type of yarn - a weirdo in a bathroom. This particular weirdo happened to be moaning and farting whilst peeing at the cubicle. Sen also has some yarns including being accosted by an older Sri Lankan couple while waiting in line as well as some new yarns via his physio. These stories delve into the spiritual side of life as we talk religion, sixth senses and gut feelings. We end with a review of the Cisco x Nike collaboration.

Buckle up we got a Kush game this week with “The Feud.” Kush presents the boys some popular unfinished Google search prompts. They must then guess the rest of the most popular prompts.

Would you look at that - it’s tier list time, with our segment “Compare and Contrast.” We’ve gone back to our roots this week as we rank some of the most popular Asian dishes, ranging from Bahn Mi to Ramen and everything in between.

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FULL PODCAST EPISODES

🔽 APPLE PODCASTS: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-critical-banter-podcast/id1453453320

🔽 SPOTIFY: https://sptfy.com/criticalbanter

🔽 WEBSITE: https://www.criticalbanter.com

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SOCIALS (@criticalbanter)

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👪 FACEBOOK GROUP: https://www.facebook.com/groups/tcbappreciationsociety

📱 TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@criticalbanter

🎬 YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/c/criticalbanter

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FOLLOW THE BOYS:

📸 MIGUEL: http://www.instagr.am/miggybrahhh

📸 ROHIT: http://www.instagr.am/robro1

📸 SEN: http://www.instagr.am/sen.thav

📸 KUSH: http://www.instagr.am/kushyyk

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Loxbeats: https://soundcloud.com/loxbeats

Absolutely massive episode we got for you this week as we are joined by a very special guest. The king of acai himself, Jacob Najjar of Thirsty Monkey fame, joins us live in the studio. We discuss his successful Muay Thai career, opening up a gym, venturing into the world of cafes and acai and his grand vision for acai in Western Sydney. All in all, a super interesting chat with a very entertaining man.

As usual our game with our guest is “Bullslut,” as Jacob goes head to head against Rohit and Miguel. This week’s categories include Sydney suburbs, fruits, desserts and much more.

We end this week with a new segment, “TCB Tank.” This is our twist on Shark Tank, as each of the boys take turns pitching (fake) products to each other and Jacob. Ro has multiple ideas, one of which sounds like borderline human trafficking, Sen seems to be obsessed with posterior scratching and Miguel’s come up with a Black Mirroresque social trend app.

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YOU CAN FIND JACOB / THIRSTY MONKEY HERE:

📸 JACOB: http://www.instagr.am/jacobbnajjar

📸 THIRSTY MONKEY: http://www.instagr.am/thirstymonkey_au

📱 TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@thirstymonkey_au

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FULL PODCAST EPISODES

🔽 APPLE PODCASTS: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-critical-banter-podcast/id1453453320

🔽 SPOTIFY: https://sptfy.com/criticalbanter

🔽 WEBSITE: https://www.criticalbanter.com

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SOCIALS (@criticalbanter)

🐦 TWITTER: https://twitter.com/criticalbanter

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👍 FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/criticalbanter

👪 FACEBOOK GROUP: https://www.facebook.com/groups/tcbappreciationsociety

📱 TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@criticalbanter

🎬 YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/c/criticalbanter

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FOLLOW THE BOYS:

📸 MIGUEL: http://www.instagr.am/miggybrahhh

📸 ROHIT: http://www.instagr.am/robro1

📸 SEN: http://www.instagr.am/sen.thav

📸 KUSH: http://www.instagr.am/kushyyk

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Loxbeats: https://soundcloud.com/loxbeats

Huge episode this week as Ro is off galavanting through Asia, leaving the dastardly trio of Migs, Kush and Sen to steer the ship. Immediately we begin with smut as Miguel painfully recounts a story of his nether regions being shattered via a kick in soccer, all while being recognised by a group of teenage boys. Sen then dobs in Rohit for some truly strange behaviour, before revealing he may have stolen goods in his house. We end with rating Caesar’s Palace merch.

Our game this week is “Pointless,” which borrows its name and rules from the popular UK game show. Miguel asks Sen and Kush some questions with the aim of the game to get the least obvious answer.

We end this week with “Change My Mind.” Very simple, the lads each bring 3 ideologies they hold dear to their heart and challenge the other 2 to change their mind. We swing wild this week with Kush questioning the existence of the North Shore, Miguel complains about Sydney’s herd mentality and Sen takes aim at Museum and St James stations - real hard hitting stuff.

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FULL PODCAST EPISODES

🔽 APPLE PODCASTS: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-critical-banter-podcast/id1453453320

🔽 SPOTIFY: https://sptfy.com/criticalbanter

🔽 WEBSITE: https://www.criticalbanter.com

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SOCIALS (@criticalbanter)

🐦 TWITTER: https://twitter.com/criticalbanter

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👍 FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/criticalbanter

👪 FACEBOOK GROUP: https://www.facebook.com/groups/tcbappreciationsociety

📱 TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@criticalbanter

🎬 YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/c/criticalbanter

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FOLLOW THE BOYS:

📸 MIGUEL: http://www.instagr.am/miggybrahhh

📸 ROHIT: http://www.instagr.am/robro1

📸 SEN: http://www.instagr.am/sen.thav

📸 KUSH: http://www.instagr.am/kushyyk

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Loxbeats: https://soundcloud.com/loxbeats

Massive week for TCB and for Kush especially as he finally gets his first W against a corporation. Kush recounts in detail his year long battle with a large Sydney music store which came to a tantalising conclusion last week. The other boys then bring some yarns of their time playing 2 Up on Anzac Day, including a rivalry with a fellow punter. We end with a review of the EY Converse collaboration.

Our game this week is “Scattergories.” Simply put, Miguel gives the boys a category and they go around naming as many things as they can within that category without falter until only one remains.

We end this week with the always popular, “Dob in a Rare Unit.” To kick us off we have a few listener submissions with our favourite category of rare unit: the bathroom rare unit. Extra points as well to the listener for submitting them via voice notes. Rohit then reveals his own rare unit wherein he was rizzed and then scarred for life - quite the rollercoaster story.

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FULL PODCAST EPISODES

🔽 APPLE PODCASTS: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-critical-banter-podcast/id1453453320

🔽 SPOTIFY: https://sptfy.com/criticalbanter

🔽 WEBSITE: https://www.criticalbanter.com

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SOCIALS (@criticalbanter)

🐦 TWITTER: https://twitter.com/criticalbanter

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👍 FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/criticalbanter

👪 FACEBOOK GROUP: https://www.facebook.com/groups/tcbappreciationsociety

📱 TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@criticalbanter

🎬 YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/c/criticalbanter

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FOLLOW THE BOYS:

📸 MIGUEL: http://www.instagr.am/miggybrahhh

📸 ROHIT: http://www.instagr.am/robro1

📸 SEN: http://www.instagr.am/sen.thav

📸 KUSH: http://www.instagr.am/kushyyk

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Loxbeats: https://soundcloud.com/loxbeats

We’ve called Kush back up from the reserves as all the boys are back on deck this week. We start with a tale of hubris as Ro foolishes tries to save a woman’s life only to be met with the least helpful 000 responder. Also this week, Sen’s in rehab for his foot and he brings yarns from his physio. This week it’s the tale of his physio trying to fake his way onto Beauty and the Geek.

We’re back with the famous Tik Tok game - “Impostor". Quite a simple game, each round the boys are given a famous name except for one person who is the Impostor. They then use one word to describe the person and the Impostor must guess the person before the other 2 guess who the Impostor is.

It’s that time of the month again for yet another tier list with our segment “Compare and Contrast.” We’ve gone full blown nostalgia this week as we take a trip down memory lane as we rank the best cartoon shows from our childhood.

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FULL PODCAST EPISODES

🔽 APPLE PODCASTS: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-critical-banter-podcast/id1453453320

🔽 SPOTIFY: https://sptfy.com/criticalbanter

🔽 WEBSITE: https://www.criticalbanter.com

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SOCIALS (@criticalbanter)

🐦 TWITTER: https://twitter.com/criticalbanter

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👍 FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/criticalbanter

👪 FACEBOOK GROUP: https://www.facebook.com/groups/tcbappreciationsociety

📱 TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@criticalbanter

🎬 YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/c/criticalbanter

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FOLLOW THE BOYS:

📸 MIGUEL: http://www.instagr.am/miggybrahhh

📸 ROHIT: http://www.instagr.am/robro1

📸 SEN: http://www.instagr.am/sen.thav

📸 KUSH: http://www.instagr.am/kushyyk

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Loxbeats: https://soundcloud.com/loxbeats

Wowee do we have an absolutely massive episode this week for you guys, featuring a very special guest. We’ve sent Kush to the bench to welcome one of Australia’s leading sports broadcasters - Kat Haddad. Kat has appeared on Optus Sport, SBS as well as a number of podcasts. We learn about Kat’s unorthodox journey to get to where she is today, her work during the Women’s World Cup, her thoughts on the NRL and much more.

As we normally do with our guests, our game this week is “Bullslut'' as Kat goes head to head against Rohit and Miguel. Can the lads finally get a win against a guest?

We end this week with an old classic segment, “Higher or Lower.” This week we’re putting head to head, iconic Australian sporting moments of the 21st century. From Cathy Freeman’s win at the 2000 Olympics to John Aloisi’s winning penalty to qualify for the 2006 World Cup, we cover it all.

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YOU CAN FIND KAT HERE:

📸 INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagr.am/kathaddad

🔽 RUGBY LEAGUE GURU: https://www.instagr.am/rugbyleagueguru

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FULL PODCAST EPISODES

🔽 APPLE PODCASTS: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-critical-banter-podcast/id1453453320

🔽 SPOTIFY: https://sptfy.com/criticalbanter

🔽 WEBSITE: https://www.criticalbanter.com

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SOCIALS (@criticalbanter)

🐦 TWITTER: https://twitter.com/criticalbanter

📸 INSTAGRAM: http://www.instagr.am/criticalbanter

👍 FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/criticalbanter

👪 FACEBOOK GROUP: https://www.facebook.com/groups/tcbappreciationsociety

📱 TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@criticalbanter

🎬 YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/c/criticalbanter

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FOLLOW THE BOYS:

📸 MIGUEL: http://www.instagr.am/miggybrahhh

📸 ROHIT: http://www.instagr.am/robro1

📸 SEN: http://www.instagr.am/sen.thav

📸 KUSH: http://www.instagr.am/kushyyk

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MUSIC by

Loxbeats: https://soundcloud.com/loxbeats