Send us a text HUMOUR AND LAUGHTER. Things get a little crazy on this episode. Not being content to merely talk about humour, the boys indulge with a few jokes along the way - actually quite a few. Typical of their indomitable style, Keith and Lee attempt to mix up their laughs with some serious moments - after all they were supposed to be talking …

Send us a text Sponsored by Noosa Springs Fitness Centre PAUL EWING On this episode of NOOSA NOW, Keith and Lee welcome Paul Ewing, a fitness trainer into the DGMS Studio. Paul, a long-time professional in the fitness industry over many decades, has extensive knowledge of the industry which he willingly shares with dedication and insight. Long gone…

Send us a text LIFE DOSEN'T HAVE TO BE EASY - OR DOES IT ? Keith's now recovered enough to return into the studio after a week and a half of self-isolation. And there is nothing that he and Lee enjoy more than chatting together face to face across their microphones. Not content to simply catch up with some casual chat, the two of them decided to di…

Send us a text TO RECORD OR NOT? Keith couldn't come into the studio to record this week's episode of Dont Get Me Started due to a heavy chest and throat infection. But with some exciting news of two new podcast streams that the boys have started, Keith said let's do it over the phone. He's self-isolating out in the countryside but feeling forty pe…

Send us a text Noosa Now MORGAN BRADY Morgan , owner, director and chief designer of Pearl Interiors, is Noosa Now’s guest on this episode chatting about her work helping her clients create beautiful interiors of their homes. It’s a work of love for Morgan. An interesting comment in the interview is her admission that she loves spaces. Where others…

Send us a text PETER WHITE – Part 1 Our Surf Town guest today is Peter White. Peter is the Noosa-based, internationally respected shaper and owner of Classic Malibu. And indeed they are, as so many of Peter’s beautifully crafted longboards are to be found all around the world ridden by countless surfers who treasure them. They are surfboards for al…

Send us a text MARRIAGE, IS IT STILL RELEVANT - OR NOT? For many, marriage is the ultimate public declaration that they are no longer available for dating or "playing the field." It's a binding commitment. Some people though feel that a committed relationship doesn't have to be so formal and often say that marriage is just a piece of paper. Marriag…

Send us a text DOES LIFE HAVE TO HAVE A PURPOSE - YES OR NO? Although humans can be seen as part of the animal kingdom, there is something that intrinsically separates us from the non-human species. Just what that is might be hard to define, leaving it open to all variations of opinions and views. One thing that does appear to be particular to huma…

Send us a text NOOSA NOW On this episode of Noosa Now, Michael Woodham, the onsite manager of Noosa's Tropicanna Resort, comes into the DCMS Studios to chat with Keith and Lee about resort managing, his business principles and his love of Noosa. Plus, a little of his own background. As it's always good to see something we love through other's eyes,…

Send us a text MEN'S LONELINESS A recent article released by SBS, one of our government-run television channels here in Australia, reports that one in four Australian men do not have a close circle of friends and suffer from loneliness. The news article points out that it is not just an internal problem but now a serious health problem, akin to smo…

Send us a text TIME AWAY FROM YOUR PARTNER - OR NOT? A line in the great music group Chicago's hit, "Hard To Say Sorry" reads: 'Everybody needs a little time away, I heard her say, from each other ... even lovers need a holiday, far away, from each other.' But do they? Is such a move selfish, a neglect of commitment or a liberation and much-needed …

Send us a text Noosa Now Sarah Sinclair Real Estate Agent Sarah Sinclair comes into the DGMS (Dont Get Me Started) studio to chat about the Nossa and surrounding district's real estate market. As an agent with considerable local selling experience, she shares first-hand insights into the character of the Noosa housing market. Sarah has also worked …

Send us a text MATES and FRIENDS A mate generally means, for many cultures, someone you partner up with to share life - and mainly to do so for a lifetime. Of course, there are variations of that coupling but in Australia, the term mate signifies a very close, non-sexual relationship - almost like being joined to a sibling. To be a mate down here i…

Send us a text NOOSA NOW RYAN FOGG. BLUE SKY DESIGN AND BUILD Ryan Fogg, local born and raised, second generation builder talks to Noosa Now about his family's construction and design business connection to the Noosa district. Through his company Blue Sky Designs he enjoys working closely with his customers, Ryan says. It's important to listen to t…

Send us a text THREAT OF NUCLEAR WAR - REAL OR NOT? True to their brief that no topic will be left untouched, in this episode Keith and Lee discuss the possible threat of nuclear war as the conflict in The Ukraine gradually escalates. The discussion was prompted by an interview George Galloway conducted with Scott Ritter. Scott is a former United S…

Send us a text THE OLYMPIC GAMES - A FUTURE OR NOT? Every four years the Olympic Games, the ultimate world sporting event, comes around via the host nation and our global TV screens. The athletes of the world's nations come together to celebrate sport, international fraternity and goodwill. At least that's the ideal - for despite astonishing levels…

Send us a text NOOSA NOW Noosa Now podcasts the people of Noosa who have made the town what it is - and those who are shaping it today. They are the baristas, the builders, the business people, the surfers, the sports people, those of the arts and their patrons, the health and lifestyle gurus, the restauranteurs, the hospitality workers, and the sh…

Send us a text US POLITICS (WELL, TRUMP - AGAIN!) AND THE BEST AND WORST DAY OF OUR LIVES. In this episode, Keith and Lee set out to have a light-hearted discussion concerning the best and worst day of their lives but didn't get too far as the hot topic of the USA's political circus reared its bewildering head. Well, let's face it - with bombastic …

Send us a text FIRST LOVES AND BROKEN HEARTS Very few of us don't have a first love that we can easily recall many years after the event. Whether puppy love or the real thing it remains an unforgettable memory. Some lucky couples go on to spend their lives together the whole way through. They grow into each other. Love does that to a person, it joi…

Send us a text THE BEATLES, THE ROLLING STONES, Pop Music, or more correctly, popular music is just that - popular. It is the music for the masses. That doesn't mean it cannot be great music. Or even prevent some of its songs and performers earning the tag of being classics within its own genre. The Beatles, of course, will always be held in such h…

Send us a text The implications of saying YES or NO These are simple words but can hold weighty consequences when said too easily to the wrong question. Sometimes saying yes not only pleases others but gives them an advantage that may leave you disadvantaged - or living with an unexpected and unwanted outcome. Plus damages our reputation as a "soft…

Send us a text CONSPIRACY THEORIES - TRUE OR FALSE? You don't have to go too far these days to hear about conspiracy theories. From the weird and wacky, to naming names - with a certainty that something shadowy and sinister is about to take control of us all. Or even eliminate a vast percentage of us. It may come as a surprise to many that they are…

Send us a text Heroes and Villians. It's said that it's best not to meet your heroes as you may be disappointed when you suddenly realize how human they are. And, certainly, most of us don't want to meet the villains that loom large in our minds. But we all have them. All sorts of heroes for all sorts of reasons - and the same regarding our villain…

Send us a text Ten Questions Wanting to have a light-hearted episode Lee came up with ten life questions about likes, preferences and aspirations. Well, not exactly deep aspirations, which the boys want to discuss at another time, but fun aspirations. After Lee's initial correct guess at Keith's early answer, they both had a few raised eyebrows and…

Send us a text TECHNOLOGY - THE GOOD AND THE BAD. Technology today is all around us. Most likely more so than any other time in our history. Our new digital world is so deeply embedded into our everyday life there is barely an industry, a business, a sport or recreation that is untouched by it. Like most inventions that 'advance' our lives, modern …

Send us a text 3. TRUMP AND AMERICAN DEMOCRACY Nobody these days seems to be able to avoid talking about the Donald. His shadow looms large, not only over the USA, but across the globe, even as far as Australia. And like most people, Keith and Lee have their views on the man, his past presidency, his current bumpy runup to the 2024 election and wha…

Send us a text President Putin and Russia Having posted an episode on Mr Donald Trump, Keith and Lee decided to balance the ledger with that other controversial, international figure, President Vladimir Putin. But is he the real European threat that we are led to believe? Maybe most of us think that he is due to the constant portrayals of him in th…

Send us a text MOVIES AND FILM STARS We have all been impacted by movies - we grew up with them. They are such an integral part of popular culture how could we otherwise? Perhaps more so in times gone by. Still, most of us have our favourite movies and movie stars. Particularly Lee who especially loves that era of movies when we all raced off to se…

Send us a text SEX AND RELATIONSHIPS Sex … just the mention of the word gets our attention. For who isn’t interested? Well, maybe the rare few. Fifty shades of grey? Hmmm … maybe five hundred more like it for it’s been said that sex is one of the two things most people lie about. The other being money. And why so, mainly because both topics are so …

Send us a text LIFE AND DEATH At some point we all talk about these two big subjects.To make sense of life asking does it have meaning, is there a purpose etc? We might be faced with death or having to deal with the loss of someone close. All of us experience both but not everyone shares the same views. For some life as we know it is all there is, …

Send us a text KEITH’S AUSTRALIA and LEE’S ENGLAND With a growing international audience, the boys wanted to give some background to the towns they grew up in – as well as their respective countries. Although Keith and Lee were born about as far away from each other as possible, they both come from historical, coastal towns. So, there are some simi…

Send us a text 2. LOVE AND HATE Very few emotions stir us as much as love and hate. We all experience one or the other frequently, and with various degrees of intensity, throughout our lives. It can be triggered by an unexpected encounter with other people (or a single person), a situation, a loss, a gain, or an experience. After a very surprising …

Send us a text 1. PARENTING AND FAMILY Most of us have parents, become parents, and therefore value parenting relationships as our most important along with those with our partners. Being a parent or an offspring is not always easy, as we would wish it to be - or it is simply one of the most cherished dimensions of our family life. Keith and Lee di…

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We're back! For no reason! Well, maybe because there's a writer's strike and Anthony has time. And maybe because Will figured out that if he just sent Anthony a scheduled zoom link with no warning, Anthony would accept it! But whatever the reason is, your hosts are back with another "minor obsessions" only episode. We go over apps, books, games, ot…

Anthony and Will resurrect the podcast for one episode because... well, just kinda because! No guests! They each describe three minor obsessions. Oddly, their first ones are almost identical. They get into: music, liquor, video games, statistics, social media, Broadway, the pandemic, 9-11 and wondering how they will let anyone know that this episod…

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Life of a car sales man 😂

The "du ba du ba du ba interlude~!" is intentional. No, we didn't forget to edit it out, we thought it was funny.

If you are a guy and you are in Chennai, have you ever wondered why you don't get any match in Tinder, even though you have right swiped everything which remotely resembled a female? I know bro... We've all been there. Here is a rant about it. Let me know if I had missed anything.

Final episode! After almost three years, we are ending the podcast! "Why?" you ask, you DEMAND, to know? Well, we just wanted to. We've loved it every step of the way but now we can sense it becoming more of a chore than a labor of love so we're ending it before that happens. In this final episode, we talk about the reasons we started the podcast, …

Hayes Davenport is a co-host of the very funny podcast Hollywood Handbook, as well as being a writer for many great television comedies. We don't talk to him about any of that. We get into his obsession with CITY PLANNING. Why are cities set up the way they are? What are the issues with making them better? What's going with Los Angeles? Who made NY…

We break our "not about what you do" rule yet AGAIN to talk to television writer/former UCB Artistic Director Neil Campbell about SKETCH COMEDY. We get nerdy early and often as we go back to Neil's days at the University of Iowa, his thoughts on the early days of the UCB sketch scene, how he adjusts strategies when writing for television and way mo…

We talk to Jackie Johnson, comedian actor and host of the hit podcast Natch Beaut, about her jaw-droopingly long obsessing with the SIMS. You know, the virtual family game where you set up a little community and they age and do stuff? Jackie has done this for like 15 years. Holy jeebs. Also, Will talks about the sketch comedy podcast from Austin ca…

We talk to comedian Beth Appel about ODYSSEY OF THE MIND, the middle-and-high-school competition designed to encourage creative problem solving. What got Beth so obsessed? How is it not like a quiz bowl or a math team or other nerdy competitive things? What's with all the building things out of wood? We get into all that and MORE! Plus Will is into…

We talk to comedian Will McLaughlin (TBS' show "Wrecked") about the JFK ASSASSINATION. Seeing the Oliver Stone movie JFK set Will on a path of researching President Kennedy's murder to see what parts of the official story really DON'T hold up. Will has three main issues with the official story, and if you listen to the episode you will hear WHAT TH…

We talk to producer/director David Zwick about the 1924 Democratic National Convention! In what could have been a shoo-in for the Democratic party, infighting and factions led to taking almost 2 weeks to pick someone who turned out to be an incredibly weak candidate! We hear about how the party couldn't decide whether or not to condemn the KKK, and…

Comedian Dominique Johnson comes on to talk about LISTENING TO NEW MUSIC. Through Facebook, the hosts realized that Dom had an interesting set of opinions on music: he's both very opinionated but also very open. Meaning: he'll listen to new music, even music that's very outside of his tastes. Yet he doesn't blindly accept artists just because they …

Comedian/musician/phenomenon Jim Santangeli talks to us about The NFL Draft. "What is it?" asks Will, and Jim answers. We also get into: college football, Connecticut pride, old podcast ideas, forgotten web series and love! Hey and there's more: Will likes Twin Peaks, and Anthony is fascinated by the story of Billy Joel backup singer Mike DelGuidic…

Returning guest Jen Krueger (from the "Notebooks/Day Planners") episode talks to us about her obsession with British Panel Shows. From the perhaps most well-known "QI" to the less-well-known-but-more-fun-named "8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown," she tells us why she likes these shows, which are her favorite guests, why she thinks these types of show…