Hi Everyone,

This is a post to tell you all what  is already self-evident, namely that Bob’s Yer Uncle! is on hiatus until further notice. We’re all well (all three of us) and everything’s fine, but work and family obligations have made it impossible for us to keep producing shows for the time being. The website will be staying up and hopefully it won’t be too long before we can get back to recording, but we don’t know exactly what the future holds. Thanks for bearing with us, and if you get really bored you can always listen to an old episode or try the The Corridor audio novel if you haven’t already.

Take care, thanks for all your support, and we hope to be speaking to you again soon,

Zan and Jana. 

This was supposed to be a short show to wish everyone well for the festive season, but it blew out because we spent so long covering listener toy and present stories and reminiscing about cool toys from the 1970s. Have a great New Year and you’ll hear from us in 2008!

 

 #80 - The Christmas Eve Eve Edition. [1:33:27m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

In this show:

•  Zan and Jana try to sound serious and knowledgeable about pressing issues of the day, such as the climate change  talks in Bali and the question of why Australians’ quality of life is supposed to be so good when we neglect education and overrun our country with hallucinogen-secreting toads
• things to do in Melbourne
• an Amateur Cognitive Science update on colours and perception
• and a poignant tale of parental abandonment recounted live on air by Uncle Bob.

 

 #79 - The Bobspawn Edition. [1:03:34m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

It’s election night in Oz, and as Jana ignores him and watches the TV coverage, Zan talks to himself about

•  Australian bees end their The Fugitive-style quest to prove their innocence.
• Finally, an all-in-one craft toy and date-rape drug solution.
• Misogynist santas.
• and in an all-new Amateur Cognitive Science, we ask, Did Achilles only have half a brain?

Morning after election day update: Labor has won the federal election; John Howard’s seat could still go either way, with Labor slightly ahead.

 

 #78 - The Bye-bye Johnny Edition. [1:30:40m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

This week on Bob’s Yer Uncle!:

• snorting sewage.

•swearing at work to boost productivity versus wanking at work to boost productivity.

• Plus a special Smut Report review, thanks to Auke at Love Chess.

Remember, our new US phone number is 206 350-8626.

 

 #77 - It's A Little Old Game Where We Can Get Together. [44:14m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Yeah, yeah, we know we’ve been lazy lately. Sue us.This week we wonder which foreign threat will destroy Australia first, Africans or the Internet? We also discuss some news items about people with unexpected numbers of body parts, and Jana presents a new Things that are Dumb. 

 

 #76 - The Exersaucer Edition. [1:12:02m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

This week on the show: 

•  First Paul Hogan, then Russell Crowe, now bees - yet another reason why the US should close its borders to Australian imports.
• Israeli Nazis.
• Marital advice for listener Vibeeen.
• and a brand new segment.

I know we said we’d be back next week at the end of the show, but that was because we’d forgotten that we’ll be away next weekend. We’ll be back in two weeks.

 

 #75 - The Morally Dubious Edition. [1:05:05m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

We recorded this show last weekend, but I held off posting it because we were supposed to be moving to a new server early this week and I thought I’d post it after the move. However, there was a hold-up with the domain registration transfer, and things took longer than expected, so the show’s a week late. We won’t post another show this weekend, but things will return to normal next weekend (we don’t want to waste too much of the time we could spend talking about George W. Bush’s visit to Australia for the OPEC - I mean APEC - meeting).

 

 #74 - The Colombian Sex Research Edition. [46:07m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

We’re back! Is anyone still here? If so, you can listen to us talk on topics including:

* What Zan and Jana have been doing for the past month-and-a-half (this topic only takes about 3.5 seconds to cover).
* See you in hell, Little Johnny Howard!
* And a much-anticipated Smut Report, in which we discuss the world’s creepiest sex toy, prescribing semen to suicidal college students, and how men can mix up a refreshing tropical thirst-quencher in their prostates.

 

 #73 - The Pineapple-Flavoured Edition. [1:17:37m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

This week on Bob’s Yer Uncle!:

* We give you what will hopefully be the last piece of muffin top news ever.
* Tony Mokbel, wig-wearing gangster groupie.
* Is any sitcom original enough to be worth copying?
* And Uncle Bob shares his thoughts on the miracle of fatherhood.

 

 #72 - The Little Bradley Show [55:11m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

This week:

* Goodbye Battlestar Galactica, hello Peepshow.

* Let’s all say ‘No way’ with Latawnya the naughty horse.

* And Jana talks about cakes in a new Cooking with Jana.

 

 #71 - Let Them Eat Cake [57:59m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

In this show:

* stoned voicemails
* a not very good definition of bloody mindedness
* why having a barbaric public health system is a good thing
* and a new Amateur Cognitive Science featuring animals, autism, artifical intelligence, eyes, hypnosis, and psychological experiments
* P.S. it turns out that the yabby is a kind of crayfish, just a very small one.

 

 #70 - How to Look Like a Cow. [1:26:09m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

This week:

* Why we hate our neighbours.

* Big Canadian things versus big Australian things.

* A parenthood update.

 

 #69 - The Big Stuff Edition [57:15m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

We’re back and have a lot of catching up to do. You don’t need a breakdown - it’s just a long, meandering show where we try to cover all the things we’ve been neglecting.

 

 #68 - The Catch-Up Edition [1:24:27m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

…the beautiful, the perfect, the aDORable…

Miss Abigail Pearl.

Who made her entrance into the world on February 23rd, 2007 at 1.35pm.  This makes her a Pisces, born on the cusp of Aquarius, and a little Chinese Pig(let).

Thank you so much everyone for all your good wishes.  Zan printed them out and brought them to me in hospital, where I enjoyed them in between my exciting schedule of Dr Phil, knitting, DVDs and my thrilling once a day trip to the shower.

Some might say my rant about medicalised childbirth bit me in the bum big time, and I’m bound to say that I agree with them.  Certainly knocked me off my smug, perfect pregnancy pedestal.  Still, we managed it so that the main event provided a peaceful, healthy and loving beginning for our precious girl, even if it wasn’t so peaceful for her parents.

We will be back podcasting very soon, and here is a challenge for all of you - we need a nom de plume for little miss Abi.  Gleek is taken, obviously.

Love to you all.

Jana

Hi Listeners,

It looks like wondertwin junior will be arriving early, which is why we haven’t been recording shows lately. Jana and baby are doing fine, but have to stay in hospital under observation until the birth (so Jana’s been getting plenty of the medical attention she didn’t want). I’ll post more information as it comes to hand.

Zan.

This week we introduce our new sloth/bees/babies focus for the show with:

* Sloth
* A great many Tvindy voicemails
* Bees
* Possible immigration destinations for the coming environmental apocalypse.
* More sloth
* The Australian Flag
* More Bees

And, in a new Things that are Dumb, Jana talks about the medicalisation of chilbirth (that’s the babies part).

 

 #67 - The Sloth/Bees/Babies Edition [1:09:38m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

It’s Australia Day again, and time to glorify this great nation with various backhanded compliments and outright insults. We talk about the good and the bad of the wide brown land, then review some good and bad Australian movies: Head On; One Perfect Day; and Candy.

 

 #66 - The Un-Australia Day Edition [1:35:16m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

It’s time for another Smut Report this week. After discussing horrendously large breasts and anal sex workshops, we look at pornographic computer games.

 

 #65 - The 3D Rooter Edition [48:01m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

This week, come for the light-hearted discussion of mass death, then stay for talk of:* Babel.* Australia, the movie.* Jana’s hatred of Hugh Jackman.* Fucked-up male actors.* Japanese noodles and Japanese beards.* Myth-translations.* A Baby update.We’ll be back on Wednesday with a new Smut Report.

 

 #64 - The Canine Prostitute Edition [50:43m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

It’s a good, old-fashioned, single long show this week, featuring:

* Momofuku Ando, we hardly knew ye.
* Zan and Jana’s backyard beach resort.
* Bindimania.
* Idiotic adventurers.
* Silly surnames.
* and 21 Jump Street.

Plus a new Amateur Cognitive Science.

Erratum: 21 Jump Street starred Richard Grieco, not Australian full-contact fighter Sam Greco. Neither is related to Cheaters host Joey Greco.

 

 #63 - The Retarded Vulcan Stranger Edition [1:18:34m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

In our second show for the week, we chat about Realdoll lovers and undergoing IVF to avoid sex, and bring you a new Cooking with Jana.

 

 #62 - Kissing the Latex [32:17m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

It’s our first show for 2007, and time to have a chin-wag about:

* Freaky weather.
* Is the Southern Hemisphere the worst hemisphere?
* Summer Christmases.
* Our anniversary celebrations.
* James Bond and a martini update.
* Lame superheroes.

 

 #61 - The Wonky Weather Edition [50:35m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

‘Tis the season for debunking Christmas traditions by drawing attention to their pagan origins. If you’re Jana, ’tis also the season for thinking about arranged marriages and complaining about James Bond.

Enjoy the festivities, everyone!

 

 #60 - The Actual Christmas Edition [57:26m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

In our pre-pre-Christmas show, we cover listener correspondence and news stories, including pavlova making, Japanese breasts, circumcision, scantily-clad road sign holders, chocolate crackles, and languages.

 

 #59 - Not the Christmas Edition. [42:27m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

This week:

* Australia: beautiful one day, on fire the next.
* Beautiful languages and nauseating languages.
* Personalised number plates.
* Push-up underwear.
* William Shatner speaking Esperanto.
* Cooking with Jana.

 

 #58 - The Bushfire Barbecue Edition. [52:18m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Carrying on from recording our last show, we make an abortive attempt at preliminary patter before putting a call through to Uncle Bob. Uncle Bob helps with a community service announcement before sharing an inspiring tale of Arctic survival.

 

 #57 - The Seal Blubber Insulated Edition [36:06m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

In this exciting show you’ll get:

* Annoying jackhammer noises from next door.
* A hippy birthing class report.
* Shooting clingfilm into space.
* The dollar value of Bob’s Yer Uncle!.
* Rage at Placid Lake.
* Are Zan and Jana Ben Lee and Rose Byrne? (Hint: if Zan were Ben Lee, the song at the end of the show would sound a lot better.)

Uncle Bob will be back on Wednesday.

 

 #56 - The Erroneously Unmasked Edition [30:54m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Any right-minded person would want to listen to this show. It features stupidology, right wing ranters, and Zan’s salute to Aussie ingenuity.

 

 #55 - The Common Sense Edition [50:56m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

This week:

* Michael Flatley (Lord of the Dance).
* Letting the stingray of love pierce your heart.
* Jana tallies up the replacement value of her handbag.

Sorry there were some technical difficulties with this recording. If Zan’s audio interface needs to be replaced again, future shows will have to be cancelled following his suicide.

 

 #54 - Lord of the Podcasts [45:51m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

This week, you can hear all about Zan and Jana’s exciting plans for watering their garden, as well as Australia’s winning strategy in Iraq, Jana’s fascinating experiences at the swimming pool, and more on Dogs in Space and zombies and horror.

And there are more thoughtful silences when, in Getting to Know Zan and Jana, we get to know Jana.

 

 #53 - The High-Waisted Acidwash Jeans Edition [1:19:20m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

In this show, we catch up on voicemails from Tvindy, Will and Adam, and hear an audio promo for Radio Free Marist.

Then Jana invents a new segment: Getting to Know Zan and Jana.

 

 #52 - The Greeny Green-Green Edition [57:48m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Another two show week:

* The great Star Trek controversy.
* Belated 50 shows/one year anniversary announcement.
* Jana as Linda Blair.
* A not very comprehensive list of great literary rip-offs.
* Boring political discussion.
* Whinging Poms.

 

 #51 - The Australian Values Edition [45:07m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

This week we have a predictably Halloween-themed episode, featuring scary sound effects such as the eerie sound of earthmoving equipment from next door.

Not to mention:
* Slither.
* Movie monsters.
* Donald Sutherland’s scary 1970s movies, like Invasion of the Body Snatchers and Don’t Look Now.
* Japanese ghost stories.
* And some spine-chilling Bob’s Yer Uncle! radio theatre.

 

 #50 - The Zombie Zeitgeist Edition [1:00:08m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

In this show:

* Radio technique and annoying television journalist voices.
* Jana hates Philip Adams.
* And a new Things that are Dumb.

 

 #49 - The Futuristic Edition [59:00m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

This week, as our show lengths continue to spiral out of control, we have:

* Plenty of listener wisdom.
* Television rots your brains, and so does being fat.
* Is it unmanly to pee sitting down?
* Iraq-related fuck-ups.

Don’t forget to fill in our first BYU Survey.

 

 #48 - The Justice and Order Edition [1:04:52m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

In our second show for the week, we start with voicemail comments covering autism, card counting horses, more Soccergirl angst, podcast directories, obscure medical conditions, a professional medical perspective on the career of Pat Morita, hats with corks on them, old ment’s clothes, Japanese etiquette, Morris dancing and Irish dancing.

Then it’s time for a new Cooking with Jana.

 

 #47 - The Pavlovian Edition [1:03:09m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

* Swimming pool violence and Taiji Quan. Is wearing flippers in the pool cheating?
* Trugo.
* Stupid terms for poo, toilets and genitals.
* Being gangbanged by three clones of Lieutenant Daniels.
* Internet libel, accents, and Jana’s big news.

 

 #46 - The La-Las Edition [47:45m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

It’s our second show for the week and our voices are starting to sound husky from talking too much. We barely have time to talk about wedding reality TV before getting down to a discussion of art and the brain. That’s pretty much all there is to say about this show, so if these show notes are too short for your taste, just read the show notes from show 44 again.

 

 #45 - The Superbeak Edition [43:03m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

On a sunny Melbourne Saturday with the sound of a Japanese windchime in the background, we record a long first show for the week. This show gives an unprecedented glimpse into the innermost thoughts of Zan and Jana.

Thanks to Dr John from the Dr John and Dr Lorne Show for his list of questions, and Will from the Youngest of One blog and Youngcast for his voicemail.

Topics covered include:
* The death of olympic sprinter and glove advisor Peter Norman.
* You can breed your own rainman.
* Trainspotting versus bus spotting.
* Blokey soup.
* Pat Morita.
* Why wasn’t Bill Hunter in The Lord of the Rings?
* Hypnotism.
* Acupuncture.
* Paying for podcasts.
* Remaining incognito.

How could you possibly want more after all that? Hopefully you do because there will be a Amateur Cognitive Science segment on Wednesday.

 

 #44 - The Snufflupugus Effect [57:51m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

In part two of this week’s show, it’s time for another Smut Report. Find out all about the joys of stretching, cutting off, throwing, replacing or admiring one of nature’s wonders - the penis.

 

 #43 - The Swinging Sadhu Edition [52:00m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

In the first of two shorter shows for the week:

* Flies
* Does Jana want to be gang-banged by football players?
* More flies
* East Timor on Australian TV and David Wenham.

There will be a new Smut Report on Wednesday.

Tvindy’s sushi videos are linked in his comment for show 38. Watch them; they’re funny.

 

 #42 - The Musca Domestica Edition [28:48m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

On Bob’s Yer Uncle! this week:

* Drinking room temperature beer
* Morris dancing is stupid
* Remaking Kath and Kim

And a bumper Japanese-themed Cooking with Jana.

 

 #41 - The Gochisosama deshita Edition [1:12:57m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

International listeners may not know that today is Koala Stomping Day, an important event on the Australian calendar. This year, to honour the memory of Steve Irwin, the Australian government has decreed that every Australian must stomp on two koalas, rather than the customary one. As a result, we have been too busy applying our boots to Australian native fauna to record a show - sorry guys. We’ll be back next weekend, we promise.

Please Note: Zan and Jana do not guarantee the truthfulness of any excuses which might be given on this web page.

In our second show for the week, we discuss listener contributions, sign language obscenities, beer brewing 101, Pornography: The Musical, and ask, Where’s the best place to hang a Texan flag?

Then it’s time to hear the story of Monsieur Bob, Intimate Barber, in another What Would Uncle Bob Do?

 

 #40 - The 'Right Hand in a Gripping Circle Moved to Open Mouth Quickly' Edition [50:42m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

We’re back to the two-show format this week. In our first show, we give a half-hearted tribute to Steve Irwin, the crocodile hunter, and then Zan presents his argument for why race-based teams in Survivor are good.
Plus:
* The Black Vulcan theme.
* The Bogle and Chandler mystery.
* Burlesque - the entertainment form no-one particularly wants to see.

 

 #39 - The Bogle Burlesque [36:13m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

This week, Zan and Jana continue to harp on about Monkey Magic like big nerds. We also give a mini-review of the new Australian comedy film Kenny, and talk about Natascha Kampusch, horny UN peacekeepers and celebrity turds.

Plus:
* M. Night Shyamalan makes Zan yawn.
* National flags, republicanism and elected officials.
* Survivor: Crusade Edition.
* and a new Cooking with Jana.

 

 #38 - Out-Worship. Out-Pray. Out-Believe. [1:16:40m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

In this episode:
* Poor old Pluto
* Mythological underworlds
* The joys of Who Wants to be a Superhero?
* Tom Cruise is still mad
* The Dianetics van
* The joys of Monkey Magic
* Beetle-faced superheroes

And then a new Smut Report, with sexy professions, an extra penis update, porn choreography, and a movie review courtesy of listener Steven from Watsonia. Plus, Jana throws down the gauntlet with a porn movie recommendation challenge for you, the listener.

 

 #37 - The Hades Edition [1:17:28m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

It’s time for our second superhero special, featuring: a Superfriends overdose; showbags; Monkey Magic; Who Wants To Be A Superhero?; real-life superheroes like Doktor DiscorD™; superhero religions; Ultraman versus Tobu World Square; the Spectreman song; wondertwins spoofs; more Bob’s Yer Uncle radio theatre and a Zan and Jayna singalong.

 

 #36 - The Radioactive Mutant Edition Returns [1:11:52m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

This episode is brought to you in Bobsurroundâ„¢ Hi Fidelity Stereo.

In this episode:
* Podcast Alley - the cheating continues.

* Zan gets all misty listening to BYU listener Ryan’s new podcast, Radio Free Marist.

* Zan and Jana’s hotrod dining suite.

* Which country should feel most ashamed of Mel Gibson?

* A supernumerary digit update from Zebulon.

* Jana tells a story about the Sydney Harbour Bridge whose topicality is not entirely clear.

* Woodrow Roosevelt, M.D. gives a lesson on abnormal reproductive anatomy.

* Tom from the Footnote podcast initiates a lengthy discussion of the toothfairy and organ donation.

* Zan trials a new segment idea: White Trash Wedding.

* And Uncle Bob lashes out at shysters and time-wasters in a new What Would Uncle Bob Do?.

Don’t forget, there’s only a week left for your superhero contributions.

 

 #35 - The Kidney Stone Fairy Edition [1:02:42m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

We start with some big announcements (including the last installment in the sorry tale of Zan’s dealings with M-Audio). Then it’s on to:

* World Wide Web abbreviations.

* X-Ray-proof fatties.

* We Can Be Heroes and Fat Pizza.

Also, we hear from both Black Vulcans before yet another Things that are Dumb segment. This will be the last serious segment for a good long time, we promise.

We won’t be back for two weeks, but in the meantime you can occupy yourself by preparing for our second superhero show, or visiting some of our listeners’ websites:

Larrikin’s photography.
Dr John and Dr Lorne.
The #2 Show!.

 

 #34 - The Sextuple U Edition [1:14:57m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Dear listeners,

For some reason, the database which runs our website is experiencing problems at the moment. I’ve asked the techies at our web host to give me some help, so hopefully things will be up and running again soon. We’ll record a show this weekend and have it available as soon as possible.

Zan.

We’re having a relaxing Sunday after Jana’s birthday on Saturday, talking about things like:
* Rubber Ducky vibrators.
* Pyjama boutiques.
* The joy of mail.
* Skating, scaring and being grievously injured on gameshows.
* SMAP.
* Killer kangaroos and ducks of doom.
* Televised masturbate-a-thons.

We ask, are there extra bodypart fetishists? And Zan takes over Cooking with Jana for a simple dessert recipe.

 

 #33 - The Jana's Birthday Edition [1:12:53m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

It’s a tired Sunday morning show where we mostly just add to our discussion of Jana’s Things that are Dumb from last week. In the face of listener complaints and questions, we find that we can’t really defend our denigration of Tom Hanks, but we can talk more about why the whole sacred feminine thing is stupid. We would have had a new segment theme song if we’d still had the equipment necessary to make one.

 

 #32 - The Patriarchal Oppression Edition [54:09m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

This is just a short show with stuff we didn’t cover in episode 30. Zan talks about Indonesian Playboy and Hindu T&A, then Jana gets in touch with her sacred feminine in Things that are Dumb.

 

 #31 - The Sacred Feminine Edition [37:13m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

This week we almost gave up on the show due to Zan’s rage about sound equipment. Zan begins by railing against the M-Audio company, maker of his missing audio interface, but once we’re in the swing of things we talk about:

* The Podcast Alley voting controversy.
* Luxury Japanese cockroach accomodation.
* And various issues raised by listener voicemails, like fireworks, chickens and Guy Peirce.

 

 #30 - The Cockroach Weather Vane Edition [55:12m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

It’s a few days after our return from holiday, and we don’t seem to have much to offer in the way of chit-chat. After a brief digression on the subject of Fatty Finn and Australian children’s movies, it’s time for another Smut Report dealing with one of the wonders of human anatomy: nipples.

 

 #29 - The Bert Newton Nipple Edition [47:26m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Only one shortish show this week before we go away on holiday for a few days. Listen in for chicken chalets, panda penises, whale sushi and (of course) orang utang heads. Plus some more wisdom from that advice-giving raconteur, Uncle Bob.

 

 #28 -The Uncle Rupert Show [48:43m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

In this week’s show:
* Australia at the World Cup.
* Is the washing machine the most useful appliance ever invented?
* If God has wanted women to have an Orang-Utang there, he would have put it there himself.

And a new Cooking with Jana.

Plus we have a couple of house photos.

 

 #27 - The Novelty Vagina Edition [57:37m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

In our second show for the week:

* Do hair-stealing weirdos face unfair victimisation in the prison system?
* Jana’s aerodynamic jogging attire.
* And the return of Amateur Cognitive Science. Will you be the first listener to point out an error in Zan’s description of an homunculus?
* PLUS orgasmic implants.

 

 #26 - The Homunculus Edition [38:01m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Show Status
House Move: Complete
Recording Quality: Still mostly crap

In the first of two shows for the week, we try to catch up on listener correspondence.

Can the term ‘muffin top’ really be listed with the clothes hoist and bionic ear implant amongst Australia’s greatest inventions? What would it take to make Jana knock back oral pleasure?

 

 #25 - The Slightly Less Crap Edition [37:19m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Sorry everyone, things got away from us last weekend, so we didn’t record a show. But we’ll be back next weekend with two - you heard me right, that’s two - new shows.

I’ll put some photos of our new house up soon, too.

Surrounded by packing boxes and plagued by technical problems, this show sounds like we’re phoning it in on a Fisher-Price walkie-talkie. We try to keep things short, mostly just dealing with listener correspondence. Hopefully things will be better next week when we’re recording in our new house, but we didn’t want to miss a show. If this is your first time listening to the show, don’t listen to this episode - try an ealier one before you judge us.

 

 #24 - The Bad-Sounding Edition.mp3 [41:58m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

In this show we ask:

* Texas and Australia - separated at birth?
* which limb would you rather have sex without?
* what would make a better pet, a mogwai or a human/chimpanzee hybrid?

And we have a new Cooking with Jana.

 

 #23 - Breaking Up with Amputees and Chimpanzees [59:35m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

A nasty virus has infected the Wonder Twins. Jana babbles feverishly about bad coffee and Old Testament families, and we join Zebulon on an imaginary holiday in Sierra Leone. Then it’s time for a new Smut Report featuring kinky Japanese and cunnilingus.

 

 #22 - Biblical Names and Kinky Japanese [82:58m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

This week, we sound more serious and responsible than usual as we finish the discussion on stereotypes of Americans. There are voicemails from Tvindy and Jared, Zan concludes that MySpace is actually quite good, and we have a discussion of slang terms, many of which feature dog testicles.

Then it’s time for a Things that are Dumb about products which solve imaginary problems. We wanted to have a Smut Report, but couldn’t get it up - sorry to be teases. You’ll have to wait until next week.

In the meantime, you can leave us a message, and add yourself to our MySpace page and listener map.

 

 #21 - The Soap Saver Edition [56:24m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

In this episode, you can find out what a Daddo is, who Mr Sheen is, why Ja(y)na would quite like to be a pastry chef, what Tvindy thinks about Show 19, and what people who don’t like Americans say about Americans. Did I mention killer chimps and remote control chicken huggers?

You can also get more worldly wisdom from Uncle Bob in a new What Would Uncle Bob Do? Listen carefully - what he has to say might one day save your life.

Don’t forget to email Ja(y)na and let her know if she should add a ‘y’ to her name.

 

 #20 - The Russian Handcream Edition [79:36m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

In a bumper superhero-themed show, we discuss all manner of superhero-related business and read listener submitted thoughts on the subject. Including:

* More Attractions from Paramounts Kings Island.

* Prince Adam of Eternia as a disco diva. Who would have thought a muscley guy with a blond pageboy haircut wearing boots, leather minishorts and a leather harness would turn out to be gay? And with a name like He-Man, too.

* A radio theatre re-enactment of the Wondertwins arrival on Earth.

* Plenty of ill-conceived Wondertwins transformations.

 

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After a delay due to illness, the show is resurrected in a calendrically relevant way. We pat everyone on the back for their good superhero input, and consider some listener-submitted segment ideas. Then Jana carries a convalescing Zan with two segments of her own: a new Cooking with Jana and Things that are Dumb.

Superheroes next week!

 

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* We need your help for an upcoming special episode, so git thinkin!
* Yet another iPod sex toy. Is anyone buying these things?
* Dirty Poms and inconvenient plumbing.
* The bad old days before Italian immigrants brought good coffee to Australia.
* And some constructive criticism re: pornographic reality TV in a new Smut Report.

 

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We announce a big purchase, and make a late announcement of Jana’s appearance on ‘Another Lousy Day’, a True Life Tales podcast. Zan has trouble letting go of his Commonwealth Games and ‘Where the Bloody Hell Are You?’ updates. We read some emails and play some voicemails listeners have left us out of pity (including two from the Footnote Podcast). Zan rails against the idiocy of the world again in Things that are Dumb, and Jana makes harsh judgements about the contents of other peoples’ supermarket trollies. You can see Zebulon’s French Connection ad here.

Stay tuned for next week’s show, when Zan won’t talk about Sierra Leone or Australian tourism ads!

 

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In this week’s show:

* Australia lays down the law on the ‘Where the Bloody Hell Are You?’ TV ads.

* Runaway Commonwealth Games competitors.

* An iPod sex toy.

* And more helpful advice based on the real-life experiences of Uncle Bob in What Would Uncle Bob Do?

 

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We start by apologising to fellow Australians we’ve bad-mouthed on the PK and J Show. Then we tell our listeners about all the ways they now have of talking to us, and Jana invites Zan to a body-centred psychotherapy workshop.

Then The Smut Report is back with a new voice-over man. Zan asks if a university education really gives women more orgasms, and tells women which Papua New Guinean tribe to join (and which not to join) to get some good luvin’. Then we tell you how to have your very own orgasm at home with the ‘Melbourne Pot-Stirrer’. It’ll give you an imbimboogu in no time flat.

 

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While we wait to speak to Paul and Jeanette about the Jackhammer Johnson, we talk about being underwhelmed by the Commonwealth Games, and make a very special live cross to Singapore for our first What Would Uncle Bob Do? segment. Plus Ableton Live, Zan’s best music friend, and a new Cooking with Jana.
Don’t forget to listen to us on The PK and J Show!

 

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In this show:

* Zan gets angry with the listeners for snubbing Uncle Bob.

* A shout-out to our (non-binding) podcasting friends.

* Japanese reminiscences.

* Updates on Wichita linesmen and Nigerian email scammers.

* Zan does a humiliating backflip on the subject of Podcast Alley.

And we explain the mysteries of the mind in what promises to be our most short-lived segment ever: Amateur Cognitive Science.

 

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In our longest show to date:

Fanfares play and small children scatter rosepetals in its path as the Jackhammer Johnson makes its entrance.

Obscure/crazy Australian would-be aristocrats.

The great muffin-top mystery is finally put to rest.

Listener emails and messages, including an audio message from Saskia of the As Serious As Your Life! podcast.

We also mark the 30th anniversary of a great moment in the history of Oz rock, announce an upcoming new segment, and, in a new Smut Report, talk about backdoor shenanigans (you knew it was only a matter of time).

 

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We’re a bit tired from recording two shows in the same day, but we cover all the stuff we didn’t have time for last time around, including:

Robot camel jockey update.

Recording music in the Sirian dialect of the universal star language.

Jana’s shocking muffin-top confession.

And a new Cooking with Jana.

 

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We love Paul and Jeanette!

In the first of two shows for this week, we talk about Uncle Bob’s most eventful week ever: the Jackhammer Johnson, The PK and J Show, and lots of emails.

We also read some special Valentine’s Week messages from Tokyo, and enrol everyone in Bob’s Yer Uncle! 101.

 

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Reincarnated ewok hippies from outer space colonise Australia!

Then The Smut Report is back due to overwhelming popular demand in Wichita. As promised, we talk about the mysteries of the male orgasm.

 

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We start with some Australia Day updates. Like maybe dingos are quite dangerous, after all, and the Australia Day eat lamb campaign.

A Nigerian email scam update

And we unveil a new segment, Things That Are Dumb.

 

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Australians all let us rejoice! It’s Australia’s national day, and we have a special Australian themed show:

* The good old days when Australia’s national anthem was all about being British.

* Australia’s national anthem versus the theme from Gilligan’s Island.

* Great Australia/Hollywood crossovers: Tina Turner, Tom Selleck, Kirk Douglas and Mick Jagger in Australian/Australian-themed movies.

Plus: just how scary are dingos, anyway?

 

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With no special segment, we just blab away for a while. Jana and her new shoes review Memoirs of a Geisha, while Zan reads our very first listener comment and learns of an exciting opportunity from the executors of Princess Diana’s will…

 

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We warm up with a discussion of elephant hire companies, podcast editing ethics, and the real Crocodile Dundee.

Then it’s time for another Smut Report where we review the Snugglepuss from Downunder Toys, and ‘if I don’t have them then nobody has them’ Jana debates the possibility of vaginal orgasms.

 

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Our RSS feed is finally up and running! We celebrate by discussing things we know nothing about, like Western European languages and Catholic doctrine. Plus Koreans with false moustaches and our first Cooking with Jana.

 

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After a delay, we’re back to complain about the highlight of Australia’s horseracing calender, with a new name, a new theme song, and our very first Smut Report.

 

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Our very first experiment. No theme song, no website, and not even the right name.

 

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