Gather Around Me
435 episodes - English - Latest episode: 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingBen Pobjie and Cam Smith get together for a relaxing fireside chat about the news of the day and the ways of the world. It will blow your mind.
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Episode 275: A Little Bit Of Roz-a-ma-tazz
February 11, 2016 09:33 - 1 hour - 34.2 MBHi there, folks, it's ya pals Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith with another podchat for your ears only. Joining us this week is star of stage and screen Roz Hammond (Blue Heelers, Muriel's Wedding, Jack Irish, many more). We talk about how Ben's toenail came off and we don't really know what's going on with Beyonce. PLUS can you ever trust an actor given that they are essentially professional liars?
Episode 274: Up Against The Wall
February 03, 2016 12:38 - 1 hour - 51.6 MBAnother hilarious ep of Gather Around Me, as your pals Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith pick apart the amusing news of the day: from I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here! to the impending removal of babies to island prison camps.
Episode 273: The Problem With Pissing
February 01, 2016 11:20 - 1 hour - 49.8 MBG'day folks, it's a brand new ep of Gather Around Me, powered by the official drink of GAM: Blend 43. In this ep: hospital visits, homophobe visits, and when is it okay to piss on a couch?
Episode 272: Millions of Brewster's, Brewster's for Free
January 18, 2016 06:38 - 1 hour - 75.9 MBHi there, folks. A listener recently brought it to our attention that we have never really made it clear that every episode of Gather Around Me is intended as a live Brewster's Millions commentary, so we decided to rectify that. Play this podcast alongside the 1985 film Brewster's Millions for best effect.
Episode 271: Back To The Future
January 09, 2016 05:32 - 1 hour - 51.5 MBHi there, gentle listeners! Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith are back with a new year of Gather Around Me! In this ep, they discuss Christmas, New Years, blown tyres and the spectre of reverse sexism which hangs heavy over us all.
Episode 270: Eggs is eggs
December 17, 2015 04:57 - 1 hour - 43.3 MBHi there, folks, it's ya pals Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith with another podcast for your listening duty. This week we take our topics from kind Patreon patron David "@davebottles" Bruce.
Episode 269: Murder On The Orient Sexpress
December 09, 2015 07:24 - 1 hour - 53.2 MBHi there, folks! It's a very special Christie-cast thanks to a request from Patreon-supporter Jay Freeman! Spoiler alert for Murder On The Orient Express!
Episode 268: Lucky You're With Haneke
November 25, 2015 08:36 - 1 hour - 41.7 MBHi there, folks, it's episode 268 in a series of 1000 podcasts with ya mates Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith. In this one, we talk about insurance ads and question time and Loreal and Ben was on TV and there is a confession. Enjoy!
Episode 267: Twist Upon Twist
November 19, 2015 05:39 - 1 hour - 51 MBHi there, gentle listeners, it's episode 267 in a series of 1000 with ya mates Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith. In this ep, we discuss: Supergirl Memento remakes Germaine Greer AND CONFESSIONS
Episode 266: You're Gonna Get Conjured!
November 11, 2015 09:26 - 1 hour - 47.6 MBHey there, gentle listeners! Ya pals Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith here with another movie recap-cast. This time it's 2013's The Conjuring. PLUS Ben has noticed that we are always getting left off Best Podcast Listicles and he is NOT impressed. iTunes.
Episode 265: A Pint On The Negs
November 05, 2015 05:36 - 1 hour - 48.5 MBHey there folks, it's Ep 265 in a series of 1000 podchats from Ben "Up All Night To Get" Pobjie and Cam "Another Modern Reference" Smith. In this ep, Our moods. Our pants. A schooltime injustice. National anthems. The Melbourne Cup. Enjoy. iTunes?
Episode 264: A Nice Day
October 27, 2015 08:50 - 59 minutes - 41 MBHi there, gentle listeners. It's ya pals Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith. In this ep: What a nice day it is. Human rights abuses. Horrific crimes. 800 Words, the hot new drama on Channel 7. Meat. Enjoy!
Episode 263: We've Got Plenty Of Gum Left
October 21, 2015 06:44 - 53 minutes - 36.9 MBHi there, folks, it's episode 263 in a series of 1000 podchats with ya pals Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith. In this ep: Broken tables Star Wars Human rights abuses The Bachelorette GPS mishaps! Enjoy!
Episode 262: The Blinky Bill Pledge
October 15, 2015 06:41 - 1 hour - 64.6 MBHi there, gentle listeners! Ya pals Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith here with the hottest takes on all of this week's big issues: Millennials, Blinky Bill and naked dating. Enjoy! iTunes.
#JustKingThings - Episode 8: Don't Trust The B In Apartment 1408
October 08, 2015 07:16 - 1 hour - 53.7 MBHi there, gentle listeners! It's ya spooky pals Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith back with another episode of their Stephen King-themed podcast Hashtag Just King Things! In this episode, they discuss in depth the film 1408 starring John Cusack. This is on Australian Netflix if you would like to watch it before listening!! Enjoy!
Episode 260: Can't Hadley Wait
September 29, 2015 07:51 - 52 minutes - 36.4 MBHi there, folks! It's an all new ep of Gather Around Me with your mates Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith. In this edition, we discuss our run at the Fringe Festival, the Hadley/Abbott interview, and the triumphant return of Cam, He's A Man Of Confessions.
Episode 259: Built To Spill
September 18, 2015 10:01 - 50 minutes - 34.8 MBHo-hum, another Spill. Your mates Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith discuss this big week in politics.
Episode 258: All at sea
September 11, 2015 06:27 - 1 hour - 46.2 MBHi there, folks, it's a cracker of a show on this, the latest episode of Gather Around Me with your friends Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith. Recorded on Tuesday, but uploaded on Friday because Cam meant to put it up on Thursday but he thought that Friday was Thursday for quite a while into Friday until he saw some people at work and thought, "Hmmm... they're dressed quite casually for a Thursday." In this ep: Syria TURC 7/11 exploitation Enjoy this hilarious episode of Gather Around Me!
Episode 257: It's Like A Small Kangaroo
September 03, 2015 12:49 - 1 hour - 63.1 MBHi there, folks! It's ya mates Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith with another delicious helping of Gather Around Me. In this ep we discuss: Which immigration ministers will be in the dock at the Hague. Dyson Heydon. The Muppets. And possibly the final Cam, He's A Man Of Confessions? Enjoy.
Episode 256: The Legend Of Mitchy
August 24, 2015 10:00 - 1 hour - 60.5 MBHi there, gentle listeners! It's time for an all new ep of Gather Around Me with ya mates Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith. In this ep: Why Ben is late Mark Latham Some vague blather about other stuff CONFESSIONS Enjoy.
Episode 255: Places! Take 2!
August 13, 2015 13:12 - 1 hour - 52.9 MBHi there, gentle listeners! It's Episode 255 in a series of 1000 podchats from ya bud Cam Smith and ya mate Ben Pobjie. In this ep: Schoolyard bullying The cricket Dank drugs Wedge politics The Speaker Canberra Perth Gippsland Vegemite Alcohol Enjoy
Episode 254: Gallows Humour
August 07, 2015 08:48 - 1 hour - 57.6 MBHi there, gentle listener, it's ya pals Ben Pobjie & Cam Smith with a brand new episode of Gather Around Me! Having watched a whole bunch of supposedly spooky movies for #JustKingThings, Ben and Cam have found themselves not scared by much anymore. But is it because they have just been watching terrible not-that-scary horror movies? To test this, they had a sneaky viewing of the new allegedly quite scary film THE GALLOWS. Is it as scary as its marketing suggests? There is only one way to fi...
#JustKingThings - Episode 7: To Sleepwalk, Perchance To Dreamwalk
July 30, 2015 08:34 - 1 hour - 51 MBHi there gentle listeners, in this ep of Hashtag Just King Things we discuss the 1992 werecat incest film Sleepwalkers.
Episode 252: MFW I'm Listening To Gather Around Me
July 23, 2015 11:59 - 1 hour - 55.2 MBHi there gentle listeners, it's Ep 252 of Gather Around Me with ya mates Cam Smith and Ben Pobjie. In this ep, we discuss important matters of the day and also confessions.
Episode 251: Every Book You Take
July 16, 2015 12:37 - 16 minutes - 11.4 MBHi there, gentle listeners! Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith here with the final Confession for Confessions-Week, all about the leerings of a lecherous librarian. Enjoy. iTunes.
Episode 250: Caketakers Anonymous
July 15, 2015 12:41 - 14 minutes - 9.71 MBHi there, Gammies! It's Episode 250 of Gather Around Me! Can you imagine it's been 50 episodes since our amazing 200th ep??! In this ish, Ben and Cam read a chilling confession about cretinous curs at cake comps. Enjoy! iTunes.
Episode 249: The Disappearing Chicken
July 14, 2015 13:47 - 25 minutes - 17.4 MBHi there, gentle listeners! It's Day 3 of Confession Week on GAM and have we got a treat for you: it's the CASE OF THE DISAPPEARING CHICKEN. Subscribe on iTunes.
Episode 248: The 4WD Forums Of The Heart
July 13, 2015 13:06 - 27 minutes - 19.2 MBHi there, gentle listeners! Confession Week continues apace on Gather Around Me! Your friends Ben Pobjie & Cam Smith read a twisted tale of deceit and betrayal and 4WD-related internet forums! Enjoy!
Episode 247: The Luck Of The Irish
July 12, 2015 11:35 - 31 minutes - 21.4 MBHi there, gentle listeners, welcome to Confessions Week on Gather Around Me. We've recorded a bunch of confessions from various august journals and we are going to share them with y'all this week. Enjoy!
#JustKingThings - Episode 6: Chinga / Bunghoney
July 07, 2015 10:50 - 51 minutes - 35.5 MBHi there, gentle listeners! In this episode of Stephen King-themed podcast #JustKingThings, Ben & Cam discuss the King-penned X-Files ep Chinga (aka Bunghoney, really, it really is aka that) from season 5 of the X-Files.
Episode 245: Golden Shiers*
June 24, 2015 09:03 - 1 hour - 45.9 MBHi there, gentle listeners! It's ya mates Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith here to help you get through these tough times. In this episode... Basic stuff Cam, He's A Man Of Confessions at the start for a change Q & A Citizenship Other shenanigans Subscribe on iTunes. (*apologies to The Glasshouse, the Q & A of the noughties)
Episode 244: All At Sea
June 19, 2015 09:39 - 1 hour - 36.2 MBHi there, gentle listeners! Ben Pobjie & Cam Smith are back to discuss all matters large and small, including, but not limited to: Some abuse that Ben received Bribing people smugglers Citizenship-strippage State Of Origin & Minutes Of Noise Cam, He's A Man Of Confessions Check it on iTunes.
Episode 243: Weapon Of Choice
June 11, 2015 08:59 - 1 hour - 55 MBHi there, gentle listeners, it's ya pals Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith back with an all new podchat. In this ep, they take a break from the works of Stephen King to enjoy a completely different type of literary horror: a Choose Your Own Adventure novel. Thrill as they make bad decisions! Chill as they have even worse decisions made for them! Krill as they describe the ways in which a child has improved upon the illustrations in this second-hand book! Check out GAM on iTunes! And also check o...
#JustKingThings - Episode 5: Glibstopian Futures.
June 03, 2015 06:54 - 1 hour - 46 MBHi there, gentle listeners! Ben & Cam are back with another #JustKingThings - this week they're tackling The Running Man starring Arnie. Sit back and enjoy their take on this glib future in which only Mick from Fleetwood Mack is willing to stand up to a totalitarian reality television-producing government. Subscribe on iTunes.
Episode 241: Rising like a phoenix
May 30, 2015 09:13 - 1 hour - 48.2 MBHi there, gentle listeners, Gather Around Me is back! Too much stuff has been going on that is not Stephen King related, to be quite honest. Join your friends Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith - and their special guests Bec Shaw & Peter Taggart from Bring A Plate - as they discuss airplanes and citizenship and Queer As Folk and other things.
#JustKingThings - Episode 4: That's Amaizeing!
May 25, 2015 08:55 - 1 hour - 43.5 MBHello there, gentle listeners! Your friends Ben Pobjie & Cam Smith are back with another #JustKingThings - this week they discuss celluloid contraceptive Children Of The Corn. Sub on iTunes.
#JustKingThings - Episode 3: When everything floats, nothing does
May 20, 2015 10:55 - 1 hour - 55.7 MBHi there gentle listeners, welcome to Episode 3 of #JustKingThings, in which your friends Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith think they have done an okay job of summarising the plot of Stephen King's It. Enjoy.
#JustKingThings - Episode 2: Shine On, You Crazy Danmond
May 13, 2015 21:03 - 1 hour - 54.4 MBHi there! It's Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith back with another podcast all about the works of Stephen King. In this ep, we are joined by Dan "Redrum" Hall to discuss The Shining and the terrible/terrific documentary about Stanley Kubrick's The Shining, 'Room 237'. Spoiler alerts, y'all! Subscribe on iTunes. Official Merch!
#JustKingThings - Episode 1: Maximum Semetary w/ Cam Tyeson
May 05, 2015 13:35 - 1 hour - 41.8 MBHi there! It's Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith here with the debut episode of our new podcast #JustKingThings - a podcast all about the works of Stephen King. In this episode, we are joined by Cam Tyeson to discuss Pet Semetary, a somewhat scary film about cultural appropriation, and Maximum Overdrive, a very silly film in which every single directorial choice was informed by cocaine.
Episode 236: The Final Episode
May 01, 2015 07:01 - 24 minutes - 22.2 MBHi there, gentle listeners, to episode 236 in a series of 236 podcasts. The events of the Wollongong Podcast Festival have sapped all of our will to podcast. Australian politics and pop culture are trivial and we bear no grudges to other podcasts who wish to continue commenting on them in an arch manner, but it no longer brings us any pleasure. One day, a topic might come along that may enervate us to return to the mic, but it would have to be a pretty important subject indeed. Thank you ...
Sneaking Aboat - Episode 1
April 30, 2015 06:20 - 17 minutes - 9.74 MBGuten tag, Hans & Rutger here with the debut episode of our new poddenkasten, Sneaking Aboat, ja. Thank you to the nice young gentleman who have given us their poddenkasten equipment and poddenkasten accounts to poddenkast from. Hopefully this poddenkasten will help you learn a thing or zwei about the noble art of smuggling.
Episode 234: Wollongong Nights
April 29, 2015 06:18 - 14 minutes - 8.32 MBAUTO UPLOAD Placeholder text: Hi guys, Ben and Cam here with another podcast from the Wollongong Podcast Festival. We're about to head out to a secret after-dark podcast and probably won't be back until quite late, so I've set this up to auto-upload once the recording stops. Sorry in advance if there's any audio issues, I'll go back in the morning and do a quick edit if so! Anyway, enjoy whatever we end up talking about in this one! xoxo Cam
Episode 233: Get it on. Wollongong.
April 28, 2015 08:05 - 19 minutes - 11.2 MBHi there, gentle listeners! It's episode 233 in a series of 1000 podcasts from your friends Ben Pobjie & Cam Smith! We're here at the Wollongong Podcast Festival and we've never felt more alive! In this, our second daily festival-cast for the week, we talk about some of the panels we've seen and some we're looking forward to, but basically all you need to know is that the WPF is wonderful. We have never felt so enthused about GAM and being amongst our podcasting brethren and sistren has go...
Episode 232: The Road to Wollongong
April 27, 2015 05:41 - 10 minutes - 5.76 MBHi there, gentle listeners! Ben and Cam are on their way to Wollongong and recorded this podcast while travelling along a nice straight bit. See you at the Wollongong Podcast Festival! iTunes?
Episode 231: The Flying Mouse
April 23, 2015 07:58 - 38 minutes - 22 MBHi there gentle listeners! It's episode 231 of GAM! Just a short one this week, as Ben and Cam have to pack for a certain podcast festival, but topics discussed include: NSW's wild weather Operas Sister Fanciers Daredevil Candycrushme95 Secrets Of A Taxi Driver Subscribe on iTunes!
Episode 230: No Man Is A Justin Hamilton Island
April 16, 2015 08:56 - 1 hour - 37.6 MBHi there, gentle listeners, it's ya pals Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith, back for more podcasting fun. Bringing the laffs and the guffaws this week is our special guest Justin Hamilton, of popular & great podcast Can You Take This Photo, Please? We talk about all the showbiz goss, so if you are a comedian you definitely need to listen in - what if we are talking about you? But for normal people, we discuss ordinary affairs of the day, like The Phantom, Daredevil, who would win in a fight betwee...
Episode 229: Out On The Town
April 11, 2015 00:28 - 57 minutes - 32.7 MBHi there, gentle listeners! It's ya pals Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith, fresh from a successful live podcast at the Melbourne Town Hall. The people lining up for Rich Hall really seemed to appreciate hearing parts of That's Life stories. In this podcast: Askance Looks The War On Ice That's Life Enjoy! Subscribe on iTunes?
Episode 228: Parking
April 06, 2015 09:10 - 29 minutes - 16.9 MBHi there, gentle listeners! A sneaky short one for you recorded in a Coles carpark. We talk about showbiz and racism. Subscribe on iTunes.
Episode 227: Excuse Me, While I Kiss Lisa-Skye
March 31, 2015 09:49 - 1 hour - 48.7 MBHi there! It's Episode 227 with ya mates Ben Pobjie & Cam Smith ANNNNND special guest Lisa-Skye!! Lisa-Skye is back to talk about things in a saucy fashion, including: Jewel Things That Happened In Adelaide Dragons in the Bible Essendon's Supplement Scandal Cocaine Sifting Cam, He's A Man Of Confessions Guttermouth Plugs & The Like Get it on iTunes!
Episode 226: It's not like baking a cake
March 25, 2015 06:52 - 1 hour - 49.3 MBHi gang, It's ya pals Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith. In this thrilling installment: More onions! More metadata! And more confessions than you can handle! Plus more discussion of the works of Thomas Harris than you might expect to stem from talking about Ben's wife's birthday. Enjoy! iTunes!