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 125: We're here to clean the pool
August 06, 2012 10:48 - 15 minutes - 7.22 MBWelcome to Episode 125 of the Gather Around Me podcast starring your friends Ben "Oaky Finish" Pobjie and Cam "Muskrat" Smith. In this fun-sized edition of the 'cast, we have yet again taken a topic from the Twitterati. Today our first respondent was @itsme_tif, who suggested we should talk about HARDCORE PORN. And so we do. If you would like to donate: http://indiegogo.com/gatheraroundme
Episode 124: Odds & Sods & Vods
August 05, 2012 09:55 - 14 minutes - 6.6 MBThere's gonna be a new podcast! The kids are gonna start it up! Yeah-hup! It's your friends Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith with an all new podcast! Today's topic comes from @lockhartbeth and it is VODCASTING. Hold up, a podcast about vodcasting? Yeah, it's crazy. Donate at http://indiegogo.com/gatheraroundme
Episode 123: Garriage
August 04, 2012 07:47 - 17 minutes - 7.99 MBHi there, Welcome to Episode 123 of the Gather Around Me podcast. Today's topic comes from @MagicalBrunette and it is GAY MARRIAGE, or as we like to call it, GARRIAGE. ENJOY. (and donate: http://www.indiegogo.com/gatheraroundme)
Episode 122: Existential Crises
August 03, 2012 08:32 - 12 minutes - 5.75 MBHello gentle listener! Welcome to Episode 122 in a series of 1000 podposiums from your friends Ben "Donatello" Pobjie and Cam "Michaelangelo" Smith. In this thrilling installment, we take our daily podcast topic from Friend Of The Show @FlaresSportsman, who suggested we discuss Existential Crises. As this is what we mostly talk about off-air, it was not terribly difficult. What is also not terribly difficult is making a donation at http://indiegogo.com/gatheraroundme! Please do!
Episode 121: Things Oscar Wilde Should Have Said
August 02, 2012 10:40 - 12 minutes - 5.68 MBHello podcast fans! Ben Pobjie! Cam Smith! Here to podcast it up from the Podcasthaus with a topic selected from the Twitter. Today's podcast topiceer is @sanderlands, who suggests THINGS OSCAR WILDE SHOULD HAVE SAID, BUT DIDN'T. Get it up in your cerebrum. (No offence, Oscar)
Episode 120: Olymbics
August 01, 2012 10:49 - 18 minutes - 8.24 MBWelcome to Episode 120 of the Gather Around Me infocast starring your informative friends Ben "The Magnificent" Pobjie and Cam "Ranchero Flavour" Smith. In this episode, at the request of @chrisbrownie, we discuss the Olymbics. And also the Olympics. Donate at http://www.indiegogo.com/gatheraroundme! And keep on keeping on, y'all!
Episode 119: Floppy Hats
July 31, 2012 10:47 - 13 minutes - 6.14 MBHey hey hey! Welcome to Episode 119 of the Gather Around Me funcast starring Ben "The Rock" Pobjie and Cam "Gone In 60 Seconds" Smith. Today's topic comes from @phantomdiorama, and it is FLOPPY HATS. Please do a donate at http://www.indiegogo.com/gatheraroundme CIAO!
Episode 118: Can I repeat mine from earlier?
July 30, 2012 11:15 - 13 minutes - 6.19 MBHello gentle, genteel and gentile listeners! Welcome to Episode 118 of the Gather Around Me funcast starring your friends Ben "Danger" Pobjie and Cam "Jackrabbit" Smith. Every day of our Indiegogo fundraising campaign we have been doing a podcast! The topics are determined by the first person to respond to our Twitter call-out. Innovative, yes? Today's topic comes from @annaspargoryan who asks, "Can I repeat mine from earlier?" LET'S FIND OUT and also let's donate at http://www.indiegogo.c...
Episode 117: Yowie Zowie!
July 29, 2012 11:34 - 15 minutes - 7.19 MBWelcome to Ep 117 of Ga' Ro' M'. Sorry, we don't have time for the full words of anythi anymo, we are go-getters and HUNGRY for It. What is it? We don't know, but we have it? Or we want it? Can we have some pizza? Sorry, 'za. This is the 117th episode of our little podcast, and also, like, the 14th of our daily podcasts? That is too many podcasts to do in a row, really. Guess what! There are still a bunch more to come! OH EM GEE. Today's podcast topic was contributed by @erinvk. She is lov...
Episode 116: The Joy Of Lego
July 28, 2012 07:30 - 11 minutes - 5.2 MBHi there! Welcome to Episode 116 of the Gather Around Me podchat starring Ben "San Diego" Pobjie and Cam "San Antonio" Smith. In this amazing installment of our daily podcast series, we have taken a topic from @middleclassgirl. That topic is LEGO. Come along on a journey of discovery? AND DONATE AT HTTP://WWW.INDIEGOGO.COM/GATHERAROUNDME Regardos!
Episode 115: The Labor-Greens Spat & What It Means For The Prime Minister
July 27, 2012 08:42 - 12 minutes - 11.4 MBHello Gentle Listener, welcome to a politically-charged episode of Gather Around Me starring Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith. In this thrilling installment, things get a bit political, as - at the request of @Citizen_Cam - we get to the bottom of the Labor-Greens Spat & What It Means For The Prime Minister. Donate at: http://www.indiegogo.com/gatheraroundme
Episode 114: Lions & Antelopes & Rippers, Oh My!
July 26, 2012 11:39 - 7 minutes - 3.53 MBWelcome to Episode 114 of Gather Around Me starring Ben Pobjie, Cam Smith and with special guest Andy Slackbastard. Today's topic, requested by @Shellity, is Lions & Antelopes. Please donate at http://www.indiegogo.com/gatheraroundme
Episode 113: The Difference Between Men And Women
July 25, 2012 12:30 - 10 minutes - 4.6 MBHello! Welcome to an incredibly controversial episode of Gather Around Me starring Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith. In this episode we tackle the taboo topic of The Difference Between Men And Women. Donate at: http://www.indiegogo.com/gatheraroundme
Episode 112: Dick Jokes
July 24, 2012 11:26 - 15 minutes - 6.91 MBHello! Welcome to Episode 112 of the Gather Around Me funcast! With Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith and Jonah Pobjie! The topic for today's episode was suggested by @mrgrumpystephen and it is: DICK JOKES. Please help us make our vodcast series a reality by giving us a few dollars at: http://www.indiegogo.com/gatheraroundme
Episode 111: Tiny Italian Biscuit Chefs
July 23, 2012 11:18 - 11 minutes - 5.43 MBWelcome to Episode 111 of Gather Around Me! Today's topic comes from @HeathC and it is PIZZA SHAPES. Check out http://www.indiegogo.com/gatheraroundme for our amazing new target! Ciao!
Episode 110: The Scourge of Milo
July 22, 2012 12:32 - 10 minutes - 4.59 MBWelcome to Episode 110 in a series of 1000 podchats with your friends Ben "Ben" Pobjie and Cam "Cam" Smith. Today's topic, as suggested by @becpobjie, is MILO. Donate at http://www.indiegogo.com/gatheraroundme
Episode 109: 50 Shades Of Orange
July 21, 2012 08:20 - 11 minutes - 5.14 MBHello gentle listener! Welcome to Episode 109 in a series of 1000 podchats starring your friends Ben "Muscles" Pobjie and Cam "Boney M" Smith. This is the sixth of our daily fundraiser podcasts. Why not pop over to http://www.indiegogo.com/gatheraroundme and chuck us five bucks? Today's topic was selected by @itsme_tif and it is ORANGES. ENJOY!
Episode 108: Are genitals overrated?
July 20, 2012 11:34 - 13 minutes - 6.23 MBHello gentle listener! Welcome to Episode 108 in a Series of 1000 podchats starring Ben "Willy Wonka" Pobjie and Cam "Marquis de Sad" Smith. This is the fifth in our series of daily Indiegogo podcasts. Perhaps you would like to go to http://www.indiegogo.com/gatheraroundme and give us some money? Today's topic, selected by @stephendevice, is GENITALS = OVERRATED? Let's find out, shall we?
Episode 107: Queensland for the Queenslander
July 19, 2012 11:17 - 10 minutes - 4.81 MBHi! Welcome to Episode 107 in a series of 1000 podchats starring your friends Ben "Joh For PM" Pobjie and Cam "Zombie Joh For PM" Smith. This is our fourth daily podcast in aid of our Indiegogo. Find out more at http://www.indiegogo.com/gatheraroundme! Today's topic has been selected by @Brocklesnitch. She writes: "Why should Queenslanders stay in Queensland? Asking for a friend." And verily we have pontificated upon that very subject. Check. It. Out.
Episode 106: The State of the Music Industry
July 18, 2012 11:55 - 10 minutes - 4.62 MBWelcome to Episode 106 in a series of 1000 podchats from your friends Ben "Dustin Mothman" Pobjie and Cam "AAAAARGH" Smith. This is the third in our Indiegogo daily podcast series. Donate at: http://www.indiegogo.com/gatheraroundme Today's topic, suggested by @cjohnson397, is The State Of Music Today And What It Takes To Be A Popstar. Enjoy!
Episode 105: Reality TV. Is it real?
July 17, 2012 11:33 - 11 minutes - 5.04 MBWelcome to Episode 105 in a series of 1000 podchats starring your friends Ben "Money For Nothing" Pobjie and Cam "Chicks On Speed" Smith. This is the second in our month of daily podcasts! Today the topic was selected by @AlexinaRose. Cheers Alexina! The topic is: "You could talk about how reality tv isn't real, the same way social media has made us less social than ever?" And please, chuck us a few dollars over at http://www.indiegogo.com/gatheraroundme.
Episode 104: Crocodile Talk
July 16, 2012 11:00 - 9 minutes - 4.18 MBWelcome to Episode 104 in a series of 1000 podchats from your friends Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith. This is the first of our 31 daily Indiegogo-casts and today our topic is CROCODILES. Thanks @alliewonder for the suggestion. You can donate to the Indiegogo HERE.
Episode 103: Hitting a Nirvana
July 09, 2012 23:18 - 44 minutes - 20.3 MBHi there, gentle, genteel and gentile listeners! Welcome to Episode 103 of the Gather Around Me lecture series with yr friendly professrs Ben "Sandalwood" Pobjie and Cam "Tuscan Sunrise" Smith. In this installment, you will find considered analysises of such up-to-date and of-the-now issues as: Tokyo Drifting Nirvana Catch 22 OJ Simpson The Carbon Tax Aileen Wuornos Waking us up before you IndieGoGo And so on Please, for the sake of the future, ENJOY IT.
Episode 102: Ben went away on a holiday...
July 02, 2012 08:20 - 39 minutes - 17.9 MBHello gentle listeners! Welcome to Episode 102 in a series of 1000 podchats starring Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith! In this thrilling installment!!! Rent-A-Rabbi and other failed business ventures! The End of Civilisation! The Gold Coast, incl. Theme Park Reviews! Real Gossip about the band TAKE THAT that you will not hear ANYWHERE else! The Death Of The Media! Gina Rinehart! Get it on iTunes!
Episode 101: Room 101
June 19, 2012 23:13 - 38 minutes - 17.5 MBHello, gentle listeners, and welcome to episode 101 in a series of 1000 podchats starring your friends Ben "Oceania" Pobjie and Cam "Eastasia" Smith. In this special edition, Ben and Cam have a cheery discussion about their deepest, darkest fears. Also, they talk about: The OneTel collapse. SoCal punk band Pennywise. The heat death of the universe. The A-Team. The King of Thailand. Because say what you will about these chaps, they are always relevant. Get it in your ears now! Or on...
Episode 100: Like Sliding Doors, if Sliding Doors were about two different people...
June 08, 2012 14:12 - 1 hour - 27.7 MBGentle listeners! Please, join Ben Pobjie, Cam Smith and Special Guest Marieke Hardy in celebrating reaching the milestone of 100 podcasts. 900 to go! Woah woah woah, what's that? Marieke Hardy? Not famous author, TV writer, fashionista, terrible enfant Marieke Hardy? YES! The very same. We all sat down in the Podcast Parlour and had a good chat about: Rodney Dangerfield Scandals of 2009 Blackmailable Secrets Bob Ellis Marty Monster & Agro Bindles How this will probably end up on M...
Episode 99: Gather Around Me presents CYOA: TTT Part 5
June 01, 2012 03:09 - 26 minutes - 11.9 MBOh my giddy aunt, gentle listener! Things are certainly heating up in the world of adventures that you choose yourself! Come with Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith on another THRILLING installment of Gather Around Me, when we find out what happens when you reject the State and attempt to, like Fleetwood Mac - both the band and the Rock & Roll Detective - go your own way. There are so many ways to listen to this that it is NOT FUNNY. Just it is not funny the number of ways, I mean. The podcast itse...
Episode 98: Living In The Now
May 26, 2012 04:06 - 58 minutes - 26.6 MBWelcome, gentle listeners, to Episode 98 in a Series of 1000 podchats with Your Friends, Ben "I'm Not A Racist But" Pobjie and Cam "If Life Is A Series Of Accidents, Why Can't I Sue?" Smith. This episode is our most current and up-to-date ever. It is breaking news. It is this current moment crystallized into podcast form. It is zeitgeist. It is ala mode. It is now. It is. Gentle listener, I invite you to listen. LISTEN NOW OR RISK BEING FOREVER LEFT BEHIND! iTunes? Like us on Facebooks.
Episode 97: Gather Around Me presents CYOA: TTT Part 4
May 22, 2012 01:45 - 11 minutes - 5.35 MBGentle listeners, welcome to Part 4 of our Choose Your Own Adventurestraza starring Ben "Wavox Gravox" Pobjie and Cam "Zunebeam" Smith. In our last thrilling installment, you were given a choice! Yeah, thanks, of course we were, it's a Choose Your Own Adventure podcast. Alright, alright, no need to cop an attitude, gentle listener! I am getting to the point. Yeah, so's Ramadan. What? That doesn't even make sense! Your face doesn't make sense! The choice we were given was: SHOULD WE GO...
Episode 96: Cranbourne City Nights
May 17, 2012 02:16 - 20 minutes - 9.35 MBHola gentle listeners, welcome to Episode 96 of the Gather Around Me podchatte starring Ben "Danger" Pobjie as himself and Cam "Flanger" Smith as himself, and Jonah "Stranger" Pobjie as himself. In this episode, we drive around Cranbourne. Don't worry, we're not looking to purge the streets of "filth". That's for another podcast. LEARN ABOUT CRANBOURNE NOW! iTunes, anyone?
Episode 95: Gather Around Me presents CYOA: TTT Part 3
May 07, 2012 00:54 - 17 minutes - 7.93 MBGentle listeners/adventurers, please enjoy in your earholes the third installment of our CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE SERIES. What will happen when you join Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith in... INVESTIGATING INSIDE THE WAREHOUSE? It's UP TO YOU. Subscribe on iTunes! Vote on Facebook!
Episode 94: A timely discussion of current events
May 01, 2012 04:00 - 34 minutes - 15.8 MBHi gentle listeners! Welcome to Episode 94 in a series of 1000 free markets of ideas from your intellectual friends Ben "Graham "Chook" Fowler" Pobjie and Cam "John "Completely Legitimate Businessman" Ibrahim" Smith. Look, there is nothing about crime in this podcast, but hey Underbelly 3: The Golden Mile, it was kind of a bit weird that you kept on cutting away from all these crime people (crimers?) doing crimes to a completely normal guy just trying to run a nightclub. I mean, really. I'...
Episode 93: Gather Around Me presents CYOA: TTT Part 2
April 26, 2012 10:51 - 7 minutes - 3.49 MBGentle listeners! Things are heating up in our Choose Your Own Adventure series! JOIN! Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith as they investigate THE ADDRESS BY THE DOCKS. VOTE! On which direction the story should TAKE NEXT. SUBSCRIBE! On iTunes.
Episode 92: Parks & Desecration
April 22, 2012 10:35 - 30 minutes - 14.2 MBHola, gentle listeners! Welcome to Episode 92 in a series of 1000 podchats starring your friendos Ben "Ranger Stacey" Pobjie and Cam "Smarter Than The Average Carebear" Smith. In this special park-based episode, we take a short break from Choosing Your Own Adventure while the votes continue to flood in, and visit a park to engage in park-related discussions. TOPICS ADDRESSED (spoiler alert): What are some things happening in the park right now? What's the deal with the Hungry Games? Wha...
Episode 91: Gather Around Me presents CYOA: TTT Part 1
April 17, 2012 23:13 - 31 minutes - 7.19 MBWelcome to a Very Special Episode of Gather Around Me with your Very Special Frenemies with Frenefits, Ben "Brown Sugar" Pobjie and Cam "Brown Stevia" Smith. This episode marks the beginning of an adventure that may have many more chapters... or maybe just a few? It is, indeed, an adventure that you choose. It's Gather Around Me Presents: CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE. For your listening entertainment, a completely unauthorised reading from a Choose Your Own Adventure novel. When we come to a ...
Episode 90: The yolk is on you.
March 28, 2012 01:21 - 26 minutes - 12.2 MBWe join our heroes Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith in medias res! Unorthodox? Episode 90 of the Gather Around Me podcast is like that in every way, except religiously. Obviously we still belong to the Eastern Orthodox Church. In this episode: Getting a Mac Gender-based changey songs Brandi Wikipedia Vandalisms Some good burns on Neil Young - very timely stuff. Ben's throat Do humans have free will? And so on. Please enjoy. iTunes?
Episode 89: Live Free Or Tie-Dye
March 14, 2012 22:34 - 26 minutes - 11.9 MBWelcome to Episode 89 of the Gather Around Me podchat starring your friends on benefits Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith. In this thrilling installment, Ben and Cam reflect on why the Wollongong Podcast Festival is superior to the Busselton Podcast Festival, recall the highlights and lowlights of the WPF, and even find the time to reveal why everyone is wrong about Joseph Kony. It is a podcast that no parent can afford to miss. Get it on iTunes HERE.
Episode 88: Wollongong Podcast Festival Special
March 07, 2012 20:58 - 10 minutes - 4.84 MBHi guys/gals, Ben and Cam here. You might be wondering, did we record a special podcast on our way to the Wollongong Podcast Festival? The answer is a resounding YES. Please enjoy our amusing takes on politics, the environment, classic fables and nursery rhymes. Get it into your brain. Download by right clicking the bit below, or subscribe on iTunes.
Episode 87: How Green Was Our Vale Democracy
February 26, 2012 01:08 - 47 minutes - 10.9 MBHello! Welcome to episode 87 in a series of 1000 pod-symposiums from your good friends (maybe something more?) Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith. In this thrilling installment, we discuss all matters. All of the matters. Here are some of them: Clam Labs Apricots The Spill! Derwents! Ricky "Richard" Nixon! Unprofessional Police Upstairs / Downstairs A goat that Ben saw in a car! Nude Neighbours! And more! Please tune in and enjoy. You may find it upon iTunes HERE, or download it with the t...
Episode 86: Eyes Wide Shut
February 16, 2012 11:02 - 37 minutes - 8.54 MBClose your eyes and let your ineffable hosts Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith take you on a journey of the imagination. The West Wing! Wolves! Why Ben was a Year 6 Prefect! And also other things that don't begin with W, but also maybe some stuff that does! Listen! Enjoy! Tell your friends! Tell your mum! Don't tell your dad, he is set in his ways. You can subscribe on iTunes if you like by clicking on this. Otherwise just click on that downloady bit undearneath this bit. You don't need me to te...
Episode 85: The Spill
February 05, 2012 11:07 - 42 minutes - 9.83 MBHello gentle listeners! The spill is on! The Labor leadership is in question and your affable hosts Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith have been sent to Canberra by their respective news publications to cover the highs, the lows, the dogfights, the catfights, the turtle races, the netball, and also the leadership spill. Tune in as they discuss the unfolding events from the comfort of their fancy hotel suites. Also available via iTunes subscription because let's face it, you've had a busy day and the...
Episode 84: In the year 2021...
December 24, 2011 02:24 - 35 minutes - 16.3 MBWelcome to Episode 84 in a series of 1000 podchats from your esteemed colleagues Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith. In this action packed episode: Drink driving! Family! Wyclef Jean! Kim Jong-il! Charlotte's Web! Billy Joel! The IPA! Eventually everyone dies! Consume! iTunes?
Episode 83: Ghost Protocol Starring Goldie Hawn
December 18, 2011 08:22 - 37 minutes - 17.1 MBHello gentle listeners! Gather Around Me, after an unannounced hiatus, is back. For good. Deal with it. Ben Pobjie as Goldie Hawn. Cam Smith as Demi Moore. Contents: Being scared of holes. Impossible missions. REM's breakup. The attraction of opposites. The lady that Ben stared at on the train. Quantum Leaping back to the Goon Show. Fat Albert. The Future of Gather Around Me. Consume! iTunes?
Episode 82: You can go your own way?
November 07, 2011 10:17 - 35 minutes - 8.23 MBYep. Episode 82 in a Series of 1000 podchats starring Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith. In this issue: Thrills! Spills! Soup! Sex Workers! Carafes! Presumptous fast food guys! Saltpetre! The Box! Etc. Enjoy. Subscribe on iTunes.
Episode 81: A slow ride.
October 30, 2011 07:57 - 41 minutes - 9.53 MBHello gentle listeners! Welcome to Episode 81 of the Gather Around Me podchat series starring Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith. In this episode: Pre-cogs! Taxes! David Icke! Slow drivers! Tony Abbott! Qantas! Excuses! Emasculations! Enjoy! Subscribe on iTunes.
Episode 80: A train bound for Cranbourne
October 16, 2011 04:38 - 22 minutes - 10.4 MBHello! Episode 80. Series of 1000. Ben Pobjie. Cam Smith. I would like you to imagine two strangers on a train. Then imagine sitting across from them are two people with a pre-existing podcast relationship recording a podcast. You can hear their opinions on the carbon tax, the refugee vote, classic SBS television series Going Home, etc. Congratulations, you have successfully imagined what it would be like to listen to this podcast. You just saved yourself 20 minutes. If you can't imagine ...
Episode 79: There'll be pay in your pocket
September 26, 2011 09:51 - 41 minutes - 19.1 MBFriends, Romans, Countrymen! Lend me your ears. Actually, hang on to them. You will need them to listen to this podcast from Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith. It's about Midnight Oil, it's about Gillian Rubinstein, it's about the BDS, it's about juice bars, it's about full body dog harnesses, it's about gay marriage. Get it in ya. iTunes?
Episode 78: Frankly, Mr. Shankly, I don't give a damn.
September 12, 2011 22:08 - 38 minutes - 17.6 MBWelcome back! It's Episode 78 in a series of 1000 Podchats with your friends or maybe distant relatives Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith. In this episode we get to the bottom of: Privilege Cons Sports Penguins Terrorism Is Ben allowed to have sex with Malcolm Fraser? Some things we are up to And so on Get it up ya. iTunes?
Episode 77: It's been a big week for new clothes.
August 22, 2011 23:17 - 38 minutes - 17.7 MBHolla holla, Welcome to Episode 77 of the Gather Around Me podcast starring your friend Ben Pobjie and your frenemy Cam Smith. This episode deals with adult issues such as: Libya Convoys Weddings Giant Whales Art Galleries The Emperor's New Clothes If you are under 18, get the permission of a parent or guardian before you call. iTunes it?
Episode 76: By The River Of The Babylon
August 13, 2011 08:11 - 27 minutes - 12.5 MBAhoy there! Welcome to Episode 76 in a Series of 1000 fireside chats from your friends Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith. This is not a fireside chat at all. It is a riverside chat. It is a chat next to a river. Topics discussed include: Captain America Seagulls Bridges Hotels Spies Fireballs #AstorTweets Good luck in all your endeavours! Except the perverted ones! Except except that one.