Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchNosey Bob the Hangman
For 28 years Nosey Bob Howard was the official hangman in New South Wales. Of the 62 hangings, 19% were a bit botched leaving good marks to 81% of th…
1 year, 4 months ago
Oz Day or Invasion Day?
This time of year always brings up the debate about whether January 26 is Australia Day or Invasion Day. Ian offers his thoughts and looks at some of…
1 year, 4 months ago
Can I Use the N-Word?
Two major recent discoveries... one, that there were 12 black American ex-slaves aboard the First Fleet and one of them, John Randall, sits on a dist…
1 year, 4 months ago
Sketch Comedy!
This week’s podcast is MSing About with writing tips and pointers on how to write sketch comedy with a few examples from my archive…
1 year, 4 months ago
New Year Resolutions!
It’s 2025 and the first podcast for the year – it’s time for New Year Resolutions!
1 year, 5 months ago
Memoir - Meet Dave!
It's the final podcast for 2024. There's some general memoir tipping using a memoir I co-wrote with my mate, Dave Prior, who is a musician and comedi…
1 year, 5 months ago
Memoir - Merry Christmas!
My Christmas has certainly changed since I was a kid. Has yours? Christmas memories can easily find their way into a memoir.
1 year, 5 months ago
Memoir - Back to Nature
Sometimes nature can serve up a lifetime of memories in just a few seconds, minutes or hours and there's a place in a memoir for such events... could…
1 year, 5 months ago
Memoir - Flights of Fancy
This week’s memoir podcast is titled Flights of Fancy because it is mainly about crossing paths with two aviation adventurers, Bob Gannon and Dick Sm…
1 year, 5 months ago
Memoir - A Few Famous Failures
This week’s memoir podcast is titled A Few Famous Failures… three joint ventures I shared with an actor mate, Shane Withington.
1 year, 6 months ago