Betoota Talks
Clancy Overell and Errol Parker, editors of the explicitly raw but iconic Outback Australian newspaper known as The Betoota Advocate report fiercely - without fear or favour.
Latest episodes
Nov 12, 2023 • 22min
INTERVIEW: Rohit Bhargava The FuTuRisT (Live from SXSW Sydney)
Live again from the inaugural South by Southwest Sydney festival of tech and culture, The Betoota Advocate talks to the type of unconventional expert that you can only hear speak at events like this. Author, futurist, social commentator and diehard Olympics enthusiast, Rohit Bhargava talks about the near future. What can we expect from technological developments? Are these technological developments in safe hands? And of course…. Artificial IntelligenceSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Nov 5, 2023 • 35min
INTERVIEW: Miss Double Bay (Live From SXSW Sydney)
The first of a series of live interviews The Betoota Advocate recorded on stage at the inaugural South By Southwest (SXSW) Festival in Sydney. Betoota’s reporters Clancy Overell and Effie Bateman give the crowd a brief run down of their media careers thus far, before introducing to the stage the Queen of New Media (influencing)… she goes by the name of Miss Double Bay.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Nov 3, 2023 • 7min
WEEKLY BULLETIN: Poor Woman Who Innocently Asked Bloke About His Tool Shirt Given Thirty Minute Lecture On Polyrhythms, Heavily Lawyered Up NRL Superstars Finally Able To Prove Their Innocence In The Face Of Lying Senior Cops, Kim Kardashian Releases Range Of Male Undies That Makes You Look Like You Have A Stiffy & Trick-Or-Treaters Terrify Local Boomers By Dressing Up As Respectful Indigenous Leaders With A Generous Proposal For A Non-Binding Voice To Parliament
Clancy Overall and Wendall Hussey wrap up all the biggest stories from the week - live from the Desert Rock FM studio in downtown Betoota. Betoota on Instagram Betoota on TikTok Produced by DM PodcastsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Oct 29, 2023 • 32min
INTERVIEW: Chris and Ben from Silverchair
Australia’s last superstar rock band joins The Betoota Advocate to discuss their lightspeed journey from the car port in Newcastle to sold out stadiums around the world. These musical maestros share some of the great yarns of this ride, and explain why they felt inclined to publish their new memoir ‘Love & Pain: The epic times and crooked lines of life inside and outside Silverchair’See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Oct 27, 2023 • 8min
WEEKLY BULLETIN: Australia Launches Injunction To Stop European Winemakers From Using Passion Pop Name Unless It’s From Passion Pop Region Of The Cenny Coast, Nation Patiently Waits For Documentary About The World’s Actual Greatest Pop Culture Power Couple, USA Getting That Familiar Urge To Leave Another Country With Average Age Of 15 And No Libraries & Chubby Baby Sits Up In Pram To Survey Her World Like A Gluttonous Ancient Warlord
Effie Bateman and Wendall Hussey wrap up all the biggest stories from the week - live from the Desert Rock FM studio in downtown Betoota. Betoota on Instagram Betoota on TikTok Produced by DM PodcastsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Oct 22, 2023 • 33min
INTERVIEW: ONEFOUR (Spenny, Celly, and filmmaker Gabriel Gasparinatos)
Western Sydney drill rap group ONEFOUR (Spenny & Celly) jump on the Betoota Advocate Podcast with Clancy - three days out from the global Netflix release of a new documentary centered around their meteoric rise. Joined by Gabriel Gasparinatos, the filmmaker behind this classic Australian doco, group members Spenny and Celly open up about their journey from prison, to police censorship, to stadium performances - and the many sliding door moments that made this story possible. ‘ONEFOUR: Against All Odds’ is available to stream this Thursday on Netflix. Find ONEFOUR on Youtube and Instagram Betoota on Instagram Betoota on TikTok Produced by DM PodcastsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Oct 20, 2023 • 6min
WEEKLY BULLETIN: Jacinta Price Figures That Optus Must Be Down After Not Receiving One Phone Call From Coalition Colleagues Since Campaign Ended, Local Man Smiles At Teenagers Drinking In Park As He Realises He Will Never Have As Much Fun As Them Again, Engineer Mate Slightly Odd & Waiter Doesn’t Know How Much Trouble He’s In After Rich Old Duck’s Skim Decaf Cap Isn’t Hotter Than The Surface Of The Sun Like She Asked For
Effie Bateman wraps up all the biggest stories from the week - live from the Desert Rock FM studio in downtown Betoota. Betoota on Instagram Betoota on TikTok Produced by DM PodcastsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Oct 15, 2023 • 35min
INTERVIEW: Vichara Edirisinghe from Astral People
In this week’s podcast, the Betoota Advocate interviews one of those rare Australians that are committed to hosting parties for a living. Joining the editors is Vichara Edirisinghe, a promoter and events guru who cut his teeth in the depraved nightclubs of post-Olympics Sydney. Vichara tells the story of forming his artist management and touring company Astral People in a pizza restaurant in 2011. He explains to The Betoota Advocate exactly what is holding Australia’s nightlife back, and how they’ve survived a culture of lockout laws and noise complaints, only to return to the fray in 2023 with their their iconic Summer Dance parties.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Oct 13, 2023 • 9min
WEEKLY BULLETIN: New Netflix Doco Tells Story Of A 48-Year-Old Englishman Unable To Convey Emotion With His Face, Melbourne Man In Sydney Gets Lost Again Because Life Is Difficult When It’s Not Presented To You In A Perfectly Symmetrical Grid System & Local Midwife Has Baby Advice That Contradicts Everything The Other Midwife Said On Previous Shift
Effie Bateman and Clancy Overall wrap up all the biggest stories from the week - live from the Desert Rock FM studio in downtown Betoota. Betoota on Instagram Betoota on TikTok Produced by DM PodcastsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Oct 8, 2023 • 42min
INTERVIEW: NRL journo Andrew Webster discusses the power and pathology of Wayne Bennett
SMH sports editor Andrew Webster joins to podcast to explain the complexity and hypocrisies of every Queenslander's adopted grandfather. A week after the thrilling NRL Grand Final and the Betoota Advocate is still dwelling on the soap opera of rugby league. However, to take our minds off last weekend's Greek tragedy of Queensland sporting collapses - we've decided to discuss one of the most succesful footy exports to ever come out of our proud state. Super-Coach and the master of man management, Wayne Bennett. We could go for hours talking about this man - luckily this episode's guest has written a book about him. The Wolf You Feed - by Andrew Webster. Available at any book store in the developed world.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
