Sales sets a new benchmark in creative swearing as she wrestles with new audio equipment. Yes! We have proper microphones at last! Crabb thinks the recording device looks like a medieval contraceptive crossed with a bomb and advises that they never attempt to fly anywhere with it. Brenda breaks out a creme de menthe to celebrate receipt of an audible podcast. • You've Gotta Start Somewhere (Ep 15 Leigh Sales) - Podcast by Rachel Corbett • When I Get a Minute (Ep 7 Election Fever) - see from abou...
Jul 02, 2017•39 min•Season 1Ep. 60
Crabb and Sales look back on a year in reading. Recorded as part of the Sydney Writers Festival at the Roslyn Packer Theatre, 27 May 2017. (Thanks to SWF for providing the audio.) Warning: includes S-Town spoiler! The Sydney Writers Festival podcast channel is: https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/sydney-writers-festival/id985898011 • Our Souls at Night - by Kent Haruf • The Healing Party - by Micheline Lee • The Green Road - by Anne Enright • Nutshell - by Ian McEwan • The Girls - by Emma Cline ...
Jun 22, 2017•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 59
Sales insists on showing Crabb visual jokes about music notes while cry-laughing. Yes, it's one of those episodes. Crabb gets her own back by eating a box of delicious treats dropped off by a listener - and we have the recipe! There's a row over who's hogging the chat but there's only one loser - tuba players. Again. • Chocolate Caramel Cracker Recipe via Smitten Kitten (Thanks to Claire for making these and then providing a link to the recipe) • Ben Mendelsohn on success, Star Wars and what he ...
Jun 18, 2017•33 min•Season 1Ep. 58
Spoiler alert! Crabb and Sales watch the first episode of the new season of The Americans and tell you all about it. The conclusion: "it has to end in catastrophic doom!!" The chat then turns into a Richard-Fidler-love-fest. Sales reveals that a few years ago she was lucky enough to conduct a rare interview with him about his life. (Brenda has proof on a USB stick). • Cauliflower, Pear and Blue Cheese Soup - Coles magazine (via Taste.com.au) • A Picture of Aunty Jack - in case you can't remember...
Jun 07, 2017•54 min•Season 1Ep. 57
Recorded backstage at the Sydney Writers Festival. Sales and Crabb dissect the history of Donald Trump's hair and how it feels to 'witter' away at one of your favourite authors. There is a sweet anecdote about Roger Moore, plus discussion about John McCain and how nostalgia has become a refuge. • The 100 greatest descriptions of Donald Trump's hair ever written - by Monica Hesse (Washington Post; 2016 Jun 2) • My writing day - by Anne Enright (The Guardian; 2016 Apr 23) • Sydney Writers Festival...
May 31, 2017•32 min•Season 1Ep. 56
Beginning with a touching discussion on early motherhood, holocaust survivors and scholarship recipients, Sales and Crabb then have a stab at poetry appreciation. "Look on this podcast, ye mighty, and despair". Thankfully the chat moves on to some new TV and podcast recommendations! • Man's Search for Meaning - by Viktor E. Frankl • Proudly Public Awards 2017 - Public Education Foundation • The Rise of Kinship Carers - (ABC 7.30; Reporter: Josie Taylor 2017 May 16) • 'I'm Probably the Happiest M...
May 21, 2017•35 min•Season 1Ep. 55
It is Sales' birthday! Plenty of cry laughing and clanging with mentions to scoffing pizza on live TV, having a late dinner with Armando Iannucci plus Brad Pitt channelling Zoolander. (Dedicated to Mark Colvin who passed away 11 May 2017) • Moss in a Jar - from Koi Dessert Bar • Gary Cole - plays Kent Davison in Veep • Armando Iannucci in Conversation with Annabel Crabb - Wheeler Centre • Brad Pitt Talks Divorce, Quitting Drinking, and Becoming a Better Man - by Michael Paterniti (GQ, 2017 May 0...
May 11, 2017•32 min•Season 1Ep. 54
Crabb and Sales chat about S-Town, Oprah, exploding whales and tuba players with bum acne. There is the inevitable mention of Garner. Apparently Sales indulges in some dance moves inspired by "Every Musical Ever". Both reveal a backlog in their "must-read-and-watch" lists. Frustratingly we do not get the details about Sales' early night after the Logies!? • S-Town - podcast from the makers of Serial and This American Life • A Reading List for Fans of S-Town - Readings Bookshop • Making Oprah - W...
May 04, 2017•47 min•Season 1Ep. 53
From the Nobel Prize Ceremony and the Logies to giant rabbits and chickens, Sales and Crabb have it all covered. Mia Freedman, Patti Smith get a mention and of course the new season of Veep! • Special Delivery - by Annabel Crabb. Asian Sweet Potato soup: p46 • United Airlines 'saddened' by death of giant rabbit after transatlantic flight - by J Grierson and PJ Walker (The Guardian, 2017 Apr 27) • Giant chicken (via YouTube) • Veep : Season 6 (2017) • Crass Roots: "Veep" grows up - by Emily Nussb...
Apr 27, 2017•47 min•Season 1Ep. 52
Deux, derr, DUH! (Crabb and Sales go all out with their French pronunciation skills). A diverse range of topics are whized through: the Dixie Chicks concert, John Howard as Mark Colvin, books on political intrigue, the S-Town podcast from Alabama plus the art of writing a weekly column. There are plenty of distractions, including rose gold laptops and whether Crabb has left it too late to pick up the kids on time. • Spaghetti Tree (again!?) No, Sales was taken to Fancy Hank's instead! • The Dixi...
Apr 12, 2017•34 min•Season 1Ep. 51
The 50th episode! Surely not? There is plenty of clanging, including some competitive clanging over Armando Iannucci. Sales has been getting chummy with Iannucci and Bill Nighy, while Crabb has been hanging out with the world's 50 best chefs. There is an hysterical meltdown over a list of the 2017 AFL players' names. • British actor Bill Nighy talks about his latest work - Leigh Sales (7.30 Interview, April 3 2017) • Armando Iannucci labels Donald Trump a 'walking satire balloon' - Leigh Sales (...
Apr 08, 2017•33 min•Season 1Ep. 50
So soon, but here they are again! Crabb and Sales discuss hospital visits, the Missing Richard Simmons podcast plus new books and TV. Inadvertently Crabb's mum, Christobel, becomes the first ever Chat 10 Looks 3 phone interview. Who is the mysterious Tony Jones look-a-like who is hanging around? • Sydney Children's Hospital - website • - see also the Starlight Room Broadcast - things to do in Hospital. • Missing Richard Simmons - Podcast • 'Missing Richard Simmons,' the Morally Suspect Podcast -...
Mar 22, 2017•30 min•Season 1Ep. 49
Sales finds a room with a piano and invites Crabb for a sing-a-long inspired by the Book of Mormon. Crabb discusses some terrific events she saw at the 2017 Adelaide Festival. To top it off there is the important discovery that Crabb and Sales have a mutual love of the number 12. • Book of Mormons (currently in Melbourne at the Princess Theatre) • The Force Awakens - Star Wars Ep 7 • Adelaide Festival 2017; Crabb's highlights: • - Saul - Barrie Kosky (George Frideric Handel's Saul) • - Betroffen...
Mar 15, 2017•28 min•Season 1Ep. 48
Summer viewing and reading has thrown up all sorts of questions for Crabb and Sales: Why are they more attached to Prince Phillip than they ever thought they would be? How can you turn shitty audio quality into a useful art form? Will they ever be able to go for a whole episode without mentioning Helen Garner? Plus should they write their own theme tune? • The Crown - starring Claire Foy, Matt Smith, John Lithgow • Homecoming - Gimlet Media podcast • Cbeebies Bedtime Story - Tom Hardy • The Enco...
Jan 31, 2017•35 min•Season 1Ep. 47
It is one week until Christmas and the year is nearly over. Grab a glass of champagne and some snacks and join Crabb and Sales a they discuss the best of 2016. (Hang on! How long is this episode!?) • When I Get a Minute - ABC iView • The Book of Mormon - the Musical • Hamilton - the Musical • Weiner - the Documentary • Spotlight - Featuring Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams • Revenant - Featuring Leonardo DiCaprio • The Force Awakens - Star Wars: Episode VII • Veep - 2016 Season 4 • T...
Dec 19, 2016•1 hr 43 min•Season 1Ep. 46
Sincerely apologetic about the audio quality from the last episode, Crabb and Sales lock themselves away in a silent office to talk of recent adventures at Parliament House and how great it was to see Helen Garner featured in the New Yorker. Although it is nice and quiet, there is plenty of clanging going on. JD Vance's book is discussed, plus what politicians say they will be reading over summer. • Inside the Commons - BBC • James McGrath Al desko with Annabel Crabb Series 1 Ep 2 • Royal Menus ...
Dec 08, 2016•34 min•Season 1Ep. 45
(Warning: bad audio quality!) Sales takes Crabb to a new café but tells her the incorrect name of the place - mistaking the band 'Something for Kate' for the café 'Something for Jess'. The bad news is Crabb will never be able to find it again. The good news is there's something for everyone in this episode, from American politics to raspberry mousse. (*with apologies from the bumbling Sales to the lovely people at 'Something for Jess') • Something for Jess - Café in Chippendale • Faith, Certaint...
Nov 16, 2016•31 min•Season 1Ep. 44
Defiantly avoiding the Melbourne Cup, Crabb and Sales hide themselves away to discuss recent developments in the US Election. Sales is proud to announce that she has had great success growing sweetpeas. New podcasts plus a couple of recent books written by colleagues are discussed. Crabb is horrified to learn Sales' theory that contacts who stick around for many years may well be undercover operatives. • Leigh Sales interviews Michelle and Stevie Payne on 7.30 - via ABC • Leigh Sales interviews ...
Nov 02, 2016•39 min•Season 1Ep. 43
Even though it has not rained for days, Crabb still manages to get drenched by passing traffic - very 'sitcom' don't you think? Detailed discussion ensues on a range of topics: new TV shows, perfect roast potatoes, glorious salads, women in law, 'The Boss' and whether you can ever look at too many piles of rice and fish without getting to eat them. Does Crabb stop this recording just as Sales is launching into a song!? • Divorce - starring Sarah Jessica Parker • Sex and the City • Kitchen Cabine...
Oct 25, 2016•41 min•Season 1Ep. 42
Crabb and Sales analyse the 2nd US presidential debate, then briefly ponder why there is a Pokemon on Sales' desk. Discussion switches to unsympathetic main characters, Ben Mendelsohn's chin, a couple of new podcasts and the value of political satire. • The Second 2016 US Presidential Debate - via PBS • Pokemon - via Pokemon.com • Leigh Sales with Pokemon head zubat - via Twitter • Pokemon Go has let me enter my son's world - by Julia Baird (via SMH) • The Girl on the Train - by Paula Hawkins • ...
Oct 10, 2016•31 min•Season 1Ep. 41
Crabb and Sales watch the first Clinton and Trump presidential debate in a secret tropical location. 48 hours later, while drinking cocktails, they assess the debate. Discussion then switches to holiday reading. • The first presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump - via PBS • The Tropical Holiday Selfie - via Twitter • Anna Karenina - by Leo Tolstoy • Middlemarch - by George Eliot • Vanity Fair - by William Makepeace Thackeray • The Beautiful Lie - DVD • Where the Suckers Moo...
Oct 03, 2016•41 min•Season 1Ep. 40
Canberra Writers' Festival. Recorded in a bathroom. Without microphones. Enjoy. • The Americans • Blink by Malcolm Gladwell • Revisionist History a podcast by Malcolm Gladwell • Rube podcast by Dollop • Fed Ex podcast by Dollop • My Dad Wrote a Porno podcast • Drunk History • Commonwealth by Ann Patchett • The Cement Garden by Ian McEwan • Bel Canto by Ann Patchett • Truly, Madly, Guilty by Liane Moriarty • Catastrophe via iView • The Night Manager starring Hugh Laurie, Tom Hiddleston • Black Mi...
Aug 29, 2016•32 min•Season 1Ep. 39
This week Crabb and Sales discuss coincidences, John Grisham novels, mountain climbing, Mormons and what it's like to get an early, sneak peek at a feature-length Weiner (the documentary on former New York senator and Mayoral candidate: Anthony Weiner). Ask yourself this: in order to keep your place in a borrowed book, do you: a) insert a bookmark; or b) dog-ear the page Crabb and Sales reveal all on this episode. • Beyond Coincidence: Amazing Stories of Coincidence & the Mystery and Mathema...
Jul 21, 2016•37 min•Season 1Ep. 38
The election is over. We may even have a Prime Minister (at least for the next few months or so). Crabb and Sales reflect on what it's like being chained to a desk for nearly seven hours with Scott Morrison and Penny Wong. Crabb gets her hands on Antony Green's (software) package and Sales has been spending a lot of time at home curled up with a variety of good books. Plus: What does Obama do after dark? Let's find out. • Portable Curiosities by Julie Koh • The One Who Got Away by Caroline Overi...
Jul 14, 2016•39 min•Season 1Ep. 37
The election campaign is taking its toll. Crabb and Sales are both sick, but the upside of spending so much time on flights with politicians is that you get a chance to read books, watch movies and binge-watch television. Grab the Vicks Vaporub and a box of tissues and enjoy this episode. • Chat 10 Looks 3: Fifty Shades of Giggling starring Annabel Crabb and Leigh Sales • Two Grumpy Hacks podcast by Dennis Atkins and Malcolm Farr • The Dressmaker starring Kate Winslet and Judy Davis • Sisters st...
Jun 06, 2016•32 min•Season 1Ep. 36
Recorded merely moments before they appeared on-stage before an audience of 2000 punters, Crabb and Sales recall some of their investigations into political drama which is based largely on real-life events. Plus, who was Australia's weirdest Prime Minister? You might be surprised who they come up with. • Everywhere I Look by Helen Garner • Bowraville Podcast by Dan Box • The Marmalade Files by Steve Lewis and Chris Uhlmann • The Mandarin Code by Steve Lewis and Chris Uhlmann • Stop at Nothing: T...
May 24, 2016•22 min•Season 1Ep. 35
Join Crabb and Sales at Sydney's Powerhouse Museum where they visit the Isabella Blow exhibition, plus a whole list of new podcasts to listen to. • Isabella Blow Exhibition at the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences • Red Carpets and Other Banana Skins: The Autobiography by Rupert Everett • Vanished Years by Rupert Everett • Isabella Blow and Alexander McQueen photos via Vanity Fair • The Swans of Fifth Avenue by Melanie Benjamin • In Cold Blood by Truman Capote • Comedy Showdown via ABC iView •...
May 15, 2016•37 min•Season 1Ep. 34
It's budget time! Crabb and Sales are sequestered within locked rooms in Canberra to analyse the Australian national budget, and yet they find time to eat a terrible breakfast and have a terrific conversation. • The Hunter by Julia Leigh • The Avalanche: A Love Story by Julia Lee • Farewell to the Father by Timothy Elliott • Gotham: Wisdom Tree by Nick Earls • When I Get a Minute via iView See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
May 04, 2016•31 min•Season 1Ep. 33
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Apr 18, 2016•1 hr 22 min•Season 1Ep. 32
Crabb and Sales launch their latest project: When I Get A Minute. It's the TV show about culture for the chronically time-poor. Exclusive to ABC iView. Watch it now. • The Cook and the Baker by Tass Tauroa and Cherie Bevan • Special Delivery by Annabel Crabb • Helen Garner wins the Windham Campbell prize • Grand Days by Frank Moorhouse • I was Russell Crowe's Stooge by Jack Marx See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Mar 10, 2016•32 min•Season 1Ep. 31
