Crabb is stunned to discover that Sales is reading and enjoying a book of poetry. Could capers and tuna be on the menu next? • 30 Rock - TV Show featuring Tina Fey and Alec Baldwin • Taste of River Water - Poetry by Cate Kennedy (Note: this book of poetry was featured on the RN radio show Poetica 24 May 2014.) • The Staircase - Documentary series focusing on a murder case in North Carolina. • Wild Wild Country - (Documentary) A guru builds a utopian city in the Oregon desert • The Split - (Minis...
Sep 21, 2018•27 min•Season 1Ep. 89
Since Sales and Crabb last met the country has a new Prime Minister. Politics these days seems like a workplace with the conflict buttons dialed up to eleven. • With Malcolm Turnbull's demise, the Liberal Party's true fear is coming to pass - Annabel Crabb (ABC News, 24 Aug 2018) • Julie Bishop loves to speak in code and she saved her best one-liner for last - Annabel Crabb (ABC News, 28 Aug 2018) • Stop at Nothing: The Life and Adventures of Malcolm Turnbull - by Annabel Crabb • Liberal MP Juli...
Sep 05, 2018•33 min•Season 1Ep. 88
Sales notes that Crabb seems to know an awful lot about Cocktail, a film she claims to hate so much. Crabb admits that she retains reprehensible details of worthless projects. [Cue: Kokomo sing along] Tom Cruise, Steve Jobs and Brian Mannix all get mentions, which leads to the question: Why do we accept that geniuses and celebrities should be able to act like monsters!? • Crabb's 'busy' outfit - Selfie • Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup - by John Carreyrou • Mission Imposs...
Aug 12, 2018•29 min•Season 1Ep. 87
This somewhat 'vintage' episode from earlier this year is like a perfectly cellared bottle of wine that is now at its prime, ready to be consumed before it starts to turn rancid. Enjoy the fully matured flavours that contain a hint of citrus. (Recorded live at Orange Civic Theatre on 26 May 2018.) • A percentage of the proceeds from all our shows goes to charity, in Orange to: Western NSW Barnardos Australia • Royal Wedding - ABC Coverage • Royal wedding: Meghan Markle's induction into the Royal...
Aug 01, 2018•58 min•Season 1Ep. 86
[This episode was recorded just before the sudden death of Dale Sales, legendary Dad and human. He is much mourned.] Crabb feels a bit off kilter when Sales is nice to her for the second episode in a row, but everything returns to normal when she is subjected to some Salesplaining. Crabb and Sales reflect on some recent True Crime Podcasts and whether this format is a beacon of hope for investigative journalism. • Community: Salad Recipes from Arthur Street Kitchen - by Hetty McKinnon • Neighbou...
Jul 18, 2018•36 min•Season 1Ep. 85
SPOILER ALERT. This entire episode is about the final season and the finale of The Americans. Normal chatting will resume next episode. • The Americans - Series details via Rotten Tomatoes See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jul 05, 2018•35 min•Season 1Ep. 84
There is only one channel working on the Medieval Contraceptive Recording Device, but this does not stop the monsters. They huddle together to chat on one microphone. Crabb makes a delicious Cauliflower Soup for Sales which initiates a discussion on the Jerusalem Artichoke scale of flatulence. They both ponder writing fiction versus non-fiction and various writing processes. Despite forgetting to record half the discussion, there is almost a full episode! • Crabb's Cauliflower Soup - transcript ...
Jun 20, 2018•26 min•Season 1Ep. 83
They were late, highly stressed and exhausted, yet Crabb and Sales still managed to rabbit on enough to generate a second episode of guff. Unstoppable monsters! (Brisbane, Tivoli Theatre, 12 May 2018) • Clare Green's Mosiac Art for Kate Slap - before and after images. (Thanks to Kate Slap for the images). • Leigh Sales interviews Hillary Clinton - ABC 7.30 (14 May 2018) • Donald Trump Taunts NBC News' Katy Tur at Miami Rally - Bloomberg on YouTube • Unbelievable: My Front-Row Seat To The Crazies...
Jun 03, 2018•38 min•Season 1Ep. 82
Edited highlights of the Chat 10 Looks 3 Live show at the Tivoli in Brisbane on 12 May 2018. (Part 1) • A percentage of the proceeds from all our shows goes to charity, in Brisbane to: • (1) Care2Achieve Scholarship for Young Women Leaving Care • (2) Second Chance • Gerald Murnane: the Australian writer who could be the next Nobel Prize winner - produced by Callum Denness (ABC 7.30, 2018 May 8) • Collected Short Fiction - by Gerald Murnane • Something for the Pain: A Memoir of the Turf - by Gera...
May 20, 2018•59 min•Season 1Ep. 81
Crabb gives Sales a nightie offering neck to ankle coverage, seemingly some sort of plot to consign Sales to a lifetime of celibacy. In response, Sales serves Crabb the arse of a bunny rabbit. The conversation takes a serious turn into what it means to have a good death. • Back in Time for Dinner (2018) with Annabel Crabb - to be aired on ABC. • Karate Kid (1984) - starring Ralph Macchio and Noriyuki 'Pat' Morita • Sydney Writers Festival - website • My Absolute Darling - by Gabriel Tallent • Pa...
Apr 29, 2018•45 min•Season 1Ep. 80
Sales has been staying up half the night devising her own script for the final season of The Americans. Crabb declares Sales is never to read bedtime stories to her children after she discovers the full darkness of Sales' imagination. With the Sydney Writers' Festival coming up, the cult leaders have plenty of reading suggestions. • The Americans (Season 6) - The Final Season (See also: official promo) • The Book of Mormon - Australian Cast • Here's The Thing with Alec Baldwin: Kyle MacLachlan -...
Apr 15, 2018•29 min•Season 1Ep. 79
Sales can't stop thinking about sea-monster egg farts. Meanwhile Crabb is excited by shooting stars and symmetry. Is Eddie Redmayne on track to be the next Chat 10 Looks 3 boyfriend? • The Shape of Water (2017) - directed By Guillermo del Toro (See official trailer here) • The Perfect Symmetry of Wes Anderson's Movies - via Open Culture • Isle of Dogs (2018) - Wes Anderson Trailer • Peter Rabbit (2018) - Rose Byrne and James Corden (See official trailer here) • The Theory of Everything (2014) - ...
Apr 04, 2018•33 min•Season 1Ep. 78
The wretches have a go at each other: Crabb disrespects Sales' Buns, so Sales retaliates by offering her opinion on Crabb's Finnish book. Is this the end of Chat 10 Looks 3 as we know it? A sudden ending to the event leads to some innovative audio experimentation! • The Coles Magazine - (No, not an endorsement!) • - Sweet and spicy chicken with Asian Slaw • - Easy hot cross bun ice-cream • They Know Not What They Do - by Jussi Valtonen • White Noise - by Don DeLillo • 12 Rules for Life: an antid...
Mar 16, 2018•35 min•Season 1Ep. 77
Crabb is angry about her pen situation and Sales describes her fury when a pedestrian spat at her car. Garner interrupts the chat by sending through a text message, CLANG! Lots of new reading recommendations plus the annual AFL name roundup. • Duelling Banquos - via @annabelcrabb on Twitter • Manhattan Beach - by Jennifer Egan • They Know Not What They Do - by Jussi Valtonen • The Churchills: A Family at the Heart of History: from the Duke of Marlborough to Winston Churchill - by Mary S. Lovell ...
Feb 28, 2018•35 min•Season 1Ep. 76
Live event - recorded at Her Majesty's Theatre in Adelaide, Friday 9 February. • Hans! Introduction and song - via Facebook (Her Majesty's Theatre, 2018 Feb 09) Hans official website. • Marina Abramović: The Artist is Present - documentary (See on iView until 3 March 2018) • Marina Abramović meets Ulay - via YouTube • The Museum of Modern Love - by Heather Rose • I, Tonya - starring Margot Robbie, Sebastian Stan and Allison Janney • Tonya Harding Would Like Her Apology Now - by Taffy Brodesser-A...
Feb 14, 2018•1 hr 11 min•Season 1Ep. 75
Sales finally gives the verdict on her visit to Blue Hill Farm restaurant in New York or as it's known among chatters The Carrot Restaurant. Also discussed: Martin Amis' essays and Rachel Cusk's earlier book Aftermath. • Blue Hill Farm - New York City • Dan Barber (Blue Hill Farm) - Chef's Table: Netflix Season 1, Ep 2 (See also: Netflix promo) • The Romanesco Dish - Blue Hill Farm • Outside and Dessert - Blue Hill Farm • Chef's Table - Netflix: inside the kitchens and minds of the international...
Jan 29, 2018•31 min•Season 1Ep. 74
Crabb and Sales compare impressive bruises and then ponder if you should immediately ice a badly bumped bum. Thankfully the chat moves on to discussion about The Crown and some recent Churchill films. Sales also reveals her somewhat controversial opinion on Meryl Streep! • Leigh Sales has a mighty shiner -photo • The Crown (Season 2) - starring Claire Foy, Matt Smith (see also: Official Trailer) • Churchill (2017 film) - starring Brian Cox and Miranda Richardson • Darkest Hour (2017 film) - star...
Jan 19, 2018•31 min•Season 1Ep. 73
Sales and Crabb look back at the best of 2017. Recorded live at Llewellyn Hall, ANU on Sat 9 December. • The matching outfits - Sales and Crabb didn't cross check their wardrobes. • 12 days of Christmas - as performed by Crabb and Sales • Paul McCartney on six decades of making music - interviewed by Leigh Sales (via ABC 7.30, 2017 Dec 04) • Interviewing your heroes can have its pitfalls, but Paul McCartney avoids them all - by Leigh Sales (via ABC 7.30, 2017 Dec 05) • Armando Iannucci in Conver...
Dec 16, 2017•1 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 72
Much to their excitement both Crabb and Sales successfully Google "literary page turner" (or LPT for short). The Drover's Wife is deconstructed and there are plenty of puns about Murder on the Orient Express. • Dior and I - documentary by Frédéric Tcheng (See Trailer) • CBS suspends Charlie Rose after sexual harassment and groping allegations - Edward Helmore (via Guardian, 2017 Nov 21) • Louis CK accused of sexual misconduct by five women - (via ABC News, 2017 Nov 10) • Why 'asking first' doesn...
Dec 07, 2017•35 min•Season 1Ep. 71
Plenty of banter on what to do with pulp from intractable and flinty Queensland pumpkins. Plus young Robert Redford, the ubiquitous Babs, Elton John (Clang!) and GOMA. • Nigella Lawson Sticky Gingerbread - via MyDish • Massimo Bottura crunchy lasagne - NYTimes video (New York Times, 2016 Oct 17) • Massimo Bottura - Chef's Table: Netflix Season 1, Ep 1 (See also: Netflix promo) • Blue Hill Farm - New York City • Dan Barber (Blue Hill Farm) - Chef's Table: Netflix Season 1, Ep 2 (See also: Netflix...
Nov 26, 2017•28 min•Season 1Ep. 70
Crabb will consider reading a promotional book if it includes a blurb from Howard Hughes, Sales will consider reading it if it comes with a Ferrari. In this episode we learn about Barbara Steisand's sister, get some tips on how to deal with the "international marzipan scandal" and find out that Sales thinks Crabb has the sense of humour of a 14 year old boy. • Lincoln in the Bardo - by George Saunders • Hoax - by Clifford Irving • Conversations with Richard Fidler: George Saunders (ABC; 2017 Oct...
Nov 10, 2017•33 min•Season 1Ep. 69
There are men you think you can trust (but really shouldn't!) Sales' has a giant granny pants problem and Crabb reckons her hair merkin is really workin'. • The Smoking Groom - Julie's tea towel gift to Crabb • The Bachelorette - Channel 10 • The Bachelorette Pride and Prejudice mashup - Huw Parkinson • Sophie's slim pickings are the realest thing about The Bachelorette - by Kerri Sackville (SMH, 2017 Oct 26) • Dirty John - Podcast from Wondery and the L.A. Times by Christopher Goffard • Perfect...
Nov 01, 2017•29 min•Season 1Ep. 68
Recorded live at the Comedy Theatre in Melbourne, Saturday 16 September, 8pm session. (Note: recording ends suddenly.) • Melbourne Cliches - Late Show parody of the Things of Stone and Wood song "Happy Birthday Helen" (via YouTube) • Deadly Kerfuffle - Tony Martin • Childproof podcast - Tony Martin • Making Oprah - Podcast hosted by Jenn White • Armando Iannucci in Conversation with Annabel Crabb - Wheeler Centre • Revisionist History Season 2 - Podcast with Malcolm Gladwell • O.J. Made in Ameri...
Oct 05, 2017•45 min•Season 1Ep. 67
Recorded live at the Comedy Theatre in Melbourne, Saturday 16 September, 5pm session. • Lyrics to Leigh Sales' song - performed by Breakthru • The Royal Children's Hospital (RCH) - Dr Sebastian King • Dior exhibition - National Gallery of Victoria (27 Aug - 7 Nov 2017) • Dior and I - 2015 Documentary • The House of Dior: Seventy Years of Haute Couture - by Kate Somerville • Johanna Hicks dressed for the white tie event - (with thanks to Augusta Zeeng for the dress!) • Truth - by Peter Temple • T...
Sep 23, 2017•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 66
How is it that some actors can remove themselves from their iconic roles? And why do some commit to the impossible task of playing real life personalities? Crabb is feeling emotionally vulnerable, and keeps revealing things she will regret, including the fact that she will never listen to Chat 10 Looks 3. Sales discusses how she decides to deliver the initial Killer Punch in an interview. • The King of Comedy - Directed by Martin Scorsese. Featuring: Robert De Niro, Jerry Lewis and Sandra Bernha...
Sep 06, 2017•33 min•Season 1Ep. 65
Crabb and Sales are having a meal together when Crabb has a sudden desire to podcast and suggests they head up to her hotel room. Sales is reluctant because they are without their medieval contraceptive device (aka the zoom recorder) but in the moment they throw caution to the wind. A gentleman known as Mr Tuba features. • Women in Mining - Website • Master of None - Season 2 • Chat 10 Looks 3 Live - Comedy Theatre, Melbourne (2017 Sep 16) • Joe Cinque's Consolation - Movie • Joe Cinque's Consol...
Aug 20, 2017•38 min•Season 1Ep. 64
Crabb's faulty oven catches fire at an inconvenient time and such is her incandescent rage that she goes on a social media rant at the manufacturer. Sales, seeing an opportunity to soothe her friend, turns to the piano and writes a new and more appropriate jingle for the oven company. We have chosen to bleep out the name of company involved to protect the not-so-innocent. Oh and Crabb has finally gotten around to watching a few episodes of The Handmaid's Tale. Under His Eye. • Handmaid's Tale - ...
Aug 09, 2017•35 min•Season 1Ep. 63
This podcast is a bit like a Burger Ring, there is no nutritional value and it is best you don't know what is in it. Crabb is in a movie watching slump and Sales is in a reading slump, but there is still plenty to chat about: bad movie and TV dialogue, sex scenes written by colleagues as well as fantastic food documentaries. • T2 TraInspotting - 2017 • Designated Survivor - starring Kiefer Sutherland • Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls: 100 Tales of Extraordinary Women - by Elena Favilli, Franc...
Jul 30, 2017•30 min•Season 1Ep. 62
Chat 10 Looks 3 is officially a cult. Leaders Sales and Crabb predict the future and look at our current dystopian obsessions, including Margaret Atwood and George Orwell. (This episode brought to you by Gumption and Salada Chocolate Caramel Crack) • Chat 10 Looks 3 Group - Facebook Group • Salada Crack: Chocolate Caramel Cracker Recipe via Smitten Kitchen (Thanks to Claire for initially making these and sharing the recipe) • Chatter Cult Compound Locations - Zee Maps (Thanks to • The Handmaid's...
Jul 21, 2017•32 min•Season 1Ep. 61
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
