Greetings one and all. We have a lovely little pod for you week that hits all the big topics: map projections, Milo protocols, democratic safeguards, and I guess comets?? Don't question it, just enjoy the ride. This episode's mistakes include: Incorrectly guessing the ratio of USA population to Australian population as 16x larger, when it's 12x larger. Forgot to compare Zohran Mamdani to Leslie Knope. Referring to Shakespeare's Globe as Shakespeare's Bowl, twice. Egregious factual inaccuracies. ...
Aug 25, 2025•1 hr 21 min•Ep. 261
G'day mates, and strewth, what a week! Nick got the old covidy-wovidy, so we used it as a launching pad to pick up an interesting Science News about the most dangerous species for spreading viruses. Otherwise, it's a bit of a good old-fashioned grab bag, with talk of beards, banks, and brain chips. Plus, lots of talk about films, including our mate Eddie's flick Iron Winter , which just debuted at MIFF. Grab a cocoa and get ready to go-goa. This episode's mistakes includes: Post-viral voice timb...
Aug 11, 2025•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 260
Hi pals, how are you? We're broadly dealing with the aftermath this week, diving into the Mailbag to answer questions about AI music and our millennial-boomer property debate from last pod. Plus, an in-depth exploration of the state of American media and censorship off the back of the Colbert and South Park news. This episode's mistakes include: Badmouthing our own clip content. Deep diving into a foreign television landscape. Abusing the sanctity of Michael's Miffed and completely forgetting th...
Jul 27, 2025•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 259
Young and old alike, please join us for a spirited debate between two Millennials and a Boomer. Michael's real-life father, Peter, calls in to the pod for an amicable discussion about housing affordability, taxation, the economy, relative incomes, and politics, as well as how our generations do (or do not) differ. It's an in-depth and interesting chat that I think we all enjoyed. Plus, a plug for Michael's new music as Slow Mons debuting this Friday. This episode's mistakes include: The occasion...
Jul 14, 2025•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 258
Hello! I'm sick so this part isn't going to be funny or interesting. We talk about AI a lot this week as Michael spirals from the realisation that the world is doomed. There's also chat about life as a Millennial, the tendency to like bad art, a hot take on the hero's journey, and toilet hunting. This episode's mistakes include: Repeated sniffing from Michael that could be falsely blamed on Nick. Mistakenly referring to gender dysphoria as body dysmorphia. Bookending the show with sex jokes. Egr...
Jun 30, 2025•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 257
A dramatic episode for you, dear listener, with some big real life stories, and then a fascinating Science News about medicating away grief. We also talk about homophobia, putting down dogs, and cancer, so, uh... enjoy? Despite all that it's actually a pretty light episode, and we do cap things off with some mandarin talk (?) and a Recommendation Engine. This episode's mistakes include: Trauma dumping. Frequent solicitation of audience contributions. Flippant ADHD diagnosis. Egregious factual in...
Jun 16, 2025•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 256
Grab yourself a pint and a parmy, because it's time for the first annual Deep Fought Quiz Night! We've got five rounds of trivia for you, and you can play along at home by filling in this Google Form as you go, and then submitting it at the end. We'll announce the results on our next pod, so drag your significant other along and make a night of it! (All the questions are broken up in podcast chapters for easy access, so you'd really benefit from listening with an actual podcast player this time,...
Jun 01, 2025•1 hr 21 min•Ep. 255
Hey pals! I'm writing this at the end of a long day so we're just gonna get it done. This pod has a lot of chat about warfare – first, the film, and later, the armed forces both locally and overseas. After that, there's some Science News about golf, the debut of a new seggie (and jingle) from Michael, and even a musical finale. This episode's mistakes include: Flippancy towards military service. Not having a segment name prepared in advance. No laughter to fade out on. Egregious factual inaccura...
May 19, 2025•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 254
Ding dong, ding dong! No, that's not the door, it's the peal of church bells announcing the arrival of a newly married Michael. We're freshly back from sunny Melbourne with tales of nuptials and romance. After that, it's a little bit of photography chat, a handful of miffs, and even some Rec Engine to cap us off. This episode's mistakes include: Extended sincerity. Unrelatable Oscar fantasies. ANZAC cringe. Egregious factual inaccuracies. Kiss your spouse, then like us on Facebook , follow us on...
May 04, 2025•1 hr 21 min•Ep. 253
Happy Easter, gals and gays. Hope you're getting the eggs of your dreams or whatever. We've got a bit of a potpourri ep for you, with wedding talk, a couple of fun Science Newses, a dentistry update, and the soothing return of Blanket Fought. This episode's mistakes include: Squeamishness around natural bodily functions. Aggressiveness around astrology. Grumpiness around shirtlessness. Egregious factual inaccuracies. Prepare a quiz team name, then like us on Facebook , follow us on Instagram , r...
Apr 20, 2025•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 252
Hey pals, how's it shaking? We start this pod with a chat about Trump's tariffs and ensuing economic shockwave, which is all good fun, but from 27:30 onwards things take a bit of a darker turn into areas of AI and abuse. If that's not your vibe we totally get it, but there's a Science News about solving morning sickness and a silly Michael's Miffed at the end to hopefully lift the mood a little. But you do you, boo. This episode's mistakes include: Absolute massacre of a Game of Thrones characte...
Apr 07, 2025•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 251
Kick off your heels, kick on your uggs, and settle in for a night on the couch as we take you behind the scenes of one of podcasting's most influential episodes. Our cameras were rolling for all the highs, the lows, and the laughs, and we've cracked open the archives to bring you never-before-seen material. Plus, brand new interviews with the men who made it happen, guaranteed to shake up everything you thought you knew. This episode's mistakes include: Just an unfathomably difficult edit. A per...
Mar 24, 2025•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 250
What's new with you? If it feels like we're all futilely trying to catch up to a rapidly accelerating news cycle, know that you're not alone. In this jumbo sized savoury morsel of a pod, we talk about the shattering of the U.S.–Ukraine relationship, and then take a detour into a discussion about a discussion about the challenges faced by young men today. But fear not, for we also have plenty of nonsense, including a brand new segment (and jingle) from Michael. This episode's mistakes include: So...
Mar 10, 2025•1 hr 26 min•Ep. 249
Grab a cold one, kick off your shoes, and settle in for an hour and change of refreshing poddy goodness. We're keeping things chill with an extended talk about refrigeration and the effect it had on food and agriculture, with a related discussion of ice cream and its cultural impact. Plus, plenty of other nonsense, including a crazy Nick story, a venomous Michael story, an aggressive email, and Will.i.am. This episode's mistakes include: Foul language. Delicious language. Incorrectly corrected l...
Feb 24, 2025•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 248
Would AI be a better president than Donald Trump? That's one of many questions raised in this invigorating and topical episode of the podcast Deep Fought. It's actually more of a philosophical discussion than a political one, so sit back and enjoy a discussion of whether utilitarian ideals are appropriate for democratic administration. Plus, we're jingle heavy, with a Mailbag, Science News, Recommendation Engine, and Michael's debut of a brand new seggy. This episode's mistakes include: Pitt pit...
Feb 10, 2025•1 hr 27 min•Ep. 247
Hey fam, hope you're all doing good and doing well. We're back to talk about this crazy little thing called America and the start of a new and horrifying political era. Plus we go into the nitty gritty of the TikTok ban, why people tend to mispronounce loanwords, and Michael gets some miffs off his chest. This episode's mistakes include: High energy, low seriousness. Repeated use of 'irregardless'. Talking too much about sweet chilli sauce. Egregious factual inaccuracies. Piss in neon, then like...
Jan 26, 2025•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 246
Welcome to our first pod of 2025! Nick raced home from a road trip to make this pod, so we just chew the fat for a bit, dive into our recent personal heroics (firefighting, cabinetry), and ultimately peruse a list of interesting scientific trivia. Hot stuff. This episode's mistakes include: Saying Jonathan Taylor Thomas is in prison when in fact it was Zachery Ty Bryan who did horrible things. Forgetting that firefighting trucks are called "appliances" and then being laughed at derisively when I...
Jan 13, 2025•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 245
So that was 2024. Hmm. Weird one. Good news is, we've got a fresh pod to cap off the year, recorded live in person in Nick's parents' backyard. We're talking through our travels and Christmas vibes and family conspiracies, and we play a visual sketching game that works just as well in an audio podcast as you'd expect. But hey, it's the holidays. This episode's mistakes include: Different audio setup and resultant different audio. Outdated data on correlation between finger length and sexuality. ...
Dec 29, 2024•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 244
If you're catching whiffs of venison and pine, fear not, for it's merely our 6th Annual Christmas Song Spectacular! We're back with the biggest episode of the year as we debut our original seasonal compositions for each other. We hope you like them as much as we do. But that's not all – there's unboxing of gifts, a cactus update, and chat about our societal fascination with hot murderers. This episode's mistakes include: Nick's laptop audibly melting in real time. No video of Michael's pratfall ...
Dec 19, 2024•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 243
Update 3/12/24: We've uploaded a new version of this audio file to fix some issues at the start. Please delete and redownload the episode on your player to get the fixed version. Nick will be publicly flogged for the mistake. Follow us on socials to find out when! Phew, we made it! This week's pod was an experiment in a new recording setup, and it did not quite go to plan. But fear not, as we have Frankensteined together all the disparate parts into a seamless whole so you can just focus on the ...
Dec 02, 2024•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 242
Really quick intro time! I gotta go to puppy school! Every sentence I type makes us later! We're talking about the election and about physio and we do some recs! I gotta go seriously bye!! This episode's mistakes include: Lukewarm take on old news. Being gaslit about the title of a film. Not enough Thom Yorke content. Egregious factual inaccuracies. Get that shoulder looked at, then like us on Facebook , follow us on Instagram , rate us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify , and send your questions to ...
Nov 18, 2024•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 241
Ladies and gentlemen, all the way from Melbourne and Christchurch, please welcome to the stage a brand new pod! In this supersized episode, we go deep in the reeds of Thom Yorke's Everything tour, which we were both lucky enough to recently attend. But if Radiohead is not your thing, fear not, for we also touch on why ghosts wear sheets, solar panel politeness, Pokémon cards, sleep yelps, and in a very special Deep Fought After Dark™, we place our bets on the outcome of the American election. Th...
Nov 03, 2024•1 hr 39 min•Ep. 240
Good evening, and welcome to another distinguished meeting of the Deeply Fought Discussion Society. This week, Prof. Zubreckyj has brought a tantalising titbit for one's contemplation: just what, precisely, makes something pretentious? Our respectful tête-à-tête leads to unexpected destinations; our travel companion, sparkling repartee. This episode's mistakes include: The video call shitting the bed and requiring 30 minutes of tech diagnostics mid-pod. Misquoting a Radiohead lyric and then fixi...
Oct 21, 2024•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 239
Look what we have here – a brand new pod, full of puppies and placebos! Yes, we talk about being Dog Daddies™, and then move on to some interesting Science News about the placebo effect and its evil opposite, the nocebo. Do you worry that doesn't sound like your thing? That's probably just the nocebo effect in action, so you should listen anyway. This episode's mistakes include: Petty competitiveness about dog superiority. Too many hand gestures for an audio podcast. Excessive sound effects. Egr...
Oct 07, 2024•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 238
Uh-oh. If I'm interpreting that episode title right, this sounds like another one of those classic episodes where Nick baits Michael into humiliating himself live on pod. Well, I certainly hope it's not as bad as we expect!! This episode's mistakes include: Forgot it was Gap that botched their logo redesign. Unhinged tooth flavour allegations. Not accepting Mary Magdalene as a real person. Egregious factual inaccuracies. Prepare for the dog show, then like us on Facebook , follow us on Instagram...
Sep 23, 2024•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 237
Greeting, and welcome back to our regularly scheduled programming. Yes, we're releasing on time, we're talking AI romance, and we're talking dolphins. Boom – add another classic pod to the list. This episode's mistakes include: A period in the middle where Michael's audio stopped recording so we defaulted to the Skype backup sorry. False burglar alarm. Lack of clarity about if the outro will or will not be included in the podcast. Egregious factual inaccuracies. Do your own research on Princess ...
Sep 09, 2024•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 236
Hello hello, and apologies for the delay. It was a bit of a hectic weekend for both of us, so this pod is about the latest developments in our slow amble towards Grown-Up status. I won't dawdle with any more blurb since we're already behind time. This episode's mistakes include: Delayed release. Dog interruptions. Undeserved mailbag hostility. Egregious factual inaccuracies. Come over for a tour, then like us on Facebook , follow us on Instagram , rate us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify , and send...
Aug 29, 2024•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 235
Lace your trainers, do some dynamic stretching, and head for the starting line, because this week we're talking about the Olympics – what we think of it, ways to improve it, and what went viral at Paris 2024. Plus, we talk beta males, alarm bells, and couscous, so we've still got you covered if sports aren't your thing. This episode's mistakes include: Aggressive tone at the start. Lots of puppy talk. Too many '90s hits. Egregious factual inaccuracies. Move to Kazakhstan, then like us on Faceboo...
Aug 12, 2024•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 234
The news keeps cycling, and we've strapped on our helmets and clicked in our special shoes so that we can stay pedalling in the slipstream. We're talking Biden, we're talking Kamala, we're talking apricot chicken, we're talking dental appliances. Plus, a fun surprise guest on the pod this week! Let's get to it. This episode's mistakes include: Brunch slander. Some of the most disturbing ASMR you've ever heard. Woeful recollection of the McDonald's jingle. Egregious factual inaccuracies. Block yo...
Jul 29, 2024•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 233
Well, damn. We're living in eventful times, and we just happened to be recording on the day when it all went down. So we're back on the American politics bandwagon to discuss the attempted Trump assassination. The good news is, we already had a full agenda, so we're also bringing some George Clooney News, complaining about Uber, and miffing again. This episode's mistakes include: Inversion of host/sidekick roles. Immediately being out of date due to recording while news was still breaking. Misqu...
Jul 14, 2024•1 hr 24 min•Ep. 232
