Cannon Hill
The boys light up Cannon Hill and it's an absolute blinder of an episode. Tell your cousins.
Jun 25, 2021•1 hr 7 min
Unpacking Brisbane
A podcast where Henry & Joe take a suburb of Brisbane, and unpack it.
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Brisbane's Best Pub
The boys roll up their sleeves and get to the toughest job around: ranking Brisbane's pubs. With criteria including location, price, and whether the parmy is a soggy mess or a crispy delight, it'll be a raw and unflinching look at the scourge of alcoholism among young Australians in the inner-city.
Jun 18, 2021•1 hr 13 min
The Gap
The rivalry that only exists in the mind of Ashgrovians is finally unpacked as Henry & Joe venture far away from the city to discuss The Gap. Or is it really that far? Tune in for golf, Dan Murphy's, and a desperate plea to listen to the new Mangroves album.
Jun 11, 2021•1 hr 18 min
Chapel Hill
Henry & Joe ascend to Ed Sheeran's 'Chapel On The Hill' to unpack houses, rainforest, and not a hell of a lot else. Chapel Hill baby!
Jun 04, 2021•1 hr 5 min
Paddington 2
Henry & Joe revisit their home suburb of Paddington, and discuss new coffee places, shirtless Maroons legends, and the best view in the best suburb in the best city.
May 28, 2021•1 hr 27 min
Nundah
It's the Nundahbelly. Get real.
May 22, 2021•1 hr 15 min
Moorooka
Henry & Joe discuss Brum, cars, Woolies, and the fine cuisine available in one of Brisbane's most intriguing suburbs: Moorooka. The suburb with as many 'O's' as Coorparoo, but only half the pretension.
May 14, 2021•55 min
Clayfield
Henry & Joe address their Goodfolk controversy, and unpack sunny Clayfield, discussing schools, potato gems, and making your own suburb through thorough petitioning.
May 07, 2021•1 hr
Bardon
The boys are back in, well, not exactly 'town,' as they grab a coffee from the Bardon Shed, discuss the insanely massive blocks of land in Bardon, and even find time to make a U2 joke. Or seven. Welcome to Season Four of Unpacking Brisbane.
Apr 30, 2021•1 hr 4 min
Sunnybank
For the season finale, Henry & Joe decide to sample one of Brisbane's finest suburbs in an unpack for the ages: Sunnybank. We chat pork buns, Hoyt's Cinemas, racially-charged high school comments, and more, in an episode of appropriation described as 'probably not cancellable.'
Apr 05, 2021•1 hr 16 min
Brisbane's Sexiest Road
We take on our most-requested topic yet: what road in Brisbane is the sexiest? We chat Coronation Drive, Wynnum Road, and more, on our incredible journey to decide which Brisbane road is the pick of the lot.
Mar 27, 2021•34 min
Mt Coot-tha
Henry & Joe get their P's and drive up to Mt Coot-tha to umm... unpack a suburb. Yeah, that's all we're doing at Mt Coot-tha.
Mar 19, 2021•1 hr 3 min
Carindale
Get your shopping done with this latest unpack of Carindale, the suburb of old people, Greeks, dicks on carpets, and Henry's wild Pitbull conspiracy theories.
Mar 14, 2021•58 min
Brisbane v the Gold Coast: The Debate
Guest and Coastie resident Lachlan Glaves joins the boys this week to argue in favour of the Gold Coast, Brisbane's obviously inferior cousin down south. Aggression ensues.
Mar 05, 2021•1 hr 19 min
Tennyson
Strap on your footy boots, tape up your racquet, and prepare for a number of Scooby-Doo references because this week the boys are catching a defunct train to a non-existent station and hopping off at Tennyson for a serious unpack.
Feb 26, 2021•1 hr 14 min
Morningside
AFL. Burgers. Scotland. It's all your favourite parts of Brisbane, wrapped up in a neat little box that is then unpacked by Henry & Joe in this week's savage expose on Morningside: the suburb that time forgot.
Feb 19, 2021•59 min
A New Yorker in Brisbane
On this special mini-episode, Henry & Joe chat with New York, Hong Kong, and now Brisbane resident Craig Boden about what sets our little river city apart from some of the world's heavy hitters. If you've ever wanted to feel endlessly patriotic (or you love The Gresham), this one's for you.
Feb 17, 2021•34 min
Bali
Henry & Joe pack up their boogie boards, singlets, and NRL player contracts and jet over to Bali for a weekend in the sun and the slowest waiters of all time.
Feb 12, 2021•1 hr
Kelvin Grove
Kelvin Grove. The land of boys named Danny, fashion students catching shuttle buses, and a brilliant KFC. Henry & Joe dive deep to unpack this enigmatic inner-city enclave.
Feb 05, 2021•1 hr 2 min
Chermside
Two young soldiers on the frontline of suburbs-based podcasting dig into the trenches of Chermside to quarrel over shopping centre layouts, indoor skydiving, and how to get the Brisbane City Council to fix their driveway. It's more fun that it sounds.
Jan 29, 2021•58 min
Greenslopes
Henry & Joe check themselves into Greenslopes Hospital before escaping for a delicious IGA snack on this delicious unpack.
Jan 22, 2021•54 min
The City
Henry & Joe march on Queen St Mall to chat Wintergarden social politics, Frog's Hollow, and Crack Alley. Tune in for the first unpack of 2021.
Jan 15, 2021•1 hr 18 min
A Very Brisbane Christmas (LIVE)
Henry & Joe wrap up the year with a chat about Christmas in Brisbane, featuring intense prawn discussion, Christmas light chats, and backyard cricket.
Dec 18, 2020•1 hr 20 min
We Recorded An Album (ft. Hamish Litster)
Join the boys as they somewhat self-indulgently unpack the brand-new debut album they recorded with Brisbane's first ever podcast-inspired Brisbane-focused indie rock band, The Mangroves. Singer and guitarist Hamish Litster joins to chat recording, the stories behind the songs, and what makes a mangrove a mangrove.
Dec 10, 2020•1 hr 19 min
Stafford
Join Henry & Joe as they rock up to Bunnings to request a sausage and a can of drink, please, before returning to Brisbane's best shopping centre. Listen to the end for an exclusive listen to a new Mangroves track!
Dec 05, 2020•1 hr 1 min
Albion
The boys dive deep into historic Albion, chatting Trevor Evans' office, portable air conditioners, and a secret passageway from Brekky Creek to GYG. Get ready to be utterly unpacked.
Nov 26, 2020•1 hr 8 min
Burgers
Burgers! It's all time for chats about burgers, let's absolutely knock this out of the park.
Nov 20, 2020•58 min
Howard Smith Wharves
Henry & Joe don their best white linen, order a cocktail at Mr Percival's, and settle in to unpack Brisbane's latest icon: Howard Smith Wharves.
Nov 06, 2020•56 min
Kenmore
Henry & Joe get into a fight at the tavern, crash their car on the deranged roundabout, and talk about Aldi, because this week, we head out west to unpack Kenmore.
Oct 30, 2020•58 min
Redcliffe
Henry & Joe are 'stayin' alive' this week with a Redcliffe unpack. We're talking Bee Gees, camels, and the weird rivalry with Scarborough that no-one else knows about.
Oct 23, 2020•59 min
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