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Death by Multimedia
Hi there and thanks for tuning in to this newly rebranded podcast, Death by Multimedia, a title I borrowed from the first ever podcast I did with my eldest daughter Jessica. Seeing as though I have split this podcast into three sections over the years – TV and movies, sports and music, and created two other podcasts to handle the weight of the sports and music side of things, I have decided to give this podcast a bit of a spit and polish and rebrand and republish. So, I hope you’ll stick with…
Episodes
Death by MultimediaEpisode 204: The Casual Mankadder: Youth Championships Day 1
What else would you want to do on the week before Xmas than journey out to Dubbo and play four days of cricket? Well 12 kids aged 14 and 15 have decided that…
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Peters & Peters Season 2: Ep 1: Thunder vs Stars
We're back! No one asked for us to return, no one cares that we are doing this, but we are back anyway. Cricket's most innovative duo return for another season…
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Episode 203: "The Wacky Race goes on and on... each driver determined to win!
When it comes to the greatest cartoons of all time, one that surely has to be in the mix is the “Wacky Races”, which ran for an amazingly short time in the…
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Episode 202: Why the ICC and CA need to be smarter about ODI's
The fact that there was almost no interest in a series of cricket matches between Australia and England played over the past week is not necessarily a reason…
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Episode 201: Bluff Called as Aussie T20 Dream Goes Bust
Win the toss and bowl. Predictable bowlers. Average fielding. Power batting line up stacked to ensure at least two come off so they can win any game shown up…
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Episode 200: Australia Goes All-In on Bluff in World T20 Defense
On today's episode of The Almanack Report, it's time to have a look at the T20 World Cup which began in Australia this week. In particular, we will discuss…
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Episode 199: Is There Any Chance of Batting First?
On today's episode of The Almanack Report, we have a casual discussion about the perfect time of year we find ourselves in when it comes to watching sport on…
Death by MultimediaEpisode 198: An Uninformed Preview of the 2022/23 SCDCA 1st Grade Competition
Cricket season has finally arrived, and after three seasons that have been impacted by bushfires, COVID-19 and endless flooding rain, cricketers on the South…
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Episode 197: 40 Years of "Cheers", where everybody knows your name
It is 40 years ago this week since the first episode of the TV comedy "Cheers" was aired in the US. It is another of those shows that anyone who grew up…
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Episode 196: The Swansong, the Mankad and the Ballad of Bad Light
On today's episode of the Almanack Report, we take a look at three major incidents in the world of sport over the last 24 hours. The AFL Grand Final was…
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Episode 195: M*A*S*H is 50 Years Old - has the war ended yet?
50 years ago today in the US, the series M*A*S*H first aired. It is a series that became one of the most beloved and watched television series of all time. It…
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Episode 194: I need more TV’s in the Metal Cavern
On today’s episode of the podcast no one listens to except me to make sure the volume levels are sort of correct, we discuss the world of sport that took place…
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Episode 193: The Queen is Dead, and so are the Demons and the Roosters and the Storm!
It's taken me 192 episodes to realise that no one actually cares or listens to my podcast episodes, or what they are about. So I've gone freeform, just talking…
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Episode 192. The Casual Mankadder: Australia Walking the ODI Tightrope
In recent times there has been a section of the cricketing media suggesting that the one day international is on borrowed time, and that it will be only Test…
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Episode 191: BBL Draft Does Nothing to Attain Channel 7's Requirements
On today's edition of The Almanack Report, the first ever BBL Draft occurred on Sunday, and despite the overtures of the presenters and commentators, did it…
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Episode 190: Australia vs Zimbabwe ODI 1
On today's edition of The Almanack Report, we celebrate the return of cricket to Australia's top end, and the joy there is of International cricket in…
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Episode 189: Where to now for the AFL's Non-Finalists
On today’s episode of The Almanack Report, the first post-Covid AFL season has reached the finals stage, and eight teams remain in the fight to take home the…
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Episode 188: Pineapple Does Not Belong on Pizza
On today's edition of The Almanack Report, this podcast needs to end a debate that has been raging for some years, and it appears that ONLY this podcast can…
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Episode 187: All Collingwood Supporters Birthdays have come at once
On today’s episode of The Almanack Report, it’s a hard life being a Collingwood supporter, what with every other club’s supporters hating you because of your…
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Episode 186: Bazball, Bouchball, or just plain old Test Cricket
On today's episode of The Almanack Report, England's resurgent efforts in Test cricket thanks to the so-dubbed 'Bazball' came crashing down around them during…
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Episode 185: T20 mercenaries, or pruning the dead wood to strengthen international cricket?
On today's edition of The Almanack Report, the cricket world today has had a major conniption with the announcement that Trent Boult has been release from his…
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Episode 184: What Cricket Australia can do to 'bomb-proof' the BBL
On today's edition of The Almanack Report, in recent weeks we have seen the threat of cashed-up overseas T20 competitions start to wield a concerning influence…
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Episode 183: What was the Season of Carlton is now the Season of the Pies
On today's edition of The Almanack Report, season 2022 was supposed to be the year that Carlton finally got the most out of their 20 year rebuild, and bounced…
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Episode 182: Stop your whinging footy fans, the NRL is back on script!
On today's episode of The Almanack Report, there has been a whole lot of NRL fans screaming for blood over the past 24 hours over, you guessed it, refereeing…
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Episode 180: Is David Warner Facing his Final Wave
On today's episode of The Almanack Report, Australia has fallen at the final hurdle in their Test series in Sri Lanka, but despite the disappointing way the…
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Episode 179: Perhaps Klemmer should have forearmed the Bunker
On today's episode of The Almanack Report, things have gotten a little too power-hungry with those who are manning the Bunker in the NRL, something that came…
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Episode 178: Is "Cheating Bastard" a Term of Endearment
On this episode of The Almanack Report, Brandon Smith has said what many supporters watching games at home have said for years, but he decided to say it to the…
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Episode 177: Is Nick Kyrgios about to "Happy Gilmore" the Wimbledon Title?
On this episode of The Almanack Report, Nick Kyrgios has fought his way through just as many min-scandals as tennis matches at this year's Wimbledon…
Death by MultimediaEpisode 176: Australia Crush Sri Lanka But Series Victory No Certainty
On today's episode of The Almanack Report, Australia has come out and thrashed Sri Lanka in the 1st Test of their two match Test series in Galle, by showing a…
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Episode 175: The Complication of Representative Denomination
On this episode of The Almanack Report, eligibility for state and international representation came into question once again this week, with Penrith and NSW…
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Episode 174: When Over Indulgent Commentary Kills the Game
On this edition of The Almanack Report, State of Origin II saw any thoughts of a dead rubber third game thrown out the window (to the audible sighs of Channel…
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Episode 173: The Joy of International Rugby League
On today's edition of The Almanack Report, international rugby league returned to the sporting calendar for the first time since the covid outbreak, and what a…
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Episode 172: How to Destroy Cricket in T20/6ixty/The Hundred Easy Lessons
On today's episode of The Almanack Report, coming out of the two years of Covid, cricket has managed to survive reasonably well, but it looks as though now the…
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Episode 171: How Are The Logies Still a Thing?
On today's episode of The Almanack Report, can anyone understand how the Logies, Australia's so-called premier awards night for television, is still a thing?…
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Episode 170: Golf's 'Next Gen' Leaves US Open Smiling
On today's episode of The Almanack Report, the US Open golf provided a brilliant final nine holes with a three man battle to win the right to lift the cup, and…
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Episode 169: Blues Take a Trip to Panictown
On this episode of The Almanack Report, the NSW Blues have chosen their squad for the second State of Origin rugby league match of the season, and despite the…
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Episode 168: Titans Crash, but England Crumble
On today's first exploratory episode of The Almanack Report, we discuss the Gold Coast Titans continuing fade into obscurity in 2022, and wonder if they have…
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Episode 166: The Casual Mankadder - Will Packed Schedule Require More One Format Players.
Australia's mens cricket schedule for the next 18 months has now been released, and it is one that is packed solid, such that the players will barely have time…
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Episode 165: In League with the NRL Round 11
Another round of footy is behind us, and with it an increasing injury toll that is beginning to affect some clubs as they look to push towards both the Origin…
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Episode 164: The Casual Mankadder - Andrew Symonds, the Prototype All Rounder
Australia woke on Sunday morning to the terrible news that former Australian all rounder, and in the top three of current cricket commentators Andrew Symonds…
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Episode 163: In League with the NRL Round 10 MAGIC ROUND!
Throw the coaching books out the window, forget about sitting down and trying to methodically work out your tips for each weekend, because it looks as though…
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Episode 162: The Casual Mankadder - Is it time for two NSW teams in the Sheffield Shield
It has been an oft-quoted mantra in Australian cricket for 150 years. “If NSW cricket is strong, then Australian cricket is strong” as well as “NSW players get…
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Episode 161: In League with the NRL Round 9
So Round 9 wasn’t quite as simple a round to predict, though the upsets came from different angles and have shown up some deficiencies where one would not have…
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Episode 160: In League with the NRL Round 8
It would be fair to say that Round 8 of the NRL contained its fair share of surprise results, either through unexpectedly close games or from upset results…
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Episode 159: The Casual Mankadder - Discussing Australia's Squads for Sri Lanka
On today’s episode you can listen to me carry on like a pork chop over the plethora of squads that Cricket Australia’s selectin panel has announced for the…
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Episode 158: 5th and Last! NRL Talking Points April 26, 2022
On today’s episode you can listen to my dulcet tones as I bring forth five points arising from round 7 of the NRL, and offer up discussion points for you all…
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Episode 157: In League With the NRL Round 4
So we’ve reached the end of round four of the NRL season, and things are starting to settle into place. Have there been some surprise packets? Yes there have…
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Episode 156: Why Do I Have to Clean the House Before a Party
As we have begun to come out of weeks and months of covid lockdowns and isolating for days or weeks on end because family has caught the virus, we have all…
Death by MultimediaEpisode 155: Peters & Peters NRL 2022: Round 4 Saturday Preview
Super Saturday in the NRL is here again, with three games of varying quality and interest to get you through the day. So before you head to the fridge and grab…
Death by MultimediaEpisode 154: Peters & Peters NRL 2022: Round 4 Thursday Preview
Thursday night NRL is here, and to bring your their thoughts on the Clash of the Year between the Titans and the Tigers, here is league’s most knowledgeable…
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Episode 153: Where to Now for the Socceroos
Where to now for Australia’s men's football team, the Socceroos. It has been a disastrous few months, winning only one of their last seven qualifying matches…
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Episode 152: Should the Follow-On Just be Erased from Cricket
Is it time to just take the follow on out of cricket? For all of the lack of good it is, certainly at the international level, where it looks as though…
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Episode 151: Is it time for the NRL to keep matches as 13 on 13
Has the game of rugby league evolved to the point that the law makers have to start thinking about the integrity of the competition when it comes to sin…
Death by MultimediaEpisode 150: Peters & Peters NRL 2022: Round 2 Sunday
It's the final day of the second round of the NRL for 2022, and there are two tough matches to negotiate within it. So why not leave it to your favourite duo…
Death by MultimediaEpisode 149: Peters & Peters NRL 2022: Round 2 Saturday
It’s Super Saturday… or at least that is what Josh tells me… and so Peters & Peters offer up their thoughts on todays three NRL matches for you to entirely…
Death by MultimediaEpisode 148: Peters & Peters NRL 2022: Round 2 Friday
Friday night rugby league is here to save the masses once again, and Peters & Peters return to offer their expert(less) opinion and commentary on tonight’s two…
Death by MultimediaEpisode 147: Peters & Peters NRL 2022: Round 2 Thursday
It's the start of Round 2 in the NRL, and your local sports duo Peters & Peters have this week been converted to Covid & Covid as the Peters household goes…
Death by MultimediaEpisode 146: Peters & Peters NRL 2022: Round 1 Sunday
We've reached the first Sunday of the season, and today you can be very well assured that one Peters has definitely got the right matches to review. Well…
Death by MultimediaEpisode 145: Peters & Peters NRL 2022: Round 1 Saturday
It's the third day of the new NRL season, and with three games to break down, it's time for Peters & Peters to get back in front of the camera and give you the…
Death by MultimediaEpisode 144: Peters & Peters NRL 2022: Round 1 Friday
Peters & Peters are back to offer their underwhelming and thoroughly unresearched opinions on tonight's big matches in the NRL. Come in and check it out!…