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Erk Pod Round Table 12, Part 5 (Dec 2008)

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Erk Pod Round Table 12, part 5 (Final). 95 minutes. Episode 167
In this episode:
  • Erk starts with some wacky news headlines
  • Funny Prime Minister headline
  • Lady banned for buying Xmas crackers at age 22
  • Coke shouldn’t be used for birth control
  • Hitman
  • Man lied about his name, tattoo of his name was on his neck
  • Man went to help cat & got stuck
  • Man claims Medicare rebates for birth expenses
  • Having large breasts is not an illness: study
  • “World’s Worst Jockey” wins a race
  • Various things where they shouldn’t be
  • Drunk English women get given thongs by Police
  • Blow up sex workers advertise a garden gnome business
  • Woman cuts off husband’s penis to teach him about affairs
  • Man breaks into apartment, finds dead body
  • Man sues hospital for forced anal exam
  • Firemen get stuck in lift during a fire inspection
  • MUSIC (with Skype commentary):  The Bumper Sticker Song - Last November
  • On hold music
  • Have you started your ‘Allo ‘Allo collection?
  • Leigh the (lack of) Voice Over Guy joins in after Erk learns that it is him trying to call
  • Dressing up as the Addams Family
  • 24 Hour Podcast with Todd Cochrane started a few hours after recording this Round Table
  • First woman on the Round Table in the studio and on the mic?
  • Thanks to everyone who joined us earlier
  • Shout out to Erk’s mum who has her own iPod and listens to Erk Pod
  • Farewell everyone (eventually!!)
  • MUSIC (with Skype commentary): Peace to the World - Andrew Hand
  • BONUS: The entire highlights package of Drue’s first episode
  • BONUS: The pre-show recording by Richard before the start of the Round Table

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Duration: 95 minutes

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Erk Pod Round Table 12, Part 2 (Dec 2008)

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Erk Pod Round Table 12, part 2. 74 minutes. Episode 164
In this episode:
  • Welcome back!
  • Bunny doesn’t think so …….. what?
  • Does Orange Tim’s water love him?
  • Where’s Donut Boy?
  • What is everyone drinking?
  • The Bunny Messages of Doom
  • Talk about the “throwing shoes at GW Bush” story
  • Would the Americans have been upset if the shoe hit the President?
  • Bunny wants to join a choir
  • The patient from hell?
  • Taking your patient for a walk
  • Plans for Tim’s show “Despatches from Agent Orange”
  • Tiggr’s plans after retirement
  • The John C Dvorak drinking game
  • David’s response to Erk’s ISP rant in Erk Pod episode 157
  • More talk about bandwidth caps and charges
  • Are you up to date with Nannapoopoo from last month?
  • Various discussions in relation to maternity/paternity leave
  • Don’t call Tim Herbert or Shirley
  • Pain relief for Dummies by Orange Tim
  • Email from Rocket Propelled Geeks warning us to watch our heads when dancing
  • MUSIC (with Skype commentary): Go Away – Trey Green
  • Song in full
  • End of episode

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Erk Pod Round Table 12, Part 1 (Dec 2008)

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Erk Pod Round Table 12, part 1. 62 minutes. Episode 163
In this episode:
  • Welcome to Erk Pod Round Table 12. Pedal harder, Donut Boy!
  • Introduction to panelists
  • Grizzly did a custom promo for Erk! Very cool
  • What’s not very cool is Skype dramas. Skype FAIL
  • MUSIC (with Skype commentary): Call Me - Daydream on Autopilot
  • Discussion regarding the previous song
  • Tim’s gone floppy
  • Shout out to uStream chatters
  • Flashback to Drue’s first episode 12 months ago
  • The Round Table isn’t round according to Grizzly
  • Have you done your Xmas shopping yet?
  • Richard asks if there are any Americans with coin for Xmas shopping
  • Has Erk ever considered becoming a Santa?
  • Australian PM Kevin Rudd gets a new nickname and insults the Aussie troops
  • How old is Olivia Newton-John?
  • Welcome David
  • More Skype and ADSL FAIL
  • MUSIC DOUBLE SHOT: (with Skype commentary)  Merry Christmas - Kelly Richey and It’s You & Me This Christmas - Deni Bonet
  • We can hear Richard’s daughter and Richard playing with a toy.
  • Music in full
  • End of episode

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Erk Pod Round Table 11, Part 4 (Nov 2008)

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Erk Pod Round Table 11 – part 4 FINAL (episode 161). 106 minutes

In the Erk Pod studio were:

Joining in via Skype at various stages were:

In this episode:

  • Welcome back!
  • Welcome to Ben the Podcast Trader
  • Drue is here but on delay listening via uStream
  • Da Novemba Advencha will continue beyond NaPodPoMo
  • Working from home
  • Shawno works from home and tells us about it
  • Erk can’t drive trains from home
  • Welcome Shelle
  • Catching up on people who have left the podcast
  • Tiggr talks a little about being an American being interested in cricket, working for the Post Office and being in the military
  • Bye Steve!
  • Welcome Dr Normal
  • Submarines
  • Cyborg Camp
  • Dr Normal (and later Cami) wants a Bunny
  • iPhone apps
  • Welcome Cami
  • Cami wants a Bunny
  • Bunny becomes a major topic of conversation
  • Dr Normal thinks we are doing a tele-thon!
  • Who doesn’t know who Ron Jeremy is?
  • Introducing the Strange Love Live podcast
  • NaPodPoMo update
  • Bye Squeak!
  • What Cami wants for Xmas
  • You guys have a Research Guy?
  • It’s a Doctor Who fest for a while now…….
  • While typing the show notes, Dr Normal suggests simply (via Twitter) to say “Strange Love Live joined the podcast and that’s pretty much the end of the Round Table”
  • Bunny apologies for something
  • Cami wants a Bunny
  • Demonstrating Bunny
  • Hearing Bunny voices around the house
  • Listening to scanners and emergency service radios
  • Dr Normal is trying to add content to the show while Cami is looking at Bunny photos
  • Drunk Pod
  • Is Erk stealing content for that day’s Da Novemba Advencha?
  • Ben got drunk last night and got vomited on
  • Ben and Drue want to go to watch the Star Trek movie with Shawno & Jen
  • What is your favourite season of Star Trek?
  • Comparing Subway to various other food and sandwich chains
  • Are Ben and Drue going to have Nandos for dinner?
  • Children and podcasting
  • Should Dr Normal dress up as a Bunny?
  • MUSIC: Workin all the time - Pimps of Joytime
  • Farewell to everyone and thanks for being a part of Round Table 11!

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Erk Pod Round Table 11, Part 3 (Nov 2008)

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In the Erk Pod studio were:

Joining in via Skype at various stages were:

In this episode:

  • Welcome back
  • Welcome Leigh the Voice Over Guy
  • The “Erk Pod Voice Over Guy Off” between Orange Tim and Leigh the Voice Over Guy
  • It was very close (and Nathan said that both could have done better!) but the winner is ___________”
  • Talking yourself up on your CV
  • Erk Pod Idol
  • Welcome Shawno
  • The various Phantom Power Media studios
  • Shawno’s SPAM hoodie
  • Leigh doing voice overs for Nathan before he knew that Nathan was Nathan
  • Doing voice over work for things such as telephone menus
  • Railway voice overs
  • Re-telling the story of Steve re-telling the story of Erk telling the story of vomiting out the window
  • Opening train doors
  • Playing a game of “Bunny says”
  • Farewell, Leigh
  • Welcome back, Drue (who is on delay listening on uStream)
  • We have solved the uStream problem that people listening live had but you won’t notice on the podcast version. Drue thinks it was due to a Flash problem
  • Music Double Shot: Hypocrite - Melissa Ferrick
  • Music Double Shot: Book of Lies - Miranda Vettrus

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Duration: 55 minutes

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Erk Pod Round Table 11, Part 2 (Nov 2008)

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Erk Pod Round Table 11 – part 2 (episode 159). 77 minutes

In the Erk Pod studio were:

Joining in via Skype at various stages were:

In this episode:

  • Welcome back!
  • What are we all drinking?
  • Who owns what beer company?
  • Various Mac, iPhone, computer & mobile discussions
  • Various dead body stories
  • Erk asks Steve to tell a war story.
  • More training video & cop talk
  • Movie talk: “Twlight” and “Australia”
  • According to the Australian Government, Drue is now a binge drinker
  • New NSW lock out laws
  • Comparing last drinks time across the panel
  • Picking up men/women in bars
  • Why are the lines for the Ladies public toilets so long?
  • MUSIC: Yoo hoo hoo - Kalliopi

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Erk Pod Round Table 11, Part 1 (Nov 2008)

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Erk Pod Round Table 11 – part 1 (episode 158). 96 minutes

In the Erk Pod studio for Part 1 were:

Joining in via Skype at various stages were:

In this episode:

  • Welcome to Erk Pod Round Table 11
  • Introduction of hosts and panelists
  • The end of NaPodPoMo (National Podcasting Post Month) aka Nannapoopoo
  • Not talking to your mates because of politics
  • When is Richard coming to Australia after Obama won the US election?
  • The cost of Richard’s recent stay in hospital
  • Young whippersnappers! What were you doing when Drue was born?
  • When does Summer start?
  • Where are you?
  • Welcome Bob
  • Erk’s US state count
  • Welcome Jen
  • Drinking time
  • Media/privacy policies in relation to patients and health care
  • Steve’s people talking to Jamie’s people. Their people should keep Erk’s people in the loop! :P
  • Erk’s American podcasting tour “Erk does the States”
  • Do they podcast in Alaska?
  • Training videos – “Here’s what NOT to do” and “Here’s a good way to get sacked”
  • Using videos for recruitment and crime solving
  • Fires next to Stephen’s apartment in Ireland and multiple fires at Hungry Jacks in the centre of Sydney
  • Black Friday shopping in the US. A worker at Walmart died after being trampled
  • Xmas Music and when does the promotions for Xmas start?
  • What is it like having Xmas when it is summer like?
  • Farewell to Orange Tim and welcome to Jennifer
  • Another NaPodPoMo update
  • Is Podsafe music still relevant? Is Podsafe music REALLY podsafe?
  • MUSIC: Idaho Pines - Hot Buttered Rum

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Erk Pod Round Table 10, Part 4 (Oct 2008)

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Erk Pod Round Table 10 (episode 153) – Part 4. 67 minutes

Hosts: Erk & Drue

Panelists: Leigh the Voice Over Guy (studio), Richard, Jim, Stephen, Shawno, Jen, Tiggr, Tim, Grizzly

  • Welcome back but goodbye Tiggr
  • Welcome to Tim from Some Guys In a Car podcast and Grizzly from the Grizzly Growls podcast
  • Erk gives a suggestion to Stephen about what to do when he goes on holidays
  • Grizzly is live in a bar in Wisconsin and gives us a live report
  • Grizzly is doing NaPodPoMo or as he called it Nanapoopoo
  • Bye Grizzly!
  • ADSL fail again
  • Music: Lovebugs – Fire Fighter
  • Welcome back Skype
  • Richard’s turned Japanese
  • Where Richard wants to go in the UK
  • Are handguns outlawed in England?
  • Shawno’s found some haiku
  • Shawno’s mute button FAIL
  • The source of the bells is revealed!
  • Stephen’s pulled an all nighter but hasn’t woken his girlfriend up
  • Mobile phone use can be bad for male reproduction
  • What causes cancer – anything and everything?
  • Podcast Awards wrap up
  • Richard’s Microsoft and Apple rants
  • Hey Shawno, what’s for dinner?
  • Shawno’s mic mute FAIL again
  • Apple has removed Firewire ports from their new computers
  • Time for Shawno and Jen to eat.
  • 80 dings on the Ding-o-meter that according to Leigh has a fair use policy
  • If you think that Leigh has mis-counted the dings, feel free to count them yourself!
  • Time to get ready to go
  • We are having a BBQ after the Round Table
  • The perils of reading old news
  • Leigh has survived through an entire Round Table!
  • Thanks to Nathan, Squeak and OG for their voicemails that we will play next time
  • Birthday shout out
  • Erk is not buying an iPhone
  • Jim thinks he can control Bunny from there
  • Thank you everyone
  • Awaiting final ding count from Leigh
  • Goodnight interweb!

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Erk Pod Round Table 10, Part 3 (Oct 2008)

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PART 3 Erk Pod Round Table 10 (episode 152) – Part 3. 92 minutes

Hosts: Erk & Drue

Panelists: Orange Tim, Leigh the Voice Over Guy (studio), Richard, Tee, Pip, Stephen, Jim, Shawno, Jen

  • Welcome back!
  • Father takes his son to court in Nigeria for being idle
  • Nuns are scary
  • Writing with the wrong hand – being left handed was considered to be bad many years ago
  • Doing various things left or right handed including playing drums, shooting guns and more
  • Running count on the Ding-o-meter: 35
  • Driving left and right hand drives on the opposite of the road.
  • Differences between driving in the US and Canadia
  • International Highways in Australia?
  • Erk’s building a tunnel or a bridge from Australia to Hawaii?
  • The Bridge to Nowhere
  • Has QANTAS crashed lately and did Catherine make it to LA on the A380?
  • The aftermath of the QANTAS incident between Singapore and Perth where the plane suddenly dropped
  • Airplane V UFO near miss in the UK?
  • Tim reads a report in character
  • Tim tries to resuscitate Anastacia Bunny
  • Jim got an iPhone and feels dirty. He reviews his new purchase
  • Bunny Alert!
  • Richard plays some comedy classics
  • Mysterious explosion and lights in Central Australia
  • Bunny Alert!
  • Whose weapons? Slow news day for the BBC?
  • Tim loses it after a KKK reference
  • Richard’s got his show done, he thinks
  • People not swearing on Erk Pod but going onto Richard’s show and letting loose
  • Soft pron on 60 Minutes last weekend. The story was talking about to how easy it is to obtain pron as well as to make it.
  • Sock puppets & Sock Puppet Theatre
  • Ireland’s entry into the Eurovision Song Contest
  • Do Irish people drink as much as the stereotype?
  • Bye Pip! Bye Tee!
  • 50th Ding!
  • Haiku of Frustration success for Erk!
  • Tim announces his podcast title for NaPodPoMo – Dispatches of Agent Orange
  • What are Shawno & Jen doing for NaPodPoMo?
  • Reflecting on NaPodPoMo 2007 and 2008
  • Welcome Tiggr!
  • Erk can tick off another US state on his list!
  • Drue got a new dog on Facebook and Richard’s dog still can’t catch
  • Where is Idaho?
  • On air production meeting.
  • The return of “The Levers of Katoomba” becomes the Voice Over Guy off between Tim and Leigh. To vote, email erkpod@gmail.com and tell us who was better. This will be announced at the next Round Table.
  • What has Jim complained about this week?
  • Running total of Dings: 65
  • Tim’s leaving now to go to an Airshow. Drue asks if Tim is going to take photos.
  • The year is young according to Tim
  • Music: Lizards from Afar – Batphone (thanks Jen)

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Erk Pod Round Table 10, Part 2 (Oct 2008)

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Erk Pod Round Table 10 (episode 151) – Part 2. 86 minutes

This part contains adult themes. Listener discretion is advised.

Hosts: Erk & Drue

Panelists: Orange Tim, Leigh the Voice Over Guy (studio), Richard, Tee, Pip, Stephen, Jim, Shawno, Jen

  • Welcome back
  • Drue and Orange Tim are enjoying breakfast
  • Leigh is adding up the dings and bells of self-promotion
  • Fighting over who gets to sit in Pip’s passenger seat.
  • Calling shotgun
  • Remakes of TV shows for different markets. For instance, the Australian version of “Kath & Kim” was remade into an American version and was canned in Australia after two episodes. It has been panned by American critics.
  • Watching Australian TV in the UK
  • Dukes of Hazzard and what happened when the two main actors ask for more money and the network sacks them. The show nose-dived and the actors came back but it was too late by that stage.
  • Money and acting. Are lower paid actors better than overpaid actors?
  • Some TV shows do not know when to die.
  • Remembering classic TV shows
  • Tee’s old lady fantasy and Erk backs Tee up
  • Welcome Shawno & Jen
  • What time does the Round Table start?
  • Laugh off between Jen and Pip and the Voice Over Guy off between Leigh and Tim?
  • The debut of the Erk Pod Horns of FAIL, thanks to Shawno
  • Running total on the Ding meter is 27 according to Leigh
  • Orange Tim thinks that the last 90 minutes has been an introduction
  • The potential NZ Immigration Minister gets himself into a row after two racial slurs against two cultural groups
  • What’s going on in November?
  • People’s reactions to morphine. Erk doesn’t get the reactions that a lot of other people report.
  • Latest US election update
  • Skype FAIL
  • Music: BORS23 – Fire Train
  • Welcome back Skype panelists. Skype FAIL was also ADSL FAIL
  • Australian Government proposal for interweb content filtering system without an option to opt-out.
  • What should be filtered? What shouldn’t be? Who should decide what is illegal content and what isn’t?
  • Are we heading to a Chinese style interweb?
  • Parenting and the interweb
  • Never growing up and taking an active role in parenting your child
  • Mobile phones in school
  • Mobile phones after 9/11
  • Various ages of consent
  • Voting age and compulsory voting
  • Pip’s now in the top 100 in her category on iTunes after being banned yesterday
  • World record sandwich attempt FAIL in Iran
  • Erk’s slow on the Horns of FAIL and Tee gets another plug in for Podcasting for Dummies
  • Strange noises that turns out to be Ben the Podcast Trader’s phone
  • Various mobile phone ring tones after Stephen gets a phone call at 3am
  • Leigh’s running Ding-o-meter count: 32
  • An old Doctor Who is coming back?
  • Tee taught Erk everything he knows about podcasting
  • Music: Firestar – Canadian Celtic Cowboy

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Erk Pod Round Table 10, Part 1 (Oct 2008)

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Erk Pod Round Table 10 (episode 150) – Part 1. 67 minutes

Hosts: Erk & Drue

Panelists: Orange Tim, Leigh the Voice Over Guy (studio), Squeak (on floor), Richard, Tee, Pip, Stephen, Jim

  • Introduction to Round Table 10 and panelists
  • Turning on panelists and being banned by iTunes?
  • First Round Table with Mixer V3.0
  • Leigh is actually on time for a start of a Round Table and should be here at the end, too!
  • Orange Tim has his new Erk Pod shirt on – do you know who you are, Tim?
  • America first?
  • Pip got banned from iTunes after one episode of her Erotica podcast and then unbanned
  • Is it Tee’s birthday?
  • How will Tee get banned from iTunes? Dwarf pron, Morevi nookie? Pirate pron?
  • The first of many dings and bells of self promotion
  • Pip’s words that got the Americans upset
  • Stephen’s got some tea while Tee, Erk & Drue are drinking various forms of alcohol
  • Sending bad tea to your worst enemy
  • Erk gets his bodies of water mixed up while crossing from Ireland to England
  • Pip calls shenanigans on Tee
  • Photo call for all the panelists, not just the ones in the studio
  • Beer wenches
  • Squeak’s on the floor for a short time but a good time
  • Nathan’s box is in the studio
  • Music: You don’t need an iPod – Uncle Seth with co-writer John C Havens
  • NaPodPoMo Erk Pod style with Erk, Drue, Orange Tim & Squeak. Stephen and Pip are doing NaNoWriMo and Richard and Tee will be too busy. Shawno and Jen (who will be on later) are also doing NaPodPoMo. NaPodPoMo is a daily podcast challenge for the month of November while NaNoWriMo is the original version for novel writers.
  • Orange Tim is the Podcast Postal Service
  • Erk Pod won the race between Erk Pod and Amazon
  • Does anyone care about the Rugby League World Cup?
  • Rugby Union and International Rules
  • Shout out to the uStreamers
  • They let prisoners listen to uStream and Erk Pod Round Table?
  • No more sheep noises please which promoted even more sheep noises
  • Tee has a Mini Me?
  • People complained about Pip’s accent on Escape Pod
  • Call Centre accents and what people in call centres call themselves.
  • Call Centre workers trying to fit in to the country they are calling
  • Episode 150 (ie this one) should wear an explicit tag because of Tee?
  • Talking to suspects and the tricks of the trade
  • Detecting colon cancer by sitting on a photo copier
  • Thanks to everyone for their support during the last 150 episodes
  • Voicemails from Nathan, Squeak and OG from Brains Matter. We had Skype voicemail FAIL on the live recording so we’ll play them on the next episode.
  • Farewell to Squeak
  • Music: Kill the Alarm – Fire Away (thanks Richard)
  • Music: Wildfire – Lisa Redford

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Duration: 138 minutes

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Erk Pod Round Table 9, Part 5 (Sept 2008)

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Hosts: Erk & Drue

Panelists: Richard, Shawno, Jen, Orange Tim

  • Welcome back!
  • Welcome Orange Tim
  • Orange Tim’s award ceremony that made him 5 hours late to this Round Table
  • Shawno’s Erk impression (again)
  • Accents
  • Erk asks Shawno to play the Horns of Importance for a reason and Drue thinks of another reason
  • Jen tries to take a photo for a photo blog of Shawno and us
  • Update from Tim regarding mobile phones in hospitals
  • Now Donut Boy knows why Orange Tim is Orange Tim
  • Do we need OH&S for Erk Pod Round Table?
  • Tim has a lot of listening and Erk has a lot of editing to do
  • Tim is now using Google Chrome!
  • Full figured woman gets caught at a bank holdup after a witness recognised her very large backside.
  • Man films ladies in apartments for 20 years
  • Tim gets disappointed at a celebrity wedding
  • Mmmmm, very good!
  • Changes in video camera technology
  • Man sues for wrongful penis amputation
  • Erk should host “Erk’s Page of Haiku FAIL”
  • Man tries to drive 280km on a road in a combine harvester to see a friend
  • Why are Orange Tim’s accents all German?
  • Actually, they aren’t always German
  • Tim wants to appear on Jen’s podcast
  • Doing Jen’s podcast completely in Haiku
  • Tim reading bedtime stories complete with accents and voices
  • Where are Orange Tim’s Double Trouble books?
  • Buying baby Erk Pod merchandise
  • Erk and Tim distracted by naked women
  • The Australian version of Border Security is shown in Denmark
  • Border Security US style
  • Iran has an Islamic version of the Barbie doll
  • What you can learn by kids playing with dolls
  • Local councils start DNA testing of dog poo
  • Message from Erk
  • Music from the Podsafe Music Network: September by Matt Caplan
  • Goodnight, interweb!

Sources: News Limited, Fairfax Media, the Hindi, New York Times and more Stories found by Erk, Drue, Orange Tim & Shawno. Follow the hosts and panelists on Twitter!

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Erk Pod Round Table 9, Part 2 (Sept 08)

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Hosts: Erk & Drue

Panelists: Richard, Steve, Shawno & Jen

  • Welcome back!
  • Have we fixed our FX FAIL? (no)
  • Welcome Shawno & Jen
  • Erk is having major haiku FAIL
  • How do we write a haiku?
  • Drue forgot his wine! Add that to checklist for next Round Table.
  • Wiki Answers
  • “Will you go to heaven if you are bisexual? – Wiki Answers question
  • Shawno asks “Do we know anything anymore or do we need to ask Wiki?”
  • Shoe discussion
  • “Australia’s a giant beach, right?” – Steve
  • Can you eat/smoke/drink alcohol on a train?
  • Short discussion about the recent California train crash
  • What did we do before Crash Test Dummies?
  • Liking/hating people and what to do about it
  • How Steve copes with people who annoy him
  • Jen can swear in 3 languages
  • Translating languages
  • Skype FAIL and possible solution
  • Drue’s got chocolate
  • How is Drue breaking up his chocolate?
  • What’s the time in the future?
  • Drue takes the webcam outside so people can see out the back door
  • Erk describes what Drue is filming with the webcam
  • Have we solved the FX problem?
  • Roll call on uStream
  • We think we have the FX problem sorted now
  • Blame Canadia (just for Shawno)
  • Erk’s pregnant metaphor for Round Table considering we have done 9 Round Tables now.
  • Music from the Podsafe Music Network: September by Eddie Rocks
  • Introducing Nathan
  • Shawno’s Aussie accent
  • 15 people die after stealing fuel from fuel wagons in India
  • Explaining what a wheelbarrow is
  • Grammar mistakes
  • Sarah Palin is a unicorn?
  • Lucky Dip Music from the Podsafe Music Network: September by Known Associate

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Erk Pod Round Table 8, Part 4 (Aug 2008)

Posted by Erk on October 25, 2009 in Erk Pod with No Comments


Hosts: Erk & Drue

Panelists: Orange Tim, Leigh the Voice Over Guy, Richard, Nathan, Luke & Squeak

  • Welcome back!
  • Tim’s got his rain jacket on
  • Back announcing songs on radio
  • Drue dancing at work
  • Sequel to “The Levers of Katoomba”, “The Levers of Mt Victoria”
  • Farewell Big Jay!
  • Happy Birthday, Erk! Thanks for all the the birthday wishes.
  • The 24 Hour podcast as hosted by Geek News Central’s Todd Cochrane last year is returning later in the year. Hopefully we will be involved.
  • Office workers have sex in window to an audience.
  • Thieves fall asleep on the job and get photographed then caught.
  • Using cameras to assist in evidence
  • Erk is having trouble with the letter S.
  • Richard asks if we know of a movie filmed in Australia about a police detective interviewing a guy. It is called“The Interview” (1998) starring Hugo Weaving and Tony Martin.
  • Mystery caller!
  • Modern version of Cluedo
  • Erk visited the FAIL blog and found an Amazon or eBay listing for used condoms
  • Orange Tim tempts Erk with a photo of 4 nursing students in a bikini
  • Stop Global Warming. Stop eating cows and eat kangaroo instead!
  • We were going to eat kangaroo meat on air. Added to do list.
  • Various Environmental discussions
  • Welcome Squeak
  • Random thought from Nathan
  • Erk wonders if Richard heard about the whale story that dominated the news this week in Sydney. The orphaned baby whale was called Colin but was later found to be female (Collette or Colleen, depending on media source). The whale was euthanized after it was decided (eventually) that the whale could not be saved. Various discussion in relation to this story.
  • “Do we need to have a summit for everything?”
  • Farewell and thanks, everyone!
  • Goodnight, interweb!

Sources: News Limited, Fairfax Media, The Daily Mail, The Register, Pribek.net, China Post, ADF website. ANZAC Day website, Google Street View. Stories found by Erk, Drue & Orange Tim. Follow the hosts and panelists on Twitter!

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Erk Pod Round Table 8, Part 3 (Aug 2008)

Posted by Erk on October 25, 2009 in Erk Pod with No Comments


Hosts: Erk & Drue

Panelists: Leigh the Voice Over Guy, Orange Tim, Big Jay, Richard, Shawno, Jen, Nathan, Luke

  • Educate Erk: Speaking
  • Welcome back!
  • Big Jay’s experiences as Santa, being a volunteer Firefighter, playing cricket with Erk
  • Beards
  • Cricket stories
  • Are we going to get Alexis and Skye on Erk Pod?
  • Did Skye get blown away by Hurricane Faye?
  • Erk has a laugh at Shawno & Jen’s description of Shawno’s antics during a rare storm.
  • Is Shawno sponsored by Acme?
  • Storms and storm chasing
  • Would Stormo Shawno be a storm chaser?
  • Bunny Alert: Obama picks his Vice President running mate
  • Richard definitely wants to come to Australia now!
  • Are the Olympics still going?
  • Various Olympics talk
  • Is it better to be book smart or street smart?
  • Various US Presidential Election talk
  • Farewell to Shawno & Jen – they have food!
  • Bunny Alert: Russian troops still in Georgia
  • Various discussions in relation to vegetarianism, healthy eating, educating people on healthy eating habits and more
  • Government funding/spending and red tape in relation to essential services
  • What will happen with the planned power sell off in NSW?
  • Drue’s list of promises about public transport FAIL in Sydney over the last few years
  • Integrated Bunny Alert
  • Medicare surcharges, private health insurance & the real cost of health care
  • Music from the Podsafe Music Network: Education Circle by Peter, Bjorn & John

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