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Knuckles is joined by Beau and Jordan — two mates who grew up in the bush — for a proper crack about reality TV, fake country blokes, and the next great Aussie dating show: Miner Wants a Vagina.Beau gives the inside word on growing up on Keeping Up with the Joneses, the reality series built around his family. He reckons every reality TV format hits the same four base needs — shelter, food, sex, and social — and Joneses nailed all of them 15 years before Yellowstone made country cool. Jordan brings his own take on the gap between bush and country culture, and the cunts they finally met at Podcast Royale who live it for real.Plus: dial-up internet trauma (running back and forth on the verandah to type "H-T-T-P"), the bloke at Johnny Ringo's running three head of Brahmans in head-to-toe RM Williams, and a mining reality show pitch that gets more cooked by the minute.Crack a cold one and have a listen.#propertrueyarn📞 Get involved🎤 Send a voice message to the boys.Drop us a yarn or question and you might feature on the show.📧 Enquiries: propertrueyarn@gmail.com🌐 Website: linktr.ee/propertrueyarn📲 Follow the PodcastInstagram: @propertrueyarnTikTok: @propertrueyarnFacebook: Proper True Yarn PodcastYouTube: Proper True Yarn Podcast🤠 Meet the HostsKnuckles – Country Trucker CapsInstagram: @countrytruckercapsTikTok: @knucklesctcZak PalmasInstagram: @zpdigitalsTikTok: @zakpal

In this episode of the Proper True Yarn Podcast, Beau Jones and Jordan Abbey Young break down the moment acting school stopped serving a purpose and real experience finally took over.The conversation centres on Beau’s time filming Territory in the Northern Territory, and how different the environment was compared to his early work on productions like Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan. Where acting school drilled rules like “don’t speak,” “don’t stand out,” and “don’t question anything,” Territory demanded the opposite.Instead of being told where to stand and when to die, Beau explains how he was asked real creative questions. What would your character wear? How would he act? What habits would he have? That shift marked a turning point from being a nervous extra to being trusted as part of the storytelling process.Filming at Tipperary Station amplified everything. Long days, isolation, a fully functioning cattle station still running around the production, and no escaping back to city comforts. Cast and crew lived together, drank together, and learned from each other, including time spent with experienced actors like Rob Taylor.The episode also dives into why the Northern Territory hasn’t been boxed into a genre yet, and why Beau believes it should be treated like Australia’s modern Wild West. Raw, rough, authentic, and still largely misunderstood on screen.As always, the yarn doesn’t stay serious for long. Stories spiral into escaped zoo animals, pig hunters and pygmy hippos, stolen penguins, and a full-on altercation with a koala on North Stradbroke Island.It’s an honest breakdown of confidence, creative growth, and the moment you realise school teaches rules, but sets teach reality.If you’re into acting behind the scenes, Australian TV, Territory life, or hearing how careers actually get built, this episode delivers.Straight talk, real lessons, and classic Proper True Yarn chaos.#propertrueyarn📞 Get involved🎤 Send a voice message to the boys.Drop us a yarn or question and you might feature on the show.📧 Enquiries: propertrueyarn@gmail.com🌐 Website: linktr.ee/propertrueyarn📲 Follow the PodcastInstagram: @propertrueyarnTikTok: @propertrueyarnFacebook: Proper True Yarn PodcastYouTube: Proper True Yarn Podcast🤠 Meet the HostsKnuckles – Country Trucker CapsInstagram: @countrytruckercapsTikTok: @knucklesctcZak PalmasInstagram: @zpdigitalsTikTok: @zakpal

This episode of the Proper True Yarn Podcast goes completely off the rails as Beau Jones and Jordan Abbey Young introduce one of the strangest ongoing bits in podcast history.What starts as a casual yarn quickly turns into an in-depth, highly unscientific investigation into circumcision, foreskins, late cuts, and why one of the boys is actively keeping a written list of who’s cut, who isn’t, and who gets an exemption for being a good bloke.The conversation spirals into stories about late-life circumcisions, running theories on hygiene, confidence, and why certain blokes just “give off” uncut energy. There are wild metaphors involving cars, engines, fuel filters, and luxury vehicles that somehow all get tied back to anatomy.Jordan explains why he named his cock after Gerard Butler, comparisons are made that no one asked for, and a pub-based foreskin guessing game is pitched as a genuine social experiment.Along the way, the boys break down why asking uncomfortable questions is sometimes the fastest way to work out who you’ll actually get along with. According to this logic, if someone can’t answer “cut or uncut” without panicking, they’re probably not staying out till 3am with you anyway.It’s crude, ridiculous, self-aware, and exactly the kind of yarn that could only happen after a few tins with the right people.If you’re into unfiltered Australian humour, pub logic, conversations that go way too far, and episodes that abandon all dignity within five minutes, this one delivers.Absolutely not safe for work.Absolutely a proper true yarn.#propertrueyarn📞 Get involved🎤 Send a voice message to the boys.Drop us a yarn or question and you might feature on the show.📧 Enquiries: propertrueyarn@gmail.com🌐 Website: linktr.ee/propertrueyarn📲 Follow the PodcastInstagram: @propertrueyarnTikTok: @propertrueyarnFacebook: Proper True Yarn PodcastYouTube: Proper True Yarn Podcast🤠 Meet the HostsKnuckles – Country Trucker CapsInstagram: @countrytruckercapsTikTok: @knucklesctcZak PalmasInstagram: @zpdigitalsTikTok: @zakpal

This episode of the Proper True Yarn Podcast brings two absolute weapons into the studio, Beau Jones and Jordan Abbey Young, for a long-form yarn about friendship, acting, and how careers sometimes start in the strangest possible ways.Both Beau and Jordan grew up as station kids in North Queensland and the Northern Territory, chasing an acting dream that confused their families and tested their commitment early. Their paths eventually crossed on the Gold Coast through short films, indie projects, and pure chaos, including the first time they properly met when one of them was literally playing a homeless bloke in a wheelie bin during a film shoot in Beenleigh.Beau talks about boarding school on the Gold Coast and studying acting at the New York Film Academy, before returning to Australia to grind through low-budget productions and short films. Jordan shares his own journey, bouncing between stations, sheds, couches, and castings while chasing opportunities wherever they appeared.The episode really opens up when the boys break down landing roles in Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan, their first major professional acting job. They tell the full story of beating thousands of auditions, getting flown to Kingaroy, and immediately celebrating their “big break” by getting completely blind the night before a freezing early-morning call time.What follows is an all-time hangover yarn. Missed alarms, panic showers, vomiting into a backpack full of scripts and wardrobe, and still somehow surviving a full day of filming without getting sent home. It’s funny, brutal, and painfully honest about how unforgiving the industry can be when you’re just getting started.Beyond the chaos, the episode digs into shared rural values, persistence over polish, and what it means to back yourself without a safety net. It’s about timing, luck, and finding your people along the way.If you’re into Australian film stories, behind-the-scenes acting yarns, regional blokes chasing creative careers, or raw conversations about getting your first real break, this episode delivers.Loose, honest, and full of proper laughs. A proper true yarn about friendship, timing, and earning your shot.#propertrueyarn Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.📞 Get involved🎤 Send a voice message to the boys.Drop us a yarn or question and you might feature on the show.📧 Enquiries: propertrueyarn@gmail.com🌐 Website: linktr.ee/propertrueyarn📲 Follow the PodcastInstagram: @propertrueyarnTikTok: @propertrueyarnFacebook: Proper True Yarn PodcastYouTube: Proper True Yarn Podcast🤠 Meet the HostsKnuckles – Country Trucker CapsInstagram: @countrytruckercapsTikTok: @knucklesctcZak PalmasInstagram: @zpdigitalsTikTok: @zakpal

In this episode of the Proper True Yarn Podcast, Jimmy Christmas jumps into the hot seat for a rapid-fire question session, live on TikTok.From the very first question, it’s chaos.Jimmy shares where to find his viral Christmas light displays (Jimmy_Xmas on socials) and talks about the Tongan rugby league light show that blew up online. What started as a hobby has turned into one of the most talked-about Christmas light setups in Australia.Then the questions get real.If he could get anyone’s autograph, dead or alive, who would it be? Jimmy doesn’t hesitate. It’s Steve Renouf, “The Pearl.” He tells the story of finally meeting his childhood hero after State of Origin and how it felt to come face-to-face with the bloke he used to pretend to be in the backyard.He also opens up about one of his biggest and most expensive mistakes. In true DIY fashion, Jimmy accidentally wired 24-volt power supplies into a 12-volt setup and let the “magical smoke” out of a brand-new control board imported from America. A painful lesson in checking specs before plugging things in.The rapid-fire keeps rolling:Losing his virginity at 14 after a very suspicious “study session.”Meeting Billy Slater after the 2017 Grand Final and confidently grabbing him mid-celebration.Dust-ups at ag college that escalated quickly and got completely out of hand.Why Seann William Scott (Stifler from American Pie) would be the perfect actor to play him in a movie.And why, if he could own any animal in the world, it would absolutely be a monkey.It’s loose, unfiltered, and exactly what happens when you mix footy, farming, Christmas lights, and a live audience egging it on.If you’re into Aussie humour, rugby league stories, Christmas light madness, or rapid-fire guest questions that go completely off track, this episode delivers.Fast, funny, and full of classic Jimmy Christmas energy.A proper true yarn.#propertrueyarn Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.📞 Get involved🎤 Send a voice message to the boys.Drop us a yarn or question and you might feature on the show.📧 Enquiries: propertrueyarn@gmail.com🌐 Website: linktr.ee/propertrueyarn📲 Follow the PodcastInstagram: @propertrueyarnTikTok: @propertrueyarnFacebook: Proper True Yarn PodcastYouTube: Proper True Yarn Podcast🤠 Meet the HostsKnuckles – Country Trucker CapsInstagram: @countrytruckercapsTikTok: @knucklesctcZak PalmasInstagram: @zpdigitalsTikTok: @zakpal

In this episode of the Proper True Yarn Podcast, Jimmy Christmas switches gears from farming chaos to classic footy stories that only come from road trips, rep sides, and too much freedom in motel rooms.Jimmy talks about growing up around footy, playing local and rep sides, and why making representative teams was often more about the away trips than the games themselves. He shares one unforgettable trip where a simple idea for team bonding turned into a full-blown motel party involving two footy teams, overturned beds, angry owners, a mysteriously missing minibar, and police turning up to absolutely nothing.The yarn digs into why team culture matters, how shared chaos builds trust, and why that one night off the field helped turn a smashed side into a competitive unit the very next game. It’s a reminder that footy isn’t just about talent, it’s about camaraderie, trust, and knowing the bloke next to you has your back.Jimmy also opens up about marrying into a deeply football-connected family and the moments that come with it. From being inside sheds after big games to State of Origin access that money can’t buy, he explains why those behind-the-scenes experiences mean more than any photo or post.One of the standout moments comes when Jimmy tells the story of being mistaken for Tim Glasby and getting wrapped up in a hug by Alfie Langer, before Alfie realises he has absolutely no idea who he’s hugging.It’s loose, funny, and packed with classic footy energy. The kind of episode that reminds you why sport, trips away, and shared chaos create stories that last forever.If you’re into Australian footy yarns, rep team chaos, road trips, or behind-the-scenes sporting stories, this one’s an absolute belter.Funny, nostalgic, and a proper true yarn from kickoff to siren.#propertrueyarn Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.📞 Get involved🎤 Send a voice message to the boys.Drop us a yarn or question and you might feature on the show.📧 Enquiries: propertrueyarn@gmail.com🌐 Website: linktr.ee/propertrueyarn📲 Follow the PodcastInstagram: @propertrueyarnTikTok: @propertrueyarnFacebook: Proper True Yarn PodcastYouTube: Proper True Yarn Podcast🤠 Meet the HostsKnuckles – Country Trucker CapsInstagram: @countrytruckercapsTikTok: @knucklesctcZak PalmasInstagram: @zpdigitalsTikTok: @zakpal

In this episode of the Proper True Yarn Podcast, Jimmy Christmas delivers one of the loosest and most unbelievable farm yarns you’ll ever hear, and every word of it is true.The conversation dives straight into the reality of hiring seasonal workers on a regional avocado farm, where interviews don’t always tell the full story and first days can go wildly off the rails. Jimmy introduces listeners to “Kelvin”, a character inspired by a collection of real-life workers whose behaviour was so cooked it eventually became its own ongoing persona.What starts as a normal hire quickly turns into chaos when a new worker arrives claiming experience, only to be found hours later completely naked in a cherry picker, metres in the air, scratching himself and blaming allergies to grass, weeds, and leaves. On a farm. Full of grass, weeds, and leaves.From support buses dropping workers off, to machinery safety concerns, to phone calls at two in the morning explaining why someone is “still itchy” and can’t come back, Jimmy breaks down the genuine challenges of managing staff, staying patient, and knowing when to cut your losses.The episode also explores broader farming realities, including workforce shortages during COVID, reliance on backpackers and Pacific Island labour programs, language barriers, and why finding ten reliable workers can be harder than running the entire operation solo.It’s raw, funny, ridiculous, and eye-opening, showing a side of farming most people never see, where you don’t just manage crops, you manage absolute characters.If you’re into Australian farm stories, wild worksite yarns, regional life, or episodes that make you say “that can’t be real”, this one is an all-time classic.Loose, honest, and completely unforgettable.A proper true yarn straight from the paddock.#propertrueyarn Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.📞 Get involved🎤 Send a voice message to the boys.Drop us a yarn or question and you might feature on the show.📧 Enquiries: propertrueyarn@gmail.com🌐 Website: linktr.ee/propertrueyarn📲 Follow the PodcastInstagram: @propertrueyarnTikTok: @propertrueyarnFacebook: Proper True Yarn PodcastYouTube: Proper True Yarn Podcast🤠 Meet the HostsKnuckles – Country Trucker CapsInstagram: @countrytruckercapsTikTok: @knucklesctcZak PalmasInstagram: @zpdigitalsTikTok: @zakpal

This episode of the Proper True Yarn Podcast is pure loose chat, fast questions, and unfiltered answers as The Baron gets thrown straight into the hot seat.Knuckles fires off rapid-fire questions that spiral quickly from dream autographs and celebrity encounters to golf blow-ups, Tasmanian party chaos, and a full-blown teenage brawl that involved branches, numbers, and very poor decision-making. The Baron opens up about his biggest stuff-ups, first loves, wild nights, and the kind of fights you only end up in when you’re young, drunk, and convinced you’re invincible.The conversation also drifts into fame by association, including being followed by Gordon Ramsay, getting a personal message from Peter Andre, and why Dwayne Johnson would be the only acceptable choice to play him in a movie.It’s light, chaotic, brutally honest, and exactly what Proper True Yarn does best. No overthinking, no polishing, just mates talking shit, telling stories, and laughing their way through it.If you’re into raw Australian podcasts, rapid-fire yarns, and guests who don’t dodge questions, this one’s a ripper from start to finish.#propertrueyarn Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.📞 Get involved🎤 Send a voice message to the boys.Drop us a yarn or question and you might feature on the show.📧 Enquiries: propertrueyarn@gmail.com🌐 Website: linktr.ee/propertrueyarn📲 Follow the PodcastInstagram: @propertrueyarnTikTok: @propertrueyarnFacebook: Proper True Yarn PodcastYouTube: Proper True Yarn Podcast🤠 Meet the HostsKnuckles – Country Trucker CapsInstagram: @countrytruckercapsTikTok: @knucklesctcZak PalmasInstagram: @zpdigitalsTikTok: @zakpal

This episode of the Proper True Yarn Podcast goes places no one expects and somehow ends up delivering one of the most important health messages you’ll hear all year.What starts as a loose laugh turns into an unforgettable yarn when The Baron tells the full story of discovering a very swollen left nut. From bleach baths and bathroom mirrors to real estate being taken up where it shouldn’t be, Nathan walks through the moment he realised something wasn’t right.The conversation breaks down what a hydrocele actually is, how quickly your mind jumps to the worst-case scenario, and why so many men ignore symptoms instead of getting checked. Nathan shares the doctor visits, scans, specialists, and the sheer relief of reading the words “the testicle looks fantastic” in a medical report.Between the jokes, metaphors, and absolutely cooked analogies, there’s a serious message that cuts through clearly. If something feels off, get it checked. Don’t ignore it. Don’t assume the worst. Don’t accept the first answer if it doesn’t sit right. Push for clarity and look after yourself.The episode also ties into the broader message around men’s health, second opinions, and why early action matters more than pride or embarrassment. It’s crude, funny, uncomfortable at times, and genuinely important.If you like raw Australian podcasts, unfiltered humour, and real conversations that actually say something useful, this episode delivers all of it in one completely unhinged package.Laugh hard. Cringe a bit.And seriously, get yourself checked. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.📞 Get involved🎤 Send a voice message to the boys.Drop us a yarn or question and you might feature on the show.📧 Enquiries: propertrueyarn@gmail.com🌐 Website: linktr.ee/propertrueyarn📲 Follow the PodcastInstagram: @propertrueyarnTikTok: @propertrueyarnFacebook: Proper True Yarn PodcastYouTube: Proper True Yarn Podcast🤠 Meet the HostsKnuckles – Country Trucker CapsInstagram: @countrytruckercapsTikTok: @knucklesctcZak PalmasInstagram: @zpdigitalsTikTok: @zakpal

In this relaxed and unexpectedly personal episode of the Proper True Yarn Podcast, we sit down with The Baron for a yarn that moves from family life to food debates and everything in between.Nathan opens up about life away from the internet persona, talking honestly about his wife, his kids, and what it’s like raising a family in Tasmania. While most people know him for loud laughs and viral videos, this episode shows the grounded side that doesn’t always make it onto social media.Naturally, the conversation drifts into food, and it turns into an all-time Australian debate. Sausage rolls, bakeries, servos, and what actually makes a good one. Moistness is discussed at length. So is why lamb is officially off the menu for The Baron after too many years of mining camp meals in Western Australia.From there, things spiral into peanut butter. Crunchy vs smooth. Aussie-made vs imported. Loaded peanut butter flavours that probably shouldn’t exist but absolutely do. Nathan breaks down how his love for peanut butter turned into a collaboration, how a small Australian brand caught his eye before it even launched properly, and why good products still beat good marketing.It’s a loose, funny, and very Australian conversation covering family, food, business, Tasmania life, and the kind of arguments that only happen between mates sitting around a table.If you’re into Australian podcasts, Tassie yarns, food debates, internet creators, or unfiltered conversations that go absolutely anywhere, this episode is a ripper.Easy listening, plenty of laughs, and a proper true yarn the whole way through.#propertrueyarn Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.📞 Get involved🎤 Send a voice message to the boys.Drop us a yarn or question and you might feature on the show.📧 Enquiries: propertrueyarn@gmail.com🌐 Website: linktr.ee/propertrueyarn📲 Follow the PodcastInstagram: @propertrueyarnTikTok: @propertrueyarnFacebook: Proper True Yarn PodcastYouTube: Proper True Yarn Podcast🤠 Meet the HostsKnuckles – Country Trucker CapsInstagram: @countrytruckercapsTikTok: @knucklesctcZak PalmasInstagram: @zpdigitalsTikTok: @zakpal

In this episode of the Proper True Yarn Podcast, we sit down with Australian internet favourite The Baron for a full-blown verbal demolition of the English language.What starts as a casual chat quickly turns into a hilarious, rage-fuelled breakdown of why English is one of the most confusing, inconsistent, and poorly designed languages ever forced upon humanity. From words that look identical but sound completely different, to spelling rules that simply disappear when they feel like it, The Baron explains exactly why learning English is an absolute nightmare.He runs through some of the most painful examples imaginable. Tough, though, rough, cough, thorough. Make, bake, ache, naked. Desert and desert. Wind and wind. Produce and produce. Object and object. Bass the fish, bass the instrument, bass the drum. Every example somehow makes sense on its own, yet none of it works together.As the frustration builds, the conversation expands into teachers trying to explain this madness, why educators secretly agree it makes no sense, and how the English language seems to have been designed by a committee that hated consistency. Even the letter W cops a hiding, with a surprisingly valid argument that it is harder to say than the words it represents.This episode also dives into why The Baron turned this exact frustration into his book The English Language Is a Cunt, how his videos around spelling and pronunciation blew up online, and why people from all over the world message him daily just to say, “Thank you, I thought it was just me.”If you love Australian comedy podcasts, language humour, viral internet creators, or yelling at words that don’t behave, this episode will hit home hard.Loud, funny, painfully accurate, and impossible to argue with.A proper true yarn for anyone who has ever tried to spell “thorough” without swearing.#propertrueyarn Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.📞 Get involved🎤 Send a voice message to the boys.Drop us a yarn or question and you might feature on the show.📧 Enquiries: propertrueyarn@gmail.com🌐 Website: linktr.ee/propertrueyarn📲 Follow the PodcastInstagram: @propertrueyarnTikTok: @propertrueyarnFacebook: Proper True Yarn PodcastYouTube: Proper True Yarn Podcast🤠 Meet the HostsKnuckles – Country Trucker CapsInstagram: @countrytruckercapsTikTok: @knucklesctcZak PalmasInstagram: @zpdigitalsTikTok: @zakpal

In this episode of the Proper True Yarn Podcast, we sit down with Australian internet cult figure The Baron to unpack the real story behind the character, the comedy, and the chaos that made him one of the most recognisable storytellers on social media.Nathan explains how The Baron was born while working in mining in Western Australia, after being handed a welder’s beanie that sparked the nickname “The Red Baron.” What started as a worksite joke quickly became a character that helped him sell thousands of T-shirts through his early brand Instinct Athletic, years before TikTok even existed.He breaks down how the original Baron character was completely mute, communicating only through music and mimed clips on Snapchat, effectively experimenting with short-form storytelling long before platforms like TikTok took over. After stepping away from content and selling the business at a loss, Nathan later revived The Baron online, this time focused purely on telling funny, raw, true stories.One of the biggest takeaways from this episode is the reality of social media money. Despite millions of views and viral clips, The Baron explains why Australian creators make nothing directly from TikTok or Instagram, and why only platforms like Facebook currently offer meaningful ad revenue. It’s an honest look at the creator economy that most people get completely wrong.The episode also dives into the Baron Files Podcast, viral story submissions, and why telling good yarns still matters even when there’s no cheque at the end of it. From mining camps to social media myths, this conversation strips it all back.If you’re into Australian podcasts, viral storytelling, TikTok reality checks, mining humour, or no-bullshit creator talk, this one hits the mark.Funny, honest, and grounded.A proper true yarn from start to finish.#propertrueyarn Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.📞 Get involved🎤 Send a voice message to the boys.Drop us a yarn or question and you might feature on the show.📧 Enquiries: propertrueyarn@gmail.com🌐 Website: linktr.ee/propertrueyarn📲 Follow the PodcastInstagram: @propertrueyarnTikTok: @propertrueyarnFacebook: Proper True Yarn PodcastYouTube: Proper True Yarn Podcast🤠 Meet the HostsKnuckles – Country Trucker CapsInstagram: @countrytruckercapsTikTok: @knucklesctcZak PalmasInstagram: @zpdigitalsTikTok: @zakpal