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Ep61 Swim Centre Poetics w. james.haha.nice
Jun 25, 2026
1h 55m 07s
Ep.60 SJXSJC IN FURS w. Shane Jesse Christmass
Jun 18, 2026
2h 13m 07s
Ep59. #Jesuischarlie
Jun 11, 2026
1h 30m 36s
Ep. 58 Pavlou's Dog C*nts
Jun 5, 2026
1h 51m 24s
Ep57 Keeping Up Appearances w/ Will Cox
May 29, 2026
2h 21m 20s
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| 6/25/26 |  Ep61 Swim Centre Poetics w. james.haha.nice | This week, the extended M*rlborough-Sh*a-C*llectual clan chat for ages with James.haha.nice: the “alternative comedian from Melbourne” responsible for the Harold Holt Swim Centre series on Instagram Tiktok. They talk about “Puss” Holt, the general mean-ness of the Australian political class; the misogyny at the heart of conspiracy theories; The Butter Wars and international trade policy; modern documentary culture; Australian history’s terminal dullness; defamation and the chilling of critical culture. It’s a huge and important yarn; all-time Battler areas.Before that, the r*de mechanicals talk Starmxit, the Race Around the World; Shakespeare (gay); and the HUGE REVEAL of the CHARLIE PICKERING BB KING.Note: Watteau was not really a landscape painter, but certainly bordered on genre!Thanks as always to “Dictator” Dan Dare for production.Song as always is “No Strain” by The Southend Rainbows.Subscribe to Straying for the Morsel and The Yeah Nah Review. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thebattler.substack.com | 1h 55m 07s | ||||||
| 6/18/26 |  Ep.60 SJXSJC IN FURS w. Shane Jesse Christmass | This week, the gr*nks are talking to Shane Jesse Christmass, author of Xerox Over Manhattan; Latex, Texas; Meth DTF and a bunch of other indie gems. They talk prose style, the global indie publishing orbit, Amerikkka as theory and practice; collaboration across continents and defining Ozlit. It’s a ripping chat, particularly for fans of the truncated sentence (I know there are a few of youse getting around!)Before that, they talk over each other about cinema, a McManus Merkin Mime, Segal World, Lesbian barfights, the ELECTION OF DREW PAVLOU AS CHAOS CORRESPONDENT FOR KARL STEFANOVIC, America250 and DJT80; woodchopping lore; Murnane’s Order of Australia speech; and Tim sets Pat off like a Beyblade about the changing world of CGI in movies lol.Thanks as always to “Dictator” Dan Dare for Production.Song as always is “No Strain” by the Southend Rainbows.Subscribe to Straying for the Morsel and Patrick Marlborough This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thebattler.substack.com | 2h 13m 07s | ||||||
| 6/11/26 |  Ep59. #Jesuischarlie | This week, the Wh*te D*gs are chatting ABC stores and the blackface era of the 2000s; the Bellingen writers’ festival and Lesbian scene; nearly coming to blows over Wes Anderson; method acting; Charlie Pickering: Zionist BB King; Sooshi Mango; Betootafication; the Parkinson era; TISM wars; AUKUS inquiries; Pauline “Little Chiko” Hanson at the Ballroom.Note: Tim calls Pi O a Comedian.Thanks as always to “Dictator Dan Dare” for his tireless work in production.Song is “No Strain” by the Southend Rainbows.Subscribe to Straying for the Morsel and Patrick Marlborough This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thebattler.substack.com | 1h 30m 36s | ||||||
| 6/5/26 |  Ep. 58 Pavlou's Dog C*nts | This week the str*nzi are off-leash and rolling in any shit they can stick their noses into. They talk the rise of the PHONies and the inadequacy of certain Left responses; the BRS/Hastie beef; the trenchant bastardy of cops; the cruelty of Australia and cultural Howardism; the Teal Panel Party; the language of parliament; the nonce media and their love of babykillers; Alan Jones biopics; Abbott 2.0; evil gays and powerful lesbians; and Drew, Drew, Drew. Sweet Drew, our beautiful son and collaborator. We wonder about what makes him tick, what he thinks about, what he wants from the world, how he sees himself, what keeps him up at night. It’s a Pavlouvian Republic of Drewstralia, and we are just living in it.Song is “No Strain” by Southend Rainbows.Thanks always to “Dictator” Dan Dare for Production.Subscribe to Straying for the Morsel and The Yeah Nah Review This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thebattler.substack.com | 1h 51m 24s | ||||||
| 5/29/26 |  Ep57 Keeping Up Appearances w/ Will Cox | This week, the c*bbers talk to Will Cox, critic and author of Hyacinth, a gothic retelling of various episodes of Keeping Up Appearances. They chat about the nature of old media and nostalgia, serialisation, experimentation in modern fiction, translation and appropriation, formal fragmentation and other absolutely renegade stuff.Before that, the boys talk online anti-reading trends, more circumcisions, the hues of One Nation foreheads, mining corruption and greenwashing, the various ways they both encouraged bullies as teenagers, Pitchfork Jet Review Reichstag Fire, Tealification, Auctioneer gang wars in Sydney post-budget, tax concession anger and downwards envy.Thanks as always to “dictator” Dan Dare for production.Song is No Strain by the Southend Rainbows, who have just started recording their next album ;).Follow Straying for the Morsel and Patrick Marlborough. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thebattler.substack.com | 2h 21m 20s | ||||||
| 5/22/26 |  Ep56. Mudoken Malarkey | On this very special late night/laggy recording of The Battler, Pat talks about the splendour and the beauty of living in the ADHD capital of Australia, while Tim discusses his first time with Ridley Scott’s criminally underseen ‘Alien.’ We also get into The Federal Budget, Dave Hughes’ descent into cookerdom, the limits of Australian literary criticism, and Joe Biden’s life as a Mudoken saviour + more. Produced and edited by our own personal Watto, Dan Dare. Follow/like @twimwintoncellectuals and Straying for the Morsel, @cormac_mccafe and The Yeah Nah Review, and buy NOCK LOOSE! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thebattler.substack.com | 1h 20m 34s | ||||||
| 5/15/26 |  Bonus Ep. | Battlers! Tim is sick with Hentai Virus and Pat has been busy animating Hentai! So we’ve had to take the week off—Latham forgive us!But on Tuesday, May 12, Pat had the honour of sitting down with renowned OzLit scholar/academic/critic Emmett Stinson to talk all things NOCK LOOSE at Lawson Flats in Perth. Regular scheduling returns next week. Enjoy! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thebattler.substack.com | 1h 02m 20s | ||||||
| 5/7/26 |  Ep55. Rebel (Wilson) Ballads | This week the wh*te d*gs don’t have much to talk about in the news, so they talk about the Fremantle Dockers bris-based goal celebrations, Sopranos dolewave, Paul Kelly’s italian heritage erasure, Sergeant Johnson’s Purple Heart award, slurs for white people, The Safran Defence, KRudd’s Eunuch aesthetics, Martin Sharp and the ghost train fire, the Mining Boom as foundation of auspol, the Ocker Gump in history, Classic Israeli Bits, Australian Racism’s Immunity to Woke, Irish Rebel Wilson Ballads.Thanks as always to “Dictator” Dan Dare for production.Song is No Strain by Southend Rainbows. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thebattler.substack.com | 1h 58m 02s | ||||||
| 4/30/26 |  Ep54. Tarofash | This week, Pat is in Melbourne to open the new High Street Maccas. Timbo is at Tigertown activating the Tinny Dome. They chat Apple stores and the disappearance of dudes with Stretcher earrings; Cheers lore and the differential status of bar flies in Amerikkka and Australia; IDF Hentai boobytraps; ANZAC raves and ANZAC hecklers and the Bed and Rest Sanctuary wellness centre. They also talk about the longterm Zio goal of destroying presses like UQP, with the new fuckery around Jazz Money and Matt Chun’s Bila. Thanks as always to “Dictator” Dan Dare for production.Song is “No Strain” by Southend Rainbows. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thebattler.substack.com | 1h 34m 51s | ||||||
| 4/23/26 |  Ep53_Creating Drama w/ Zarah Butcher-McGunnigle | This week the g**ners chat with poet and flaneuse Zarah Butcher-McGunnigle, about the release of her two new-old books, Autobiography of a Marguerite and Leaves Fall Off to Create Drama. They talk about the legacy of L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E poetry; the changes in verse in the last couple of decades; Autofiction and fragmentary writing; cracking open old works and the vicissitudes of life on the scene.Before that, Putrid Pat and Tumescent Tim discuss JJJ and Raw Comedy aesthetics; revivalism in noughties music; the death of music press; Australian political memoirs; CTE-lit; magic realism v fabulism; the nature of the middlebrow; playfulness in comedy; Masculinity: a gay conspiracy; the BRS Read-a-thon. Production by “Dictator” Dan Dare.Song: No Strain by The Southend Rainbows. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thebattler.substack.com | 1h 59m 36s | ||||||
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| 4/16/26 |  Ep52. Paisano Libtard | This week the f*dayeen are (finally) flying solo again, like a drone over the red sea; collecting expensive missiles from the haters as they go. They chat Clavicular getting Minutemogged; One Nation’s predator problem and the MILLENNIAL WOMEN supporting them!!!!; Angus Trumpchrist; the papal/presidential 1v1; the motives for Israel’s crimes. They also chat about the “Lowering of the sights”: the running-rampant of “guilty pleasures” in the kidlerite endumbening of the public sphere; the “too-hard” argument against Woke; and the path towards a joyous Left. Thanks as always to “Dictator” Dan Dare for production. Song is “No Strain by the Southends.”Like and subscribe to The Yeah Nah Review and Straying for the Morsel. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thebattler.substack.com | 1h 49m 37s | ||||||
| 4/10/26 |  Ep51. GrimmDogg with Michael Winkler | This week, the adl*ys chat with Michael Winkler, author of 2021’s Grimmish and the recently-published Griefdogg. Between Pat’s heavy breathing and voluminous outpourings of admiration, they chat about the stakes of aussie lit, the nature of literary style, the lack of it in much of our local literature, and the terror of criticism in a small country.Before that, the lads talk about their good friend and hero of regular Australia Ben Robert Smith, the inertia of Australian politics and the aesthetics of Trump 2.0.Glory as always to supreme leader Dan Dare. Song is “No Strain” by the Southend Rainbows. Go follow Straying for the Morsel and Patrick Marlborough . This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thebattler.substack.com | 2h 24m 07s | ||||||
| 4/3/26 |  Ep50. Fraction of the Toltz. | This week the fr*telli speak to Steve Toltz, whose new novel, A Rising of the Lights is out next week from Penguin. He tells them about his theories of comedy, influences from across history, and his resistance to blame the publishing industry for the inveterate dullness of so much of Ozlit. You can catch Steve reading from the novel in Sydney and Melbourne in the coming months, and at various Writers’ Festivals thereafter.Before that, the B*ys talk about the Death of Dezi Freeman, the extreme relatability of the Liberal National Party, run-ins with reactionary writers and more.Thanks as always to “Dictator” Dan Dare for production. Song is No Strain by the Southend Rainbows. Subscribe to The Yeah Nah Review and Straying for the Morsel. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thebattler.substack.com | 2h 11m 02s | ||||||
| 3/26/26 |  Ep49 Paris Endoscopy. | This week the fr*telli talk about the strike wave lapping the shores of the island continent, from teachers to uni staff to ABC employees. They also talk about the SA election and Iran, and get caught in a spiral complaining yet again about the state of literature. They take particular umbrage with a particular Melbournian outlet and some of its particular critics. Thanks as always to “dictator” Dan Dare for production.Follow Straying for the Morsel and The Yeah Nah Review.Song is No Strain by Southend Rainbows This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thebattler.substack.com | 1h 45m 49s | ||||||
| 3/18/26 |  Ep48. Howard Battlers ft. Amy Remeikis | This week the Battlers talk to Amy Remeikis about her new book: Where It all Went Wrong: the Case Against John Howard. Amy, a real battler, cuts sick on the legacy of The Rat, from privatisation to political culture to the destruction of the parliamentary liberal party. Next Wednesday (25th) is the second instalment of At Large, at Sean and Dolly’s at 7:30 pm, with Shaun Prescott, Lexi Freiman, Jack Jeweller, Brandon Jack and Madelaine Lucas. Thanks as always to “dictator” Dan Dare for production. Theme song is No Strain by the Southend Rainbows. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thebattler.substack.com | 1h 06m 25s | ||||||
| 3/12/26 |  Ep47. Extraordinary Combination of Internal Errors | This week the fellxs talk the ozymandian collapse of Kyle and Jackie O, David Littleproud and Pornhub. They also chat (a lot) about adult content, the changing face of misogyny and the state of play in the war on Iran. True to form, they call the rise of Matt Canavan-San before it happened.Next “At Large” event in Sydney is on the 25th of March at Sean and Dolly’s, 730pm.Thanks as always to “Dictator” Dan Dare for his tireless production work on the pod. Song is “no strain” by southend rainbows. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thebattler.substack.com | 1h 59m 26s | ||||||
| 3/5/26 |  Ep 46. Dubai Erasure | The Battler is officially the last great broadcast duo still recording in Australia. This week, the fellangists talk about the liberation of Iran from several hundreds of its citizens; Operation Epic Fury; the strangely uneventful feeling of descending into WW3; Drew Pavlou Shen Yun false flags; Cruising; Tim’s experiences on the nudist beaches of Coffs Harbour; Gay Cronulla; Holly Valance Nazi arc.JaysusProduction as always from “Dictator” Dan Dare. Song is “No Strain” by The Southend Rainbow. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thebattler.substack.com | 1h 29m 46s | ||||||
| 2/26/26 |  Ep45. CFME Me?!?! CFME You!!!! | This week, the l*ds talk about the stupid, dumb and idiotic reporting on the CFMEU by king rat Nick McKenzie and Geoffrey “Wages Are a Gift” Watson. They also talk about Sega World Green Bans; the Eternal Howard and his enduring influence, the cultural hooliganism of older Australians, disagree about Patrick “Name and Nature” White, and why you should join the Socialists :) If you’re interested in the “Bread and Roses” NSW caucus, slide into DMs or emails.Thanks as always to “Dictator” Dan Dare for wonderful production. Song is No Strain by the Southend Rainbows. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thebattler.substack.com | 1h 54m 52s | ||||||
| 2/18/26 |  Ep 44– Genghis Taylor | This week, the fellangists are talking about the rise to the Shadow Khanate of Genghis Taylor and the encirclement of Sultana Sussan Ley after her abandonment by the various slimy Viziers of her erstwhile cabinet. In other Turkish news, Drew Pavlou was “Drewported” from Amerikkka for the simple sin of threatening Billie Eilish with being briefly in his presence. They also talk about the importance of Irish and Italian people in Australian and world history, the feminist credentials of PHON, and the contradictions of the class orientation and culture war credentials of the LNP.Thanks as always to “Dictator” Dan Dare for wonderful production. Song is “No Strain” by Southend Rainbows. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thebattler.substack.com | 1h 49m 52s | ||||||
| 2/13/26 |  Ep.43 I Suck Huge Hog | This week the fell*s talk about the violent Pali Rally that put police officers in an impossible situation, and the heroic efforts of the cops to restore order. They talk about the poise and gallantry of Isaac Herzog, President of the Jews, as he fronts his people. They also talk about the impressive intellectual facility of our ruling class, the KISSocracy; Starmer’s upstanding group of friends and the glorious victory of the Liberal Democratic Party in Japan. And meatlovers sushi. Production as always by “Dictator” Dan Dare. Song is “No Strain” by the Southend Rainbows. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thebattler.substack.com | 1h 10m 06s | ||||||
| 2/5/26 |  Ep42– Closing the Yap with Yaraman Thorne | This week the fell*s are joined by writer, actor, housepainter but in no ways comedian Yaraman “Yazzy” Thorne. They chat about what the hell happened to the ABC; the great icons of comic broadcast; Paul Fenech’s Indigenous heritage; and the conservative meltdown over Always Was Tonight. Beforehand, the l*ds talk about surviving another Epstein dump; the One Nation grift; Coalition 66.0 and the turn to the “comic book Right” by Australian Reactionaries. Thanks as always to “Dictator” Dan Dare for production.Song is No Strain by The Southend Rainbows. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thebattler.substack.com | 1h 49m 03s | ||||||
| 1/29/26 |  Ep41 The Boorloo Bomber | This week, Pat and Tim talk about the disgusting act of violence attempted by a nazi fuckstick on invasion day in Perth. In more responsible moments, they also talk about Hamas crocodiles, autistic magneto. the long tail of the Howardocene. indigenous culture and snowflake conservatives; and the political talent Nullarbor.Thanks as always to producer “Dictator” Dan Dare for his tireless efforts at making us sound less criminally insane.Song is No Strain by the Southend Rainbows. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thebattler.substack.com | 1h 28m 27s | ||||||
| 1/22/26 |  Ep40: H8 Speech Forever | This week, the B*ttlers talk about the shiny new hate speech laws, which were minted the day after we recorded. We talk about how the coalition have managed to turn victory into a colossal autocucking, which has properly materialised in the days since Monday. We also remind you of the importance of looking at C(ordite) P(ublishing) on your computer, and discuss the “dissolution” of the dirty-diapered N@zi party. Thanks as always to “Dictator” Dan Dare for production. Song is No Strain by the Southend Rainbows. Remember to subscribe to Straying for the Morsel and Patrick Marlborough . This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thebattler.substack.com | 1h 12m 09s | ||||||
| 1/15/26 |  Ep39: Ozlit Shrugged with Lexi Freiman | This week the fellxs talk to Lexi Freiman, author of Inappropriation and The Book of Ayn. They talk NEW YORK vs Sydney vs Hungary, the nature of satire, and the problems besetting Australian literary culture. Lexi tells us about At Large, the reading series she is putting on in Sydney with an unnamed legend of the field, the first session of which is taken place on the 22nd of January at Sean and Dolly’s on the Cross, with Jen Craig, Steve Toltz, Lauren Curtis, Dan Hogan and Mannix Thomson.Before that, the lxds talk Iran and the Royal Comish, and destroy the Adelaide festival in real time, live. They also talk about the need for a “Star Wogs” production with Nick Giannopoulos. Thanks as always to Dictator Dan Dare for his loving production. Song is “No Strain” by the Southend Rainbows. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thebattler.substack.com | 2h 21m 30s | ||||||
| 1/8/26 |  Ep38: Commission Royale | In this week’s episode, Los Guerreros talk about the precipitous idiocy of a “Royal Commission” into an attitude. As always, things have become six times stupider since the podcast was recorded, so listen here for the talking points you’ll need to use when people bring up the Royal Commission that has actually now been announced. They also talk about the wonderful country of Venezuela and its obscure, evil Northern Neighbour; their beloved bigheaded Pakistani comrade DrewP and his gallant defence of freedom at a protest in Sydney, met with a deplorable act of police aggression (pictured); and chat terminal shit about Jane Austen, Alexis Wright, James Joyce and Ezra Pound as if the mics had been switched off.Thanks as always to “Dictator” Dan Dare for production.Song is No Strain by the Southend Rainbows. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thebattler.substack.com | 1h 33m 57s | ||||||
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