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Ratbag with Mel & Sam

Australia’s most exciting queer comedy duo: Mel & Sam host their brand new podcast: RATBAG. Join them as these besties and also quasi-reformed-theatre-kids host weekly episodes every Monday and Thursday. With everything from unpacking conspiracies, to riffing on their always-open-always-caring-about-you hotline, it’s vital this podcast is in your weekly listening rotation. In this pod, Mel & Sam bring the late-night-kick-ons chats to you but rather than it being 3am and you’re wedged between

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1:02:32

Snoop Dogg is a Gig Pig With Milo Hartill

Ratbag with Mel & Sam ·

2025/08/24

Hello dear listeners!Today's guest is a true jack of all trades they are an actor, model, performer, host, content creator and BLM, queer and radical body acceptance advocate/activist! Drum roll PLEASE for...Milo Hartill!In today's episode we chat about the first time Milo was scouted for modeling, the music theatre industry, coming out and content creation. We then naturally put Milo's burlesque skills to the test in a speed round of a new segment called 'Teeny Tiny Burlesque Baby'. We of course

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29:13

The Biggest Loser, Brain Rot & A Bag O’ Chips

Ratbag with Mel & Sam ·

2025/08/20

Sweetest rats. Coming to you live from the absolute UPHILL CLIMB of the last week of Edinburgh Fringe.Today we’re low energy. Sleepy girls. Serving floating head and navy toe. But here to deliver you an unpacking of our thoughts on the Netflix documentary ‘Fit For TV’; the exposé documentary centred around ‘The Biggest Loser’, as well as our thoughts on straight male comedians with the personalities of a chip packet, Eeyore, our mental health and a HEAPED teaspoon of brain rot.Hope you’re looking

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44:21

Why Did We Stop Saying ROFLCOPTER?

Ratbag with Mel & Sam ·

2025/08/17

Hi hi! It's time for another 'Ratbag' episode and boy oh boy do we start off with something that passes the bechdel test! To kick start the ep we are chatting about the daily choices we make to engage in 'micro feminism', we're talking things you can bring to the workplace or for the home "tell a buddy Jackson!". We then massively pivot to unpack why all dads seem to love the most bizarre confectionary.Our hotline opens a conversation surrounding a big question we asked our listeners "what age so

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32:44

The Most Fringe Stories To Ever Fringe Story

Ratbag with Mel & Sam ·

2025/08/13

Hello to all our treasured rats!!Coming to you live from the Edinburgh Fringe Festival today with simply storiesss upon storiesssss upon storiesss. We hope this ep gives you a fun little insight into what it’s like to be on tour in the biggest arts festival in the world.We’ll give you a clue …EVERYONE’S A LITTLE BIT FEISTY. EVERYONE’S A LITTLE BIT TIRED. EVERYONE’S A LITTLE BIT SELFISH!!But more that anything … here if you need.XxTIX TO ‘THE PLATONIC HUMAN CENTIPEDE’ IN

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39:12

All Aboard For The Rush Hour Crush

Ratbag with Mel & Sam ·

2025/08/10

Hello my loves!!Thank you for joining us for another episode! Today we bang-open the episode unpacking an extremely popular column from the London Tube known as the 'Rush Hour Crush', and Sam has brought in the best, the creepy and the biggest clangs from the column to chat about. Our 'Bring Bring Bitch!' hotline asks the question about the best characters from film that would be better as butch lesbians.There's then a 'Kick Ons' about things people love that we can't stand (it's giving soap-box

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35:02

Renee Rapp’s ‘BITE ME’, Chappell Roan’s ‘THE SUBWAY’...

Ratbag with Mel & Sam ·

2025/08/06

A big week in gay music news, rats!! Coming to you all the way from the other side of the world with an absolute YAP-a-thon on all of our thoughts on Renee Rapp’s album drop (‘Bite Me’), Chappell Roan’s long-awaited release of ‘The Subway’ and Cynthia Erivo’s portrayal of Jesus in the Hollywood Bowl production of ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’.We also chat about the trend we are seeing in expecting more morally from our pop stars, why people are feeling in two minds about Renee’s album and how much

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52:52

Crying On A Three Day Live Stream with Taz and Alessia

Ratbag with Mel & Sam ·

2025/08/03

Hello angel pies!!Thank you for joining us for another episode, we hope you are ready for a GAY one because we are joined by THE aussie lesbian tiktok couple, the gorgeous Taz and Alessia! In this episode we chat The L Word, their HUGE 24 hour live streams, Team Tanda, lesbian stereotypes and much much more.We of course open up our 'Bring Bring Bitch!' Hotline and ask them all of your questions, there's then a 'Gaydar' segment where Sam tests Mel, Taz and Alessia on pinning the gay quote to the

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28:32

They Hate To See Two Women With A Thriving Cap...

Ratbag with Mel & Sam ·

2025/07/30

The saddest coffees of all time in our hands. Unwashed hair for days. And a game of theatre sports happening outside our window? MUST BE EDINBURGH FRINGE SEASON!!Wee lassies. We are in Edinburgh (for our second year!) and we wanna tell you allllll about it. In this first instalment of a series that we’re calling ‘Edinburgh Fringe Diaries’, we tell you all about our living conditions here in student accommodation, we chat long haul flights (and the shows that got us through), dribbling showers,

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42:10

The Search For Elle Woods Was TV Gold

Ratbag with Mel & Sam ·

2025/07/27

Hello my loves and welcome to another episode of Ratbag!Thank you for joining us In this episode Sam brings in a theory surrounding aeroplane food and why it tastes like garbage when up in the sky. There is a reason aeroplane food tastes the way it does, but there is ALSO a reason a certain flavour completely changes itself when sky high.The 'Bring Bring Bitch!' Hotline opens up the most obvious question we have never answered "what are our favourite musicals?" and boy do we wax lyrical. We then do

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31:32

KATSEYE, Pop Star Academy & A Revenge-Seeking Sultana

Ratbag with Mel & Sam ·

2025/07/23

Oh, rats. We’ve found the show of our girly pop, sing-song, bubble gum, y2k dreams. It is KATSEYE: POP STAR ACADEMY on Netflix and today we are doing a phaaaaat chat on it all.As well as unpacking why this K Pop girl-group-forming-competition-show is up there with our faves of the year, we also chat the ins and outs and comedies of voice over work, our fave and least fave kinds of ads, our fave Kristen Chenoweth TikTok and so much more.Oh. Also Mel is hoodwinked by a suspiciously placed packet of

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44:29

The Airbnb Story From Hell

Ratbag with Mel & Sam ·

2025/07/20

Hey hey bbys! If you're ready for some quick-sticks-mind-blowing facts then you're in luck because Mel has brought in some 'Ripleys Believe It Or Not' facts that sends the podcast studio into a spin.Our 'Bring Bring Bitch Hotline' brings us a listener story that stars an overseas trip, a cousin, a scream and a mystery guest and it's just that good it becomes our 'Hit It Toots!'. Mel & Sam (& Tom) then take a moment to reflect on themselves and talk positive qualities in eachother and one

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34:33

Justin Bieber’s ‘SWAG’ ft. Pasty & Paul

Ratbag with Mel & Sam ·

2025/07/16

Hello u raaaaaats!Welcome to today’s Ratfood in which we’re chatting all things from thin-walled cars and uber nightmares all the way through to our thoughts on Justin Bieber’s new album ‘SWAG’ (in 2025?!?), Selena Gomez’ Oreo collaboration and much, much more.We unpack our shared AMAB v AFAB voice reserve sexism (very serious!!) as well as touching on super-fan culture, chatting insane flavour combos and our mate Paddy’s love for Les Mis.Lots of love as always and we’ll see you for another Ratbag

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44:03

Life Is All Just Caveats and Caviar

Ratbag with Mel & Sam ·

2025/07/13

Hello divas! If you could download your dreams... would you? Well today a 'Kick Ons' inspires a chat about dream downloads and a USB Pillow. Sam then comes in hot as she has one goal and one goal only, to hopefuly revolutionise your showering experience with 'The Completely Relevant Shower Tier System' . Here at the house of Mel & Sam, we embrace loving something hard, and showering is one Sam indeed does love hard. This (subtle) system aims to change the way you shower, whether in a small way

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37:11

The World Hates Theatre Kids & Rachel Zegler’s Evita

Ratbag with Mel & Sam ·

2025/07/09

Hello cutie pies! Hope you’re all having lovely weeks. Thanks for joining for this really fun Ratfood. In this ep, we go for a biiiiiiiiig deep dive on theatre kids and the DEEP desire to perform coolness and to distance ourselves from being labelled as theatre kids. We started the chat with Renee Rapp a few weeks ago, but we go deeper this week, chatting about how the world hates theatre kids, how ‘coolness’ is perceived in our space and how ridiculous every single bit of it all is … and yet

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51:47

Parasocial Relationships, P.D.A and Privilege with...

Ratbag with Mel & Sam ·

2025/07/07

Hey hey bbys!! We are back with another guest episode and this time it’s with the wonderful Olga Koch. Olga is a Russian-British stand up comedian, writer, podcaster and a previous recipient of the ‘Best Newcomer’ at none other than Edinburgh Fringe Festival.In this weeks episode we chat with Olga about many things including her PHD in Computer Science, laughter as currency, when couples engage in PDA and the best places to find gorgy vintage clothing!Mel also shares a bizarre audition brief she

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38:56

The Ultimatum: Queer Love IS Our SUPERBOWL

Ratbag with Mel & Sam ·

2025/07/02

It’s a miracle we managed to pump out this episode considering the fact we have been literally GLUED to our screens this past week watching ‘The Ultimatum: Queer Love’!!So you guessed it rats, this week we are unpacking our thoughts on the first lot of episodes, as well as telling you all about our time in Sydney on tour where we found ourselves at the Ian Thorpe Aquatic Centre on a random Tuesday, Sam fell in love with a Swedish intern and lots lots more.We hope you enjoy this chilled out Ratfood

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46:31

Blueberries, Hueberries, Blasphemy!

Ratbag with Mel & Sam ·

2025/06/29

Hello darlings and welcome to another episode of Ratbag!In this episode Sam reflects on her book of love letters that she received for her 30th. Mel then spirals about the colour of blueberries based on a recent conversation at a party that sent her over the edge. The girls then chat horror first crushes thanks to a listener dm, where Sam shares a story about kissing the wrong man, and Mel shares her first kiss story that HAS to involve a high school production… naaaaturally. Tom then brings a ‘Girl

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34:14

Ahhh Yes! The Movie To Musical Pipeline!

Ratbag with Mel & Sam ·

2025/06/25

Hi our beautieeeees. Hope this Ratfood On The Road finds you all having beautiful weeks - we’re coming to you live from our hotel room in Sydney!Thanks for joining us for this gorgy lil chat and unpack of all things MOVIE TO MUSICAL. In this ep, Sam unpacks her thoughts on 3 West End shows in particular that she saw on her trip and we chat about all things the good, the bad and the predictable when it comes to movies that get turned in to musicals.Let us know your thoughts in the comments below! Do

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1:02:59

Mel & Sam Force Sentimentality on Flo & Joan

Ratbag with Mel & Sam ·

2025/06/22

Hello there rats and get ready for another beautiful guest ep with two women that are kind of Mel and Sam but in a different, more stoic-&-British font: it’s Flo & Joan! Rosie and Nicola are the two sisters behind iconic UK musical comedians ‘Flo & Joan’ who have made a name for themselves performing all over the world with their witty songs. They are the two writers behind the critically acclaimed show: ‘One Man Musical’ and have an upcoming Amazon Original 'Alive On Stage' hitting

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45:31

God Forbid A Gal Likes Her Hair Pulled?!

Ratbag with Mel & Sam ·

2025/06/18

Hey cuties!! Welcome to today’s Ratfood where we’re pretty much just having a big fat catch up, guvna! And you’re invited along for the ride - zoom lags and overlaps and all!This is the longest we’ve ever gone without speaking (not an exaggeration) and boy do we have THINGS TO CATCH UP ON! Sammy tells us allllll about her time at Prima Vera Sound in Barcelona, about how she got fyre-festivaled, how the sets were of our top 3 pop girlies and some of the things that really surprised her about some of

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