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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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43:24

Send Us Some Woodland Creatures Cause Today We're...

Ratbag with Mel & Sam ·

2025/06/15

Hey rat! Hope you're reading this with an undercurrent of fluttering flutes and shimmery strings because today's a whimsical solo ep!! Sorry about it!! To kick off the episode Sam brings in a gorgeous list where people share the ways they bring out whimsy in their day to day life, and this list is actually adorable. Mel and Sam then continue to insist theatre sports are cool by playing a round of two truths and a lie and there is also a wonderful dm for the 'Bring Bring Bitch' hotline where a

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36:58

Leave Me Alone, Bitch! I Wanna Have Fun (*Character...

Ratbag with Mel & Sam ·

2025/06/11

Our sweet rats. This episode is about Renée Rapp. We love her. Please don’t misunderstand us. I PROMISE we’re not bad lesbians!!!!! But with that being said, please enjoy this 37 minute dissertation of “don’t care” culture and the impossibility of ever escaping the cult - nay LIFESTYLE - that is a life in the theatre, with a sprinkling of one of the most heinous dating/sex stories from Sammy’s personal story bank that will leave you shakin’ in your boots and wishing you never uttered the words

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56:43

Lockjaw On My Pussy with Ruby Teys

Ratbag with Mel & Sam ·

2025/06/08

Holy moly I do not think you are ready for this one you little rat. Joining us today on the Ratbag couch is the brilliantly bonkers and self "proclaimed multi-disciplinary artist" Ruby Teys. Ruby is a immensly talented stand up comedian, actor and host of 'Alt Girl World' - a night that celebrates alternative comedy AND she is also a dearrrrr mate of ours, and we are simply obsessed with her.In this episode Ruby shares TWO seperate stories about some strange encounters with some dogs (one involving

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38:23

Propaganda We ARE Falling For with Dwayne The Rock...

Ratbag with Mel & Sam ·

2025/06/04

Where is the hottest place for a piercing? Is costume jewellery really worth the green rim of doom that comes with it? Is black mirror really as good as everyone says it is? All of this and more life changing content on today’s VERY CURRENT Ratfood recorded THIS WEEK in VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA. DEFINITELY.It’s a super fun one today bbys! We’ve got our beautiful Luce stepping in to the studio and Sammy leading us on her expertly thought out list of the propaganda she absolutely IS falling for right

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58:33

Where Has All The Matcha Gone??? With Kemah Bob

Ratbag with Mel & Sam ·

2025/06/01

There's a matcha shortage and we're brave enough to talk about it!! Welcome to another episode of Ratbag: Guest Edition! This week we are joined by the brilliantly funny Kemah Bob, an American comedian, working in the UK. Kemah's 2024 show was named as one of 'the top shows of 2024' by The Guardian, she has also opened for the likes of Hannah Gadsby and Nish Kumar and regularly appears on our screens, often for the BBC.In this episode we chat sleeping with clowns, queerness, live comedy and much

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34:08

Sinners, School Reunions And The Matcha Extension...

Ratbag with Mel & Sam ·

2025/05/28

Hello angel pies. It’s that time of the week. Thank you oh so very much for joining us for another gorgy lil’ laid back chat where we get to catch you up on our weeks and what’s going on in our worlds!In this episode, Lucy poisons Mel with the drink from hell before sharing the iconic story of how her boldness got her a job at the Aunty Donna office, Mel tells the story of how she almost didn’t get cast in ‘Fangirls’ and the girls collectively unpack their thoughts on the film ‘Sinners’. (Spoiler

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41:19

Performative Double Dipping Has Gone Too Far

Ratbag with Mel & Sam ·

2025/05/25

Hey cuties! It's another solo 'Ratbag' today (just what the doctor ordered) and this one is a fun one! To kick off the episode Mel asks the question 'Is This Gross Or Is It Not That Big Of A Deal?' about a variety of situations that has us calling out 'performative politeness'. Sam polls the listeners on what apps they are using to communicate with mates (ok private Twitter account!) and the girls realise that Lucy seems to have the touch of an oracle. Finally and naturally there is a 'Hit It

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35:33

Dolly Parton Would Want You To Be KINDER!!!

Ratbag with Mel & Sam ·

2025/05/21

Hello darling pies!!!! Who we love so much!! Hope you’re having a beautiful, beautiful week.In today’s Ratfood we unpack the notion of stunt casting and publicity/marketing stunts, particularly in relation to the global search for Dolly Parton in ‘Dolly! The Musical’ taking place primarily on social media and the ethics and pros and cons involved in these kinds of casting processes.We also chat all about our week at the theatre including our UNMATCHED evening at ‘Beetlejuice The Musical’ (featuring

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58:07

Australia Finally Has An Attractive Comedian And Her...

Ratbag with Mel & Sam ·

2025/05/18

Hey there babes! It's time for a pretty femme-4-femme episode as we welcome our next guest, Australia's First Attractive Comedian: Eloise Eftos! If you don't know Eloise, let us tell you all, she is no doubt a rising star in the Australian Comedy scene working mainly in Gadigal Land and Naarm. The chats in this episode are very important ones to us all as women in comedy. We hope you get something out of it too. As always we open up our 'Bring Bring Bitch' Hotline and ask Eloise all of your

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37:36

Fatty & Fatgirl Go To The Underworld

Ratbag with Mel & Sam ·

2025/05/14

Hello to all of our treasured rats out there! We hope this episode finds you having a glorious day or night, whenever you may find it!In today’s wrap-up of our weeks and what’s been on our minds, we tell you alllllll about our INCREDIBLE night at the theatre at the Melbourne opening night of Hadestown the musical, Sam tells us all about a costume party to end all costume parties, we chat about how we used to flex our creativity in our early ages and Tom opens up about how he IS the problem at

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58:59

Chicken Thighs & Box Dye with Will Gibb

Ratbag with Mel & Sam ·

2025/05/11

What's up your cuties!!! It's time to add another rat to our rat-guest-wheel... it's Will Gibb! If you don't know Will then you are definitely not on TikTok because this man floooods the FYP. In today's episode we sit down with Will and chat everything from online fame, to Drag Race, heinous blonde box dye and we bring a question to the pod 'why do so many straight men never go to comedy alone?'. As always we open up our 'Bring Bring Bitch' Hotline and ask Will all of your questions, and then we

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31:05

Winning A Green Room Award In A Nightie From Peter...

Ratbag with Mel & Sam ·

2025/05/07

You guys. This episode is absolutely crazy!!! Coo coo bananas!!! Mel LITERALLY EATS her fidget toy (NOT CLICKBAIT!!! OMG!!) And we definitely say a lot of things in this episode! Things that are worth saying. This one’s absolutely STACKED with facts and stories and things and discussions and unpacking and is definitely NOT a hodge-podge of next to nothing-ness!!In this ep, the girls celebrate the election win, unpack how and why voting feels a tiny bit NQR (not quite right), Sam chats about meeting

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43:44

Are We Just Joe Rogan With C*nty Eyeliner?

Ratbag with Mel & Sam ·

2025/05/04

Hey hey darlins!! Stoked you are joining us for another 'Ratbag' today! To kick off the episode Mel is coming in hot with a segment surrounding her dad and a motorbike saga that sent him over the edge. We then riff on some different business ventures that could be in our future for the house of Mel & Sam, including a fashion line, and a business in building physical (not metaphorical) bridges. We then unpack moments when we have 'followed our gut' and finally we end the episode with a 'Hit It

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30:43

Is White Lotus REALLY That Good??

Ratbag with Mel & Sam ·

2025/04/30

HELLO U RATS!! Now. You better be watching this episode on a 70metre long cinema screen in your house because this is CINEMA, baby. And you deserve it!!In today’s episode, we chat all things TV and cinema - c’mon rebrand!! Sam introduces a brand new campaign to stop a phenomena that is RUINING movie-going across the nation (#SayNoToPanasonic), the girls unpack their thoughts on White Lotus (over-rated?) and Adolescence and we celebrate the beginning of Tom’s influencer era. We also unpack what the

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1:00:23

Nerdy Ass Wizard Rock with Charlene Kaye

Ratbag with Mel & Sam ·

2025/04/27

Oh heeeeey! Welcome rat to another Guest Ratbag! (Sorry that we have so many friends!!!). This week we are joined by American singer-songwriter, comedian and actor, most widely known for her solo work under the name KAYE: Charlene Kaye!!! In this week's episode we chat with Charlene about everything from her first big tour with 'Starkid', to ranch camps, to her relationship with her mother and much much more. As always we opened the 'Bring Bring Bitch!' so all of your questions could get answered

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34:48

OMG!! Tom Proposed To Another Woman!!

Ratbag with Mel & Sam ·

2025/04/23

Hello to all u riggity-riggity-RATS!! How’s everyone’s week going?!In today’s Ratfood, we sit down to chat some of our most fucked eating habits (including a stack of saliva-sucked Shapes: no questions until the end pls), Sam tells us all about her much-awaited 30th birthday at La Porchetta and the birthday gift to trump all birthday gifts, Tom tells the story of how he accidentally proposed to another woman and we chat some of the rogue-est gifts we’ve ever received.It’s a really giggly and joyful

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58:32

Seahorses Are Cucks With Chloe Petts

Ratbag with Mel & Sam ·

2025/04/20

Hey there! It's time for another guest episode! This time we are bringing in our first International Guest (!!!) and they are the beloved stand up comedian, football fanatic and genuinellyyyyy the best dressed person from the UK: Chloe Petts! This episode is packed with everything from queer awakenings & love languages to Chloe's millenial coat that they only wear in Melbourne. We also wasted no time in asking Chloe our fav 'Kick Ons' question surrounding 'personal hells' and our 'Bring Bring

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32:53

California Gurls In Space & Suddenly 30 Sam

Ratbag with Mel & Sam ·

2025/04/16

It’s Sammy’s birthday, bitches!! And not just any birthday!! But the big 30!! Go wish her happy birthday IMMEDIATELY or may you all be cursed with being stuck in an overstimulating corridor until the end of time.Today’s ep is a gorgy laidback one chatting all things from the pressures (or lack thereof!) of biological clocks ticking to the power of a good laksa, Katy Perry girlbossing a little too close to the sun (literally in space) and lots in between!Sammy chats the struggles with pressures on

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48:00

Can We Chat On Instagram I'm So Much Better There Hahav

Ratbag with Mel & Sam ·

2025/04/13

Hey there you Rats!!! We're coming in hot for yet another 'Ratbag' episode hosted by your favourite queer comedy duo Mel & Sam. In this weeks episode Mel brings in a necessary unpacking on the obligatory social media follow we do with those we meet on dating aps, and how connected we feel to their lives, despite sometimes having never met them. We then open up our 'Bring Bring Bitch' hotline where a gorgeous listener has asked us how to navigate a certain queer conundrum they are in. There's

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36:12

Tits Out For The CCTV!! Cos We’ve Been ROBBED!!

Ratbag with Mel & Sam ·

2025/04/09

If anyone has any information on our stolen pasta necklaces, or saw anything suspicious, pls call Crime Stoppers on 1800 HOWISTHISOURLIFE. Thank you so much. Any tips off on the case will be greatly appreciated.This week’s Ratfood, we unpack the greatest injustice of all time … folks, we have been ROBBED. Thieved. Swindled. If u will.We also chat some of our worst cases of foot in mouth disease from the last week, we tell you all about our mate Yve Blake’s INCREDIBLE new play reading ‘Mackenzie’

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