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Critical Banter

Critical Banter

The Critical Banter Podcast is the show that brings the Friday drinks chat to you. We’re all about the relatable banter you look forward to after work - from dissecting the personalities of the people around us to ranking the most trivial things to the n’th degree and everything in between

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All Episodes

01:12:40

The Sydney Chicken War (with Wingboy)

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2025/04/22

Yet another special episode this week as we welcome Mike and George from Wingboy onto the show. Only the second time we’ve had duel guests on one episode and wowee is this a huge one. We get around Mike and George and learn about their journey to where they are today as well as some industry secrets and future plans for the lads.As usual we play “Bullslut” with our guests as Mike and George take on Ro for bragging rights.We end this week with our take on the very popular chicken wing interview show,

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01:37:11

The Man Who Beat Jetstar (with Rohan)

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2025/04/15

Unofficial guest episode this week as we welcome back friend of the show (and in real life) Rohan for this 3rd* appearance on the pod. We’ve replaced one rare Ro with another and off the rip we dive into whatever niche interests Ro is into lately. We hear about his equally rare roommates, his obsession with side adjusters and his famous battle with Jetstar. We also talk about Vitamin C showers, Ashton Hall and Trump Tariffs.The “Wavelength” game is back after a long time with Sen and Ro giving each

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01:30:41

How To Be A Heavy (with Cal Best)

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2025/04/08

Huge episode this week with another very special guest - Cal Best. The Heavy himself joins us to discuss a range of topics including how he got into watches, how he became a viral sensation, where his famous catch phrases come from as well as just some good funny yarns.As usual we play “Bullslut” with our guest as Cal goes up against both Migs and Ro for bragging rights.We finish this week with a 2 for 1 segment with “What Your X Says About You / Tier List,” as of course we ask Cal about his

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01:25:30

The SHOCKING Truth About Reality TV (with Winna Bhun)

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2025/04/01

Massive episode this week featuring a very special guest - Winna Bhun. We start off getting to know Winna and his many talents including competitive eating, how he grew his social media following, working at a casino, a drunk night out at UNSW and much more.As usual we play “Bullslut” with our guest as Migs and Winna go head to head for bragging rights.We finish this week with a segment called “Mythbusters,” as we ask Winna about his time on Australian Survivor and ask him the hard hitting questions

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01:14:46

Mayhem In Melbourne

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2025/03/25

Yarn heavy episode this week as Ro and Sen recount stories from their weekend in Melbourne, including a very generous restaurant owner, a grumpy casino dealer and large amounts of head loss and carry on from the boys in a story where they definitely come out looking shameful.Our game this week is “Taboo,” which is similar to charades except each round gets more difficult as the game master (Sen) adds a ridiculous rule to the already existing rules.We’re back again with “Top 5’s” this week as the

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01:13:20

Make Kebabs Great Again (with The Ox Show)

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2025/03/18

Very fun episode this week as we are joined by the Kebab master himself - The Ox Show. We learn all about Ox’s journey into the kebab world, how he began, industry secrets, HSP Appreciation Society, Gold Coast Kebabs and he actually shows us his resume.We have our first guest for 2025 and as per usual, the game of choice for our guest is “Bullslut'' as Ox goes head to head against Rohit and Miguel.We end this week with a TCB classic segment with a twist - “Corporate Rare Units.” We love to hear

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01:09:02

Man Vs Cyclone

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2025/03/11

Absolutely huge episode this week filled with plenty of yarns. Sen is back from a quick trip to the USA while Ro is also back from a work trip to Byron Bay. Sen went to Vegas and Ro took on a cyclone - this week is story heavy and self indulgent.We really went above and beyond for our game this week “Logo Quiz.” Based on the famous board game, Ro asks Migs and Sen questions from the game to find a winner.We have a listener-submitted segment this week called “Cheapskates,” where we discuss the

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01:16:38

The Final

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2025/03/04

With Sen exploring alternative (and very right-wing) podcasting options in America and Kush still fighting for his life in the mean streets of San Francisco, we are left with the dynamic duo this week as Miguel & Rohit recap the week. Ro kicks off chatting about the Slater & Gordon incident that left nearly 1,000 executive salaries, performance reviews & other sensitive info leaked.The boys then spend a disgusting amount of time reliving their Summer Football grand final - with behind

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53:40

We Got Deepfaked

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2025/02/25

Another week rolls on and Ro continues to be involved in lengthy battles with various wedding venues across NSW. This week’s battle is catering and which venues will allow delicious Indian and Chinese food to be cooked and served. We then talked about Drake’s Sydney concerts, our Thursday night 6 a side comp before ending with some deeply disturbing footage and a sombre warning about AI.The ever reliable “Bullslut” is back for the first time in 2025. It’s Ro v Sen as the boys take each other one in

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01:05:36

Ro's Wedding Woes

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2025/02/18

Ro is up to his gills in wedding planning and begins this week almost immediately complaining about the cost of wedding venues. We entertain this man for a bit before both Migs and Sen share niche Metro chat, we have an update on Summer Soccer which gets derailed for one of the more unbelievable (as in we don’t believe it) Stay Dangerous stories.The game this week is the “Letter Game” - pretty simple premise as Sen gives the boys 2 letters. They must name a word that begins with the first letter and

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01:18:29

Miguel Went On National TV

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2025/02/11

Few “Stay Dangerous” to kick us off this week before we have an extra unethical life hack from a listener. After we discuss the intricacies of Talon’s plan, we discuss the biggest news of the week - Luka Doncic’s “trade” to the Lakers. Ro then tells us about his accountability group and his menacing communist behaviour. Migs and Sen end with tales of social etiquette in the workplace.For our game this week we bring back the always popular real estate themed “Price is Right.” Migs and Sen try to

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59:25

The Boys Got Betrayed

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2025/02/04

Migs starts proceedings this week with an immediate attack on a certain culture’s parenting style as he retells his encounter with a bratty child at a shopping centre. Ro shamefully admits to playing Last Man Standing Cricket - the lowest form of cricket known to man. Sen then pleads with the listeners for any potential football players looking to join a new team before outing Ro in a tale of betrayal and deceit.Our game this week is a familiar game but with a twist. The game is “Reverse Top 5,”

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52:45

Confessions of a Workaholic

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2025/01/28

We kick this week off straight off the bat with a hot take from Miguel as he ponders if Lavar Ball is the greatest dad of all time. Ro then once again shows off his pro bus agenda with a smear campaign against the metro before Sen ends with a tale featuring Cliff Dive and a security guard hellbent on busting Ro’s balls.New game this week called “Guess the Job.” Miguel has found some very normal job roles that have been given funky titles, the other 2 must guess what the original role is.Our final

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01:14:12

Communist Summer

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2025/01/21

We bid farewell to Kushagra once again but welcome back to Sen who returns from his trip to Vietnam. He comes bearing gifts - both physical and metaphysical in nature. He brings along with him a new ideology which he immediately pushes onto the boys. As the lads get used to their new left wing mantra, Sen regales them with tales of his trip to Vietnam.We’re bringing back an old game with “Stockholm Syndrome” where Sen gives the boys some names and they must figure out if it's an Australian Open

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58:01

The Wickedly Talented TCB

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2025/01/14

The boys from last week run it back again with Sen still MIA, probably pleading with US officials not to ban Tik Tok. In any case, Ro kicks us off with a baffling tale of watching Wicked in cinemas and a potential administration error on his end. He then even more concerningly admits to not knowing Wicked is a musical. Kush then tells a yarn of some cat like PDA, Mig’s saw a bloke wearing a gaming headset out and about before he laments the fact we’re all getting old and we don’t know what skibidi

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01:01:58

The Truth About San Francisco

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2025/01/07

Second episode of the year and we got a full house minus Sen. Kush once again laments his lack of staying dangerous and implores people to accost him on the street if they see him. He also tells a yarn of being involved in a violent high speed motor vehicle accident (he got rear ended by his mate at go karts) and his scheme to get out of paying for it. Ro also has a yarn of trying to get tickets to the Sydney Test Match including how to identify potential scams.Kush has our game today called “Guess

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01:08:58

2025: The Second Coming

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2024/12/31

Happy New Year from all the boys at Critical Banter! After finally settled into his new life into San Francisco, Kush decided now would be a great time to return home to Sydney. Before explaining or even acknowledging Kush's return to the studio, Migs & Sen selfishly take over the Logue to chat about several pressing matters - including New Years Resolutions, Lune Bakery & Star Bar. With that out of the way, Kush is finally allowed to regale some tales from the Bay Area covering his

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49:58

All I Want For Christmas is TCB

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2024/12/24

With Christmas fast approaching, 2 of the 3 boys are in festive spirit - with the devout Christian of the group forgetting his Lord and Saviour's birthday. We kick-off with a GOAT tier Stay Dangerous before we delve into the Christmas yarns - corporate parties & Bad Santa. We're then back to our regular scheduled programming with Rohit's not-so-anonymous work surveys, and his not-so-smart story about going to a birthday party where he knew no-one - including the celebrant.As per the TCB end of

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48:48

Big Willy's Wedding

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2024/12/17

All the boys are back again this week and we begin with more Manu Philippines yarns. That’s a lie, he told all his stories last week, instead Ro gives us a wedding planning update and the man is beginning to feel nervous already, more than 12 months away from the big day. We talk Hawk Tuah again, much to Sen’s delight and Ro’s annoyance. We go full crypto bro’s with a discussion on famous rug pull scams before talking conspiracies about cash, homeless people selling The Big Issue, rounding up for

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01:14:20

Manny Meets Manila

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2024/12/10

Praise the lord because Miguel is back! After last week’s shambolic effort from Ro and Sen, Migs is thankfully back to bring some much needed yarns from his trip to the Phillipines. We discussed Manila traffic, speaking the mother tongue, tourist scams, semi-legal gambling and much more.New and simple game this week called “Rank 5” where as the name suggests Ro gives the boys 5 options and they must rank them in whatever order he says.We end this week with our version of the Spotify Wrapped with

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