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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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01:18:29

Miguel Went On National TV

Critical Banter ·

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

Critical Banter ·

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

Critical Banter ·

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

Critical Banter ·

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

Critical Banter ·

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

Critical Banter ·

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

Critical Banter ·

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

Critical Banter ·

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

Critical Banter ·

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

Critical Banter ·

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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48:13

Dumb and Dumber

Critical Banter ·

2024/12/03

After failing to learn from last week the 2 stooges are here again, running it back another week. Not much is going on in the boys' lives as we talk code freezes, Ro drops a life hack, Sen tells a story of a man almost getting bashed for no reason and we end with a chat about the social media ban.Got a new game this week with “The Linking Game,” which is ripped straight off Tik Tok. Simple game where Ro gives Sen a number and 5 categories that are all linked with that number. Sen’s job is to guess

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01:09:57

Ro's Big News

Critical Banter ·

2024/11/26

Well well well it’s finally happened, this week it’s just Ro and Sen (aka dumb and dumber). They decided not to do a game and instead went yarn heavy, including Ro’s injured hand and a damning commentary on Australia’s GP’s. We also hear about his crazy experience in Bankstown, Sen went to a wedding last week and then went hyper karting before Ro finally reveals he is now an engaged man - talk about burying the lede.We do have a tier list this week with “Compare and Contrast.” This week we tier list

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01:07:34

The Return Of The King

Critical Banter ·

2024/11/19

Stop whatever you’re doing cause we have a massive episode for you guys this week as we are joined live and direct from San Francisco by the king himself Kushagra Kundra. With Kushy back we have a yarn filled episode as we of course talk about the US election and how people reacted over there. Kush then tells some tales of getting a phone plan, edging a shoe company, doing a SWOT analysis on a taser, buying some pepper gel and a rant on tipping culture. Migs shares a story of the wilderness as well

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01:13:50

Make TCB Great Again (with Triple Cheese)

Critical Banter ·

2024/11/12

Miguel is nowhere to be seen as he continues to celebrate the Donald’s re-election. In Miguel’s absence, Raj (aka Triple Cheese) (aka Sen’s cousin) takes his place for his second appearance on the pod. We start with some Stay Dangerous’s, talk US politics, Pauline Hanson, Melbourne Cup, bathroom rare units and finally Sen has some mind your manners.Our game this week is “Guess Who,” both the cousins have very niche knowledge on useless things and people so Ro puts them to the test with a guessing

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58:52

The Oldest Scam In The Book

Critical Banter ·

2024/11/05

Quite an interesting episode this week and to kick us off Sen’s got plenty of yarns. He begins with a Marta update and then launches into a tale featuring his friend and a dog photoshoot which ultimately leads to a discussion on classic scams. Ro then dobs his dad in for some rare behaviour before Migs plays the UNO reverse and dobs Ro in.Our game this week is “Higher or Lower,” fairly straightforward where we have to guess which item from Amazon is more expensive for the first round and in the

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01:25:41

Ro's Big Bet

Critical Banter ·

2024/10/29

Big yarns this episode as we start with a recap of our latest TCB Tries escapade at Parra Lanes. Feel free to write in what you want to see us try next. Then Ro reveals he is a degenerate gambler as he bet everyone else’s money on a boxing fight he had no knowledge about. Miguel talks battle passes and loot boxes in real life in the form of the Mecca Beauty Loop. Finally Sen talks about US politics as we get around Aunty Kamala but secretly wonder if we could become millionaires if we went down the

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01:35:04

Pinoy Party (with The Cheatcoders)

Critical Banter ·

2024/10/22

A huge episode this week featuring some very special guests as we are joined by Don and Cristian from “The Cheatcoders” podcast. As usual we begin by getting to know our guests, how they began their podcasting journey, how they deal with online hate, hobbies outside of podcasting and we hear perhaps our best ever rarest moment story.We put our new guests through their paces with our game “Bullslut.” It’s a 2v2 situation with both podcasts being pitted head to head for bragging rights and

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01:08:45

The Man With No Morals

Critical Banter ·

2024/10/15

Topical start to this week’s episode as we recount a story that happened over a month ago. Sen and Migs went footgolf recently and decided this was the week to regale Ro and the audience with that tale. Ro’s then got his own yarn from that same weekend, including a lavish meal, crab crackers and deceit. We briefly touch upon Sen’s favourite podcast (other than this of course) before Migs ends us with an extremely rare unit at the gym.We have a new game this week with “Minute Scrambled Eggs.” Ro

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01:24:20

We Broke A World Record

Critical Banter ·

2024/10/08

No clickbait this week, as the title suggests, we attempted to break a world record live on air. The Mr Potato Head dream still lives on, but this week the boys tried to beat the world record for the fastest time to drink a capri sun - a much coveted record. After that malarkey, we discussed the new metro and how it’s actually more of a nuisance than convenient. Finally Ro is in his property mogul era as he outlines his ongoing journey to purchasing a property.The game this week is the “TCB Spelling

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01:03:53

TCB Reloaded

Critical Banter ·

2024/10/01

The boys are back on the airwaves this week after a minor blip last week. Kush has safely moved over to the US as we got a glimpse into his life and his living conditions - most importantly, however, his computer (and PS5) are now set up and raring to go. We also tie up some loose ends from our previous few episodes and we have our very first ever “Stay Dangerous.”Our game is “Top 5’s” this week, as quiz master Ro challenges Migs and Sen to name various different top 5’s in categories such as

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