I sat down with Hayden and chatted for a while! We shared a coffee and the incredible Demon Days album by Gorillaz. Origin: dystopian youth dreams. Brew method: big collaborations in a fictional universe. Flavour notes: grimey teenage years; lot of music chat. There's further progress on my synth journey, including some pushes over cliff edges. We do a rough cost-benefit analysis of spotify. Hayden recommends the song the Wheel by Sohn and passes on the really lovely advice to figure out how, somehow, you feel you can make someone feel loved and to do that. I recommended Loving You's Like a Mouldy Cup of Tea by Jack Davies and the Bush Chooks, along with AURORA. We also talk about Hayden's podcast, Modern Guilt (https://www.instagram.com/modernguiltpod; https://www.modernguilt.net/subscribe) and his music (https://open.spotify.com/artist/4PprQjBMdDWKAitRGRsB9d?si=ItZyF--HSZKERlnQ7bVkcA) and the Gamestop thing, before that was such a big thing! Hope you enjoy! :) so good pod is ostensibly just an excuse to sit down and talk with a friend for a while and become a bit closer. It's a part of @so_good_dog (https://www.instagram.com/so_good_dog/). We share a coffee together, or tea, or beer, or even listening to an album or song, and use that as a jumping off point to talk for a while. Because I love friends, and they're all incredible amazing people, and there's always so much I don't know about people, or I feel just dedicating time to talking with someone is a really positive way to become closer to them - and a really wonderful way to spend time. Hopefully you enjoy the conversation, and feel free to use it as an excuse to start a conversation with a friend in your own life! Stay well :)

I talk with Kyle! It was wonderful. We shared the album St Leonards by Slowly Slowly, and talk about all sorts of things. Origin and brew method: Misspent youth. Flavour notes: internal happiness; small town high schools; better ideas for the pod; emotional slaps; and coffee. We get pretty vulnerable at times on this one! Big moods. There's also a brief update on my synth journey. Kyle recommends seeking out media that makes you think on a deeper level, and I recommended the songs Rainbow Bap by Jaden and First Class Bitch by Confidence Man. Hope you enjoy! :) so good pod is ostensibly just an excuse to sit down and talk with a friend for a while and become a bit closer. It's a part of @so_good_dog (https://www.instagram.com/so_good_dog/). We share a coffee together, or tea, or beer, or even listening to an album or song, and use that as a jumping off point to talk for a while. Because I love friends, and they're all incredible amazing people, and there's always so much I don't know about people, or I feel just dedicating time to talking with someone is a really positive way to become closer to them - and a really wonderful way to spend time. Hopefully you enjoy the conversation, and feel free to use it as an excuse to start a conversation with a friend in your own life! Stay well :)

I had a quick chat with myself! Or all of you! Depending on perspective! I talked about Olympia and music a whole lot -- particularly this cover by Olympia of Beck's Dreams (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b54krEdUUR8), and a stripped back live version of Olympia's song Hounds (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UneFpfLgL3E). I shared a coffee with myself that had flavour notes of: the joy of playing music; giving thanks to anyone listening; the future of the pod; and an announcement! I recommended the song Desk Chair by Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers, and being kind. I also talk about this https://www.triplejunearthed.com/artist/terms-art. Hope you enjoy! :) so good pod is ostensibly just an excuse to sit down and talk with a friend for a while and become a bit closer. It's a part of @so_good_dog (https://www.instagram.com/so_good_dog/). We share a coffee together, or tea, or beer, or even listening to an album or song, and use that as a jumping off point to talk for a while. Because I love friends, and they're all incredible amazing people, and there's always so much I don't know about people, or I feel just dedicating time to talking with someone is a really positive way to become closer to them - and a really wonderful way to spend time. Hopefully you enjoy the conversation, and feel free to use it as an excuse to start a conversation with a friend in your own life! Stay well :)

It was so so good to have a conversation with Ryan! We shared the album Blood, Sugar, Sex Magik by the Red Hot Chilli Peppers with flavour notes of: learning guitar; playing in a band and the life-changing effects it can have on others; surfing; movies; different Australian cities; and playing baseball in Japan! And a bit of chat about Melbourne and tattoos too! Ryan passed along amazing advice about slowing down and taking a deep breath when you need to and Colter Wall (the Canadian outlaw country singer). I recommended the album Jump Rope Gazers by the Beths, the songs Escape Artists and About Damn Time by Rise Against. Hope you enjoy! :) so good pod is ostensibly just an excuse to sit down and talk with a friend for a while and become a bit closer. It's a part of @so_good_dog (https://www.instagram.com/so_good_dog/). We share a coffee together, or tea, or beer, or even listening to an album or song, and use that as a jumping off point to talk for a while. Because I love friends, and they're all incredible amazing people, and there's always so much I don't know about people, or I feel just dedicating time to talking with someone is a really positive way to become closer to them - and a really wonderful way to spend time. Hopefully you enjoy the conversation, and feel free to use it as an excuse to start a conversation with a friend in your own life! Stay well :)

Greg and I were able to have a few beers and a really fantastic conversation! Recorded now for your audio pleash. We shared music from iamjakehill and the album A Short Story About a War from Shad, over a Colonial South West Sour, Draught Kolsch and Pale Ale, all having similar flavour notes of: absolutely nerding out about specialty coffee and tea; personal histories and futures with beer; sports and surfing; and synths! Greg recommended being mindful of yourself and your own emotions and the song Kiss Me by Morgan Evans, I recommended July Talk's third studio album, Pray for It (amazing), the song Must be Fine by Miel and there was some mention of the song Anaphylaxis by PUP. Greg also talked about the youtube channel redmeansrecording which I am now definitely recommending. We also did a bit of a round-up of specialty coffee in Brisbane! Talking about Light Coffee, Bunker, John Mills Himself, Felix for Goodness, Tandem, Blackout and Small Batch Beans. If any of those brands would like to sponser the pod (and provide coffee for the show!) I am more than happy to field enquires -- please direct to the instagram linked below. Hope you enjoy! :) so good pod is ostensibly just an excuse to sit down and talk with a friend for a while and become a bit closer. It's a part of @so_good_dog (https://www.instagram.com/so_good_dog/). We share a coffee together, or tea, or beer, or even listening to an album or song, and use that as a jumping off point to talk for a while. Because I love friends, and they're all incredible amazing people, and there's always so much I don't know about people, or I feel just dedicating time to talking with someone is a really positive way to become closer to them - and a really wonderful way to spend time. H opefully you enjoy the conversation, and feel free to use it as an excuse to start a conversation with a friend in your own life! Stay well :)

As we are all undoubtedly aware, we are currently moving through a massive time, particularly in relation to the current discourse in Australia, sparked by the protests in America, regarding racial inequality, police brutality and systematic injustice. As discussed in the pod, the following link is to a google docs page with a whole bunch of information regarding the #BlackLivesMatter movement in Australia, and even a template letter to contact your local federal mp https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ytU31LSoGim5cra3nd5yfZ4IB-87NISnhJtwDEw0Zyc/mobilebasic. I got to have a really lovely chat on a really nice balcony with Amos! The man behind Red Hot Kimchi (https://www.instagram.com/redhot_kimchi/). We shared the album Alfredo from Freddie Gibbs, and then talked green bridges in Brisbane, kimchi, Dragon Ball Z and the fundamentals of cooking. Amos recommended Maangchi for all things kimchi-recipe related (https://www.maangchi.com/) and that crosswords are a good group activity, and I recommended the songs Lilacs by Waxahatchee and No Time by Dos Dos. Hope you enjoy! :) so good pod is ostensibly just an excuse to sit down and talk with a friend for a while and become a bit closer. It's a part of @so_good_dog (https://www.instagram.com/so_good_dog/). We share a coffee together, or tea, or beer, or even listening to an album or song, and use that as a jumping off point to talk for a while. Because I love friends, and they·re all incredible amazing people, and there·s always so much I don·t know about people, or I feel just dedicating time to talking with someone is a really positive way to become closer to them · and a really wonderful way to spend time. Hopefully you enjoy the conversation, and feel free to use it as an excuse to start a conversation with a friend in your own life! Stay well :)

I talked with Grace! A lovely wonderful friend who's hometown is Birmingham, Alabama, population 209,403. We shared the Lowland Hum album Thin, and then talk life in America, life in Australia, barbaric eating habits and coffee. Grace recommended taking time away from distractions, and I recommended the songs Elm by Clever Girl, Climbing a Wall by Floral and Combat Baby by Metric. Hope you enjoy! :) so good pod is ostensibly just an excuse to sit down and talk with a friend for a while and become a bit closer. It's a part of @so_good_dog (https://www.instagram.com/so_good_dog/). We share a coffee together, or tea, or beer, or even listening to an album or song, and use that as a jumping off point to talk for a while. Because I love friends, and they're all incredible amazing people, and there's always so much I don't know about people, or I feel just dedicating time to talking with someone is a really positive way to become closer to them - and a really wonderful way to spend time. Hopefully you enjoy the conversation, and feel free to use it as an excuse to start a conversation with a friend in your own life! Stay well :)

A shorter episode this week! Tried out a shorter structure based on a Top 5 List! I talked with Matthew over a beer and the July Talk self-titled album, we made Top 5 lists of songs that remind us of High School. I recommended the songs I See You by Phoebe Bridgers, I'm not Getting Excited by the Beths, On the Line by San Cisco and See America Right by the Mountain Goats. Matthew recommend the band Enter Shikari generally. Hope you enjoy! :) so good pod is ostensibly just an excuse to sit down and talk with a friend for a while and become a bit closer. It's a part of @so_good_dog (https://www.instagram.com/so_good_dog/). We share a coffee together, or tea, or beer, or even listening to an album or song, and use that as a jumping off point to talk for a while. Because I love friends, and they're all incredible amazing people, and there's always so much I don't know about people, or I feel just dedicating time to talking with someone is a really positive way to become closer to them - and a really wonderful way to spend time. Hopefully you enjoy the conversation, and feel free to use it as an excuse to start a conversation with a friend in your own life! Stay well :)

I talked with Cam all the way from Berlin! We talked a lot of music -- starting with the discography of the Whitest Boy Alive, then KOTA the Friend, Seja (and her amazing HearSej podcast), Maximo Park, Swipe Inc (https://open.spotify.com/artist/1Xwe8pB7mn9DbTzr7FPoqy?si=04c1PapWRZ-1j4OhBG4HVg), Bob Saget, Kite String Tangle, Bilderbuch and Confidence Man. We also talked about how music can act as an anchor point in your life, musicals inter alia (including adding to the Cats discourse), the best coffee in Italy and Confident Music for Confident People and, of course, coffee. Cam recommended the book How Music Works by David Byrne, albums by Thom York, KOTA the Friend, Chance the Rapper and I recommend the song Fold Laundry Together by Heaps Good Friends. I also briefly mention this setlist that Olympia did for Double J -- if you have any inclination whatsoever, I cannot recommend listening to it enough (https://www.abc.net.au/doublej/programs/artist-in-residence/artist-in-residence-olympia/12134814) . Hope you enjoy! :) so good pod is ostensibly just an excuse to sit down and talk with a friend for a while and become a bit closer. It's a part of @so_good_dog (https://www.instagram.com/so_good_dog/). We share a coffee together, or tea, or beer, or even listening to an album or song, and use that as a jumping off point to talk for a while. Because I love friends, and they're all incredible amazing people, and there's always so much I don't know about people, or I feel just dedicating time to talking with someone is a really positive way to become closer to them - and a really wonderful way to spend time. Hopefully you enjoy the conversation, and feel free to use it as an excuse to start a conversation with a friend in your own life! Stay well :)

I caught up with Hayley! All the way from the US. It was really lovely! She had a tea and I had a coffee, and we shared the album Lost Friends by Middle Kids, an absolute gem of an album by an absolute jewel of a band. I briefly mentioned a couple of podcast episodes that involved them from triple j about the history of the song Edge of Town (https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/programs/mornings/inspired-middle-kids-edge-of-town/10961960) and about the history of the band members generally with double j (https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/program-unearthed/middle-kids-family-tree/9795118) -- I really recommend that latter link. We talked moving overseas, making friends, baking, digital minimalism, seweing and first impressions. Hayley recommended a couple of books, Educated by Tara Westover and Mountains on Mountains by Tracy Kidder, as well as going out of your comfort zone! I recommended the bands Pollyman and Everything Everything. Hope you enjoy! :) so good pod is ostensibly just an excuse to sit down and talk with a friend for a while and become a bit closer. It's a part of @so_good_dog (https://www.instagram.com/so_good_dog/). We share a coffee together, or tea, or beer, or even listening to an album or song, and use that as a jumping off point to talk for a while. Because I love friends, and they're all incredible amazing people, and there's always so much I don't know about people, or I feel just dedicating time to talking with someone is a really positive way to become closer to them - and a really wonderful way to spend time. Hopefully you enjoy the conversation, and feel free to use it as an excuse to start a conversation with a friend in your own life! Stay well :)

Jackson and I caught up! We shared the song Roses - Imanbek Remix, by SAINt JHN and Imanbek. Then talked Japan generally, including the prevalance of fax machines and work culture, anime, video games and music. Lots of music! We talked about Kero Kero Bonito, Babymetal, Maximum the Hormone, Foo Fighters, Rise Against and recommended Dying to Believe by the Beths and Big Iron by Marty Robbins. We also talked about a video I did when I travelled in Japan with Ryan a few years ago (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPPwI70R7Hg)! Hope you enjoy! so good pod is ostensibly just an excuse to sit down and talk with a friend for a while and become a bit closer. It's a part of @so_good_dog (https://www.instagram.com/so_good_dog/). We share a coffee together, or tea, or beer, or even listening to an album or song, and use that as a jumping off point to talk for a while. Because I love friends, and they're all incredible amazing people, and there's always so much I don't know about people, or I feel just dedicating time to talking with someone is a really positive way to become closer to them - and a really wonderful way to spend time. Hopefully you enjoy the conversation, and feel free to use it as an excuse to start a conversation with a friend in your own life! Stay well :)

I got to speak with Hugh! We shared thoughts on the latest album from the Strokes, the New Abnormal, and talked movies, books and music generally. Hughy recommended a few books, being the Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha Mukherjee, A Short History of the Twentieth Century by Geoffrey Blainey and Bad Science by Ben Goldacre. He recommended the song Going Gets Tough by The Growlers and I recommended Governess Shadow by July Talk (amazing) and Second by Hope D. Hope you enjoy! so good pod is ostensibly just an excuse to sit down and talk with a friend for a while and become a bit closer. It's a part of @so_good_dog https://www.instagram.com/so_good_dog/. We share a coffee together, or tea, or beer, or even listening to an album or song, and use that as a jumping off point to talk for a while. Because I love friends, and they're all incredible amazing people, and there's always so much I don't know about people, or I feel just dedicating time to talking with someone is a really positive way to become closer to them - and a really wonderful way to spend time. Hopefully you enjoy the conversation, and feel free to use it as an excuse to start a conversation with a friend in your own life! Stay well :)

Bradley and I got to chat and share Instant Coffee even from separate ends of the world! We talked about specialty coffee, sourdough baking and moving countries. We shared the song Instant Coffee by Bugs, and talked about Rammstein, and he recommended Spark Up by Ball Park Music, the Chats generally and I talked up Kyoto by Phoebe Bridgers and the movie Paterson (2016). Love love love the movie Paterson -- cannot recommend it enough! Hope you enjoy! so good pod is ostensibly just an excuse to sit down and talk with a friend for a while and become a bit closer. We share a coffee together, or tea, or beer, or even listening to an album or song, and use that as a jumping off point to talk for a while. Because I love friends, and they're all incredible amazing people, and there's always so much I don't know about people, or I feel just dedicating time to talking with someone is a really positive way to become closer to them - and a really wonderful way to spend time. Hopefully you enjoy the conversation, and feel free to use it as an excuse to start a conversation with a friend in your own life! Stay well :)

I was fortunate to sit down with everhappy Charles. We talk a lot about the band Rise Against, mainly their album Endgame (2011), how what we learn at university helps us, confirmation bias and, of course, talk about cricket and commitment to the game. The main music discussed was Rise Against's whole album Endgame (2011), Kings Kaleidoscope "Sticks & Stones" and "One More Day" by the Slingers. so good pod is ostensibly just an excuse to sit down and talk with a friend for a while and become a bit closer. We share a coffee together, or tea, or beer, or even listening to an album or song, and use that as a jumping off point to talk for a while. Because I love friends, and they're all incredible amazing people, and there's always so much I don't know about people, or I feel just dedicating time to talking with someone is a really positive way to become closer to them - and a really wonderful way to spend time. Hopefully you enjoy the conversation, and feel free to use it as an excuse to start a conversation with a friend in your own life! Stay well :)

The latest episode, recorded remotely! I speak with Hannah, friend and dancer extraordinaire. We talk artistic roller skating, Australian cities, music and podcasts. We also talk about 10/10 by Rex Orange County, a band called Cousin Tony's Brand New Firebird, Now I'm in It by Haim and Freeman by Go Get Mum. Hope you enjoy! so good pod is ostensibly just an excuse to sit down and talk with a friend for a while and become a bit closer. We share a coffee together, or tea, or beer, or even listening to an album or song, and use that as a jumping off point to talk for a while. Because I love friends, and they're all incredible amazing people, and there's always so much I don't know about people, or I feel just dedicating time to talking with someone is a really positive way to become closer to them - and a really wonderful way to spend time. Hopefully you enjoy the conversation, and feel free to use it as an excuse to start a conversation with a friend in your own life! Stay well :)

Starting to get a little more structure. This episode was recorded in February 2020, with Nikola, friend in law and one of the co-hosts of Getting Hot in Here podcast (https://www.gettinghotinhere.com/), a climate podcast exploring simultaneous sustainability journeys. We talk about vaulting + horses, concepts of law, and life generally. We also talk about an Australian artist called Kyle Lionheart, Ghost Choir by Louie Zhong and The Cult of Dionysus by the Orion Experience. Hope you enjoy! so good pod is ostensibly just an excuse to sit down and talk with a friend for a while and become a bit closer. We share a coffee together, or tea, or beer, or even listening to an album or song, and use that as a jumping off point to talk for a while. Because I love friends, and they're all incredible amazing people, and there's always so much I don't know about people, or I feel just dedicating time to talking with someone is a really positive way to become closer to them - and a really wonderful way to spend time. Hopefully you enjoy the conversation, and feel free to use it as an excuse to start a conversation with a friend in your own life! Stay well :)

Remember 2019? A time so similar, yet so different to now. This episode was recorded in October 2019, with good friend, fantastic photographer, and all-round great person Jeremy (https://www.instagram.com/jeremysomphoto/). We talk about having discussions with people of opposing points of view, how to unsuccessfully convince your brother to learn to build a guitar, the vibrant Inspector Clouseau, the Great Barrier Reef and what it means to put into words a thousand photographs (https://oceanity.com.au/blog/view/lady-elliot-island-gigapixel-drone-mosaic-map). Hope you enjoy! so good pod is ostensibly just an excuse to sit down and talk with a friend for a while and become a bit closer. We share a coffee together, or tea, or beer, or even listening to an album or song, and use that as a jumping off point to talk for a while. Because I love friends, and they're all incredible amazing people, and there's always so much I don't know about people, or I feel just dedicating time to talking with someone is a really positive way to become closer to them - and a really wonderful way to spend time. Hopefully you enjoy the conversation, and feel free to use it as an excuse to start a conversation with a friend in your own life! Stay well :)