FULL SHOW: US Forces

0:05Speaker 1:Ready, Jim?

0:05Speaker 2:Everybody online.

0:11Speaker 1:The Jonesy and Amanda Show.

0:12Speaker 3:Gorgeous Amanda.

0:13Speaker 4:Mistress Amanda is delivering discipline.

0:16Speaker 1:It hurts, but someone's got to do it.

0:17Speaker 5:Bad Amanda, bad, bad Amanda.

0:19Speaker 1:All right, I've got to see Jonesy.

0:21Speaker 3:And the virile Jonesy.

0:23Speaker 1:What a creep.

0:23Speaker 6:I've heard them describe him as a drunken idiot.

0:26Speaker 7:Stay in school and learn school.

0:28Speaker 4:Yeah, okay. Out of the way, Toby.

0:30Speaker 6:Jonesy and Amanda, those are names that you will never forget.

0:33Speaker 1:Bitch.

0:35Speaker 4:Fri-yay, friendy.

0:36Speaker 1:Hi, how are you?

0:37Speaker 4:I am doing all right. I'm great. All the better for seeing your smiling dial in the studio.

0:43Speaker 1:What are your plans for the weekend?

0:44Speaker 4:Oh, well, my wife's birthday on Sunday.

0:46Speaker 1:What's happening? Going out?

0:47Speaker 4:All sorted. The gift is sorted. My daughter's going to make spaghetti vongole.

0:52Speaker 1:She made that last time, didn't she?

0:53Speaker 4:Yeah, Helen likes the spaghetti vongole.

0:55Speaker 1:Is it vongole? I don't eat them, so I don't know. Are they pippies?

0:58Speaker 4:Are they pippies? Yeah, they're pippies or some muscly thing in a pasta.

1:02Speaker 1:But you've got a big group coming over. How can you make enough of it?

1:06Speaker 4:It's pretty easy. The Italians, they know how to cook for a lot of people.

1:09Speaker 1:I guess so. Do you all get enough vongoles?

1:12Speaker 4:Oh, there's a lot of vongole. And the beauty of it is because you get pasta, you pan it out with the pasta. And you don't want too many pippies slash mussels, I think, It is pippies, isn't it? Because the muscles are too big.

1:22Speaker 1:And are they in the shell when they're served up to you?

1:24Speaker 4:Yeah, yeah, yeah.

1:26Speaker 1:Sounds like a lot of work to me.

1:27Speaker 4:Have you ever gone pippying?

1:29Speaker 1:I'm not a pippy person.

1:30Speaker 4:You walk.

1:31Speaker 1:I'm a pippy longstocking.

1:33Speaker 4:You walk along the beach and you do a little bit of a boogie with your feet.

1:36Speaker 5:Yeah.

1:36Speaker 4:And you pick out the pippies.

1:37Speaker 1:Yeah, you pick out a boogie.

1:38Speaker 4:I remember when I was a kid, we went on holidays. And I got a bunch of pippies and put them in a jar, put the lid on the jar. And I thought I'd keep them as a display, you know, like you see in museums.

1:50Speaker 1:They pretty much killed them.

1:51Speaker 4:Well, what happened was because the jar was sealed, the pippies became, they almost like fermented. They obviously died.

2:00Speaker 1:You make kombucha out of them.

2:01Speaker 4:And then there was this, like I could hear a hissing noise in my bedroom, but I never knew what it was. And the smell was beyond belief. And I was like a young teenager at that time.

2:11Speaker 1:What's the hissing noise?

2:12Speaker 4:It was the air escaping from the seal of the jar. Oh, yeah. Oh, the smell was exquisitely bad. And my mother used to say, God's sake, what is going on in your room? And she made me clean it out a million times. And then it was, I realised when I grabbed the glass, the jar of Pippi's, it was boiling hot. They were fermenting.

2:33Speaker 1:And so you knew enough that you knew if you sealed them up, they would die, that there were.

2:38Speaker 4:Pippi's inside the shells. Yeah, I wanted a museum piece. Like, you know, when you go to the museum and you see a bird or something, but they put it in formaldehyde.

2:48Speaker 1:Yeah, they don't just take a bird and seal it up and kill it.

2:50Speaker 4:Yeah, but do you know how hard.

2:52Speaker 1:They let passive smoking take them.

2:53Speaker 4:When you're 12, do you know how hard it is to get formaldehyde? They just don't give it to you.

2:59Speaker 1:No, that's true.

2:59Speaker 4:Now you can get it easy. It's in the formaldehyde aisle at Bunnings.

3:03Speaker 1:Well, I hope Helen has a lovely birthday.

3:05Speaker 4:I don't want to give away a gift too much.

3:09Speaker 1:It's a jar and it's hissing and it's hot as hell.

3:13Speaker 4:We have an action-packed show today, Friday Fields Sessions. I'm so excited. We've got two-fifths of midnight oil coming in. That's a big deal. We'll talk further about that. We've also got our Jonesy and Amanda hot lap, and we can't do anything until we do the fast five.

3:27Speaker 1:Why don't you give us a call?

3:29Speaker 7:135522.

3:30Speaker 4:On gold.

3:30Speaker 6:Damnation.

3:31Speaker 1:We're fast for this thing, girl.

3:34Speaker 7:Fast for the speed of light. Jonesy and Amanda's.

3:38Speaker 4:Fri-yay with the Fast Five. Five questions. Can you go all the way and answer all five questions correctly? If you do that, Amanda will say.

3:44Speaker 1:You will win an unlimited 12-month amazing plan.

3:48Speaker 4:Pretty good. Jasmine is in Mount Pleasant. Hello, Jasmine.

3:52Speaker 5:Hello, how are you today?

3:53Speaker 4:You're Mount Pleasant in Poyth.

3:55Speaker 5:Yes, I'm not in Mount Pleasant anymore. I'm in Stirling now looking after Grandpa.

3:59Speaker 1:He's 92 years old and I have to feed him breakfast now.

4:02Speaker 4:Oh, okay. What's Grandpa reading?

4:05Speaker 5:Well, I'm making him sausages and eggs and fruit.

4:08Speaker 1:Oh, yum.

4:09Speaker 4:Jasmine.

4:11Speaker 5:He's 92 years old and I just want him to be happy.

4:14Speaker 1:My dad is 92 and he's doing really well. He's a little bit of age-related kind of forgetfulness. It's called dementia. But I hope your grandfather's doing well.

4:23Speaker 4:What's your grandpa's?

4:24Speaker 2:Yeah, my grandfather's a bit like that.

4:25Speaker 5:I have to remind him that I'm his granddaughter.

4:28Speaker 4:What's his name? Lenny.

4:30Speaker 6:Lenny.

4:30Speaker 4:Hello, Lenny.

4:32Speaker 5:I call him Lenny boy.

4:33Speaker 4:Lenny boy.

4:34Speaker 1:Make him sound like a budgie.

4:35Speaker 4:Good on you, Jasmine.

4:36Speaker 1:All right, Jasmine, here's question one. In America, a flapjack is an informal name for what?

4:42Speaker 6:A pancake.

4:43Speaker 4:A pancake. Let's play Monster Mash, Jasmine. Let's kick off this Monster Mash.

4:51Speaker 1:Jasmine, we've mashed two songs together. What are they? Whoa.

5:00Speaker 8:That kind of works.

5:06Speaker 4:That works very well. I like it.

5:08Speaker 1:What are the songs?

5:10Speaker 5:Oh, take nine.

5:12Speaker 2:Jasmine.

5:12Speaker 3:Oh, wonderful.

5:14Speaker 1:All the best to Lenny, boy.

5:15Speaker 4:Give Lenny an extra sausage and egg from us. Actually, not too much at that age, you know. Do you know the answer to this? 13, 55, 22, our monster match. Ryan, just play it again just so we can have a bit of finger time. Fast Five.

5:27Speaker 8:We're up to question number two.

5:32Speaker 9:And it goes to Tom in Noosa.

5:36Speaker 3:Hello, Tom.

5:46Speaker 5:Hey, how you going? Very well.

5:48Speaker 1:You've joined us for Monster Mash.

5:50Speaker 4:Let's kick off this Monster Mash. Yeah, let's mash it up.

5:55Speaker 1:Tom, what two songs are being mashed together here?

5:57Speaker 5:Wow, that fits. It does.

5:59Speaker 1:Any ideas, Tom? It fits. It fits.

6:16Speaker 5:Everybody Wants to Rule the World.

6:17Speaker 1:Yes, that's one. What's the other one?

6:20Speaker 5:Is it Olivia Deen, Man I Need?

6:24Speaker 4:Yes, it is.

6:25Speaker 1:There it is. I love that song.

6:27Speaker 4:Yeah, I love that song.

6:30Speaker 1:Olivia Deen is in Australia at the moment.

6:32Speaker 4:Is she really?

6:33Speaker 1:She is indeed. She performed in Melbourne. I think she's Sydney this weekend.

6:36Speaker 4:Okay, is she staying at your place on the divan?

6:38Speaker 1:No, I couldn't be bothered. I said, look, I don't have time to change the sheets.

6:42Speaker 4:Amanda's Celebrity Divan.

6:45Speaker 1:With demand. Question three. This is a multiple choice for you, Tom. Which critically endangered animal eats the bogong moth to survive? Is it A, the mountain pygmy possum, B, the southern corroboree frog, or C, a regent honey eater?

7:04Speaker 5:Can you repeat the question?

7:07Speaker 1:Sure. Well, the question is, which... A critically endangered animal eats the bogong moth to survive. And this is one of the reasons everyone's been thrilled to have the bogong moth back, the migration. Of course, who eats it? Is it the mountain pygmy possum, the southern corroboree frog, or a bird called the regent honey eater?

7:25Speaker 5:I think it's the frog.

7:27Speaker 1:No, sorry, it's not after all that.

7:28Speaker 9:Sorry, Tom.

7:28Speaker 4:You think it'd be the frog with the big tongue and everything?

7:31Speaker 1:No.

7:31Speaker 4:Mel is in Woodridge.

7:32Speaker 1:Hi, Mel.

7:34Speaker 4:Hi.

7:35Speaker 1:Who's thrilled that the bogong moth has arrived? Which critically endangered animal? Is it the pygmy possum? or the Regent honey eater?

7:43Speaker 5:I'd say A, the Australian pygmy possum.

7:47Speaker 4:Yes, it is. Are you getting the bogons in Woodridge?

7:53Speaker 1:I think they're east coast.

7:53Speaker 3:Yeah, I know.

7:54Speaker 4:I was just saying, but they're everywhere.

7:56Speaker 5:At the moment.

7:56Speaker 1:The mountain pygmy possum isn't the only creature that eats the bogon moth. Remember when I ate one?

8:01Speaker 4:That's right.

8:06Speaker 3:A big shot of gizz and shot down my throat.

8:10Speaker 4:That's what's supposed to happen.

8:12Speaker 1:A man from the CSIRO, so he claimed, came in and fed me one.

8:16Speaker 4:Mel, we didn't see any credentials from this man.

8:18Speaker 10:No.

8:19Speaker 4:He just came in and fed Amanda Fogan moths. How many golden tickets were there in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Mel?

8:27Speaker 1:Five. They were five. You've got a good memory.

8:30Speaker 4:Who was your favourite out of all those kids?

8:32Speaker 6:Oh, the big.

8:35Speaker 5:I actually like the Oompa Loompas, not the kids.

8:37Speaker 4:Oh, you don't like the kids? The kids are all bad. I liked Mike TV, but Veruca Salt was good.

8:42Speaker 1:I don't remember much about them.

8:43Speaker 4:How much for the goose, Wonka?

8:45Speaker 1:Question five.

8:46Speaker 4:Here we go.

8:46Speaker 1:This is all you, Mel. Which Australian artist is described by Wikipedia as a performer known for his signature bald head, his eccentric dance style and a mesmerising onstage presence? Who is that?

9:01Speaker 5:Is that Rose angry Anderson?

9:04Speaker 1:No, it's not. Rest in peace, angry.

9:07Speaker 4:Angry today. His funeral was today.

9:10Speaker 1:No, it's not him.

9:12Speaker 4:No, it's not. Rick is in Morley.

9:14Speaker 1:Hi, Rick.

9:15Speaker 5:Hey, Amanda, Jonathan, how you going?

9:17Speaker 4:Very well, thanks, Rick.

9:18Speaker 1:So which Australian artist is described as a performer known for his signature bald head, eccentric dance style and mesmerising onstage presence? Who do you think that is?

9:29Speaker 5:Oh, that has to be, I think, the one and only Peter Garrett.

9:33Speaker 4:It's Peter Garrett. The reason we slipped that question in, because he's coming in for the Friday Fields Sessions, FFS. Him and Martin Rotzi, guitarist extraordinaire from Midnight Oil, performing a song. Rick, no doubt you'll be tuning in for that.

9:46Speaker 6:I will.

9:47Speaker 4:Congratulations to you as well, Rick. You've won the jam pack, an unlimited 12-month Amazim plan. Escape your pricey telco with great mobile deals at Amazim. Rick, you have a good weekend.

9:59Speaker 9:I will do.

9:59Speaker 10:Thanks.

10:00Speaker 7:Jonesy.

10:00Speaker 6:Cheers.

10:01Speaker 4:Carry on. What a nice young man.

10:02Speaker 1:Very much so. Yes, as you say, Peter Garrett is going to be joining us with Friday Feels a little bit later in the show.

10:07Speaker 4:And if you would like to join us on the show for perhaps the past five, jonesyandamanda.com.au.

10:11Speaker 7:See a whole lot more of Jonesy and Amanda on our socials.

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10:18Speaker 1:Your daughter is having twin girls. Am I allowed to say out loud that they're girls? I've said it now.

10:23Speaker 4:Twin A, twin B. That's what they're known as.

10:25Speaker 1:When are they going to be born?

10:27Speaker 5:Uh.

10:28Speaker 4:Oh, yeah, it starts next year sometime. You know, I'm one that doesn't count the chickens before their baby arrives.

10:35Speaker 1:Okay. But, you know, there's a generic kind of area of date. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.

10:39Speaker 4:So January.

10:41Speaker 1:Painful birth.

10:42Speaker 4:January, February.

10:44Speaker 5:Yep.

10:44Speaker 1:So twin A, twin B, do they know names and you're not saying? Or do you know names and you're not saying?

10:49Speaker 4:I have no idea. My daughter has no idea. I don't think. Right now it's just 20. I just got in the 20s. The little twins.

10:56Speaker 1:Actually, annoyingly, for their whole lives, you'll probably call them twins.

10:58Speaker 4:Yeah, twin A and twin B. That's what I'll say.

11:01Speaker 1:It's interesting looking at girls' names. I saw two women who go by the name midlifers. It's everything you couldn't stand. It's two women who go on socials, midlifers, and they just talk about.

11:12Speaker 4:What life's like. Two women doing a podcast. This is new.

11:15Speaker 1:You okay with that? Is it threatening you in some way?

11:17Speaker 10:Yeah.

11:18Speaker 4:Hang on. You don't need to burn a brother. As long as they don't ride their bikes. Ladies, if you wanted to put your opinion on, you're welcome to do that. That's okay. Oh, wow. That's okay by me.

11:32Speaker 1:We've all been given permission.

11:33Speaker 4:That's okay. Just have good microphone technique and don't warble too much.

11:37Speaker 1:Anyway, they are talking about popular names. Before I play what they've said, if we're allowed. The most popular girls' names in 2026 are really old school names. It's Charlotte.

11:49Speaker 9:Yep.

11:49Speaker 1:Amelia.

11:50Speaker 2:Yep.

11:51Speaker 1:Isla. Olivia.

11:52Speaker 3:Yep.

11:53Speaker 1:Mia.

11:53Speaker 4:Sophia.

11:54Speaker 1:Lily. Chloe.

11:55Speaker 4:Hazel.

11:56Speaker 1:And Sienna.

11:56Speaker 4:I know a Hazel. A little baby Hazel.

11:58Speaker 1:So it's a little baby Hazel.

11:59Speaker 11:So cute.

12:00Speaker 1:Someone my age would not be a Hazel. An elderly aunt might be a Hazel. And a newborn baby today might be a Hazel. But in between, there hasn't been that. Mm-hmm. Names like. Agnes. I've heard of an Agnes recently.

12:13Speaker 4:My mother-in-law, Mavis.

12:15Speaker 1:Mavis. Maybe you might now get baby Mavis. I've seen a baby Arthur. My dad's name is Arthur. It was always such an old-fashioned name.

12:23Speaker 4:What about a baby Ralph?

12:25Speaker 1:We have a friend who's had Ralph.

12:26Speaker 4:Little Ralph.

12:26Speaker 1:Little Ralph. So it's interesting that these names tend to skip generations, but there's a whole lot of names that you don't hear anymore, and no one's surprised by that. You know, Craig- Baby Brett. Those sort of names you're not going to get.

12:40Speaker 4:You don't get Baby Craigs anymore.

12:41Speaker 1:No, you don't. But I was surprised to hear these women talk about they feel their names are now cancelled. And these aren't those kind of names. Have a listen. Heathers.

12:53Speaker 5:That name is discontinued.

12:54Speaker 1:Stephanie.

12:55Speaker 12:Discontinued.

12:56Speaker 1:Suzette. Suzanne.

12:58Speaker 9:Susan.

12:59Speaker 1:Discontinued.

13:00Speaker 5:Hey, I just had a baby.

13:02Speaker 1:Oh, what'd you name her?

13:03Speaker 5:Lisa.

13:03Speaker 9:Jessica.

13:06Speaker 4:Nope.

13:07Speaker 1:Monica. Put your name on a resume. They're like over 40. Michelle.

13:11Speaker 5:Discontinued.

13:13Speaker 9:Anne.

13:14Speaker 1:Discontinued.

13:16Speaker 9:Amy.

13:17Speaker 7:Nobody's getting that anymore.

13:18Speaker 1:Isn't that interesting?

13:19Speaker 7:Like Stephanie.

13:20Speaker 1:That still seems to me like a new name.

13:22Speaker 4:Yeah, that's a new name.

13:23Speaker 1:But people don't call their babies that. They're probably the mum's names that end up being middle names. But you're not calling it. It's interesting that these are now seen as as the Carols and the Beverleys that we grew up with. You wouldn't call your child Carol or Beverley as a baby. But now Stephanie, I saw Amanda was on one of those lists, Angela, Monica, those names have now made it onto the discontinued list.

13:47Speaker 4:There it is. What about Dick?

13:50Speaker 1:Let me have a look.

13:51Speaker 4:No one calls their kid Dick anymore.

13:52Speaker 1:No, they still have a Richard.

13:54Speaker 4:Yeah, but no one calls their kid Dick.

13:56Speaker 1:No, no.

13:57Speaker 4:You never say, that kid, he looks like a dick.

13:59Speaker 5:No.

14:01Speaker 1:Food for thought for your daughter.

14:03Speaker 4:Dick one and dick two.

14:05Speaker 3:Jam.

14:05Speaker 2:Jam nation.

14:06Speaker 4:This might be more suited for a tin hat Tuesday, but the well-held conspiracy theory that we don't exist.

14:13Speaker 1:Who's we? What do you mean?

14:13Speaker 4:You, me, Gemma Rye.

14:15Speaker 1:Who says we don't exist?

14:16Speaker 4:The greater world believes that our nation, Australia, does not exist.

14:21Speaker 1:See, this is the thing, that individuals think they know better than explorers. I mentioned those ancient explorers who went, they got scurvy. They went without nice things for so long they got seasick. They risked everything. People say, nah, maps don't believe them.

14:36Speaker 4:They sent Captain Cook off and they just gave him a blank bit of paper and just said, mate, fill it out as you go.

14:40Speaker 5:Yeah.

14:40Speaker 4:We'd appreciate it when you get back to have some sort of.

14:43Speaker 1:Yeah, and the Indigenous Australian population for millions of years, what, none of this is real.

14:49Speaker 4:None of it's real. According to largely you would say Americans.

14:54Speaker 1:Yes, I would say.

14:54Speaker 4:You would say Americans have said this.

14:56Speaker 1:Why do they think we've made it up?

14:58Speaker 4:I think just Americans, all they care about is America, and that's pretty much it. And I was surprised there's a podcast, the Joe Marla Will See You Now BBC Sounds podcast.

15:11Speaker 1:I don't believe that exists.

15:12Speaker 4:No, it doesn't exist. But he had Spex Gonzalez on the show.

15:17Speaker 1:Of course he did.

15:18Speaker 4:Spex is not American. He's an Englishman. But he believes, truly, that Australia doesn't exist. You refuse to believe Australia's a real place. I think it's, like, obvious now. There's more kangaroos than human beings. It's a country and a continent. And it's the only country in the world that has animals that are nowhere else in the world. And we're going to just accept this as real. Genuinely, this is what I believe.

15:45Speaker 3:Have you been there?

15:46Speaker 7:I flew there.

15:47Speaker 1:Did you have a kangaroo burger? No.

15:49Speaker 5:That.

15:50Speaker 4:That's Laid-Amaze that we don't exist.

15:52Speaker 1:Aren't there a whole lot of animals that only exist in a certain place, like the Galapagos turtle? You're not going to find that off Fiji. Exactly. There are animals that only exist within a certain place.

16:02Speaker 4:Recently I was in New Zealand. They have no animals there other than sheep and kiwis.

16:06Speaker 1:They've got nothing that will get you.

16:08Speaker 6:I know.

16:08Speaker 3:It's great.

16:08Speaker 1:They've got no spiders and snakes.

16:10Speaker 4:I actually put my hand into a rotting log and just rolled it round in there.

16:14Speaker 1:Because you could.

16:15Speaker 4:Because I could.

16:16Speaker 1:They still have dinghy fever.

16:17Speaker 4:I was going to get munched by a snake.

16:20Speaker 1:No, you're not going to get munched by anything.

16:21Speaker 4:They don't have dengue fever, do they?

16:22Speaker 1:No, no, they don't. You're quite safe.

16:23Speaker 3:Oh, hang on.

16:25Speaker 4:No, you're quite safe.

16:26Speaker 1:Check the small print. Hang on. Hang on. Hang on a minute. I'm not sure.

16:30Speaker 4:I must say the sheep were nervous when I was doing that. I love you.

16:37Speaker 7:You're listening to the Jonesy and Amanda podcast.

16:45Speaker 4:Rosie and Amanda, those are two great names.

16:47Speaker 1:Such a scam. I'm not a scam.

16:49Speaker 5:Gents, the chemistry between them, but how much of that is real?

16:52Speaker 1:Mind your own business and shut your pie hole. I wish you well with your show.

16:55Speaker 4:I'm excited about the Formula One Grand Prix coming to Melbourne. I remember years ago my agent rang and they said they want you to go into the celebrity car race. My star had risen enough to go in the celebrity car race and that's all I wanted to do because I know you'd been in it. No, I haven't.

17:11Speaker 9:Haven't you?

17:11Speaker 4:I thought you went in it.

17:12Speaker 1:No. I was asked to, but I barely had my driver's licence. This is years and years and years ago.

17:18Speaker 4:This is years ago. This was when I was in Adelaide. That's how long ago it was.

17:22Speaker 1:Yeah.

17:22Speaker 4:And they said, would you be interested in? I said, would I? And then they canned it before it happened.

17:28Speaker 1:That's because there were a spate of big accidents. I know.

17:31Speaker 4:But no one cares if they see Glen Ridge going around the track in a car.

17:36Speaker 1:But they'd care about you?

17:37Speaker 4:They'd care if they saw Jonesy.

17:38Speaker 1:Do you think you're more famous than Glen Ridge was at his peak?

17:40Speaker 4:No, I'm just saying.

17:41Speaker 1:Is that what you're saying?

17:42Speaker 4:They just want to see carnage. They'd care if they saw Jonesy put Glen Ridge into the wall.

17:47Speaker 2:We should do a poll.

17:48Speaker 1:Would you rather see Jonesy or Glen Ridge at his peak?

17:52Speaker 4:What, as a race car driver?

17:54Speaker 1:No, at his peak of his fame. Why would they prefer to see you? Glen Ridge could not walk the streets as a famous man.

18:00Speaker 4:Anything you say about Glen Ridge, you say to me.

18:02Speaker 1:I think I am.

18:03Speaker 4:Anything you say about Glen, nice prize, Ridge. You say to me, because he, I worship at the table of gladness.

18:09Speaker 1:If you would like to go to the Grand Prix, we've got tickets for you coming up next.

18:13Speaker 4:On gold. jonesyandamanda.com.au Damnation. It's lights out in Melbourne. Don't miss the Formula One Moet & Chandon Australian Grand Prix 2027 in April. Tickets on sale now at grandprix.com.au.

18:33Speaker 7:Jonesy and Amanda's podcast.

18:36Speaker 4:Do the big voice. No, it's too shouty. Go on.

18:38Speaker 1:It's very shouty for me.

18:39Speaker 4:Get your backside tracks on.

18:40Speaker 1:I know the Grand Prix is loud, but it doesn't have to be loud between now and then.

18:44Speaker 4:It's so good. And I'm just devo that my star had risen enough to go into the celebrity race, and then they axed it.

18:50Speaker 1:It's outrageous. Isn't it just? Did you get fitted for your onesie?

18:55Speaker 4:No, no, I never got that far. But the agent said, they want you for it next year. Would you be interested? I went, yes, yes, yes, yes. Please, this is the greatest thing in the world.

19:01Speaker 1:And just you wanting it was enough for people to nix it. No way.

19:04Speaker 4:I didn't even get my fire retardant suit.

19:07Speaker 1:All you need is Gordon Elliott to go into.

19:09Speaker 4:A wall and it's all over. Sean is in Ballarat. Sean, you'd love to see the celebrity race come back, wouldn't you?

19:17Speaker 11:Oh, 100%.

19:17Speaker 4:Yeah, see?

19:18Speaker 1:And would you like to see Glen Ridge in it, Sean?

19:20Speaker 5:See who?

19:22Speaker 1:Do you know who Glen Ridge is? No, I have no idea. Glen Ridge was a very famous host of, was it Temptation?

19:29Speaker 4:No, that was Tony Barber. Do you know who Tony Barber is, Sean? I've heard of him.

19:34Speaker 3:Yeah.

19:35Speaker 4:Now, he was on.

19:36Speaker 1:Price is Right?

19:37Speaker 4:No, the show, Sale of the Century. That's what I said. No, you didn't. You said Temptation. Temptation begat Sale of the Century.

19:45Speaker 1:Oh, look, either way.

19:46Speaker 4:It's a walk down memory lane.

19:47Speaker 1:Sean, we have on the line here two.

19:50Speaker 4:Would you like to? Here's a ding-dong battle. Jonesy and Eddie McGuire racing for pinks on Thunder Road. What do you think, Sean?

19:59Speaker 5:Are we going to be a close race? No.

20:02Speaker 4:I would towel up Eddie.

20:03Speaker 1:So you're getting angry at a hypothetical.

20:06Speaker 4:But you were going to be a close race. Sean.

20:09Speaker 5:I think Eddie's reputation might get you a little bit.

20:12Speaker 4:Oh, come on, Sean. I'll tell you right now.

20:16Speaker 1:This is all moot. This is moot. They don't have the celebrity race.

20:20Speaker 4:I'll give Eddie a half lap head start.

20:23Speaker 1:Brendan, this isn't real.

20:24Speaker 4:I'll pull a spark plug lead off my car.

20:27Speaker 1:It's not real. Sean, here's what you're playing for. This is real. Two passes to the Grand Prix on the Sunday. And if you are drawn, if you're successful, you can go into the running for a VIP upgrade that involves watching it from the grandstand.

20:41Speaker 4:You ready to go, Sean?

20:42Speaker 1:We haven't even told Sean the rules. Sean, what we're going to do is we're going to reveal a category. Within 30 seconds, you have to give us five answers for what might go into that category.

20:51Speaker 4:On that particular category.

20:52Speaker 1:Do you understand and obey?

20:53Speaker 5:Okay.

20:54Speaker 1:Yes, I do.

20:56Speaker 4:It's not going to be TV game shows from the 50s, okay, Sean? We won't do that to you.

21:00Speaker 1:It's not about who could Jonesy beat in a hypothetical race.

21:03Speaker 4:I tell you right now, I would beat.

21:06Speaker 1:Zeus!

21:06Speaker 4:I would beat Eddie. Actually, Eddie would beat you.

21:11Speaker 10:Stop.

21:11Speaker 1:Just stop.

21:12Speaker 4:Okay, Sean.

21:12Speaker 1:Here's your category.

21:13Speaker 4:Let's go. Let's count them down. Today, it's car brands.

21:21Speaker 1:Go. Five car brands. Sean?

21:29Speaker 11:Brands I didn't like to make.

21:31Speaker 1:Yeah, types of car.

21:34Speaker 11:Holden, Colorado, Toyota Kluger, Toyota Yaris, Toyota Supra, Nissan Skyline.

21:41Speaker 1:I think you've given us five.

21:45Speaker 9:You could have said Ford.

21:49Speaker 4:You could have said Jeep, Mercedes.

21:52Speaker 1:But we probably confused you by saying makes and brands. You went very forensic and well done.

21:58Speaker 4:You didn't say Tesla, Sean, so good on you.

22:02Speaker 5:No, no electric.

22:03Speaker 4:Good man, good man. Sean, congratulations. You've got two Sunday GA passes to the Formula One Australian Grand Prix and you've gone in the running for a VIP upgrade. If you win, you'll be watching from the grandstand. I can't believe it, you little ripper. Yeah, just imagine me and Eddie and Amanda going.

22:20Speaker 1:And Glen Ridge.

22:21Speaker 3:And Tony's father.

22:23Speaker 1:Hopefully I'm sitting beside you.

22:25Speaker 4:You're driving in the car as well.

22:26Speaker 5:Yeah.

22:28Speaker 4:Good on you, Sean.

22:29Speaker 1:Thank you, Sean. Oh, my God.

22:31Speaker 5:Thank you.

22:32Speaker 4:It's Lights Out in Melbourne. Don't miss the Formula One Moet and Shandon Australian Grand Prix, 2027 in April. Tickets on sale now at grandprix.com.au.

22:41Speaker 1:And we'll play again on Monday.

22:42Speaker 4:Jonesyandamanda.com.au. That's the only way you can get on. Do it on gold. Jam Nation.

22:48Speaker 1:I had a life-affirming early evening on my holidays. There's a sentence you don't hear a lot. Yeah. I... It was on the south coast, a little town near there called Culbarra.

22:59Speaker 4:Top spot.

23:00Speaker 1:Top spot has its Culbarra Fair, and part of this is a boomer's night. And when I say night, it started at three in the afternoon and was over at seven. And it was in a community centre, which was conveniently next to the cemetery, just in case. But the band that was playing, a whole lot of local bands were playing, but the band of the night … That's hush.

23:24Speaker 11:Hush.

23:24Speaker 1:Les Glock. And they had this one.

23:27Speaker 8:Yeah.

23:27Speaker 11:Les Glock.

23:40Speaker 4:He's a gun. He is a gun.

23:42Speaker 1:Les Gock, I've met him and he's one of the nicest men in the universe.

23:46Speaker 4:He went into advertising, didn't he?

23:47Speaker 1:He went into advertising and into music production.

23:49Speaker 4:Do you know any of the ads that he did? Didn't he do?

23:51Speaker 1:Apparently. I've only heard this hearsay. I think he did the Decoray.

23:56Speaker 4:No. Let me get Decoray.

23:58Speaker 1:Decoray. And also Suzanne. Get that one too.

24:01Speaker 4:What was Suzanne?

24:01Speaker 1:This goes with that.

24:02Speaker 4:Oh, okay.

24:03Speaker 1:I think they were his, but I could be lying.

24:06Speaker 10:Decorate.

24:10Speaker 3:Decorate. Decorate.

24:12Speaker 5:Decorate.

24:18Speaker 4:I shampoo my hair. I really love it.

24:21Speaker 1:It's all this, isn't it?

24:22Speaker 4:What happened to the censorship board? You know, does anyone check these ads before they go to air?

24:29Speaker 1:That was famous for its hand up and down the shampoo container.

24:34Speaker 4:You know, who was the director that day? And what was the other one?

24:38Speaker 1:This goes with that. It's Suzanne.

24:39Speaker 3:Oh, this.

24:40Speaker 4:Hang on. Oh, this is the modern one.

24:45Speaker 1:No, we don't want this one.

24:46Speaker 4:No, that's too modern. No, we need a.

24:48Speaker 1:We just want the this goes with that, goes with this, goes with that, goes with this.

24:52Speaker 4:Here we go. This goes with this. What's this version? This is the reggae version.

25:02Speaker 1:Are you joking?

25:04Speaker 4:I'm not making this up. Does it say reggae version? Yeah, it does.

25:09Speaker 1:Where's the one we remember from the ad?

25:12Speaker 4:That's not it either.

25:13Speaker 1:Why don't you look up the ad?

25:14Speaker 4:I'm looking up the ad. Hang on, hang on.

25:18Speaker 1:A new world of love.

25:25Speaker 4:Where's the original one?

25:26Speaker 1:We just want the jingle. Just put in jingle. Suzanne Jingle.

25:29Speaker 4:Yeah, well, I know how to YouTube.

25:31Speaker 1:Well, obviously not. You're going through all the genres.

25:34Speaker 4:It's what's come up there.

25:35Speaker 1:Just play the one that was in the ad. This goes with that.

25:43Speaker 4:Okay, anyway, I think.

25:44Speaker 6:That.

25:44Speaker 1:So he and his wife, Milan, had this incredible music company that did the most iconic ads of all time. So anyway, he still performs in a band that is called The Interceptors, and they played that night at the Cobar Affair.

26:00Speaker 4:Yep. This goes with that?

26:02Speaker 1:They didn't play that song. They did play a couple of the hush ones.

26:04Speaker 9:Yep.

26:05Speaker 1:But it was all this great.

26:06Speaker 4:I think they did.

26:08Speaker 1:Play another one. Song number four.

26:10Speaker 4:Play your third song.

26:11Speaker 1:Talking to Les, and I'll get to more about the band he's in now in a minute, he said, because they were the first glam rock band in Australia and they sort of would back Gary Glitter.

26:22Speaker 5:Yeah.

26:23Speaker 1:At the Horton Pavilion, you know, all these iconic shows.

26:26Speaker 4:Before Gary Glitter was on the nose.

26:27Speaker 1:Before Gary went to the dark side.

26:31Speaker 6:Yeah.

26:32Speaker 1:So they've got this incredible history.

26:34Speaker 4:Did they say anything about him being a big weirdo?

26:36Speaker 1:No, I want to know about Les's outfits. He said they sort of got them almost from Elizabethan Theatre Trust. They had to get changed in the toilets and couldn't look. There was no mirrors and no lighting, so they came out on stage looking deranged.

26:46Speaker 4:That explains a lot.

26:47Speaker 1:It does explain a lot.

26:48Speaker 4:Even Molly looked more flummoxed.

26:51Speaker 1:Well, he looked like he was dressed from Suzanne.

26:53Speaker 4:He did. He loved a knit.

26:55Speaker 1:He's in a band now. Three of the guys have been performing together for 55 years. It's called The Interceptors. There's a couple of newbies thrown in. And they play as a fundraising thing. They have raised tens of thousands of dollars for Parkinson's disease, for childhood bereavement counselling, for brain research, among a whole lot of other stuff. They are such good guys and they sound fantastic.

27:16Speaker 7:Wow.

27:20Speaker 4:All right, they're doing La Grange.

27:24Speaker 1:And the whole place on this boomer's night was going off at the Citizen Centre. Everyone was up and dancing. Can you turn it down, Ryan?

27:34Speaker 4:That's enough, Ryan. So I was going off until seven.

27:37Speaker 1:It was. It finished at seven.

27:38Speaker 2:It was perfect.

27:39Speaker 1:But anyone who thinks that people of this age are past it, You should have been in that room. The band was going off. The crowd was going off. It was just brilliant.

27:48Speaker 4:Did you get him to do deck all right? You could have done some shampoo bottle.

27:53Speaker 1:No, Brendan, thank you. Jonesy and Amanda.

27:57Speaker 7:Listen to the podcast whenever you want with the free iHeart app.

28:00Speaker 4:On Friday, we like nothing more than standing around the water cooler because... Studies.

28:05Speaker 9:Have shown that more information gets passed through water cooler gossip than through official members.

28:19Speaker 3:Indeed.

28:20Speaker 4:And today around the good old-fashioned water cooler.

28:23Speaker 1:Well, we have been on the east coast of Australia inundated with the bogong moth, the migration, the great migration of the bogong moth.

28:31Speaker 4:We were talking to someone in Western Australia before and they said they saw one. So that's quite the migration.

28:36Speaker 1:Talk about blown off course. What about my sister-in-law? She was down in New South Wales with me. All these moths have come from the north. They're trying to find their ways to the cooler climes so that they can get away from the heat.

28:46Speaker 4:Yep.

28:48Speaker 1:One of them got into her toilet bag and she flew home with it and it ends up back in Brisbane.

28:52Speaker 4:They'll be going, Gary, what are you doing back here?

28:55Speaker 1:I've travelled for three days and I'm here?

28:57Speaker 2:So this is the question.

28:59Speaker 1:Would you rather be in a small room like a bathroom with 10,000 bogon moths flapping around your head or... Eat 10 burglar moths in 10 minutes. It's doable. I've eaten two, actually, and I know that they're not inedible.

29:14Speaker 4:You just ate one just then by opening your big gob.

29:16Speaker 1:They're not inedible. So they're not dangerous. They're meaty. They're quite meaty.

29:21Speaker 4:10 in 10 minutes.

29:22Speaker 1:Or have 10,000 moths flapping around your head.

29:26Speaker 4:The more I think about it, the more I think about the room. I'm happy with that.

29:30Speaker 1:With the flapping?

29:30Speaker 4:Yep, with the flapping. I could live with that. Water cooler chat. Josh is with us. Hello, Josh. Morning, how are we?

29:36Speaker 11:Or afternoon, I don't know what time it is.

29:39Speaker 9:No, fair enough.

29:39Speaker 4:All right, Josh.

29:40Speaker 1:Wake up, Josh. You're in a bathroom and you have a choice. You've either got 10,000 moths flapping around your head or you've got to eat 10 in 10 minutes. What are you doing?

29:49Speaker 11:As someone who's actively trying to bulk up, I would try and eat the moths because put a bit of salt and pepper on there, that's way better than having them all fluttering around me.

30:00Speaker 7:No, I'd eat them.

30:00Speaker 1:And they are a big protein source. Every gym bro's trying to get their protein.

30:05Speaker 4:So all those entry-take guys are all, do you even live, bro, eat a moth? Is that what they're doing, Josh? Yeah, absolutely.

30:12Speaker 11:All the dudes in the gym, that's their go-to. It's better than protein powder, I tell you what.

30:17Speaker 1:Thank you, Josh.

30:18Speaker 4:Grind up some, get the mortar and pestle out. Thank you. Sam has joined us.

30:21Speaker 1:Hello, Sam. Would you rather have them flapping around your head or eat them?

30:25Speaker 7:I'd rather have them flapping around my head. I don't want them in me at all.

30:28Speaker 1:Okay.

30:29Speaker 10:No.

30:29Speaker 1:All right. Thank you, Sam.

30:30Speaker 4:We're talking about moths here.

30:32Speaker 1:Oh, gym bros.

30:33Speaker 4:Thank you, Sam. Rachel has joined us.

30:35Speaker 1:Hello, Rachel. Would you rather have 10,000 moths flapping around you or eat 10?

30:41Speaker 5:Both are pretty terrifying, to be honest, but I think I could put up with the fluffing around my head rather than eating them.

30:47Speaker 4:When you think about eating the moth, that's one a minute for 10 minutes.

30:50Speaker 1:That's quite doable. I could do it.

30:52Speaker 4:No, it's a dry old argument. It's a dry old argument.

30:55Speaker 1:You could rinse it down with a glass of water.

30:56Speaker 4:No, there's no condiments. There's no additives.

30:58Speaker 1:Are you allowed to have a glass of water?

31:00Speaker 4:No, there's no glass of water. You're in your bathroom. Okay, only if you drink from the toilet.

31:04Speaker 1:Now you're talking.

31:06Speaker 4:Thank you, Rachel. Let's wrap this up with Tim.

31:08Speaker 1:Tim, are you going to have 10,000 moths around your head or 10 in your mouth?

31:12Speaker 5:10,000 around my head, please.

31:15Speaker 3:All right.

31:15Speaker 4:Okay.

31:16Speaker 1:Well, Tim has opted for that.

31:18Speaker 4:Tim, we're going to make that happen for you.

31:19Speaker 1:That's our latest competition.

31:22Speaker 4:You're going to regret those words. Thank you. I think it's been, actually, what was the outcome of that?

31:28Speaker 1:I think most people would prefer to have them flapping around their head than have to eat.

31:31Speaker 4:Okay. So 80% of people say flap around your head.

31:34Speaker 10:Yeah.

31:35Speaker 4:And keep your mouth shut.

31:36Speaker 1:And the moths are breathing a sigh of relief.

31:37Speaker 4:Thank you for being part of. Water cooler chat. Water cooler chat. Friday Field Sessions is coming up. Peter Garrett and Martin Rotzi will be joining us. Perhaps we're going to give them a big feed of bogan moth to be getting on with. At our radio station, we have the Client Experience Services team. This used to be just known as Radio Sales.

32:06Speaker 1:It's all word salad, isn't it? Ryan, remember when you wore a suit for half an hour?

32:10Speaker 4:Yeah, what was that conference? Yes, that's right. I went corporate. I went to the Wellness and Networking Conference.

32:15Speaker 1:Wank. No, it wasn't.

32:16Speaker 7:It was actually quite important.

32:17Speaker 4:No, that's... Anyway, that... This team, the Client Experience Services team, every week have a little thing on their whiteboard saying, would you rather? And we thought we'd nick it, we'd saddle it with a catchy intro and call it Water Cooler Chat. Water Cooler Chat. Water Cooler Chat. Now it's time for Water Cooler Chat.

32:42Speaker 3:Water Cooler Chat.

32:44Speaker 1:Well, an interesting one this week that I think most people who live on the eastern seaboard of Australia will have an opinion on. We're talking about bogong moths. We have been reminded that this is a migration. It's not an infestation. But normally when small things flap around your head and live in the corners of your living room, we get anxious and want to get the spray out. We've been told, don't do that. This is an endangered species. So we're trying to live with them, but it's not necessarily easy. So how about this as a question? Would you rather be in a small room with 10,000 bogong moths?

33:19Speaker 4:How small is the room? Our studio here?

33:22Speaker 1:Smaller than this. I think like a bathroom, a small bathroom.

33:26Speaker 4:Okay, so 10 by 8?

33:28Speaker 1:So let's not get too many numbers in here because already we've got 10,000 bogong moths for 10 minutes in your bathroom. Or eat 10 bogong moths. In 10 minutes. I have eaten a bourbon moth. Our Indigenous population over the years have eaten these.

33:47Speaker 4:Yeah, but they're not eating them now.

33:48Speaker 1:No, and I made the mistake of doing that. We had a man a number of years ago, the last giant migration of these, came into the radio station from the CSIRO, and I ate a big fat one, and then he said, maybe try a cooked one, and I realised I'd eaten a raw one. I don't even know if I was supposed to, and I loved it.

34:05Speaker 10:LAUGHTER A big shot of gizzan shot down my throat.

34:14Speaker 4:That's what's supposed to happen. You're really enjoying that.

34:18Speaker 1:But it is, it tasted a bit like a Big Mac, meaning it's heavy and meaty and full of protein. But a lot of people have eaten them. Many of our Indigenous population over thousands and thousands of years have eaten them.

34:29Speaker 4:But it tastes like hell. Now we've got good stuff like KFC. We don't have to eat it.

34:33Speaker 1:But maybe 10 in quick succession. Get rid of it. Pretend you're on I'm a Celebrity, get me out of here.

34:38Speaker 4:In 10 minutes.

34:39Speaker 1:In 10 minutes. Or have 10,000 of them flapping around your head.

34:45Speaker 4:I reckon I'd go in the room. I'd do the room.

34:47Speaker 1:I would too. And I'd breathe through it and think, these are endangered. They're beautiful. They're beautiful.

34:51Speaker 10:Oh.

34:52Speaker 4:I would laugh if you just inhaled one. You just inhaled a moth.

34:58Speaker 1:I think I did. That's one.

35:01Speaker 4:There you go.

35:02Speaker 1:Only nine to go.

35:03Speaker 4:Well, maybe take a drink of water. Gem Y. Rye, what would you do? Well, I think I would eat the moths, to be honest. Eat the moths. Can I ask, could I add some condiments? No, no, no, no.

35:16Speaker 1:I don't think you can fry them up so they're invisible.

35:19Speaker 4:No, there's no condiments. There's no condiments. No, you're in your bathroom. There's no condiments. So you're eating them raw. I think with 10,000 in a small room, you're probably going to eat some anyway, aren't you?

35:30Speaker 1:Like I ate one just then in our studio and I can't even see any.

35:33Speaker 4:Look, you've heard what we've had to say. What do you think? What a cooler chat. Be in a small room with 10,000 bogon moths for 10 minutes or eat 10 bogon moths in 10 minutes. These are the big issues. We'll put this to Peter Garrett when he joins us later.

35:49Speaker 7:You're listening to the Jonesy and Amanda podcast.

35:52Speaker 8:We had so many requests for them to do it again.

35:57Speaker 7:Jonesy and Amanda.

35:58Speaker 5:Amanda, she just cracks me up.

35:59Speaker 1:Maybe you shouldn't lay off the moonshine.

36:01Speaker 10:Jonesy's always knocking Amanda.

36:03Speaker 4:It's so weak.

36:03Speaker 6:Amanda's always knocking Jonesy.

36:05Speaker 3:I'm done.

36:05Speaker 4:It's a good thing we got Sparrow here. Well, hello there, the Friday Field Sessions. And today I'm beside myself. We have Midnight Oil royalty Peter Garrett and Martin Rotzi from Midnight Oil coming in to perform.

36:19Speaker 1:I know that, I mean, absolute, as you say, royalty. And you and I have interviewed and hung out with Peter Garrett over the years.

36:27Speaker 4:What an incredible man he is. He came to our book lodge. I couldn't believe it. There was Peter Garrett at our book lodge.

36:32Speaker 1:He's an amazing man. But I happen to know that the first interview you ever did with him, remember this? I want to say it's community radio, but it wasn't. You're in Karratha. It was your first radio job.

36:41Speaker 4:You know, this.

36:43Speaker 1:You were a professional. You were working on radio at the time.

36:46Speaker 4:Yes, and it was my first.

36:48Speaker 1:You're rubbing your face as you say it now.

36:49Speaker 3:My first big.

36:50Speaker 4:Interview that I'd ever done. Before that, I'd spoken to Cole Elliott.

36:54Speaker 1:Who's he?

36:54Speaker 4:He's a banjo-playing comedian. That was a big deal. But before that, I hadn't spoken to anyone of the calibre. of peter garrett and i was also a huge midnight and a huge midnight off fan of course so it was very very and this i do not like hearing this well.

37:14Speaker 1:I'm sorry but you're going to have to this is a snippet from brendan's very first interview with peter.

37:19Speaker 4:Garrett i have the distinct pleasure of talking to mr peter garrett who is the lead singer for midnight or peter how.

37:24Speaker 7:Are you this evening i'm fine thanks brendan are you having a good a good evening so far.

37:30Speaker 5:Yeah, well, it's kind of like less than evening where I am, but it's evening where you are. It's a lot warmer here and it's even more warm where you are. It certainly is, yeah.

37:38Speaker 1:We had a very hot day yesterday.

37:40Speaker 4:Oh, for God's sake.

37:42Speaker 1:That's better than I remembered it. There were other bits that were worse than that. That has made my sphincter tighten. You can sharpen a pencil in me right now.

37:52Speaker 4:Okay.

37:52Speaker 1:It's a competition.

37:53Speaker 4:Okay. I don't want to hear that again.

37:55Speaker 1:No, no.

37:55Speaker 4:Or mention of your sphincter. No, no.

37:57Speaker 1:None. None of it.

37:59Speaker 4:The Friday Feels Sessions are coming up with Peter Garrett and Martin Rotzi on gold.

38:04Speaker 5:Jam.

38:04Speaker 2:Jam Nation.

38:05Speaker 1:Well, what a way to end the week. Two of the most incredible musicians from Midnight Oil are joining us here live in the studio for our Friday Feels Sessions. Frontman Peter Garrett and one of the best guitarists in the country, Martin Rotzi. The guys are about to join the Alter Egos on tour. But before that, we've pinned them down and here they are, Peter and Martin. Hello.

38:27Speaker 4:Morning, boys. Afternoon, if you don't mind. Yeah, afternoon.

38:32Speaker 3:Good night.

38:34Speaker 1:See you later. Thanks for coming.

38:35Speaker 4:It's great to have you in the studio. I know condolences on Rob Hurst. I've spoken to you both about that. But it just, you know, and Bones Hillman, it must be so difficult when you guys get together. Well, you know, I mean.

38:49Speaker 6:You're family after all that time, aren't you? And whoever would have thought that the Orls would have been able to play as much as he did, to tour as much as he did, to make the records, to come back and do it all again. And I still think we probably feel it's pretty difficult to talk about it, but we know that it's happened. And he was such an amazing contributor, not only to the band, but generally a great songwriter, fantastic drummer, you know.

39:14Speaker 3:Very, very gifted man. And yeah, it's still a big hole.

39:18Speaker 1:You're performing, you're going to be performing with the alter egos. Who are your alter egos?

39:23Speaker 6:So Martin, I'm very lucky that Martin comes along and sort of plays guitar there. So that's a look over my shoulder. I know I'm in good hands, but.

39:30Speaker 3:Graham from Spiderbait is going to join us on drums.

39:32Speaker 4:Oh, good.

39:33Speaker 6:Yeah, yeah, which will be fun. Zoe Hauptman, who plays for Missy and Mossy on bass.

39:37Speaker 1:Missy and Mossy. All the vowels.

39:39Speaker 4:That's right.

39:41Speaker 6:Heather Shannon, keyboard player from the Jezebels, who has recorded with me when I've done a couple of the alter's records. And as well as that, maybe a couple of my daughters. I've got a couple of girls who, you know, part-time they do their music. One's in Melbourne, one's up here in Sydney. So hopefully either one or both of them will come along and sing as well.

39:59Speaker 3:That's nice. Yeah, it's good.

40:01Speaker 4:That's a great thing.

40:02Speaker 3:Yeah.

40:02Speaker 1:It's so nice to have you here, Pete, in the studio. We've been talking to you for many, many years. And Jonesy... I think you were his first professional interview when he started work at Carartha, am I right, Jonesy?

40:14Speaker 10:Yeah.

40:15Speaker 1:We were playing a little bit earlier, Pete, and maybe there's room for another snippet here.

40:18Speaker 4:Well, no, I don't think there's any time. I think Martin needs to tune his guitar. I reckon there is time.

40:23Speaker 1:Actually, Brendan. Jonesy was working at Carartha, his first radio job, so he was employed at this stage. Keep that in mind when you hear it. You were employed, and it's your first big interview with Peter, and Peter, you're remarkably kind, but it's sphincter time. You have a listen.

40:38Speaker 2:Okay, Peter, this is the second final question in this list of interrogation, you might call.

40:46Speaker 4:It.

40:47Speaker 2:Just pretend people up here have never heard of Midnight Oil.

40:49Speaker 4:What would you tell a person that's never heard.

40:51Speaker 5:Of Midnight Oil?

40:52Speaker 4:What can they expect?

40:53Speaker 5:Well, it's not country and western.

40:55Speaker 7:Okay.

40:57Speaker 4:I love that answer.

40:58Speaker 1:Oh, you sound older than you do now.

41:01Speaker 4:I think the bit where I said, we're going to look after the kids, and I was 22 at the time. Well, Pete, I thank you very much for your time.

41:08Speaker 3:It's been an experience for me.

41:10Speaker 2:$ 25 is great to go and see a band, and it also benefits the kids up here of the Northwest, and kids are our future, so hell, we've got.

41:17Speaker 3:To look after them, don't we?

41:19Speaker 4:Yeah, I think so, mate.

41:20Speaker 5:I really do.

41:20Speaker 4:I was 22.

41:22Speaker 1:And also, you said it's been an experience. You didn't say good or bad. You just said it's been an experience.

41:28Speaker 4:Well, anyway, you guys are here for the Friday Field Sessions. And you understand how this works, of course. And you've brought Martin, who dabbed hand around the guitar.

41:36Speaker 3:Yeah, yeah, no.

41:38Speaker 4:So we're going to take a break and then you guys will come back and perform a song. Anything in mind?

41:44Speaker 6:Well, you couldn't really ignore what's going on in other parts of the world. I'm doing the AUKUS public inquiry. It's a commissioner as well. So, I mean, one song clearly leads itself to it, which would be US forces.

41:54Speaker 1:I must say, if you had hair, it'd be great. That sounds like the hardest job is doing that inquiry.

42:00Speaker 6:It's been amazing, actually, because it's been a public inquiry. It's been publicly funded. And it's because our parliament didn't debate the biggest amount of bucks that we will ever spend on something which I don't think may or may not arrive, nuclear-powered submarines.

42:13Speaker 4:So are we being ripped off?

42:15Speaker 6:This is the worst deal that I have ever seen in my life. And I'm taking us all the way through recording contracts, higher purchase for a motor vehicle, not really knowing what you're doing when you sign up to a phone plan, all of those things. It appears to be, without any doubt, one of the worst deals ever. And the reason is pretty straightforward. We pay up.

42:39Speaker 3:To $ 368 billion.

42:40Speaker 6:On submarines, secondhand, three of them that will come from America if they decide that they have surplus to sell to us. We don't get our money back if there's no delivery. We have to take the radioactive waste, the high-level radioactive waste that comes with it. That's probably another $ 150 to $ 180 billion for radioactive waste disposal, which we actually don't even really have in Australia at all.

43:06Speaker 1:You should give a bit to every family.

43:07Speaker 3:Well, there you go.

43:08Speaker 5:Yeah.

43:09Speaker 6:I mean, the Americans themselves don't do it. And I'm very concerned that they may see that as a way, potentially, of finding a longer-term solution for their own high-level radioactive waste.

43:20Speaker 4:It's just nuts. US forces give the nod.

43:23Speaker 1:Unless you want to do yellow submarine.

43:26Speaker 3:I know more about submarines, Amanda, than I ever thought I would.

43:28Speaker 4:Martin's saying I could do Wedding Cake Island right now. Pete doesn't have to sing, which we don't want. Stand by. Coming up, Friday Field Sessions, Peter Garrett, Martin Rotzi from Midnight Oil for US forces. That's next on Gold.

43:42Speaker 7:See a whole lot more of Jonesy and Amanda on our socials.

43:45Speaker 4:Jonesy and Amanda.

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43:48Speaker 4:Gold, it's Jonesy and Amanda driving you home. It's the Friday Feels Sessions. In the studio today, Peter Garrett and Martin Rotzi from Midnight Oil. This is great. Wow, look, Martin's gone straight into it now. This is what we do. Okay, well, I've got to do the DJ bit. I've been training on my life for this. Friday Field Sessions, without any further ado, you boys are ready?

44:15Speaker 3:We're ready.

44:16Speaker 4:US forces on gold.

44:35Speaker 5:U.S.

44:36Speaker 10:Forces give the nod It's a setback for your country Bombs and trenches all in row Bombs and threats still ask for more.

45:03Speaker 7:Oh, yeah.

45:04Speaker 9:Oh, yeah. Sing me songs of no denying. Seems to me too many trying. Waiting for the next big thing.

45:45Speaker 10:Will you know it when you see it? Iris Children, Dogs of War.

46:00Speaker 9:Movements call the shots Business deals in parking lots.

46:06Speaker 8:Waiting for the meat of tomorrow Sing me songs of no denying.

46:17Speaker 9:Seems to me too many trying Waiting for the next big thing.

46:41Speaker 10:Everyone too stoned to start a mission. People too scared to go to prison. We're unable to make decisions.

46:52Speaker 9:Politicians party land across that floor. L.

46:56Speaker 10:Ron Hubbard can't.

46:57Speaker 7:Save your life.

46:59Speaker 9:Superboy take a plutonium wife. In the shadow of Van the bomb we live. Sing me songs of no denying seems to me too many trying waiting for the next big thing Sing me songs of no denying Seems to me too many trying Waiting for the next big thing One more Sing me songs of no denying Seems to me too many trying Waiting for the next big thing.

47:53Speaker 5:Whoa.

47:54Speaker 4:Goodness me.

47:56Speaker 1:I feel a bit emotional.

47:57Speaker 4:Amanda's crying.

47:59Speaker 1:Just the power of that current political climate, the power of having you here and all that you've taken on, it's amazing.

48:05Speaker 4:And you're singing and looking out at our warships, the one that we've got in the harbour.

48:10Speaker 5:Extraordinary.

48:11Speaker 3:Thank you, friends.

48:12Speaker 4:No, that was so good.

48:13Speaker 3:Cranking it out during the day, doing our best.

48:15Speaker 1:Thank you. Amazing, amazing.

48:17Speaker 2:What a privilege it was.

48:18Speaker 4:Check out the Alter Egos. Also, Gila Gala, Friday the 23rd of October. You guys are performing at that. Yes, we are. Yes, we are.

48:28Speaker 2:Check your diary, Pete.

48:29Speaker 4:Check your Peter diary. And, of course, you can check out all the details about the Older Ego's tour. We will put it on our website.

48:38Speaker 3:Peter, thank you. Thank you for having us.

48:40Speaker 4:Martin, thank you.

48:41Speaker 1:I'll remember it. Thank you. All the details will be on our socials, and thank you. Jam Nation. Everybody. Best money.

48:48Speaker 9:Extra cash.

48:49Speaker 5:Any money.

48:49Speaker 7:Jonesy and Demanders.

48:50Speaker 5:Subscribe.

48:51Speaker 4:Here it is, 10 questions, 60 seconds on the clock. You could pass if you don't know an answer. We'll come back to that question if time permits. You get all the questions right, $ 1, 000.

48:59Speaker 1:You can turn that into $ 2, 000 by answering a bonus question, but it is double or nothing.

49:05Speaker 4:Rikki, Rikki, Rikki is in Kenwick.

49:07Speaker 1:Hello, Rikki.

49:07Speaker 9:Hi.

49:08Speaker 1:How are you? Very well, thank you. Feeling lucky, punk? Oh, definitely. All right, excellent.

49:16Speaker 4:I like the category, too.

49:17Speaker 1:Am I detecting a slight Kiwi accent with you, Ricky?

49:20Speaker 6:No. Oh, there you go.

49:22Speaker 1:I'm normally pretty good at picking it.

49:24Speaker 4:No, I've just been to New Zealand.

49:27Speaker 1:Oh, so you're now one?

49:28Speaker 4:I'm pretty much a Kiwi, and Ricky is not that.

49:31Speaker 1:Well, even Ricky has verified that.

49:32Speaker 4:Ricky.

49:33Speaker 1:All right, Ricky, let's see what we can do. 10 questions, 60 seconds. If you're not sure, say pass. We might have time to come back, okay?

49:38Speaker 10:Okay.

49:40Speaker 5:Okay, great.

49:40Speaker 1:Thank you.

49:41Speaker 2:Ricky, good luck.

49:41Speaker 4:Ricky's doing her best to sound least Kiwi as ever.

49:44Speaker 1:A bit of German thrown in.

49:45Speaker 4:Say chili bin, Ricky.

49:49Speaker 1:I can try to do Irish, but I'm not very good at accents. No, you only have to speak any way you'd like as long as we get these questions right.

49:56Speaker 4:Let's get you winning this money, Ricky.

49:57Speaker 1:Here we go, Ricky. Here comes question number one. What's the opposite of east?

50:02Speaker 5:West.

50:03Speaker 1:Question two. Which Disney characters' nose grew when they lied? Pinocchio. Question three. What animal features on our $ 1 coin?

50:13Speaker 2:Pass.

50:14Speaker 1:Question four. Which day of the week starts with W? Wednesday. Question five. Who was Russell Brand's first wife?

50:23Speaker 7:Katy Perry.

50:23Speaker 1:Question six. In a website browser bar, WWW stands for what? World Wide Web. Question seven. Which Grand Slam did Serena Williams win while pregnant?

50:35Speaker 2:Pass.

50:36Speaker 1:Question eight, how much milk is used in an espresso?

50:41Speaker 10:None.

50:42Speaker 1:Question nine, may the odds be ever in your favour is a line from which movie?

50:49Speaker 10:Pass.

50:49Speaker 1:Question 10, in which sport would you use a fly and a rod?

50:52Speaker 2:Sorry, could you repeat the question?

50:55Speaker 1:In what sport would you use a fly and a rod?

50:57Speaker 5:Fishing, fly fishing.

50:59Speaker 1:What animal's on our $ 1 coin?

51:03Speaker 6:Oh, yes.

51:04Speaker 4:Ricky, Ricky, Ricky.

51:05Speaker 1:So there's two you didn't get to. There was a sort of famous story, the Grand Slam that Serena Williams won while pregnant was the Australian Open.

51:14Speaker 5:Yes, yes.

51:16Speaker 1:You would have got that one.

51:17Speaker 2:Yeah.

51:19Speaker 1:And how about this? May the odds be ever in your favour. A line from which movie?

51:22Speaker 8:First.

51:27Speaker 5:Star Wars, I want to say, but.

51:29Speaker 1:It was Hunger Games. I wouldn't have got away with Hunger Games. Oh, Rikki, you did so well.

51:34Speaker 4:Can you just say chili bin for us, Rikki?

51:37Speaker 5:Chili bin?

51:39Speaker 4:Are you sure you're not a Kiwi?

51:41Speaker 1:I'm pretty sure I'm not. Maybe ask yourself, Rikki.

51:44Speaker 4:You know, those All Blacks, aren't they terrible?

51:46Speaker 1:I know. This will be a sign.

51:49Speaker 4:That's a sign. Rikki, you have a good weekend. Thank you for joining us.

51:53Speaker 5:You too.

51:53Speaker 1:Thank you.

51:54Speaker 4:If you want to be a part of Instagram, jonesyandamanda.com.au. It's as simple as that. Jam Nation. We straddle a lot of medias in this business.

52:02Speaker 1:Media, medium. I don't think it's medias. What did you say? Medias. I think it's media.

52:07Speaker 4:Okay.

52:07Speaker 1:We straddle a lot of stuff.

52:08Speaker 4:Are you going to just constantly do this all the time?

52:11Speaker 9:I am.

52:11Speaker 1:I straddle a lot of the English language.

52:14Speaker 4:Okay.

52:14Speaker 1:And to keep a track of all of this. We have Jenna, our social media guru.

52:21Speaker 7:Her name is Jenna and she loves cats, TikTok, Snapchat. She's a social media guru.

52:28Speaker 10:We like to call her our social media dipstick.

52:31Speaker 5:By the way, she's single.

52:32Speaker 4:What's poppin'? Nice.

52:34Speaker 9:Nice.

52:34Speaker 5:Nice one.

52:35Speaker 4:Well, Instagram Live with TikTok Tucker, that's become a bit of a success.

52:38Speaker 9:Yes.

52:38Speaker 4:Jenna, tell Amanda you news.

52:40Speaker 2:Yeah, so every week during TikTok Tucker, And Jonesy and I thought maybe we could go Instagram Live during the whole two, usually it's two breaks.

52:49Speaker 1:I remember yesterday I had to hold my stomach in for ages.

52:51Speaker 4:Yeah.

52:51Speaker 2:So, I mean, if we prepared that for once a week, I think that would be good.

52:55Speaker 12:Yeah.

52:55Speaker 4:And people were commenting. Your friend Janice.

52:58Speaker 1:Janet, I mentioned that because you put a banana skin on the ground and made a joke about skidding on it. And I said a friend of mine, Janet, actually skidded on a banana peel. Janet weirdly was watching us go live on Instagram. From Canada and said, yes, that was me. I skidded on a banana peel.

53:16Speaker 4:Do you see what's happening? It's a show within a show. This is great.

53:20Speaker 2:Let's keep it up.

53:21Speaker 10:Yeah.

53:22Speaker 2:So it's been a big week across the Jonesy and Amanda socials. And it all started when you opened the gifts you received from the one and only Kylie Minogue.

53:30Speaker 10:Oh, yeah.

53:31Speaker 5:Yes.

53:32Speaker 2:So Jonesy, you received an XL t-shirt and Amanda, a medium in her special edition AFL t-shirt. Promo merch.

53:40Speaker 4:Yeah, exactly.

53:42Speaker 1:Jonesy was affronted.

53:43Speaker 4:I thought I knew Kylie fairly well and I thought she knew me well. Clearly hasn't seen me in the flesh lately, but to go an extra large T-shirt is what's happened.

53:55Speaker 1:I've forgotten the horror of this conversation.

53:58Speaker 4:Well, you know, I haven't porked out, have I?

54:00Speaker 1:No, but the fact that you would think that Kylie A is involved, B knows your size, C gives a rat's.

54:08Speaker 4:I could imagine Kylie at home just packing all those T-shirts into the room.

54:12Speaker 1:Jonesy, he gets, oh, how big is he when I put my arms around him in my dreams?

54:17Speaker 2:Anyway. Yeah, so Jonesy, you gave it a try.

54:20Speaker 4:I did. I gave it a try and it was swimming on me.

54:24Speaker 1:Swimming. You look like Herman Munster.

54:26Speaker 2:Our videos receive close to 200,000 views across our socials with most people actually disagreeing with you. In saying that it fit well.

54:36Speaker 1:I love people. I love people.

54:38Speaker 4:They're just trolling. Trolls.

54:41Speaker 2:She says, I think it's well fitted. Room to move. While Jennifer added, it fits fine. Ungrateful git.

54:51Speaker 4:I did put it over another shirt that I was wearing.

54:55Speaker 1:You had it on over your puffer jacket, remember?

54:57Speaker 4:Yeah, so.

54:58Speaker 1:She said helping out. Yeah.

55:00Speaker 2:Danny Minogue also commented.

55:02Speaker 1:Oh, did she?

55:02Speaker 2:Yeah, with the laughing, crying emoji.

55:04Speaker 4:So there you go. See, Danny, she knows me as well. She would have been packing the thing with Kylie and said, no, no, Jonesy's definitely at best a large. I guess.

55:15Speaker 1:But still a git.

55:16Speaker 4:He's not a git.

55:18Speaker 2:Another popular post belonged to listener Cameron with this conspiracy theory.

55:23Speaker 5:When you watch TV, I saw a tan from Adelaide. His name was Hans. You know Hans?

55:29Speaker 1:Yes, I do.

55:29Speaker 3:He speaks German.

55:31Speaker 5:But the funny thing is, when he's on TV, I don't see another Aussie comedian in the name of Peter Hallier. But when I see Peter Hallier on TV, I don't see Hans.

55:41Speaker 1:So his conspiracy theory was that Peter Hellyer and Hans, the vaudevillian cabaret makeup-wearing person, are the same people.

55:52Speaker 4:That's a hell of a LinkedIn profile.

55:55Speaker 1:They're the same people.

55:56Speaker 2:Yes, exactly. So it's gone bonkers online with very conflicting views. Some see the similarities while others are saying that Cameron needs to go to Specsavers. Hans himself shared the post saying, Peter Hellyer? Don't they know I'm Sarah Harrison Carlotta's younger brother?

56:14Speaker 9:Oh.

56:15Speaker 12:Yes.

56:15Speaker 4:Wow. That's specific.

56:17Speaker 2:Yeah, and then we got Peter Hellyer on the line to address the claims and he said this.

56:22Speaker 12:Listen, I don't disagree because I think if I put on the same make-up as Hans did, I'd look less Hans and more like Anne Haggerty from The Chase. I think that would be my kind of, that's exactly what I would look like, I think.

56:36Speaker 4:There you go. Hans is good.

56:39Speaker 2:On another note, it's time for Digital Jenners. This is where I choose my favourite contributor of the week who will receive a bespoke tin hat made by Amanda.

56:49Speaker 1:I've got a sweatshop onto it.

56:52Speaker 2:And this week it goes to another Cameron who called us with his hilarious nickname, which you will understand as soon as he speaks.

57:00Speaker 5:No, my nickname is Jocky. I weigh about 45 kilos, so I can work.

57:08Speaker 11:I was probably about five foot tall when.

57:11Speaker 5:About 25 years ago a work colleague nicknamed me Jockey and it's just a name that's just stuck forever.

57:17Speaker 1:You do sound like a jockey.

57:18Speaker 4:Are you a jockey? Have you ever ridden?

57:20Speaker 5:I bloody hate horses.

57:24Speaker 4:Oh, Jockey.

57:27Speaker 1:What a week it's been.

57:28Speaker 4:Well done, Jenna.

57:29Speaker 1:Thank you. She's XXL in talent.

57:31Speaker 2:Righto, you two.

57:32Speaker 1:That's enough. Well, we will see you all on Monday.

57:42Speaker 4:Jonesyandamanda.com.au. If you would like to register for our Hot Lap or the Fast Five or Instagram or even listen to this back, you can do it.

57:50Speaker 1:Absolutely. And we'll see you then.

57:52Speaker 4:Good day to you. Well, thank God that's over.

57:56Speaker 7:Catch up on the Jonesy and Amanda podcast. Download the free iHeart app now.

58:00Speaker 4:See you next time. Let's get the hell out of here.

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