Betoota Talks

Clancy Overell, Errol Parker and Wendell Hussey wrap up all the biggest stories from the week - live from the Desert Rock FM studio in downtown Betoota.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In a first for The Betoota Advocate Podcast, the editors interview an Archibald Finalist and their subject in the same episode. Julian Meagher, the painter, and Craig Foster - the painting. This podcast weaves between art, sport and politics. Julian and Fozzie aren’t too different to one another - except only one of them has played for the Socceroos.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Clancy Overell, Errol Parker and Wendell Hussey wrap up all the biggest stories from the week - live from the Desert Rock FM studio in downtown Betoota.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Former manager of The Wiggles and former frontman for The Cockroaches. He’s back, he’s solo and he’s got some great yarns to spin. Paul regales Errol and Clancy with some stories about the meteoric rise of the worlds most successful children’s entertainers and explains how that rock n roll DNA stayed with the boys throughout the hot potatoes and cold spaghettiSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Clancy Overell and Wendell Hussey wrap up all the biggest stories from the week - live from the Desert Rock FM studio in downtown Betoota.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Reuben Styles and Adam Hyde are in the booth this week. You might know them as the young kings that make up the 'computer music' duo known as Peking Duk. These two proud Canberrans give Clancy and Errol the rundown on how the fuck one gets involved in this Australian musical genre that they have helped pioneer. There's a lot of partying and a lot of button pressing... but really? What's the difference between being a DJ and a pianist?To buy or stream Peking Duk's new song Chemicals visit https://pekingduk.lnk.to/ChemicalsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Clancy Overell and Errol Parker wrap up all the biggest stories from the week - live from the Desert Rock FM studio in downtown Betoota.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

After an 11 year residency in Las Vegas, the boys are back in town. In this episode, Clancy speaks to Toby Allen and Mike Tierney from Human Nature about their non-stop career that kicked off nearly 25 years ago. From crooning to pop to Motown and barbershop, these gents have to Bankstown proud - and they are touring Australia again.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Clancy Overell and Wendell Hussey wrap up all the biggest stories from the week - live from the Desert Rock FM studio in downtown Betoota.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

AVAILABLE NOW! The Betoota Advocate interviews the Leader Of The Opposition, Anthony Albanese. The editors ask Albo about housing, childcare and if he can lead a party for all Australians without bowing to the whingeing inner city elite. Which seats is he confident in winning back next election? And what’s going to happen with Christian Porter and Laming?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Clancy Overell, Errol Parker and Wendell Hussey wrap up all the biggest stories from the week - live from the Desert Rock FM studio in downtown Betoota.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

his week, the face of Bondi Rescue talks gives our listeners a little insight into what doesn’t make the nightly programming. Aside from spending the last decade on TV screens in 151 different countries, there’s a lot more that comes with the responsibilities that Bruce Hopkins is tasked with between the flags and out past the headlands. He’s been working Bondi Beach since 1991, and has seen more rescues than any other serving lifeguard.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Clancy Overell, Errol Parker and Wendell Hussey wrap up all the biggest stories from the week - live from the Desert Rock FM studio in downtown Betoota.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The 2021 Australian Of The Year was in Betoota, so the editors rushed to get an interview before she took off back to Hobart. Grace Tame talks about the wild journey she’s been on for the last 6 months since she won the gong for her efforts in advocating for survivors. She also reveals that she used to work as John Cleese’s personal illustrator.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Clancy Overell, Errol Parker and Wendell Hussey wrap up all the biggest stories from the week - live from the Desert Rock FM studio in downtown Betoota.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

With the 2021 Archibald Prize right around the corner, The Betoota Advocate editors interview five-time finalist Abdul Abdullah. From his unconventional artist beginnings as a Muslim kid raised in a Perth boxing gym, to his recent clashes with redneck councilors demanding his paintings be taken off the walls in Mackay Regional Gallery - Abdul’s attitude, style and approach to painting is not what we usually associate with the arancini balls and complimentary champagne of the Australian art world.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Clancy Overell, Errol Parker and Wendell Hussey wrap up all the biggest stories from the week - live from the Desert Rock FM studio in downtown Betoota.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Royal Flying Doctor Service continues to face some of the most significant challenges in their 92-year history.Against the backdrop of a global pandemic, the RFDS CEO Greg Sam spoke to our editors about how frontline staff have continued flying to remote and rural locations, retrieving patients in times of emergency and providing essential primary, mental and dental health services to those who need it most.www.flyingdoctor.org.au/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Clancy Overell, Errol Parker and Wendell Hussey wrap up all the biggest stories from the week - live from the Desert Rock FM studio in downtown Betoota.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hip hop pundits 24 Karat Kev, Jazmine Nikitta and Jade Le Flay jump in the booth with the Betoota Advocate to discuss Australia's fastest-growing, and rapidly-evolving music genre. As hosts of Spotify's 'A1: The Show' - this week's guests give their predictions for Australian artists that are about to explode internationally, and explain why the whole hip hop world is currently looking at Western Sydney as an engine room for rap music of all sub-genres.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Clancy Overell, Errol Parker and Wendell Hussey wrap up all the biggest stories from the week - live from the Desert Rock FM studio in downtown Betoota.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ex-NRL star turned entrepreneur, Isaac John talks to Clancy about forging a successful business in apparel and sports media following his retirement from rugby league football. Born in the rough NZ town of Tokoroa, Ice explains how a footy career riddled with injuries left him with plenty of time to read books and focus on a career after the Friday Night Lights.https://www.yktrthemag.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Clancy Overell and Wendell Hussey wrap up all the biggest stories from the week - live from the Desert Rock FM studio in downtown Betoota.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

He’s a comedian, writer, radio and TV icon - and as of recently, a historian. The great man Mikey Robbins joins the Betoota Advocate Podcast on this episode, where he talks about his journey from Newy High to Good News Week - and all the fun in between. Mikey hasn’t been on the screen for some years now, but he’s just launched a new comedy and history podcast titled “Heroes & Howlers” - get around it.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Clancy Overell, Errol Parker and Wendell Hussey wrap up all the biggest stories from the week - live from the Desert Rock FM studio in downtown Betoota.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

He’s one of the few guests to appear on The Betoota Advocate Podcast that can actually claim that they grew up in our part of the world. Rick Morton - aka ‘The Pride Of The Channel Country’ joins Clancy and Errol this week to discuss his meteoric rise from a Murdoch field reporter to one of the great Australian authors. Rick talks about his harsh upbringing on the land, and how it has informed his understanding of poverty, politics and trauma. It’s a hell of a catch up with one of The Diamantina’s greatest exports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Clancy Overell, Errol Parker and Wendell Hussey wrap up all the biggest stories from the week - live from the Desert Rock FM studio in downtown Betoota.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ian Moss joins The Betoota Advocate Podcast this week to discuss his new COVIDsafe touring dates, and his decision to go acoustic in these old halls. Mossie tells the editors about how a little Alice Springs boy found himself in Chisel all those years ago, and how another couple gigs together is never out of the questionSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Clancy Overell, Errol Parker and Wendell Hussey wrap up all the biggest stories from the week - live from the Desert Rock FM studio in downtown Betoota.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

After years of festering away in the shadows, the game of Rugby Union seems to have had some new life breathed into it. So, in the hope that we can return to the former glory of Digby's Caterpillar and John Eales poking one through the sticks on the siren, our sports reporters have decided to release a new podcast about the game they play heaven. It's called Ruck Me Dead. It's out every Wednesday. Have a listen to this week's episode and subscribe here: Ruck Me Dead PodcastSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

He’s back. The opal tonsils of Hamish Blake joins Clancy and Errol for a rambling 40-minute conversation with a treasure chest full of hilarious tangents. How shit was lockdown in Melbourne? What is life like now post-lockdown? How does he keep fit? What is his favourite type of firearm? How did that LEGO show do so well? All that and more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Clancy Overell, Errol Parker and Wendell Hussey wrap up all the biggest stories from the week - live from the Budgy Smuggler Booth in downtown Betoota.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today’s guest is a very special one for our editors. On the eve of the launch of his new album, The World Today, Troy Cassar-Daley tells Clancy and Errol about his new return to form with songwriting. TCD discusses lending songs to Barnesy and how his upbringing as a Maltese-Koori kid who grew up between Grafton and Surry Hills shaped him into one of Australia’s greatest country musicians of all time. Sit back and listen to one of the great yarn’s with The Bundjalung Falcon.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Clancy Overell, Errol Parker and Wendell Hussey wrap up all the biggest stories from the week - live from downtown Betoota.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Clancy Overell, Errol Parker and Wendell Hussey wrap up all the biggest stories from the week - live from the Budgy Smuggler Booth in downtown Betoota.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Author, advocate and journalist, Georgie Dent speaks to The Betoota Advocate about the universe we now live in where government employees don’t really have to answer to the allegations of their horrific crimes against women. After publishing her memoir “Breaking Badly” in 2019 Georgie Dent has become a leading voice in the conversation around destigmatizing mental health, as well as gender equality. On Monday she’ll be front and centre at the Women’s March 4 Justice at Parliament House.For more in for not eh Women's March 4 Justice visit hereSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

You’ve heard one of these voices try to analyse cricket, now, hear him try to work out the most imminent problems facing Australia today. Dave Edwards and Dane Eldridge are tackling the biggest issues in Australia on their new podcast Have A Go. Their podcast is out now on DM Podcasts.Listen to the Have A Go Podcast hereSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Clancy Overell, Errol Parker and Wendell Hussey wrap up all the biggest stories from the week - live from the Budgy Smuggler Booth in downtown Betoota.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Former Sydney copper turned investigative journalist, Duncan McNab joins the editors this week to discuss a range of different yarns he’s chased over the years. From Roger Rogerson to the Bondi Gay Hate Murders - he’s told a lot of stories that a lot of people wanted to ignore. His new book, “The Ruby Princess” tells the behind the scenes story of the bin fire that was Australia’s index cluster of COVID-19 on the high seas.Click here for on the book " The Ruby Princess"See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Clancy Overell and Wendell Hussey wrap up all the biggest stories from the week - live from the Budgy Smuggler Booth in downtown Betoota.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Western Sydney’s greatest rock music export, The Rubens join the Betoota Advocate podcast this week. Sam and Elliot talk about their new album and what it was like to finish making it in lockdown. The lads are zooming in live from a Tamworth hotel room as the 2021 tour begins. Uncertain times!!!To see the tour dates for the current tour visit hereSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Clancy Overell, Errol Parker and Wendell Hussey wrap up all the biggest stories from the week - live from the Budgy Smuggler Booth in downtown Betoota.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What goes on tour stays on tour - unless you're the the first woman roadie in the world At just fifteen, Tana Douglas ran away to the circus that was rock 'n' roll in the 1970s, taking a job with a young and upcoming band called AC/DC. While still a teenager she headed to the UK and later the US to work for a who's who of bands and artists. Life on the road was exhilarating, hard work, occasionally surreal but never dull, particularly when you're the only woman in the road crew and the #metoo movement is still 40 years away.Whether wrangling Iggy Pop across Europe, climbing trusses while seven months pregnant, drinking shots of JD with Bon Scott backstage at Wembley, or donning a tailor-made suit to do lights for Elton at Windsor Castle, Tana did it all.Loud is rock 'n' roll like you've never seen it before, by a woman who not only survived the all-male world on the road but climbed to the top and lived to tell the tale. Tana joins our editors to talk about it all and more.www.tanadouglas.comLoud available now in all good book shopsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Clancy Overell, Errol Parker and Wendell Hussey wrap up all the biggest stories from the week - live from the Budgy Smuggler Booth in downtown Betoota.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Betoota Advocate editors interview Father Jon from the iconic Wayside Chapel in Kings Cross. A charismatic man known for opening his doors to society’s most troubled and most vulnerable. In a time where a large portion of the Australian middle class are depending on next week’s JobKeeper payments to keep their heads above water - Father Jon represents the last semblance of a safety net for those who have already slipped through the cracks.https://donate.waysidechapel.org.au/valentinesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Clancy Overell, Errol Parker and Wendell Hussey wrap up all the biggest stories from the week - live from the Budgy Smuggler Booth in downtown Betoota.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Maddie Nixon and Jessica Adie from the Australianarama podcast join Clancy on The Betoota Advocate Radio Show this week. These two Queenslanders have just launched the go-to podcast for all Aussie history and pop culture buffs! Each week they take turns to research and dissect a different topic that shaped the nation​. The Harold Holt memorial swimming pool, the cultural impact of Kath & Kim, The Emu War, Cathy Freeman and Expo 88 are just the tip of this hot and sweaty iceberg.Listen and subscribe to Australlianarama here - https://cms.megaphone.fm/channel/DMN6216670941See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Clancy Overell and Wendell Hussey wrap up all the biggest stories from the week - live from the Budgy Smuggler Booth in downtown Betoota.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

She's an ornament to Australian film and television, and she's told a different story for every era of life. From The Secret Life Of Us to Love My Way - Claudia Karvan has been pivotal as both an actor and producer in some of the biggest hitters. In 2021, she's back with Stan's new series BUMP - and as could be expected, it's rating its arse off and has already been cleared for a second season. Claudia joins Clancy and Errol to talk about her amazing career, growing up in the cross, and the occasional bad theatre production.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Clancy Overell, Errol Parker and Wendell Hussey wrap up all the biggest stories from the week - live from the Budgy Smuggler Booth in downtown Betoota.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.