The Freed Man Podcast

S2, Ep 13: ANZAC Day Tribute (PHAT Style)

Hero of the Week: Private Leslie Styles.

Hold My Beer: Akasha Canada Bay XPA.

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ANZAC Day is back to normal - comparing to last year - and we're honouring our soldiers by talking our favourite war-based video games, war movies, and things that contain the word 'war' in it. We're not glorifying war, we're just accepting it as a sad part of life.

Phil had a shower and cleaned his beard, Tristan attended a charity event where they joked about the thing the charity was about, and Adzo didn't drop his family at a Wiggles concert (01:00-13:17); Hero of the Week has some amazing contenders - including but not limited to, Vin Diesel...again...Kanye West...again....Chadwick Boseman and a solider who's remains were finally identified 103 years on (13:25-25:12); The Mike Liven Wrap is now the Mike Liven Which Tristan Has Manipulated and Embezzled To His Own Personal Benefit Wrap, where we talk NRL, Super League and well yeah, I guess we really missed the Sportsdown (26:02-44:42); Hold My Beer mixeds with the Video Games Review Show as we drink Akasha Canada Bay XPA while counting down our favourite "war" themed titles. (44:55-73:51); In our feature segment, Phil gets confused, so Adzo and T countdown their favourite war movies and things with "war" in it, including Warp Zones, Warwick Davis and the Ultimate Warrior (74:08-87:24); Chappy Asks is a preview of the Star Wars special coming up next week (87:41-91:15)

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S2, Ep12: Happy Two Days Before the Day After Tomorrow Day (aka Earth Day etc)

Hero of the Week: MasterChef.

Mike's Cider InsideYA: Willie Smiths Bone Dry Apple Cider.

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I broke the dam. It's Earth Day - that one day of the year we all decide to act like we actually care about the planet - so let's celebrate that. Oh and it is Two Days Before the Day After Tomorrow because we talked about the Super League and by the time you're listening to this, the Super League no longer exists.

Phil is a dirty man, Adzo installed a dishwasher after SOMEONE put sand in it, and T literally superglues his kids toy to his fingers in this week's Feats of Manliness (00:22-11:59); MasterChef wins Hero of the Week somehow for its crappiness, beating Dan Andrews - again - and Dr Anthony Fauci, who's saving America...we never said our standards were high. DJOW is an instant classic from Adzo (12:06-27:54); the second Mike Liven Wrap and we're all about Tyrannosaurs, Mars helicopters, the Good Society fail, Steve Erkle is back...er selling weed...and so much more (27:59-46:59); Mike's Cider InsideYA brought to you by Liven is our worst drink yet - and a week after our best ever. So sad. Oh but at least we got the Mad Mex we wanted. Oh wait. We didn't. (47:19-59:59); we talk all things Super League, only for Super League to not really exist by the time this actually goes live, and Adzo nominates a sure-winner for Hero of the Week...but all too late in his Sportsdown (60:08-83:48); in our feature segment, Phil countsdown his fave things about Earth, T ranks the planets after Earth, and Adzo lists his favourite movies where Earth is destroyed...Happy Earth Day everyone! (85:09-115:12); Chappy nails it with a great Ask to end the show: who's best placed to survive a zombie apocalypse. Spoiler alert: not Tristan (115:25-120:16)

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S2, Ep11: PHAT Team's Royal Salute brought to you by Mike Liven

Hero of the Week: Andrew Denton.

Mike's Cider InsideYA: Zeffer's Apple Crumble Infused Cider.

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Prince Phillip died, and as sad as that is, it gave us a theme to base the pod around this week. Strap in - it's our Royal Salute to all things royal (which has a different meaning to all three of us it would seem). Oh and NEW SEGMENT ALERT! Mike's Cider InsideYA takes over Hold My Beer this week. Boom baby.

Phil is mature and talks real men issues, Adzo finally cooked food his wife likes, and T took his kids on a public transport adventure to kick off things with Feats of Manliness (00:18-15:22); Tristan nominates himself, Phil nominates someone mature and who talks real issues, and Adz nominates some random in Hero of the Week, and our Dad Jokes are all over the place but at least T stuck to the Royal theme (15:29-31:43); the Mike Liven Wrap is - as the name suggests - sponsored and we talk all things from the HSP we ate with our sponsor money, to dead bodies being used for mulch, to Phil being cold (31:51-43:10); our inaugural Mike's Cider InsideYA brought to you by Liven is an absolute cracker...T's favourite and now probably the PHAT Team's...Zeffer's Apple Crumble Infused Cider (43:29-54:42); Adzo's Sportsdown is a quiet one because noone watched any sport this weekend except the Masters (54:51-68:23); in our Royal Salute, T countsdown his favourite 'Royal' things, Adzo countsdown his favourite royalty things and Phil countsdown his favourite, er, Roys, for some reason (68:36-89:57); Chappy doesn't ask so we get into a D&M about the 'Vintage Star Wars Collection' to rap up the show...and the rest of that awesome cider song is there too (91:14-96:52)

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S2, Ep10: Celebrating the Trans-Tasman Bubble - A Kiwi Retrospective

Hero of the Week: The Worm Moon.

Hold my Beer: Monteith's Patriot American Pale Ale.

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New Zealand is a go baby (at least in theory in two weeks time)! And because we couldn't think of anything else to tie the pod into this week, we're making it our All Blacks special! We countdown our fave things about the land of the long white cloud, we try to stick some NZ jokes in there, we drink Kiwi beer. You get the gist. Plus heaps of other stuff!

Tristan takes his family to Canberra...again...Phil guzzles protein and Adzo let's his wife do the yard work in this week's Feats of Manliness (00:21-09:58); Carla Zampatti, sterile fruit flies, Godzilla v Kong and pornographic baby monitors headlines the TBA Wrap (10:06-25:12); the moon - yes our lunar moon - gets its first Hero of the Week award, not so much for what it did but for the promise of me inserting a classic Simpsons line into the pod if the others voted on it - and our Dad Jokes are refined and tasteful, with Tristan's cross Jew/Kiwi one a particular standout (25:20-34:46); Phil has delivered the goods this week with a Kiwi American Pale Ale that both delights and disappoints us all (36:05-47:07); Adzo's Sportsdown is shock full of awesomeness, including boomgate fighting Aussies, trashcan throwing Americans and the realisation that the Masters tournament is 100% inspired by Passover!  (47:19-76:57); in our Kiwi retrospective, we list out our favourite things about our trans-tasman cousins, including but not limited to L&P, Cookie Time Cookies and Temuera Morrison (77:16-92:29); Chappy Asks is a deep one - would you ignore your mother's plight to become a jedi or exact revenge quickly and surely...or cheat at shuffleboard? - GET OVER IT CHAPPY! (92:49-100:17)

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Season 2, Episode 9: PHAT Easter Special

Hero of the Week: Jessica Walter.

Hold my Beer: Young's Double Chocolate Stout.

Our inaugural Easter special. And boy is it chunky PHAT (over 2 hours). But you have 4 days of holidaying ahead of you to listen so why not? Turns out that ranking off special Easter things isn't as content-rich as Xmas things, but we still had enough to go on (ok maybe it went on a little long but hey, we're not professionals).

We start with Feats of Manliness - T was the master of his domain, Phil is THINKING about doing martial arts and Adzo found a dead frog. (00:21-11:35); This one hurts - Jessica Walter aka Lucille Bluth - headlines our Hero of the Week but also myself and my wife have some consideration as well as the creator of Bluey and someone who Phil mentions and some person who gives back money that Adzo mentions. Tristan forgets to do a Dad Joke of the Week, but Phil brings two and even that's not enough to beat ol Adz Adz (11:41-34:37); TBA Wrap - Brisbane in lockdown, Hey Hey it's Racist Saturday!, Suze Canal drama and politicians need to get their heads straight (34:46-54:47); Adzo mildly disappoints with his Hold my Beer selection again but at least it's Easter-themed (55:00-67:02); Adzo's Sportsdown is brief, as players misdemeanours start to get restricted to on-field instances as their offseason antics taper off  (67:13-89:38); Easter Special - we're counting down our top 5 things about Easter and our top 5 chocolates. You know you love it (89:48-127:47); Chappy forgets to ask so we go home (128:04-129:53)

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Season 2, Episode 8: Let it Rain (Most Bestest Storm Inspired Shows, Movies & Games)

Hero of the Week: Hamish, the BWS Randwick sales manager...we think.

Hold my Beer: Beerfarm Royal Haze.

This was a fun one. While the rain poured down in NSW, our hearts were filled with gumdrop smiles. The boys are back and discuss everything from Mario Kart-inspired Hot Wheels tracks to spider-saturated fields, from robotic dog robots to the world's largest wank. We also got inspired by the rain and talked about all our favourite 'wet' moments. Oh and Wife of the Pod Lindy chose our beer - and it was a good one. This show has it all!

We start with Feats of Manliness - T went campin', Adz got deep (read: psycho) and Phil did nothin. (00:19-11:28); Hero of the Week and we find it hard to decide between a dude who's organising the world's larges wank, the London town that rebuilt a pub or Dave Chapelle, so we at some point award it to the friendly clerk who helped Lindy pick a killer beer. And Phil wins Dad Joke of the Week (11:39-24:08); TBA Wrap includes chats on rain, lots of rain and also robot dog doctors, sweet Mario Kart toys and terrifying spiders - as well as an important discussion around what's scarier, a house-sized spider or a house filled with spiders (24:16-40:17); Hold my Beer is awesome. Lindy does the picking for us and picks a West Australian instant hit. It's the best thing to come out of WA since, well, ever (40:27-52:02); SPORTS IS BACK BABY! Adzo's Sportsdown is in full effect - NRL, AFL, UFC, PGA, NCAA - and Everton lost in the FA Cup so Phil is sulky (52:12-78:16); For some reason we thought we'd do some discussion around how we love rain, storms and water in general in our films, shows and video games and so we deep dive. Spoiler alert: Phil just talks about X-Men movies because they contain 'Storm' (78:22-104:53); Chappy Asks a valid question about Force powers to end the show (105:12-110:40)

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Season 2, Episode 7: The Inaugural Annual Freed Man Womanly Awards

Hero of the Week: Brandy the Cat.

Hold by Beer: Pirate Life Brewery Acai & Passionfruit Sour.

Adzo and T thought Phil had quit the pod. Turns out he was just up in Byron and we forgot. To celebrate International Women's Day, we present to you our inaugural Freed Man Womanly awards (though for some reason we start off with giving our GOATs, so we got confused). Oh and all the other usual stuff too.

Feats of Manliness - we all went road trippin'...Adzo and T to Port Maq, Phil up to Byron and also Adz caught his daughter's sickness (00:20-08:52); lot of inappropriate behaviour by our polis dominates our discussion in this week's TBA but we also discuss the cancellation of Pepe le Peux, Dr Seuss and Burger King  (08:59-27:36); Brandy the cat is a frickin' Hero of the Week, even though Phil wants to give it to Dan Andrews AGAIN and the people of Minnesota pass on a golden opportunity to respect the Simpsons. And Adzo nails the Dad Joke of the Week again. It's unpresidented. (27:43-38:23); NRL kickstarts this week so we'll be back to normal/not normal sports wrapping up soon, but still, the Sportsdown continues (38:32-53:20); Ah to be a Pirate - Phil provides us with just the grog we needed on a humid Sydney night in Hold my Beer (53:29-67:12); Monday was International Women's Day and so we go through our top female athletes, comedians, charaters, musicians and polis. Spoiler alert: I love Angelica Merkl (67:23-96:53); Chappy forgot to ask, so we just ended the show (96:57-98:09)

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Season 2, Episode 6: Facebook v Phil

Hero of the Week: Brittany Higgins. 

Hold by Beer: The Sneaky Bucha of Byron Summer.

Adzo's daughter turned one and it's time to celebrate. Phil and T go at it in a Facebook v Media face-off. They also finally got to attend a Sydney FC v Roar match and it ended the way Adzo predicted: 0-0. Plus another brave Australian paves the way for female strength and equality.

Feats of Manliness include Adzo doing more house stuff, Phil went to a soccer match and T protected his boys from drunk ladies piling out of a matinee of Magic Mike (00:22-11:53); TBA Wrap and T & Phil go at it in a Facebook v the Media special, something lands on Mars, some dude almost gets a vaccination cause they think he's the fattest guy alive and Brittany Higgins bravely speaks on the national stage (12:00-31:17); Disney+, some Texas dude, frogs and ASSASSins headline Hero and Dad Joke of the Week (31:24-47:15); INTERLUDE (47:15-48:32); Adzo brings us beer from Byron with nothing other than - you guessed it - kambucha in it...and it's pretty good! (48:42-55:50); Adzo's Sportsdown includes the usual shenanigans and an in-depth review of Phil and T's Rivalry match at the fortress that is Jubilee Oval (55:59-73:41); Video Games Review Show pays respect to the heaven that is Super Mario World at Universal Japan which is open now (73:50-81:23); Finally Chappy Asks is too confusing so we just read our drunken notes from week's past (81:31-87:20)

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Season 2, Episode 5: Most Manly Holiday Destinations

Hero of the Week: Joe Pesci. 

Hold by Beer: Wildflower St Abigail White Peach Australian Wild Ale.

It's all fun and games as we try a new format to make things tighter - but it seemed to have the opposite effect. We talk everything from Joe Pesci to Tom Brady, Wandering Jews to Nick Scali; we countdown the most manly holiday destinations, all while downing a beer made with peaches and acid. Strap in.

Kicking off the show we start with our Feats of Manliness, including Adzo and T predrinking a 11.3% ABV Sour, Phil and T going to a Korean BBQ and being show how to do it properly, and notes made during pub crawls do not good reading make (00:21-16:25); TBA Wrap and T discusses the PCness of calling a plant a 'Wandering Jew', Phil brings up Nick Scali's shame, and Adzo - still hard from the Reddit heroes - praises nerds who lock up cock boxes (16:30-38:49); Hero and Dad Joke of the Week and it's between Stephen Curry, some guy Phil mentions - that I can't remember - and Joe Pesci. Oh and I think even TD is up for a nomination as well (38:54-50:19); Adzo's Sportsdown rings praises for Tom, Brooks and others, but its T's battle against the betting giants that has us really excited (50:29-71:46); Acid Beers mixed with Vanilla Custard and Peach Sorbet...honestly, what is wrong with us? (71:56-86:13); This week we countdown our Most Manly Holiday Destinations, and yes Vegas is in there but you'll be surprised at some others in there...or maybe you won't. I don't know, who cares. (86:24-104:19); Chappy Asks wraps things up and we define finally what 'sexual intercourse' actually means (104:26-108:31)

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Season 2, Episode 4: Most Manly Movies (Read: Phil's homage to the Fast & Furious franchise)

This week we remembered to save as we went along. We also discussed the Reddit Gamestop heroes, Anthony Albanese (and the beer named after him), bathroom sanitisation practices, Israel Folau and how good he is at footballing - but nothing else, and countdown our most manliest movies of all time. 

We start by lamenting how we didn't get on Gamestop or Dogecoin when we had the chance, but at least we don't live in Perth. Tristan and Phil discuss awesome hairdressing stories, while Adzo can only watch during our Feats of Manliness (00:22-13:52); Hero of the Week has to be the Reddit dudes but Albanese and the dude who ate chillis kept it close. Meanwhile the Dad Joke of the Week is even closer and need's Anonymous' son to judge (13:56-26:16); TBA Wrap is not sponsored - come on Sam - and we try to learn how the whole Gamestop thing worked, but who cares anyway when spinach has learnt how to email...the end is nigh (26:24-36:50); Eddie McGuire, Israel Folau, Patrick Reed and a whole bunch of other idiots are keeping Adzo busy in his Sportsdown (36:57-53:34); Hold my Beer is a fricking good one, made from corn and finally not a stout from Phil! (53:46-63:30); Adzo and T countdown our Most Manly Movie choices, while for some reason Phil counts up his Fast & Furious collection - and yet it all still works (63:40-87:28); Chappy Asks - and we go scientific as we discuss whether phones should be used in bathrooms (with a bonus response hidden in there for gigs) (87:38-93:42)

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