The Gristle (2024)

20/07/2024

Fear not Gristlers, the computer apocalypse has not stopped this week's show from going up on the Internet!

This week Starvin Marvin is joined by Monica Rodma, Sunshine Sally, Stavros Mentos and brand new panellist Sir Camelot.

The team tear through a packed run sheet:

🔹MISSED HIM BY THAT MUCH: Trump survives shooting and picks his Veep;
🔹TENACIOUS D-PORTATION: Comic rockers cancel tour;
🔹GATES OF HELL: CFMEU boss threatens to unleash the hounds on Labor pollies;
🔹CHUCK & 'MILLA: Elderly poms to vist Sydney & Canberra.

Catch it all right here 👇

Independent Radio

13/07/2024

It's Saturday, so strap yourself in for another cracking edition of The Gristle!

A jam-packed panel of Democrazy, Tyranny Saurus, Monica Rodham, Stavros Mentos and Storeman Norman join Starvin Marvin two chew over the week that was:

🔹CLOONEY TUNES: A-List actor pulls the rug out from under Sleepy Joe;
🔹MONEY BALL: Can Don Farrell put a cap on political donations?
🔹CAUGHT IN THE CROSSFIRE: Muslim candidates lining up to take on Labor MPs over Gaza;
🔹CLUB THUGGERY: Malcolm Turnbull is back! But where’s Dutts? And ...
🔹STICK IT UP YOUR ART: The fake Picasso scandal engulfing Tasmania’s MONA museum.

Catch all the mayhem right here 👇

Independent Radio

05/07/2024

What massive week!

Monica Rodham and Storeman Norman joined Starvin' Marvin in the 2SER studio to chew through a huge run sheet:

🔹GONE: Western Australia Senator Fatima Payman sensationally quits the Labor Party;
🔹SUPER MARXIST: Dutts promises to use the heavy hand of government to break up the big grocery giants;
🔹DE-FANGED: Speako gets his way, and The Fang gets extracted from NSW Shadow Cabinet;
🔹KING DONALD: The US Supreme Court says the President is above the law; and
🔹LIKE WOW, WIPE-OUT! The Tories get annihilated in Britain

Catch up with all the cutting-edge analysis and general piss-taking right here:

Independent Radio

29/06/2024

Yay it's the weekend! Time to relax, grab a coffee and listen to another cracking edition of The Gristle.

This week Stavros Mentos, Tyranny Saurus, Democrazy, Storeman Norman and junior pundit Monkey Boy join Starvin' Marvin to chew through a very gristly run sheet:

🔹WIKI-FREAKS: Politicians fall over themselves to welcome home Julian Assange;
🔹KEAN AND GREEN: Matt Kean infuriates the Libs by taking a job with the Federal Government;
🔹FANGIN’ IT: National Party MP lets loose on Mark ‘Speako’ Speakman;
🔹AND THE WORST DEBATE IN HUMAN HISTORY: Biden and Trump face off again.

Catch up with all the mayhem right here 👇

Independent Radio

21/06/2024

OMG Gristlers, what a time to be alive!

Putin's Bride is back, joining Sunshine Sally, Stavros Mentos, Storeman Norman and host Starvin Marvin to chew over a massive week:

🔹FALL-OUT BOY: Dutts finally announces the locations of his nuclear power plants;
🔹TROJAN PANDAS: Should we be suspicious of China’s latest furry gifts?
🔹STAR WITNESS: Linda Reynolds calls in the big guns in defo case against Brittany Higgins;
🔹HOUSE OF CARDS: Daniel Mookhey spends up on social housing;
🔹AND GETTING THE NOD: Insiders clean up with winning bets on the UK election date.

Tune in for all that and loads more!

Independent Radio

15/06/2024

Oh boy, have we got a HUGE show for you this week, featuring an equally HUGE panel of Starvin Marvin, Monica Rodham, Democrazy, Tyranny Saurus, Stavros Mentos and Storeman Norman.

The team chew over:

🔹MYSTERY AUCTION: Dutts says he’ll tell voters about his climate change policies AFTER the next Federal election;
🔹SNUBBED: ScoMo’s application for membership of the exclusive Australia Club gets knocked back;
🔹DONOR KEBAB: South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskas skewers election donations;
🔹POSITION VACANT: Who will take over as the next host of Media Watch?
🔹AND THE SECOND COMING OF NIGEL FARAGE: Will the man who sank the EU now sink the Tories?

We ran out of time to talk about pandas, but we promise we'll get stuck into that one next week!

Have a great weekend Gristlers.

Independent Radio

07/06/2024

It's the weekend! So make a coffee, butter some toast, and tune into 2SER's weekly no-holds-barred political review, The Gristle!

This week Starvin Marvin is joined by Monica Rodham, Sunshine Sally, Stavros Mentos and Storeman Norman to chew over all the big issues of a chaotic week, including:

🔹Peter Costello's airport shoulder charge;
🔹News Corp v the National Press Club;
🔹Andy Giles lowers the deportation bar;
🔹Will AI destroy civilisation?
🔹Why is everyone coughing?
🔹And has Modi lost his mojo?

Tune in for all that and lots more!

Independent Radio

31/05/2024

It's Saturday morning, that means another smashing episode of The Gristle has just dropped on the 2SER website!

This week Sunshine Sally, Democrazy, Stavros Mentos and storeman Norman join uberhost Starvin' Marvin to chew over:

🔹GUILTY ON ALL COUNTS! Is the Trumpster finished?
🔹RACE TO THE BOTTOM: Is Australia racist or not?
🔹RIDING INSTRUCTIONS: Under fire Immigration Minister Andy Giles re-writes his Ministerial Direction on visa cancellations;
🔹AND LOTS MORE!!!

Don't miss it!

Independent Radio

24/05/2024

Happy Saturday Gristle Family! And have we got a great show for you.

This week NEW PANELLIST Jim Genie joins regulars Starvin Marvin, DemoCrazy, Stavros Mentos and Storeman Norman to chew the fat, mulling over hot topics such as:

🔹GOING NUCLEAR: Will Dutts finally reveal the locations of his promised nuclear power stations?
🔹BURN BABY BURN: Minnsy keeps the Eraring power station running for two more years;
🔹ADULTS ONLY: Should kids be banned from social media?
🔹MILES AWAY: Can Queensland Premier Steven Miles come back from the political dead?
🔹AND THE BIG SHORT: Hedge fund squillionaire Rishi Sunak gambles an early election.

Tune in for all this and more on your favourite weekly dose of guerilla radio!

Independent Radio

17/05/2024

Another MONSTER week on , with DemoCrazy, Monica Rodham, Sunshine Sally, Stavros Mentos and Storeman Norman joining Starvin Marvin in the 2SER studios to answer all the big questions, including:

🔹Will voters get excited about a $300 discount on their power bills?
🔹What’s on Peter Dutton’s budget menu?
🔹Should Albo be allowed to sell his house?
🔹Why did ADA go from the river to the backbench?
🔹And why doesn’t Gina like her portrait?

Tune in for all that and heaps more!

Independent Radio

10/05/2024

This week Sunshine Sally, Monica Rodham, Tyranny Saurus, Stavros Mentos and Storeman Norman long on to the virtual studio with uber-host Starvin Marvin. The team chew over:

🔹IT’S A GAS GAS GAS! Jumping Jack Albo talks up Australia’s gas-fired future;
🔹HEAD WINDS, OR TAILS UP? Will Gentleman Jim Chalmers tighten the belt or loosen the purse strings in next week’s Federal Budget?
FLIGHT DELAY: Melbourne’s long-awaited airport rail link put on hold, again …
🔹FRANK’S BAINIMA-DRAMA: Former Fijian PM sent to the clink;
🔹AND TRUMP HITS STORMY WATERS: Lurid details about Donald Trump’s bedroom behaviours aired in a New York court room!

Plus bonus poo jogger content!

https://2ser.com/episodes/the-gristle-630pm-10th-may-2024/

Tune in right here for all that and more 👇

Independent Radio

03/05/2024

This week's Gristle has just dropped!

Listen in to hear Starvin Marvin, Stavros Mentos, Sunshine Sally, Monica Rodham and Storeman Norman dissect the big yarns of the past week. The panel chew over:

🔹DEFAMATION NATION: Who’s suing who in the zoo?
🔹SPOOK WALLAHS: Why is India spying on us?
🔹THE AIRLINE WITH NO PLANES: Budget airline Bonza stuck on the tarmac;
🔹THE HOSPITAL WITH NO PATIENTS: Why were patients at a Melbourne hospital wearing stethoscopes? and
🔹DON’T YOU KNOW WHO I AM? Boris Johnson gets turned away from the polling booth for not producing ID.

All that and heaps more on The Gristle on 2SER!

Independent Radio

26/04/2024

It was a packed house in the virtual studio last night, with Monica Rodham, Sunshine Sally, Tyranny Saurus, Stavros Mentos and Storeman Norman joining our erstwhile host Starvin Marvin to chew over the big issues of the week. And what a week it was!

🔹ALBO’S ANZAC PILGRIMAGE: But who was actually running the country?
🔹LAMBIE v MUSK: Elon Musk has called Tasmanian Senator Jacqui Lambie an “enemy of the people”;
🔹AFP v TEENAGERS: The Federal coppers say they’ve prevented a terror attack;
🔹ARJ v BABIES: Do kids and comedy mix? And
🔹PINT-SIZED LOSER: Sizeism rears its ugly head in the UK!

Tune in for all that and heaps more on this week's Gristle!

Independent Radio

19/04/2024

Another week, another amazing Gristle in the can ...

This week new panellist Fidel Cathro joins the chaos with Starvin Marvin, Storeman Norman and Stavros Mentos, while Gristle legend Monica Rodham returns to collect her hat!

The team chew over:

🔹JAMES & THE GIANT PRE-PRODUCTION BILL: Channel 7 loses a defamation case, a CEO and its dignity all in one week;
🔹CONTROLLING THE TROLLS: How can we stop online disinformation?
🔹TRICKY DICKY'S NEW TOYS: Government to spend up on more defence stuff;
🔹HOG-THWARTED: Why did the Greens kick up a stink over a Harry Potter event?

And lots more!

Listen to it all right here 👇

Independent Radio

12/04/2024

It's another huge week on The Gristle, with new panellist Tyranny Saurus joining Starvin' Marvin, Sunshine Sally, Stavros Mentos and Storeman Norman to chew over the big issues in Australian politics, including:

🔹Albo's make or break move on manufacturing;
🔹Penny's two state solution;
🔹Dutts's long bow on Port Arthur;
🔹Cracky's rap over the knuckles; and
🔹The 2nd coming of Eric Abetz.

Tune in for all that and lots more!

Independent Radio

05/04/2024

Did you catch The Gristle live on air last night? If not, you can catch up with the chaos right now! Or whenever you have a spare moment, it's up to you ...

This week we've got an exciting NEW PANELLIST - the one and only Sunshine Sally! And the panel rips through all the big issues of the week:

🔹BRUCE ON THE LOOSE: the latest developments from the extraordinary Bruce Lehrmann defamation saga;
🔹ALBO AND THE JETS: How many aeroplanes does it take to get Cabinet ministers to the Hunter Valley?
🔹OMGG! The Murdochracy goes completely mad over new Governor General;
🔹FOLLOW THE MONEY: Who paid for the yes and no campaigns in the Voice referendum?
🔹SHACK ATTACK: Political renegade on track to hold balance of power in Tassie parliament; and
🔹IN DON WE TRUST: The Trumpster's gaffe of biblical proportions.

Yes, there's all that and even more on this week's Gristle!

Independent Radio

22/03/2024

Another big week, and another huge Gristle! Check out this week's run sheet:

🔹HE’S NOT KEVVY, HE MY BROTHER: Would Kevin Rudd survive a second Trump Presidency?
🔹UNREPRESENTATIVE SWILL: Chinese Foreign Minister has afternoon tea with Paul Keating;
🔹VICAR OF SQUIBLEY: Albo cracks down on doxxing, but squibs it on Religious Discrimination bill.
🔹TASMANIAN DEVIL IN THE DETAIL: Tasmanians go to the polls, but what sort of government will they be electing? and
🔹SINKING FEELING: Labor gets belted in the Queensland by-elections.

Click on the link below to hear the full 30 minutes of chaos.

Independent Radio

15/03/2024

What a week! Catch up with it all the latest edition of on :

🔹TOXIC AVENGER: Can Dutts harness the power of his nuclear strategy and blast his way into The Lodge?
🔹PUT THE HOUSE ON IT: Aged Care Minister says wealthy boomers should pay more for aged care.
🔹CHEESED-OFF OVER CARVE-UP: Minnsy gets shirty over new GST deal;
🔹GET YOUR CHOCS OFF: The Tasmanian election goes all W***y Wonka;
🔹TIK-BLOCK: Can the US force China to sell Tik Tok? And
🔹IT’S DE JA VU ALL OVER AGAIN: Sleepy Joe and The Donald locked in for Presidential rematch.

Don’t miss it!

Independent Radio

16/02/2024

Trying to get your head around the events of the past week? Never fear, the Gristle panel is here to help! This week show chew over:

🔹 ScoMo's lost bond with the people of Australia;
🔹 Matt Canavan says renewables to blame for half a million Victorians losing power?
🔹 The country’s last Liberal Government throws in the towel and calls an early election;
🔹 Sleepy Joe Biden’s quest for a second term is looking shaky;
and lots more

Plus, new panellist Stavros Mentos dials in from Nimbim!

Catch all the craziness right here 👇

Independent Radio

09/02/2024

Another massive episode of The Gristle has just dropped! This week:

🔹Could bosses be sent to jail for sending late night emails?
🔹Have consulting firms taken over the tax office?
🔹What did we learn from Nemesis Part 2?
🔹Will Transit-Oriented Development kill cricket?
🔹And why did Lionel Messi refuses to take the field in Hong Kong?

Listen in for all that heaps more!

Independent Radio

03/02/2024

It's HUGE week on The Gristle! Wrap your ears around the panel's analysis of:

🔹Tax cuts;
🔹The price of cheeseburgers;
🔹Nemesis;
🔹Sofronoff;
🔹Co-ed schools;
🔹Elmo;
🔹And heaps more!

Catch all the mayhem right here 👇

Independent Radio

19/01/2024

Don't miss this week's rollicking episode of The Gristle, featuring the long-awaited return of DemoCrazy! The panel chew over the big issues of the week, including:

🔹Burkie goes bananas at DP World;
🔹ABC journos revolt over radio host;
🔹What did God say to ScoMo?
🔹Minnsy admits he'll fall short on housing;
🔹Tech guru spruiks new working model of 'Work From Mansion' (WFM);
🔹CCP in a flap over Taiwan election; and
🔹North Korea declares the war is over, (or does it?)

Listen in for everything you need to know about the week that was!

Independent Radio

12/01/2024

It's another huge week on ! On this week's show:

🔹More Australia Day Culture Wars:
🔹Emmo takes on the supermarkets;;
🔹COVID surges back;
🔹Celebrity whistleblower blows the whistle on his book review;
🔹And Hunter Biden & the nimrods.

Tune in the get the low-down on all that and lots, lots more!

Independent Radio

05/01/2024

The Gristle is back! This week we say goodbye to long-time panel member Warm Lettuce,🔹 and chew over:

🔹Johnny Howard's missing Cabinet papers;
🔹Why are councils doing citizenship ceremonies on Australia Day anyway?
🔹Albo's EV policy gets a flat battery;
🔹The surprising names in the Jeffrey Epstein files;
🔹We finally get an Australian-born monarch; and
🔹The panel looks into the crystal ball to see what's in store for 24.

Catch it all right here on 2SER 107.3!

Independent Radio

23/12/2023

It's the 2023 Gristle Christmas Edition! This week the team wraps up an eventful 12 months, and announces the nominations for this year's prestigious Captain Belligerent Award. Listen to the end to find out who's in the running 👇

Independent Radio

16/12/2023

What a week, what a Gristle! Don't miss the latest episode of 's weekly no-holds-barred review of local, national and international politics. On this week's show:

🔹ACTIONISM IN ACTION: COP28 Summit points fossil fuels to the door (but they can stay if they want);
🔹JIM'S EARLY CHRISTMAS: The Treasurer delivers a sack full of MYEFO goodies, but has Santa renewed his passport?
🔹STACEY CHUCKS IT IN: The Queensland Premier’s not-so-shock resignation, and who is the new bloke? and
🔹WOKE OR NOT WOKE? The panel take the BoJo quiz.

Tune in for all that and more!

Independent Radio

02/12/2023

Gristlers, we've got a huge show for you this week!

🔹UNEASY TRUCE: How long can ceasefire last on the board of the Sydney Theatre Company?
🔹PEZZ HITS THE ROAD: Home Affairs boss gets b***d - but what will he do next, and who is his replacement?
🔹SPAGHETTI MESS: New road creates traffic bedlam in the Inner West - can Sydney handle any more cars? and
🔹PUNK’S NOT DEAD: We look at the complicated legacies of former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and legendary Pogues' frontman Shane MacGowan.

Catch all this and lots more on The Gristle on 2SER!

Independent Radio

11/11/2023

This week on The Gristle on 2SER:

🔹Is Albo's diplomatic profile pic out of date?
🔹Are home-owners missing the good old days of Philip Lowe?
🔹Should Optus put a call out to John Barilaro?
🔹Are State Govt staffers straying too far outside their lanes?
🔹And why are Orcas so angry?

Listen in to find out all the answers!

Independent Radio

10/11/2023

It's nearly Gristle Time! Coming up on the show tonight -

CHINESE WHISPERS: Albo goes to Beijing and now we’re all friends again;
THE RATE THAT STOPS A NATION: RBA spoils the Melbourne Cup party with lifting interest rates;
RUNG OUT: Optus crash leaves the country on hold for a whole day;
HAYLEN AIN’T BAILIN’: Under-fire Transport Minister hangs on;
AND MOBY DICK GOES ROGUE: Why are Killer Whales attacking boats?

All this and more coming up on the Gristle at 6.30pm on 2SER 107.3 and

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28/07/2023

This week on The Gristle: Warm Lettuce and DemoCrazy go nuclear over nuclear energy, Starvin Marvin calls on the UN to measure war-related greenhouse gas emissions, and Storeman Norman makes a bold prediction about Sydney's Metro West rail project. Catch it all right here 👇

Independent Radio

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