Bath Time

It’s Day 164 of Bath Time! Once you get past the intro which may be the best and most horrifying intro in Bath Time history… Paul has found the StartUp podcast and is hooked. Mammoth Audio is a podcast business startup. So is Gimlet Media. One is in Australia. One is in America. But the host of StartUp, Alex Blumberg, probably hasn’t listened to Bath Time. The post 164 – If You StartUp, I’ll Never Stop appeared first on Mammoth Audio.

It’s Day 163 of Bath Time! TV & movie streaming in Australia is about to get a whole lot more interesting. Netflix is launching soon, Stan has launched its early access and Presto has added TV shows to its lineup. But who wins? The consumer? Do you have a lazy $30 lying around per month to have access to virtually every TV show and movie ever? Can the Australian market sustain three separate services? Or will they just cannibalize each other’s profits? The post 163 – Netflix vs. Stan vs. Presto appeared first on Mammoth Audio.

It’s Day 162 of Bath Time! Today’s Movie Autopsy is American Sniper, directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Bradley Cooper. Paul and Anthony discuss the patriotism of the film, they reference Clint’s chair incident and marvel at some very awesome action sequences. They also take note some sever one-sided portrayal of Iraqis, a beautiful drone shot of a drone and whether the ending was a sucker punch considering it’s a true story. The post 162 – American Sniper w/ Anthony McCormack appeared first on Mammoth Audio.

It’s Day 161 of Bath Time! Paul has just arrived back in Melbourne after 3 days at a strategic planning camp for the Student Youth Network in Healesville. He discovered that today’s young people are just as good if not better than the young people from his time at SYN. We’ll all be working for them in ten years. The post 161 – We’ll All Be Working For Them In Ten Years appeared first on Mammoth Audio.

It’s Day 160 of Bath Time! Paul begun his media life at the Student Youth Network in Melbourne – a community radio station and media hub. Each year, they venture to Healesville for a strategic planning camp. Paul is getting a bit old for SYN, so he decided to attend the camp one more time, and record a podcast while he was there. He’s joined by past Bath Time guests Bec Petraitis and Dylan Leach. This episode contains an epic pitch by Dylan for a ratings blockbuster of an idea for a radio show on SYN, pitched to the new radio programming manager of SYN 90.7. Listen in to find out how he went! The post 160 – This One Time At SYN Camp w/ Bec Petraitis & Dylan Leach appeared first on Mammoth Audio.

It’s Day 159 of Bath Time! Paul is packing his bags for Healesville, but offers a rousing motivational speech. Taking aim at people with chronic illness and shitty outlooks on life, Paul has some words of advice and some words of rebuke for all who indulge in cynicism. The post 159 – A Serious Case of Chronic Success appeared first on Mammoth Audio.

It’s Day 158 of Bath Time! Courtesy of Bath Time regular Phil Setton, today’s topic is “Why you could never be in the Olympics. Or could you? No. You couldn’t.” Thanks Phil! Paul explores what it takes to become an elite athlete and why he never bothered. Also he ponders the true size of ISIS. It’s all a numbers game. The post 158 – You’ve Missed Out On The Olympics appeared first on Mammoth Audio.

It’s Day 157 of Bath Time! Tom Middleditch is an actor, theatre maker and his face is an internet dating meme! And he joins Paul in the tub for the first time today. Tom tells the story of how his face became the weapon against unwanted male attention on dating sites, the joy of accents and the virtue of knowing what is attractive. It’s all about the bass. But seriously, what is the treble? The post 157 – Why Would You Go To The Softcore w/ Tom Middleditch appeared first on Mammoth Audio.

It’s Day 156 of Bath Time! Paul has just ordered a fitness bracelet so that he can measure how much exercise he’s not doing. But he had to decide whether to order the Small or Large wristband… And he had to measure in inches. The process was lengthy and confronting. Also, what’s your relationship with creatures of the night? Are you more fight or flight? The post 156 – Engorged Wrists appeared first on Mammoth Audio.

It’s Day 155 of Bath Time! And today’s Movie Autopsy with Anthony McCormack is Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance). Is it a bat? Is it a plane? No, it’s Michael Keaton winning Best Actor at the Golden Globes for Birdman. Recorded immediately after we see the movie, Movie Autopsy is our after-movie chat. We talk amazing directing, casting in-jokes and the significance of Batman and Keaton. The post 155 – Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) w/ Anthony McCormack appeared first on Mammoth Audio.

It’s Day 154 of Bath Time! Should Taylor Swift be eligible for triple j’s Hottest 100? Yes. Yes she should. Because she made music in 2014. And it was fun. Also Paul has a head splitting headache and wonders if it has anything to do with all the drum-heavy soundtracks he’s been listening to. The post 154 – #Tay4Hottest100 appeared first on Mammoth Audio.

It’s Day 153 of Bath Time! Josh Prince and Phil Setton are in the tub for the first time in 2015! Phil outlines how to document a holiday in a surreal photo blogging experiment that made his girlfriend’s mother very confused and worried. The future of television is discussed and decided. Imagine a reality TV show that was released all at once on Netflix. Would you binge watch it just so that you could vote? Also, personal and public prophecies and predictions for 2015. The post 153 – Binge Reality w/ Josh Prince & Phil Setton appeared first on Mammoth Audio.

It’s Day 152 of Bath Time! Are you a parent? Do you ever intend to become a parent? Are you equipped with the right knowledge, wisdom and temperament to be a good parent? What kind of a world would we bring children into? Climate change, racial tensions, technological advances, moral shifts… how do we navigate it all? The post 152 – Children of the Future Part 2 appeared first on Mammoth Audio.

It’s Day 151 of Bath Time! How did your parent’s childhood influence your childhood? Did the follies, terrors and joys of your parents younger days get passed on to you? Paul investigates! The post 151 – Children of the Future Part 1 appeared first on Mammoth Audio.

It’s Day 150 of Bath Time! Paul has just been checking out the newcomers to the Melbourne comedy scene at the first RAW Comedy Heat of 2015. The scary thing was… most people didn’t suck. So, is that a good thing? Does Paul benefit from more good comedians on the scene, or would he prefer everyone was terrrible? The post 150 – Raw & Jealous appeared first on Mammoth Audio.

It’s Day 149 of Bath Time! Welcome to 2015! Wait, didn’t that start like 9 days ago? Did it? Are you sure? Because 2014 was pretty shit… terrorists, hostage situations, ebola, airlines disasters… And so far 2015 is looking a lot like 2014. So maybe it is! The post 149 – Is It Still 2014? appeared first on Mammoth Audio.

It’s Day 148 of Bath Time! As with the rest of the world, Paul has been horrified at the news of the attacks on Charlie Hebdo in Paris. Paul is a proud comedian and satirist and the attacks have led to some self reflection and broader thinking on the role of satire in the world, and the growing need to be level headed, and for people and societies to be honest with each other. The post 148 – Charlie Hebdo appeared first on Mammoth Audio.

It’s Day 147 of Bath Time! @vineyardpaul on Twitter suggested Paul and Anthony should watch Arctic Blast and share their thoughts on it. They watched. And they laughed. And they talked. Arctic Blast is a (little know?) disaster movie produced in Tasmania in 2010. It stars Michael Shanks and is directed by the BMX Bandit director. So what went wrong? From the bad acting, to terrible script to entirely lacking SFX department, we perform a movie autopsy. Also a big announcement about a thing called Movie Autopsy! The post 147 – Arctic Blast w/ Anthony McCormack appeared first on Mammoth Audio.

It’s Day 146 of Bath Time! Paul has had a productive day! He did so many things. Also he spray painted a spider. So that all gets tied together neatly on today’s ruminations on productivity and feeling productive. The post 146 – Spray Paint A Spider appeared first on Mammoth Audio.

It’s Day 145 of Bath Time! Max Attwood is a guest Paul has wanted on the show for a long time. They’ve met doing student theatre, worked together on community television and started out doing stand up comedy around the same time, touring a split bill show together at various Australian comedy festivals. Max is a trained circus performer and now training to become a primary school teacher. Max discusses the change in career and the skills that cross over. The post 145 – Put Your Shirt On w/ Max Attwood appeared first on Mammoth Audio.