Deep Fought

Episode 250: Deep Fought Presents: 'Twenniversary' – A 250th Episode Retrospectacular

Kick off your heels, kick on your uggs, and settle in for a night on the couch as we take you behind the scenes of one of podcasting's most influential episodes. Our cameras were rolling for all the highs, the lows, and the laughs, and we've cracked open the archives to bring you never-before-seen material. Plus, brand new interviews with the men who made it happen, guaranteed to shake up everything you thought you knew. This episode's mistakes include:
Just an unfathomably difficult edit.
A persistent sense that there's something you can almost hear, but not quite.
Insufferable navel-gazing.
Egregious factual inaccuracies.
Fact-check your husband, then like us on Facebook, follow us on Instagram, rate us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, and send your questions to deepfought@gmail.com.

Episode 249: Selective Empathy

What's new with you? If it feels like we're all futilely trying to catch up to a rapidly accelerating news cycle, know that you're not alone. In this jumbo sized savoury morsel of a pod, we talk about the shattering of the U.S.–Ukraine relationship, and then take a detour into a discussion about a discussion about the challenges faced by young men today. But fear not, for we also have plenty of nonsense, including a brand new segment (and jingle) from Michael. This episode's mistakes include:
Some unnecessarily gross images.
Varying levels of compassion for deserving victims.
Poetry slam slam.
Egregious factual inaccuracies.
Be grateful you don't have a tail, then like us on Facebook, follow us on Instagram, rate us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, and send your questions to deepfought@gmail.com.

Episode 248: Is Your Refrigerator Running?

Grab a cold one, kick off your shoes, and settle in for an hour and change of refreshing poddy goodness. We're keeping things chill with an extended talk about refrigeration and the effect it had on food and agriculture, with a related discussion of ice cream and its cultural impact. Plus, plenty of other nonsense, including a crazy Nick story, a venomous Michael story, an aggressive email, and Will.i.am. This episode's mistakes include:
Foul language.
Delicious language.
Incorrectly corrected language.
Egregious factual inaccuracies.
Go inside and lock the door, then like us on Facebook, follow us on Instagram, rate us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, and send your questions to deepfought@gmail.com.

Episode 247: Government Drones

Would AI be a better president than Donald Trump? That's one of many questions raised in this invigorating and topical episode of the podcast Deep Fought. It's actually more of a philosophical discussion than a political one, so sit back and enjoy a discussion of whether utilitarian ideals are appropriate for democratic administration. Plus, we're jingle heavy, with a Mailbag, Science News, Recommendation Engine, and Michael's debut of a brand new seggy. This episode's mistakes include:
Pitt pit slander.
Furthering the atheist agenda.
Misunderstanding an email.
Egregious factual inaccuracies.
Be wary of hearing damage, then like us on Facebook, follow us on Instagram, rate us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, and send your questions to deepfought@gmail.com.

Episode 246: Up In Arms

Hey fam, hope you're all doing good and doing well. We're back to talk about this crazy little thing called America and the start of a new and horrifying political era. Plus we go into the nitty gritty of the TikTok ban, why people tend to mispronounce loanwords, and Michael gets some miffs off his chest. This episode's mistakes include:
High energy, low seriousness.
Repeated use of 'irregardless'.
Talking too much about sweet chilli sauce.
Egregious factual inaccuracies.
Piss in neon, then like us on Facebook, follow us on Instagram, rate us on Apple Podcasts, find our Christmas songs on Spotify, and send your questions to deepfought@gmail.com.

Episode 245: Putting Out Fires

Welcome to our first pod of 2025! Nick raced home from a road trip to make this pod, so we just chew the fat for a bit, dive into our recent personal heroics (firefighting, cabinetry), and ultimately peruse a list of interesting scientific trivia. Hot stuff. This episode's mistakes include:
Saying Jonathan Taylor Thomas is in prison when in fact it was Zachery Ty Bryan who did horrible things.
Forgetting that firefighting trucks are called "appliances" and then being laughed at derisively when I correctly suggested it.
Tenuously equating a concierge (a doorkeeper or cleaner) with a valet (a personal manservant).
Egregious factual inaccuracies.
Say it correctly, then like us on Facebook, follow us on Instagram, rate us on Apple Podcasts, find our Christmas songs on Spotify, and send your questions to deepfought@gmail.com.

Episode 244: Bad Taste

So that was 2024. Hmm. Weird one. Good news is, we've got a fresh pod to cap off the year, recorded live in person in Nick's parents' backyard. We're talking through our travels and Christmas vibes and family conspiracies, and we play a visual sketching game that works just as well in an audio podcast as you'd expect. But hey, it's the holidays. This episode's mistakes include:
Different audio setup and resultant different audio.
Outdated data on correlation between finger length and sexuality.
Not enough of an actual 2024 retrospective.
Egregious factual inaccuracies.
Get the waiter's attention, then like us on Facebook, follow us on Instagram, rate us on Apple Podcasts, find our Christmas songs on Spotify, and send your questions to deepfought@gmail.com.

Episode 243: Open Season

If you're catching whiffs of venison and pine, fear not, for it's merely our 6th Annual Christmas Song Spectacular! We're back with the biggest episode of the year as we debut our original seasonal compositions for each other. We hope you like them as much as we do. But that's not all – there's unboxing of gifts, a cactus update, and chat about our societal fascination with hot murderers. This episode's mistakes include:
Nick's laptop audibly melting in real time.
No video of Michael's pratfall due to his app being wrongly configured.
Investing more hours of work into an episode of podcast than it has listeners.
Egregious factual inaccuracies.
Insist on no ice, then like us on Facebook, follow us on Instagram, rate us on Apple Podcasts, find our Christmas songs on Spotify, and send your questions to deepfought@gmail.com.

Episode 242: Smells Like Teen Spite

Update 3/12/24: We've uploaded a new version of this audio file to fix some issues at the start. Please delete and redownload the episode on your player to get the fixed version. Nick will be publicly flogged for the mistake. Follow us on socials to find out when!
Phew, we made it! This week's pod was an experiment in a new recording setup, and it did not quite go to plan. But fear not, as we have Frankensteined together all the disparate parts into a seamless whole so you can just focus on the good stuff: discussions of the Australian social media ban for people under 16, dramatic readings of Messenger chats, and another listener voicemail. Honestly, it's all good stuff. This episode's mistakes include:
Attempting to run an intensive new app on old computer hardware.
Accusing Nick of performing an inaccurate Michael impression.
Going shirtless on the pod.
Egregious factual inaccuracies.
Stop whinging, then like us on Facebook, follow us on Instagram, rate us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, and send your questions to deepfought@gmail.com.

Episode 241: Sisyphus 2.0

Really quick intro time! I gotta go to puppy school! Every sentence I type makes us later! We're talking about the election and about physio and we do some recs! I gotta go seriously bye!! This episode's mistakes include:
Lukewarm take on old news.
Being gaslit about the title of a film.
Not enough Thom Yorke content.
Egregious factual inaccuracies.
Get that shoulder looked at, then like us on Facebook, follow us on Instagram, rate us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, and send your questions to deepfought@gmail.com.

Episode 240: Everything In Its Right Place

Ladies and gentlemen, all the way from Melbourne and Christchurch, please welcome to the stage a brand new pod! In this supersized episode, we go deep in the reeds of Thom Yorke's Everything tour, which we were both lucky enough to recently attend. But if Radiohead is not your thing, fear not, for we also touch on why ghosts wear sheets, solar panel politeness, Pokémon cards, sleep yelps, and in a very special Deep Fought After Dark™, we place our bets on the outcome of the American election. This episode's mistakes include:
Indulgent length.
Excessive music nerdery.
Repeated ineffective outro attempts.
Egregious factual inaccuracies.
Laugh when she's crying, cry when she's laughing, then like us on Facebook, follow us on Instagram, rate us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, and send your questions to deepfought@gmail.com.

Episode 239: So Pretentious

Good evening, and welcome to another distinguished meeting of the Deeply Fought Discussion Society. This week, Prof. Zubreckyj has brought a tantalising titbit for one's contemplation: just what, precisely, makes something pretentious? Our respectful tête-à-tête leads to unexpected destinations; our travel companion, sparkling repartee. This episode's mistakes include:
The video call shitting the bed and requiring 30 minutes of tech diagnostics mid-pod.
Misquoting a Radiohead lyric and then fixing it in post in humiliation.
Selling out one's confetti principles for money.
Egregious factual inaccuracies.
Take a moment of zen, then like us on Facebook, follow us on Instagram, rate us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, and send your questions to deepfought@gmail.com.

Episode 238: You Better Believe It

Look what we have here – a brand new pod, full of puppies and placebos! Yes, we talk about being Dog Daddies™, and then move on to some interesting Science News about the placebo effect and its evil opposite, the nocebo. Do you worry that doesn't sound like your thing? That's probably just the nocebo effect in action, so you should listen anyway. This episode's mistakes include:
Petty competitiveness about dog superiority.
Too many hand gestures for an audio podcast.
Excessive sound effects.
Egregious factual inaccuracies.
Get out the giant scissors, then like us on Facebook, follow us on Instagram, rate us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, and send your questions to deepfought@gmail.com.

Episode 237: Name 100 Women

Uh-oh. If I'm interpreting that episode title right, this sounds like another one of those classic episodes where Nick baits Michael into humiliating himself live on pod. Well, I certainly hope it's not as bad as we expect!! This episode's mistakes include:
Forgot it was Gap that botched their logo redesign.
Unhinged tooth flavour allegations.
Not accepting Mary Magdalene as a real person.
Egregious factual inaccuracies.
Prepare for the dog show, then like us on Facebook, follow us on Instagram, rate us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, and send your questions to deepfought@gmail.com.

Episode 236: Modern Lonely

Greeting, and welcome back to our regularly scheduled programming. Yes, we're releasing on time, we're talking AI romance, and we're talking dolphins. Boom – add another classic pod to the list. This episode's mistakes include:
A period in the middle where Michael's audio stopped recording so we defaulted to the Skype backup sorry.
False burglar alarm.
Lack of clarity about if the outro will or will not be included in the podcast.
Egregious factual inaccuracies.
Do your own research on Princess Diana, then like us on Facebook, follow us on Instagram, rate us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, and send your questions to deepfought@gmail.com.

Episode 235: Adulting

Hello hello, and apologies for the delay. It was a bit of a hectic weekend for both of us, so this pod is about the latest developments in our slow amble towards Grown-Up status. I won't dawdle with any more blurb since we're already behind time. This episode's mistakes include:
Delayed release.
Dog interruptions.
Undeserved mailbag hostility.
Egregious factual inaccuracies.
Come over for a tour, then like us on Facebook, follow us on Instagram, rate us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, and send your questions to deepfought@gmail.com.

Episode 234: Sports Day

Lace your trainers, do some dynamic stretching, and head for the starting line, because this week we're talking about the Olympics – what we think of it, ways to improve it, and what went viral at Paris 2024. Plus, we talk beta males, alarm bells, and couscous, so we've still got you covered if sports aren't your thing. This episode's mistakes include:
Aggressive tone at the start.
Lots of puppy talk.
Too many '90s hits.
Egregious factual inaccuracies.
Move to Kazakhstan, then like us on Facebook, follow us on Instagram, rate us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, and send your questions to deepfought@gmail.com.

Episode 233: Brat Girl Summer

The news keeps cycling, and we've strapped on our helmets and clicked in our special shoes so that we can stay pedalling in the slipstream. We're talking Biden, we're talking Kamala, we're talking apricot chicken, we're talking dental appliances. Plus, a fun surprise guest on the pod this week! Let's get to it. This episode's mistakes include:
Brunch slander.
Some of the most disturbing ASMR you've ever heard.
Woeful recollection of the McDonald's jingle.
Egregious factual inaccuracies.
Block your numbers, then like us on Facebook, follow us on Instagram, rate us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, and send your questions to deepfought@gmail.com.

Episode 232: A Pig's Ear

Well, damn. We're living in eventful times, and we just happened to be recording on the day when it all went down. So we're back on the American politics bandwagon to discuss the attempted Trump assassination. The good news is, we already had a full agenda, so we're also bringing some George Clooney News, complaining about Uber, and miffing again. This episode's mistakes include:
Inversion of host/sidekick roles.
Immediately being out of date due to recording while news was still breaking.
Misquoting Destiny's Child lyrics.
Egregious factual inaccuracies.
Join the sock revolution, then like us on Facebook, follow us on Instagram, rate us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, and send your questions to deepfought@gmail.com.

Episode 231: National Security

Papers, please. Yes, we're broadly tackling the topic of national security this week, from two directions. First, we touch on the Biden vs Trump debate and what the best path forward might be based on the data. And second, we discuss Julian Assange's release and the necessity of state secrets. If that sounds a bit full on, don't worry, because this one is actually Rather Silly™, and includes plenty of miffs, popes, and dick jokes. This episode's mistakes include:
Some audio echoes due to leaky headphones, sorry.
Failing to remember that the 'quantity over quality' debate strategy is named the 'Gish gallop'.
Not naming the episode 'Quiz Is Not Jizz'.
Egregious factual inaccuracies.
Cut yourself a sledge of lazzie, then like us on Facebook, follow us on Instagram, rate us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, and send your questions to deepfought@gmail.com.