Category: Comedy

Where should you turn when faced with a big, philosophical question? The internet, of course. Half philosophy, one third “jokes”, one twelfth science, one twelfth politics, and 100% carefully calculated fractions. That’s the Deep Fought Promise!

November 19, 2019

Episode 126: OK Boomer

Hey! Teacher! Leave those kids alone. Yes, we're wading into the fracas this week to discuss intergenerational politics and whether respect between demographics has been earned. Plus, some good parent chat, a mailbag, and pet crimes, so... something for everyone. This episode's mistakes include:

  • Should have known it was called 'retrocognition' given I wrote that into a video game.
  • Slandering the Australian and New Zealand postal networks.
  • Self-congratulatory ending.
  • Egregious factual inaccuracies.

Have a word with your parents, then like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter, rate us on Apple Podcasts, and send your questions to deepfought@gmail.com.

October 29, 2019

Episode 125: Do Us A Favour

Sorry for the hold up, old chaps, but let's not dwell on the past. Today we're staring down the future, particularly that of Donald Trump and his impeachment proceedings. But we still find time to learn how not to take a compliment, how to rewind time, and how to register a great internet domain. This episode's mistakes include:

  • Forgetting to talk about the Syria/Turkey/Kurdish conflict at all.
  • Not declaring our inherent biases.
  • Lots of hand gestures which may not translate in the audio medium.
  • Egregious factual inaccuracies.

Barge into a secure government facility with your phone, then like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter, rate us on Apple Podcasts, and send your questions to deepfought@gmail.com.

October 8, 2019

Episode 124: Enter The Dragon

Take your shirt off and relax with a meaty new episode in which we pitch brand new product ideas to a rich and successful panel of investor. Plus, a wide-ranging discussion on American politics, other good podcasts, and more. This episode's mistakes include:

  • Giving away all our good, untrademarked ideas.
  • Forgetting to mention the good soundtrack of Joker.
  • Ending the first date abruptly.
  • Egregious factual inaccuracies.

Get out your purse or wallet, then like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter, rate us on iTunes, and send your questions to deepfought@gmail.com.

September 23, 2019

Episode 123: The Sims

Welcome back, friends. How was your holiday? Michael has returned too, so this week we learn a bit about Sri Lanka and then dive into a properly existential question of whether we're all living in a simulation. Plus, some interesting Science News and a revelatory mailbag. This episode's mistakes include:

  • Hiding one big new development from this description.
  • Michael's good audio died halfway through so we jumped to my Skype recording backup, sorry.
  • Forgot to declare international travel as business expense for tax purposes.
  • Egregious factual inaccuracies.

Get into the groove, then like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter, rate us on iTunes, and send your questions to deepfought@gmail.com.

September 1, 2019

Episode 122: How To Disappear Completely

Happy Father's Day to those who celebrate it, and for everyone else, we have a new episode of the pod for you. We're back in the land of the hypothetical, as we cook up our best escape plans, so we can cut and run when the going gets tough. There are many important considerations and also fake names. This episode's mistakes include:

  • Burning all our great ideas, so now we can't use them.
  • Missed obvious opportunity for John West Tuna angling sponsorship.
  • Cliffhanger ending.
  • Egregious factual inaccuracies.

Grab your go bag, then like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter, rate us on iTunes, and send your questions to deepfought@gmail.com.

August 20, 2019

Episode 121: The Art Of War

Oof. We've been through hell this week to bring you a podcast about war - and don't worry, we discuss whether a comparison like that is appropriate in the episode itself. It was a Skype record with constant interruptions, but the end result is a peek behind the curtain of our production process, offering insights the New York Times called "illuminating" and "heartbreaking." This episode's mistakes include:

  • Drawing attention to the problem instead of making it go away.
  • Growing increasingly broken as humans across the episode.
  • Michael said Chinese is read right to left but that mostly changed in the 1950s after the communist revolution, and the increasing exposure to Western character sets made the unwieldiness of rotating a vertical paper to parse English words apparent. Thus, all newspapers changed to a horizontal left-to-right alignment, and today most real-world Chinese signage is now written to match.
  • Egregious factual inaccuracies.

Get down, get down, then like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter, rate us on iTunes, and send your questions to deepfought@gmail.com.

August 6, 2019

Episode 120: To Sleep, Perchance To Dream

Tuck yourself in, and snuggle up close to us for an episode all about sleep. We're talking about the physiological ramifications of not getting those eight hours, the perks and negatives of being a night owl, as well as if there's anything to be understood from your dreams. This episode's mistakes include:

  • Accidentally closing this tab before uploading and having to retype all this shit goddamn it fuck.
  • Missed opportunity for ASMR spinoff podcast.
  • Burning bridges in the aioli community.
  • Egregious factual inaccuracies.

Put in your retainer, then like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter, rate us on iTunes, and send your questions to deepfought@gmail.com.

July 23, 2019

Episode 119: F. Art

Booyakasha, it's time to get real. Michael Zubreckyj presents: Deep Fought, and things are gonna be a bit different around these parts. We recorded this late and loose, so we're talking about art and intentionality, and why Jupiter is so important. This episode's mistakes include:

  • Making Nick edit the podcast as per usual.
  • Recording at 12:30am NZ time.
  • Quality ending.
  • Egregious factual inaccuracies.

Support your friend's personal development, then like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter, rate us on iTunes, and send your questions to deepfought@gmail.com.

July 4, 2019

Episode 118: Making Babies

Gather round, friends, for we bring strange tidings. It's a science-y episode in which we deep dive into the CRISPR baby scandal, and discuss the genetic manipulation of embryos and the implications thereof. Plus, we've got a little bit of telepathy and ANIMA chat. This episode's mistakes include:

  • Opening ourselves up to cyberattack by the Chinese government.
  • Missed opportunity for bat repellent sponsorship.
  • Should have plugged The Sinking City harder.
  • Egregious factual inaccuracies.

If you could do it all again, would you like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter, rate us on iTunes, and send your questions to deepfought@gmail.com?

June 14, 2019

Episode 117: Fake It Til You Make It

Did we really record this, or is it just machine learning mashing noises we previously made into brand new content? That's the question at hand this week, as we deep dive into deepfakes, and how they should be regulated on social media. There's plenty of interesting offshoots, so we hope you enjoy. This episode's mistakes include:

Don't believe your eyes, then like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter, rate us on iTunes, and send your questions to deepfought@gmail.com.