Deep Fought

Episode 153: The Banner Saga

You smell that sweet something in the air? That's the aroma of freshly baked podcast, just out of the oven. This week we're talking about the intersection of free speech and the private sphere of social media, and how many platforms have banned Donald Trump. But at the end, there's a story about aliens and toffee crisps, so... the usual. This episode's mistakes include:
Non-consensual photography.
Recording slightly too early to cover the inauguration.
No beloved Chip Chat™ segment.
Egregious factual inaccuracies.
Dispose of your rug in the ocean, then like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter and Instagram, find our tunes on SoundCloud, rate us on Apple Podcasts, and send your questions to deepfought@gmail.com.

Episode 152: Capitol Gains

Happy new year, friends and foes! 2020 has been dragged kicking and screaming into the future, and rebranded itself with a fun new name. Yes, we're talking about the recent events in Washington, D.C., and what it might portend for the future. Plus, Nick's show Good Grief debuted on New Zealand TV, and we talk through how it went. This episode's mistakes include:
Our densest Science News ever.
A little bit of crinkling in the audio at the end, not sure why.
Tonight's lotto numbers are 4, 8, 15, 16, 23, and 42.
Egregious factual inaccuracies.
Take a selfie with a cop, then like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter and Instagram, find our tunes on SoundCloud, rate us on Apple Podcasts, and send your questions to deepfought@gmail.com.

Episode 151: 2020 Vision

It's our last show of the year, and it's our beloved annual retrospective. We're looking back 2020, in all its delight, and reflecting on how we coped. We hope you have a safe and satisfying holiday season, and that 2021 holds many exciting things for you. This episode's mistakes include:
Dissing our product placement.
Personal introspection of limited external interest.
Nick did not get Michael a present.
Egregious factual inaccuracies.
Pop the champagne, then like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter and Instagram, find our tunes on SoundCloud, rate us on Apple Podcasts, and send your questions to deepfought@gmail.com.

Episode 150: Boy Friends

We're here, and so are you, and we're all very thankful. It's our 150th AND our Holiday Spectacular all in one, and we're talking about the dynamics of male friendship.
Plus, we debut our 2020 Christmas songs, and honestly, between our individual songwriting and the editing of the podcast itself, we probably put over seventy hours of work into this one episode. We say that not to demand praise (or sympathy), but merely to point out there is no limit to how far we will go to amuse each other. This episode's mistakes include:
None.
This episode has no mistakes.
Thanks for coming along for the ride. We hope you stick around.
Egregious factual inaccuracies.
Get out the aloe vera for that burn, then like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter and Instagram, find our tunes on SoundCloud, rate us on Apple Podcasts, and send your questions to deepfought@gmail.com.

Episode 149: Get Out

'allo 'allo 'allo, wot do we 'ave 'ere 'en? A brand-spankin' new ep'a Deep Fought, ripe fo' the pickin'. Dem scallywags Micky and the Chief are up t'no good, or my name ain't bob's yer uncle. This episode's mistakes include:
Recording in the initial frenzy of the Adelaide lockdown, but before the twist ending.
Five terrific minutes we spent scheduling the 150th episode left on cutting room floor.
Forgot to promo ShaveMyBalls.
Egregious factual inaccuracies.
Stage a coup, then like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter and Instagram, find our tunes on SoundCloud, rate us on Apple Podcasts, and send your questions to deepfought@gmail.com.

Episode 148: Hail To The Thief

What a world. Hi everyone, and welcome to a new era/the old era but longer. It's our election spectacular, and yes, we recorded it before a final decision was made. But that just makes it fun! This episode's mistakes include:
Already being out of date.
Spending too long on the opening act and holding up the main event.
Wahl has not returned our calls.
Egregious factual inaccuracies.
Refresh the map, then like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter and Instagram, find our tunes on SoundCloud, rate us on Apple Podcasts, and send your questions to deepfought@gmail.com.

Episode 147: Power And Money

Ka-ching! That's the sound of us making bank, and it's sort of the topic at hand in this loosey goosey ep. We're talking billionaires, we're talking elections, we're talking Christmas, and we're talking piss. The big four. This episode's mistakes include:
No resolution to Michael's exciting news cliffhanger.
Subtle foreshadowing.
Biting the sponsor hand that feeds us.
Egregious factual inaccuracies.
Keep things tidy down there, then like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter and Instagram, find our tunes on SoundCloud, rate us on Apple Podcasts, and send your questions to deepfought@gmail.com.

Episode 146: The Walking Dead

The President of the United States has a deadly virus and this isn't even a Michael Bay film. You know what we're talking about this week, as we do a deep dive into the implications and actions of this horse actually loose in a hospital. This episode's mistakes include:
Secrecy without explanation.
Going extremely into the weeds with the minutiae of the American electoral system.
Forgot to mention manscaping.
Egregious factual inaccuracies.
Hold your breath, then like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter and Instagram, find our tunes on SoundCloud, rate us on Apple Podcasts, and send your questions to deepfought@gmail.com.

Episode 145: Daylight Slayings

Sorry for the wee delay, but Nick has been a little under the weather this week and started slacking off. It's a nice and fun ramble today with an earth-shattering scientific pronouncement, a Weird News™, a Science News™, and even a Recommendation Engine™ to cap things off. This episode's mistakes include:
Aggressive energy.
Not being able to edit out all the coughing.
Literally just spent a minute trying to remember the phrase 'writer's block', which is pretty on the nose.
Egregious factual inaccuracies.
Pair your brown foods, then like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter and Instagram, find our tunes on SoundCloud, rate us on Apple Podcasts, and send your questions to deepfought@gmail.com.

Episode 144: Tin Foil Hats

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Egregious factual inaccuracies.
Look over your shoulder, then like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter and Instagram, find our tunes on SoundCloud, rate us on Apple Podcasts, and send your questions to deepfought@gmail.com.

Episode 143: Animal Instinct

Welcome to our dozens of new, parsnip-loving listeners. This episode talks a lot about everyone's favourite hip new veggie, the 'snip (parsnip). It's also a rambling voyage through dialect differences, music in the animal kingdom, musculature, and mortality. Par for the course, really. This episode's mistakes include:
Top-loading all our best content (parsnips).
Unable to see picture of parsnips while listening due to audio format.
Paperwork for sponsorship not complete in time for publication (parsnips).
Egregious factual inaccuracies.
Head to your greengrocer, then like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter and Instagram, find our tunes on SoundCloud, rate us on Apple Podcasts, and send your questions to deepfought@gmail.com.

Episode 142: Great Grief

My, you step away from the world for a month and look what happens. Nick is back from making a TV show, and Michael is back in Melbourne lockdown again. It's a big catch up episode with a lot of filmmaking discussion, so we won't hold you up with any more nonsense here. This episode's mistakes include:
Forgot to discuss continuity.
Michael's new boom arm made the audio worse.
Nick is hot now, deal with it.
Egregious factual inaccuracies.
Tune in to TVNZ OnDemand sometime in the next year, then like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter and Instagram, find our tunes on SoundCloud, rate us on Apple Podcasts, and send your questions to deepfought@gmail.com.

Episode 141: That's Show Business!

Roll up, roll up, for the show of the century! It's a loosey-goosey chat today about everything from the return of lockdown in Melbourne, to the debut of Hamilton on Disney+, to a discussion of body temperature. There's also a bit of an update on 'Good Grief', Nick's streaming series that will soon start filming, making this the last pod you will have for about a month. This episode's mistakes include:
Michael buying himself a boom arm.
The odd sniffle from a recovering Nick.
Maybe it was unfair to lump the boom arm in as a mistake, it could be quite good?
Egregious factual inaccuracies.
Grab your popcorn, then like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter and Instagram, find our tunes on SoundCloud, rate us on Apple Podcasts, and send your questions to deepfought@gmail.com.

Episode 140: Delete Your History

Hello and welcome to another juicy discussion on the state of the world, as we dive into the controversy around the destruction of statues. Is this revisionist history, or something more noble? This spins off into a discussion about old comedy shows pulling problematic episodes, as well as a nice bit of Weird News in the end. This episode's mistakes include:
Accidentally proving Michael right in his accurate predictions of the show's agenda.
Iffy approximations of others' more articulate arguments.
Improper shout-out procedure.
Egregious factual inaccuracies.
Set up a new wing of the museum, then like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter and Instagram, find our tunes on SoundCloud, rate us on Apple Podcasts, and send your questions to deepfought@gmail.com.

Episode 139: Cop Out

Well met, young travellers. I hope times are treating you well and that this morsel of discussion may sate your appetite. We talk about the black rights matter protests and defunding the police, but we also try to work out which is the coolest fruit, so never let it be said we don't have range. This episode's mistakes include:
Lack of ethnic diversity.
Lack of gender diversity.
Lack of sweater diversity.
Egregious factual inaccuracies.
Look up what colour stone is, then like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter and Instagram, find our tunes on SoundCloud, rate us on Apple Podcasts, and send your questions to deepfought@gmail.com.

Episode 138: Dig Doug

G'day g'day, and welcome to our online podcast. This delightful episode covers a lot of ground, from the racist narratives around COVID success stories, to Joe Rogan's Spotify sell-out, to Hannah Gadsby's latest special, 'Douglas'. There's also some swole panic, pillow talk, and a car czar to look forward too, so dig in. This episode's mistakes include:
Cutting out all the beard oil chat for time.
Some wavering audio levels due to the unboxing.
Fumbling the sponsor read.
Egregious factual inaccuracies.
Don't take the bait, then like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter and Instagram, find our tunes on SoundCloud, rate us on Apple Podcasts, and send your questions to deepfought@gmail.com.

Episode 137: Table Talk

Hey everyone, hope you're all keeping happy and healthy. This week is a light and easy one in which we practice simple dinner time conversation with the help of some prompts, with a nice second course of Science News and some Recommendation Engine for dessert. Grab a spoon. This episode's mistakes include:
Rushed episode notes lending a generic feel.
Buxton references.
The um... horse... got.... loose I dunno look I've got a dinner to get to.
Egregious factual inaccuracies.
Gather around the kitchen table, then like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter and Instagram, find our tunes on SoundCloud, rate us on Apple Podcasts, and send your questions to deepfought@gmail.com.

Episode 136: Working Hard, Or Hardly Working?

Hey, wow, good to see you. You've really bulked up, good for you. Respect. Me? Oh, not much, not much. Been doing this podcast thing actually. Pretty fun. Yeah, getting some buzz I think, I dunno, we don't do it for the money. Yeah, yeah. Oh, anything really - this week was about jobs and work and what to do when people outnumber tasks on this planet. Yeah, can be, but we try to lighten things up with stories about pedestrian harassment and that sort of thing. You have to--? Oh, yeah, no, no worries, I actually have a thing too, so, yeah. Yeah we should! We should! Maybe at Jamie's 31st? Oh no, she is? Oh, wow. That's so sad. Buses, eh? Anyway, this episode's mistakes include:
Shit what's his girlfriend's name?
Clarence? No, Clarence is a guy's name.
But wait Florence is a girl's name though so how does that work?
Egregious factual inaccuracies.
Put some credit on your work phone, then like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter and Instagram, find our tunes on SoundCloud, rate us on Apple Podcasts, and send your questions to deepfought@gmail.com.

Episode 135: Orwell That Ends Well

Hello friends, are you well? Please stay safe out there, and make sure to maintain social activity remotely - like by talking to a friend about this interesting podcast you just heard. This week we pull at the thread of Apple and Google's COVID tracking apps and end up unravelling the cardigan of Orwellian surveillance. Plus, moose talk. Finally. This episode's mistakes include:
A mediocre lit crit class.
Pitbull slander.
Oddly nihilistic spirals midway through.
Egregious factual inaccuracies.
Put your foot on the brake, then like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter and Instagram, find our tunes on SoundCloud, rate us on Apple Podcasts, and send your questions to deepfought@gmail.com.

Episode 134: Hooey, Louis, And The News

Today marks six years since Deep Fought launched (!) and we'd like to note up front how grateful we are to all of you who have tuned in along the way. Thank you. We're back at the podcast coalface with a topic we can't leave alone - Louis C.K. - in light of the recent release of his special. There's also a smattering of chat about the corona situation, some more recommendations, and a twist ending you won't see coming. Please note we do discuss sexual assault. This episode's mistakes include:
No mailbag despite promising a mailbag.
Slandering Michael's mother, who is actually lovely.
Probably could have been 15 seconds shorter.
Egregious factual inaccuracies.
Go watch Maria Bamford, like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter and Instagram, find our tunes on SoundCloud, rate us on Apple Podcasts, and send your questions to deepfought@gmail.com.