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ANGELFIRED
by ANGELFIRED
POP CULTURE POV FROM WAY DOWN UNDER 🍿 hot takes and constructive criticism about the internet, brands, sport, food, fashion, music and the minutia of existence... basically, a pod about "nothing" for people desperate to feel something ❤️🔥 WWW.ANGELFIRED.NET
Episodes
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dancing2 deinfluence
Lanyard free down at the men in music business conference, we trek through the flat-org iteration of the Capo Playground towards the TikTok party, where a golden guest list gives us a taste of the sweet side of virality. TOPICS ☆ Cyber insecurity at the Capo Playground ☆ Fit checking strangers at...
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smize & sidequest
Recapping our side quests in Sydney before SXSW and Surplus because therapy is expensive but podding is free. TOPICS ☆ Hotel lobbies are elite and Airbnb's are just lonely ☆ How the TikTok party blew out the timeline ☆ SMiZE & DREAM is a circus and we are all clowns ☆ Frowny faces and the Freo...
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don't stop believin'
If you're lucky, you'll remember the little moments, like the 2025 AFL season, that were good. TOPICS ☆ Slow-burn romance: how we fell for our new TCL TV ☆ Foreshadowing our pilgrimage to Lexus of Blackburn ☆ Our Lions vs Magpies rivalry and the return of the Fan WAG mane
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fossil fools & festival fallacies
A timestamp before the US election, when we were suffering from meme burnout and deemed all of politics "boring", when prime minister Albo let his Specsavers slip to do the most boomer thing ever (buy a house), when Pesto the Penguin still wore fur, and the Laneway Festival lineup dropped in time...
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sxsw sydney: maypoles & modernity
We returned to Sydney for the SXSW 2024 conference, a Midsummer-esque celebration where industry folk dance around Darling Harbour in vibrant lanyards, hoping to meet their future co-founder, investor, mentor, team, employer or trauma-bonded-friend. Our last dance around the maypole ended in a...
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flaglions & fandoms
As a new dabbler in the dark arts of sportsmanship, I graciously handed over the AFL premiership bragging rights to the pod's resident Brisbane Lions supporter precisely one month ago (sans hissy fit). The flag hasn't got to Harry's head, so it's now safe to release our post-win recount of…
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the pride of bigsound town
Now that the Lions have secured the flag, we can throw it back to the beginning of the finals, when BELIEVE was a mantra and not a prophecy when Joe Daniher still played footy, when two tragics headed north amidst crucial games to attend Bigsound but not the Gabba. [ TOPICS ] (00:00:00) AFL Fan...
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done dirty laundry
You're all bleeding heart and morally elite until that one robbery, the canon event that fundamentally changes you, be it a pickpocket on Euro Summer or a dryer pincher at your local laundromat. We unpack the conundrum of consumption and charity in an age of excess of everything except for the...
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patriot prime time
We're reporting from the pit of Olympic Gooch Week (the sunken place between the end of Patriot Prime Time and the start of the Paralympics) as our brains recover from the rot of hyper-fixation on sports we only care about every four years. Gold medal counts were muddled when a Karenesque plot...
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numbness as a feeling
We're so Bret-coded. [ TOPICS ] (00:00:00) Numbness As A Feeling (00:13:11) You Can’t Spell Kawaii without AI (00:16:16) Service Dog Imposters & The Pomeranian In Speed Dealers (00:23:19) Erewhon Smoothies & Status (00:29:10) Scenester Sightings (00:37:28) Food Talk: Ggiata VS Uncle Paulies VS...
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shakedown at the sphere
The first rule of Vegas is: you do not talk about Vegas. The second rule of Vegas is: you DO NOT talk about Vegas! Third rule of Vegas: someone yells "stop!", goes limp, taps out, the podcast is over. [ TOPICS ] (00:00:00) Our Impulsive Trip To Las Vegas (00:10:04) An Introduction To The Vegas...
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silver lake cowboys
Welcome back to the City of Angels, where money yaps and faces are snatched, where nepotism wears a Bass Shop Pro trucker, and expats congregate in clusters around mid-bodies of water. Dangling organic carrots and Erewhon smoothies don’t serve C like they used to, but we'll still dabble for the…
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trainspotting
We're not the Francis Bourgeois strain of Rail Fans who geek from the sidelines; we're the Renton and Sick Boy kind that freak it from the inside. We rode the westbound Texas Eagle train with the kind of characters that inspire cinema, embarking on a multi-day journey across the Wild West of…
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clear eyes! full hearts! can’t lose!
Friday Night Lights sold us on Texas Football, so we snuck into the home of the Texas Longhorns to see what all the fuss was about. The Cybertruck and Crypto-pilled tech utopia in East Austin was reminiscent of most gentrified cities in America. However, the thrifting, dining, and bar scenes…
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let it linger
Interpolating songs with rants about vices that grip our futile lives, sing it with me! But I'm in so deep. You know I'm such a fool for you (sport). You got me wrapped around your finger (nicotine). Do you have to let it linger? (Yes, sadly). [TOPICS] (00:00:00) The Nicotine Chokehold (00:28:05)...
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third act twist
The current state of pop culture is Nolanesque, skirting dangerously close to the Lynchian edge. Is all hope lost, or can an unbeknownst hero save our damsel in distress? [TOPICS] (00:00:00) Splendour In The Grass Is Officially Cancelled (00:35:21) The AFL Drug Kerfuffle (00:46:21) Euphoria…
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dopamine detox
We’re redlining on empty and verging on a full-blown dopamine detox with the floppery of our footy teams this season. A conformity commute to the city before 9 AM sent Mia over the edge and Harry is at his wits end over Ponzi scheme start-ups. [TOPICS] (00:00:00) Justice For Jocks (00:16:28) The...
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the crisis crisis
Misuse of the word ‘crisis’ is at an all-time high. May we suggest subbing out the word ‘crisis’ for ‘crikey’ when things aren’t that bad? [TOPICS] (00:00:00) Crisis Is The New Chaos (00:04:34) The Alleged Festival Crisis (00:08:16) Albo’s Daily Crisis Needle (00:14:15) The Taylor Swift &…
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tactical tree change
We yanked our heads out of the cloud and onto the road to seek truth through a tree change. Out in the wild west of Victoria, we touched dirt and spoke to strangers, admired hay bales and witnessed some of the finest disruptive marketing tactics deployed by locals firsthand. [TOPICS] (00:00:00)…
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tastemaker
Harry’s fontcore establishment hunger has birthed a sletter called ‘Taste Maker’, which rivals the Jack Antonoff clout table at The Grammys, and has better reviews than the new Sofia Coppola flop ‘Priscilla’ BUT will it satiate like Madame Web promises to? Sub to find out –...
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numbcore
Forgive us Father for we have Sinner! We’ve fallen into an accidental dopamine detox post-tennis season. In a meagher attempt to rediscover meaning, we travelled west to perceive the next gen of hotties at the ticketed Boiler Room event and then into the city to rally with the ratios. [TOPICS]...
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aus open again
We returned to Brandland lathered in La Roche-Posay SPF50+ for the Australian Open 2024 season. We checked in on our boy Ben Shelton post-on signing, but sadly, no autographs were hunted by Harry this year. We neglected our Fishbowl kink to smash ghost kitchen grub and bin-chicken Nachos whilst...
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la sportiva lifestyle
We logged off for our annual summer trip to Byron Bay to rest and rejuvenate, but the podcasting paparazzi never sleeps. We ate the rich, reviewed the food scene, loitered the industrial estate and tried our hand at the La Sportiva lifestyle with damning effects. [TOPICS] (00:00:00) Gooch Week In...
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unwrapped
The dregs of the industry crawled their way back from the Meredith bush to attend the Virgin Music and Four Tone Artists Christmas Party for one last ‘Cheers’ before logging off for the summer. We unwrap our year on Spotify and unpack the glory days of Triple J before addressing the lump of coal...
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mud pit mosh
The divide between Gorp Life and Gorp Lite has never been more evident than at Meredith Music Festival when The Sup transformed into a mud pit instead of a mosh pit. Real-tree camo and ponchos were all that sheathed us from the sludge, but we gladly took our Salomon’s to the dirt for a front-row...
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spilt milk ft. jade zoe
We hopped in the Volkswagen with our number 1 ticket holder, Jade Zoe, for a good old Australian road trip to Spilt Milk Festival in Ballarat. Our truck stop investigations explored the political undertones of sports drinks and homogenous fashion choices before we arrived in the country for a day...
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on ya bike
Vocal shitposting is our bread and butter, so we’re perceiving wildly and running our mouths about the city-country divide, bodies of water, drink trends, modes of transport and the goodest white ‘it’ boys (most notably Harry Styles). [TOPICS] (00:00:00) The Good Old Days (00:02:40) I Dyed My…
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aria awards afters
We embraced masochism and flew back to Sydney for the warm weather and washed nights of fancy feasting and post-Aria Awards shenanigans. [TOPICS] (00:00:00) En Route To Sydney (Again) (00:04:05) Review: Ester (00:29:18) The Pains Of Being Cropped Out (00:36:00) Review: Aria Awards Afters - Our...
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sxsw sydney: ai avoidance & afters
I arrived at SXSW Sydney with clear objectives: avoid AI and see Dust play live. Mission accomplished. Harry fed his academic appetite with weird panels by day, before joining our crew of industry misfits to search for new music by night. After hours at the Abercrombie had us in a choke hold for...
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how long gone live
No Gods, no Masters - just CB, TJ, and a theatre full of tropes. We went full Gonzo from the foyer to the afters and mingled with the fitted freaks of the local Goners community. [ TOPICS ] (00:00:00) Perceiving The Fits, The Tropes & The Vibe (00:42:22) Review: How Long Gone Live (00:54:36) Meet...
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come down
No thoughts, just sports. I've unleashed my inner cheerleader and it feels good to purge the rage again. Clear eyes! Full hearts! Can't lose! [ TOPICS ] (00:00:00) Smooth Brain Content: Sports, AR, Magic Eye (00:11:00) Understanding Jock Mia (00:16:11) We’re Voting YES (00:23:01) Brand Spons...
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weebs world
It’s a weeb kind of week with the Barry Drop, the Baz Lenka Cotton On Collab and the JPEGMAFIA show at The Forum. Big in Japan or Big into Japan? We review the latest romcom releases: ‘When a Wild Fox Girl Meets a Push Pull Boy’ (Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce), the sequel ‘When a Panda Dunks Girl...
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holy grail
Harry makes his fortune in Jetstar bucks after a post-Bigsound flight cancellation in Brisbane and indulges in a taste test of astronaut broccoli before Eagle Rocking his way into the Qantas Lounge to assess the complimentary menu of unsalted snacks and big milk jugs. Meanwhile, back in…
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fine dining
After being catfished by a helveticacore bistro and suffering from dehydration at a vibeless pizzeria, we went full Seinfeld & Costanza on fine dining and its “fine” dining. Yada Yada Yada! We misplaced the red reading glasses required for ABC viewing, so we made our own Gruen Transfer…
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meet me at the back room
Meet me in the bathroom? Nah, meet me in the BACK ROOM! We’re revisiting house parties and promoter guest lists, MySpace bulletins and Tumblr scenesters, YouTube wormholes and Soundcloud sub-genres, streaming algorithms and Boiler Room cameos, status anxiety at the club to social anxiety of…
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family trip ft. jae bunny
It’s too easy to post wholesome family trip content online, but what really goes down on the tour bus? Jae returns to the pod to air out some post-travel demons after our recent holiday in the Philippines. We love our bread, we love our butter, we love our vapes and each other. Tap in as the...
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locating the void
I returned from the Motherland and fell into the void. I’ve since escaped thanks to Harry’s light, fresh after his first AAA Splendour In The Grass experience. Despite being "Sober Kings" we aren’t quite raw dogging life and undertake a therapy session about the many vices that keep us impure....
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pop machine
Our source codes are now sauce hoes, lost in their likeness sold as starter pack identities to the masses. The gentrification of the gentrified! Is it the human condition to destroy art in favour of commerce or are we simply inhumane? [ TOPICS ] (00:00:00) The Angelfired Set Makeover (00:00:54)…
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post-idol clarity
Post-nut clarity has unleashed the truth serum: The Idol is mid. Moodboard-captioncore-aesthetic excellence may be in check but the plot holes are deeper than an indie softboi quoting Baudelaire. This is not the pod to leave a stone unturned, so we do our very best to dig through the vapour and...
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the idol is good
Pearl clutchers beware! The Idol is good. Don’t come for us. Cum for the show instead. If you’re still reading, we also review the Iceage, Varg2™, Kahukx and New Wave live shows and spotlight wedding-bouquet-catching Jae and resident Coles slut Curtis Stone. [ TOPICS ] (00:00:00) Review: The Idol...
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ethel cain live
Yeehaw, it’s Meemaw season! A chance sighting of Ethel Cain in the streets followed by seeing her perform live at Rising Festival doms the pod, but that doesn’t stop us from overanalysing Throwing Fits memes, relevant TV shows, pets and their owner's disgusting behaviours, the designer apple and...
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question time
What do a flea market, a billy cart derby, and question time have in common? A sinister underbelly uncovered by us. Harry and I cross utopian borders from the hills of Bangalow to the Nation’s Capital to compare the streets to the senate whilst high on Sudafed. [ TOPICS ] (00:00:00) Recap…
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succession plan
Spoiler alerts are rife as Harry and I review the final episode of Succession. We perceive the micro nuances of the characters and the macro elitism of the show's entirety as we say one final “fuck off” to the capitalist pigathon that had us gripped to the teet over 4 seasons.
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swan dive
My reformer pilates training served me well at the annual vintage sale, which I narrowly escaped with my designer bundle in arms. To celebrate my haul, Harry and I ate tinned fish and tiramisu at a fontcore establishment with hotties on staff. A pit stop at a “famous pies” spot led to...
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the shards
In The Shards, Bret Easton Ellis reflects on high school in the pre-internet liberation of the 80s, where insecurity is too often mistaken for sincerity. The Shards showcases "numbness as a mask" worn by emotionally stunted teenagers vs the "numbness as a feeling" characterised by the morally...
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scene kids
I travelled back to my scene days at the all-ages Maggie Lindemann show at Prince of Wales, which got me thinking about ex-scene kids and their altering habits as they age up. Harry and I discuss Aubrey Plaza, Travis Barker, Pete Davidson, Phoebe Bridgers, Matty Healy, Grimes and "the agenda" of...
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sweet enough
We drove to Brisbane for the day to see our fav extroverted sad girl chef Alison Roman on her ‘Sweet Enough’ book tour. What happens when two emo girlies make eye contact? Well, Harry (The Menace) booked us literal front-row centre seats for the show so I could find out. (00:00:00) End Of The Bad...
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part of the band
After seeing The 1975 'At Their Very Best' on tour, surviving the emotional turmoil of the Matty Healy and Taylor Swift dating rumours and witnessing the coronation of the wrong King (it should've been you Matty), we callback to our first listen to 'Being Funny In A Foreign Language' during album...
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about you
After a brief co-appearance in Sydney, Harry and I are trying one of those “zoom-arrest-pod-things” from separate cities. Distance makes the heart grow fonder, but the same can’t be said about vampire reboots, fashion icon bootlegs, milk moves and rappers going goofy. Yikes! [ TOPICS ] (00:00:00)...
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subway dom
Between alt kids in political families, the token Asian girl on Dave, the Superbad supremacy and the #footlongontour bus - we’re feeling seen af rn. This week, we sympathise with Charli XCX and Barbie Ferreira, demonise Trump and Minor Figures and regress into #babycore as we indulge in water...
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POP CULTURE POV FROM WAY DOWN UNDER 🍿 hot takes and constructive criticism about the internet, brands, sport, food, fashion, music and the minutia of existence... basically, a pod about "nothing" for people desperate to feel something ❤️🔥 WWW.ANGELFIRED.NET
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ANGELFIRED
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