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Critical Banter
by Critical Banter
The Critical Banter Podcast is the show that brings the Friday drinks chat to you. We’re all about the relatable banter you look forward to after work - from dissecting the personalities of the people around us to ranking the most trivial things to the n’th degree and everything in between
Episodes
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Travel Yarns
Back with another cracker episode this week full of red hot travel yarns from around the ground, including airplane etiquette, chaotic organisation at the F1 and some tomfoolery. In a return to regular programming, we end with some Top 10 lists....
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Kundra Strikes Back
Do not adjust your earphones, you are hearing this correctly - Kush is back and back for good. Wowee ladies and gentlemen, strap it, because it simply does not get much bigger than this. Kundra graces us with his presence as the pod returns to its more familiar 4 man roots. We hear some final San...
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"How to be a Good Boy" by Rohit
Back to regular scheduled programming, well for some of us at least. Ro & Migs in the studio for this week's episode - Sen & Kush both on annual leave without pay. Wrapping up the past couple of week's, Ro regales us of a tale where he has been cucked - once again whilst Migs recounts various...
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Top 5 Eastwood Date Spots (with Humans of Eastwood)
Long overdue guest this week, we welcome Justin Li, of Humans of Eastwood fame, to the podcast. We learn about all things Justin, from his background, to career in politics, to actual career, as well as all things Eastwood - how he gets the inside scoop on everything happening in and around...
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LinkedIn Final Boss
Usual nonsense chat this week (disclaimer this was recorded a few weeks ago) including entertaining Ro's weird obsessions, more LinkedIn rants, NFL and GTA VI. We also do some "Quick Fire Tier Lists," which is always guaranteed to anger someone out there....
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Social Media Rotation
Whole lotta nothing to kick us off this week as Sen opens up the Pandora's box of understanding the other boys social media habits, including cheeky LinkedIn scroll's at work and the various environments where hitting a scroll is acceptable. Sen and Migs also share physio stories. We end with…
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Anyone Can Do A Marathon
Full time haters this week as Sen gets on his soapbox about the Sydney Marathon, leading to a lengthy discussion about the etiquette of wearing participation medals. We also talk Brisbane local government politics and suit shopping. We play the "Muted Draft," this week which starts off strong and...
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Phantom Farter
One in, one out policy at TCB as Ro returns and Migs departs. Sen and Ro have some lovely yarns including engagements, a triumphant football season, responding to listener comments and recounting what can only be described as a hate crime. We are also joined by a special guest for our segment "10...
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Two Man Band
Once again it's just Migs and Sen this week and once again the yarns go far and wide and at time incredibly niche. The boys also bring back "Rapid Fire Tier Lists," with some quick tier lists and given the personnel, of course there's a football one....
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Chestbrah Got Fined Twice
Just some light hearted yarns this week between Migs and Sen as we hear about upcoming travel plans, weddings, buying new TVs, documentaries, a fraud baker and getting fined twice. We're back again with a few more Top 10 lists this week. ___________________________________________________________...
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Ro Gets Cucked... Again
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Lightning Strikes Twice
Just Ro and Migs this week and Ro once against has found himself in a unique situation regarding gym memberships - how this man manages this is beyond us. We also talk lemon parties, dupes, lost air pods, FIFA corruption and a Chinese drama. And finally, back by popular demand, our tier lists are...
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The Odyssey Is Overrated
Great, now that the title caught your attention, we have a cracker episode in store this week as Ro announces he's finally out of his gym contract but now somehow into water polo. He then admits to also having no survival instincts, Sen saw a police chase and saw a stinker movie, Migs is in the...
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The Gang Tries Day Trading
Boys are all over the shop this week as evidenced by the start as we go from talking hacker houses (glorified slums) to LAN parties, quant trading firms, the South Korean stock market, the destruction of the social contract, filing for bankruptcy and much more inbetween. Miguel then provides the...
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Black Ops and Chinese Mops
Bit of a quiet week this one as we start off with some Black Ops chat to celebrate the release of the PS5 version. We then talk AI slop, Easyway, private equity owned businesses, Chinese robo vacuums, tier listing chores and leaving negative reviews on small businesses. Our other segment this…
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Two Man With Your Dad
The 3 stooges are back this week and yet again more football yarns this week as Sen proudly proclaims to have done zero work this week yet then also proceeds to buy a $400 ergonomic office chair - make it make sense. In other news the boys are both proud and disappointed in the Socceroos, Ro's...
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Today I Feel Paraguayan
We've done a straight swap - Ro out, Kush in. Kushagra joins us live and direct from San Francisco with a recap of his time at the Socceroos vs Paraguay. We get the full experience, almost as good as being there. Kush has other American yarns for us including Vegas tales, a trip to a National…
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Battle for the Bidet
The boys are back and so is the World Cup chat, with the boys straight off a 4am wake up to watch the Socceroos. We talk Maccas collectables, Sen's looking for an ergonomic work chair and Ro's looking to furnish a new abode. We also have a bidet conundrum and should the internet be available to...
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Mission Impoundable
Just when you thought Ro's stories couldn't get more ridiculous, he brings a new one that somehow tops all the others. As we wrap our heads around what Ro had just told us, friend of the show Jack sends in a mental submission basically outlining a redundancy Hunger Games in Norway. Sen then rants...
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Harold & Kumar Go To World Cup
Once again it's just 2 of the lads on this week's episode and with Migs and Sen you know it's going to be World Cup themed. The boys talk World Cup songs, World Cup ads, KSI leaving the sidemen, a gnarly story out of the UK and Sen started a fight. The boys play some World Cup quizzes to test…
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No Payne, No Gain
Sen kicks us off this week with a new Maxibon rare unit - there seems to be dozens of people like this. Ro has restaurant stories out the wazoo, Migs has an update on his hike and finally Sen talks Tim Payne, Vivid drones and Harambe (RIP). Top 5's and 10's are back this week and we have some...
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Copa Mundial
Sen opens the batting this week with a stay dangerous at a concert and then a wild tale of a cuck or be cucked and rare unit all tied into one. Ro then has his own rare moment before Migs launches into a rant about Arsenal fans and quick game of 'fair game or not.' We end with some 'Price is…
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Cowering Jellyfish
Bad week for Ro as he was left reeling on multiple occasions with no choice but to take it like a champ. Luckily for him, he's aware of someone else he knows who's also been left reeling for other reasons. Migs brings up Andros Townsend and Sen breaks down the budget. We're back with...
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Stolen Valour
Sen's back this week and comes full of yarns from his trip to Sri Lanka, his night out last Friday and he went to go scope out the competition, watching a live podcast. Migs then brings a follow up from last week about AI companions. "Agree or Disagree" is back with the boys sharing some hot…
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2 Bros, 1 Pod
Another week, another duos episode with Sen coming and Sen going as we're back with Ro & Migs. This week, we're back to regular programming with the episode released on time on Wednesday - we give updates on why the past 2 were delay (Ro giving a half apology, half blame someone else). Migs chats...
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Samsung Swindler
Another week and another duo's episode, this time it's Miguel who's gone walkabout. Sen's been missing a few weeks and helpfully comes back with absolutely zero yarns, how good. Just when you thought we were done with wedding chat, Sen starts with his own wedding stories, Ro brings up the name…
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I Am Cambodian Sen
Another week with Sen off mysteriously leaving Migs and Ro to hold down the fort. The boys talk about their time at the Sydney Comedy Festival (featuring Vietnamese/Cambodian Sen). Migs then talks about his upcoming South America trip at the end of the year including training for a trek, Ro...
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Face To Face With A Prime Minister
Lots going on this week as we start with Ro explaining his absence from last week with both himself and Sen holding grudges against mechanics. Ro then illustrates how broken the Sydney rental market is and then proceeds to tell an unbelievable yarn featuring a former Prime Minister. After that…
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Honesty Is The Best Policy
Ro's biggest fear came true as he encountered another flat tyre, leaving Migs and Sen to their own devices. They lift the hood a little on the boys trip to the Easter Show, we discuss Trump's insane ramblings, the kit kat heist, an exuberant salesman, wild takes on IG Live and Sen wears a mental...
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It's Got A Good Spread
Just when you thought we possibly couldn't have any more wedding yarns, here we are this week with back to back wedding tales to kick us off. Ro begins with a story of a wedding in the Hunter (if you can wrap your head around that) before Migs recounts a different wedding he attended over the...
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Hacksaw Rizz
Just Migs and Ro this week and it's been a while since we've had this combo. Ro starts with a yarn about a man trying to find some love and is willing to pay $25,000 to find it. In a similar vein, next up is a discussion on the 'Manosphere' documentary before Miguel recounts his time at the...
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The Never Ending Wedding
As the title suggests, we have the much anticipated final instalment of Ro's wedding, featuring a dodgy cameraman and even dodgier dancing. We also hear about Ro being emasculated and Miguel's adventure in a broken down car. We have a car mind your manners as well before Sen brings a few tidbits…
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The Angry Priest
The wedding yarns continue as Ro runs a few dubious wedding related items by the boys before we waffle on for another half an hour, covering a range of topics including lookalikes, birdmen, free chicken, Ro's horrible dancing and of course Iran. In our segment this week, we test how ChatGPT…
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Mogged By AI
Ro is back, fresh off his honeymoon, and we start this week by hearing his version of events at his wedding, including a behind the scenes look at all the highs and lows. We then talk about his honeymoon and his new found life of being a house husband. Sen then brings up a viral substack which...
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8th Wonder of the World
No Ro, no Kush which means once again it falls to Migs and Sen to keep this machine running. Sen outs himself for some rare behaviour, Migs and Sen then recount their Friday night at Leichhardt Oval before we spend way too much time talking about a bloke named Enrique. We put the call out for a…
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Kundragon Returns
Kushy is back for the first time in 2026, but unfortunately Ro is off on his honeymoon (shout out Trip.com) so it's just the 3 musketeers today. Migs and Sen recount Ro's wedding last weekend, Kush has some tales from SF, including a quick mind your manners, we ran into some listeners during the...
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The Homeless Mug Off
Bit going on this week, as we start with Sen dobbing himself in for being cheap, he also reveals he's now an engaged man as well. Speaking of mug offs, Ro got given the business by a homeless man, we talk about the world's worst bookstore, Sen asks what happened to George Street Maccas and then...
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Holy Matrimony
Here we are, Ro's last few days of freedom before he ties the knot. He gives us some last minute updates for his wedding and then an epic battle he fought whilst trying to book his honeymoon. Ro also has some unethical life hacks for organising a wedding. Migs has a metro yarn, Sen talks about AI...
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Lord Of The Floods
Plenty of tales from Ro's bucks on this week's episode including an epic Sunday saga. We also get an update on Miguel's fines and we play guess the grunt. "What Your X Says About You," is back for 2026 with the boys raring to go with making as many stereotypes as they can....
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Anus Adventure
This week we talk Ro's bucks, Polymarket, Migs saw a stereotype in China and Ro tries to tell a story about networking that descends into anus chat. We bring back the popular "Top 10's," with Migs putting Sen and Ro through their paces for the first time in 2026....
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Rohit's Chamber of Secrets
The boys are back for the first proper episode of 2026 and wowee do we have a good one. We start with some yarns from the back end of last year including the boys trip to Canberra for Spilt Milk as well as Ro and Sen's trip to BrisVegas for the cricket. We then get some holiday yarns from…
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Bonnie Blue Balled
Yep you read the title right - Bonnie Blue reached out to us to appear as a guest on the pod. Hear all about the moral conundrum in the podcast camp about whether or not to entertain this intriguing offer. We also talk about a Namibian politician named after an Austrian painter. Kush then brings…
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The Hit List (with Patrick Yazbek)
Massive week for the pod as we welcome current professional footballer and Socceroo Patrick Yazbek onto the show. We learn all about Yaz's journey to professional football from early beginnings to making his professional debut and even representing his country. We hear some great yarns from his…
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The Good Gays
King Kundra is still here gracing us with his presence. He begins this week with some yarns on Kundra Snr, including an update on the infrared vacuum and his negotiating skills. Kush and Migs had some run ins with fans, before we talk about El Jannah's sale to Private Equity and Ro met another...
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Kush's Kids Carriage
The whole gang is back for the first time in a year. Kush’s got yarns out the wazoo including transport yarns (shoutout Sydney metro) and some dating yarns. Then we delve into animal rights as we discuss a real life reindeer on the Central Coast, live fish in restaurants and Sen saw a gnarly...
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King of San Francisco
Ring a ding ding you've got the king - that’s right King Kundra is back in town and he’s gracing us with his presence. He’s got plenty of yarns with an update on his dad’s battle with Good Guys, a story about a new number, glazing halloween and then even more glazing of Air New Zealand. We end…
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Tactics and Turbans (with Harjas Singh)
Absolute ripper of an episode this week as we are joined by young gun cricketer Harjas Singh, fresh off smoking the third highest score in Sydney Grade Cricket history. We chat early beginnings in cricket, his meteoric rise, winning a World Cup, the triple hundred, his life outside of cricket and...
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Ding Dong, It's The Peanut Gallery
We're back with another ripper episode and thankfully for the listeners Manu is back as well. He brings some yarns including a religion based email sign off and a tale of going to Sculptures By The Sea. Sen went to Oasis, dobs himself for becoming an office yuppie and shouts out Nancy Pelosi and...
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Two Boomers And A Robot
This week is just Ro and Sen left to their own devices with no Migs to keep them in check. Sen kicks us off this week with a philosophical discussion on what “6-7” means with Ro providing little to no input. Sen then goes to town dobbing in one of his mates for being an absolute rare unit. The…
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The Bowral Cartel
Another week and more wedding chat with Sen bringing another yarn from Triple Cheese as a continuation of the yarn told last week. Sen also had a run in with a local drunk on the metro before being mugged off by a barista. Ro MC’d a wedding and also got mugged off by a local taxi driver. The game...
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The Critical Banter Podcast is the show that brings the Friday drinks chat to you. We’re all about the relatable banter you look forward to after work - from dissecting the personalities of the people around us to ranking the most trivial things to the n’th degree and everything in between
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