Medallica: Minnows vs The World
by Gus and Rig City
Welcome to Medallica: Minnows vs The World! Join hosts Gus and Rig live from Paris as they follow the journeys of the countries striving to experience Olympic success for the first time, as well as their bid to host the 2036 Olympics in the micro-nation they founded - The People's Republic of Riggustan. We also look at all the behind the scenes Olympic news in “Apocolympics Now”, and bring you a feature each episode on countries who might break the duck during the games in "Donut Spotlight". It’s the Olympics podcast you always wanted, but never had.
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Episodes
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Paris Olympics 2024: We Meet With the IOC/Full Games Wrap
WE ARE ALIVE! After spending 15 business days in the skies, the final wrap of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games is here. We cover off the totally normal closing ceremony, before delivering our recap of our much anticipated meeting with the IOC. In a wonderful case of things coming full circle, the…
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Paris Olympics 2024: Day 12/13 Wrap (BOTSWANA WIN FIRST EVER GOLD/REFUGEE TEAM FIRST EVER MEDAL!!!)
HOPE YOU’RE BEHIND THE WHEEL OF YOUR STORY AND HAVE GOT A DRIVE AHEAD OF YOU BECAUSE HERE’S A BLOCKBUSTER WRAP OF DAYS 12 AND 13 We have been at the front of a now very full Teboggan as we ride Letsile Tebogo’s 200m gold medal for Botswana and we don’t wanna get off. The Refugee Team also gets…
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Paris Olympics 2024: Day 11 Wrap
IT’S DAY 11, SO GET IN THE CAR, WE’RE DRIVING OUR STORY TO CRÉMEVILLE We welcome our newest Riggustani Public Servant before launching how our bid for Riggustan 2036: It’s Liechtenstein-time is looking ahead of our meeting with the IOC. Apocalympics Now brings a cautionary tale from the…
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Paris Olympics 2024: Day 10 Wrap
IT’S DAY DISS AND RIG IS BREATHING LIKE A PUG THAT’S WALKED FIFTY METRES It was a huge day of action, but mostly off the field/track/bouncy floor. Apocalympics Now covers an entire country spitting the dummy and threatening to boycott, while a noble French company offers to help out the most...
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Paris 2024 Olympics: Day 9 Wrap
IT’S CHAMPAGNE FOR US, REAL PAIN FOR THE ATHLETES IN THE VILLAGE With guts full of champagne and espresso martinis, we are back with a wrap of Day Nerf of the Olympics. We cover off the most undeserved invitation we have received to date to a brand party, while simultaneously laughing at the fact...
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Paris Olympics 2024: Day 7/8 Wrap (ST LUCIA, DOMINICA & CAPE VERDE FIRST EVER MEDALS!)
ALL THEY DO IS LITERALLY WIN! Dominica and Saint Lucia get off the mark in a huge way, claiming their first ever medals, which are gold, and we are absolutely on fire for it. Cape Verde also joins them in breaking the duck with a bronze in boxing for their first ever medal. Apocalympics Now sees…
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Paris Olympics 2024: Day 6 Wrap
CALL US BEURRE GRYLLS BECAUSE WE ARE SURVIVING PURELY ON BUTTER ON DAY 6 OF THE GAMES France’s bizarre idiosyncrasies have reached boiling point for us. If no air conditioning wasn’t enough, turns out they’ve got the world’s dumbest recycling scheme going at the Stade de France and are obsessed...
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Paris Olympics 2024: Day 5 Wrap (GUATEMALA WINS FIRST EVER GOLD!!!)
GUATEMALA GUAT-A-GOLD-A! We are absolutely up and about for Guatemala’s first ever Olympic Gold courtesy of Adriana Ruano in the Women’s Trap. We discuss hers and Guatemala’s rise to the top, and their subsequent fall from the Minnow Medals. On the Apocalympics front, the Triathlon from Hell went...
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Paris Olympics 2024: Day 4 Wrap
BONSOIR FROM THE PUB STADIUM WITH NO BEER! We’re sober as judges due to a bizarrely archaic rule in Paris that means you can’t have a coldie and support your country. And while that’s annoying for us, it’s doubly annoying for the Aussie women competing in the Rugby 7s. We rip into this terrible...
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Paris Olympics 2024: Day 3 Wrap
COME ON SAH VAH MEZ AMEEZ?? Day 3 of the Paris Olympics is upon us and we are beaming to you live from the City of Light. The wheels are well and truly off at the these Games, and we’ve got all the dockets to prove it on Apocalympics Now. From the River of Poo to briefcase of jewels, now is...
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Paris Olympics 2024: Day 2 Wrap
The minnows are absolutely flying after the first day of competition. Perennial bridesmaid Moldova sees their first success of the game with a bronze medal, but in a more important way, they launch themselves to the top of the Minnow Medals with a couple of Gallium’s. We give you the rub on all…
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Paris Olympics 2024: Opening Ceremony + Day 1 Wrap
WE HAVE FIRST DAY FEVER AND IT’S CONTAGIOUS AF. Just breathing the weird Paris air today has gotten us up and about for the first day of the Olympics. We recap the all the bizarre happenings from the acclaimed French arthouse student film “Opening Ceremony”, almost crush a cardboard in the…
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Paris Olympics 2024: 1 Day to Go (IT'S LIECHTEN-TIME)
We are beaming to you live from Vaduz, Liechtenstein as we exclusively announce our joint bid for the 2036 Olympics. The mountainous country rich in Lamborghinis and poor in train lines is a minnow battler that jumped at the chance to host the games with Riggustan. We cover all the details in the...
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Paris Olympics 2024: 2 Days to Go
Another dé, another euro at these Olympic Games, and we are happy to report that the wheels are hilariously starting to come off. And thankfully we’ve packed the craziness, pettiness and stubbornness of it all into a chockers Apocalympics Now. Minnow Watch sees a dark horse emerge in a blue…
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Paris Olympics 2024: 3 Days to Go
We are back at it from the créme capital of the world to deliver you another action packed installment of Medallica: Minnows Vs The World. The prodigal son of segments returns as Apocalympics Now brings up all the hilarious pitfalls of holding the largest event on earth. We take a look at some of...
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Paris Olympics 2024: 4 Days To Go
BONJOUR MES AMIS! It’s a bumper first installment of Medallica: Minnows Vs The World: Pavement to Paris. We take a look at our feature athletes for these games, who are their country’s only hope a la Obi Wan Kenobi, as well as unveiling our grand plans for hosting the 2036 Olympics in our own...
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Tokyo 2020+1: Olympics Day 16
It’s the FINAL DAY of the Olympics, which means it’s the last mention of the Turkmenistan gas crater for a while. But we send the 2020+1 Apocalympics off in style, with a bumper show that shits on cycling in its many forms, unveils the winner of the Minnow Medal Tally, sticks it to salty Russians...
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Tokyo 2020+1: Olympics Day 15
Look out! It’s the number one Olympics podcast that features all the best in Kyrgyzstani horse sports! Shooting at a piece of string while on horseback aside, we take a look at the minnow medal tally, talk about the most un-Australian act of these Olympics and dissect the horror show/our…
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Tokyo 2020+1: Olympics Day 14 (BURKINA FASO FIRST EVER MEDAL/OUR FEATURE ATHLETE WINS A MEDAL!)
LET THIS DAY LIVE IN THE OPPOSITE OF INFAMY! Because for the first time in Medallica’s history, one of our feature minnow athletes has actually medalled! It’s a bumper edition of the show! We obviously go off like porridge in a sock with the news that Huge Fab has won Burkina Faso’s first ever...
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Tokyo 2020+1: Olympics Day 13 (Athlete Karaoke)
Day 13 is in the books which means Day 12 of the Olympics is being covered (makes sense to us) We’ve got athletes singing some of the worst songs imaginable, the battle of the Stans, American tears and the opportunity to just be. Listen now to think, and realign your chakras.
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Tokyo 2020+1: Olympics Day 12
It’s Day 12 and we are going off like a booze-filled plane full of rowdy Aussies! We take a look at the Minnow Medals to reveal a new leader at the top of the tally, keep an eye on Huge Fab, suggest new sports for BrisVegas 2032 and talk about the world’s most famous button. Shoot us a listen now!
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Tokyo 2020+1: Olympics Day 11 (Feat PITA TAUFATOFUA)
It’s Day 11 and we are feeling like Aussie Swimmers after an Olympic Village bender. But we are backing up and bringing the goods with force, like driving rain at the hurdles. We have a peek at the Minnow Medals before giving you a sampling platter of our interview with Tongan olympian/soon to be...
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Exclusive Interview with Pita Taufatofua
In a huge show of trans-Tasman underdog friendship, the People’s Republic of Riggustan and Tonga have extended the taekwondo kick of friendship and come together to provide an interview for the ages. Pita Taufatofua, the oiled-up viral sensation that is the leading cause of your Mum going into…
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Tokyo 2020+1: Olympics Day 10
We’re into double digits on Day 10 of these Tokyo 2020+1 Apocalympics and to celebrate, we’ve filled this to the brim with a fat amorphous mass that you deserve! In just 40 mins, we manage to ram in a reference to our exciting upcoming interview with feature athlete Pita Taufatofua, throw Qatar…
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Tokyo 2020+1: Olympics Day 9 (QATAR'S FIRST EVER GOLD MEDAL)
It’s Day 9 of these 2020+1 Apocalympics and we have now seen ANOTHER minnow break their medal drought, with known slave-drivers Qatar winning gold in the weightlifting. We talk about their achievements and blatant human rights violations, as well as Rohan Browning’s junk, the minnow medals and...
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Tokyo 2020+1: Olympics Day 8
Day 8 of the Apocalympics is upon us and we are barely holding it together. The constant state of excitement about tiny countries has sent our nervous systems into overdrive. To keep the high going, we cover the veritable flood of minnows in the athletics, have a look at the minnow medals, check…
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Tokyo 2020+1: Olympics Day 7 (SAN MARINO FIRST EVER MEDAL)
Day 7 and we are officially some of the way through the Tokyo 2020+1 Apocalympics. And WHAT A DAY - San Marino comes from the clouds to claim their first ever medal! We celebrate by hitting you with the most random facts about that country that we could find, and finishing the episode with Flo...
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Tokyo 2020+1: Olympics Day 6
Welcome to Day 6 of these Tokyo 2020+1 Apocalympics. Headlining today’s cast is a dominant victory by LZJ in the Badminton and literally the only use for the 160,000 dongbags in the Olympic Village. We also have a massive go at some Boomers (the generation, not the basketball team) who don’t want...
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Tokyo 2020+1: Olympics Day 5 (TURKMENISTAN'S FIRST EVER OLYMPIC MEDAL)
In honour of Turkmenistan’s first ever medal at the Olympics, we are up and about on the best horse drugs money can buy! We take a look at the ever-changing Minnow Medal tally, catch up on Pita Taufatofua’s exciting Gallium medal and prepare for a Skynet-style uprising of sentient swimming...
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Tokyo 2020+1: Olympics Day 4 (Phillipines AND Bermuda Break the Duck)
It’s Day 4 of the Tokyo 2020+1 Apocalympics and what a mammoth day for minnows! Thanks to the historic performances or Flora Duffy and Hidilyn Diaz, Bermuda and the Philippines have broken the golden duck with their respective first-place finishes in the triathlon and weightlifting. We couldn’t…
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Tokyo 2020+1: Olympics Day 3
It’s Day 3 of the Tokyo 2020+1 Olympics and we are not holding our bizarre Taekwondo cards close to our chests. Straight off the bat we take a look at the Minnow Medal Tally after a huge day of action for our perennial battlers. Then, we get super toey with the near-death experiences at the...
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Tokyo 2020+1: Olympics Day 2
Day 2 of the Tokyo 2020+1 Apocalympics is upon us and we could not be more psyched for the minnows now breaking their necks with Gallium, Steel and Brass medals. We cover these and take a look ahead as one of our feature athletes LZJ takes to the cock in his first group fixture, bask in the zero...
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Tokyo 2020+1: Olympics Day 1
It’s Day 1 of these games and we are both pickled and tickled pink. After backing up from a livestream Opening Ceremony that shaved a good five years off our lives, we look forward to the start of the games proper. We run through the Minnow Medal Tally, Minnow Watch and then bring it home with...
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Tokyo 2020+1: 1 Day to Go (feat Opening Ceremony Drinking Game)
The beginning of what may be the last ever Olympics kicks off tonight and we’ve got all your prep material right here. In this ep, we take a look at all the new sports to debut in the games, which are pretty much half sports or full hobbies. Our signature Apocalympics Now segment is full of...
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Tokyo 2020+1: 2 Days to Go
The Apocalympics are upon us, as the spectre of death casts it's eyes over the games. And that confirms one very important thing: WE BACK! We are 2 days out from the 32nd Olympiad and we could not be more psyched because we are inside and not going anywhere. In this first ep, we’ll be introducing...
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Tokyo 2020+1: Selling The Dream
Selling a dream is a lot like selling yourself. Get you a podcasting duo that can do both. Hi, we’re Gus and Rig from Gus and Rig. We are releasing this special presentation to you to let you know where we’ve been, what we’ve been doing and what we have planned for the Tokyo 2020+1 Olympics. We...
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Russia World Cup Ep 12: The Final (feat Crackle the Clairvoyant LIVE)
THE END IS NIGH! We are one game away from crowning the football champions of the world and we could not be more stoked that a minnow is in it. We cover the run up to the much anticipated Croatia v France fixture, and also the Belgium v France encounter which no one is looking forward to, both...
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Russia World Cup Ep 11: Semifinal Preview
WE'RE AT THE POINTY END NOW! People are realising the end is nigh for the 2018 World Cup, which is why they're jumping through glass bus shelters, drugging and robbing people blind, and fining the bejesus out of people for wearing different socks. We cover all that and make a visit to our now...
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Russia World Cup Ep 10: Weekly Wrap (Week 3)
We're back from the relative dead to bring you everything crazy from the Round of 16. It's a bumper show chocked full of crazy fan actions, drizzled with unexpected minnow success and covered in rich, smooth quarter-final previews. Our resident psychic also tackles her biggest test yet in a...
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Russia World Cup Ep 9: Aus v Peru Wrap Show
WELL THAT WAS JUST F'D. Australia bomb out of the World Cup in 'meh' fashion. We cover the ins and outs of the game, and by that we mean a bunch of things that aren't really football related. We then turn our eyes to the remaining minnows in contention for the Round of 16 as well as pay a visit…
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Russia World Cup Ep 8: Aus v Peru Preview
VIVA LOS SOCCEROOS! The boys in green and gold (well, mostly green) will be taking on Los Incas in a literal Do or Die encounter. We go through the news surrounding the boys, the mathematical probabilities and the ridiculous yet true nicknames of the Peruvians. CARN THE MOOYS!
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Russia World Cup Ep 7: Weekly Wrap (Week 2)
Our Week 2 Wrap Show is here and it's chock full of all the goings on, direct from the icy homophobic tundra of Russia. You want death threats? World Cup's got em. You want racism? Russia's got it in the bag. What about pseudo-funerals for national football teams? It's all in a day's work. It's...
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Russia World Cup Ep 6: Aus v Denmark Wrap-Up (AUS DRAW!)
The Socceroos have come up with a 1-1 draw against the polite Danes and we are not about it, the same way that Coach Bert is not about playing Australia's most prolific goal scorer, Timmy Cahill. We tackle the now-mathematical probability of making it through the group, Bert's bizarre decision…
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Russia World Cup Ep 5: Aus v Denmark Preview
It's do or die time already fam....5 days into the tournament. Beat Denmark, we party like it's 2006. Lose to Denmark, last person out shut the door and turn off the lights. In honour of the pure magnitude of the upcoming clash, we've prepared a bumper show of the segments you know and love, that...
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Russia World Cup Ep 4: Weekly Wrap (Week 1)
The weekly (w)rap is here so we're about to drop sick rhymes on you clowns. They include all the big minnow results of the first 85 games of the cup, as well as featured artist Just Putin It Out There. Crackle the Clairvoyant is also dropping red hot fire to make this the most anticipated podcast...
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Russia World Cup Ep 3: Aus v France Wrap-up (AUS WIN!)
WHAT A WIN BY THE BOYS! A 1-0 result to the Socceroos over the French is the best! To hear more about the handicap that the Frogs faced, give the newest episode of Medallica a listen!
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Russia World Cup Ep 2: Aus v France Preview
SACRE BLEU-DY HELL! Strap your bits in because it's AUSTRALIA VS FRANCE (in a few days). Doesn't mean we can't give you the BEST DAMN PRE-SHOW you've ever heard right bloody now. It has everything you want: ridiculous player nicknames! Non-existent analysis! Bold predictions that lack any sort of...
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Russia World Cup Ep 1: World Cup Preshow and Preview of All Groups
WE BACK FAM. With a week to go until the Football World Cup in Russia, we delve into a preview of all 8 groups based on absolutely no knowledge of the sport. We also introduce our two new segments, "Just Putin it Out There" and "Bygone Battlers" - it's a feature length show that will prepare you...
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Pyeongchang Ep 17: Closing Ceremony and Top 15 Moments of the Games
It's been a number of weeks since we landed back on Australian shores, and we're only now being considered medically stable. We dive back into the Games to recap the Closing Ceremony and our top 15 memorable moments, as well as look ahead to the World Cup in Russia and Tokyo 2020 Olympics. It's…
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Pyeongchang Ep 16: Day 14/15
In one of our better decisions, we opt to bring you this cast ahead of Silly Sunday with Peter Michael. It's chock full of the good stuff, including flag confusion, the world's dumbest jumper and filming people against their will. We also take one of our final looks into the Minnow Medal tally...
About this show
Welcome to Medallica: Minnows vs The World! Join hosts Gus and Rig live from Paris as they follow the journeys of the countries striving to experience Olympic success for the first time, as well as their bid to host the 2036 Olympics in the micro-nation they founded - The People's Republic of Riggustan. We also look at all the behind the scenes Olympic news in “Apocolympics Now”, and bring you a feature each episode on countries who might break the duck during the games in "Donut Spotlight". It’s the Olympics podcast you always wanted, but never had.
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