Gather Around Me

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Gather Around Me

Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith get together for a relaxing fireside chat about the news of the day and the ways of the world. It will blow your mind.

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    Episode 421: Totally Wicked

    They tried to hide it from us but we found out about Wicked.

  2. 433

    Episode 420: Got A Bad Feeling About This

    This episode we're talking about the first Omen, but not The First Omen.

  3. 432

    Episode 419: Madame Bees

    This week we are talking about the two hottest creepy crawly flicks of 2024: The Beekeeper and Madame Web.

  4. 431

    Episode 418: Talkin' 'bout those Night Swims

    Vox populi, vox dei. The people demanded an indepth recap of haunted pool movie Night Swim and who are we to deny them?

  5. 430

    Episode 417: Anachronistic Video Calling Technology

    Folks, it's probably fair to say that nobody has been clamouring for an unpacking of the first three Insidious movies, including comparisons with turn-of-the-millennium Australian techno-thriller The Bank and yet that is precisely what you are listening to. It's a funny old world.

  6. 429

    Episode 416: Mission Insomnibird

    We have a chat about that hot cinema property Mission Impossible 2 - as well as another impossible mission, successfully holding the Commonwealth Games.

  7. 428

    Episode 415: Later Or Sooner We All Stop Lating

    Not with a bang but with a podcast we finish our journey into the Queensland hinterland courtesty of Libby's synopsisizing skills.

  8. 427

    Episode 414: Sooner Or Later We All Stop Podding

    It's episode 414 in a series of 1000 pods from your friends at Gather Around Me Inc. In this episode, we return to a series that I think we abandoned pre-Covid thanks to listener (and reader) Libby.

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    Episode 413: Gacy House 90210

    This week we're talking about a very bad movie.

  10. 425

    Episode 412: Halloween Ends Tonight

    This week we are talking in great detail, scene-by-scene- about the film Halloween Ends. This approach to film reviewing seems to come as a surprise to some!

  11. 424

    Episode 411: Murder Dolls Need Souls

    This week we're talking about 2021's Baby Oopsie, a film which surprised and delighted us in equal measure.

  12. 423

    Episode 410: Everygam, Gammywhere, All At GAM

    Cam tricked Ben into seeing Everything, Everywhere, All At Once. Continued discussion of the ever-expanding RCU. Ben wants to be like Jordan Peterson but not politically, just completely off chops on benzos and steak.

  13. 422

    Episode 409: Mate Against Mate, Escape Against Escape

    In this, episode four hundred and nine out of one thousand, we discuss the State of Origin (2022) and Escape Room (2017) but not Escape Room (2019).

  14. 421

    Episode 408: Beep Boop Beep

    This week your friends BenTron 3.0 and Cambot 6000 take over the pod for some AI shenanigans.

  15. 420

    Episode 407: An Election Is A Long Time In Politics

    It's your pals Cam and Ben with Episode 407 in a series of 1000 podchats about affairs of state and culture and such. This week we recorded the Monday after the election for fresh takes on the ascendant Albanese government and the Rebel Wilson vehicle Senior Year.

  16. 419

    Episode 406: The One Poll That Counts

    This week we have some grievances to share. Plus a spoiler alert for Dr Strange and The Northman.

  17. 418

    Episode 405: Bayme95

    We discuss the election campaign and the film Ambulance (spoiler alert: both of them are careening out of control through the streets of LA). We have absolutely no proof that Michael Bay is not doing Dogme95 films on the side. 

  18. 417

    Episode 404: A Week Is A Long Time In A Week Is A Long Time In A Week

    Is A Long Time In Politics. A day can happen in a year and a year can happen in a month.

  19. 416

    Episode 403: The Bellingcatman

    This week Ben & Cam discuss (with spoilers) the films The Batman, Morbius and RRR. Cam is not impressed with The Batman's refusal to do even the most simple geolocation.

  20. 415

    Episode 402: Content Warning: Racist Prime Ministers

    Folks, huge content warning on this one: the Prime Minister is racist. And Ben saw Morbius.

  21. 414

    Episode 401: Oscars So Fight

    Gather Around Me is back with our hot takes on the Academy Awards, Mark Latham, etc.

  22. 413

    Episode 400: Paul On The Road To Cowes

    A very special episode for Ep 400! Not really! Cam reads Ben some terrible stuff. At one point he says it's Friday afternoon, but actually this was recorded on a Monday. Says it all.

  23. 412

    Episode 399: Halloween Kills

    This week Ben and Cam went to see Halloween Kills, a film about the aftermath of a movie about podcasters.

  24. 411

    Episode 393: A Missing Episode

    Apparently this episode never went online? Anyway - enjoy these hot earthquake takes!

  25. 410

    Episode 398: Stupid Ghosts

    This week we talk about a real idiot of a ghost.

  26. 409

    Episode 397: A Little Bloke In The Telly

    This week we take a road trip out to Engadine to discuss the works of George Orwell.

  27. 408

    Episode 396: We Got Shooters

    This week we talk about shooting ranges, Olympic and otherwise. Plus would Ben be a good liar?

  28. 407

    Episode 395: Some Ideas For Matthew Guy

    We've been asked by the Victorian Liberal Party to brainstorm some ideas and we are not ones to leave our state in the lurch!

  29. 406

    Episode 394: Thirty Odd Poste Of Grunt

    Sometimes you get the Zodiac Killer's name slightly wrong but then you repeat that mistake for 20 minutes. Anyway, in this ep we discuss the only news that matters: the revelation of the real identity of the Zodiac Killer.

  30. 405

    Episode 392: Color Out Of Setka

    Folks, this week we're talking: Filing cabinets John Setka Color Out Of Space The Entire 2 Billion Year Future-History Of Humanity A Dream That Could Be A Movie

  31. 404

    Episode 391: Cheap Rent & A Three Day Ghost

    This week we're talkin' spooky boys and mockdowns, baby. See you down the gardens, folks!

  32. 403

    Episode 390: Saving On Towels

    This week your pals Ben & Cam discuss the impending ascent of Matthew Guy to the leadership of the Victorian Opposition + Stockholm Syndrome and some SPOOOOKY STORIES.

  33. 402

    Episode 389: Goodbye Crood World

    Hi there folks, it's time for a little bit of normal-sounding GAM in your earholes. This week we discuss: The Croods Bostik Swastika Fergburgers and a spooooky story

  34. 401

    Episode 388: Deep Thoughts

    Hi there folks, it's a little poddy with some rona chat and some movie recaps. Thanks to a fun technological mishap, one of our voices gets a little bit deeper than usual.

  35. 400

    Episode 387: The Devil Made Me Do It

    Your pals Ben and Cam went to the movies to watch The Conjuring Part 3: The Devil Made Me Do It.

  36. 399

    Episode 386: She's All Hardly Waiting

    Hi folks, ep 386 in a series of 1000! Please replace the reference in this podcast to 'Can't Hardly Wait' with 'She's All That'.

  37. 398

    Episode 385: By Any Other Name

    Hey folks, a tiny lil Confession for yas from the murderous but sunny foothills of Adelaide.

  38. 397

    Episode 384: #WonderWomanFromMarketing

    Hi folks, it's ya pals Ben & Cam back for 2021. We are back on set with Lucy Lawless and discussing a few things from the news and popular culture, as we are wont to do.

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    Episode 383: Let's Get Freaky

    Hey there folks, we are back! We talk about the films Freaky and The Dark Tower, plus some war crimes.

  40. 395

    Episode 364: Sock It To Me

    Hi there folks, welcome to another edition of GAM with ya pals Ben & Cam. This would be Episode 383 but we realised we never did an Episode 364 and we don't want to have to do a heap of contractually-obligated extras once we get to Ep 1000. We talk about lots of up-to-the-minute current affairs and then have TWO confessions: a spooky one and a saucy one.

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    Episode 382: The Germanic Thirst For Peace

    Folks, it is ya pals Ben Pobjie & Cam Smith discussing a series of problematic topics: war criminal bath-artists, ambitious 1930s sci-fi, sociopathic nephews and THE DEVIL (or at least a minor demon).

  42. 393

    Episode 381: Private Dickensian

    Friends! It's a new ep of GAM - there are confessions, there's Sister Ghost, this episode has everything.

  43. 392

    Episode 380: Brewster's Ark

    Hey there folks, it's ya pals Ben & Cam taking a break from setting the agenda for the national discourse to talk about daleks, sharehouse ghosts & Bollywood Agatha Christie adaptations.

  44. 391

    Episode 379: To All The Roys I've Loved Before

    folks, it's ya pals Ben & Cam with a spooky tale from That's Life + discussion of Home & Away, Beauty & The Geek and Angel Is Down.

  45. 390

    Episode 378: Fess Up

    Hey folks, it's ya pals Ben & Cam here with some CONFESSIONS.

  46. 389

    Episode 377: Pod In The Time Of Coronavirus

    Hey folks, it's ya mates Ben & Cam reporting from quarantine on some of their Coronavirus Gripes & Grumbles!

  47. 388

    Episode 376: Baboon Fever

    Hi folks, Your friends Ben Pobjie & Cam Smith are back talking about baboons, coronavirus and Mayor Pete (R.I.P.).

  48. 387

    Episode 375: Hindsight Is 2020

    Folks, new year, same old GAM. We're back on the set of My Life Is Murder discussing the war in Iran and bushfire conspiracies between takes.

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    Episode 374: Waiting Out The Decade In A Fridge

    Hi there folks, one last ep of GAM to send off 2019. Have yourself a merry little everything and we'll be back in 2020 with more hot takes and Dean Koontz recaps.

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    #JustKingThings Episode 14: Doctor Sleep

    Hey there folks, apologies for the delay. Ben and Cam went to see Doctor Sleep and then they talked about it.

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Ben Pobjie and Cam Smith get together for a relaxing fireside chat about the news of the day and the ways of the world. It will blow your mind.

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