Best Ben Pobjie Podcasts (2025)

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.

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Episode 416: Mission Insomnibird 28:06

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2+ y ago28:06

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

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Episode 415: Later Or Sooner We All Stop Lating 41:23

2+ y ago41:23

41:23

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

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Episode 414: Sooner Or Later We All Stop Podding 48:43

2+ y ago48:43

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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 40:55

3y ago40:55

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

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Episode 412: Halloween Ends Tonight 1:04:13

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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!

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Episode 411: Murder Dolls Need Souls 41:47

3y ago41:47

41:47

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

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Episode 410: Everygam, Gammywhere, All At GAM 30:42

3+ y ago30:42

30:42

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.

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Episode 409: Mate Against Mate, Escape Against Escape 43:09

3+ y ago43:09

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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).

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Episode 408: Beep Boop Beep 33:26

3+ y ago33:26

33:26

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

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Episode 407: An Election Is A Long Time In Politics 33:03

3+ y ago33:03

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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.

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Episode 406: The One Poll That Counts 36:39

3+ y ago36:39

36:39

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

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Episode 405: Bayme95 40:50

3+ y ago40:50

40:50

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.

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Episode 404: A Week Is A Long Time In A Week Is A Long Time In A Week 35:50

3+ y ago35:50

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

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Episode 403: The Bellingcatman 42:19

3+ y ago42:19

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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.

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Episode 402: Content Warning: Racist Prime Ministers 34:29

3+ y ago34:29

34:29

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

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Episode 401: Oscars So Fight 32:10

4y ago32:10

32:10

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

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Episode 400: Paul On The Road To Cowes 27:03

4y ago27:03

27:03

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.

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Episode 399: Halloween Kills 58:31

4y ago58:31

58:31

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

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Episode 393: A Missing Episode 38:02

4y ago38:02

38:02

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

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Episode 398: Stupid Ghosts 24:37

4y ago24:37

24:37

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

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Episode 397: A Little Bloke In The Telly 21:11

4y ago21:11

21:11

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

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Episode 396: We Got Shooters 28:44

4y ago28:44

28:44

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

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Episode 395: Some Ideas For Matthew Guy 30:05

4y ago30:05

30:05

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!

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Episode 394: Thirty Odd Poste Of Grunt 34:42

4y ago34:42

34:42

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.

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Episode 392: Color Out Of Setka 37:42

4+ y ago37:42

37:42

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

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Episode 391: Cheap Rent & A Three Day Ghost 40:33

4+ y ago40:33

40:33

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

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Episode 390: Saving On Towels 44:06

4+ y ago44:06

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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.

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Episode 389: Goodbye Crood World 37:43

4+ y ago37:43

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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

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Episode 388: Deep Thoughts 44:11

4+ y ago44:11

44:11

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.

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Episode 387: The Devil Made Me Do It 1:31:19

4+ y ago1:31:19

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

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Episode 386: She's All Hardly Waiting 27:20

5y ago27:20

27:20

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'.

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Episode 385: By Any Other Name 27:33

5y ago27:33

27:33

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

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Episode 384: #WonderWomanFromMarketing 28:27

5y ago28:27

28:27

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 48:48

5y ago48:48

48:48

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

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Episode 364: Sock It To Me 52:00

5y ago52:00

52:00

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 sauc…

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Episode 382: The Germanic Thirst For Peace 58:58

5+ y ago58:58

58:58

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).

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Episode 381: Private Dickensian 58:33

5+ y ago58:33

58:33

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

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Episode 380: Brewster's Ark 51:06

5+ y ago51:06

51:06

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.