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Tommy Dassalo doesn't know how to do anything so he's attempting to assemble a Complete Guide To The Human Experience by chatting with different guests about what they've learned, what they've always known, and what they feel the stupidest about. New episodes every Wednesday! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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"John Shore is American's leading non-douchey Christian." -- Dan Savage, Savage Love, and founder of the It Gets Better Project. "John Shore is awesome. The minute I started reading his stuff, I knew he was a brother from another mother." -- Rob Bell, author of Love Wins, Sex God, and Velvet Elvis. "John Shore is a gadfly, calling the Christian Church everywhere to act the way it says it believes about love and justice, which of course makes him an uncomfortable presence in those churches th ...
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This week I'm joined by GREG LARSEN and GEN FRICKER! We learn about Geggy's expertise in being horny in chat rooms, his lasting legacy at the ABC studios, some "hot goss" about Madeline McCann, me being forced to autograph a guitar at a music festival, and how to join Puppetry of the Penis. Fun! How To Do Everything is on Patreon! Sign up now at Pa…
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It's the return of NICK CAPPER and the debut of DAVE O'NEIL! We celebrate Capper's birthday in style by hearing about Dave driving to Newcastle in his bathers, his attempts to con his way into a job at The Age and bombing for a group of pub owners. Plus, Capper's insulted the late, great Robin Williams and in a first for the podcast: a guest "storm…
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This week I'm joined by RAY O'LEARY and MEG JÄGER! Ray gets confronted about his status as Biggest Comedy Gossip, Meg's been grilled about her favourite comedians on a drive from Sydney to Brisbane, I've crashed a billy cart and a listener has had a painful memory brought up by last week's episode! How To Do Everything is on Patreon! Sign up now at…
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MATT STEWART and SUREN JAYEMANNE join me this week for a mercifully brief chat about the difference between spearmint & peppermint before getting into the meaty topics of how to fall asleep anywhere, beating a member of the Wu Tang Clan at chess, respecting your elders, plus an all-time great concept for a dystopian sci-fi film. How To Do Everythin…
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BEV KILLICK has been crushing it in comedy clubs around Australia for decades, appearing in heaps of movies and TV shows along the way. She joins me this week to chat about meeting her husband while starting out in stand-up at the Espy, working in a theatre restaurant in Townsville, her friendship with a UFC champion and her legendary tales of publ…
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This week I'm joined by Perthonalities MIKE GOLDSTEIN and FRANKIE ROWSTHORN! We figure out the etiquette of gossiping about other comedians, hear about Frankie and her dad on The Amazing Race, how to pretend that you're into muscle cars, living with a bunch of yucky boys and HEAPS more! How To Do Everything is on Patreon! Sign up now at Patreon.com…
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The host of Comedy Bang Bang and the co-creater / writer / director of Between Two Ferns, SCOTT AUKERMAN joins me TWICE this week! (sorta.) We break down the differences in the democratic process between our two countries, I share a troubling conversation about AI that I overheard, we nerd out over concert technology and I discover Scott's childhoo…
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I'm up in Brisbane this weekend so I made time to catch up with EMMA HOLLAND and RHI DOWN! It's a VERY loose one this week as we chat about pregnancy, Emma's friendship with Lisa McCune, pretending to be a tour guide, starting fights at the park and heaps, heaps more! How To Do Everything is on Patreon! Sign up now at Patreon.com/HowToDoEverything …
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This week I'm joined by LUKA MULLER and ALEX WARD! Luka busts me for having a stupid password on an old social media account, I've stayed in the world's oldest hotel, Wardy's been ripped off by a taxi driver and Luka tells us an absolute odyssey of a yarn about being driven around by a sweet older man in Vietnam. If you're in Queensland, come and s…
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From Triple J, Bang On, Spicks & Specks, and her new podcast The Moment, MYF WARHURST joins me today! We get trivial about how to make the perfect platter for a dinner party, we get deep about how to be alone and love yourself, we unearth a cringe-inducing story about one of my earliest stand-up gigs and of course: we gush about our pets. Something…
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SCOTT DOOLEY and JASON CHATFIELD beam in to the show this week, LIVE from Times Square (yes, really). We learn what it takes to bluff your way in to a dinner with the CIA, as well as discussing Dools being with me when I got owned by an Uber driver, forgetting a joke onstage that I've done a billion times, the origins of Lululemon and so much more!…
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SCOUT BOXALL has been immersed in a tonne of different interests, starting from scratch each time. From court transcriptions where they had to listen in to juicy crime scene details, to making costumes for Live Action Role Playing, to attending clown school in France and absolutely hating it and much, much more. We also take pot shots at a few sele…
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She's got years of experience teaching high school students How To Do things but how will BRON LEWIS fare against her greatest challenge yet: an inept 39 year old podcast host? We get stuck into Bron's messy history of being busted bitching about someone behind their back, the double-edged sword of posting about important issues, me trying to netwo…
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Things go off the rails almost immediately this week with TOM BALLARD and DAVID QUIRK! We interrogate how judgemental the skateboarding community is and ponder the great philosophical question of "should you ever run for the train?" We also get into Tom's teenage years in the closet, the nightmare scenarios we've heard about sleepovers, and try to …
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Here's this month's tasting plate of bonus episodes, featuring: BEN RUSSELL, KIRSTY WEBECK, JOSH EARL, JORDAN BARR, URVI MAJUMDAR, BEN LOMAS & TIM HEWITT The full episodes that these clips are from are all available right now on the Patreon! Sign up now to hear the full episodes: Patreon.com/HowToDoEverything Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy …
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This week I'm joined by ACTUAL Italian SONIA DI IORIO to learn about doing stand-up in Italian, in Italy, and playing the flute for the Pope. We also chat about my recent fashion crimes, the logic behind anxiety dreams, and struggling to find birthday cards. How To Do Everything is on Patreon! Sign up now at Patreon.com/HowToDoEverything for as lit…
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My very good pals JOSH EARL and BEN LOMAS join me this week to give me a fathers perspective on the atrocious parenting that I witnessed recently from a high-profile public figure, cruise ship comedian gossip, Josh being stroppy in Paris, and Lomas' previous career as a busboy. Josh and I are doing work in progress shows together in BRISBANE on OCT…
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I’m back from Vietnam and the trip has me wondering: am I a pessimist? Well thankfully my guest this week is the boundlessly optimistic KIRSTY WEBECK! It’s a special ocean-themed episode as we chat about how far is too far to drive to the beach, snorkelling as an adolescent versus snorkelling as an adult, The horrors that are probably creeping and …
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As someone who grew up in a pub and loves a drink, CARL DONNELLY is the perfect guest to be joining me during one of the worst hangovers I’ve ever had in my life. We chat about our countries mutual appreciation for absolutely sending it in a beer garden, as well as Carl thinking he was bald for many years before accidentally learning the truth, my …
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Another glimpse behind the paywall, this month featuring highlights from episodes with Elouise Eftos & Ben Searle, Nikki Britton & Danielle Walker and Urvi Majumdar & Jordan Barr! These clips are all from hour-long episodes (split into two parts) that are available right now on the Patreon! Sign up now to hear the full episodes: Patreon.com/HowToDo…
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Co-host of Big Natural Talents, LAUREN BONNER joins me this week! I've become obsessed with online Melbourne restaurant drama, we workshop the ideal way to get comfortable immediately after walking through the front door, we're both incredibly entitled when it comes to flying first class, and we hear all about Lauren having to learn to tango after …
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Two masters in the art of holding court, SAM TAUNTON and TIM HEWITT join me this week for a loose, riff-heavy chat about how I can improve the homework that I ask the guests to do, high school debating teams, Sam and I sharing a bed in Noosa, Tim's Uber driver being pranked by the youth and a tantalising piece of comedy gossip that I've heard recen…
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The host of The Friend Request podcast CHLOE MADDREN welcomes me in to her pillow fort for a delightful catch-up about being late, hearing your mum fart, stealing your parents car as a teenager for a rooting appointment, and how to PROPERLY watch television! How To Do Everything is now on Patreon! Sign up now at Patreon.com/HowToDoEverything for as…
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If there's anyone who's come close to literally doing EVERYTHING it's DES BISHOP. He's made television shows about working various minimum wage jobs, learning Irish and performing stand-up comedy in Chinese. Where does this innate ability to fit in come from? What are the challenges of appearing on a dating show in China? And which Australian radio…
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GORDI has a fantastic new record out soon; she's flat out with press and touring and yet she still found the time to promptly and thoroughly fill out The Survey. We chat about her background in medicine and how she's had to utilise it in order to help out an audience member mid-show, living her life at a frantic pace from a young age, having to pre…
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Another sampling of scintillating bonus episodes has escaped from behind the paywall, this month featuring highlights from Lizzy Hoo, Brett Blake & Nick Capper, Andrew Levins & Gen Fricker and Justin Hamilton! To get the full episodes (hours of extra content!) and support the show, head over and sign up: Patreon.com/HowToDoEverything Hosted on Acas…
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Hours after having a Snickers induced psychosis, I’m joined by JUSTIN HAMILTON in my hotel room! We pick apart our two decades of shared history: from me wreaking havoc at the Bourne Ultimatum premiere, Hammo making me lose my mind in the back of a taxi, and the hours and hours we spent playing poker with other comedians. We also finally hear the o…
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SASHI PERERA joins me today. She's been killing it all over the place: nominated for Best Newcomer, appearing on Have You Been Paying Attention and selling out shows all around the world. I didn't really know her until recently when we shared a venue together at the Comedy Festival which, as we discover, is a lot like being in a long distance relat…
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I’m long overdue to have my beautiful boys BRETT BLAKE and NICK CAPPER on the podcast so I figured why not get ‘em in here together for a big catch-up over a couple of beers. We chat about having a perfect day on the weed edibles, learning to drive on a farm, the mortifying audition tapes of us that exist in a warehouse somewhere and how Brett and …
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This week I'm joined by LIZZY HOO! She's hosted the Melbourne International Comedy Festival Gala and appeared on Have You Been Paying Attention? among many, many other things. How many of these achievements were on her personal Bingo Card that she keeps every year? We chat about drafting difficult texts and e-mails in the notes app as a form of the…
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A little tasting plate of some of the banger bonus episodes that are available right now over on Patreon, featuring highlights from Dilruk Jayasinha, Nina Oyama, Dave Thornton, Zan Rowe and Josh Earl. To get the full episodes (roughly two and a half hours worth of content!) and support the show, head over and sign up: Patreon.com/HowToDoEverything …
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SONNY DAY is one half of We Buy Your Kids - a design duo who've made incredible posters for the likes of Jack White, Youth Group, Laneway Festival, as well as tonnes of movie and video game posters for Mondo. As a painter, he's had solo exhibitions around the world and painted murals for Paramount House in Sydney to pluck just a couple of credits f…
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Who better to 'explore the neigbourhood' with than Deadloch's NINA OYAMA!? Nina takes umbrage with The Survey, we chat about predictability and being a photocopy of a photocopy in comedy as well as hearing all about Nina's adventures organising the dance for an Indian wedding and Tommy wants to know how to get booked on a cooking show. How To Do Ev…
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My old pal DAVE THORNTON joins me this week! Dave's such a knowledgeable guy about so many things so of course I couldn't resist wasting his time by talking about him about the Sonic The Hedgehog movie. We learn about how Dave's juvenile streak is really striking a chord with his children, his obsessive love of basketball and how it developed at a …
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As the host of ABC's Take Five ZAN ROWE has interviewed hundreds of people and is so beloved as a conversationalist that just before this episode, she was giving a talk in the building where I record about how to be a good interviewer. No pressure! We chat about how Zan taunted me online about the fact that she was watching Jamiroquai in Adelaide a…
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Head chef and owner of the legendary restaurant Attica, and author of the book ‘Uses For Obsession’ BEN SHEWRY joins me to chat about being humbled by Yo La Tengo, harnessing the positivity that can come from shame, learning how to fix pinball machines and the time some Wall Street bankers landed a helicopter at his restaurant without permission. P…
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After gigging with her in Sydney a while back, I knew that JESS FUCHS would be a great chat for this show and so I bestowed upon her the grand honour of christening my new recording space. Jess prides herself on her ability to connect with and accurately read anyone she meets. I'm not sure if I'm good at connecting with people or, as in the case of…
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The almighty DEATH FROM ABOVE 1979 are about to hit Australia, playing their beloved debut album "You're A Woman, I'm A Machine" in full. They're one of my all-time favourite bands and so I'm thrilled to have vocalist and drummer SEBASTIEN GRAINGER join me on the show this week. We chat about how his self-critical appraisal of his own performances …
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In spite of her self-confessed terrible sense of direction, MELANIE BRACEWELL found her way to the studio and joins us this week to chat about how her meteoric rise through the ranks of Australian comedy wouldn't have been possible without scaling the most dangerous peak of all: Cringe Mountain. Tommy's been offered a free meal and feels too scared…
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DJ, Toy Collector, Travel Vlogger, Author, Chef and now: Guest On This Podcast, it's ANDREW LEVINS! How does he find the time to have so many strings to his bow and still hyperfixate on hobbies like old duck comic books? What's the secret to stressing less? How does he maintain such a positive attitude to parenting? Tonnes of wisdom in this episode…
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Thirteen episodes in and we're finally having a discussion about Fasta Pasta, thanks to URVI MAJUMDAR! After each saying an interesting thing about ourselves we get stuck into Urvi's desire to be able to banter with the boys, her teenage punishment for being caught out in a very involved lie, and her speciality subject of reading tarot and birth ch…
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JOHN SAFRAN has a new book and live tour called 'Squat', all about how he broke into Kanye West's mansion. We chat about the allure of abandoned properties, the timeline of John shaving his head, how he ended up with a free billboard PLUS Tommy's been working on a project that he needs John's advice for! John's book 'Squat' is available now and his…
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Australia's First Attractive Comedian ELOUISE EFTOS is here to help Tommy with one of the most pressing issues in his life: not having the blue tick on Instagram. She's making waves around the country with her incredibly confident brand of comedy but how much of that persona is Elouise able to carry into her personal life? We also dig into her IMDB…
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