A show about the sport of CrossFit for aspiring athletes and fans. Hosted by individual Games athlete, Taylor Dettmann, Masters Games athlete, Matt Dettmann & the head of media at Blues City CrossFit, Teddy Williams. Produced by James Richart.
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The Final Draft podcast is all about books, writing and literary culture. We're dedicated to exploring Australian writing, looking into the issues that drive our storytelling to discover more from the books you love. These are the stories that make us who we are. Final Draft is produced and presented by Andrew Pople Want more great conversations wi…
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The Final Draft podcast is all about books, writing and literary culture. We're dedicated to exploring Australian writing, looking into the issues that drive our storytelling to discover more from the books you love. Naima Brown’s essays have appeared in Vogue, the Guardian, and more. She wrote, along with Melissa Doyle, the non-fiction book How to…
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Omar Sakr’s The Nightmare Sequence Omar is an award winning poet and writer from Western Sydney. His works include the novel, Son of Sin and the poetry collection The Lost Arabs, which won the 2020 Prime Minister’s Literary Award. Omar joins us with his new collection The Nightmare Sequence, illustrated by Dr Safdar Ahmed…
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The Final Draft podcast is all about books, writing and literary culture. We're dedicated to exploring Australian writing, looking into the issues that drive our storytelling to discover more from the books you love. These are the stories that make us who we are. Final Draft is produced and presented by Andrew Pople Want more great conversations wi…
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Brandon Jack is the author of the acclaimed memoir 28. He’s also a footballer, who played for the Sydney Swans and in his debut novel Pissants he combines his sporting prowess and literary flare into a unique and memorable narrative. At an unnamed footy club the reserves team are waiting for the call up to the big leagues. Calling themselves the Pi…
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First Nations Classics - Paul Collis’s Dancing Home
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The Final Draft podcast is all about books, writing and literary culture. We're dedicated to exploring Australian writing, looking into the issues that drive our storytelling to discover more from the books you love. These are the stories that make us who we are. Samuel Wagan Watson is a poet of Munanjali, Birri Gubba, German, Dutch and Irish desce…
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Thomas Vowles is a screenwriter and novelist. Today we’ll be discussing his debut novel Our New Gods. Ash has recently arrived in Melbourne. Like so many who’ve come from a regional town he’s looking to define himself whilst feeling wary of being . When he meets James it’s love-at-first-sight, at least for Ash. James is gorgeous and seems to have e…
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The Final Draft podcast is all about books, writing and literary culture. We're dedicated to exploring Australian writing, looking into the issues that drive our storytelling to discover more from the books you love. These are the stories that make us who we are. Matt Rogers is the best selling author of more than thirty novels and is joining us to…
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The Final Draft podcast is all about books, writing and literary culture. We're dedicated to exploring Australian writing, looking into the issues that drive our storytelling to discover more from the books you love. These are the stories that make us who we are. Sinead Stubbins is a writer, editor and cultural critic, and the author of In My Defen…
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Book Club - Omar Sakr's The Nightmare Sequence
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Presenting a poem and reflection by Omar Sakr as part of his new collection 'The Nightmare Sequence'. *Content Warning - contains discussion of the genocide in GazaBy 2SER 107.3FM
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The Final Draft podcast is all about books, writing and literary culture. We're dedicated to exploring Australian writing, looking into the issues that drive our storytelling to discover more from the books you love. These are the stories that make us who we are. Robbie Arnott is the award-winning author of Flames, The Rain Herron and Limberlost, a…
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Today I’m bringing a book so good I’ve already given my copy to my mum, and she’s loving it. Laura Elvery’s Nightingale. Laura Elvery is the author of Trick of the Light and Ordinary Matter. As readers of Ordinary Matter will know, Laura has an interest in women who have been ignored, or perhaps misunderstood by history. Nightingale takes us into t…
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The Final Draft podcast is all about books, writing and literary culture. We're dedicated to exploring Australian writing, looking into the issues that drive our storytelling to discover more from the books you love. These are the stories that make us who we are. Hilde Hinton is the bestselling author of The Loudness of Unsaid Things, and A Solitar…
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Book Club - Mandy Beaumont’s The Thrill of It
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Mandy Beaumont is the author of The Furies and Wild Fearless Chests. She’s been nominated for a slew of awards for her writing including the Stella Prize. Mandy’s latest novel is The Thrill of It. *Content Warning for Violence Against Women* In the late 1980’s Sydney is a long way from the global city we know today. From the beach to the Mountains …
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The Final Draft podcast is all about books, writing and literary culture. We're dedicated to exploring Australian writing, looking into the issues that drive our storytelling to discover more from the books you love. These are the stories that make us who we are. Shelley Burr is the bestselling author of Wake and Ripper. Her debut Wake won the UK C…
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Sinead Stubbins is a writer, editor and cultural critic, and the author of In My Defence, I Have No Defence. Her debut novel is Stinkbug. The advertising agency where Edith works is going through a restructure. Everyone is worried that the new Swedish owners will bring their own team and they’ll be out of a job. When a select group are chosen for a…
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The Final Draft podcast is all about books, writing and literary culture. We're dedicated to exploring Australian writing, looking into the issues that drive our storytelling to discover more from the books you love. These are the stories that make us who we are. Vijay Khurana is a writer and translator from German. He’s joining Andrew with his deb…
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The Final Draft podcast is all about books, writing and literary culture. We're dedicated to exploring Australian writing, looking into the issues that drive our storytelling to discover more from the books you love. These are the stories that make us who we are. Laura Elvery is the author of Trick of the Light and Ordinary Matter, which won the 20…
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The Final Draft podcast is all about books, writing and literary culture. We're dedicated to exploring Australian writing, looking into the issues that drive our storytelling to discover more from the books you love. These are the stories that make us who we are. Gretchen Shirm is the author of Having Cried Wolf, Where the Light Falls and The Cryin…
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Special guests join us to recap the TFX Invitational Team competition.By Taylor & Matt Dettmann, Teddy Williams, and James Richart
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Book Club - Vijay Khurana’s The Passenger Seat
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Vijay Khurana is a writer and translator from German. His debut novel, The Passenger Seat, was shortlisted for the Novel Prize. Content warning for mentions of violence. On the verge of their final year of high school, Adam and Teddy are looking for adventure. On a whim they pack some camping gear and drive north. Adam’s got a drivers license and a…
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Competing at TFX: Strategies and Stories from the Semis
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In episode 101 of the Blues City CrossFit Show, we dive into team CrossFit competitions, including detailed discussions on the TFX Invitational. We cover the BCCF team performances, strategies, and challenges faced during the semifinals. Additionally, the episode critiques the CrossFit Games' handling of team competitions, focusing on judging stand…
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If I’ve learned anything in my time covering Australian writing it’s to never underestimate Chris Flynn. Chris is the award winning author of Mammoth - the story of a loquacious fossil, The Glass Kingdom - a drug fueled romp through outback Australia and perhaps the strangest of all Here Be Leviathans - a collection of Monkey’s, Platypuses and Sabr…
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The Final Draft podcast is all about books, writing and literary culture. We're dedicated to exploring Australian writing, looking into the issues that drive our storytelling to discover more from the books you love. These are the stories that make us who we are. Final Draft is produced and presented by Andrew Pople Want more great conversations wi…
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Book Club - Ann Dombroski’s After the Great Storm
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Ann Dombroski’s prize-winning short fiction has appeared in literary journals and anthologies. Her debut novel is After the Great Storm In the near future, Sydney is dominated by seemingly monolithic corporate structures. From prisons to transport and even medicine, the city skyline is overcome by these enormous structures that obscure the sky and …
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The Final Draft podcast is all about books, writing and literary culture. We're dedicated to exploring Australian writing, looking into the issues that drive our storytelling to discover more from the books you love. These are the stories that make us who we are. Chris is the award winning author of Mammoth - the story of a loquacious fossil, The G…
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Our 100th Episode: The CrossFit Open, TFX Invitational & Major Milestone Ahead!
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In our 100th episode celebration, we reflect on our podcasting journey and delve into the dynamic world of CrossFit. Highlights include: Reminisce about the early days of recording with just a phone and laugh at our first attempts at podcasting. Insights into the CrossFit Open and standout performances by athletes. Special focus on Colten Mertens' …
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The Final Draft podcast is all about books, writing and literary culture. We're dedicated to exploring Australian writing, looking into the issues that drive our storytelling to discover more from the books you love. These are the stories that make us who we are. Caro Llewellyn is the author of the Stella Prize shortlisted memoir Diving into Glass,…
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Naima Brown’s essays have appeared in Vogue, the Guardian, and more. She wrote, along with Melissa Doyle, the non-fiction book How to Age Against the Machine and is the author of The Shot. Mother Tongue is her second novel. Ever since the birth of her daughter Jenny, Brynn’s life has been ruled by The Schedule; a clockwork routine that means Jenny …
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The Final Draft podcast is all about books, writing and literary culture. We're dedicated to exploring Australian writing, looking into the issues that drive our storytelling to discover more from the books you love. These are the stories that make us who we are. Rachael Johns was an English teacher before making her dreams of becoming a novelist c…
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Book Club - Karina May’s That Island Feeling
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The days are about to get shorter and the cold is already creeping in. So for today’s book club I’m taking us back to warmer times with Karina May’s That Island Feeling. Karina is the author of Duck a l’Orange for Breakfast (April 2023), which was longlisted in the Indie Book Awards for Best Debut Fiction, and Never Ever Forever. Karina, alongside …
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The Final Draft podcast is all about books, writing and literary culture. We're dedicated to exploring Australian writing, looking into the issues that drive our storytelling to discover more from the books you love. These are the stories that make us who we are. Eileen Chong is an award winning poet. You’ve met her on Final Draft with her last col…
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Book Club - Andrea Goldsmith’s The Buried Life
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Andrea Goldsmith is the award winning author of novels including the Miles Franklin Literary Award shortlisted The Prosperous Thief and the 2015 Melbourne Prize for Literature, The Memory Trap. Her new novel is The Buried Life. Adrian’s colleagues affectionately call him Doctor Death. As a renowned scholar of death in the modern age he has surprisi…
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The Final Draft podcast is all about books, writing and literary culture. We're dedicated to exploring Australian writing, looking into the issues that drive our storytelling to discover more from the books you love. These are the stories that make us who we are. Steve MinOn is the winner of the Glendower Award for an Emerging Queensland Writer 202…
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Diana Reid is the Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Australian Novelist in 2022. Her debut, Love & Virtue, won the ABIA Book of the Year Award, and the ABA Booksellers’ Choice Fiction Book of the Year Award. Diana’s new novel is Signs of Damage. How could everything have gone so wrong? In the summer of 2008 the Kelly family are enjoying a holiday in…
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The Final Draft podcast is all about books, writing and literary culture. We're dedicated to exploring Australian writing, looking into the issues that drive our storytelling to discover more from the books you love. These are the stories that make us who we are. Zane Lovitt is the award winning author of The Midnight Promise and Black Teeth Jamie’…
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Book Club - Steve MinOn’s First Name Second Name
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Steve MinOn is the winner of the Glendower Award for an Emerging Queensland Writer 2023. Stephen Bolin lies in a coma in a Brisbane hospital. In the hours before his death Stephen awakens long enough to write a cryptic message to his sisters. They are to carry his body north to the town of their birth. Stephen’s sisters ignore this bizarre request …
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Vanessa McCausland's The Last Illusion of Paige White
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The Final Draft podcast is all about books, writing and literary culture. We're dedicated to exploring Australian writing, looking into the issues that drive our storytelling to discover more from the books you love. These are the stories that make us who we are. Vanessa McCausland is author of DREAMING IN FRENCH and THE BEAUTIFUL WORDS. Paige Whit…
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The Final Draft podcast is all about books, writing and literary culture. We're dedicated to exploring Australian writing, looking into the issues that drive our storytelling to discover more from the books you love. These are the stories that make us who we are. Catherine Jinks is the award winning author of more than forty books. You’ve met her o…
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Getting Ready for the CrossFit Open in our 99th Episode
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Just before the 25.1 workout is announced, the gang gets together to discuss the upcoming Open.By Taylor & Matt Dettmann, Teddy Williams, and James Richart
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Book Club - Eileen Chong's We Speak of Flowers
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Eileen Chong is an award winning poet. You’ve met her on Final Draft with her last collection A Thousand Crimson Blooms and today she’s joining us with her new collection We Speak of Flowers. We Speak of Flowers comprises 101 interconnected fragments that can be read in any order, attempting to make sense of grief in the face of great pain. Loved t…
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Catherine Jinks is the award winning author of more than forty books. Her new novel is Panic. Katoomba’s a small community. There’s not a lot of places to hide when people know your name and Bronte’s gone viral in the worst possible way. Getting social media drunk and angry is never a good idea and now Bronte’s been doxed by her YouTube famous ex a…
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The Final Draft podcast is all about books, writing and literary culture. We're dedicated to exploring Australian writing, looking into the issues that drive our storytelling to discover more from the books you love. These are the stories that make us who we are. Sean Wilson is a writer, playwright and communications professional. Sean is the autho…
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After discussing recent events, the gang recaps Blues City's performances at Wodapalooza. We go over all the experiences on and off the competition floor down in South Beach.By Taylor & Matt Dettmann, Teddy Williams, and James Richart
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Book Club - Holden Sheppard's Invisible Boys
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This week we've checked out the first episode of Holden Sheppard's Invisible Boys. Invisible Boys is the award winning debut novel from Holden Sheppard and is now a smash hit series on Stan. Holden even pops by to talk about pioneering queer storytelling and adapting his show for the screen. Loved this review? You can get more books, writing and li…
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The Final Draft podcast is all about books, writing and literary culture. We're dedicated to exploring Australian writing, looking into the issues that drive our storytelling to discover more from the books you love. These are the stories that make us who we are. Ashley Kalagian Blunt is the author of Dark Mode, shortlisted for the 2024 ABIA Genera…
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In a special, bonus episode, Andrew welcomes Felix Shannon as a regular on the Final Draft podcast. Felix is the renowned host of Death of the Reader and joins us with fresh ideas and a unique way of reading and discovering books.By 2SER 107.3FM
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The Final Draft podcast is all about books, writing and literary culture. We're dedicated to exploring Australian writing, looking into the issues that drive our storytelling to discover more from the books you love. These are the stories that make us who we are. Karina is the author of Duck a l’Orange for Breakfast (April 2023), which was longlist…
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Book Club - Sean Wilson's You Must Remember This
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Sean Wilson is the author of Gemini Falls. He has been shortlisted for the Patrick White Playwrights Award by Sydney Theatre Company. Sean’s new novel is You Must Remember This. On a warm autumn evening Grace decides to go for walk. It must be autumn judging from the temperature, and Grace was going to… she’s well, surely it will come back to her. …
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The Final Draft podcast is all about books, writing and literary culture. We're dedicated to exploring Australian writing, looking into the issues that drive our storytelling to discover more from the books you love. These are the stories that make us who we are. Lech Blaine is the author of the memoir Car Crash and the Quarterly Essays Top Blokes …
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