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The Freed Man PodcastS3E1 - The PHAT Team Do ComebacksLike the Freed Man Podcast? Don't wanna be a cheapskate do ya? Pay us in 'likes' and 'recommends' and keep those likes and follows coming on FB, Twitter, Spotify, Apple and where all good pods can be found :)We're back mofos. T had COVID, Adzo bought a house, Phil is making it rain. What a summer. And here's something new - using OpenAI to write these episode descriptions for us. Here's one using the 'recipe' bot:Freed Man Pod S3E1 Key Ingredients:UkraineTaco BellComebacksBoomerangsVladimir PutinMelbourneAngerJared HaynePhil MickelsonInstructions:1. Preheat your oven...2022-02-271h 18The Freed Man PodcastDecember 23, Episode 36: A Very PHAT Team Xmas!We're clocking off for the year - taking a break for the holidays in our favourite place in the world: Queensland! - and we'll be back for Season 3 on Australia Day. In the meantime, here's our Xmas special, featuring fun Xmas countdowns, the drinking of Bacchus Brewing Advent Calendar mystery beer and a whole new segment: News.com.au is Making Us Dumber. Thank you everyone for all of your support and advice over the past year - stay Omicron safe and we'll see you in 2022, unless we all die from so...2021-12-221h 35The Freed Man PodcastDecember 16, Episode 35: Happy Hannukah Homies!So listen. Whatever. So we're still a week behind in our release. Like you read this anyway. On the PLUS side, it means that our Xmas special - which we recorded the week before Xmas - will be released the week OF Xmas. How awesome is that?! Chag Urim Sameach!Don't forget to check out our Hold My Beer and Hero Wall on our Freed Man Pod website, and keep those likes and follows coming on FB, Twitter, Spotify, Apple and where all good pods can be found :)2021-12-151h 37The Freed Man PodcastNovember 30, Episode 34: The Best Spinoffs, brought to you by Omicron!We're gonna be honest with you. T forgot to publish this ep from last week and can't quite remember what we talked about, but we know it had to do with spinoffs and things that spin. So there you go. And our Hold My Beer was not even a beer but a spinoff/variant of Jack Daniels (in keeping with the spinoff theme). So again, there you go. Strap in!Don't forget to check out our Hold My Beer and Hero Wall on our Freed Man Pod website, and keep those likes and follows coming on FB, Twi...2021-12-061h 33The Freed Man PodcastNovember 25, Ep 33: What You‘ve Been Waiting For...a Sheep-Themed Ep!I know before we said we were back, but now we're REALLY back. Classic structure episode, back in studio, using our PodTrak P4 equipment for the first time together now that we've worked out how to use it, and we are sounding freeeeeeeeesh. Cars being brought to the minimal safety level to make us feel manly, sexting scandals rocking the Ashes, Australian politicians jumping sides....does it get any more Aussie? Oh wait it does: we drink WTB Lamb Souvlaki beer and countdown our favourite sheep things (well, Adzo counts down the best sheep in video games, I...2021-11-261h 24The Freed Man PodcastBacchus Brewing Series Week 5: Superfecta-expi-ala-delicious!Our final in a series of specials focusing on some of Brisbane-based Bacchus Brewing delights.We've had a lot of fun drinking some fun beers, and we're finishing it off with some sweet sweet goodness that Tristan has been looking forward to for an eternity after the darkness of the Imperial Soured Smoky Stouts [shudders]. We're talking the Superfecta TDH Hazy IPA & the RocknRoada Pastry Stout.And because a 'superfecta' is picking the first four in racing, an RockNRolla came out in 2008, we're counting down our top 4 things from 2008. Yep. It's a stretch, but we's...2021-11-151h 10The Freed Man PodcastEp 31: THE BAND IS BACK TOGETHER BABY!Oh yes. After months and months, the PHAT Team is back together in person again, coming to you live (read: not live) from our Banksia studio. We've already cracked open a few beers before the record, so it's a little loose, but hey, lockdown is over, COVID is over apparently according to No Con Dom, and we enjoying each other's scent again.Vin Diesel makes an appearance, we celebrate all the frontline workers, Italy has banned Godfathers for some reason, AFL a$$hole Jordan de Goey is up to no good again, Phil has a political rant...2021-11-0356 minThe Freed Man PodcastBacchus Brewing Series Week 4: Happy Haze-oween!The fourth of a series of specials focusing on some of Brisbane-based Bacchus Brewing delights.The band is back together again finally now that lockdown is over - just in time for Halloween - and to celebrate, we're enjoying the sweet nectar of freedom found in a can of Dmango Unstrained Mango Hazy Style NEIPA. And we're celebrating Halloween by pounding down the surprisingly drinkable Winston's Eleven Five Cascadian Dark Ale.So in honour of Winston from Ghostbusters it only seems natural to countdown our favourite ghosts in film and TV, while Phil, er, counts...2021-11-0247 minThe Freed Man PodcastBacchus Brewing Series Week 3: The Kings GambitThe third of a series of specials focusing on some of Brisbane-based Bacchus Brewing delights.This week we're a man down as Phil is battling a case of the man-flu (NOT COVID we believe), so Adzo and T try to man it up by drinking two very heavy, full-on brews: The Mongrel King Soured Imperial Stout & the King of Denmark 2018 Olde English Stock Ale.And of course, we counted down our favourite Kings while doing it.Don't forget to check out our Hold My Beer and Hero Wall on our Freed Man Pod w...2021-10-2231 minThe Freed Man PodcastEp 30: A Danish conceptual artist is more hero than Gladys, it‘s a bad week to be on the Squid Game speed dial and Sisqo was the Watford manager?!Happy Labour Day friends! Hopefully our last week in lockdown and last ep recorded in our online bubble.This week our Feats of Manliness has Phil's beard more glorious than ever, TD is more dad than he ever was and Adz learns a little life lesson from his daughter. Gladys, those pesky Pandora journos and a Danish artist top our hero lists. We somehow missed Cisco/Sisqo/Whatever was the manager of Watford and Rabbitohs fans were left fuming in You're F-ing Kidding Right?, It's a Bad Week To Be Korean residents if you share the same...2021-10-0856 minThe Freed Man PodcastBacchus Brewing Series Week 2: Surviving the Apocalypse with Scots (and owner of Bacchus, Ross Kendrick)The second of a series of specials focusing on some of Brisbane-based Bacchus Brewing delights. Our standard Freed Man pod ep will be released later this week.This week we're starting with a palate cleansing Atomic Blackberry Fruited Berliner Weisse and then turning up the heat to prove our manliness with the hard-hitting Blacc Plums Islay Edition Fruited Imperial Stout.So naturally, made sense to bring owner of Bacchus Brewing, Ross Kenrick, onto the pod again to discuss this powerful stout and marry the two drinks together by counting down our top three Scots we'd...2021-10-0549 minThe Freed Man PodcastEp 29: Phil has a ‘leg‘ day, Adzo makes pizza and TD‘s cat has a sex changeNew format to the pod as we launch our separate "Beer and Countdown" pod in our Bacchus Brewing Series. Meanwhile it's all things good stuff in here as we get into our Feats of Manliness in which Phil gets buffed, Adz makes pizza and I wake early. Our Heroes range from football players (Phil, no surprises) to KFC criminals to dead directors of romcoms. Those pesky NRL players are up to no good again in You're Fuckin' Kiddin', Right?, it's a Bad Week To Be Peppa Pig (seriously!) and we finish the pod off with a special...2021-09-281h 05The Freed Man PodcastBacchus Brewing Series Week 1: International Drink A Beer Day & Top 3 Queenslanders/Canadians To Drink A Beer WithThe first of a series of specials focusing on some of Brisbane-based Bacchus Brewing delights. Our standard Freed Man pod ep will be released later this week.This week we're starting easy and drinking their staple and famous Queensland (Golden) Ale alongside the Smokin' Mountie (a smoky bacon & maple Canadian style breakfast ale). Given today is International Drink a Beer Day (true story - look it up!), what better time than to marry the two together and countdown our top 3 Queenslanders or Canadians to drink a beer with. Number one might surprise you.D...2021-09-2740 minThe Freed Man PodcastEp 28: ARRRGH Me Hearties, Tis Be a PHAT Pirate Day Celebration!It's International Pirate Day or something like that, so we're doing a snappy ep to celebrate all things pirates. We drink Pirate Life grog, we make pirate jokes and we countdown our favourite piratey things, including a special nod to the greatest adventure video game series of all time Monkey Island. And in true pirate fashion, we take no prisoner and mess shit up. And drink.Intro & Stuff (00:18-12:07)Hold My Grog & Stuff (12:10-31:25)Pirates arrrrrgh PHAT (31:47-62:09)Don't forget to check out our Hold My Beer and Hero Wall on our Freed Man Pod website, and ke...2021-09-201h 02The Freed Man PodcastEp 27: Everything is pawesome! International Dog Day and Ross Kenrick, owner of Bacchus BrewingThe ULTIMUTT ode to those four-legged friends, we're counting down our top 3 and worst 3 dogs of all time. It's a lot of fun. We also have Ross Kenrick - owner of Bacchus Brewing - join us to talk about owning a brewery, what goes into creating delicious goodness every week and making Four'N Twenty flavoured beer. All while downing their Puppetry of the Peanuts Pastry Stout. It's a good time. We also nominate our heroes, salute the worst in sport, and much more. Big ep - spread it across a few days, like a good, 14.6% Imperial Stout :)Intro...2021-09-062h 29The Freed Man PodcastEp 26: The Neverstarting Story - International Book Week...and beer, of course.We know it's International Book Week because parents keep uploading pics of their kids online in character costumes - but Adzo's kid got the award for the costume with the least assistance from their parents. We celebrate by counting down the top 3 books we WISH we'd read. We also drink Dad & Dave's Black Forest Pastry Gateau Stout, we nominate our heroes including Larry David, solar power and Darryl Somers for some reason. We have new segments including 'It's a bad week to be...' and 'You're f-ing kidding me, right?' and Adzo washes his dog. It's a good...2021-08-251h 24The Freed Man PodcastEpisode 25: Bacchus to the Future!Oh kids! We're celebrating International Youth Day - whatever that is - but welcoming back Matt Brown of Craft Beer Crew fame, while drinking Bacchus Brewing's White Chocolate & Raspberry Pilsner. We count down our favourite things about being young, Matt nominates a hero of the week and gives us a solid dad joke, and really, it's a good time all round:Intro & Feats of Manliness (00:20-10:19)Hero/Dad Joke of the Week & Hold My Beer (10:24-60:18)When you were Younnnnnnnng: A PHAT Countdown (60:25-93:52)Sydney Wrap (93:58-97:25)Don't forget to check out our Hold My Beer and...2021-08-221h 37The Freed Man PodcastA Hazy Kind of Wint...Summer Olympics Part 2 (Phatlympics Countdown!)Welcome to the PHATLYMPICS - we're counting down our top 3 things we've learnt from the Olympics (including how face masks make people hotter, crowds are awesome and the show must go on) AS WELL as the top 3 events we reckon we could medal in if we dedicated our life to it from here on in (and in Adzo's case, had a time machine). Spoiler alert: we're idiots.Don't forget to check out our Hold My Beer and Hero Wall on our Freed Man Pod website, and keep those likes and follows coming on FB, Twitter, Spotify, Apple...2021-08-0547 minThe Freed Man PodcastA Hazy Kind of Wint...Summer Olympics Part 1 (Brew, Manliness & Heroes)Week whatever of lockdown, but whatever indeed as the Olympics are keeping us entertained and we're feelin' the hazy good stuff with the deliciousness of Bracket Brewing's New Day, New Brew DDH IPA. Such a good juice as we count down our manly feats of the week, hero/dad joke of the week and a look at the news which caught our eye in the TBA wrap.Hold My Beer & Manly Feats of the Week (01:04-21:56)Hero/Dad Joke of the Week (21:56-36:15)TBA Wrap (36:20-52:41)Don't forget to check out our Hold My Beer and Hero...2021-08-0553 minThe Freed Man PodcastCraft Beer Crew's Matt Brown and our top 3 beers of all time!Slowly but surely, craft beer has taken over the PHAT team's lives. And we're not ashamed. Which is why we're so excited to welcome Matt Brown, founder of the Craft Beer Crew community group and all-time legend joining the show. We talk all things craft brew while we down a Deeds Brewing No Ticket Hazy DIPA, and then count down our top 3 beers of all time.Don't forget to check out our Hold My Beer and Hero Wall on our Freed Man Pod website, and keep those likes and follows coming on FB, Twitter, Spotify, Apple and...2021-07-291h 13The Freed Man Podcast#Brisbane2032: 78 Amped Brisvegas legend Max Higgins joins the PHAT team to drink craft and talk chordsWe're honoured to have Max Higgins - host of Australia's best music pod 78 Amped & Hot Singles in Your Local Area - join us on the podwaves to share in a good brew chat, and countdown our favourite albums from the 80s, 90s, 00s and 10s. Being the youngest all of us, we're thankful he didn't talk Gen Y lingo to us, otherwise we would have looked right-geeze. I think he went easy on us.'Hold My Beer' BeersAdzo: Batch Blueberry Cheescake Nitrogen SourPhil: Batch Beastie BoysenberryTristan: Dainton Twist...2021-07-211h 23The Freed Man PodcastS2, Ep21: Stockade's Barrel Aged Imperial Stout is TD's cure for the lockdown blues. Come get cured with our Lockdown special!Hero of the Week: Ash Barty, Daycare workers & the Kiwi mum who called her kids Metallica, Slayer and Pantera.Hold My Beer: Stockade Barrel Aged Imperial Stout, Dainton Vienneipa Fancy Ice Cream Cake IPA & Chur Trial by Jury Hazy IPAAll your poddy needs: freedmanpod.comWe're in f-ing lockdown still and so we thought we would dedicate an episode to finding the silver lining of lockdowns: what you can do in one, what awesome movies have been made about prison, and Phil, er, for some reason countsdown Prison Break (the show) characters...2021-07-142h 01The Freed Man PodcastFreed Man Snippets: Philology - If AstraZeneca were HumanWelcome to the first edition of Freed Man Snippets: a couple of minutes of our favourite parts of the latest shows. In this FMS, Phil likens how we're treating the AZ vaccine to an emotionally drained person coming out of a toxic relationship. Check out the rest of Episode 21 - our Lockdown special - on Spotify, Apple or Google Podcasts, or freedmanpod.com 2021-07-1402 minThe Freed Man PodcastS2, Ep20: Monster Episode! Happy New Financial Year! It's tax time, we're in lockdown and...WE GOT NEW SOUND EQUIPMENT BABY!Hero of the Week: Ray Warren, Roy Bing & Jordan Charles Herbert.Hold My Beer: One Drop Brewing Co Mango Milkshake IPA, Delirium Tremens & Chur Hop Buddies #9 Pinky and The Brain Hazy IPA All your poddy needs: freedmanpod.comOur twentieth episode of the season and we're not only celebrating the new financial year with fancy new mics and sound equipment, but we're also in lockdown! Joy! So we recorded remotely from our own studios, and did our magic. We had lots to catch up on - including Adzo pulling his pork, Phil defiantly...2021-07-072h 36The Freed Man PodcastS2, Ep19: Everything is awesome! International Lego Day (give/take 5 months) with guest Lego expert Anthony KotowiczHero of the Week: Adam Goodes.Hold My Beer: Young Henrys Motorcycle OilAll your poddy needs: freedmanpod.comRing the bells baby, it's our first in-studio guest! Anthony Kotowicz - Lego expert to the stars - joins the PHAT team to celebrate International Lego Day (+5 months). We also commend Adam Goodes, wrap up two weeks of sports news, and down some sweet sweet Young Henrys.Feats of Manliness (00:20-13:48)Hero and Dad Joke of the Week (13:54-24:31)Adzo's Sportsdown (24:40-49:16)Hold My Beer (49:27-69:33)Everything is Awesome! Chattin' Lego with AK (69:46...2021-06-232h 02The Freed Man PodcastS2, Ep18: World Ocean Day...for some reason. But also, we found PHAT beer!Hero of the Week: Magawa, the Cambodian landmine-sniffing rat.Hold My Beer: Fox Hat Phat Mongrel Oatmeal StoutAll your poddy needs: freedmanpod.comOceans are cool. They cover 71% of the world's land mass. Let's honour them I guess. Also Tristan explains himself for playing the whole intro to GOT last week. And did someone say PHAT! Adzo finds the best-named beer ever.Feats of Manliness (00:20-12:20)Hero and Dad Joke of the Week (12:28-28:09)TBA Wrap (28:14-46:37)Hold My Beer (47:13-58:22)Ocean's are cool, m'kay (59:55-89:43)Chappy Asks (90:12-98:32)Don't...2021-06-091h 39The Freed Man PodcastS2, Ep17: Winter is Coming/Here AlreadyHero of the Week: OK Broomer.Hold My Beer: Weihenstephan Tradition Bayrisch Dunkel All your poddy needs: freedmanpod.comWinter is coming. No wait, it's here already. Well never mind, either way it's a good theme for a podcast! Wintery things! And also thanks to Max Higgins and 78 Amped for having T-dog on Hot Singles in your Local Area last week!Feats of Manliness (00:20-10:13)Hero and Dad Joke of the Week (10:18-24:55)TBA Wrap (25:03-38:06)Hold My Beer (38:16-53:49)Adzo's Sportsdown (54:01-75:41)Winter is Coming Countdown (77:09-103:07)Chappy Asks (104:25-109:20)D...2021-06-021h 50The Freed Man PodcastS2, Ep16: Yo' Mumma is so PHAT (Happy Mother's Day +14)Hero of the Week: Phil Mickelson.Mike's Cider InsideYA: Rekorderlig Botanicals Grapefruit-Rosemary All your poddy needs: freedmanpod.comWe dedicate this episode to all the mothers in the world - we heart you long time. But just like any bad child, we're two weeks late. Sorry. Oh and check out how we link our cider of the week with McDonalds - one of the great 'gone full circle' of the pod so far. And happy International Burger Day too!Feats of Manliness (00:20-14:04)Hero and Mum Joke of the Week (14:11-25:22)Mike L...2021-05-261h 35The Freed Man PodcastS2, Ep15: Happy Cinco de Mayo (+14)Hero of the Week: Zhurong (China's Mars rover).Mike's Cider InsideYA: Strongbow Blossom Rosé Sparkling Apple CiderAll your poddy needs: freedmanpod.comWe love Mexico, Mexican food, Mexican culture and Mexican movies...even if they're not filmed in Mexico. Sorry we're 14 days late, but hey, Star Wars day is nothing to be ashamed at coming second to. Happy Cinco de Mayo all of our Mexican listeners!Feats of Manliness (00:18-13:28)Hero and Dad Joke of the Week (13:34-27:28)Mike Liven Wrap (27:36-41:58)Mike's Cider InsideYA (42:16-52:27)Adzo's Sportsdown...(52:39-71:36)A Very P...2021-05-191h 42The Freed Man PodcastS2, Ep14: May the Fourth Be With You!Hero of the Week: Chewbacca.Hold my Beer: Eyre Roasted & Pirate Life Brewing Coffee Porter.All your poddy needs: freedmanpod.comThe best day of the year. May the 4th. Star Wars Day. This is our homage to everything that happened a long time ago in a galaxy far away. May the fourth be with you....always.Feats of Manliness (00:28-11:08)Hero of the Star Wars Universe and Star Wars Dad Joke of the Week (11:45-25:22)TBA Wrap (25:38-38:05)Hold My Beer (38:28-55:05)Star Wars Universe Countdown of Top 5 Top 5's...(55:14-91:37...2021-05-051h 40The Freed Man PodcastS2, Ep 13: ANZAC Day Tribute (PHAT Style)Hero of the Week: Private Leslie Styles.Hold My Beer: Akasha Canada Bay XPA.All your poddy needs: freedmanpod.comANZAC Day is back to normal - comparing to last year - and we're honouring our soldiers by talking our favourite war-based video games, war movies, and things that contain the word 'war' in it. We're not glorifying war, we're just accepting it as a sad part of life.Phil had a shower and cleaned his beard, Tristan attended a charity event where they joked about the thing the charity was...2021-04-281h 32The Freed Man PodcastS2, Ep12: Happy Two Days Before the Day After Tomorrow Day (aka Earth Day etc)Hero of the Week: MasterChef.Mike's Cider InsideYA: Willie Smiths Bone Dry Apple Cider.All your poddy needs: freedmanpod.comI broke the dam. It's Earth Day - that one day of the year we all decide to act like we actually care about the planet - so let's celebrate that. Oh and it is Two Days Before the Day After Tomorrow because we talked about the Super League and by the time you're listening to this, the Super League no longer exists.Phil is a dirty man, Adzo installed a...2021-04-212h 03The Freed Man PodcastS2, Ep11: PHAT Team's Royal Salute brought to you by Mike LivenHero of the Week: Andrew Denton.Mike's Cider InsideYA: Zeffer's Apple Crumble Infused Cider.All your poddy needs: freedmanpod.comPrince Phillip died, and as sad as that is, it gave us a theme to base the pod around this week. Strap in - it's our Royal Salute to all things royal (which has a different meaning to all three of us it would seem). Oh and NEW SEGMENT ALERT! Mike's Cider InsideYA takes over Hold My Beer this week. Boom baby.Phil is mature and talks real men issues, Adzo...2021-04-131h 39The Freed Man PodcastS2, Ep10: Celebrating the Trans-Tasman Bubble - A Kiwi RetrospectiveHero of the Week: The Worm Moon.Hold my Beer: Monteith's Patriot American Pale Ale.All your poddy needs: freedmanpod.comNew Zealand is a go baby (at least in theory in two weeks time)! And because we couldn't think of anything else to tie the pod into this week, we're making it our All Blacks special! We countdown our fave things about the land of the long white cloud, we try to stick some NZ jokes in there, we drink Kiwi beer. You get the gist. Plus heaps of other stuff!2021-04-081h 40The Freed Man PodcastSeason 2, Episode 9: PHAT Easter SpecialHero of the Week: Jessica Walter.Hold my Beer: Young's Double Chocolate Stout.Our inaugural Easter special. And boy is it chunky PHAT (over 2 hours). But you have 4 days of holidaying ahead of you to listen so why not? Turns out that ranking off special Easter things isn't as content-rich as Xmas things, but we still had enough to go on (ok maybe it went on a little long but hey, we're not professionals).We start with Feats of Manliness - T was the master of his domain, Phil is THINKING about doing...2021-04-012h 10The Freed Man PodcastSeason 2, Episode 8: Let it Rain (Most Bestest Storm Inspired Shows, Movies & Games)Hero of the Week: Hamish, the BWS Randwick sales manager...we think.Hold my Beer: Beerfarm Royal Haze.This was a fun one. While the rain poured down in NSW, our hearts were filled with gumdrop smiles. The boys are back and discuss everything from Mario Kart-inspired Hot Wheels tracks to spider-saturated fields, from robotic dog robots to the world's largest wank. We also got inspired by the rain and talked about all our favourite 'wet' moments. Oh and Wife of the Pod Lindy chose our beer - and it was a good one. This...2021-03-241h 51The Freed Man PodcastSeason 2, Episode 7: The Inaugural Annual Freed Man Womanly AwardsHero of the Week: Brandy the Cat.Hold by Beer: Pirate Life Brewery Acai & Passionfruit Sour.Adzo and T thought Phil had quit the pod. Turns out he was just up in Byron and we forgot. To celebrate International Women's Day, we present to you our inaugural Freed Man Womanly awards (though for some reason we start off with giving our GOATs, so we got confused). Oh and all the other usual stuff too.Feats of Manliness - we all went road trippin'...Adzo and T to Port Maq, Phil up to Byron...2021-03-101h 38The Freed Man PodcastSeason 2, Episode 6: Facebook v PhilHero of the Week: Brittany Higgins. Hold by Beer: The Sneaky Bucha of Byron Summer.Adzo's daughter turned one and it's time to celebrate. Phil and T go at it in a Facebook v Media face-off. They also finally got to attend a Sydney FC v Roar match and it ended the way Adzo predicted: 0-0. Plus another brave Australian paves the way for female strength and equality.Feats of Manliness include Adzo doing more house stuff, Phil went to a soccer match and T protected his boys from drunk ladies piling out o...2021-02-231h 28The Freed Man PodcastSeason 2, Episode 5: Most Manly Holiday DestinationsHero of the Week: Joe Pesci. Hold by Beer: Wildflower St Abigail White Peach Australian Wild Ale.It's all fun and games as we try a new format to make things tighter - but it seemed to have the opposite effect. We talk everything from Joe Pesci to Tom Brady, Wandering Jews to Nick Scali; we countdown the most manly holiday destinations, all while downing a beer made with peaches and acid. Strap in.Kicking off the show we start with our Feats of Manliness, including Adzo and T predrinking a 11.3% ABV Sour, P...2021-02-121h 49The Freed Man PodcastSeason 2, Episode 4: Most Manly Movies (Read: Phil's homage to the Fast & Furious franchise)This week we remembered to save as we went along. We also discussed the Reddit Gamestop heroes, Anthony Albanese (and the beer named after him), bathroom sanitisation practices, Israel Folau and how good he is at footballing - but nothing else, and countdown our most manliest movies of all time. We start by lamenting how we didn't get on Gamestop or Dogecoin when we had the chance, but at least we don't live in Perth. Tristan and Phil discuss awesome hairdressing stories, while Adzo can only watch during our Feats of Manliness (00:22-13:52); Hero of the Week h...2021-02-031h 34The Freed Man PodcastSeason 2, Episode 3: Aus-vasion Day Special (Take 2)Well. We recorded a whole episode - which kid you not, we thought was probably our best - only for our computer to sh$t the bed and not save the audio. So the champions we are, we recorded again, albeit a little more intoxicated and sloppier. Luckily we had VBs and cheese & onion Smith's to get us through the 40 degree weather. Happy Australia/Unhappy Invasion Day everyone! Take two of this week's ep, and we get a bit discombobulated and end up doing Hold My Beer somewhere near the beginning. Plus our Aussie Feats of Manliness i...2021-01-281h 14The Freed Man PodcastSeason 2, Episode 2: The Better Chapman Sponsored EpisodeThe Freed Man Podcast manages to do two weeks in a row on time, a true miracle. We have our third sponsor (well to be fair, I kinda insisted I take the beer from my friend so he's a default sponsor), Phil and I both got Nintendo Switches from Santa, T nominates an actual lifesaving hero for Hero of the Week (but he still doesn't win) and Chappy forgot to ask, so we asked for him.We jump straight into Feats of Manliness, which this week marks a closing chapter in T's life, Adzo is an average...2021-01-211h 49The Freed Man PodcastSeason 2, Episode 1: Return of the PHATThank the maker 2020 is over, now we can look forward to a great 2021! Not much has happened since we've been on break right? Borders are open and free, America is perfect and just, and NRL players are keeping it in their pants.We start with a welcome back, Phil is back in the Premier State, a brief summary of what's been happening, as well as our Feats of Manliness (00:20-18:03); next up it's our Hero and Dad jokes of the week, where Arnie features, Phil gets earthly and Bill and Ted strike back (18:11-29:20); The TBA Wrap...2021-01-141h 48The Freed Man PodcastDecember 24: Episode 10 - A Festivus for the Rest of UsChristmas is cancelled, holidays are cancelled, Channukah is finished. So what better time than to air our grievances about State premiers, delivery services, online travel agencies and life in general.Phil made it across the border in time so we Zoom'd like champions (spoiler alert: Zoom sucks). We start - having already drunk considerably - by talking about how depressing life is then go into the first ever 'A Freed Man Festivus Airing of Grievances Special' - including a great solution to mass COVID testing involving watching cricket and eating Four N Twenties (05:56-25:32); next up it's...2020-12-241h 31The Freed Man PodcastDecember 16: Episode 9 - Hold my Beer State of Origin presented by AnonymousThe boys are back together and we have a new sponsor: no other than, anonymous! There's a travel bubble coming, Phil becomes a father, Dad Joke of the Week joins Hero of the Week, T takes back his hatred of the Phantom Menace, Adzo lets us know what Hunter the NRL Integrity Unit intern has been up to, the State of Origin Hold my Beer puts XXXX against New and we finish off with Chappy Asks.We kick start with our usual round up and go through our Feats of Manliness (00:20-12:58); then we have a NEW...2020-12-151h 28The Freed Man PodcastDecember 7: Episode 8 - AusMericans Special Part TwoWhen Adam was in Melbourne and Phil was recovering from his 'procedure', I - along with guest host A Grunstein...no wait, that's too obvious...we'll call him Adam G - sat down with some bourbon in hand and spoke with our Brother from another Mother Ausmerican Brian Carey about all things America post-election and yes, we're still looking for some right wing friends! (0:00-28:15); we then had a big yarn about the all encompassing New York Times 25 Greatest Actors of the 21st Century list - including a heated discussion about the talents of one Keanu Reeves (28:28-45:41)2020-12-0745 minThe Freed Man PodcastNovember 30 - Episode 7: Presented by Carroll Construction & CarpentryPhil is Phil again (but he's no Greg Norman), Adzo went to Melbourne and ate a typical Jetstar meal and I saved the environment (0:00-15:27); Again we confuse ourselves in our Hero of the Week - David Prowse or Attenborough? Maradona or Cahill? (15:33-26:35); The Carroll Construction & Carpentry Wrap: Sam Carroll is our hotseat millionaire hero as we discuss monoliths in Utah, what the deal is with Chinese Tweets, the Simpsons foresaw the Denver Broncos and much more! (26:44-46:58); Hold my Beer - Balters is back! (47:06-58:55); We taste American cereals (and in one foul swoop, lower our life...2020-12-011h 39The Freed Man PodcastNovember 24 - Episode 6: The Post-Op Phil EpPhil's recovering from his surgery, Millie's ok and T's recovered from a hot dose of man-flu. We're back baby! (0:00-16:05); Is the pope a little bit more human than we thought? Instagram seems to think so. We throw in our nominations for Hero of the Week (16:14-23:06); TBA Wrap, and the Crown Australia ep looks nothing like Australia, Gladys isn't sticking to her own rules, Instagramming on the toilet is bad for you and we investigate VOTER FRAUD...in the NZ bird of the year awards (23:15-36:48); Adzo and the Sportsdown - we got a lot to catch up...2020-11-251h 31The Freed Man PodcastNovember 10 - Episode 5: Oh Say Does That Star Spangled Banner Yet Wave (on the site of Four Seasons Total Landscaping)?A big week in the world of democracy. The PHAT Team intro the show and discuss Feats of Manliness or unmanliness in some cases (0:00-18:26); In Hero of the Week we have to take back last week's winner Mr Connery cause he did some bad things but there's really one clear winner this week (18:34-26:21); TBA Wrap, and some Korean kid spend a fortune, some NZ bird has big balls and Maccas is bringing out the McPlant (26:26-43:38); Adzo and the Sportsdown and we need the NRL Integrity Unit again - and we're on Ben Cousins watch (43:47-62:43); Hold...2020-11-111h 41The Freed Man PodcastNovember 2 - Episode 4: To Annastacia, With LoveThe PHAT Team intros the show (spoiler alert: Tristan's not angry with Queensland, just disappointed) and Feats of Manliness (0:00-14:30); Heroes of the Week include a certain 007 agent, and, kinda the opposite of that (15:17-22:14); TBA Wrap, with a special SKYE News rant from Tristan and we lost Connery but Phil is TAKEN and hard for another MAN legend back on our shores (22:21-41:15); we got some catching up to do on the big code finals and for some reason Ben Cousins is in the news again in Adzo and the Sportsdown (41:24-64:46); Hold my Beer - beer and...2020-11-032h 14The Freed Man PodcastOctober 27 - Episode 3: AusMericans Special Part OneA special episode - we introduce our AusMerican correspondent, brother from another mother, and all-round awesome dude BC (Brian Carey) to the pod, as we have an open discussion about the upcoming US election (0:00-72:20); but we also talk about some fun shit too, which is what our normal AusMerican segment will be allllll about (72:32-90:25). Part Two coming the week following the election (hopefully not from a bunker, as BC frighteningly fears).2020-10-271h 39The Freed Man PodcastOctober 13 - Episode Two: The PHAT Team Drink Too MuchYes, we know Ep 2 appears to have been recorded before Ep 1, but we didn't know we would fuck up our audio, did we!? We start the pod with some chats about Donald getting the COVID, Gladys getting it on and manly feats of the week and also don't realise how long we're talking so we skip the TBA Wrap (0:00-16:05); somehow our Hero of the Week wasn't anyone we actually nominated (16:33-23:31); Adzo has a LOT of Sports to go through in the Sportsdown (23:42-61:13); strap in, cause we're drinking HARD SELTZER in Hold My Beer (61:24-85:19); we play Am...2020-10-271h 50The Freed Man PodcastOctober 19 - Episode One: The PHAT Team Fuck Up Their Audio (Sorry - we'll get it right next week we promise!)The boys intro the show with their Feats of Manliness for the week (0:00-10:41); we nominate our Heroes of the Week (11:07-15:37); the AU-NZ travel bubble is a shitshow and did we discover the first ever cat meme in the TBA Wrap (15:43-32:18); Adzo breaks down the preliminary final weekend in Adzo & the Sportsdown (32:27-49:42); Yep, Phil has ANOTHER porter/stout/porter for us to road test in Hold My Beer (49:55-68:28); we review The Social Dilemma while understanding the irony of pushing our podcast out through social networks (68:39-95:40); first ever COVID Travel Adventures segment and it's a...2020-10-202h 05The Freed Man PodcastSeptember 29 - Episode Beta: The PHAT Team Start a Catch Phrase: Strap In!The boys talk the week's news in the TBA Wrap including that bloody Sydney private school scavenger hunt list, Adzo recaps all the sports news he cares about in the Sportsdown, Tristan brings Kilkenny to Hold my Beer when he really meant to bring Bodington's, what's your favourite Laksa?, we try to make Phil jealous that we have kids, 'glitching' is an actual thing in video games and Buddy Franklin took out the trash.2020-10-141h 49The Freed Man PodcastSeptember 21 - Episode Alpha: The PHAT Team Starts a PodcastWelcome to our first 'pre-season' episode.The boys chat about feeling 'manly' by changing tyres (cars and prams), COVID-19 is still rampant and sucks, what if Home and Away's Alf Stewart led the next season of the Masked Singer?, a full slate of sports in Adzo & the Sportsdown, they road test Stone Brewing bitter chocolate oatmeal stout - and ribs, and Phil reviews the remake of Doom 64 (he loves his retro gaming).2020-10-141h 42