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Welcome to Medallica: Minnows vs The World! Join hosts Gus and Rig live from Paris as they follow the journeys of the countries striving to experience Olympic success for the first time, as well as their bid to host the 2036 Olympics in the micro-nation they founded - The People's Republic of Riggustan. We also look at all the behind the scenes Olympic news in “Apocolympics Now”, and bring you a feature each episode on countries who might break the duck during the games in "Donut Spotlight". ...
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From weird cults to insanely stupid inventions, musical festivals run by infants to philandering politicians, the history of man is littered with terrible decisions. This is the podcast that collects up all these delicious pieces of humour fruit, and serves them to you each week with segments such as “Trainwreck Trophy”, “One Star Reservoir”, “Poos in the News” and of course “Shitshow Shtorytime”.
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Paris Olympics 2024: We Meet With the IOC/Full Games Wrap
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WE ARE ALIVE! After spending 15 business days in the skies, the final wrap of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games is here. We cover off the totally normal closing ceremony, before delivering our recap of our much anticipated meeting with the IOC. In a wonderful case of things coming full circle, the final edition of Apocalympics Now ends exactly where it …
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Paris Olympics 2024: Day 12/13 Wrap (BOTSWANA WIN FIRST EVER GOLD/REFUGEE TEAM FIRST EVER MEDAL!!!)
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HOPE YOU’RE BEHIND THE WHEEL OF YOUR STORY AND HAVE GOT A DRIVE AHEAD OF YOU BECAUSE HERE’S A BLOCKBUSTER WRAP OF DAYS 12 AND 13 We have been at the front of a now very full Teboggan as we ride Letsile Tebogo’s 200m gold medal for Botswana and we don’t wanna get off. The Refugee Team also gets off the mark in a huge way, with a bold display that Ca…
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IT’S DAY 11, SO GET IN THE CAR, WE’RE DRIVING OUR STORY TO CRÉMEVILLE We welcome our newest Riggustani Public Servant before launching how our bid for Riggustan 2036: It’s Liechtenstein-time is looking ahead of our meeting with the IOC. Apocalympics Now brings a cautionary tale from the Elephant’s Graveyard that is the 9th arrondisement, and a run-…
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IT’S DAY DISS AND RIG IS BREATHING LIKE A PUG THAT’S WALKED FIFTY METRES It was a huge day of action, but mostly off the field/track/bouncy floor. Apocalympics Now covers an entire country spitting the dummy and threatening to boycott, while a noble French company offers to help out the most popular pole vaulter and pole owner in the world. We also…
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IT’S CHAMPAGNE FOR US, REAL PAIN FOR THE ATHLETES IN THE VILLAGE With guts full of champagne and espresso martinis, we are back with a wrap of Day Nerf of the Olympics. We cover off the most undeserved invitation we have received to date to a brand party, while simultaneously laughing at the fact that we are living better than the athletes in the v…
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Paris Olympics 2024: Day 7/8 Wrap (ST LUCIA, DOMINICA & CAPE VERDE FIRST EVER MEDALS!)
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ALL THEY DO IS LITERALLY WIN! Dominica and Saint Lucia get off the mark in a huge way, claiming their first ever medals, which are gold, and we are absolutely on fire for it. Cape Verde also joins them in breaking the duck with a bronze in boxing for their first ever medal. Apocalympics Now sees us revisit our Stade de France trauma and the worst p…
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CALL US BEURRE GRYLLS BECAUSE WE ARE SURVIVING PURELY ON BUTTER ON DAY 6 OF THE GAMES France’s bizarre idiosyncrasies have reached boiling point for us. If no air conditioning wasn’t enough, turns out they’ve got the world’s dumbest recycling scheme going at the Stade de France and are obsessed with showing us fencing against our will. We persevere…
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Paris Olympics 2024: Day 5 Wrap (GUATEMALA WINS FIRST EVER GOLD!!!)
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GUATEMALA GUAT-A-GOLD-A! We are absolutely up and about for Guatemala’s first ever Olympic Gold courtesy of Adriana Ruano in the Women’s Trap. We discuss hers and Guatemala’s rise to the top, and their subsequent fall from the Minnow Medals. On the Apocalympics front, the Triathlon from Hell went ahead as the IOC confirmed that they do in fact hate…
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BONSOIR FROM THE PUB STADIUM WITH NO BEER! We’re sober as judges due to a bizarrely archaic rule in Paris that means you can’t have a coldie and support your country. And while that’s annoying for us, it’s doubly annoying for the Aussie women competing in the Rugby 7s. We rip into this terrible piece of public policy as we melt into our chairs in t…
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COME ON SAH VAH MEZ AMEEZ?? Day 3 of the Paris Olympics is upon us and we are beaming to you live from the City of Light. The wheels are well and truly off at the these Games, and we’ve got all the dockets to prove it on Apocalympics Now. From the River of Poo to briefcase of jewels, now is seemingly safe in Paris and we’re here as laugh partners t…
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The minnows are absolutely flying after the first day of competition. Perennial bridesmaid Moldova sees their first success of the game with a bronze medal, but in a more important way, they launch themselves to the top of the Minnow Medals with a couple of Gallium’s. We give you the rub on all the other minnows after the first day of action before…
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Paris Olympics 2024: Opening Ceremony + Day 1 Wrap
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WE HAVE FIRST DAY FEVER AND IT’S CONTAGIOUS AF. Just breathing the weird Paris air today has gotten us up and about for the first day of the Olympics. We recap the all the bizarre happenings from the acclaimed French arthouse student film “Opening Ceremony”, almost crush a cardboard in the Olympic village by just talking about in Apocalympics Now, …
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Paris Olympics 2024: 1 Day to Go (IT'S LIECHTEN-TIME)
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We are beaming to you live from Vaduz, Liechtenstein as we exclusively announce our joint bid for the 2036 Olympics. The mountainous country rich in Lamborghinis and poor in train lines is a minnow battler that jumped at the chance to host the games with Riggustan. We cover all the details in the cast, as well as the contagious strikes of Paris in …
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Another dé, another euro at these Olympic Games, and we are happy to report that the wheels are hilariously starting to come off. And thankfully we’ve packed the craziness, pettiness and stubbornness of it all into a chockers Apocalympics Now. Minnow Watch sees a dark horse emerge in a blue ribbon event, and we welcome three new citizens to take th…
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We are back at it from the créme capital of the world to deliver you another action packed installment of Medallica: Minnows Vs The World. The prodigal son of segments returns as Apocalympics Now brings up all the hilarious pitfalls of holding the largest event on earth. We take a look at some of the archaic laws still on the French books, and we b…
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BONJOUR MES AMIS! It’s a bumper first installment of Medallica: Minnows Vs The World: Pavement to Paris. We take a look at our feature athletes for these games, who are their country’s only hope a la Obi Wan Kenobi, as well as unveiling our grand plans for hosting the 2036 Olympics in our own backyard. Literally a backyard. For now anyway. We’re lo…
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It’s the FINAL DAY of the Olympics, which means it’s the last mention of the Turkmenistan gas crater for a while. But we send the 2020+1 Apocalympics off in style, with a bumper show that shits on cycling in its many forms, unveils the winner of the Minnow Medal Tally, sticks it to salty Russians and puts together the best damn Olympic athlete boat…
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Look out! It’s the number one Olympics podcast that features all the best in Kyrgyzstani horse sports! Shooting at a piece of string while on horseback aside, we take a look at the minnow medal tally, talk about the most un-Australian act of these Olympics and dissect the horror show/our favourite new sport, Mystery Horse! Have a listen while on yo…
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Tokyo 2020+1: Olympics Day 14 (BURKINA FASO FIRST EVER MEDAL/OUR FEATURE ATHLETE WINS A MEDAL!)
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LET THIS DAY LIVE IN THE OPPOSITE OF INFAMY! Because for the first time in Medallica’s history, one of our feature minnow athletes has actually medalled! It’s a bumper edition of the show! We obviously go off like porridge in a sock with the news that Huge Fab has won Burkina Faso’s first ever Olympic Medal, but we also come good on an ad we were p…
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Tokyo 2020+1: Olympics Day 13 (Athlete Karaoke)
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Day 13 is in the books which means Day 12 of the Olympics is being covered (makes sense to us) We’ve got athletes singing some of the worst songs imaginable, the battle of the Stans, American tears and the opportunity to just be. Listen now to think, and realign your chakras.
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It’s Day 12 and we are going off like a booze-filled plane full of rowdy Aussies! We take a look at the Minnow Medals to reveal a new leader at the top of the tally, keep an eye on Huge Fab, suggest new sports for BrisVegas 2032 and talk about the world’s most famous button. Shoot us a listen now!
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Tokyo 2020+1: Olympics Day 11 (Feat PITA TAUFATOFUA)
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It’s Day 11 and we are feeling like Aussie Swimmers after an Olympic Village bender. But we are backing up and bringing the goods with force, like driving rain at the hurdles. We have a peek at the Minnow Medals before giving you a sampling platter of our interview with Tongan olympian/soon to be coconut oil baron Pita Taufatofua. We also have a bu…
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In a huge show of trans-Tasman underdog friendship, the People’s Republic of Riggustan and Tonga have extended the taekwondo kick of friendship and come together to provide an interview for the ages. Pita Taufatofua, the oiled-up viral sensation that is the leading cause of your Mum going into the laundry for long periods of time, got on the phone …
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We’re into double digits on Day 10 of these Tokyo 2020+1 Apocalympics and to celebrate, we’ve filled this to the brim with a fat amorphous mass that you deserve! In just 40 mins, we manage to ram in a reference to our exciting upcoming interview with feature athlete Pita Taufatofua, throw Qatar in the bin, check out the Minnow Medal Tally, Aussies …
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Tokyo 2020+1: Olympics Day 9 (QATAR'S FIRST EVER GOLD MEDAL)
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It’s Day 9 of these 2020+1 Apocalympics and we have now seen ANOTHER minnow break their medal drought, with known slave-drivers Qatar winning gold in the weightlifting. We talk about their achievements and blatant human rights violations, as well as Rohan Browning’s junk, the minnow medals and Novak Djokovic being the actual worst. Throw this into …
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