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Hoodcats & Pipedreams Comprises of Babbage, Milkman and Q. Three made up names for made up people who talk about real topics. Yes. You read that correctly. Made up names for made up people talking about real shit. That’s what it’s about. But wait! That’s not all… We also rap and have various really cool interests that you can learn from, honestly. Ah fuck it. Enjoy the podcast PS: We curse and are sometimes politically incorrect
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LET’S TALK ABOUT EX, BABY! AH CRAPPY RELATIONSHIPS, THE BANE OF OUR COLLECTIVE EXISTENCE. BUT WHAT DO WE LEARN FROM OUR MISTAKES? Former relationship columnist Elizabeth Best and current all-round funny guy Tom Harris chat to guests about the couple fail stories we all like to recount over drinks (because let’s face it, sometimes we need booze to cope). Ghosts of Boyfriends past will take you on a journey through the funny, tragic, horrifying and sometimes just plain bonkers stories about th ...
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Part two of a two episode arc so if you haven’t listened to last week’s ep, go go go! Our host Liz takes the hot seat this week… sort of. She’s actually sharing it with her good friend Pete (GREAT friend, actually). See, Liz has always wanted a baby and Pete has never wanted a baby. So when Liz decided she wanted to go down the single mum route, sh…
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Our host Liz takes the hot seat this week… sort of. She’s actually sharing it with her good friend Pete (GREAT friend, actually). See, Liz has always wanted a baby and Pete has never wanted a baby. So when Liz decided she wanted to go down the single mum route, she called Pete. This is part one of a two episode arc that explores what it’s like to b…
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Quickie 113 - If You Ask It, You Answer It
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Time to have your insanity read back to you Readers. It's Quickie time and we've found the best/most horrific dating stories from you the listeners, and online to make you feel better about your own dating lives. This week we continue our exploration of first date questions! How do you deal with conflict? How would you feel being asked a question l…
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The Quickie-fest continues! Liz and Tom don their relationship counselor caps and do their best to help out friends of the show in their pursuit of love and happiness. With next to no qualifications. Right off the top of today's Quickie; When do you know when enough is enough? What event sparked that feeling for you? Feel free to share as we would …
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Time to have your insanity read back to you Readers. It's Quickie time and we've found the best/most horrific dating stories from you the listeners, and online to make you feel better about your own dating lives. There is a sad story coming your way dear Readers, so tissues at the ready. But we won't bombard you with only sorrowful tales on this we…
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The Quickie-fest continues! Liz and Tom don their relationship counselor caps and do their best to help out friends of the show in their pursuit of love and happiness. With next to no qualifications. EPISODE NOTES: Where do acts of chivalry fit in the modern dating scene? Are you for them? Do you do them? Or should they be condemned to history? Giv…
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Time to have your insanity read back to you Readers. It's Quickie time and we've found the best/most horrific dating stories from you the listeners, and online to make you feel better about your own dating lives. Just when we thought we had heard it all a new story comes across our desk to leave us all quite a bit dumbstruck and quietly impressed. …
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Liz and Tom don their relationship counselor caps and do their best to help out friends of the show in their pursuit of love and happiness. With next to no qualifications. Liz, Tom and Zane are off for a little break, but don't you fret we have Quickies lined up for you so you shan't go without! Today we discuss the potential merits behind white li…
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Liz and Tom don their relationship counselor caps and do their best to help out friends of the show in their pursuit of love and happiness. With next to no qualifications. Time for another Quickie? Well okay then! WE open with a wonderful reader question which we throw around the studio to unpack it fully. If you have thoughts to address this or an…
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As we always say, every bad date is a good story and no one knows that better than this week’s guest, Scottish Comedian Samantha Hannah. Sammy decided she was going to try to to find a husband in a year and then write a comedy show about it: ‘How to Find a Husband in a Year’. Samantha joins Liz and Tom to talk about her hunt, and the surprises she …
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Liz and Tom don their relationship counselor caps and do their best to help out friends of the show in their pursuit of love and happiness. With next to no qualifications. Are you a threesome person? Many of us like to believe that we are when maybe in reality we just aren't that kind of person. Ask yourself this question and more on today's Quicki…
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YES, THAT DEBORAH. Liz and Tom were thrilled to chat with comedian, writer, actress and all-round podcasting legend Deborah Frances-White about how she went from cult to surprise marriage and answer some questions on what it means to be a feminist in 2024. EPISODE NOTES: Deborah Frances-White is a comedian, podcaster and writer whose award-winning …
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Rachelle met her perfect man and everything was so easy. Until a split second comment changed everything. Rachelle was interviewed by Liz for this episode, and her story was written up to be read out on air. Zane C Weber joins Liz and Tom on air to talk through a very tricky situation that’s still unfolding as we speak. Got a story you want to shar…
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Time to have your insanity read back to you Readers. It's Quickie time and we've found the best/most horrific dating stories from you the listeners, and online to make you feel better about your own dating lives. Another Quickie this week as we grapple with our scheduling, but we know you won't mind. First off we have a Reader story who gets an A+ …
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Time to have your insanity read back to you Readers. It's Quickie time and we've found the best/most horrific dating stories from you the listeners, and online to make you feel better about your own dating lives. We have another Quickie episode hot off the presses for you, so get in while the eating is good. TODAY, we cover some professionally cura…
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When Matt broke up with Alyssa, he initially thought it was the right decision. But then he couldn’t get her out of his head. Liz puts her journalist cap on to interview this week’s guest ahead of time, writing his story down so she could share it with everyone. If you have a story you want to tell but don’t want to be identified and can’t be assed…
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Liz and Tom don their relationship counselor caps and do their best to help out friends of the show in their pursuit of love and happiness. With next to no qualifications. Telling your partner what to wear. From ratty clothes around the house to altering their appearance for outings together. Have you done it? Do you do it? Cough up and tell us at …
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CW: Physical, emotional and financial abuse, sexual assault and rape culture. Some people should never be given a badge of authority. When Juanita got married, everyone in her life kept saying she was with such a good man. After all he was a school prefect who became a police officer. But what went on behind doors was a very different story. This i…
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Time to have your insanity read back to you Readers. It's Quickie time and we've found the best/most horrific dating stories from you the listeners, and online to make you feel better about your own dating lives. Juicy stories to the fore this week; how people found out they were being cheated on... Even more crammed inside so jump aboard and send …
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Dianne is a 68-year-old transgender woman who is having one more shot at love. Except when you identify as a lesbian and live in remote country New South Wales, finding a partner can be extremely tricky! NB: This interview was conducted over the phone with limited reception. Dianne started her public journey for love on ABC TV’s Better Date Than Ne…
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Liz and Tom don their relationship counselor caps and do their best to help out friends of the show in their pursuit of love and happiness. With next to no qualifications. How long do you wait for the man to show initiative before you call it quits? A couple of anonymous questions across our desk this week so jump on in to get involved. We also exp…
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Michelle married Jared. Michelle divorced Jared. Then Carly married Jared. And somehow the two women found an unlikely friendship that Liz thinks is REALLY WEIRD (but that’s probably because she’s projecting). Have you ever become friends with an ex’s new partner? Or a new partner’s ex? Let us know your story at ghostsofboyfriendspast@gmail.com. Ho…
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Our 100th Quickie, oh my. Time to have your insanity read back to you Readers. It's Quickie time and we've found the best/most horrific dating stories from you the listeners, and online to make you feel better about your own dating lives. We are certainly spoiled today with a couple of updates from a saga of stories from our humble show; dash off t…
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When your couple friends are fighting, whose side are you on? Alice’s bestie was getting married, but a fight between the bride and her fiancé put a spanner in the works. Fast forward and the fiance rocks up at Alice’s house asking for help… what would you do? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…
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Liz and Tom don their relationship counselor caps and do their best to help out friends of the show in their pursuit of love and happiness. With next to no qualifications. When you break up with someone do you owe them any explanations? Do you take the chance to correct course for their future relationships, or cut and set them free? This and more …
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Liz and Tom are on holidays so we’ve queued up some of our best eps from the vault for your listening pleasure. CW: Brief mention of eating disorders. Ever wanted to leave a conversation in the most perfect way possible? There was something preeeetty important missing from Emma's first love. And when you're young, some relationships and exes can be…
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Take a trip down memory lane with a story from our archives. A date, on a tractor, in an abandoned constructions site, at night? Jackie says yes. And then there was the "yoga" date that was ... well ... even we don't quite know how to explain it. The word cult comes to mind? London-based voice actor and stand-up comedian Jacqueline Ozorio has been …
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First love is difficult to forget. Marnie found love early and for that she’s eternally grateful. But what happens when what once felt so perfect now feels like something’s missing? In this story of love and loss, Marnie talks about what happens when you begin to think no one will quite measure up to that first romance. Marnie is a Brisbane-based s…
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It’s part two of Liz guesting on Every Step and this time she’s donning her agony aunty cap and giving her best advice to questions hosts Judith and Krystina pose about Love at Work. Are workplace relationships a blessing or a curse for your career? In this episode of 'Every Step,' hosts Krystyna Weston and Judith Beck discuss a number of real life…
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Long distance relationships are hard… and J.M Donellan aka Josh should know. He’s had four of them! (Fool me once, shame on me, fool me four times?) He joins Liz and Tom to talk about one of the grand romances that spanned four (yes, FOUR) continents. J.M. DONELLAN is a writer, musician, poet, and teacher. Aside from novels and poetry he’s also wri…
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Time to have your insanity read back to you Readers. It's Quickie time and we've found the best/most horrific dating stories from you the listeners, and online to make you feel better about your own dating lives. Brace yourselves, Dear Readers, for potential whip-lash as we rocket from emotion to emotion in this turbulent stories-themed Quickie! Yo…
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Psychologist Carly Dober joins Liz and Producer Zane to talk first date icks: what causes them, which ones are most common and how to tackle them when they happen. Sadly Tom couldn’t make it to recording this ep as he was literally stuck on a train going nowhere. We used results from a survey undertaken by OpenTable for this discussion. Carly Dober…
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Liz and Tom don their relationship counselor caps and do their best to help out friends of the show in their pursuit of love and happiness. With next to no qualifications. Today, Producer Zane enters proceedings to die on a fairly petty hill concerning wedding rings and proposals; quite the discussion so jump in and get involved! We also cover the …
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When there’s a lot of build up to the sex, what do you do when it disappoints? If you’re Brooke, you have one of the most awkward do-overs of all time! Brooke Seychell is a Brisbane based radio producer and presenter. Starting her career in sports journalism, she eventually found her way into radio and is currently the Executive Producer for the We…
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Time to have your insanity read back to you Readers. It's Quickie time and we've found the best/most horrific dating stories from you the listeners, and online to make you feel better about your own dating lives. This week we begin part one of a delve into a list of reasons that brides have called off their wedding. We would LOVE to hear your relat…
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CW: Stalking, harassment. How do you let someone down if you don’t think you have chemistry? Dasia thought she did it in a kind and polite way but what happened next would change her entire life. Elizabeth Best reads out a story that was sent to us this week, with Zane C. Weber joining Tom Harris on mic. This story was originally sent to us via Fac…
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Liz and Tom don their relationship counselor caps and do their best to help out friends of the show in their pursuit of love and happiness. With next to no qualifications. Interesting questions across our desk this week; are there any qualities in perspective partners that you judge unfairly? We own up to some of ours! Also, does brutal honesty get…
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A special Bonus episode of Every Step with Judith Beck and Krystyna Westin featuring our very own Elizabeth Best as their special guest, chatting about Love at Work. “Love at Work. Seemed like a good idea at the time! Are workplace relationships a blessing or a curse for your career? In this episode of 'Every Step,' hosts Krystyna Weston and Judith…
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Liz and Tom don their relationship counselor caps and do their best to help out friends of the show in their pursuit of love and happiness. With next to no qualifications. This week WE have some questions for YOU (those of you dating that is) which may require some deeper thinking on your behalf. We also explore the idea of make up sex and miscolor…
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Quickie 94 - F-ck on the Roof of a Garage
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Time to have your insanity read back to you Readers. It's Quickie time and we've found the best/most horrific dating stories from you the listeners, and online to make you feel better about your own dating lives. Barbie Bombshell has exploded in the Ghosts' studio and reverberated around the dating world. So shelter down and enjoy this fiery Quicki…
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Shane Fell is back to tell us a couple more dating stories, that he’s seen in a new light thanks to Barbie. Shane Fell is a Brisbane based musician and songwriter. He dabbled in theatre with the Villanova Players, the Brisbane Eisteddfod and studied drama at QUT, but acting soon gave way to a passion for music, resulting in his debut solo EP ‘Off t…
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Time to have your insanity read back to you Readers. It's Quickie time and we've found the best/most horrific dating stories from you the listeners, and online to make you feel better about your own dating lives. We are well and truly on a roll regarding workplace hookup stories and are more than happy to continue spoiling you all with them this we…
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What started as a cheeky office hook up with a supervisor turned into Kate losing her voice in her own life. Content warning: this episode contains talk about coercive control, unplanned pregnancy and pregnancy termination. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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ENCORE: Johanna and the Attempted Threesome
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Liz and Tom are busy finding you some new guests! But until then, here is a fan-favourite episode to keep you warm at night! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Liz and Tom don their relationship counselor caps and do their best to help out friends of the show in their pursuit of love and happiness. With next to no qualifications. Today we cover high bars, decent apologies, a sweet little miscommunication from a Reader, and a bit of a sticky one; developing a crush on someone whilst in a relationship. Than…
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Rachel thought she was about to go on a lovely first date. What she experienced was something so strange, she thought it deserved a new name. And she’s not alone This story comes to us via Mashable and was written by Rachel Thompson. You can find the original story here. Have you ever encountered something weird on a date? Let us know at ghostsofbo…
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Liz and Tom don their relationship counselor caps and do their best to help out friends of the show in their pursuit of love and happiness. With next to no qualifications. Dating at work stories continue to trickle across our desks you lucky ducks. Plus we also enjoy a bit of a fun tattoo we couldn't ignore. Let us know your thoughts, comments and …
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Gee whiz we are lucky with some dating in the work place stories this week. Some real toe-curlers here for your aural pleasure... Also some quite cute one night stand tales to warm your heart for a little treat. But still, we want more of your dating at work stories. Have you ever bore witness to an office romance that blew up (or maybe worked out)…
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Is an office romance worth it? Author Judith Beck says absolutely not. Judith Beck is author of ‘No Sex at Work’ and co-host of 'Every Step' podcast. The 'Every Step' podcast features executives from around the world having honest conversations on how to get from A to B successfully in your career. After working in Banking and Finance, Judiths entr…
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Liz and Tom don their relationship counselor caps and do their best to help out friends of the show in their pursuit of love and happiness. With next to no qualifications. TODAY; can you be career driven and pursuit a relationship when you are in your 20s? In 2023, what do you believe are the biggest hurdles facing dating as an exercise? These ques…
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