Alex and Heather are outside and locked down and in-disguise – finally! In this episode, Alice Springs joins the fun as snowballing pandemic restrictions roll out across the country. And everyone is having such a nice time! So get yourself an a

Not a race

Jun 15th, 2021 28m 34s

In this Finke Desert Race special, Alex and Heather are racing towards vaccine hesitancy-hesitancy. Or are they? It's hard to say. Although our great PM has been absolutely clear: this is not a race (or is it?), so put down your Gatorade. OMG

15. The apocalypse of youth (happy birthdays)

Mar 16th, 2021 26m 18s

Wave goodbye to youth because it's everybody's birthday!! Alex and Heather celebrate becoming a year older by caving into an inevitable urge that comes with age: emotional investment in the British royals. It's also revealed that Daft Punk got

14. Pestilence and plague

Feb 16th, 2021 25m 24s

In which grasshoppers encroach with their message of impending doom. In this episode Heather discusses a recent article by Jonathan Safran Foer she can't remember the name of and Alex is absolutely not an epidemiologist. Natalie Portman remain

13. The end of the end?

Feb 3rd, 2021 29m 37s

In which it turns out 2021 is not a post-apocalyptic world. In this episode, Alex furiously manifests a purpose for all the cushions in her living room and Heather contemplates a post-excitement world. It's the apocalypse we had to have and it

12. Multi-pocalypse

Nov 17th, 2020 30m 3s

In which multiple apocalypses are pondered and there's a near miss in the U.S elections; Australia's border situation is like a game of Wack-A-Mole and we discuss Jenny Offill's book Weather. With a note of cautious optimism, Alex considers her

11. Dispatch from Berlin

Oct 27th, 2020 30m 2s

In which it turns out there's a whole world out there - and it's quite similar to Ballarat!! This week, Alex and Heather receive a dispatch from Sally in Berlin, where socially distanced nightclubbing is a thing and recreational establishments

10. Our dystopian future today!

Oct 14th, 2020 24m 45s

In which Heather and Alex consider our dystopian future - today!! In this dystopian future, Heather learns about super computers without home screens that can fit in your pocket and the term 'peri-apocalypse' receives some overuse.And for more

9. Dispatch from lockdown

Sep 16th, 2020 26m 31s

In which Heather and Alex receive a dispatch from Ash Steel, locked down in Melbourne. In this alternative southern universe, wine goes in keep cups, mums can be fangirls and there is very much no escape. Ash plays us her pandemic-themed track,

Episode Eight

Aug 9th, 2020 27m 20s

In which Heather realises Harrison Ford is a very handsome man and Alex promises to stop texting in the middle of the night.30 July 2020

Episode Seven

Jul 29th, 2020 27m 21s

It's the second wave! But don't worry, Heather is very certain that she doesn't have COVID-19 and nobody dies on air.18 July 2020

Episode Six

May 12th, 2020 30m 56s

In which Alex and Heather face a post-pandemic future with some trepidation and muscle cars feature heavily.12 May 2020

Episode Five

May 1st, 2020 27m 45s

In which Heather reveals cruise ship enthusiasts exist, and Alex locates a tangible sensation of the other side.27 April 2020

Episode Four

Apr 23rd, 2020 30m 46s

In which Heather and Alex interview JP about the, er, apocalypse, Alex learns about dungeons and dragons and it is noted that the sprint has very much become a marathon.10 April 2020