This will be the final episode of What Now in this format. Derek and Dan will be continuing their weekly rants as a new podcast called "Hang On To Your Hat" which will be focussed on fatherhood and WE HAVE MOVED. please subscribe to the new si

Danny's Back

Dec 6th, 2018 1h 30m

Derek gets a spam call live on air. Dan's play Bottomless is in full swing so there's time to go see it. We discuss thin skin and coping with reviews. Dan surprises Derek with news of his next project. Shoutout to our listener Cherie and apolog

How To Not Die In Hanoi

Nov 15th, 2018 1h 2m

Dan and Derek catch up by phone during a hectic time for the both of them. Dan explains the way to not die in Hanoi traffic. Derek's famous (and soon to be more famous) desk goes on a journey. Dan's play coming up fast and our plans for the sho

Serious Grown Ups

Nov 8th, 2018 55m 21s

Derek and Dan finally catch up using magical phones and recorders. Derek is wrangling elderly parents as Dan begins rehearsals of his Australian debut play. That said, he has a play running in America and soon in England, but this is the first

Religious Views Are Better With Binoculars

Oct 25th, 2018 51m 19s

A quick phone call to Dan (in Broome until next week) to catch up on the news quickly slips into religion and a trip into the dark past. Thanks to our caller Cherie from Canberra, we explained the background of our relationship... from quoting

When Danny Met Harry

Oct 21st, 2018 45m 18s

What Now host Dan Lee becomes the first Aussie podcaster to hang with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. Yep, it is true. A big scoop for What Now. In this episode Dan discusses what it is like to chat with the Prince, and what it is like to be t

Josh Janssen From The Daily Talk Show

Oct 17th, 2018 1h 26m

Josh Janssen, international podcaster joins derek while Dan is away. Josh, who partners with Tommy Jackett on the Daily Talk Show, talks with Derek about our similarities and differences as podcasters. The Importance of a tech setup and how tha

Alas Poor Yorick

Oct 14th, 2018 1h 1m

The The concert, dead cow in a Love and other bruises. D&D reminisce about the old days of eighties British Pop over sharers such as THE THE which leads Dan to share some of the dark observations of natures brutality that he made while growing

Derek Has A New Button

Oct 11th, 2018 1h 2m

Body dismorphia. Pooing your way to weight loss and if that doesn't work get on the meth diet.Listening to kids music 'cause you're too old to cope with the emotions your old records bring up.Dan's Mum leaves a message revealing his fetish f

Fear Or Battle Prep?

Oct 9th, 2018 37m 43s

Through stuffed up sinuses, Derek discusses being aware of the possibility of a heart attack compared to Dan being aware of every single person in a crowded room. wiping the slate clean with grog. Is exhausting crowd consciousness due to fear,

Fat Boy Milkshakes Or Pet Shop Tapeworms?

Oct 7th, 2018 50m 58s

Meal replacement drinks... why do they have to be dressed up to look and taste like the shit you shouldn't ever consume after you have lost the weight? Every bastard has weight loss advice for 100KG plus guys... even Dan suggests a big tapewor

Funded By Oz Tourism

Oct 4th, 2018 1h 6m

In one hour we cover....Yakandanda parma, Wake in fright, Crocodile Dundee Vs Wolf Creek, [Will Hanigan the pearl Dundee][1] Dating Demi Moore. Alby Mangels world safari. Hay-fever Noobs amuse Derek as they turn into sooky Dr Smith. The Baby

Anti-social Media?

Oct 2nd, 2018 42m 31s

Derek attempts to stay up to date with social media and all its nuances, while Dan goes caveman on the whole thing.

The Bus Ride To Oblivion

Sep 30th, 2018 53m 28s

DEATH and the journey towards it. Dan has some ideas about how to make it a bit more interesting.

A Kind Word For Yoko Ono

Sep 27th, 2018 59m 33s

38 crank yankers. It takes a special kind of self loathing masochist or a saint to be a teacher. D&D discuss the merits and malice of being a teacher, followed by a Yoko appreciation session- it is agreed that she was ahead of her time and did

So Many Spectrums

Sep 23rd, 2018 1h 21m

37 D&D go deep, deep into a hole of despair and unclear gender roles before resurfacing only to confront the dangers of putting children in water. Should we just let go and let God decide or should we protect our children every second of every

Don't Talk To The Big Ones

Sep 20th, 2018 1h 11m

D&D digress into the strange world of teenage ferreting but not before Dan could reminisce about the school Kidnapping trend of the late seventies, Derek knows too much about the leyland p76, and the time Dan took the guy from the Dandy Warhol

Hypochondria Is A Serious Illness.

Sep 14th, 2018 54m 17s

The block universe theory sends the blokes up the garden path and into the maze of Derek's mind. What follows is a baffling sojourn into Derek's Spaghetti tree, frozen gelatine metaphor with additional comparisons to the NBN and fibre optics to

Flexing Your Dad Muscle

Sep 13th, 2018 1h 4m

D&D confess to a shared love of seventies balladeers, Air Supply - Discuss their options when the kiddies ask the tough questions and cover such topics as: The Heaven's Gate Millennial Death Cult, bush-dancing for scooter nerds, the innocence o

A Lifeboat Full Of Rich People

Sep 9th, 2018 54m 19s

Derek And Dan go DEEP. In this bonus Monday episode, the lads go straight into Christian religion. It's uses and flaws. The benefits of imaginary friends and ritual in human nature lead them to the conclusion that life would be easy without the

Don't Worry About America For Now

Sep 5th, 2018 40m 36s

Derek and Dan agree that it is better to fade away than to burn out because fading away allows you to linger and annoy everyone around you. Where would the evolution of the Dad joke be with out the slow aggravating fade.

Meat Puppets For Alien Gamers

Aug 30th, 2018 59m 16s

Dan promises to take it deep and delivers. Derek comes along for an existential roller coaster ride and comes up with some wack theories of his own

The 52 Storey Penthouse

Aug 29th, 2018 1h 6m

Dan and Derek discuss disastrous dad dilemmas, driving, debt, discount hotels and death.

Bottomless A Play About Alcoholism

Aug 22nd, 2018 41m 6s

Derek interviews Dan about the writing and producing of his play [BOTTOMLESS][1] which will open at [Fortyfive Downstairs][2] in November this year. The play is about black out street drinkers in Broome, Western Australia. Dan discusses his ex

Enter The Pewter Dragon

Aug 22nd, 2018 1h 7m

D&D embark on an embittered plea for more carnage on nature documentaries. Dan develops and allergic reaction to something during the podcast and starts sniffing and ranting like a good old fashioned coke head. This episode explodes out in all