Critical Banter

The Hit List (with Patrick Yazbek)

16 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Massive week for the pod as we welcome current professional footballer and Socceroo Patrick Yazbek onto the show. We learn all about Yaz's journey to ...

The Good Gays

09 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

King Kundra is still here gracing us with his presence. He begins this week with some yarns on Kundra Snr, including an update on the infrared vacu...

Kush's Kids Carriage

02 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The whole gang is back for the first time in a year. Kush’s got yarns out the wazoo including transport yarns (shoutout Sydney metro) and some datin...

King of San Francisco

25 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Ring a ding ding you've got the king - that’s right King Kundra is back in town and he’s gracing us with his presence. He’s got plenty of yarns ...

Tactics and Turbans (with Harjas Singh)

19 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Absolute ripper of an episode this week as we are joined by young gun cricketer Harjas Singh, fresh off smoking the third highest score in Sydney Grad...

Ding Dong, It's The Peanut Gallery

11 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We're back with another ripper episode and thankfully for the listeners Manu is back as well. He brings some yarns including a religion based email si...

Two Boomers And A Robot

04 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week is just Ro and Sen left to their own devices with no Migs to keep them in check. Sen kicks us off this week with a philosophical discussion ...

The Bowral Cartel

28 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Another week and more wedding chat with Sen bringing another yarn from Triple Cheese as a continuation of the yarn told last week. Sen also had a run ...

Groomzilla

22 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Wedding heavy chat this week as Ro tells a tale of a wedding Instagram page and a case of mistaken identity. We find out some old high school lore reg...

Plenty Of Room For Racism

14 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The boys attended their 10 year high school reunion and brought some yarns from the night. Sen has some tales from Singapore including being continuou...

The Gang Goes Mormon

07 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

As the episode title suggests, the boys feel a bit Mormon this week. Miguel is fresh off seeing the musical and the boys swap stories of some of the h...

Life's Good

30 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Kush is back this week in a big way as he graces us with many yarns and hot takes. Firstly we begin with a big heartfelt thank you to everyone who cam...

The Enigma

23 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Long stressful week at TCB HQ as we gear up for the release of the Strawberry Kush. Ro relives his trauma of the week in a long winded (and potentiall...

Strawberry Kush

16 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Huge announcement this week as we reveal our exciting collaboration with The Sneaker Laundry - a strawberry matcha slushy, aptly called "Strawberry Ku...

The Unbreakable Contract

09 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We kick things off with more car based yarns this week as we have a listener voice note who reckons they are just as bad at Ro in terms of racking up ...

The Jackie Chan Fan Club

02 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We kick off this week (pun intended) with an update of our soccer semi final few weeks back, shoutout the 2 C's. We talk about the March for Australia...

The Southern Fist (with Andy Trieu)

26 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We are incredibly excited to be joined by Andy Trieu this week. Andy is an actor, stunt man, martial artist and K-Pop aficionado. We learn all about A...

The Two C's

19 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Lots going on this week, Sen had 2 lunches in a day, Ro got fined again but also assisted another driver in breaking the law. Migs talks Coke Plus ...

Island Boys

12 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week we’re Island Boys (not that island), but more specifically Sen is an Island Boy fresh off his trip to Fiji. He has yarns to the gills from...

Kiribati, Kush & Kucks

05 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Absolutely monumental episode this week with Sen conveniently transversing international waters come tax time. A man down, we've had to call in the bi...

Ro Goes Woke

29 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We kick things off this week with some sad news as Migs reveals his Lindt supply is dry. We then discuss other gravy trains, self-serve petrol station...

The Sleepless Entrepreneur (with Eugene from The Sneaker Laundry)

22 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Massive episode as friend of the show Eugene from Sneaker Laundry joins us. We talk to Eugene about his different businesses, how Sneaker Laundry bega...

We Fought The Law (And The Law Won)

15 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Plenty of yarns this week and we start off with the story that is referenced in the title of this week’s episode. In the third and final instalment ...

The Suit Maketh The Man (with Lupo Bianco)

08 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The boys are joined by a very interesting guest this week as Scott from Lupo Bianco drops by. Scott is a tailor at Lupo Bianco who are one of Sydney’...

The Penthouse

01 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Got a hell of yarn to kick us off this week as the boys went to the infamous Ivy Penthouse for a party last week. Massive shout out to the Maison Chen...

Law Abiding Citizen

24 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Lot of yap in this week’s episode, so much so that we forgot to do a game. In any case, we start with a stay dangerous, Migs has an update on the sh...

Bali Blunders

17 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Unfortunately no Kush this week, but Migs, Ro and Sen are all back. Ro spent some time in Bali and brought some yarns from before and during his trip ...

King Kundra

10 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Firstly we apologise for Kush’s scuffed audio this week - Sen and Ro are chimpanzee’s. In any case, no Migs for this episode but Kush steps up in ...

The Phantom Skidder (with Jeffrey)

03 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We are back with a brand new episode this week after a brief break last week. Joining Migs and Sen is friend of the show (and in real life) Jeffrey wh...

The TCB Origin Story

20 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The boys start off the episode strong chatting about hacked uni group chats, the etiquette in greeting high school alum in the wild, and long distance...

Sen vs Microsoft

13 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Sen kicks off formalities this week with a few tales. In his first tale he is both the victim and perpetrator, as he ignores the sage words of Gandhi ...

Accidental Influencers

06 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Migs and Ro recount their experience at their first ever influencer(?) event where they tried their best to not look like cheapskates and m...

The Boy Who Cried Racist

29 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Some weird energy in the studio this week as the boys recorded this late on a Monday night. Despite the delirium, Ro has a stay dangerous as well as a...

The Sydney Chicken War (with Wingboy)

22 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Yet another special episode this week as we welcome Mike and George from Wingboy onto the show. Only the second time we’ve had duel guests on one ep...

The Man Who Beat Jetstar (with Rohan)

15 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Unofficial guest episode this week as we welcome back friend of the show (and in real life) Rohan for this 3rd* appearance on the pod. We’ve replace...

How To Be A Heavy (with Cal Best)

08 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Huge episode this week with another very special guest - Cal Best. The Heavy himself joins us to discuss a range of topics including how he got into w...

The SHOCKING Truth About Reality TV (with Winna Bhun)

01 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Massive episode this week featuring a very special guest - Winna Bhun. We start off getting to know Winna and his many talents including competitive e...

Mayhem In Melbourne

25 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Yarn heavy episode this week as Ro and Sen recount stories from their weekend in Melbourne, including a very generous restaurant owner, a grumpy casin...

Make Kebabs Great Again (with The Ox Show)

18 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Very fun episode this week as we are joined by the Kebab master himself - The Ox Show. We learn all about Ox’s journey into the kebab world, how he ...

Man Vs Cyclone

11 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Absolutely huge episode this week filled with plenty of yarns. Sen is back from a quick trip to the USA while Ro is also back from a work trip to Byro...

The Final

04 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

With Sen exploring alternative (and very right-wing) podcasting options in America and Kush still fighting for his life in the mean streets of San Fra...

We Got Deepfaked

25 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Another week rolls on and Ro continues to be involved in lengthy battles with various wedding venues across NSW. This week’s battle is catering and ...

Ro's Wedding Woes

18 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Ro is up to his gills in wedding planning and begins this week almost immediately complaining about the cost of wedding venues. We entertain this man ...

Miguel Went On National TV

11 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Few “Stay Dangerous” to kick us off this week before we have an extra unethical life hack from a listener. After we discuss the intricacies of Tal...

The Boys Got Betrayed

04 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Migs starts proceedings this week with an immediate attack on a certain culture’s parenting style as he retells his encounter with a bratty child at...

Confessions of a Workaholic

28 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We kick this week off straight off the bat with a hot take from Miguel as he ponders if Lavar Ball is the greatest dad of all time. Ro then once again...

Communist Summer

21 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We bid farewell to Kushagra once again but welcome back to Sen who returns from his trip to Vietnam. He comes bearing gifts - both physical and metaph...

The Wickedly Talented TCB

14 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The boys from last week run it back again with Sen still MIA, probably pleading with US officials not to ban Tik Tok. In any case, Ro kicks us off wit...

The Truth About San Francisco

07 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Second episode of the year and we got a full house minus Sen. Kush once again laments his lack of staying dangerous and implores people to accost him ...

2025: The Second Coming

31 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Happy New Year from all the boys at Critical Banter! After finally settled into his new life into San Francisco, Kush decided now would be a great tim...

All I Want For Christmas is TCB

24 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

With Christmas fast approaching, 2 of the 3 boys are in festive spirit - with the devout Christian of the group forgetting his Lord and Saviour's birt...

Big Willy's Wedding

17 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

All the boys are back again this week and we begin with more Manu Philippines yarns. That’s a lie, he told all his stories last week, instead Ro giv...

Manny Meets Manila

10 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Praise the lord because Miguel is back! After last week’s shambolic effort from Ro and Sen, Migs is thankfully back to bring some much needed yarns ...

Dumb and Dumber

03 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

After failing to learn from last week the 2 stooges are here again, running it back another week. Not much is going on in the boys' lives as we talk c...

Ro's Big News

26 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Well well well it’s finally happened, this week it’s just Ro and Sen (aka dumb and dumber). They decided not to do a game and instead went yarn he...

The Return Of The King

19 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Stop whatever you’re doing cause we have a massive episode for you guys this week as we are joined live and direct from San Francisco by the king hi...

Make TCB Great Again (with Triple Cheese)

12 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Miguel is nowhere to be seen as he continues to celebrate the Donald’s re-election. In Miguel’s absence, Raj (aka Triple Cheese) (aka Sen’s cous...

The Oldest Scam In The Book

05 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Quite an interesting episode this week and to kick us off Sen’s got plenty of yarns. He begins with a Marta update and then launches into a tale fea...

Ro's Big Bet

29 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Big yarns this episode as we start with a recap of our latest TCB Tries escapade at Parra Lanes. Feel free to write in what you want to see us try nex...

Pinoy Party (with The Cheatcoders)

22 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

A huge episode this week featuring some very special guests as we are joined by Don and Cristian from “The Cheatcoders” podcast. As usual we begin...

The Man With No Morals

15 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Topical start to this week’s episode as we recount a story that happened over a month ago. Sen and Migs went footgolf recently and decided this was ...

We Broke A World Record

08 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

No clickbait this week, as the title suggests, we attempted to break a world record live on air. The Mr Potato Head dream still lives on, but this wee...

TCB Reloaded

01 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The boys are back on the airwaves this week after a minor blip last week. Kush has safely moved over to the US as we got a glimpse into his life and h...

Kush's Last Dance

17 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Well here we are, as we have foreshadowed for many weeks now. We bid farewell (but not goodbye) to the one and only Kushagra, but fear not he shall st...

Raygun's Revenge

10 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

No Ro this week so in his absence we talk about one of his favourite topics - pokies. Kush wistfully retells his experience at a local pokie den playi...

Stay Dangerous

03 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We have a full house this week and wowee do we have an episode for you. We’re off to a scintillating start with Rohit questioning the definition of ...

Wicked Wedge Warrior

27 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Back to regular programming this episode except we got a no show with Sen too embarrassed to show his face after a horrible week in fantasy Premier Le...

Asian Snacks Rate Asian Snacks (with Sydney Food Boy)

20 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Massive episode this week not only by the sheer length of the episode but also because we are graced by the presence of one of Australia’s premier f...

TCB vs India

13 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Lots to talk about this week and very little time to spare. Kush is not here this week as he was off finding his trusty MAGA hat and missed this recor...

The Diary of a Sneakerhead (with Justin from PUSHAS)

06 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We have got a massive episode this week featuring a very special guest - Justin Truong, co-founder of Pushas joins us live in the studio. Really fu...

The Pursuit of Gold

30 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Record number of consecutive weeks with all 4 members of TCB showing up, but alas don’t get used to it. We kick off this week with yet another yarn ...

AI Will Come For Us All

23 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We’re merely weeks away before Kush departs these shores so we must get the most out of him before then. To start us off this week Kush immediately ...

Authenticity is Overrated

16 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Full house this week and we begin with a proper reflection of our live show last week with this being the first episode recorded post show. Few yarns ...

Nepotism is Good

09 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We start this week with a massive thank you to everyone who came out on Saturday night for the live show - full disclosure this episode was recorded b...

Ben 10 Gets Divorced

02 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We start this week with a public service announcement for our live show on Saturday - DOORS OPEN 7PM AND SHOW WILL START 7:30PM SHARP, DON’T BE LATE...

Someone Is Actually Leaving?

25 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Few years ago we jokingly titled an episode "Someone is Leaving?" as we revealed Migs would be gone for a few months on exchange. Unfortunately this t...

Love On The Spectrum (Of Colours) (with Brenda In Business)

18 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Another huge episode this week featuring a very special guest - Brenda from DatingAppsSuck. Brenda is a trailblazer in the dating community after turn...

TCB Takes On Japan

11 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The boys have been in Japan over the last few weeks and are finally back from their trip and are filled to the brim with yarns. Before we dive in, we ...

Rohit Loves The Dong

04 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We have the full squadron of the fellas for this week (at least for most of the episode). Sen tells the boys about the untimely demise of the Bungalow...

TCB Gets Spiritual

28 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

LIVE SHOW TIX: Critical Banter - LIVE - Stand Up Sydney___________________________________________________________The menace trio of Kush, Migs and...

The Unbeatable Texture (with Jacob from Thirsty Monkey)

21 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Absolutely massive episode we got for you this week as we are joined by a very special guest. The king of acai himself, Jacob Najjar of Thirsty Monkey...

Our Most Pointless Episode

14 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Huge episode this week as Ro is off galavanting through Asia, leaving the dastardly trio of Migs, Kush and Sen to steer the ship. Immediately we begin...

Ro Gets Rizzed

07 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Massive week for TCB and for Kush especially as he finally gets his first W against a corporation. Kush recounts in detail his year long battle with a...

The Undercover Nerd

30 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We’ve called Kush back up from the reserves as all the boys are back on deck this week. We start with a tale of hubris as Ro foolishes tries to save...

Kicking Back (with Kat Haddad)

23 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Wowee do we have an absolutely massive episode this week for you guys, featuring a very special guest. We’ve sent Kush to the bench to welcome one o...

The Art of Negotiation

16 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Plenty of yarns in this week’s episode and to start us off, Kush is back from his holiday and he brings tales from the Motherland. From negotiating ...

Marta's Moving Mad

09 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Huge episode for you guys this week and we start with Ro asking the boys a philosophical question straight off the bat - as he asks them the last time...

The Undefeated Carny

02 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Bit happening this week in the world of TCB. Ro begins with a discovery of a children’s YouTube channel with over a 100 million subscribers and the ...

Hand Onions

26 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Rather gnarly start to this week’s pod with a story about a cemetery straight off the rip. Sen tells a story he heard from a friend about his supern...

Get Em Onside

19 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Got a full house this week with Kush back from his mysterious absence last week. Ro starts with a quick mind your manners featuring a friend who was g...

Never Meet Your Heroes

12 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We’re back with another red hot episode this week. Kush is currently MIA, presumably too busy worshipping his life size poster of Christopher Nolan ...

Anything's a Hobby!

05 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Another week and another new intro for this podcast. We’re currently going through an identity crisis so please let us know if this intro is better ...

The Alliance (with Jason Sangha)

27 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Wowee, an absolutely huge episode this week! We’ve binned Miguel off to make way for a very special guest - Sydney Thunder batsman and man with pret...

Sen's Hat Trick of L's

20 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The boys are back and what a horror show of a week it has been for Sen as he recounts in depth the number of L’s he’s taken (virtually). 2 podcast...

The Asian Century

13 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Another week and another full house here at TCB. We begin with a tale from a listener regarding yet another racist club, this time in Melbourne. As we...

Miguel's Mystery Millions

06 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The stars have aligned as all the boys are back for this week’s stacked episode. We begin this week with Sen proudly recounting a story of purchasin...

Brush With Fame

30 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Rohit is back this week and is immediately on the defensive after last week’s lampooning in his absence. He tries his best to explain his actions bu...

Ro's Sus Searches

23 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Same lineup as last week as Kush, Migs and Sen hold down the fort with Ro still MIA. To pay for his sins we torch Ro to high heaven behind his back...

Public Transport Trauma (with Neel Kolhatkar)

16 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

My lord are we excited for this episode. Strap yourself in folks because we have an absolute doozy for you this week. Rohit is off in Melbourne trying...

Karl Marx To Replace David Warner? (with Rohan)

09 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Second episode of the year and we’re already down on troops, forcing us to bring in an emergency sub. We searched far and wide for our guest today a...