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We Mean Well

Guest Episode - Cooper Johns

23 Jun 2026

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Chapter 1: Who is Cooper Johns and what is his background?

0.031 - 20.672 Louise Adal Din

it is wednesday my dudes hello bedwetters and welcome back to the we mean well podcast hosted by louise adal din and jack archdale strap yourselves in for what will be a truly insightful and life-changing experience hear ye hear ye we have a new host today

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20.872 - 22.615 Cooper Johns

Wait, our judge usually does the intros?

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22.695 - 26.822 Jack Archdale

No, I do. We've got Cooper Johns in the studio. What's your middle name?

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27.063 - 28.285 Cooper Johns

Patrick, Irish.

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29.727 - 33.133 Jack Archdale

Oh, you kind of suited Patrick. You could be Patty Johns.

33.774 - 38.442 Cooper Johns

Well, that'd be sick because my mum's name's Patricia and we call her Patty and then my dad's name's Matty.

38.675 - 39.756 Jack Archdale

Matty, Petty and Petty.

40.256 - 43.8 Cooper Johns

Yeah. And then Jack. And then Jack, yeah. Jackie.

44.12 - 45.501 Jack Archdale

Matty, Petty, Petty and Jackie.

Chapter 2: What are Cooper's thoughts on being a television star?

45.521 - 50.546 Cooper Johns

Do you know what's cool? Because Jack's initials are JJ. Sick. You know what I mean? Cool, JJ.

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50.566 - 51.467 Jack Archdale

CJ's pretty cool.

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51.547 - 59.554 Cooper Johns

CJ's really cool. There's a rapper. I don't know if anyone ever saw him. He was on like Australia's Got Talent or one of those. Australian Idol. One of those. There's that many of them.

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59.774 - 60.815 Jack Archdale

There was. The Voice.

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Chapter 3: How does Cooper handle the pressures of fame?

61.496 - 63.758 Cooper Johns

Yeah. Got Talent, X Factor, all of that shit.

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63.798 - 64.678 Jack Archdale

They're all the same.

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64.799 - 65.519 Cooper Johns

They're all the same.

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65.539 - 66.76 Jack Archdale

Just streamline it.

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67.041 - 68.682 Cooper Johns

The Voice, at least they weren't looking.

68.662 - 77.42 Jack Archdale

True, that was the only niche. The rest were the exact fucking stuff. Oh, actually, no, we're wrong. X Factor, you could do anything. You could be like a juggler.

77.6 - 80.285 Cooper Johns

Yeah, but you're not coming on there and fucking winning as a juggler.

80.606 - 81.468 Jack Archdale

I reckon you could.

81.748 - 82.169 Cooper Johns

Fuck no.

Chapter 4: What experiences does Cooper share about his childhood?

85.496 - 88.021 Cooper Johns

Yeah, but you've got to do it every week, Lou. It's like a potty.

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88.041 - 90.045 Jack Archdale

Then you start juggling like bombs.

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90.262 - 94.969 Cooper Johns

No, they're not going to do that. They're not going to let that – for OH&S and safety reasons, there's a live studio audience. Okay, sorry.

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94.989 - 96.511 Jack Archdale

Are you a TV producer?

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97.733 - 115.539 Cooper Johns

You would never do well as a judge on that because you'd be like – you'd just be so happy with the niches thing. Like someone coming and just juggling. They're like, well, this lady can sing and she's deaf and like has no arms and legs. And you're like, I like the juggler better.

115.559 - 117.201 Jack Archdale

Winner through to the next round.

117.502 - 123.893 Cooper Johns

Yeah. But back to what I was saying CJ Dipper So that's where my That was my nickname in school Why Dipper?

123.953 - 139.219 Cooper Johns

Because there was an 8 year old rapper Who went on It might have been like America's Got Talent 8 Yeah His name was CJ Dipper And it's on YouTube and that You can have a look at it I will In your spare time Yeah And then all the kids in school Used to call me that CJ Dipper Yeah I might bring that back for you

Chapter 5: How does Cooper balance his personal and professional life?

139.199 - 147.51 Cooper Johns

It's cool. I made a bottle opener when I was in woodwork at school in year eight. And like I wrote, like I got it lasered in CJ Dipper. CJ Dipper.

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147.63 - 149.713 Jack Archdale

Is it D-I-P-P-E-R?

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150.154 - 151.115 Cooper Johns

D-I-P-P-A.

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151.716 - 152.317 Jack Archdale

Even cooler.

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152.437 - 152.757 Cooper Johns

Yeah.

152.777 - 153.118 Jack Archdale

Dipper.

153.378 - 153.718 Cooper Johns

Dipper.

154.96 - 159.586 Jack Archdale

All your family's names are cool. Like you've got MJ, PJ, JJ and CJ.

159.606 - 162.971 Cooper Johns

Well, the good thing about MJ, it's like Michael Jackson. Yeah. Michael Jordan.

Chapter 6: What insights does Cooper provide on the NRL and sports culture?

163.351 - 163.812 Jack Archdale

Yeah.

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163.952 - 164.573 Cooper Johns

Matty Johns.

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164.793 - 166.776 Jack Archdale

Mine's kind of cool. L-D-D.

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167.768 - 170.33 Cooper Johns

Well, it sort of sounds like a four-wheel drive.

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170.591 - 172.833 Jack Archdale

Like it sounds like a. Like a Kia LDD.

173.193 - 177.497 Cooper Johns

I think LDD, it gives like a shit car.

178.979 - 180.58 Jack Archdale

I reckon I'd be like a Maserati.

182.081 - 189.949 Cooper Johns

I don't know about that. Not carrying around those, that weight you used to back in the day. I've seen photos.

189.969 - 190.99 Jack Archdale

I'd be more like a road train.

Chapter 7: What funny anecdotes does Cooper share about his friends?

195.663 - 197.2 Jack Archdale

Fuck, that's a good Coke Zero.

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197.443 - 198.535 Cooper Johns

Right, they're the best.

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198.734 - 205.944 Jack Archdale

I got three liquids here and a wrap, if you can't tell. My eyes are slightly glazy. I was going to say – A little bit hungover.

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206.765 - 222.888 Cooper Johns

Because – and we went to the gym the other week. But something that really – I flagged it with the group because it was myself, Jarch, Lockie. We went in there to throw some tin around. And you were just there getting a facial. I was the vibe hire. What?

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222.909 - 223.81 Jack Archdale

I was the vibe hire.

223.83 - 225.753 Cooper Johns

Yeah. Well, you made us change the time. No.

Chapter 8: How does Cooper view his future in entertainment?

225.773 - 227.475 Cooper Johns

And then –

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227.455 - 238.361 Jack Archdale

That's not what happened. I was always getting a facial and then you were like, can we go in the morning? So I changed my facial to go in the morning so that you boys could go to the gym in the morning. I was never coming to the gym.

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238.421 - 256.944 Cooper Johns

You said in the group chat. I'm not pumping tin. No, I know you're not pumping tin. Clearly not. You're getting a facial. Not with Lockie, might I add. Some other bloke. But you went in there and judge goes, who wants a coffee? And then you went, yeah, I'll have a coffee. And then you got a fucking cappuccino.

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257.265 - 257.445 Jack Archdale

Yep.

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257.746 - 260.67 Cooper Johns

Some fucking smoothie as well. Yep. And a shot.

261.251 - 262.072 Jack Archdale

I got three things.

262.553 - 267.701 Cooper Johns

And I said, that's pretty fucking disrespectful. If someone says, oh, who wants a coffee? And then you get three drinks.

267.862 - 271.367 Jack Archdale

Judge would do the exact same to me. If I was like, do you want a coffee? He'd be like, and I want that wrap.

271.347 - 276.812 Cooper Johns

Yeah, but that's different. Like one liquid and a food, that's sort of like a voucher. You can do that.

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