Crabb and Sales have a nervous chuckle about an Adele interview bungle and discuss how to prepare for a celebrity encounter. They spend too long talking about Taylor Swift's red scarf, and Leigh stuns Annabel yet again by revealing she has never heard of a non-fungible token.
Audio heads-up: this remotely recorded episode sounds a bit... shall we say... tinny? And if you listen hard you'll hear Crabb stirring her tea.
Read MoreFinally, Sales has seen the new Bond film. And of course her highlights include some obscure musical detail, the lavish shots of Daniel Craig's eye region and the specific panthery way he dismounts a motorcycle.
Note: as a nostalgic treat for Chatters, this episode features slightly dodgy sound quality 'cos it was recorded remotely.
Read MoreCrabb and Sales dissect a New York Times article that everybody is talking about. Crabb is loving the work of a first-time novelist while Sales feels let down by one of her favourite comedians.
Read MoreA rip has emerged in the Sales Time Management Continuum; she's turned up to record the podcast without a list of topics! This gives Crabb an early headstart to yabber aimlessly about going to see Hamilton AGAIN and Helen Garner's new book which Crabb has read. The new Ottolenghi is reviewed, and Succession star Brian Cox has written a memoir full of celebrity human wreckage, principally his own.
Read MoreSales goes on an epic James Bond binge, including a rendition of the theme music, while Crabb gets her own back with a big clang: some one-on-one time with super-author Liane Moriarty.
Read MoreBonus Episode - Love Your Bookshop
Read MoreCrabb is aghast at Sales’ latest sporting obsession. Meanwhile the pair has been binging nothing but American culture.
Read MoreThe Newsreader causes Sales and Crabb to have flashbacks to their early newsroom careers (interspersed with Crabb's nightmares about being tortured in a wooden crate because she is STILL watching The Bureau, send help). Plus they've watched Hacks! And The White Lotus!
Read MoreCrabb is delighted, no seriously, she’s delighted, to discover that Sales has been binging sports documentaries, including further indulging her obsession with the Chicago Bulls.
Read MoreWell, what to say about this half-hour of audio content? The kindest possible account is that it does contain some quite elevated content, which one of the most beautiful women on Australian television manages to RUIN by inexplicably throwing the switch to Pam Ayres at a truly crucial moment.
Read MoreLook, realistically: It's not going to come up again, ever. So naming rights for this episode go to the great Michael Flatley, with whose cult brand of Irish dancing Sales became re-acquainted recently after a stray text message from WHICH celebrated TV satirist????
Read MoreCrabb is amazed when Sales reveals she only just realised the song “Physical” is not about exercise, and is appalled to discover a significant gap in Sales' musical theatre knowledge. GASP.
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