Crabb and Sales bowl up to the Llewellyn Hall in preposterous garb to farewell outgoing ANU vice chancellor Brian Schmidt, surely the most tolerant Nobel laureate in the history of human achievement. Fortunately this gives Crabb (working with her last remaining shred of vocal cord) an excuse to write the Twelve Days Of Schmidtmas instead of trying to make 2023 funny, a task the prospect of which made her want to lie down in a dark room for some time. Sales is rapt because Kate from Alone shows up. And make sure you listen to the end because somebody does a RAP.
Read MoreA live show recorded at the Ubud Writers’ Festival in Bali, where Sales has been reading Murakami by the pool and Crabb is indignant about a couple canoodling next to her on the plane.
Read MoreLive show recorded at The Theatre Royal, Hobart, Tasmania
Read MoreMarking the ninth anniversary of Chat 10 Looks 3 - who can believe it’s been that long - we are reposting episode one. We’ve come a long way.
Read MoreSales and Crabb coming to you from the Chat 10 Looks 3 live show at Hamer Hall, Melbourne on 13 October, 2023.
Read MoreWe are back for Chat 10 book club number 2, for which Sales claims she’s “specially” written a book, “Storytellers”. Host Lisa Millar will apply her investigative skills to expose this shameless lie, with added bonus questions from Crabb.
Video version available here https://youtu.be/Wpv6wsKay1Q
Read MoreIt's the Perth live show, so OF COURSE there's a disaster. Crabb has totally lost her voice. Sales suggests that she can do a TED talk style 90-min solo address instead, the threat of which is enough to galvanise Crabb to race to Perth to protect local Chatters from this horrific fate. The pair use various workarounds to somehow achieve a chat show between two people, one of whom is mute. They discuss Morning Wars, Shayda, and Crabb manages to destroy Sales' favourite movie, which was nice for Crabb in a tough week. Thanks Perth Chatters for being SUCH a kind audience!
Read MoreCrabb and Sales are chilled by the premise of a new Scandi film but inspired by plenty of other books and TV shows
Read MoreThe Matildas have sent Sales on yet another deep dive into sports documentaries and athlete psychology. Crabb returns serve with surprising insights into the McEnroe/Borg era of tennis. In case you're wondering if Chat 10 as you know it is finished, never fear: they're back to art, movies and Gwen's No 2. drops fairly rapidly.
Read MoreThis 80s band never toured to Adelaide. But Sales has compensated by talking about not one, not two, but THREE Wham! shows. As Crabb lapses in and out of consciousness, she manages to reminisce about Sinead O'Connor, and farewell her beautiful sister in law Anisa, friend of the show, who benefited in her last days from the palliative care team who are the joint charity partners of this live event. Local writers Robert Skinner and Walter Marsh feature, as well as Sales' new book which is a CRACKER. So much Chatter love in the room. You people really are the best.
Read MoreSomehow, Sales and Crabb have BOTH seen the new Indiana Jones movie. They have thoughts. And those thoughts start out well (with Phoebe Waller-Bridge) but end up in an ageing male action hero morass featuring Tom Cruise, James Bond and the whole shitshow.The episode is rescued by Lizzo and a new podcast that's reducing Crabb to helpless hysterics.
Read MoreIs it okay to like a work of art created by a jerk? Crabb has been spoiling to discuss this with Sales for some time, and now she is brandishing a new book as an excuse. Also addressed: Anna Funder's new book. Cool things to do in Adelaide. Not addressed: Is it okay to admire the work of someone who would take her CELLO on holiday and make her HUMAN FRIEND sit in the back seat.
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