The Barry Bullock Hour

Episode 056 - ”Self-Driving Cars and Rockets to Mars”

Coming to you live from the Bridge Road cardboard pop-up bar in Brunswick it's #BarryBullockHour 56! To paraphrase the immortal words of the New Girl, it's a classic C-Mac and Bullock mess-around, as the raging plague continues to play havoc with our recording schedule, and in this case attendance. 

Delicious fresh-hopped beers are drunk. And we get uncharacteristically topical as we discuss what Elon Musk buying Twitter means for the world as large. Probably not the first podcast to discuss this topic, but maybe one of the more unique takes going around?

Kieran rounds out the episode by reminiscing about a former high school, and apologising for the chaos that fourteen-year-old Kieran caused. All this and much more on another rampaging instalment of the Barry Bullock Hour!

 

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#RobotArmy

#ElonMuskIsABondVillain

#ForYourEarsOnly

Episode 055 - ”Benito Ottolenghi - No Relation”

Well it wouldn't be a new year without a fresh round of pandemic pandemonium, and when the clouds finally parted mid-January we went straight to Bodriggy Brewing for a few brews, and some serious ATMOSPHERE!

We talk the looming Superbowl, and Kieran's strange and very tenuous connection to one of the starting quarterbacks. Meat products are discussed, much to Cal's chagrin. And Eric unleashes a bold new plan to become Australian's newest winter Olympian. 

All this and so much more in the first episode of 2022! 

 

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#HardTruthsAndSoftJoy

#IveGotNoBeefWithBacon

#Pyongyang2024

Episode 054 - Finishing the Year at Cox Au Bière

A calimitous batting collapse from England sees the Ashes urn stay in Australia, forcing Callum and Kieran to abscond to Cox Towers for the luncheon interval. Suddenly, a podcast breaks out!

Unsurprisingly the lack of value for money is an early point of discussion. Kieran then picks a bone with Christmas. And hosting duties go straight to Eric's head as he attempts to whisk the Barry Bullock Hour listeners away to the distant continent! Is it gastonomy? Is it just fantasy? Whatever it is ensures the final instalment of 2021 is an absolute cracker! Wait, probably shouldn't have said cracker...

 

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#DolphinMurderers

#DesertCarcassonne

#BezosFarts 

Episode 053 - ”Don‘t Denigrate The Nog” - A Boozy Barry Bullock Hour Quizmas!

It's the #BarryBullockHour Christmas Party, and you're invited! Bursting at the seams with Christmas content, but not in a way that makes you pine for the new year. With Elvis and riots on the docket, this content is as fresh as the beers we're drinking. 

We break into the Carwyn Cellars Canvent Beer Advent Calendar, ignore the "one a day" advent spirit, and get straight into the beautiful Christmas brews. Callum unleashes a Christmas Quiz, and the episode is rounded out with a visit from a very special jolly red man!

Just the tonic to ease into your festive season. Pour yourself a brew or whip up a fresh batch of MODERN eggnog, sit back, sip, and enjoy! 

Merry Bloody Christmas all!

 

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#SmallpProhibition

#KentuckyChristmas

Episode 052 - Dr Eric‘s Mad Scientist Halloween Havoc

After several long months we're back at the Kensington Palace and ready to rumble! No more Zoom, but plenty of pace!

We kick things off with a couple of spicy challenges, and finally inaugurate the #BarryBullockHour Wheel of Forfeit. And then a couple of classic topics of discontent, Microsoft and James Bond, find themselves in the firing line. And then Dr Eric's Science Corner returns - but this time more mad science than actual science! 

A classic slice of in-person Barry Bullock Hour chaos with a Halloween twist! 

 

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#FrankenBeer

#NoTimeToSayGoodbyeIThink?

Episode 051 - ”Too Much Liquid, Not Enough Party”

The #BarryBullockHour goes NUCLEAR! Or at least Big Dog does, as a swathe of technical issues plague the start of recording down in the Mornington Peninsula Dog Pound. But has it sparked an idea that might end the mobile phone charger for good??

Eventually it all kicks off with a round of outstanding individual beer choices. Cal embarks on a change of career. Eric once again finds a way to shoehorn VB into the conversation. And not for the first time, Kieran rages at rugby league. 

All this and much more on #Episode51 of the #BarryBullockHour. In their fifties now, but no less mallow.

 

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#BigDogIndustries

#OldMen

#ComettiOfCatan

Episode 050 - ”Everything Sucks Just A Little Bit”

It's the FIFTIETH EPISODE of the #BarryBullockHour and we return to the digital realm, dressed to the nines and just as many beers deep. It's a celebration! A milestone! And we're not going to let a little pandemic stop us from having an absolute ripper! 

Kieran kicks things off with a 50th-themed quiz. Question one: how many fun facts are there about the number fifty? Answer: none!

Cal unveils a lockdown-appropriate #GoldenSpatula, Eric takes us down the spiral staircase for another installment of #DrEricsScienceCorner, and Big Dog puts a beloved Australian children's entertainment group squarely in the crosshairs. Cats, dogs, time travel, and slandering The Wiggles. What more could you want from a fifty-minute slice of podcasting madness!

 

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#IndigoWiggle

#EricJrJrJr

#BeersOnMars

Episode 049 - Hashtag Bowls Chat, Hashtag Beer Chat

It's episode forty-nine of #TheBarryBullockHour coming to you LIVE from the Princes Park Carlton Bowls Club! Yes, that's right, after years of threatening do it we finally get the microphone down to the bowls club for a spot of bowls chat. The only catch? Plenty of chat, but no bowls. 

Callum places a box on the table and asks the age-old question #WhatsInTheBox?

Kieran places the Sourade Berry Blast Sour from Wayward Brewing, and the Iced Faux-Vo Berry Coconut Sour from Stomping Ground on the table and asks "Aren't these delicious?"

Eric places a dubiously-notated piece of paper on the table and asks "What is Australia's favourite beverage?"

It's the craft beer podcast with big brews, and big issues, and rarely has an episode been so locked-in on both. In forty-nine we ask the big questions! And hopefully find some big answers.

 

#Sourade

#GABSredux

#IWannaMakeBeerGreatAgain

Episode 048 - Indiana Bullock and the Japanese Dungeon of Doom

It's #BarryBullockHour 48, which finds us out in the wild, and back on the beers!

The fearsome foursome assemble at 2 Brothers Brewing in Moorabbin, a month late, but worth the wait! A brief discussion on Cal's low-fi navigation methodology leads to Kieran getting badly lost in the north of Japan. The adult themes continue as Big Dog picks a bone with a certain adult entertainment festival. And Cal kicks off a bold new challenge section, with Big Dog and Eric ready to square up. But what will the punishments be if they fail? Kieran's mysteriously big bag may hold the answer!

 

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#WheelOfForfeit

#JapanesePornDungeon 

#BackOnTheBeers

Episode 047 -Yoko Didn't Break Up the Beatles, Zoom Quizzes Did

A delightful planned trip south of the river to sample the delicious nectar of 2 Brothers Brewing in Moorabbin becomes a mere fantasy, as Melbourne relapses once again in its dangerous battle with lockdown addiction. We take once again to Zoom to podcast from the comfort of our own homes. 

After last episode's train station quiz Cal once again slips into the shoes of the late Alex Trebek to play quizmaster. Is Eric still a true American? Is he now a true Australian? And a disasterous showing from Kieran could see his New Zealand passport revoked. A lot is at stake when you know ASIO is listening!

Eric hits you with the latest round of #NewBrewsYouCanUse to finish put the exclamation point on other cracking #BarryBullockHour. 

 

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#PartyingLikeIts2020

#Rotovegas