Hello darling pies!!!! Who we love so much!! Hope you’re having a beautiful, beautiful week.

In today’s Ratfood we unpack the notion of stunt casting and publicity/marketing stunts, particularly in relation to the global search for Dolly Parton in ‘Dolly! The Musical’ taking place primarily on social media and the ethics and pros and cons involved in these kinds of casting processes.

We also chat all about our week at the theatre including our UNMATCHED evening at ‘Beetlejuice The Musical’ (featuring the writer Eddie Perfect) and ‘Storked’ by Myfanwy Hocking down at Theatre Works; a piece about bodily autonomy and the looming choice of whether or not to have kids, and whether that choice is truly ours or not.

We finish the ep by touching on the current social media landscape, unpacking some of our own comment sections and chatting about the prices people are willing to pay for rage bait.

We love you so much, and we’ll see you for another ep on Monday!

Mwa mwa mwa.

xx

Mel & Sam

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You can watch the full video form of this episode on YouTube HERE: https://youtube.com/@themelandsam?si=jzeN-E_-DcE-DGHS

Follow Mel & Sam on Instagram (@themelandsam) to keep up with all things pod, live shows and other nonsense. And remember, our Bring Bring Bitch hotline is always open! You can also send submissions to ratbagpod@gmail.com!

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Mel & Sam would like to acknowledge that Ratbag is being recorded on Stolen Land.

The original custodians of this land have had a rich history of storytelling for over 65,000 years, and we pay our respects to the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin nation whose land we are recording Ratbag on.

Treaties were never signed. Sovereignty was never ceded. Always was and always will be Aboriginal land.

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A Grouse House Podcast

Recorded at Haven't You Done Well Productions

Produced by Thomas Zahariou & Lucy Bain

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hey there babes! It's time for a pretty femme-4-femme episode as we welcome our next guest, Australia's First Attractive Comedian: Eloise Eftos! If you don't know Eloise, let us tell you all, she is no doubt a rising star in the Australian Comedy scene working mainly in Gadigal Land and Naarm. The chats in this episode are very important ones to us all as women in comedy. We hope you get something out of it too. As always we open up our 'Bring Bring Bitch' Hotline and ask Eloise all of your questions. We play a round of 'pin the job' on Eloise and chat everything Sabrina's Secrets to Witchy Media. We are so grateful to Eloise for joining us this week, and YOU for listening, dear rat!!

See ya on Thursday for 'Ratfood'.

Love ya!

Mel & Sam

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You can watch the full video form of this episode on YouTube HERE: https://bit.ly/MelAndSamYouTube

Follow Eloise here: https://www.instagram.com/weezasqueeza/

Follow Mel & Sam on Instagram (@themelandsam) to keep up with all things pod, live shows and other nonsense. And remember, our Bring Bring Bitch hotline is always open! You can also send submissions to ratbagpod@gmail.com!

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Mel & Sam would like to acknowledge that Ratbag is being recorded on Stolen Land.

The original custodians of this land have had a rich history of storytelling for over 65,000 years, and we pay our respects to the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin nation whose land we are recording Ratbag on.

Treaties were never signed. Sovereignty was never ceded. Always was and always will be Aboriginal land.

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A Grouse House Podcast

Recorded at Haven't You Done Well Productions

Produced by Thomas Zahariou & Lucy Bain

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hello to all of our treasured rats out there! We hope this episode finds you having a glorious day or night, whenever you may find it!

In today’s wrap-up of our weeks and what’s been on our minds, we tell you alllllll about our INCREDIBLE night at the theatre at the Melbourne opening night of Hadestown the musical, Sam tells us all about a costume party to end all costume parties, we chat about how we used to flex our creativity in our early ages and Tom opens up about how he IS the problem at costume parties (brave!)

The episode then launches in to a really interesting chat about body neutrality and cultural differences in how people across the world talk about ‘fatness’; inspired by a plus size mall in Bangkok that features a number of shops that really tell you on the tin exactly what they sell! Mel also opens up about how she talks about bodies in her relationship, when (in her opinion) it is and isn’t helpful to use certain language and lots lots more.

If you’re in Melbourne, please go check out slayified Daddy Warbucks for us (Hades himself in ‘Hadestown’), and let us know your thoughts in the comments if this sparked episode any thoughts for you!

We love you so much, and we’ll see you for another ep on Monday!

Mwa mwa mwa.

xx

Mel & Sam

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You can watch the full video form of this episode on YouTube HERE: https://youtube.com/@themelandsam?si=jzeN-E_-DcE-DGHS

Follow Mel & Sam on Instagram (@themelandsam) to keep up with all things pod, live shows and other nonsense. And remember, our Bring Bring Bitch hotline is always open! You can also send submissions to ratbagpod@gmail.com!

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Mel & Sam would like to acknowledge that Ratbag is being recorded on Stolen Land.

The original custodians of this land have had a rich history of storytelling for over 65,000 years, and we pay our respects to the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin nation whose land we are recording Ratbag on.

Treaties were never signed. Sovereignty was never ceded. Always was and always will be Aboriginal land.

—

A Grouse House Podcast

Recorded at Haven't You Done Well Productions

Produced by Thomas Zahariou & Lucy Bain

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.