Episodes

  • Footy Dictionary 11-1-24 with Ben Cameron (podcast edit)
    Jan 12 2025

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    1 hr and 6 mins
  • Marnie Vinall | Dubious journeymen, jazzed-up jumpers and soup scepticism
    Jan 8 2025

    Marnie Vinall - of ABC and The Footy with Broden Kelly fame - is in the studio with Harper Pestinger and Hamish O'Brien to present her greatest niche loves and hates of Aussie rules.

    We're live from 5pm every Sunday on SYN 90.7 FM with footy guests who nerd out on the niche. All the cool cats listen, so we'll see you there.

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    58 mins
  • The Return (with Mark Fine)
    Jan 7 2025

    I see it, but I don't believe it! Don't adjust your set! It's the greatest miracle since Brendan Fevola's 2006 Grand Final sprint triumph!

    Your mainstream footy media is off on holidays. But as you well know, when the experts are away, the DicHeads come out to play.

    That's right: the Footy Dictionary is back with a Danny Frawley BANG and, goodness gracious, have we got a summer treat for you.

    Big-gun guests will be joining Harper and Hamish weekly to talk through their "Things About Football" - three niche loves, three niche hates.

    SEN host and late-night legend Mark Fine is first up to talk:

    • The weirdness of a player in their new team's jumper
    • Wind-ravaged games and five-goal breezes
    • The poses on retro footy cards
    • Pre-game FM DJ-style HACKS
    • Disrespectful naming of teams
    • Gustoless song renditions

    That's not to mention, of course, the return of the Journeymen and Footy Card Facts.

    And you thought Christmas was as good as it gets!

    Tune in to Santa's favourite show live on Sundays from 5pm - that's on SYN 90.7 FM.

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    1 hr and 34 mins
  • The art of banner making, overzealous announcers and Graham Johncock's cat
    Jun 5 2023

    Back and energised after a three-week suspension for failing to acknowledge Josh Walker's journeyman credentials, Harper Pestinger, Hamish O'Brien and Connor Buttigieg convene to call out football's linguistic rule breakers and headline makers.

    Can a home team take home a win?

    What's the most over-discussed, frenzy-sparking rule in the AFL?

    And should clubs post about opposition players being sent to the tribunal?

    Tune in as the panel turns every misdemeaning stone with a fine-tooth comb in their pursuit of a football linguistic utopia.

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    49 mins
  • Sexy sirens, fortresses and the animal kingdom's best 22
    May 15 2023

    Fresh off their best performance of the season, Harper Pestinger and Hamish O'Brien are back to tackle the footy questions you didn't know needed answering.

    Why has Connor made himself unavailable for selection?

    What makes certain sirens great?

    Which members of the animal kingdom should list managers be considering?

    And what was going through David King's head when he made the year's biggest blunder?

    Chuck on your shades Mason and Dwayne, 'cause the future is bright for the Dictionary boys.

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    55 mins
  • Evangelical dominators, low-level big time and Ricciuto's handiest point
    May 8 2023

    You thought the journeymen deep dives were over. We thought the journeymen deep dives were over. Anthony Hudson, though, had different plans and has thrown us the biggest, juiciest bone that we've yet chewed on.

    This week, Harper Pestinger, Hamish O'Brien and Connor Buttigieg reconvene to hear more media misconducts sent to our Tribunal.

    Why is Mason Cox so bad at describing footy to foreigners? Can bad teams have danger games? And how can losing-team social admins pick up their post-game game?

    The boys are well and truly hitting their straps.

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    54 mins
  • Al from Alberton, slugs under the roof and Hawkins Disease
    May 1 2023

    Harper, Connor and Hamish are back again to over-analyse this week's critical talking points and shake up Greg Champion's tyrannical footy song monopoly.

    Why should Josh Schache grow out his hair?

    How wriggly must the score worm be for a game to be considered see-sawing?

    And how exactly does one pronounce Kolodjashnij? Perhaps Dwayne Russell can give us a better idea.

    The Dictionary Boys are dancing now.

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    55 mins
  • Jack Langdon + Joe Horrigan | Goalpost thickness, satisfying sirens and scoreboard design
    Apr 25 2023

    All the way back in November, journalism students and future media big dogs Jack Langdon and Joe Horrigan ventured north of the Yarra to detail their Things About Football with Harper Pestinger and Hamish O'Brien.

    2:30 - Sunday afternoons at Docklands

    12:13 - Post-coin toss sirens when the captain runs back to the huddle

    22:38 - The futility of goal umpires

    27:37 - Channel 7 and Fox Footy's scoreboards

    32:03 - Adam Cooney being the only no. 1 draft pick to have won a Brownlow

    38:21 - Kardinia Park's thick goalposts

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    47 mins