Boxcutters
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Podcast Description
It's TV for radio on the internet. Brett Cropley, John Richards, Nelly Thomas and Josh Kinal present Boxcutters to fulfil a very important need: Television deserves respect. At a time when TV is producing better storylines, better drama and better comedy than any other form of entertainment (we're talking about you, Movies) there needs to be an outlet for independent discussion about the medium. Boxcutters is that outlet. Every week Boxcutters brings you news about the world of television, reviews, interviews and opinions (and a lot of love).
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Ep 307: Lilyhammer, Eurovision | Warning: This one is a bit sweary. Lilyhammer is a fish-out-of-water story starring Steven Van Zandt as a gangster turned rat. We review the hell out of it. Then we dissect the coverage of the Eurovision Song Contest and go home. Josh’s voice sounds | 5/29/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ep 306: Girls and Maid Marian | We’ve been waiting for a show that created some controversy and passion in the studio. From the media that’s been going around HBO’s Girls, we thought we found just the thing. Have we? Also, everybody’s favourite Ben McKenzie comes | 5/22/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ep 305: Public Television Conferences and Homosexuality | John Richards has been to Sydney to present Outland at Input, an international public television conference. Also, the New York Times says that homosexuality is a lot more acceptable on television than it was 10 years ago. We try to see if that’s tr | 5/15/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ep 304: Why Big Brother Returns | Creepy stories, trashy TV and the need for a new season of Big Brother are all covered in this special episode of Boxcutters that no parent should miss. Notes One Thing Laid – 9pm Wednesday night, ABC1 Mark Zuckerberg: Inside Facebook – 9:30pm | 5/8/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ep 303: Unsupervised, Optus, The Voice | Remember that whole Optus vs Telstra, AFL and NFL case that was either going to mean the end of sport forever or the death of the internet? Well, Optus lost last week and we speak to to Lucy Battersby from The Age to find out what the judgement means. Gle | 5/1/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ep 302: Spike TV and Nielson Ratings explained | Christine Lawrence has made a career out of analysing what people love and hate about television shows, how they work and how they can be better. She used to work for the Nielson company in their TV ratings department. When Josh spoke to her in December s | 4/24/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ep 301: House of Lies, Yodelling | House of Lies airs on Showtime in the US and stars Don Cheadle, Kristen Bell and Dave Lawson’s brother, Josh. We review and try to work out why some people might not like it. There’s an ad that involves some kind of yodelling. Brett takes a lo | 4/17/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ep 300: Kyle Killen, Live in Texas | We went all the way to Texas and recorded a show live at SXSW Interactive. Kyle Killen is the creator of the new NBC drama Awake. He took time out of his weekend to sit with us and talk about what it takes to make a series in the US and why it seems so [. | 4/2/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ep 299: Marieke Hardy, Comedy Festival | Marieke Hardy teaches us all about finishing a series with a cliffhanger and how it has nothing to do with tricking the network into a second series. Courteney Hocking looks at the difference between the Melbourne International Comedy Festival in real lif | 3/20/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ep 298: Menage a Teev | Till Death Do Us Part, All in the Family and Kingswood Country were all the same show in three different nations. We take a look at the similarities between them and try to work out what they say about the different countries at the times they were made. | 3/14/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ep 297: Texting and Twitter | This week we look at a new development in television. It’s part of the whole grammar of drama thing and it’s a fascinating discussion that we don’t want to spoil for you (although the title of the episode will give it away, maybe). Then, | 3/7/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ep 296: Luck and Luther | Luck is a new show on HBO in the US. It’s created by David Milch so we know from the start that there’s a lot to love and a lot to hate. We try to look at it all. Courteney Hocking’s been looking at the UK series Luther and gives us a ru | 2/27/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ep 295: Episodic Television & Nerds on TV | Ben McKenzie is a bonafide nerd who takes the label to an almost professional level. He talks to us about how the nerd is culturally represented on television with a particular focus on The Big Bang Theory. TV ads are upsetting and confusing as we discove | 2/21/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ep 294: Frank Woodley, Spiral vs The Killing | Frank Woodley comes in to talk to us about doing physical comedy on Australian television and how it really hasn’t been done before. He has a new show starting on ABC1 on Wednesday 22 Feb. Then, Glenn Peters has seen two foreign language series, Spi | 2/14/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ep 293: Paul Ireland, Excess Baggage | It’s guestarama this week with Nelly Thomas in to talk about Excess Baggage and how it compares to The Biggest Loser. Paul Ireland talks to us about being a young actor in The Bill and an older actor in Outland. There’s One Thing and Pork and | 2/7/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ep 292: Penny Chapman, Grimm vs Once Upon A Time | We talk to Penny Chapman, the producer of the new ABC1 series, The Straits. There’s a review of Grimm vs Once Upon a Time and a Raywatch about Channel 9′s coverage of Australia Day protests. Notes One Thing The Straits: 8:30pm Thursday, ABC1 T | 1/30/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ep 291: Toby Truslove from Outland | Toby Truslove is an actor. You’ll know him from Laid and the soon to premier Outland. He talks to us about the plight of the Australian actor and what he looks for in a role. There’s a whole heap of news and some great Trotters thanks to Toby | 1/24/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ep 290: American Horror Story | American Horror Story was created by the people who brought us Glee but there’s no singing and dancing, just murder, insanity and old-fashioned haunting. Is it as good as everybody thinks? Is it as bad as everybody thinks? Also, Josh spent some time | 1/16/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ep 289: Boss, Lee Zachariah | We’re back from our Summer Holidays and ready to wow you with a review of the new Kelsey Grammer TV show, Boss. We don’t think we’re going too far by saying it’s the best review we’ve ever done!* Also, marvel at Lee Zachariah | 1/10/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ep 288: The Light Side of 2011 | A look at some of the best television the world had to offer in 2011 | 12/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ep 287: Book Adaptations with Larry Writer | Larry Writer wrote the book about the crime wars in Sydney in the 20s and 30s called Razor. It was picked up by the Underbelly team and turned into the latest instalment of the true crime dramatisation that has proven so successful for Channel Nine. We ta | 12/7/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ep 286: The Muppet Show LIVE! | Earlier in the year John and Josh presented a night at ACMI all about the Muppet Show and how it changed the world of television. It sold out very quickly and chances are you missed it. Never fear, though. Through the magic of modern technology we’r | 11/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ep 285: Parents & Abandonment | It’s a superstar episode with Courteney Hocking, John Richards and Glenn Peters all making appearances. Courteney joins Brett and Josh to discuss what it’s like when we watch TV with our parents. Which shows survive the intergenerational divid | 11/21/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ep 284: Fresh Meat | We review a new comedy / drama from Channel 4 in the UK. It’s called Fresh Meat and it caused some controversy in the Boxcutters studio. John Richards is cohost and he tells us tales of his journey to Seattle where Outland premiered. We finally get | 11/1/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ep 283: Homeland, Survivor | When Nelly Thomas comes in to talk about Survivor, you know that it’s like a party for your ears, but is she losing faith in her one time bucket of television joy? And what’s with this new fascination with Celebrity Rehab? She explains all. Al | 10/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ep 282: Christos Tsiolkas | Features an interview with Christos Tsiolkas, author of The Slap, and we review 2 Broke Girls and Whitney… And see Outland in Seattle! | 10/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ep 281: At Home With Julia | Rick Kalowski is the executive producer and one of the three writer/creators of At Home With Julia. We spoke to him about the controversy the show caused but also look at the intentions and decisions behind making the show itself. Glenn Peters is in the c | 10/10/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ep 280: The Bazura Project | We interview ABC2's the Bazura Project, talk about watching Doctor Who in the cinema and discuss the Arrested Development rumours. | 10/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ep 279: Chas Licciardello | Josh spoke to Chas Licciardello about causing offence and becoming more mature. The interview is tasteful but may contain references to jokes about incest. | 9/26/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ep 278: Now We Are Six | It's our sixth birthday show and we take a look at all the TV that shaped us when we were six as individuals. It's a world of reminiscence. | 9/22/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ep 277: twentysomething | We speak to you Jess and Josh from twentysomething, a new show starting on ABC2. Also, there's some first impressions of FetchTV. | 8/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ep 276: cloudstreet | Is cloudstreet the best television drama creation to come out of Australia? Are David & Margaret taking out a court order against John? All of these questions may be answered. | 8/23/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ep 275: Suits | We review Suits and discuss our own personal television watching habits. Is the iPhone killing our concentration? | 8/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ep 274: Franklin & Bash, ABC Cuts | Review of Franklin and Bash, discuss the ABC cuts and look at the weekly news of television. | 8/10/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ep 271: Crownies, Four Corners | Review of Australian TV series, Crownies. Executive producer of current affairs programme, Four Corners, is interviewed. Amazing Race Australia news. | 8/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ep 272: Wilfred | A review of the US version of Wilfred. Two questionable McDonald's ads. Foxtel v Austar discussion and news of Marvel live action TV series. | 8/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ep 273: Falling Skies, Phoenix | We review the new US series Falling Skies and look back at Phoenix in Things You May Have Missed. Also, we analyse Angry Boys. Courteney Hocking is our co-host. | 8/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ep 270: Happy Endings, Supertrain | It’s quite fitting that we review the show Happy Endings this week because that’s the one we all watched during the week. John’s done a special Just Don’t Bother about the late 70s failure, Supertrain. There’s an Amazing Race | 7/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ep 269: Making SciFi TV for Adults | John and Josh wanted to investigate the reasons behind Australia makes so much acclaimed television science fiction and fantasy for children but never attempts to do anything for families or adults. | 7/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ep 257: Conviction Kitchen’s Vital | Courteney Hocking sits in the co-host chair to talk to Jean-Vital Syverin, the sous chef from Conviction Kitchen. We take a look at the new sketch comedy from the Independent Film Channel in the US, Portlandia. Toby Halligan’s Trotters brings us hom | 6/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ep 258: Bob’s Burgers, British Shows Down Under | Sometimes we just need to say what needs to be said. That’s exactly what we do this week. We pull no punches and we reveal all our opinions. Which opinions? Well, we tell you exactly what we think of Bob’s Burgers, the new animated series that | 6/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ep 259: The Chicago Code | You want in-depth and slightly waffly discussions about what makes good television? You have come to the right place. Dave Lawson joins us as regular co-host, a role he will share with John and Courteney from now on. We review the new show from Shaun Ryan | 6/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ep 260: Perfect Couples, Bendigo St | John Richards went to the former Channel 9 studios in Bendigo St Richmond to help pull it apart. He tells us why. Brett and Josh review the US series Perfect Couples. Brett tells us why. Josh has been watching The Celebrity Apprentice and you probably alr | 6/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ep 261: Marc Fennell, Disabled Characters | With co-host Courteney Hocking we take you on a magical journey through site, sound and cat noises. Marc Fennell, star of Hungry Beast and the Circle talks to us about the not so surprise third season of Hungry Beast. Sophie Geffros gives us an insider | 6/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ep 262: Survivor with Nelly Thomas | Due to popular demand and direct from her tour of North East Melbourne, Nelly Thomas is back to tell us all about the latest season of Survivor and why it’s still one of the best shows on television. We talk about some of the new technology involved in | 6/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ep 263: The Trip, American Gothic | You want the truth? You can probably handle the truth. But can you handle our review of the BBC2 series, The Trip? Okay, you can probably handle that. In fact, we recommend that you handle that. We also recommend that you handle our new segment already ch | 6/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ep 264: AFL Rights, Lone Star | Television is getting a lot more complicated as new technologies come forward. Last week we tried to cover the AFL rights issue but it’s really complicated. That why we brought in the big guns. Lucy Battersby from the Age and Sydney Morning Herald comes | 6/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ep 265: Game of Thrones, Freaks and Geeks | We review the HBO series Game of Thrones. In Good Die Young we look at Freaks and Geeks. Our cohost this week is copywriter and man-about-town, Glenn Peters. Listen to episode 265 Subscribe to the RSS Feed Subscribe using iTunes | 6/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ep 266: The Killing, Terriers | We review the AMC remake of the Danish drama The Killing. In Good Die Young we look at Terriers. Our cohost this week is the ever-pleasant and totally ROCKING, Courteney Hocking. Listen to episode 266 Subscribe to the RSS Feed Subscribe using iTunes | 6/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ep 267: Almighty Johnsons, Channel 9 Advertising | Remember ages ago when John told us that in New Zealand they were making a show about Norse gods who all lived in modern day Auckland? Well he did and it’s called the Almighty Johnsons and we review it for your pleasure. John and Josh went to a Chan | 6/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ep 268: Lawrence Leung, Winners & Losers | This is a massive show with Lawrence Leung telling us all about his new show Unbelievable. For the last few months, Channel 7 has had a new show on air called Winners & Losers. We thought it was about time we reviewed it. So we do that. We also watche | 6/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Live: Pat Mastroianni, Degrassi & Press Gang | Pat Mastroianni played the celebrated Joey Jeremiah on the classic late-80s / early-90s Canadian teen drama, Degrassi Junior High (and its subsequent series). He joined us live via Skype to discuss his involvement in the series. | 3/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 52 Episodes |
Customer Reviews
Great Podcast
This is my favorite podcast. Although this is an Australian tv podcast and I am an American I often hear US tv news here first. The hosts have a great rapport and are very witty and sophisticated. Although the Australian tv seems to have a lot of tv hosts, that of course I don't know, it doesn't seem to matter or detract from the enjoyment of this podcast. If you love tv or even love to criticize tv give this podcast a listen even if you live somewhere other than Australia.
Great show or TV fans!
If you are into television at all this is the show for you. Covering mostly Australian but some International television it is the #1 podcast source for all the latest industry news. Give it a try, you will find the hour or so fly by without noticing.
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Wonderful Podcast, great to hear an Aussie slant on TV with great interviews...
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