Loose Units: The Podcast

Last week, John's grades at school looked set to threaten his psospects as a cop - but how'd he do with his grades when he actually WAS a cop? In this episode of Loose Units: Busted, Paul walks John through the paperwork that saw him transferred to fingerprints, and the boys talk bullying, moustaches, and more.

What kinds of grades do you need to become a police officer? And what kind of rapscallion was John in school? Well, today on Loose Units: Busted, Paul reveals John's old school report. Your favourite father and son duo takes a trip down memory lane, delving into the marks that drove John into his uniform in the first place.

Paul pushes John to finally open up about how he met his partner on the force, Julian, and asks him why the friendship fell apart.

For years, John has told Paul the love story of how he joined the police force to get together with Christine - his mum. But now, it turns out there's...Another woman.

Young John is all set for his passing out parade at the police acaademy, when disaster strikes - he needs a military-grade haircut, stat! Plus, what happens when teenage John decides to suddenly don an impressive moustache?

One car chase down... two to go. This week, John tells Paul all about the rest of his "night of three car chases", and Christine's witnessing of a crime takes a terrifying step up.

John reveals a terrible crime witnessed by Christine, before beginning his tale of a night in the 80s when he, and his partner, took part in three consecutive car chases.

How do cops learn how to drive - not the basics, but the chases, the evasive driving, the scary stuff? In this week's episode, John tells Paul all about driver training at the academy, accidentally getting a little too personal in the process. And don't forget: Watson's new sketch comedy show, Watson: Underground, is on at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, and listeners get $25 tickets when they use the code LOOSEUNITSLOL at checkout!

What happens when John unearths a newspaper clipping - the very same ad that drew him to join the plice force all those years ago? Well, he and Paul end up finding out exactly what happened to John when he enrolled. Then, bloody new details from a surprise late night police inspection come to light.