Ratbag with Mel & Sam

Hiiii cutie pies!!Happy Ratfood day to one to all. Hope ya ready for a lil nibbleeee on some silly silly stories in this giggly, giggly ep because we have packed them IN today.We open the ep unpacking Lucy’s cruise romance (can’t beLIEVE we missed the opportunity for a joke around Lucy Bain/Bain Marie but - here we are!!) and we absolutely FAIL to craft her the perfect message. Sammy then opens up a curious can of worms to do with penne and planes (flight attendants pls explain yourselves in the comments), and finally - Sam hits us with a THRILLING tale that we are honestly still gagged at from her week about how she lost her phone, and more importantly … how she got it back. WILD.Hope you’re all staying cool in this bananasss heat wave we’re having here in Aus! And sending lots of love cheese cubes as always.See ya for another Ratbag on Monday.Love ya!Mel & Samxoxo—You can watch the full video form of this episode on YouTube HERE: https://youtube.com/@themelandsam?si=jzeN-E_-DcE-DGHSFollow 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!—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 PodcastRecorded at Haven't You Done Well ProductionsProduced by Thomas Zahariou & Lucy Bain

Well hello there bbys! Thanks for joining us again!In today's episode Sam gets inspired by Tyra Banks' recent Hot Ice Cream venture which encourages a conversation around inventions and the ones we need, and really do not need. Our hotline asks us the vital question 'what cars would musical theatre characters drive?' and someone get the cast of Matilda OFF the e-scooters please!!! We then head to school and imagine we are a principal hiring staff for our teaching cohort, but the spanner is, we can only cast celebrities. She's a super silly one we hope you enjoy!Love you v much!!!XX Mel and Sam—You can watch the full video form of this episode on YouTube HERE: https://bit.ly/MelAndSamYouTubeFollow 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!—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 PodcastRecorded at Haven't You Done Well

Can’t believe we’re here you guys. We’ve arrived. It’s 2026, and we PERSONALLY couldn’t be more thrilled to see you all here! Thank you so much for joining us over the past year - we can’t wait for another lap round the sun with us in your ear holes chatting shit!In today’s Ratfood, we chat all things from our attitudes towards 2026 and how we feel entering her, to the colour and words of the year gone and the year to come, our fave pop culture moments, tv shows of the year and of course … the time Michelle Visage reached out to Sam.Wishing you all a glorious start to the new year and sending u cheese cubes as always.We will see you for another Ratbag on Monday, and we love ya! Happy new year!Love,Mel & Samxoxo—You can watch the full video form of this episode on YouTube HERE: https://youtube.com/@themelandsam?si=jzeN-E_-DcE-DGHSFollow 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!—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 PodcastRecorded at Haven't You Done Well ProductionsProduced by Thomas Zahariou & Lucy Bain

Hello there rats and welcome to the new year... well... the week of the new year!!!In today's episode we bring back our 'ins and outs' for 2026, and from Mel's desire for us to chat to our neighbours and Sam's interest in bringing 'toe socks' back, our lists are packed! We then reflect on the year that was, the highlights, the lowlights and the things we are grateful for (a huge one being you) in the bumper year that was 2025. Our 'Kick Ons' has us designing our own dream NYE party whilst skipping NO details, and building the beach hang of our dreams, and then our 'Hit It Toots!' has us improvising the perfect, soulless, corporate New Years song. A terrific ai-spooky-but-actually-live-by-us song that is the perfect way to shiver into the new year.Thanks as always for listening, we love you!!See you on Thursday for another ‘Ratfood!’Love you alwaysXX Mel and Sam—You can watch the full video form of this episode on YouTube HERE: https://bit.ly/MelAndSamYouTubeFollow 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!—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 PodcastRecorded at Haven't You Done Well

Your plate is stacked high with leftover ham. Things are lethargic. The fan is whirring in the corner of the room. All bets are off. Nothing counts for anything. Welcome to the Interim.Rats rats rats. This is our giggliest Ratfood in a whiiiiiiile hehehe. Let us guide you through the most CAVENOUS week in the calendar year - the week between Christmas and new years.We chat all things from a revelation about why men are REALLY going to the cricket, Mel’s most adult purchase to date, Sammy’s childhood trauma from this time of year and so, so, so much more. You won’t wanna miss this one.Sending you all so much love this holiday season. Love and cheese cubes to you alllll as always, and we will of course see you for another Ratbag on Monday for our New Year’s Eve special!Mwa!Mel & Samxoxo—You can watch the full video form of this episode on YouTube HERE: https://youtube.com/@themelandsam?si=jzeN-E_-DcE-DGHSFollow 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!—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 PodcastRecorded at Haven't You Done Well ProductionsProduced by Thomas Zahariou & Lucy Bain

Ho, ho, ho!!! Happy Holidays rats and welcome to the SECOND (yeah the tradition!!) Ratbag Christmas Special!In today's episode we begin with a much needed unpacking of the Glee Christmas Episode, be prepared, Mel has pages of notes. We then sing the 12 days of christmas but fill in the blanks with what we would gift eachother and, can't lie, we definitely present different projects to one another. Then we riff on what celebrities would sound like singing their own original christmas carols, which naaaaaturally leads into our hit it toots!Whether you celebrate Christmas or not, we want to say Happy Holidays to you and we love you very much!!!Thanks as always for having us in your weekly rotation.See you on Thursday for another ‘Ratfood!’Love you alwaysXX Mel and Sam—You can watch the full video form of this episode on YouTube HERE: https://bit.ly/MelAndSamYouTubeFollow 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!—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 PodcastRecorded at Haven't You Done Well

Hi beauties. It’s been a really dark and heavy week in Australia this week. We hope that this half hour of silly, light chats can help to provide the tiniest reprieve. We are sending an extra bit of love to all our listeners this week after the atrocities that occurred in Bondi on Sunday night. We love you. In today’s ep, Mel goes innnnnnnn on some of her silliest tales from her incredible trip to Thailand, Vietnam and Laos. It’s giving “ask not what you can do for your Fatphobia, but what your Fatphobia can do for YOUUUU”. We unpack the Chatty Kathy effect while travelling, what it’s like travelling with a partner (fights included - OBVIOUSLY), the devastation of saying goodbye to any hope of looking hot in a travel photo and of course … the Mum-Ification of Mel O’Brien. Steps 1, 2 and 3. We hope these travel stories make you giggle! Love and cheese cubes to you all this Ratfood day, and we will of course see you for another Ratbag on Monday.Go gently this week, treasures. Love,Mel & Samxoxo—You can watch the full video form of this episode on YouTube HERE: https://youtube.com/@themelandsam?si=jzeN-E_-DcE-DGHSFollow 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!—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 PodcastRecorded at Haven't You Done Well ProductionsProduced by Thomas Zahariou & Lucy Bain

Well HIIIII rats! Thanks for joining us yet again!In today's episode Mel brings her heated list of her current gripes with technology, and from forms and their inability to accept an apostrophe, to maps hating when you 'add a stop' we hope this list feels cathartic. We then get right into a listener story involving a ghost and Mel tries her best to pretend she belives in ghosts, and let's just say this, she needs to work on her acting. There's then a fun riff around the things we hated as kids that we now love as adults, and we sing from the perspective of Siri and a Ghost.Thanks as always for having us in your weekly rotation.See you on Thursday for another ‘Ratfood!’Love you alwaysXX Mel and Sam—You can watch the full video form of this episode on YouTube HERE: https://bit.ly/MelAndSamYouTubeFollow 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!—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 PodcastRecorded at Haven't You Done Well

Hello angels!Wishing you a very ratty Thursday as we prepare for our 24 hour livestream (HELP).Today we are chatting about the ‘Angel tree’ trend that has been saturating our eyes on TikTok, the ins and outs of ‘giving’ as someone with a platform, some of the ways in which we are choosing to use our platforms this holiday season and what happens when a fandom name just doesn’t stick?We also go in talking about THEEEEE Lady Gaga tour, the politics of the infamous barricade walk and lots, lots more.Love and cheese cubes to you all this Ratfood day, and we will of course see you for another Ratbag on Monday.Mwa mwa mwa!Mel & Samxoxo—You can watch the full video form of this episode on YouTube HERE: https://youtube.com/@themelandsam?si=jzeN-E_-DcE-DGHSFollow 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!—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 PodcastRecorded at Haven't You Done Well ProductionsProduced by Thomas Zahariou