The Shepmates Show

Back to back guests, and this week we took the show to the MCG. Sunny day, birds chirping, trucks reversing, and the bloke who draws the Grand Final poster. Mark Knight joins us in the MCG gardens. Chief editorial cartoonist at the Herald Sun, a drawing every single day, and the man behind every premiership poster since 2009. He peels back the curtain on the biggest week of his year: how he preps a poster when there's still four teams left, who's sweating on his big year cartoon , where his ideas actually come from, and what happens to the losing team's poster. The boys also brought something with them. Two framed drawings that have been on their wall for 15 years, done when they were 10, copied from a Mark Knight original. Mark's review is worth the price of admission. And then he picks up the pen and draws the boys, live, while Miles decides to draw him back. But before all that..Archie witnessed the greatest local footy game of the year , Dumb and Dumber is BACK and it's Marketplace related again, and the boys had a run in with a Team of the Year member outside the G that we still can't explain. Get Involved: hello@shepmates.club

The boys are back and the bedroom has a new chair.. because this week we have our first ever in-house guest, and we thought we'd start small.Brian Taylor joins us in the studio. One of the great voices of Australian footy, two decades on Seven and Triple M, and a bloke who owes the boys an apology after the Legends Game. He delivers it. Then he peels back the curtain on the whole thing: how it took him ten years to find his voice, the one line from his boss that gave him permission to go big, why he can tell inside five minutes whether he's on, and the call he's proudest of.He also gets honest about the criticism. What his sons told him to do about the comments, the mates in the industry who've needed help, and the number one of the best in the world gave him that changed how he thinks about the haters.And then there's the footy he played. Two jobs at once, a plumbing apprenticeship that took a 16 year old somewhere he wasn't expecting, 100 goals in a season, pre-seasons with no water, and the one thing from the 80s he'd bring back if he could. PLUS the boys get BT to rank his tools, because everything's got to be battery these days.But before all that.. the NFL took over Melbourne. The boys tried on a Super Bowl ring, got onto the ground at the G with a drink in hand, sat next to an Essendon full forward, and watched 100,000 people throw paper planes. Should the AFL do premiership rings? The boys have thoughts, and one of them called the result last week.Keep a close ear out for this weeks Word of the Week.. Archie's been told to try harder.Get Involved: hello@shepmates.club

The boys are back in the studio and Melbourne is humming.. finals are here, the NFL has rolled into town and the Sunday Footy Show has apparently started listening to the pod.Word of the Week is back, and it's got a new ambassador. Dermot Brereton had his say on the Clarko sacking and dropped six words in one take that had the boys reaching for the dictionary. Is Dermi out of touch with the common AFL punter, or are we just dumb? Miles also gets hit with "anti-politeness" in a supermarket aisle, and no one can work out what that even is.The NFL is in Melbourne.. the 49ers have been here all week, the Rams are flying in the night before. Genius or disrespectful? The boys disagree.Archie's Bulletin makes its return with a wildcard Aussie at the US Open, a 19 year old punter roosting it in college, a suspicious number of Bens signing contracts, a goal-line clanger from the Geelong Footy League that has to be seen frame by frame, and grave concerns for Dan after a disruption to his nightly magnesium regime.And a new segment gets debuted by our Vice President, local cricket captain and producer Daniel Allen. His cricket club is on its knees, he's got a committee meeting this week, and the podcast is now running the pitch. Write in with your ideas.Keep a close ear out for this weeks Word of the Week.. the department is only growing.Get Involved: hello@shepmates.club

Its Legends Week!! The boys are in the studio and this is the biggest week of the year.. Thursday night we run out at Marvel alongside Buddy, Cyril, Gaz Jr and Dustin Martin in the AFL Legends Game, all to raise funds for prostate cancer. We preview the whole thing: the ins and outs, best on predictions from the pregame dinner to the huddle, Operation Twin Sandwich, and Archie delivers a formal pitch to coach Kane Cornes that has to be heard to be believed.But before all that.. Miles hates charity (context is everything), a dentist calls mid podcast, and Dan comes back from the desert with a new name. Plus Commentary Chaos is back rating the weekend's biggest calls, Dan recruits us for local cricket, and the ShepNugget returns.And keep a close ear out for this weeks Word of the Week.. Dan reckons he snuck TWO past us and we missed both. If you caught them, message us.Come to the game Thursday night or donate, all for a great cause.Get Involved: hello@shepmates.club

Big week at Shepmates HQ! The boys have officially been picked for the AFL Legends Game at Marvel Stadium, the local footy chapter closes with one final serve from the Rye faithful, and somehow a marathon ends up on the line...Then the big man arrives. Scott Hanson, the voice of NFL RedZone, joins us from his home in Los Angeles ahead of the Rams v 49ers season opener at the MCG. Seventeen seasons, 294 shows, never missed one. Scott takes us inside the machine: the five hour audition that won him the gig, what he actually does the ONE time nature won in a decade, and the day a boxing dress rehearsal served him up two identical twins. He also reveals why the MCG game will be the biggest NFL crowd anywhere in the world this season, and exactly how he'd attack a 10:35am kickoff as a fan.But before all that... the Legends Game squad chat gets serious, we farewell local footy the only way Rye knows how, and Australia gets Bangladesh'd while our boys were on the golf course.Word of the week is back and this one finally gets airborne.. keep your ears on early...Get Involved: hello@shepmates.club

The boys are back from Europe, massively jet-lagged, and bringing you an episode heavily supported by elite athletes Australia’s fastest man dials in from a Budapest Airbnb to show us what actual peak performance looks like. We chat with the Lachlan Kennedy about shattering a 26-year-old Aussie record in 9.85 seconds. Lachie peels back the curtain on all things comm games and gives us an insight into his time in Glasgow. On the flip side of excellence, Miles accidentally steals a stranger's luggage from the airport carousel. Archie leaves a laptop and an expensive bracelet at two different UK hotels.Lastly make sure you keep a close ear out for this weeks word of the week, Its almost impossible to catch...Get Involved: hello@shepmates.club

75 years of heartbreak, ended in style! 🏆This week, the boys sit down with Midwest Radio's Steven Grealis—the voice behind the viral, tear-jerking Gaelic Football commentary that took social media by storm.Steven breaks down what it was like calling Mayo’s historic victory, breaking a 75-year curse, losing top talent like Kobe McDonald to Australia, and what happens when you hit the "nuclear button" in the commentary box!Plus, the boys dives into some local sporting dog acts touching on the viral "Click-gate" scandal sweeping park cricket.Get Involved: Hello@shepmates.clubJust one more thing, we ran into some serious Wi-Fi battles, island fever/COVID, and technical gremlins while recording this one hence it being audio only. The sound quality is a bit rougher than our usual studio setup, but the interview was too good not to drop! Thanks for bearing with us as we promised we weren't going to miss another week. we’ll be back to regular broadcast quality next week! Cheers Mates.