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Ratbag with Mel & Sam

Mel & Sam
Ratbag with Mel & Sam
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  • Ratbag with Mel & Sam

    This Will Change Your Theatre-Going Experience FOREVER!!

    01/04/2026 | 30 mins.
    Hellooooo treasured rats!!

    Welcome to a giggly, gorgy ratfood comin in hot to you wherever you are in the world!

    Today, the girls let you in on a theatre-going theory that they believe will change your life FOREVER. It’s PHD level, peer-reviewed, and never misses.

    We also chat child agencies, the whiff of desperation, the truth about what happened to all of the Jane Banks’ from ‘Mary Poppins’ and all our shit-hot recommendations for who to go and see this Melbourne Comedy Festival season!

    Now go pick one of the names on this list and GO SEE THEIR SHOW! Allllllll of these people have incredible shows you need to get our eyeballs on!

    MICF RECS:
    Alex Donnelly
    Alex Hines
    Anisa Nandaula
    Ally Morgan
    Blake Pavey
    Burton Brothers
    Casey Filips
    Chloe Petts
    Con Coutis
    Dan Tiernan
    Demi Adejuyigbe
    Elf Lyons
    Elliot Wood
    Elouise Eftos
    Emma Holland
    Frankie McNair
    Gabbi Bolt
    Garry Starr
    Geraldine Hickey
    Gillian Cosgriff
    Hannah Camilleri
    Hannah Gadsby
    Helen Bauer
    Henry Yan
    Hot Department
    Isabelle Carney
    Jenny Tian
    Jordan Barr
    Kate Dolan
    Kirsty Webeck
    Lara Ricote
    Lou Wall
    Mish Wittrup
    Olga Koch
    Ruby Teys
    Scout Boxall
    Sophie Duker
    Tom Ballard
    Tricksy Collins
    Zachary Ruane
    Zainab Johnson
    Zoe Coombs Marr

    We will see you for another Ratbag on Monday, and wishing you love and cheese cubes wherever you are in the world this Ratfood day.

    Okay! Love you, bye!

    xx

    Mel & Sam



    You can watch the full video form of this episode on YouTube HERE: https://youtube.com/@themelandsam?si=jzeN-E_-DcE-DGHS

    Here’s the link to the Ratbag Chatbag!
    https://ig.me/j/AbZXnq4ipW10Ynq3/

    Follow 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 [email protected]!



    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 Podcast
    Recorded at Haven't You Done Well Productions
    Produced by Thomas Zahariou & Lucy Bain
    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
  • Ratbag with Mel & Sam

    BYO Korg with The OG Rat: Gabbi Bolt

    29/03/2026 | 1h 3 mins.
    Hello darling hearts and welcome to another 'Ratbag' episode! Now, strap in divas because it's time for another guest episode!! Today we are joined by THE Gabbi Bolt! Gabbi is multi-disciplinary artist who rose to prominence in the early 2020s through her viral online content. Her debut solo musical comedy show sold out nationally and earned her the Best Newcomer Award at Sydney Comedy Festival and now she is touring her new show 'Small Poppy' in 2026 and today we are thrilled she has joined us for an hour! It today's episode we chat where her love of music came from, her favourite musicals, the viral moment that was the Ratatouille musical and much, much more. We of course open up our 'Bring Bring Bitch' Hotline for your burning questions and then get ready caus we have an EXTENDED 'Hit It Toots' accompanied by none other than Gabbi herself, on her Korg! We hope you love the episode!
    See you on Thursday for another 'Ratfood'!
    Love Mel & Sam

    Follow Gabbi here: https://www.instagram.com/gabbiboltofficial/
    Tickets for her Melbourne show: https://www.comedyfestival.com.au/browse-shows/gabbi-bolt-small-poppy/
    Tickets for her Sydney show: https://www.factorytheatre.com.au/event/gabbi-bolt-small-poppy/
    Tickets for her Brisbane show: https://brisbanepowerhouse.org/events/gabbi-bolt/



    Follow 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 [email protected]!



    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 Podcast
    Recorded at Haven't You Done Well Productions
    Produced by Thomas Zahariou & Lucy Bain
    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
  • Ratbag with Mel & Sam

    Insecurities & Illness (Sleepover Style) BECAUSE WE CONTAIN MULTITUDES !!!

    25/03/2026 | 27 mins.
    Hellooooo treasured rats!!

    We hope this gorgy, softly spoken, warm hug of a ratfood meets you wherever you’re at today. We personally are exhausted and feeling a bit ‘woe is me’ so please - join us!!

    We are ultra sleepover style today (and joined by Mel’s foster cat Tora - OBVIOUSLY) and coming together to chat everything from foreign language competition blunders, to dogs not having boundaries, to chicken noodle soup supremacy and lots in between.

    Sammy opens up about an insecurity of hers that has been getting her down, Mel chats about her week off with pneumonia and most importantly - there’s lots of giggles and warmth in this one for you if you need it!

    We will see you for another Ratbag on Monda and wishing you love and cheese cubes wherever you are in the world this Ratfood day.

    Okay! Love you, bye!

    xx

    Mel & Sam



    You can watch the full video form of this episode on YouTube HERE: https://youtube.com/@themelandsam?si=jzeN-E_-DcE-DGHS

    Here’s the link to the Ratbag Chatbag!
    https://ig.me/j/AbZXnq4ipW10Ynq3/

    Follow 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 [email protected]!



    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 Podcast
    Recorded at Haven't You Done Well Productions
    Produced by Thomas Zahariou & Lucy Bain
    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
  • Ratbag with Mel & Sam

    Ride The Cyclone Is Cats With Dead Children, With Cassie Hamilton

    22/03/2026 | 1h
    Hey there you little buttons! GUESS WHAT it's time for another guest episode and today we are joined by the wonderful Cassie Hamilton.
    If you don't know Cassie, first get ready to fall in love. Cassie is a playright, screen writer, song writer, actor and all round force in our industry.
    In today's episode we chat her new musical 'Transgender Woman On The Internet Crying' which will be going presented at The Old Fitz in March. We talk through her creative process, what she does to stay motivated, a musical she thinks is overhyped and much much more. As always we open up our 'Bring Bring Bitch' hotline for questions from you rats and we round out the episode improvising the back-alley production of the last 5 Years. Thank you so much for listening!

    Follow Cassie here: https://www.instagram.com/cassievehamilton/



    Follow 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 [email protected]!



    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 Podcast
    Recorded at Haven't You Done Well Productions
    Produced by Thomas Zahariou & Lucy Bain
    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
  • Ratbag with Mel & Sam

    Ned Kelly’s Fascinating Family Tree

    15/03/2026 | 43 mins.
    Hey darling pies!
    Thrilled you are taking our pod for another spin!! For this weeks Ratbag we bang into the episode chatting the names that are illegal to call your child. What follows this chat is a spine chilling realisation for Mel and her family tree which takes our episode down a very funny turn. Then we have a write in from a rat asking us to expand our Mel and Sam universe to make space for three new members.
    Then our ‘Kick Ons’ gets us pulling our hair out as we decide to freeze or boil to death, before we send it home through Tom’s favourite genre - metal.
    Enjoy bbys and see you on Thursday for another ‘Ratfood!’
    Xx Mel and Sam



    Follow 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 [email protected]!



    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 Podcast
    Recorded at Haven't You Done Well Productions
    Produced by Thomas Zahariou & Lucy Bain
    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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About Ratbag with Mel & Sam

Australia’s most exciting queer comedy duo: Mel & Sam host their brand new podcast: RATBAG. Join them as these besties and also quasi-reformed-theatre-kids host weekly episodes every Monday and Thursday. With everything from unpacking conspiracies, to riffing on their always-open-always-caring-about-you hotline, it’s vital this podcast is in your weekly listening rotation. In this pod, Mel & Sam bring the late-night-kick-ons chats to you but rather than it being 3am and you’re wedged between two randoms with an eyelash cascading down your face, you’re listening whenever you want... so go for that "walk", buy that overpriced matcha latte and get it in your ear holes you RATBAGS. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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