Ratbag with Mel & Sam

Right. If anyone knows a ball kid. Or knows someone who KNOWS someone who knows a ball kid. You know where to send ‘em.
It’s Australian Open season rattieeeees, and we have felt INSPIRED to chat all things sport today (nee naw - new content alert, when have we ever talked about sport before?? Hahahaha)
We’re chatting all things from the reasons why ball kids are famous to us, the sports we grew up playing, our fave sporting stereotypes (net ballers, we’re lookin at youuu), our different experiences going to all girls and co-ed schools, some early tales of our rascal behaviour and much, much more.
We hope this episode finds you so well - wherever you are! Thanks so much for stopping by. Lots of love and cheese cubes as always and we’ll see you for another Ratbag this coming Monday.
Love you all.
xx
Mel & Sam
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You can watch the full video form of this episode on YouTube HERE: https://youtube.com/@themelandsam?si=jzeN-E_-DcE-DGHS
LIVE POD (Cheerful Earful, Melb) TIX HERE: https://cheerfulearful.podlifeevents.com/festival/ratbag-with-mel--sam---live-from-cheerful-earful-podcast-festival-4-oct-2025-tickets
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]!
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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.
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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.

Hey rats! We're back for another Ratbag in a brand new studio! To kick things off we are circling back to the ranking of the Arnotts assorted creams, but this time... we're going savory edition. We will be ranking the 'Shapes' range, and we find ourselves shocked that Shapes were invented in the 50s??? Come again??? Next we get a question in our hotline about the kind of jobs that we would absolutely fail at, and someone get Mel away from a rubbish tip. Our 'Kick Ons' gets us unpacking how much money we would need to live stream our life for an hour before we improvise the ballad of 'Nacho Cheese'. Thank you as always for listening. Absolute ILY!!!

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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.

Greetings to the rat den!!!

Today’s Ratfood is a juicy one, boys. We chat everything from Ariana Grande and Jonathan Bailey’s casting in ‘Sunday In The Park With George’ - what we’re keen for, and what we’re not so keen for - Mel tells us alllllll about her foster kitty, Tom tells us about the predicament of his resting bitch face, and we learn about a natural phenomenon that has made Sam’s blood CURDLE.

Hope life is good wherever you are in the world reading this. Sending lots of love and cheese cubes as always, and let us know your thoughts in the comments.

We’ll see ya for another Ratbag on Monday.

Love ya!

Mel & Sam

xoxo

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

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]!

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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.

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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.

"Hey fam anmd welcome to a kind of different ep this week! If you didn't know, we recently went live for a whole 24 hours, to raise money for Gaza, and today we bring to you a slice of this live, as we recorded a podcast ep as part of the stream, when we were as fresh as a daisy, one hour in! In this episode we chat 'the rules that exist when riding hot air balloons', our hot takes on Wicked - For Good, Sam gets passionate for a second about perfume and much much more. We hope you enjoy a different kind of ep this week, she's a real special one! See you on Thursday for 'Ratfood!'
Love Mel & Sam xx

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Podcast: https://podfollow.com/ratbag-with-mel-and-sam
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/melandsam

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.

Hellooooo RAT DEN!

Happy Ratfood day to youuu. Today we go INNN on a dissection of the new Netflix documentary ‘Simon Cowell: The Next Act’, and the creation of the brand new boy band ‘December 10’.

After Pop Star Academy and the creation and smash hit of Katseye, we were MEGA keen to see what this was all about and we absolutely have thoughts a plentyyy.

We cover everything from rogue marketing choices, to what we consider to be a bung steer of a launch, to our fave members, what we see for their future as a group and everything in between.

Hope life is good wherever you are in the world reading this. Sending lots of love and cheese cubes as always, and let us know your thoughts in the comments.

We’ll see ya for another Ratbag on Monday.

Love ya!

Mel & Sam

xoxo

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

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]!

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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.

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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.