Gardyloo is the word of the day in Almost a Radio Show. It’s what people yelled from upstairs windows to warm passers-by below that they were about to empty their chamber pot onto the street. There’s Rod Stewart in a band before he became famou...

In Almost a Radio Show the word ‘textpectation’ enters the language… John Paul Young enters a band called Elm Tree… there are more portmanteaus than you can poke a podcast at… a Bob Dylan cover that knocks Bob out of the park…there’s Dexys Midn...

It’s Almost a Radio Show podcast 21 and what do these have in common – buffleheads, bustards, boobies, bushtits, dickcissels, goat suckers, bog suckers and honeycreepers? Who is the famous rocker whose first band was called The Golliwogs? Which...

Brouhaha brings you Episode 20 of Almost a Radio Show… Who is that famous muso in a band called The Pink Finks? Who is that singer who loves rock and roll? Who fooled around and fell in love? Who was just a red brassiere to all the boys in town...

This Almost a Radio Show podcast is brought to you by the word ‘bumfuzzled’. It’s an old word meaning confused, baffled or puzzled. As in “I am bumfuzzled as to why Donald Trump was voted in as President again. Was it because Joe Biden spent th...

Almost a Radio Show, podast number 18… Where would you find your acnestis? Who was in Rick and the Ravens before finding fame? What do you know about asparagus? What would be the Richie Valens cover? What was Barry McGuire’s one-hit...

This week's Almost a Radio podcast is brought to you by discombobulate... There’s Madonna's first band before found fame as Madonna... Blind Faith with a Buddy Holly cover... Remember Abigail's sexy one-hit-wonder?... Warren Zevon makes an appe...

PeterFrampton in a band before he became famous...a cover of a Jimmy Webb classic by Donna Summer... The Buggles with their One-Hit-Wonder... Glam-rocker Marc Bolan... a fabulous accidental invention, trivia, fun factoids and a surprise cover o...

This week's podcast is brought to you by the lovely smell of rain on dust, petrichor. There’s a stack of goodies including a cryptic pregnancy, jobs celebrities had before they became celebrities, a famous muso with a song before he found fame,...

Quafftide – it is a time of day, week, month or year that drinkers enjoy… there’s an Australian inland city that has a beach, that saw the first ever Chiko Roll and gave birth to The Eurythmics… John Farnham belts out a cover…  there’s som...

Just what can jentacular tittynopes be? There’s another accidental invention, fun factoids and a pot pourri of performers in Ray Charles, Herman’s Hermits, Gary Shearston, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Boys II Men and the Starland Vocal Band with a delightfu...

Pot-Valiant is a quaint term for alcohol inspired bravado or stupidity… David Bowie sings when he was still known as Davy Jones… Zager & Evans sing the only song they are known for as Zager & Evans… It’s a mad world for Gary Jules and a...

This week’s Almost a Radio Show podcast is brought to you by Winklepickers! We’ve got Brian May and Roger Taylor in a band before they became part of Queen… an Aussie band covering Eleanor Rigby… a one-hit-wonder from John Fred and his Playboy ...

Serendipity is the word in this week’s podcast… those wonderful parts of life that are totally unplanned but make for unforgettable memories. There’s music from 16yo Billy Field in a band called King Fox, Johnny Cash with a terrific cover, a on...

This week’s podcast is called Euphoric Phlegm because we reveal a survey’s finding of the five worst and best sounding words in the English language. There’s Neil Young in a band before he became famous, movie trivia, a great cover from Urge Ov...

This week’s Almost a Radio Show is brought to you by an Ultracrepidarian. There’s Phil Collins before he joined Genesis in a band called Flaming Youth… A cover of a Prince song knocks Prince out of the park, Gallery provides the one-hit-wonder,...

This week’s Almost a Radio Show podcast is brought to you by Bumfiddling, and that may not be what you are thinking! There’s AC/DC’s Bon Scott singing bubblegum, a fabulous cover song that had its origins a century earlier, a terrific one-hit w...

In this week’s Almost a Radio Show podcast we ask the question, Are You a Tidsoptimist?  We have Ringo Starr drumming up a storm before he joined The Beatles in Rory Storm and The Hurricanes… There’s a fabulous cover song that most people ...

This week’s Almost a Radio Show podcast is called Ocker Shocker because of something embarrassing that happened to Dave… There’s a song from Tom and Jerry – that was the duet’s name before Simon and Garfunkel… Jimi Hendrix provides one of the b...

This week’s Almost a Radio Show podcast has Elton John performing as Reggie Dwight in a band he called Bluesology… Sting performing a cover of an Elton John classic… a one hit wonder from The Cascades… we dig up Brian Jones for a trip down Roll...

In this week’s Almost a Radio Show podcast we ask the question, Are You a Scurryfunger? As well as trivia, fun factoids and random chat, there’s Billy Joel in a duet called Atilla before he became famous as The Piano Man… The best cover ever of...

This week’s Almost a Radio Show podcast is called Show Us Your Tittles but tittles may not be what you think! As usual, there's some great music including a song from a singer before he became famous, a cover song that may surprise, a one-hit w...

Clatterfart is a Northern England and Scottish word that dates back to the 1500s. It means a talkative person and that describes Dave and Ian, the hosts of this new 30-minute podcast series called Almost a Radio Show. There's some great music a...

Very excited about the upcoming MSing About podcast series, Almost a Radio Show. Dave Prior will be joining Ian each week for a 30-minute podcast that has great music, quirky music and one-hit wonders plus Word of the Week, trivia, obscure fact...

Ernie Dingo played Uncle Tadpole in the movie Bran Nue Dae. He also taught me how to tickle trout. He is just one of several Indigenous (and non-Indigenous) Australians who helped shape my social conscious.