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AE 1435 - Buckley's Chance & Budgie Smugglers | Does Dad Know It Ep 5
Why do Aussies call Speedos "budgie smugglers", and where does "Buckley's chance" come from? Pete and his dad Ian yarn about ten iconic Australian slang words — from crikey and rack off to eskies and durries.
AE 1438 - The Goss: What Pets Did We Have Growing Up in Australia?
Pete and his dad Ian swap wild family pet stories — Butch the pram-guarding Boxer, a TV-cable-chewing Burmese cat, hyperactive guinea pigs, runaway terrapins and Kenny the snake — and reflect on how Aussie pet ownership has changed over the decades.
AE 1437 - Some Very RUDE Aussie Slang | Does Dad Know It Ep 6
Pete and his dad are back for a proper yarn about Aussie slang — what makes someone a larrikin, why a tinny is also a fishing boat, where the mozzie comes from, what a ute is, and some very colourful (and rude) local expressions.
AE 1436 - 5-Minute News: Why Do These Computers Need To Be Fed?
Imagine a computer that needs to be fed. Pete explores Melbourne-based Cortical Labs' biological computers in Singapore — machines combining silicon chips with 200,000 lab-grown human neurons that need oxygen and sugar to survive.
AE 1434 - Why Are These Galah's Cracking Tinnies? | Does Dad Know It Ep 4
Ever wondered why Aussies call someone a "galah" or what it means to "give it a burl"? Pete and his dad Ian crack open ten classic Aussie slang terms — from why our native birds act like clowns to whether "muzz" is real local lingo or just a tech glitch.
AE 1432 - 5-Minute News: Why Is Australia Vaccinating 5,000 Penguins?
How do you vaccinate over 5,000 completely wild penguins — not once, but twice? In this debut Five Minute News episode, Pete breaks down Australia's effort to protect the world's largest little penguin colony from H5N1 bird flu, and teaches the expression "worst-case scenario".
AE 1431 - Aussie Childhoods Were Epic! What Do We Miss Most?
Pete and his dad have a good old-fashioned yarn about the little things that made growing up in Australia so magical — mixed lolly bags at the milk bar, footy in the street until the streetlights came on, trading Tazos, and why being bored as a kid was the best thing ever.
AE 1430 - Dead Horses & Flat Lizards - Does Dad Know It? Ep 3
Pete and Ian put ten iconic Aussie slang terms to the test — decoding rhyming slang like "dead horse" and "Captain Cook", why a snag is a "mystery bag", and why tone is everything when you're slinging a "good on you".
AE 1426 - The Goss: What Was High School Like in Australia? - Part 1
Pete and Dad take a trip down memory lane to compare Aussie school days across two generations — woollen blazers in the February heat, strict headmistresses, Foursquare in the schoolyard, canteen carb-overload, and Dad's brush with Colin Hay from Men at Work.
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