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AE 1435 - Buckley's Chance & Budgie Smugglers | Does Dad Know It Ep 5
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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.

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4 Oct 20262 min read
AE 1438 - The Goss: What Pets Did We Have Growing Up in Australia?
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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.

pete smissenlearn australian englishaustralian culture
4 Oct 20261 min read
AE 1437 - Some Very RUDE Aussie Slang | Does Dad Know It Ep 6
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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.

pete smissenaustralian slanglearn australian english
27 Sept 20262 min read
AE 1433 - The Goss: Why Do Aussies Love Camping?
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AE 1433 - The Goss: Why Do Aussies Love Camping?

Why are Aussies so obsessed with packing up the car and heading into the bush? Pete and Ian have a proper yarn about Australian camping — canvas tents in torrential downpours at Wilsons Prom, pushy wombats, and why our wildlife gets a worse rap than it deserves.

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30 Aug 20262 min read
AE 1428 - 10 Australian Slang Terms & Expressions - Does Dad Know It? Ep 1
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AE 1428 - 10 Australian Slang Terms & Expressions - Does Dad Know It? Ep 1

Ever wondered if true-blue Aussies actually use words like drongo or bin chicken in everyday chat? Pete sits down with his dad to put ten classic Aussie slang terms to the ultimate test — from chucking a sickie to what "yeah, nah" really means.

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2 Aug 20262 min read
AE 1426 - The Goss: What Was High School Like in Australia? - Part 1
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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.

pete smissenlearn australian englishaustralian english podcast
19 Jul 20262 min read
AE 1426 - The Goss: What Was High School Like in Australia? - Part 2 [Members Only]Plus
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AE 1426 - The Goss: What Was High School Like in Australia? - Part 2 [Members Only]

Part 2, members only. Pete and Ian go deeper into Aussie school culture — strict teachers, the infamous 1974 Woomera school trip, classic pranks, camp disasters, and what it was really like growing up as a teenager in 1970s Australia.

pete smissenlearn australian englishian smissen
19 Jul 20261 min read
AE 1422 REPLAY - The Goss: More & More Aussies Earning Money Through Side Hustles
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AE 1422 REPLAY - The Goss: More & More Aussies Earning Money Through Side Hustles

Pete gets his dad Ian Smissen back on the podcast to talk about Australians taking on side hustles. Are they driven by the economy and sky-high prices, or is this the new #QuietQuitting trend? Plus, how side hustles have changed since Dad's day.

pete smissenlearn australian englishian smissen
21 Jun 20262 min read
REPLAY - The Goss: The Queen, the King, and Should Australia Now Become a Republic
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REPLAY - The Goss: The Queen, the King, and Should Australia Now Become a Republic

In today's episode... THIS IS A REPLAY Hey, you guys! How’s it going this week? We went on a recent holiday at Inverloch so I got my dad Ian back on the podcast for another Goss episode. Today’s episode is about this brewing question among Australians: Should Australia now become a Republic? You see, Australia has been having this difficulty on whether we switch to being a republic than being a Commonwealth. And now that Queen Elizabeth II has passed,…

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10 May 20261 min read

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