The Cringe is Real
The podcast that cringes along with Australian Reality TV and pop culture at large.
Episodes
64 episodes
Bonus Episode - 1st Anniversary (w/ Aspin James)
Welcome to a very special bonus episode to celebrate one whole year of The Cringe is Real. How time flies! Huge thanks to all my guests and listeners - to many more cringey years to come. To celebrate - Sam kiki's with pod regualar,...
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FBoy Island Australia - S02E08 (w/ Christian Gillett)
Sam has the opportunity to have Christian Gillett in the FBoy hot seat this week! These two fags chat FBoy statuses, gay villiany and a side of The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City. What a treat.Season 2 of FBoy Island Australia is cur...
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FBoy Island Australia - S02E07 (w/ Nick Price)
First timer Nick Price joins Sam in the Villa this week to discuss this week's FBoy Island Australia antics.Wild accusations of party boy's result in Jack being called VANILLA! And sausages are both made and made out with. Ally gets a s...
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RuPaul's Drag Race Global All Stars - S01E05&06 (w/ Jean Lizza)
Margarita Pizza! Jean and Sam are back to swap suitcases full of hideous farbric and touch each other's tig ol' bitties.It's the podcast smackdown of the season - U Read it Well vs The Cringe is Real. Ready to recap RuPaul's Drag Race G...
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FBoy Island Australia - S02E06 (w/ Maria Angelico)
Maria Angelico joins Sam in the hotseat this week to take down our favourite FBoys! Will gay Nathan prove his worth to the girlies by getting some undercover insights? Probs not. Paddy and Doug go head to head this week and the boy...
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FBoy Island Australia - S02E05 (w/ Michael McDermott)
The gorgeous PhD of Queerbaiting, Michael McDermott, is back to suss out these FBoys and boy is it a DOOZY of an episode! Nathan is outed for being a swifty, Joe for being an axe-murdering woman hater and Krystal for being a sex-positive QUEEEN...
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RuPaul's Drag Race Global All Stars - S01E03&04 (w/ Jean Lizza)
Jean and Sam return for thier fortnightly catch-up on RuPaul's Drag Race Global All Stars to discuss Season 1 Episodes 3 and 4.Tessa is still T'ing up the laughs and Nehellenia with the drama - our girl Kween does not disapoint even in ...
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FBoy Island Australia - S02E04 (w/ Fatima Sabdia)
Sam is back from a mini-break at the Boy's Resort to catch up on last week’s steamy FBoy island episode with pal Fatima Sadbia.More semi's this week on the show as things get STEAMY. Nicole shows us shes DTF and Doug still doesnt know w...
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FBoy Island Australia - S02E03 (w/ Rachel Echols)
Sam returns to kiki with Rachel Echols this week in the girl's villa on this week episode of FBoy Island Australia.Undercover intruders plauge the resort, and Krystal's little black book is in overdrive as Doug learns(?) about consent f...
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RuPaul's Drag Race Global All Stars - S01E01&02 (w/ Jean Lizza)
Jean and Sam are back to recap this week's episodes of RuPaul's Drag Race Global All Stars. And we are off to a sickening start. Tessa and her testes are making a splash and Alyssa get's fangirled. Who's looks and talents impressed...
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FBoy Island Australia - S02E02 (w/ Paul Mizzi)
Sam is back this week with nice guy Paul Mizzi to gossip about this week’s episode of FBoy Island Australia.This week is all about BDE, and Paul and Sam size up the boys. The two also discuss The Boyfriend. Season 2 of FBoy...
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The Boyfriend - Season 1 Part 2 (w/ Dan Morrison)
Sam is back to round off Season 1 of Netflix’s Japan’s highly talked about show - The Boyfriend (ボーイフレンド), this time with Gasbagging's Dan Morrison.On their date, the two discuss all the fallout from t-shirt gate, sashimi-gate and other...
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FBoy Island Australia - S02E01 (w/ Jacob Fisher)
They say we're alike, they say we've got the same hair - Jaocb Fisher is back to kick off a new season of recaps and this time we are taking a journey through FBoy Island Australia Season 2.Episode 1 is off to a roaring start - we talk ...
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Gordon Ramsay's Food Stars - Season 2 (w/ Curtis Hatton)
Curtis Hatton joins Sam on the pod this week to pitch his takes on Gordon Ramsay’s Food Stars Season 2. This hilarious and addictive show sees Lisa Vanderpump and Gordon Ramsay.Gordon Ramsay's Food Stars is an American reality competiti...
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RuPaul's Drag Race Global All Stars - Season 1 Meet The Queens (w/ Jean Lizza)
Sam and Jean are back to join podcast forces and recap the first ever season of RuPaul's Drag Race Global All Stars!This week we take a look at the line up of dolls and make some predictions.Follow:@jeanlizza@samcremean<...
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MasterChef Australia - Season 16 Part 2 (w/ Rula Paterson)
Rula Paterson returns to join Sam in the kitchen to wrap up MasterChef Australia Season 16.Masterchef Australia is an Australian adaptation of the world wide hit reality show format which. Season 16 just wrapped up last week and is avai...
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The Boyfriend - Season 1 Part 1 (w/ Paul Mizzi)
This week on the pod Sam is delighted to be discussing the first five episodes of Netflix Japan’s new show The Boyfriend (ボーイフレンド) with regular guest Paul Mizzi.On their shift, the pair discuss 'chicken shake gate', secure folders for n...
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I Kissed A Girl - Season 1 (w/ Jean Lizza)
I Kissed A Girl and I liked it.. and so did my guest Jean Lizza! This week we are talking golden retrivers and black cats, proseccos with Dannii Minouge and whilwind masseria romances.I Kissed A Girl aired only a few months ago on the B...
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Vanjie: 24 Hours of Love - Season 1 (w/ Lazy Susan)
The clock is ticking and this week on the pod, drag icon Lazy Suzan joins Sam to pull apart the insanely funny series Vanjie: 24 Hours of Love.Vanjie: 24 Hours of Love first aired on WOWPresents Plus in 2022 and is waiting for you to bi...
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Australia's Next Top Model - Season 6 (w/ Stephen Wakefield)
Trigger warning for those not keen on discussions of suicide and body image issues.Fashion icon Stephen Wakefield is back to re-live the traumatic Australia’s Next Top Model Season 6. The season that gave us THAT iconic moment where Sar...
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Australian Survivor - Heroes Vs Villains (w/ Brian Moylan)
Stop the press! New York Times best selling author Brian Moylan gives Sam an international perspective on the iconic Australian Survivor Heroes Vs Villains on this week's off season episode. Brian and Sam also discuss The Real Hous...
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Alone Australia - Season 2 (w/ Hunter Smith)
We have a STONKER off season episode for you today. Hilarious TV producer Hunter Smith joins Sam to talk through the traumatically beautiful Alone Australia Season 2.Alone Australia is the SBS produced aussie spin-off of the US original ...
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Instant Hotel - Season 1 (w/ Ben Rigby)
On today’s off season episode, fussy couple Sam and Ben talk Instant Hotel Season 1. The difficult to please pair unpack this underrated relic which is best enjoyed with a Margarita, in fact, it’s mandatory.Instant Hotel Season 1 first ...
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MasterChef Australia - Season 16 Part 1 (w/ Rula Paterson)
She's hot then she’s cold, Rula Paterson is back for a mid-season check in on MasterChef Australia Season 16.MasterChef Australia is an aussie spin-off of an originally british reality show format which is now a hugely successful global ...
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