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The Cringe is Real
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Episodes
185 episodes
Turned On: Dirty Sexy Money - S01E05 (w/ Adam Seymour)
We have MUCH to discuss this week. Husband to the pod Adam Seymour joins Sam on the couch to check in on Sonja Morgan’s Aussie tour, Outlast The Jungle and Leviticus before taking to this week’s episode of Turned On: Dirty Dexy Money. Quinn has...
Turned On: Dirty Sexy Money - S01E03-04 (w/ Jean Lizza)
Sam is joined by podcast pal Jean Lizza for another fascinating week of the Only Fans morality police aka Turned On: Dirty Sexy Money. But first up we are discussing Big Brother Australia’s 2026 return, RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars Season 11 an...
Turned On: Dirty Sexy Money - S01E01-02 (w/ Lorelei Camboni)
It’s a double eviction from the baby shower and Lorelei and Sam can’t get enough! These stunt queens are taking loads and talking shit on Stan’s new show Turned On: Dirty Sexy Money. The verdict is in and this show is crazy good. Mia thinks she...
MasterChef Australia - Season 18 Part 1 (w/ Christian Gillett)
BURRATA! That’s right kids. It’s MChef szn and Daddy Christian is back to chat shit on the couch with Sam. We’re talking all things JC’s glow up, our Vinnie obsession, the lesbian mafia on the season and more! Plus we dive into Netflix’s Kylie ...
Dead by Gaylight (w/ Josh Maloney)
Sam is on the HOOK this weekend with big killer and Twitch streamer Josh Maloney (aka NorthsideGiant) to talk about our mutual obsession Dead By Daylight. Horror fans and geeks rejoice as we take you though the good the bad and ugly of this add...
Melanated in Melbourne (w/ Ri'chard Caldwell)
Ri’chard Caldwell from the Melanated in Melbourne podcast joins Sam on the couch for a lovely chinwag on all things pop culture, reality TV and life in Melbourne. Ri’chard also tells us about their upcoming event Melanin Vol 2: Soulful Soulstic...
Live Laugh Longleat (w/ Stephen Wakefield)
Sexy Baby Wakefield is back to chat about British HIGH SOCIETY DARRLING. And I mean Ladies of London, Vanderpump Villa, Real Housewives and more. Is claiming someone doesn't 'get' British humour a gaslighting exercise? Or do these snowflake yan...
Jury Villa? I Hardly Know Her.. (w/ Mark Warnock)
Hide your dads folks, Jury Villa’s mayor and Survivor’s sexiest bald man Mark Warnock is FINALLY on the cringe. Sam and Mark kiki all things Jury Villa, behind the scenes tea from Redemption and MORE. Nothing is off limits in this cute catch-up...
The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives - Season 4 (w/ Michael McDermott)
Praise be! Michael McD is back with Sam on the cringe couch to rip into yet another season (slow down Hulu!) of Secret Lives of Mormon Wives. And we have a a LOT to say about it. From Dancing With The Stars, to Vanderpump Villa visits by #DadTo...
Australian Survivor - Redemption (w/ Keeley Jenkinson)
Babe alert! Fraud prevention specialist and crafty queen Keeley Jenkinson joins Sam online to recap her Australian Survivor Redemption experience and kiki about the Secret Lives of Mormon Wives. Keeley dishes some unaired alliance names (yes th...
Australian Survivor - Redemption Week 8 (w/ Caroline Courtis)
Titans V Rebels runner-up Caroline Courtis and Sam (aka the authenticity police) are here to clock in to finale therapy. But first Sam gets the red carpet goss from the “live” reunion show and catches up on Survivor 50 with mum! Caleb's ratbag ...
Married At First Sight Australia - Season 13 Part 5 (w/ Ruby Teys)
Ding Dong! Ruby Teys (aka Cherry Vinyl) joins Sam on the cringe couch to finish off this fingerbanging good season of MAFS. Gia and Bec are on the wines, there's storm outs, see-through lifts, three million dollar Adelaide houses and MORE in th...
Australian Survivor - Redemption Week 7 (w/ Shane Nicklos)
Australian Survivor Redemption is almost KAPUT and Shane and Sam have a medium sized amount of things to say about it. Returnees are dead, my shopping trolley murdered, my Keeley just gone, and I don’t like it. Caleb is ratbagging, Cameron is s...
Australian Survivor - Redemption Week 6 (w/ Phil Ferguson)
Sam (aka Stephanie La Grossa) joins Phil Fergason (aka Chilly Philly) from iconic Survivor location Palau to chat about the best Survivor.. Australian Survivor Redemption, and things are getting.. rocky? Sally cbf with Simon’s bs and Loz is mak...
Australian Survivor - Redemption Week 5 (w/ Karin Gunatilake)
KAOS KARIN joins Sam on the couch for a dose of Aussie Survivor goodness! We bid farewell to our comrade Mark this week, but cheer up, there’s plenty of fun to be had. Caleb is a noisy boy, Blanche’s bolt on’s are bouncing and the returnees are...
Married At First Sight Australia - Season 13 Part 4 (w/ Ash Flanders)
SCREENSHOTS, RECEIPTS, PROOF, FINGERBANG! Dinner is served and Ash Flanders is back to ramble with Sam about this fuckin’ insane show. MAFS continues to baffle, intrigue and fingerbang audiences and do you know what? We love it. Sorry. Gia is s...
Australian Survivor - Redemption Week 4 (w/ Michael McDermott)
Michael and Sam are taking NUT AFTER NUT from this week of Australian Survivor an honey our girls are flaming out hard. Mark’s signing divorce papers and Simon is finally wearing his big boy boots and making moves. Aisha and Faith get cocky and...
Australian Survivor - Redemption Week 3 (w/ Josh Taylor)
Lego Masters alum and Barren Tribe Buff owner Josh Taylor joins Sam from Adelaide to chat about this week’s Redemption shenanigans. And baby.. We are getting SPANKED by daddy this week. The three wise women are slaying hard, Simon is incapable ...
Australian Survivor - Redemption Week 2 (w/ Jenna Suffern)
This episode is now 20% DIRTIER than dirty Harry himself.. And thats pretty dirty you guys. Icon, diva and legend Jenna Suffern returns to the cringe couch to entertain Sam’s foreskin jokes and give some deep lesbian takes on this season. And t...
Married At First Sight Australia - Season 13 Part 3 (w/ Joel McIlvenny)
HELLO-WAH is back BITCH and so is Sam’s MAFS journey, this time with hunk Joel McIlvenny. These two fags have a lot to say about the new couples, OGs and dearly departed. Juliette and Joel are all drums and dildos, Alissa and Bec are half of Ad...
Australian Survivor - Redemption Week 1 (w/ Nick Iadanza)
Australian Survivor legend and housewives girly Nick Iadanza joins Sam on the pod this week to crack open a fresh season of our fave show. But first we need to discuss the Countess’s visit to Australia, Golden God as host and our fave housewive...
Married At First Sight Australia - Season 13 Part 2 (w/ Daniel Tan)
Sam and make-up artist to the stars Daniel Tan are here to catch you up on MAFS and bay-BE, we have an emergency situation on our hands. BRAND NEW revelations week had these mean girls and boss babes FIGHTING and Alessandra's intimacy week deli...
Heated Thrivalry (w/ Kade Matthews)
SPORTS! That’s right, to celebrate the Winter Olympics, Sam is joined by community champion Kade Matthews for a chit chat on all things queer sport, ice hockey oh.. and maybe a little TV show you may have heard of that combines the two. The hea...
Married At First Sight Australia - Season 13 Part 1 (w/ Ash Flanders)
Welcome back to heterosexual HELL divas! MAFS correspondent Ash Flanders is back on the couch with Sam to dissect the first week of MAFS mayhem as well as a housewives chat AND we hear about Ash’s TV debut in ABC’s Dog Park. It's a loaded episo...
