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The Cringe is Real
Australian pop culture is not safe with Sam Cremean. https://linktr.ee/thecringeisrealpod
Episodes
121 episodes
Eurovision 2025 - Semi Finals (w/ Cem Sahin)
It’s Eurovision Week! And to celebrate the 69th edition in Basel, Eurofan Cem joins Sam on the couch to talk about their top five entries in the Semi Finals (including Australia’s Milkshake Man, Go-Jo). Who will make the cut? Who do we think wi...
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1:09:16

Love Triangle - Season 3 Part 2 (w/ Christian Gillett)
Love may be dead.. but Love Triangle is thriving! And to talk about it (episodes 4-6) with Sam on the cringe couch is deep voiced diva Christian Gillett. Mike is having a come to Jesus moment - he is in fact a bad person, the lesbian love trian...
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1:12:09

The Real Housewives of Sydney - S03E11 (w/ Scott Love & Shane Nicklos)
SHINE SHINE BLOODY SHINE! Fresh from the deepest darkest pages of The Daily Mail, Sam is joined by fangirls Scott and Shane to recap The Reunion of...
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57:20

Love Triangle - Season 3 Part 1 (w/ Damask Leary)
Damask and Sam snuggle up on the cringe couch to take aim at a new show for the cringe, Love Triangle. This suitably unhinged TV program contains a bisexual diva, watermelon thigh crushing, and of course some toxic men. We recap the first 3 epi...
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1:34:54

The Real Housewives of Sydney - S03E10 (w/ Teddy Nott)
It’s the finale baby. Teddy and Sam go in hard on the whole season and its fiery(?) conclusion. Feuds continue, some which seem to make no sense at all, and at a glitterati party the divas get it all out on the table.. Well, some of it. That an...
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1:19:24

The Real Housewives of Sydney - S03E09 Part 2 (w/ Guncle Diaries)
It’s a double down week girls - To join us for the second part of reading episode 9 for filth is the gorgeous Guncle Diaries! Terry’s jewellery may be flying thanks to Jillian’s dark magic but so are we. Kate’s not convinced motherhood is the b...
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1:08:11

The Real Housewives of Sydney - S03E09 Part 1 (w/ Scott Love)
Everybody say LOVE! Scott Love joins Sam on the cringe couch to talk the penultimate episode of our Sydney gals. Grief, bangs, ball pits and product placements plague our girlians this week. And a lot of whirlwind trips to Europe (who keeps sig...
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1:01:24

Below Deck Down Under - Season 3 Part 3 (w/ Astrid Ruban)
Ahoy! Astrid Ruban joins Sam on the cringe couch for the next epic installment of our Below Deck Down Under coverage.. and boy, these episodes are wild. We have foam parties, paper places for faces, cuddle gate, cabinet punching, two dismissals...
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1:20:47

Drag Race, MAFS & Australian Survivor LIVE (w/ Zelda Moon, Jean Lizza & Ash Flanders)
Live form The Railway Hotel North Fitzroy, Sam hosts a fun night of Reality TV silliness. First up, Jean Lizza and Zelda Moon discuss 'Is Drag Race Dead?', then Ash Flanders rounds out the Married At First Sight Season 12 and Australian Survivo...
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1:22:16

The Real Housewives of Sydney - S03E08 (w/ Minnie Cooper)
The DIVA of Drag Race Down Under Minnie Cooper joins Sam to bat back at these Sydney Housewives.. And the balls are in our court. We are finally back in Sydney and the girls have ACTIVATED. Caroline and Terry get dirty in the Westfield Tower, a...
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59:48

Australian Survivor - Brains Vs Brawn II Week 8 (w/ Rachel Echols)
Rach is back to chat Aussie Survivor’s penultimate week with Sam. Kaelan’s dreamboat edit has us wet as the golden boy breaks a record this week. Naww. AJ continues to be unlikable and Myles get naughty in trying to take him out (if only!). And...
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1:15:10

The Real Housewives of Sydney - S03E07 (w/ Ruby Teys)
Comedy legend Ruby Teys joins Sam on the couch to talk about these silly women in New Zealand. It’s all Martine this week as our robot girl steals the spotlight once more (proud of you doll) and when she’s not snatching airtime or wasting marga...
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1:09:55

Australian Survivor - Brains Vs Brawn II Week 7 (w/ Brendan Kacev)
‘Meme Daddy’ Brendan joins Sam on the cringe couch this week to chat Aussie Survivor and all the juicy goss from the Jury Villa. AJ’s playing 3D poker, while Kristin doesn't know what rocks are. The girls in Jury Villa are giving looks and sass...
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1:09:09

The Real Housewives of Sydney - S03E06 (w/ Christian Gillett)
Just the one margarita? Not on this girls trip. Join Sam and Christian to recap all the frozen cocks and helicopter swoops of the week. Martine is SPIRALING and Krissy can’t stop the deck jokes. Tensions rise as Sally prompts the divas to recou...
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1:04:14

Below Deck Down Under - Season 3 Part 2 (w/ Curtis Hatton)
It’s time for another installment of Below Deck Down Under - and we have much to discuss. Curtis joins Sam on the couch for a lovely Severance and The Monkey chit chat followed by a recap of episodes 5-8 of Below Deck Down Under Season 4. Wihan...
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1:06:18

Australian Survivor - Brains Vs Brawn II Week 6 (w/ Dan Morrison)
Sam and Dan reunite to recap this week's episodes of Australian Survivor and the CHAOS that continues this season. It's a barren week for our girl Paulie, who is gay and unhappy with his pickle. Karin crashes and burns in a risky Russian Roulet...
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The Real Housewives of Sydney - S03E05 (w/ Spankie Jackzon)
SPANKIE MUTHATUCKIN' JACKZON joins Sam to roast these Sydney Housewives this week, and gerrrrl, hold my drink. It may be balmy in Palmy, but a storm is brewing across Queenstown, ready to ravage our ladies on their ultimately sad girls trip. Mo...
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38:27

Australian Survivor - Brains Vs Brawn II Week 5 (w/ Michael McDermott)
PhD McDermott is back on the cringe couch to join Sam for a tasty queer content filled week of Australian Survivor Brains v Brain II. This week our homophobic castaways shun a “snake oil salesman” and a bisexual pole dancing diva. Logan is SICK...
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1:09:49

The Real Housewives of Sydney - S03E04 (w/ Shane Nicklos)
Shane and Sam are shine shine shining it up this week with our Sydney girlies. We are talking fashion pilates, Chihuahua Reiki and Martine’s kids menu. What a time to be alive. Nicole is MIA from the healing workshop and Caroline is over hearin...
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55:19

The Traitors US - S03E11&12 (w/ Dan Morrison)
We finally did it. Dan and Sam have murdered the third season of The Traitors US. Dead, gone, zero, zilch. The gerls reminisce about the good, the bad and the Danielle of the season including the explosive(?) finale and reunion. It’s Bob v Dori...
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Australian Survivor - Brains Vs Brawn II Week 4 (w/ Monique Chiari)
Abracadabra! Monique Chiari and her stunnalina aura join Sam in the Survivor hotseat this week to talk medical emergencies, tin foil hat theories and Aussies ruining Italian cuisine. Will the Jungle Rat be spared, will Zara become the President...
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1:00:55

The Real Housewives of Sydney - S03E03 (w/ Stephen Wakefield)
Choo Choo! All aboard the “woke wank train” as Stephen joins Sam to celebrate 100 episodes of The Cringe in beautiful Bali. Your girl works hard and deserves a little poolside R&R with all the stunning content she’s been feeding you. These ...
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1:01:13

Australian Survivor - Brains Vs Brawn II Week 3 (w/ Annabel Fidler)
Annabel and Sam are so horny for Australian Survivor it hurts. Week 3 was HUGE, we had HOSTAGES, poles, and tribe shuffles. Bi-sexual, bi-racial and bi-tribal icon Myles is being too chatty for these vanilla players, and the hot dads are hot da...
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1:16:33

The Real Housewives of Sydney - S03E02 (w/ Maria Angelico)
Maria is back to join Sam for an explosive Noosa episode of The Real Housewives of Sydney. Krissy’s back in fine form, hosting the ladies to a buffet of prawn cocktails, pantsless waiters, and vagina painting. Oh and Montano is ON ONE. Strap yo...
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1:02:23

Married At First Sight Australia - Season 12 Part 2 (w/ Brigid Gallacher & Ash Flanders)
Australia’s premiere Helen Dallimore impersonator, Brigid Gallacher joins Sam (and Ash) to catch you up on MAFS. The girls pour out some rosé and some opinions on the remaining couple in “the experiment” and they don’t hold back.. Not even Clin...
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