A genuine legend of the Australian turf, the racing gods declared correct weight on the life of renowned racecaller Jack Styring with his passing on February 9th, at the grand age of 93. Recorded back in 2014, Jack graciously opened his home to John Harms to reflect on his time behind the microphone and the binoculars. Vale Jack Styring.…

David P and David G chat about Pro running, pre-season footy and Bendigo Madison.

Red wines and bloodlines: Our Spring Racing carnival continues... Matty Q, John Harms and Stone Cold Steve Baker are joined on the couch by racing scribe and racnoteur; Danny Power. Having been in the caper for 40 years, Danny shares some tales from the track, how to hide your punting winnings from a significant other and how much the Melbourne Cup…

After a week off to digest the AFL Grand Final, the couch turns its attention to Spring Racing. Matty Q, Jake Norton and Steve Baker are joined on the couch by RSN (3UZ) and Sky Racing's 'Racing Around the World' identity, Shane Anderson. If you're not a fan of the Sport of Kings, Shane's infectious enthusiasm for racing will have you reconsidering…

With Matty Q and the People's Elbow indisposed, Jake Norton of the Wandering Eye and Stone Cold Steve Baker are joined by afl.com.au journo Nick Bowen and long-time Almanac follower Chris Bracher as we roll through AFL Grand Final week.

Darren 'Smokie' Dawson joins Matty Q, The People's Elbow and Stone Cold on the couch to talk all things 'Norfmentum' and Smokie's mighty Williamstown CYMS taking out the VAFA Division One premiership recently. We also reminsc about some of the classic Preliminary Finals of recent years

In this final part of our special, extended chat with Trevor Marmalade, we chat about the legendary 'Punter To Punter' radio show broadcast through Melbourne on Triple R and later moving to 3XY in the 1980s. Continuing the racing feel, Trev also details the blood and sweat behind his making his book looking at the world's best racetracks and we als…

Part one of our extended series with comedy legend, star of Hey, Hey It's Saturday and the 'Man Behind the Bar' on the Footy Show for a generation of viewers, Trevor Marmalade. Trev talks about how he became a North Melbourne supporter and his beginnings as a comic at Le Joke in the 1980s.

Welcome to part two of our extended chat with Trevor Marmalade. In this episode, Trev recalls some of the fun working on Hey Hey It’s Saturday and relates a cracking story involving Plucka Duck and the Australian Cricket team. To get things started, we pick up with Trevor and Matty Q reminiscing about Melbourne’s comedy scene of the 1980s and a who…

After an unavoidable hiatus, the ‘Knackers are back on the couch and “shaking off” the cobwebs. This week’s guest is journalist and former presenter/producer with ABC’s Radio Australia: Jill Scanlon. As well as talking about the work Radio Australia does, Jill also gives us some insights into just how big sport is in the Pacific region – and how Au…

Matty Q, Jake Norton and John Harms are joined on the Almanac Couch this week by the star of stage, screen and literature, Taxi Mary and MArgo Gaffney herself; Jane Clifton. We talk with Jane about her days as a self-described Army brat inGibraltar and the former West Germany before arriving in Perth and falling in love with West Perth in the WAFL.…

Warwick Green joins Matty Q, John Harms and Stone Cold on the Almanac couch to talk about his latest tome; "Walk Tall" - The Younger Reader's Edition of the Jim Stynes Biography; 'My Journey'. Warwick talks about his relationship with Big Jim - dating back to when a pale, spindly kid with a weird accent challenged a budding St Kilda under 18s ruckm…

This week, Matty Q and The People's Elbow are joined on the couch by Ben Cuzzupe of 'Bound For Glory News' - the gateway drug of choice for the next generation of 'yoof' journalists and 'Stone Cold' Steve Baker gets called up to the majors for a cameo appearance. This week, our heroes discuss the success - or lack thereof - of Aussie Rules based co…

In this week's Almanac Podcast, The People's Elbow and Matty Q are joined on the couch by our special guests Jake Norton of the Wandering Eye and Twitter's resident footy culture vulture and comic Titus O'Reilly. Continuing our expansionist policy, the discussion this week goes from the final of the FIFA World Cup, to LeBron James' return to Clevel…

Footy's own Goddess Angela Pippos as well as Neighbours and EastEnders writer and Sporting Hair connissouer Peter Mattessi join The People's Elbow (as Homer Thompson) and Matty Q on the Almanac couch for this bumper episode 11. We open our arms wide and embrace the world of sport as we talk World Cup happenings (including some great sporting hair),…

Episode 10 of the Footy Almanac Podcast - the ‘Jeggins and bubbling’ episode - is here! Rick Kane and Sean Gorman are this week’s very special guests on the Almanac couch as your hosts Matty Q and The People’s Elbow . Sean talks about his days as a shearer before finding his way into academia and waxes lyrical about indigenous guerrilla poets, the …

Welcome to episode nine of the Footy Almanac Podcast. In this week’s Elbow-less Pod, journalist Cheryl Critchley joins raconteur and bon vivant Tony Wilson alongside Matty Q and Harmsy on the Footy Almanac couch. “Tinsel” Wilson waxes lyrical about his days at the Hawthorn Footy Club, what it’s like to be drafted to the club you’ve barracked for as…

The mid-season break is over and the Elbow, Matt Q, Harmsy and Stone Cold are back. After pulling a late one catching up with Vaughan Menlove to chat about Australia's form at the World Cup before taking on Holland, the Almanackers talk about the latest developments at Essendon and ASADA, Good Friday footy and catch up with Wandering Norton en-rout…

A special edition of the Footy Almanac Podcast: Tomorrow morning at 2am, the Socceroos come up against a rampaging Dutch outfit in Porto Alegre. The Peoples Elbow, Matty Q, Harmsy and Stone Cold caught up with our man on the ground in Brazil: Vaughan Menlove. Vaughan gives us his no nonsense preview of tomorrow morning's crunch game for Australia. …

The Wandering Eye of Jake Norton joins the People's Elbow, Matt Q and Stone Cold Steve Baker on the couch for the Adam Bentick edition of the Footy Almanac Podcast. Ths week, we talk about the feats of Trent Hotton at Collingwood Best and Fairest counts in years past, Jack Riewoldt gets a mention and we talk about some of the best and worst drills …