Best of 2025 (Part 2): Fastest Fwends!

It's the second instalment of our Best of 2025 compilations! And it's a corker! We revisit some of the highlights from our interviews over the past year, starting with the second Fwend Question we ask our guests: "Who was your Fastest Fwend?"00:00 - Fwends say hi!14:24 - Zoë Coombs Marr19:58 - Alex Dyson24:41 - Ryan Shelton42:17 - Clare Bowditch57:12 - Alexei Toliopoulos106:46 - Michelle Brazier122:25 - Ben Shewry134:41 - Sarah Blasko147:17 - Erik Jensen201:02 - Fwends say bye!FWENDS WITH BENEFITS IS HERE! You can now support us coming into your ears each week. Not like that. Grow up. Details below.- - -CONTACTVoicemail - speakpipe.com/fwendspodEmail - [email protected] - PO Box 24144, Melbourne, VIC 3001, AustraliaFWENDS WITH BENEFITSGet ad free listening and access to the Simple Marvellous archive! (Simply Marvellous both the perfect adjective and also actually just the name of the old show).Apple - Subscribe above!Not Apple - https://fwends.supercast.comRATE AND REVIEWOf course you've already subscribed or followed the show, now we'd love you to leave a rating and a review. In whatever podcast app you're in right now, just throw down the 5 stars. Will make our day, and help to get the podcast into more people's ears (which will ultimately mean even bigger name guests for you!)INSTAGRAMFwends PodGeorgia MooneyRhys NicholsonKyran NicholsonYOUTUBESoon (how soon we don't know) you will be able to watch clips of the show on YouTube, click through and hit subscribe now to get them the second they appear: Fwends Pod YouTube Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's the first instalment of our Best of 2025 compilations! And it's a biggie! We revisit some of the highlights from our interviews over the past year, starting with the first Fwend Question we ask our guests: "Who was your First Fwend?"00:00 - Fwends say hi!13:56 - Erik Jensen22:53 - Clare Bowditch32:23 - Benjamin Law45:23 - Geraldine Hickey54:52 - Ben Lee105:57 - Sarah Blasko115:19 - Ben Shewry127:10 - Michael Hing136:25 - Lazy Susan155:14 - Fwends say bye!FWENDS WITH BENEFITS IS HERE! You can now support us coming into your ears each week. Not like that. Grow up. Details below.- - -CONTACTVoicemail - speakpipe.com/fwendspodEmail - [email protected] - PO Box 24144, Melbourne, VIC 3001, AustraliaFWENDS WITH BENEFITSGet ad free listening and access to the Simple Marvellous archive! (Simply Marvellous both the perfect adjective and also actually just the name of the old show).Apple - Subscribe above!Not Apple - https://fwends.supercast.comRATE AND REVIEWOf course you've already subscribed or followed the show, now we'd love you to leave a rating and a review. In whatever podcast app you're in right now, just throw down the 5 stars. Will make our day, and help to get the podcast into more people's ears (which will ultimately mean even bigger name guests for you!)INSTAGRAMFwends PodGeorgia MooneyRhys NicholsonKyran NicholsonYOUTUBESoon (how soon we don't know) you will be able to watch clips of the show on YouTube, click through and hit subscribe now to get them the second they appear: Fwends Pod YouTube Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Superstar Irish comedian and goodest of fwends, David O'Doherty asks a Fwend Question! Plus we spend a good deal of time discussing bad hair cuts, and - unrelated - Georgia has accidentally dyed her hair the same colour as Rhys. It's Fwends!FWENDS WITH BENEFITS IS HERE! You can now support us coming into your ears each week. Not like that. Grow up. Details below.- - -CONTACTVoicemail - speakpipe.com/fwendspodEmail - [email protected] - PO Box 24144, Melbourne, VIC 3001, AustraliaFWENDS WITH BENEFITSGet ad free listening and access to the Simple Marvellous archive! (Simply Marvellous both the perfect adjective and also actually just the name of the old show).Apple - Subscribe above!Not Apple - https://fwends.supercast.comRATE AND REVIEWOf course you've already subscribed or followed the show, now we'd love you to leave a rating and a review. In whatever podcast app you're in right now, just throw down the 5 stars. Will make our day, and help to get the podcast into more people's ears (which will ultimately mean even bigger name guests for you!)INSTAGRAMFwends PodGeorgia MooneyRhys NicholsonKyran NicholsonYOUTUBESoon (how soon we don't know) you will be able to watch clips of the show on YouTube, click through and hit subscribe now to get them the second they appear: Fwends Pod YouTube Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Georgia has done her show, Rhys is tired, and Kyran has no idea how to use a hair dryer. Between the waxing talk and the blow drying technique, this is a very hair-based mail bag. It's FWENDS!FWENDS WITH BENEFITS IS HERE! You can now support us coming into your ears each week. Not like that. Grow up. Details below.- - -CONTACTVoicemail - speakpipe.com/fwendspodEmail - [email protected] - PO Box 24144, Melbourne, VIC 3001, AustraliaFWENDS WITH BENEFITSGet ad free listening and access to the Simple Marvellous archive! (Simply Marvellous both the perfect adjective and also actually just the name of the old show).Apple - Subscribe above!Not Apple - https://fwends.supercast.comRATE AND REVIEWOf course you've already subscribed or followed the show, now we'd love you to leave a rating and a review. In whatever podcast app you're in right now, just throw down the 5 stars. Will make our day, and help to get the podcast into more people's ears (which will ultimately mean even bigger name guests for you!)INSTAGRAMFwends PodGeorgia MooneyRhys NicholsonKyran NicholsonYOUTUBESoon (how soon we don't know) you will be able to watch clips of the show on YouTube, click through and hit subscribe now to get them the second they appear: Fwends Pod YouTube Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rhys went gay cruising, Fred ask another qwarterly qwestion and Georgia pissed into a bottle. I think that just about covers it? It's FWENDS!FWENDS WITH BENEFITS IS HERE! You can now support us coming into your ears each week. Not like that. Grow up. Details below.Georgia's London Show - Nov 24 @ St Pancras Old Church - TICKETS HERE- - -CONTACTVoicemail - speakpipe.com/fwendspodEmail - [email protected] - PO Box 24144, Melbourne, VIC 3001, AustraliaFWENDS WITH BENEFITSGet ad free listening and access to the Simple Marvellous archive! (Simply Marvellous both the perfect adjective and also actually just the name of the old show).Apple - Subscribe above!Not Apple - https://fwends.supercast.comRATE AND REVIEWOf course you've already subscribed or followed the show, now we'd love you to leave a rating and a review. In whatever podcast app you're in right now, just throw down the 5 stars. Will make our day, and help to get the podcast into more people's ears (which will ultimately mean even bigger name guests for you!)INSTAGRAMFwends PodGeorgia MooneyRhys NicholsonKyran NicholsonYOUTUBESoon (how soon we don't know) you will be able to watch clips of the show on YouTube, click through and hit subscribe now to get them the second they appear: Fwends Pod YouTube Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Well would you looky looky at that we're best of 2025! Much excitement in Fwends camp and we completely forgot to talk about it until the end. Before that your mailbags, some chats, and Hopkins is on the pod. Enjoy!FWENDS WITH BENEFITS IS HERE! You can now support us coming into your ears each week. Not like that. Grow up. Details below.Georgia's London Show - Nov 24 @ St Pancras Old Church - TICKETS HERE- - -CONTACTVoicemail - speakpipe.com/fwendspodEmail - [email protected] - PO Box 24144, Melbourne, VIC 3001, AustraliaFWENDS WITH BENEFITSGet ad free listening and access to the Simple Marvellous archive! (Simply Marvellous both the perfect adjective and also actually just the name of the old show).Apple - Subscribe above!Not Apple - https://fwends.supercast.comRATE AND REVIEWOf course you've already subscribed or followed the show, now we'd love you to leave a rating and a review. In whatever podcast app you're in right now, just throw down the 5 stars. Will make our day, and help to get the podcast into more people's ears (which will ultimately mean even bigger name guests for you!)INSTAGRAMFwends PodGeorgia MooneyRhys NicholsonKyran NicholsonYOUTUBESoon (how soon we don't know) you will be able to watch clips of the show on YouTube, click through and hit subscribe now to get them the second they appear: Fwends Pod YouTube Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On today's episode, award-winning songwriter, star of stage and screen, veritable national treasure, and good fwend of fwends, Kate Miller-Heidke, asks a Fwend Question! We're still feeling awkward about recording in the same room, then have the profound realisation that a couuupl'a wiiiiines might go down a real treat. And just when you thought Rhys Nicholson couldn't get any more loveable, we give you their "thinking" playlists...FWENDS WITH BENEFITS IS HERE! You can now support us coming into your ears each week. Not like that. Grow up. Details below.Georgia's London Show - Nov 24 @ St Pancras Old Church - TICKETS HERE- - -CONTACTText +61 431 345 145Voicemail - speakpipe.com/fwendspodEmail - [email protected] - PO Box 24144, Melbourne, VIC 3001, AustraliaFWENDS WITH BENEFITSGet ad free listening and access to the Simple Marvellous archive! (Simply Marvellous both the perfect adjective and also actually just the name of the old show).Apple - Subscribe above!Not Apple - https://fwends.supercast.comRATE AND REVIEWOf course you've already subscribed or followed the show, now we'd love you to leave a rating and a review. In whatever podcast app you're in right now, just throw down the 5 stars. Will make our day, and help to get the podcast into more people's ears (which will ultimately mean even bigger name guests for you!)INSTAGRAMFwends PodGeorgia MooneyRhys NicholsonKyran NicholsonYOUTUBESoon (how soon we don't know) you will be able to watch clips of the show on YouTube, click through and hit subscribe now to get them the second they appear: Fwends Pod YouTube Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Um excuse me, are our Fwends in the same room?! Yes, while taking a break from a recording new Fwend interviews in London (!!!) Kyran, Rhys and George record a little mail bag that as usual, involved very, very little mail. Everyone is tired and George recently had food poisoning. It's what you'd imagine. FWENDS!FWENDS WITH BENEFITS IS HERE! You can now support us coming into your ears each week. Not like that. Grow up. Details below.Georgia's London Show - Nov 24 @ St Pancras Old Church - TICKETS HERE- - -CONTACTText +61 431 345 145Voicemail - speakpipe.com/fwendspodEmail - [email protected] - PO Box 24144, Melbourne, VIC 3001, AustraliaFWENDS WITH BENEFITSGet ad free listening and access to the Simple Marvellous archive! (Simply Marvellous both the perfect adjective and also actually just the name of the old show).Apple - Subscribe above!Not Apple - https://fwends.supercast.comRATE AND REVIEWOf course you've already subscribed or followed the show, now we'd love you to leave a rating and a review. In whatever podcast app you're in right now, just throw down the 5 stars. Will make our day, and help to get the podcast into more people's ears (which will ultimately mean even bigger name guests for you!)INSTAGRAMFwends PodGeorgia MooneyRhys NicholsonKyran NicholsonYOUTUBESoon (how soon we don't know) you will be able to watch clips of the show on YouTube, click through and hit subscribe now to get them the second they appear: Fwends Pod YouTube Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On today's episode, award-winning comedian and star of The Office (Australia) - Felicity Ward asks a Fwend Question! Plus Rhys and Kyran are still in Georgia's flat without Georgia. Somehow we wind up talking about toilets again (god help us), and the surprising new experience of discovering an old fwend may now be a criminal. It's a jolly old ramble, with a touch of spice.FWENDS WITH BENEFITS IS HERE! You can now support us coming into your ears each week. Not like that. Grow up. Details below.Georgia's London Show - Nov 24 @ St Pancras Old Church - TICKETS HERE- - -CONTACTText +61 431 345 145Voicemail - speakpipe.com/fwendspodEmail - [email protected] - PO Box 24144, Melbourne, VIC 3001, AustraliaFWENDS WITH BENEFITSGet ad free listening and access to the Simple Marvellous archive! (Simply Marvellous both the perfect adjective and also actually just the name of the old show).Apple - Subscribe above!Not Apple - https://fwends.supercast.comRATE AND REVIEWOf course you've already subscribed or followed the show, now we'd love you to leave a rating and a review. In whatever podcast app you're in right now, just throw down the 5 stars. Will make our day, and help to get the podcast into more people's ears (which will ultimately mean even bigger name guests for you!)INSTAGRAMFwends PodGeorgia MooneyRhys NicholsonKyran NicholsonYOUTUBESoon (how soon we don't know) you will be able to watch clips of the show on YouTube, click through and hit subscribe now to get them the second they appear: Fwends Pod YouTube Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's a mail bag! Kyran and Rhys are in Georgia's house! Georgia is not! Listen on as you Fwends fly ever so close to the burn-out whirlpool. This is some classic, ol' school chaotic energy. It's Fwends!AND FWENDS WITH BENEFITS IS HERE! You can now support us coming into your ears each week. Not like that. Grow up. Details below.And Georgia's London show!! If you're in London November 24 here's an easy link: https://www.bandsintown.com/e/1035963815-georgia-mooney-at-st-pancras-old-church- - -CONTACTText +61 431 345 145Voicemail - speakpipe.com/fwendspodEmail - [email protected] - PO Box 24144, Melbourne, VIC 3001, AustraliaFWENDS WITH BENEFITSGet ad free listening and access to the Simple Marvellous archive! (Simply Marvellous both the perfect adjective and also actually just the name of the old show).Apple - Subscribe above!Not Apple - https://fwends.supercast.comRATE AND REVIEWOf course you've already subscribed or followed the show, now we'd love you to leave a rating and a review. In whatever podcast app you're in right now, just throw down the 5 stars. Will make our day, and help to get the podcast into more people's ears (which will ultimately mean even bigger name guests for you!)INSTAGRAMFwends PodGeorgia MooneyRhys NicholsonKyran NicholsonYOUTUBESoon (how soon we don't know) you will be able to watch clips of the show on YouTube, click through and hit subscribe now to get them the second they appear: Fwends Pod YouTube Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.