Hustle: Pro Basketballer Lifts Lid On The Emotional Truth Behind Sports Movies

What does it take to prepare for one of the greatest experiences of your life? Jennifer Lopez’s latest documentary Halftime answers this very question. Literally Lived It is a special episode where we talk to people who’ve LITERALLY LIVED the experience of being on a tv show or movie.  In this episode, hosts Gen Fricker and Alexei Toliopoulos sit down with quite possibly one of the hardest workers they’ve ever met, professional dancer Ling Zhang. Ling was about to go on and study biomedicine, but instead decided dancing is where she wanted to be. Fast forward a few years of dedication as well as hard work, which includes a lot of tears, vomit, and eight-hour-long rehearsal days, and she ended up on the Superbowl stage with the one and only JLo! CREDITS Guest: Ling Zhang - https://www.instagram.com/lingzhangx/?hl=en Hosts: Gen Fricker and Alexei Toliopoulos Executive Producer: Pariya Taherzadeh Producer: Abbey Lenton  Editor/Mixer: Pariya Taherzadeh  This podcast is brought to you by Netflix.  Thanks for listening!

Adam Sandler’s brand new film Hustle has hit Netflix, and it’s also hit our hosts in the feels, leading us to ask: what is it about sports dramas that make us so emotional?  To help us understand the motivational magic of the genre, we chat to professional basketball player Jessica Kuster.  CREDITS Guest: Jessica Kuster - https://www.instagram.com/kustakusta/ Hosts: Gen Fricker and Alexei Toliopoulos Executive Producer: Pariya Taherzadeh Producer: Abbey Lenton  Editor/Mixer: Pariya Taherzadeh  This podcast is brought to you by Netflix.  Thanks for listening!

Do you believe in the other realm? What about psychics? Are they even real? Well, Alexei and Gen wanted to know exactly that!  In this week's episode they chat to psychic medium Debbie Malone who lets us in on her experience of the ‘upside down world,’ and also gives Alexei a very specific message from the other side.  Plus, we take a look at what the frightening new series Stranger Things, season 4 - volume 1 has in store for us.  CREDITS Guest: Debbie Malone - https://debbiemalonemedium.com Hosts: Gen Fricker and Alexei Toliopoulos Executive Producer: Pariya Taherzadeh Producer: Abbey Lenton  Editor/Mixer: Pariya Taherzadeh  This podcast is brought to you by Netflix.  Thanks for listening!

Do you reckon you’d survive working on a farm as a Jillaroo or Jackaroo? Well, it might be A LOT harder than you think! Take it from Georgia Anderson who’s a station worker and agricultural trainer and assessor from the Northern Territory. Georgia lets us in on what it’s really like mustering and feeding the livestock on a massive farm… and we mean MASSIVE! She also shares her thoughts on whether Gen and Alexei would be able to survive as a farmhand. Who do you think will survive? Plus, we take a look at the new Aussie/American rom-com movie ‘A Perfect Pair,’ about a LA wine exec who comes to Australia to work on a sheep farm, and tries to win over a client, but instead she falls for a rugged and mysterious Aussie local… who wouldn’t tbh! CREDITS Guest: Georgia Anderson - https://www.instagram.com/georgiaaaa_andersonnn/ Hosts: Gen Fricker and Alexei Toliopoulos Executive Producer: Pariya Taherzadeh Producer: Abbey Lenton  Editor/Mixer: Pariya Taherzadeh  This podcast is brought to you by Netflix.  Thanks for listening!

Everyone deserves a chance at love, no matter how old or who we are - that’s where Love On The Spectrum comes in.  This US docu-series follows people on the autism spectrum as they navigate the world of dating and relationships. In this episode of Lived It, Gen Fricker and Alexei Toliopoulos chat to Michael Theo, season one and two cast member of Love On The Spectrum Australia, about what he REALLY thinks of the new US show, and his feelings about being an international star.  CREDITS Guest: Michael Theo - https://bit.ly/3Mh0pKu Hosts: Gen Fricker and Alexei Toliopoulos Executive Producer: Pariya Taherzadeh Producer: Abbey Lenton  Editor/Mixer: Pariya Taherzadeh  This podcast is brought to you by Netflix.  Thanks for listening!

Imagine for your entire life you’re an only child, and then one day you get told you not only have one half sibling but three, all of which you ACCIDENTLY bump into. Sounds, like a movie right? Well, that’s exactly what happened to our guest, Zack.  Plus, Gen Fricker and Alexei Toliopolous talk about the new documentary, Our Father. After a woman's at-home DNA test reveals multiple half-siblings, she discovers a shocking scheme that spans decades.  CREDITS Guest: Zack Hosts: Gen Fricker and Alexei Toliopoulos Executive Producer: Pariya Taherzadeh Producer: Abbey Lenton  Editor/Mixer: Pariya Taherzadeh  This podcast is brought to you by Netflix.  Thanks for listening!

Conspiracies happen quite a lot. Political assassinations, scandals and cover-ups, and even secret societies… Enter The Pentaverate.  The Pentaverate - created by Mike Myers, and of course stars Mike Myers (eight of him to be exact), is about a Canadian journalist who finds himself on a mission to break a story on the Pentaverate, the world’s oldest and most influential secret society… But remember The Pentaverate must never be exposed. Plus, in this episode of 'Lived It' Gen and Alexei chat to Ruby Jones, an Australian journalist who delved into the conspiracy theory of UFOs, and who just so happened to find love at the same time - #winning.     CREDITS Guest: Ruby Jones - https://7ampodcast.com.au/   Hosts: Gen Fricker and Alexei Toliopoulos Executive Producer: Pariya Taherzadeh Producer: Abbey Lenton  Editor/Mixer: Pariya Taherzadeh  This podcast is brought to you by Netflix.  Thanks for listening!

Do you ever look back on your teenage years and think ‘Damn, I wish things were easier then!’? We second that!  In this episode of ‘Lived It’ Gen and Alexei chat to a former Australian rules football player who’s also an LGBTIQ+ advocate - Jason Ball, about what life was like once he came out in the ‘masculine’ game of Aussie football.  Plus, we also take a look at the new show Heartstopper. Heartstopper is about a gay schoolboy who falls in love with a classmate, who also happens to be a rugby player… Oh, what we would give to be young again! CREDITS Guest: Jason Ball - https://jasonball.com.au/ Hosts: Gen Fricker and Alexei Toliopoulos Executive Producer: Pariya Taherzadeh Producer: Abbey Lenton  Editor/Mixer: Pariya Taherzadeh  This podcast is brought to you by Netflix.  Thanks for listening!

Where else can you get luxury real estate viewing, extravagant houses, dramatic feuds and in-office romances? Why, on Selling Sunset of course!  'Literally Lived It' is a special episode where we talk to people who’ve LITERALLY LIVED the experience of being on a tv show or movie.  In this episode, Gen Fricker and Alexei Toliopoulos are chatting to the sweetest reality tv star known to Netflix-kind, Mary Fitzgerald.  Mary lets us in on what life is really like while the cameras aren’t rolling, and shares her take (pun intended) on the Christine drama.  CREDITS Guest: Mary Fitzgerald - www.instagram.com/themaryfitzgerald/?hl=en  Hosts: Gen Fricker and Alexei Toliopoulos Executive Producer: Pariya Taherzadeh Producer: Abbey Lenton  Editor/Mixer: Pariya Taherzadeh  This podcast is brought to you by Netflix.  Thanks for listening!

Nowadays, you can do EVERYTHING online – you can date online, play video games online,  and even become… an accidental sugar baby online. Or at least that’s what happened to comedian and e-sports commentator Michael Hing. In this episode of Lived It, Gen and Alexei reflect on the immersive nature of a game, before diving into horror-thriller movie ‘Choose or Die’, where one decision can end it all…. Gruesomely. CREDITS Guest: Michael Hing - www.instagram.com/hingers/ Hosts: Gen Fricker and Alexei Toliopoulos Executive Producer: Pariya Taherzadeh Producer: Abbey Lenton  Editor/Mixer: Pariya Taherzadeh  This podcast is brought to you by Netflix.  Thanks for listening!