The Inspired Unemployed

The boys are fresh off a trip to Bali celebrating their travel company Arrival’s birthday, but not everyone was on their best behaviour. Falcs has decided it’s time to stage an intervention over some of Jack’s questionable hosting antics, calling in Dom, Happy Allan and Lucy Jackson to provide some damning evidence via voicemail. Then, a hilarious DM prompts Lulu and the boys to revisit some of their most awkward sexual encounters, before Lulu shares a truly rattling story from one very unfortunate night six years ago. Finally, in the DMs, the boys discover that their beloved listener name, ‘The Board Members’, is already being used by the Swag On The Beat podcast. Rather than risk a lawsuit (or a charity boxing match), they decide to pivot and put it to a public vote.  LINKS Follow us on Instagram @theinspiredunemployedpodcast Send us your stories at https://bit.ly/inspired-listener . Watch the podcast on Youtube at https://bit.ly/inspired-vodcast . CREDITS Hosts: Matt Ford and Jack Steele Executive Producer: Sarah-Jane Adams (Lulu) Audio Producer: Nat Marshall Social Producer: Zoe Panaretos Supervising Producer: Elise Cooper Managing Producer: Sam Cavanagh

We all have those weird little habits and rituals that for some reason we HAVE to do. Whether it’s tapping a can before opening it, avoiding cracks in the pavement or dodging signposts, the boys and their mates laugh over their quirks. Then, Tessa and Liam join the boys in studio for a very special edition of ‘Jealous or Justified’. Tessa reveals what happened when an incredibly hot, cool and nice guy moved in with her and Falcs' girlfriend, Sarah. The two stick around for the DMs, where one listener accidentally calls his brother's girlfriend "babe", another is questioning whether sleeping with someone else before you're officially dating is a betrayal, and one bloke discovers his mate has booked the exact same restaurant for a first date. Instagram Send us your stories at https://bit.ly/inspired-listener . Watch the podcast on Youtube at https://bit.ly/inspired-vodcast . See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Do you have so many inside jokes with your mates that you’ve basically developed your own secret language? Well, the boys and their friends have taken this to the nth degree. They can have entire conversations that make absolutely zero sense to anyone else, and today they’re ready to prove it. Then, buckle in, because the boys are taking you through the many twists and turns of their absolutely diabolical journey to the World Cup final in NYC. So much went wrong that they’re questioning whether they should’ve been there at all. And in the Q+A, they've got a new name for all our poddy listeners, a rattling YouTube search history story, and one listener who’s seriously regretting crossing a friendship boundary. Instagram Send us your stories at https://bit.ly/inspired-listener . Watch the podcast on Youtube at https://bit.ly/inspired-vodcast . See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The boys are back on Australian soil and have some explaining to do. Starting with how they ended up performing alongside Kylie Minogue at the AFL Grand Final, making videos with her, Jack completely butchering his one line and then doing possibly the worst thing imaginable to Dom Dolla later that night. Then, at what age do you officially become too old for certain things? The boys debate everything from giving hickeys and going clubbing to playing on a playground. And in Q+A, the boys reveal how they ended up parked next to Alix Earle's yacht in Monaco, a listener shares his own truth circle story, and another listener has some serious issues with the boys' ranking of the trades. Instagram Send us your stories at https://bit.ly/inspired-listener . Watch the podcast on Youtube at https://bit.ly/inspired-vodcast . See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jarch from We Mean Well joins the boys to talk about unfortunate nicknames, including one from his childhood that has haunted him ever since. Then, the boys take us back through one of the more questionable experiences from their travels: spending the day with a bear shaman who genuinely believed he was a bear. It ends with Jack needing stitches. Plus, in the DMs: are you too old to still be living with your parents at 28? How do you make a move on someone at your local coffee shop? And how early is too early to show someone your list of future baby names? Instagram Jarch from We Mean Well Send us your stories at https://bit.ly/inspired-listener . Watch the podcast on Youtube at https://bit.ly/inspired-vodcast . See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The boys girlfriends are in the booth and FINALLY stepping into the Girlfriend Vault. They’ve heard enough, and they’re ready to unleash. Then, the boys put Falcon’s mum Bernie to the ultimate test. Just how far would she go to protect her son’s reputation? Turns out, VERY far. Including being more than willing to lie to a reporter to make him look better. Instagram Send us your stories at https://bit.ly/inspired-listener . Watch the podcast on Youtube at https://bit.ly/inspired-vodcast . See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jack and his mate Billy revisit the few weeks they spent sharing a bed back in the day and finally clear up a VERY uncomfortable misunderstanding that Billy has believed for years. Then, we decide to put Falcs’ reading skills to the ultimate test with a fake ad read designed to be almost impossible to get through. Jack’s in on it, Falc’s has absolutely no idea, its a tough listen. Plus, in the DMs: how long can you reasonably kick your housemate out to “set the vibe”? Should you get a dog when you know you’ll end up doing all the work? And who’s actually more romantic between the two boys. Instagram Send us your stories at https://bit.ly/inspired-listener . Watch the podcast on Youtube at https://bit.ly/inspired-vodcast . See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Happy Allan joins the boys this week - the larrikin party guy who’s gone viral more times than we can count for his disturbing ability to eat a Long John in one bite. And naturally, he comes armed with an outrageous rattled hookup story, involving a girl, an unexpected ex-boyfriend and an escape. Then, we asked you for your worst wedding horror stories, and you absolutely delivered. Cooked speeches, family blow-ups and everything in between. Plus, in the DMs: first date advice, losing your V-card and Jack’s feet. Instagram Send us your stories at https://bit.ly/inspired-listener . Watch the podcast on Youtube at https://bit.ly/inspired-vodcast . See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The boys are going back to their roots this week - and they’ve brought in two men with 25+ years on the tools to settle one of Australia’s most important debates: which tradie is the softest, and which is the hardest? Then, the boys take us back to one of their favourite trips ever: Kyrgyzstan. How they ended up there, launching their business Arrival, and the people they met along the way. Plus, your DMs. Is 30 too late to completely change careers? What happens when you lie about loving camping and accidentally sign yourself up for it to impress a guy? And is your girlfriend using your full government name a red flag? Instagram Send us your stories at https://bit.ly/inspired-listener . Watch the podcast on Youtube at https://bit.ly/inspired-vodcast . See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Every guy thinks they’d be great in an emergency. Falcs is happy to admit he absolutely would not be. After being taken down by a bull ant (and failing to live up to Sarah’s expectations of bravery) the boys get into why men are so convinced they’d be heroes in a crisis. And, naturally, why every bloke thinks they could win a point against Federer. Then we hear your stories of the worst places you’ve ever woken up, which brings back some questionable memories for Jack and Falcs. Plus, in the DMs, ridiculous fights with friends, the worst people to travel with, and is a boyfriend calling his mum every morning a green flag or a red flag? Follow @theinspiredunemployedpodcast on Instagram Send us your stories at https://bit.ly/inspired-listener . Watch the podcast on Youtube at https://bit.ly/inspired-vodcast . See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.