The Thing Committee

Two hilarious men join the Thing Committee at the Hotel Windsor, Dan Hall from Dan Hall enterprises and John Richards from the Boxcutter podcast and Space People on ABC*. * The show is actually called Outland.The post TC 23: Dan Hall and John Richards appeared first on The Thing Committee.

At the swanky Hotel Windsor, the Thing Committee convenes with Declan Fay of the Sweetest Plum amongst other endeavours and Gerard McCulloch, comedian, writer, televisionist, linguist, philatelist, bon vivant, and Twitter Doctor (like a TV doctor, but on Twitter) @DrJavaBeans. Is binge-consuming television a thing? Getting your change from a bar on a little a tray, is that a thing? And is having a personal brand a thing? The committee decides.The post TC 22: Declan Fay and Gerard McCulloch appeared first on The Thing Committee.

The biggest Thing Committee we've ever seen debuts in this episode where Karl Chandler from the Little Dum Dum Club, Dave Thornton, formerly of Mamamia Today, and Tasmania's second best comedian, Luke McGregor, all come together to make decisions on things. Is treating Americans better than Aussies a thing? Is making fun of junkies a thing?The post TC 21: Dave Thornton, Karl Chandler and Luke MacGregor appeared first on The Thing Committee.

The Thing Committee convenes in Peter Helliar's honeymoon suite, or close to it at least. Comedian Peter Helliar, coincidentally, also joins the committee with actor and singer Tim Campbell. Items on this week's agenda include road trips and is being famous for crazy causes a thing?The post TC 20: Peter Helliar & Tim Campbell appeared first on The Thing Committee.

Comedian Bart Freebairn joins the Thing Committee at the luscious Hotel Windsor. The committee gets a little bit dark this week and deals with procrastibaking, is it a thing? Is respect for people in office a thing anymore? And Bart asks if rage wanking is a thing?The post TC 19: Bart Freebairn appeared first on The Thing Committee.

From the stunning confines of the Hotel Windsor the Thing Committee convenes with the King and Queen of Melbourne comedy, Tommy Little and Adam Richard. The committee sits to decide if mobile phone etiquette is a thing, is pretending to not know someone a thing, is using sexting apps not for sexting a thing, and then things get MA rated as Adam Richards enquires of the myth of the 'soggy sao'. Molk also wants to know if he should tip his waiters more, is tipping a thing? This episode of the podcast brought to you by Melbourne's Hotel Windsor that is celebrating it's 130th birthday this year, and the Mercy bar formerly known as Virginia Plain plus @radionotes on Twitter.The post TC 18: Adam Richard & Tommy Little appeared first on The Thing Committee.

Un-mummy blogger, TV and radio personality, funny person, opinionated female, Em Rusciano, joins the Thing Committee in the Hotel Windsor. There was supposed to be a second guest, but they ended up being imaginary. Josh, Em and Molk The committee lines up puns, mummy bloggers and changeroom-mirror-Facebook-camera-things, and decides with all of the authority that God above has given us. This episode of the podcast is brought to you by the superheros at Virginia Plain, The Hotel Windsor, and our crowdfunding legends John Murch and Nick King!The post TC 17: Em Rusciano & an imaginary friend appeared first on The Thing Committee.

The Thing Committee, being the authority on things that it is, is not beyond elegant surrounds and excellent people, so in this episode of the podcast Josh chats to David Perry, CEO of the Hotel. When we stay in Melbourne we stay at The Hotel Windsor, we're quite classy like that (Ed: Our wives are quite classy like that) and we highly recommend that you do as well, because they made the next 10 episodes of your favourite podcast possible. Josh Withers, David Perry, Steve Molk The Hotel is celebrating it's 130th anniversary this year and artists from the Victorian College of the Arts (VCA) will transform The Hotel Windsor into an art space during July and August. Supporting the exhibition will be the illumination of the hotel exterior on 15th of August, 2013. Please thank the Hotel Windsor for supporting The Thing Committee and giving them the space to decide what's a thing, and what's not a thing.The post TC 16: David Perry and the Hotel Windsor appeared first on The Thing Committee.

The committee has convened in Brisbane this week with Josh's favourite funny man, Tim Ferguson, and Molk's favourite up and coming author and singer, Katie Wallis. Are butt wipes (one wipe charlies) a thing? Are audiobooks a thing? Are topless barbers a thing? Is variety television a thing? Are apps becoming real life games a thing? The committee decides these and more. Coming up: For the next few months you'll be enjoying the Thing Committee from Melbourne thanks to the Hotel Windsor and Virginia Plain. Please tweet, Facebook, Yelp or Urbanspoon those guys some love for looking after us!

This is the first of the Hotel Windsor Thing Committee meetings, and we're indebted to the staff of this 130 year old 5 star hotel for not only existing and being stunning, but also for sponsoring this series of the podcast. In today's episode comedian and podcaster, Steele Saunders from the I Love Green Guide Letters podcast joins our show plus the Wagga Wagga girl that escaped, Geraldine Quinn, musician, comedian, and writer also sits on the panel of Australia's most authoritive thing committee. This committee meeting we decide if inter-town rivalries are a thing, casual racism get's a swing and Bride's trashing the dress, is that a thing. Special Guests: Geraldine Quinn and Steele Saunders.

The gates have opened on another episode of Australia's official Thing Committee. Scotty McDonald joins the podcast again, and Nicole McLachlan sits in for the first time. The committee addresses social filters, social media hacking, onesies and the over-reporting of news. Podcast plug: @NicMcLachlan, @ScottyMcDonald, @MolksTVTalk & @JoshuaWithersClick To Tweet The post TC 13: Nic McLachlan & Scotty McDonald appeared first on The Thing Committee.

Fresh from Venice Beach, California, Osher Günsberg, the TV and radio personality formerly known as Andrew G, joins the committee along with Brisbane radio personality, Liam Renton, of 96five. The committee asks if radio is a thing? Is James Matheson a thing? Is bullying vegetarians a thing?The post TC 11: Osher Günsberg & Liam Renton appeared first on The Thing Committee.

The Thing Committee podcast reached new levels of class in this episode as Joe Marsden and Emily Jade O'Keefe join the hosts Josh Withers and Steve Molk to decide what four things are, and are not, things.The post TC 10: Emily Jade O'Keefe & Joe Marsden appeared first on The Thing Committee.

The committee reached new levels of disorganisation this week as the gentleman of Australian comedy, Wil Anderson, and the gentlelady of Brisbane night time radio, Rebecca Levingston, joined the meeting. The committee asks if Snapchat is a thing? Is Kevin Rudd a thing? Are family traditions still a thing? Here's some bonus content, the minutes before the podcast Special Guests: Rebecca Levingston and Wil Anderson.

Today's edition of the Thing Committee exists purely to raise awareness of all the good work the Thing Committee does. Please donate, retweet and email your friends about it now. Things addressed by the committee this week include Raising awareness, is it a thing? Should Asia's Eurovision "Our Sound" be thing? Is filming things, in particular at concerts, a thing? Is having cheap toilet paper for your guests a thing? This week's committee is Josh Withers and Steve Molk plus guests, journa-produc-writer Jaime Wells and the comedy world offers up Danny McGinlay.The post TC 8: Danny McGinlay & Jaime Wells appeared first on The Thing Committee.

The next big thing in Japan is just under an hour of mp3 goodness and you're about to listen to it. Here in Australia we call it the Thing Committee. The agreeable and funny Matt Okine plus the incredibly intelligent, trustworthy and accurate Stuart Layt both join the committee this week, along with regular hosts Josh Withers and Steve Molk. The general consensus is that it's awkward just sitting there wondering whether a thing, is a thing, until the committee decides upon it, so in this show we decide on the following things: Is the shortening of words a thing? Are newspapers a thing? Is Gen Y a thing? The post TC 7: Matt Okine & Stuart Layt appeared first on The Thing Committee.

Is #justsayin a thing? Are middle names a thing? Is outing Internet trolls a thing? These questions and more are addressed by this week's committee. We've borrowed from the greats of AM and FM radio for this weeks episode of the committee. Tom Ballard of Triple J breakfast radio fame and Geoff Harrison, one of the original staffers of QFM and now of 4BH fame, joins regulars Steve Molk and Josh Withers on Australia's favourite podcast about things.The post TC 6: Tom Ballard & Geoff Harrison appeared first on The Thing Committee.

A tradition started so many (four) episodes ago, continues today, with the fifth episode of Australia's most authoritative podcast. Today's Thing Committee contains Rupert Murdoch's personal technology helpdesk attendant, Jen Dudley, 50% of the future hope of commercial radio, Dominic Fay, the mastermind behind TV's other night of night,s the Molkies, Steve Molk from MolksTVTalk and the third most intelligent person to ever visit Walgett for a week, Josh Withers. In this episode the committee faces the issues that couldn't be tabled in Question Time this week, and they ask: Is Google Android a thing? Are email read receipts a thing? Is wearable technology a thing? Is the Swisse Colour Run a thing? Show notes: Apologies for the distorted sound in the first few minutes. The panel operator has been executed. Also, not every podcast is this nerdy, but with Jen, Molk and Josh in the one room you couldn't expect much else.The post TC 5: Jen Dudley & Dominic Fay appeared first on The Thing Committee.

Cameron Atfield, Carly Commens, Steve Molk and Josh Withers convened to decide, once again, what's a thing and what is not a thing. Is God a thing? Is dirt being served as food a thing? Is "brah" a thing? And more, all served up in today's podcast!The post TC 4: Cameron Atfeild & Carly Commens appeared first on The Thing Committee.

A Perth flavoured Thing Committee meeting is in store for you in today's episode. Steve Molk is joined by two Sandgropers plus one of those east coast visitors at the 96fm studios (thanks!) Paul Cook, Steele Saunders, Carmen Braidwood and Steve Molk decide what's a thing and what's not a thing. Today's topics include vajazzling, beards, live TV, the Pope and sending "You're not invited" cards for weddings. Extra material on beards.The post TC 3: Paul Cook, Steele Saunders & Carmen Braidwood appeared first on The Thing Committee.