We’ve made it- it’s the final day of the Tokyo Games, and we have emerged intact, covid-free, and laden with sweet, sweet gold.The final days saw more success for Australia; God brought home Tom Green and Jean van der Westhuyzen for gold on a kayak, but could only afford Nicola McDermott a silver in the high jump. Nevertheless, does Liberal preselection await?Elsewhere, Keegan Palmer settled the debate on what constitutes an essential service, before we marvelled at the quick-thinking of Cedric Dubler in the decathlon. Then we pardoned the Kookaburras for breaking the rules for a few slabs.Triathlon is under the pump, with calls for a culture review emanating from a disgruntled former athlete- and that’s good enough for us. Will they finally admit to the one glaring issue that has dogged the sport? And will Woman’s Day play it’s part?Finally, we wrap up this glorious no-fun event by discussing the winners and losers. Was our high finish in the medal tally adequate? How good was it to see the IOC finally get a win? Will the inevitable next wave of covid be worth it for Japan?Audio production courtesy of Tim ‘T-Dog’ Eldridge. Graphic design courtesy of Julia Edwards.Thanks to everyone for joining us during this special Olympics series of Have a Go. We appreciate your support and we'll be back soon with more episodes once we've recovered. In the meantime you can follow us on Instagram (@haveagopodcast) or contact us via email (haveagopodcast@gmail.com) if you want.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, which was recorded just before the start of Tokyo 2020, we're fondly reflecting on the true Bad Boys (and Girls) of Australian Olympic History.Sung to the theme of Billy Joel's We Didn't Start the Fire, our subjects include:"Nick D'arcy, Kendrick Monk, posing in a gun shop. Stilnox, John Coates, Cultural Review.""Steph Rice Homophobic Tweet, Michael Diamond DUI, Sally Robbins laying down, nation's on the fritz."Audio production by Tim 'T-Dog' Eldridge; graphic design thanks to Julia Edwards.Email us at haveagopodcast@gmail.com.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Have a Go's fan favourite Luke Heggie is back on as part of our special 'Olympic Reflections' mini-series. We hear about one of the strangest units of all time, British decathlon gold medallist Daley Thompson, before learning about Irish sporting royalty, Michelle Smith de Bruin and her doting husband, Erik. Check out lukeheggie.com for gig dates. If you're not already on his podcast with Nick Cody (Midnight Brawl) then do yourself a favour. Elite audio production from Tim 'T-Dog' Eldridge; graphic design thanks to Julia Edwards.Any grievances, please contact your local councillor at haveagopodcast@gmail.com.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We’re deep in to the post-swimming medal frenzy. The rivers of gold have slowed, and Australia is diligently scouring the beach with a metal detector for anything that resembles a precious metal.Thankfully, sailing is keeping us afloat, with Matthew Belcher and Will Ryan picking up another ‘just show up’ gold medal. Does this mean we are on the cusp of a sailing boom? And what’s in an seafaring AusKick pack anyway?Elsewhere, boxing sensation Harry Garside is taking the world by storm, sinking seasoned Kazakhstani veterans with his rapid hands and painted fingernails, drawing comparisons with some of history’s greatest fighters, and Wil Anderson.Andrew Hoy has done his bit with a silver and a bronze, fuelling dreams of a berth in Brisbane 2032. And better yet, Coatesy got in on the act to share war stories- and wasn’t it good to see two Aussie battlers get their dues?Wrapping it up, we talk about the need for naked athletes, Bill Shorten, Shane Heal on the corpie circuit, and the massive revelation the IOC is still drug testing athletes.Audio production courtesy of Tim ‘T-Dog’ Eldridge. Graphic design courtesy of Julia Edwards.Praise/critique/submit questions/cyber-attack us here: haveagopodcast@gmail.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Melbourne comic Tim "Big Hewy" Hewitt joins us today on our special 'Olympic Reflections' mini-series!We start with a very recent memory (Anastacia's parochial reaction to the Brisbane 2032 bid win), before deep-diving Australia's brief and weird obsession with the pole vault, triggered by gold medallist/psycho redhead Steve Hooker and the glamorous Tatiana Grigorieva. That naturally leads to a discussion around swimming dads and illegal body suits.After the break we talk Stilnox and gun laws before gleefully veering off-piste via a chance reference to Jana Pittman's adult braces. We close things out by imagining how the UFC would go as an Olympic sport. Give Hewy a follow on Insta (@hewybaby) for some elite Olympics video content and for updates on upcoming comedy gigs. His podcast, Feed Em Brah, is also available on all the usual channels.Elite audio production from Tim 'T-Dog' Eldridge; graphic design thanks to Julia Edwards.Any inquiries/grievances, please contract your local councillor at haveagopodcast@gmail.com.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Cam Duggan and Gerard McGowan, two-thirds of the excellent Mugg Off Podcast, join the show as part of our special 'Olympic Reflections' mini-series.We discuss Eric 'The Eel' Moussambani, who stole our hearts at Sydney 2000 despite coming from a country which didn't have an Olympic pool. How did he get into the Olympics? Why didn't someone jump in to help a bloke who was clearly drowning in front of our eyes? Where is he now? We then go on to reflect on cult hero Jai Taurima, the larrikin athlete who used to put his ciggies out in the long jump sandpit. Apparently he's an AFP officer now, which is disappointing. The Mugg Off is an elite comedy podcast hosted by three blokes from Sydney's inner west. Download it wherever you get your podcasts. Cam and Gerry can be found on Insta at @cameron_duggan and @gerardmcomedy. Elite audio production from Tim 'T-Dog' Eldridge; graphic design thanks to Julia Edwards.Any grievances, hit us up at haveagopodcast@gmail.com.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Scintillating Sunday has moved in to Magic Monday, and we’re blissfully counting our ever-growing mountain of gold.Where do we start? Logan Martin picked up an unlikely gold in BMX, leaving the nation in a bunny-hop lather and sending his real estate agent scrambling for an effective way to market a BMX track. Matt Wearn won our first ‘welfare’ gold by simply ‘turning up’, while chronic over-achiever Rohan Browning momentarily reignited our passion for the 100m dash. Will he be immediately be instated as an IOC dignitary?Emma McKeon is now officially our 'Greatest Ever Olympian'. But now that the swimming is over, we're left staring at a dangerous cliff face for national morale. Not only this, our swimmers are facing the ignominy of lame virtual celebrations upon return. Should we divert the Medicare levy to our triumphant athletes as compensation? Or sell their gold for Brownlow Medals?Then we talk aggressive Chinese sprinters, (passive) aggressive Jamaican sprinters, and whether Bruce McAvaney is being bullied for being too professional.Audio production courtesy of Tim ‘T-Dog’ Eldridge. Graphic design courtesy of Julia Edwards.Praise/critique/submit questions/cyber-attack us here: haveagopodcast@gmail.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We examine one of the most iconic moments in Australian sporting history: the time Kieren Perkins won Gold in the 1500m from lane 8 at Atlanta 1996.He'd barely qualified for the team, he was ill before the race, and he was plagued by self-doubts and panic attacks. But he romped it home from the "graveyard" Lane 8 position to secure his place in our hearts, and a lifetime's worth of board directorships and corporate sponsorships.Will the nation "stop" for an event like this again? Have social media, Gen Z slackers and slogan politics killed the 1500 metre race? Is there anything better than a clean cut Olympian winning an against-the-odds gold in an obscure timezone for broadcast? Audio production courtesy of Tim ‘T-Dog’ Eldridge. Graphic design courtesy of Julia Edwards.Praise / critique / submit questions / cyber-attack us at: haveagopodcast@gmail.com. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Super Saturday is here and the gold on the water at Tokyo 2020 continues to flow apace.From Wednesday's "67 minutes of glorious gold" to the extreme dominance in the Rowing, Australia's been unashamedly stockpiling medals for the looming athletics drought.But is the gold getting old? Is a breaststroke gold really worth the column inches? And are the TV-polished fathers of our winners right to be obdurate and scripted in their reactions?But for every story of triumph, there’s one of utter national shame. The Opals were trumped by the Chinese (and rightly so... please don’t cyber-attack us), and our rugby Sevens teams are playing off for positions in the double-digits. Still, at least Kyle Chalmers might get a spot in the VFL ressies at half-back flank upon return.Finally, the Equestrian is here - and that means the nation's expectations shift to the trembling 62-year-old shoulders of Andrew Hoy. Can we bank on this older gentleman for Gold in the Olympics' only gender neutral event?Audio production courtesy of Tim ‘T-Dog’ Eldridge. Graphic design courtesy of Julia Edwards.Praise/critique/submit questions/cyber-attack us here: haveagopodcast@gmail.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Kurt Fearnley is Australia's pre-eminent Good Strong Bloke (GSB). Over a 25-year career, he's amassed three Paralympic Gold medals, two Olympic silver medals and seven world titles. He's also crawled the Kokoda Trail, crewed the winning yacht in the Sydney to Hobart, and jagged an OAM. We hear what it's like to be an 18-year-old competing in front of 118,000 people at Sydney 2000, to winning Gold in Athens 2004 (despite busting a tyre 5km from the finish line). We discuss the pressure of perfection at the elite level - including Simone Biles' exit from Tokyo 2020 - and the 'feast or famine' nature of life after sport for many Olympians. We also get the low down on which Australians to look out for in the upcoming Paralympics, which kick off August 24.Audio production thanks to Tim 'T-Dog' Eldridge, with graphic design by Julia Edwards.Any questions/comments/grievances, hit us up at haveagopodcast@gmail.com. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today we are going back to a defining moment in Australia’s sporting history: The Olympic swimming selection trials of 2004.The nation held its breath when Ian Thorpe slipped on the blocks in the 400m qualifying heats for Athens 2004, earning an automatic disqualification from the stickler official.Thorpe claimed a noise caused him to jump. the blocks. What was that noise? Was it the sound of sponsorship dollars going down the drain? Or perhaps the NRL's Phantom Siren diversifying into new sports?Anyway, his appeal was unsuccessful - and our dreams of back-to-back Gold in the 400m were dashed. That is, until teammate Craig Stevens bowed to public pressure, stepping aside to give his place to Thorpe and pocketing $130k for the "tell all" interview rights.Was this a Gallipoli-like sacrifice, or just another small step towards the general malaise of Australian society?Audio production courtesy of Tim ‘T-Dog’ Eldridge. Graphic design courtesy of Julia Edwards.Praise / critique / submit questions / cyberattack us at: haveagopodcast@gmail.com.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We’ve got Gina Rinehart-levels of gold flowing in the pool thanks to Ariane Titmus and Kaylee McKeown, and a swimming team that is pleasing its AOC masters by rag-dolling socials with regular viral content.But while this may be keeping John Coates happy, what about the locals in Japan? Is there anything in the COVID marshall handbook for negotiating a gyrating white man? And why does the IOC bristle about podium trivialities, but couldn’t care less about a profanity voiced by Rebecca Gibney?Once this is sorted, we talk about the ASMR-qualities of Ian Thorpe, blokes in Kathmandu puffer jackets and a repechage for Good Strong Women, before wrapping it up with daggy parents and China’s tactic of conquering the West by body-shaming it’s own female weightlifters.Audio production courtesy of Tim ‘T-Dog’ Eldridge. Graphic design courtesy of Julia Edwards.Praise/critique/submit questions/cyber-attack us here: haveagopodcast@gmail.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tom Birmingham from the Hello Sport Podcast is on as part of our special 'Olympic Reflections' mini-series.We earnestly discuss the lingering cultural impact of Matt Shirvington's junk (upon close review, it's still as big as we remembered it to be) while reflecting on Jane Savile's sad (but technically correct) last minute disqualification from the Sydney 2000 Olympics.The Hello Sport Podcast is a celebration of the great Australian past time that is talking about sport with unqualified opinion and unwavering bias. It's hosted by two young blokes, Tom and Eddy, who are going places. You can get it wherever you get your podcasts etc.Elite audio production from Tim 'T-Dog' Eldridge; graphic design thanks to Julia Edwards.Any grievances, hit us up at haveagopodcast@gmail.com.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Day 4 is here, and we’re already in the bad books with the IOC. But who cares, because how good’s a relay gold with no subsequent commercial impact?Even though they’ll never see a corpie, our 4x100m relay golden girls crushed the Americans on the way to gold. But was it enough to satiate our collective appetite for medals? And how much of this undue pressure can we shift on to the shoulders of Ariarne Titmus?For those unaware, she’s the girl from the Harvey Norman ads. Not only do we badly need her to trump evil American Katie Ledecky, but Gerry Harvey does too. Can she bring it home for the whitegoods tsar after a gruelling year without JobKeeper?Whether or not she salutes, at least Channel 7 will routinely remind us about the AFL. Apparently it’s a new Olympic sport now along with netball, mainly because Patrick Dangerfield said so.Better yet, we’ve got Basil Zempilas, one bloke with a truckload of Insta followers in K-Mart youth clobber, and Dean Capobianco just listed his Clovelly home - and it’s all set against the backdrop of Japanese efficiency and the ferocious delta strain.Audio production courtesy of Tim ‘T-Dog’ Eldridge. Graphic design courtesy of Julia Edwards.Praise / critique / submit questions / cyberattack us at: haveagopodcast@gmail.com.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Much like a 40-year-old man trying to impress the friends of his new 22-year-old girlfriend, the IOC is rolling out a bunch of ‘rad’ new sports at Tokyo 2020.But why does everything have to be new? Broadcast dollars, mainly. But it's not the IOC's most desperate cash grab: that was Paris 1900, which included highly marketable sports such as live pigeon shooting and poodle clipping.Karate's in at Tokyo, and that makes sense, but what the actual fuck is 'Sport Climbing'? We're assume it's like the Wall on 'Gladiators', with matches refereed by Mike Whitney and John Alexander (with Mike Hammond as lead commentator.)Meanwhile, our skateboarding team is made up of a handful of teenagers plus a 31-year-old bloke who was selected to do the bottle shop runs. Plus Joel Caine has been tapped to do the live odds reads at the Keirin event.Introducing our special 'Spotlight on Tokyo' mini-series (14:25). Audio production from Tim ‘T-Dog’ Eldridge. Graphic design courtesy of Julia Edwards.Praise/critique/submit questions/cyber-attack us here: Instagram: www.instagram.com/haveagopodcast/ FB: www.facebook.com/HaveaGoPodcast Email: haveagopodcast@gmail.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

After a typically precise and covid-devalued Opening Ceremony, Day 1 is underway at Tokyo.Join the boys as they run the rule over the fanfare of the first night at the Tokyo National Stadium and face the burning questions that arose.How good was the lights and graphics and shit? Will the weight of a state-of-the-art graphite flagpole cost Cate Campbell? And if the Olympics are supposed to help us forget about COVID, then why was the whole thing packed with references to this feral virus?Once that’s sorted, we’ll look forward to the Aussies in action on day one. There’s a six-time table tennis legend, blue collar hockey players, and a good strong bloke on the surfboard. Who should we keep an eye on? Who’s going to bomb out? And who deserves the weight of a nation’s unattainable expectations?Featuring the unbridled Olympic Spirit of social commentator and comedian, Luke Heggie.Audio production courtesy of Tim ‘T-Dog’ Eldridge. Graphic design courtesy of Julia Edwards.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome to Have a Go's special daily coverage of the Tokyo 2020 Games.Many thought it wouldn't happen, but through sheer determination (and water-tight contracts) the IOC have fought off a global pandemic to muscle this thing in to existence.Sport is a microcosm of society - it gives us hope and dares us to dream... or some shit - but do the Japanese even want this? Meanwhile, the athletes are under strict orders not to engage in any coital activities in the Village. What's the point of winning Gold if you can't wear your medal out on the circuit to attract women?There's already been controversies - our equestrians are on the nose beers, our tennis players are getting COVID, our basketballers getting into altercations - while our softball team invoked the Mercy Rule in their hiding at the hands of a rampant Japan. Meanwhile, the Matilda's took a noble stand against racism... only to be outdone by New Zealand yet again.Finally, AOC boss John Coates is feeling bloody hot right now after landing Brisbane 2032. How good's absolute, unchallenged power?Audio production courtesy of Tim ‘T-Dog’ Eldridge. Graphic design courtesy of Julia Edwards. Praise/critique/submit questions/cyber-attack us here: Instagram: www.instagram.com/haveagopodcast/ FB: www.facebook.com/HaveaGoPodcast Email: haveagopodcast@gmail.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We've covering the biggest international sporting event of the year in a special daily podcast. Try and guess which one? (It'll save us from having to type the words and risk being sued by a certain Swiss-based sporting organisation.)We'll be bringing you event previews, race reviews, gold medal updates, feature stories, special guests and wild tangents... all dripping with Sydney 2000 nostalgia.Forget COVID, let's pour all our energy into supporting largely unknown amateur athletes in various obscure events over the next two weeks.Our dedicated Tokyo coverage begins July 23. Subscribe now.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Please enjoy this special hour-long "best bits" episode to mark the end of Series One!Episode includes some new exclusive content and a hint as to what's next for the Have a Go team.After 20 episodes of deep painful introspection, are we any closer to understanding what makes Australia tick? No, but at least we've contributed 600+ mins of audio content to the internet.If you've been enjoying this Podcast, feel free to leave a review. It'll take 13 seconds of your time and give us the shot of dopamine we desperately need in these challenging times.Reach us via email (haveagopodcast@gmail.com) or Instagram (@haveagopodcast).See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's the quadrennial event that unites the world in a kaleidoscope of excitement, triumph, and premium advertising opportunities.Here in Australia, we love a gold medal more than anything else (especially one we haven't budgeted for). And we'll never forget that the Sydney 2000 Games were universally declared the "best ever". It was a simpler time: the economy was booming, political leadership was stable, there were fewer Royal Commissions, Roy and HG were on Free-to-Air TV, and there were certainly no defamation lawsuits being levelled by Victoria Cross recipients.But today, the feats of Duncan Armstrong, Cathy Freeman, the Oarsome Foursome, Nikki Webster and Rod McGeoch are a distant memory, with the unconditional adoration for our plucky athletes and administrators making way for nitpickers hell-bent on calculating the precise taxpayer cost for each gold medal.So, is this glorified amateur athletics carnival still relevant in 2021? Or has COVID dulled our enthusiasm for this great global symbol of hope and peace? Are we too wrapped up in our provincial footy codes to consider the soft power diplomacy impact of winning a decathlon bronze? And hang on, has Brisbane seriously lobbed a bid for 2032?Featuring guest appearance by comedian and social commentator Sean Woodland. Audio production from Tim ‘T-Dog’ Eldridge. Graphic design courtesy of Julia Edwards.Praise/critique/submit questions/cyber-attack us here: Instagram: www.instagram.com/haveagopodcast/ FB: www.facebook.com/HaveaGoPodcast Email: haveagopodcast@gmail.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.