Chronicles On The Fly

Simon was recently a guest on The Gentleman Ultra Podcast as part of the "3 World Cup Questions" series to discuss his favourite moments, matches and teams in World Cup history.

Comedian Anthony Locascio is going on an Australian tour. We discuss the Will Smith Oscars slap, Italy missing the World Cup again, Ukraine, Shane Warne, and much more!

Soccer, comedy and culture with special guest Anthony Locascio

We're a couple weeks late to publish this episode, but it was recorded on September 11, 2021, the 20th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks.

We have an update on the future of the podcast. Perth in COVID-19 lockdown again. And the European Super League.

It's a robust family affair with listener Karl. He's Mel and Dom's cousin and a keen listener of the Chronicles, and he's lucky enough to get his mug on camera in this 4-way free-for-all to discuss accusations leveled at Australia's Attorney General, Christian Porter, Joe Biden's mental state and U.S. politics, The Sopranos, funny movies, and Karl's favourite topic: conspiracies.

We wrap up the Western Australian state election shambles for the WA Liberal Party, give our thoughts on the Princess Harry & Princess Meghan on Queen Oprah Show, as well as Piers Morgan quitting his Good Morning Britain show. And we review Coming 2 America so that you don't ever have to watch it!

Joe Biden dropping bombs on Syria, our local Western Australian state politics with an election looming in less than a couple of weeks' time, the WAxit party's secession plan for WA. The Liberal and Labor parties tricking voters into handing over their personal details, tinpot dictator Premier Mark McGowan turning WA in to a police state and his announcement that he intends to keep the border closed long after the pandemic ends.

We discuss Eddie McGuire being forced to step down as the president of the Collingwood Football Club, Tom Brady winning his 7th Superbowl, GOAT of world sports discussion, and Bruce Springsteen's ad for Jeep about unifying America during the Superbowl halftime break.

Perth, our little self-isolated town at the bottom of the world has caught a curious case of the COVIDS, and we're coming to you from lockdown. The shorting of the GameStop shares and the battle between Wall St hedge fund players and Reddit consumer investors. Dom gives a thorough explanation of what shorting is. Lionel's Messi contract leak saga. And then we laugh out loud while discussing the Operation Odessa documentary.

An action-packed episode and one of our best yet. A robust conversation about the "insurrection" of the Capitol building in Washington D.C. We ask whether Trump incited it, what they hoped to achieve and what they actually achieved. Also, big tech censorship and freedom of speech with DonalD Trump banned from social media! And the Parler app being banned from the Google and Apple app stores and being kicked off Amazon's web servers.

Paolo Rossi, the goalscoring star of the Italian 1982 World Cup winning team in Spain has died. We celebrate the legend of "Pablito". We also discuss an AFL draft nominee telling the media that he didn't want to be drafted outside of Victoria. Did Mercedes purposely throw away a Formula 1 victory? Our fearful WA Premier. Have you downloaded the SafeWA app? Millwall FC fans boo their own team.. Are sport fans tired of being lectured to?

On the morning of November 26th, 2020, in Australia we woke up to the shocking news that the great Diego Armando Maradona had died. In this episode of Chronicles On The Fly, Simon, Mel & Dom pay tribute to Maradona with our thoughts and memories of the greatest footballer and sportsman of all time.

The Australian Defense Force's alleged crimes in Afghanistan; our COVID-19 fearmongering WA Premier sponsoring WA Labor's Balcatta member's chook raffle which made light of the state's hard border closure; 2-time AFL Premiership star Lewis Jetta has been let go by the West Coast Eagles; new COVID-19 vaccine; South Australia's short-lived lockdown; will Euro 2020 and the Tokyo 2020 Olympics really go ahead in 2021?

A US election special from a couple Aussies... Is it Sleepy Joe & Kommunist Kamala, or will we have 4 more years of Donnie's Diplomacy & Presidential Tweets? Republicans claim the election was rigged. Trump is challenging the election result. Was there voter fraud? Can it be proven?

US election deep dive and other interesting Australian and US politics chat. Western Australia's tinpot dictator. WA's Claremont serial killer trial verdict. The passing of one of our childhood sporting heroes, Dean Jones... and plenty more.

Novak Djokovic tossed out of the US Open for accidentally hitting a stray ball into a linesperson, and are sports stars role models? Cheating in football; Diego Maradona's 1986 World Cup hand of God goal, and where the win-at-all-costs mentality comes from. VAR reviews in football and poor ARC review technology in AFL.

The AFL Grand Final goes north to Brisvegas. The AFL strip club scandal. Netflix and Amazon Video football documentaries. The West Australian newspaper is a tabloid rag and how long do newspapers have left? We discuss music streaming services such as Spotify, YouTube Music and Amazon Music. Then we go down a huge rabbit hole of interesting conspiracy theories.

Inter Milan lost the Europa League final to Sevilla, and a preview of the European Champions League final. We talk Biden v Trump in the coming U.S. presidential election. The Australian's satirical cartoon depicting Biden as racist. Plandemic documentary. Should false information be censored by major online platforms like Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and Instagram? Valentino Rossi's miraculous near-miss and near-death experience.

Snippet from Chronicles On The Fly episode 15: "Doin` The Dickie Wackin`". We discuss the flaws and biases in the anecdotal evidence and studies that are being referenced and falsely cited as facts in the debate over whether hydroxychloroquine is an effective treatment for COVID-19. In short: nothing is proven yet. Listen to find out why. Follow us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ChroniclesOnTheFly, on Instagram at www.instagram.com/chroniclesontheflypod, and on Twitter at www.twitter.com/ChroniclesOTF