The Footy Dictionary Podcast
1) Coin toss arcs, players with anxious faces and the most generic fixture imaginable
The final siren has sounded at Dictionary HQ, but the boys are in the studio to give one last worthy hurrah in radio junk time. Thanks for listening this season, DicHeads. Catch Harper every Fri...Show More
2) Commeti-isms, purple patches and the footy-loving king of Egyptian pop
Harper's coming into the studio at his highest point this week, still buzzing off Essendon's streak-snapping win over Port. Hamish is not so happy - at least until he hears a football media great's na...Show More
3) Shushing, scoreboards and the fate of the Auskickers who wore team jumpers
A hush has gone 'round Dictionary HQ after Carlton and Essendon were consigned to 0-2 starts ahead of their primetime fixtures this weekend. Hamish has some melancholy melodies and Harper is bri...Show More
4) Ill-suited sponsors, sporadic score announcements and an 1860s legend
Hamish O'Brien and Harper Pestinger have a lot to say about the final week of AFL pre-season. Stadium MCs, sponsor contract negotiators and tropical weather systems are all in the firing line. W...Show More
5) Goalsneaks, commentary shake-ups and prime ministerial ramps
Pre-season action is gaining speed, Robert Menzies is ramping up and The Footy Dictionary is hitting its straps this week. Join Harper Pestinger and Hamish O'Brien for another powerful hour of niche f...Show More
6) Sunken seats, smooth jazz and Stonehenge
Nothing brings people together like a match sim at Whitten Oval. All it took was four-goal second half from Tom Edwards, and just like that Harper Pestinger and Hamish O'Brien are back, reunited...Show More
7) The Very Best of The Footy Dictionary
'What's this whole Dictionary show even about?' Well, it's definitely not on-field analysis, and we've stretched beyond just the language of Aussie rules. To kick off the new season, The Footy D...Show More
8) Love letters, AFL South Africa and a guest appearance from Chris Martin
It's come to this. Six weeks of scouring the depths of history to find football's greatest journeymen. Today, we finalise our All-Journeyman line-up, including, crucially, the fabled ruck positi...Show More
9) Ben Cameron | Wool and leather, crepe paper, and the very fabric of the game
In this crafts and textiles edition of The Dictionary, art aficionado/ABC Sport commentator Ben Cameron joins Harper Pestinger and Hamish O'Brien to tear through his favourite footy quirks. &nb...Show More
10) Marnie Vinall | Dubious journeymen, jazzed-up jumpers and soup scepticism
Marnie Vinall - of ABC and The Footy with Broden Kelly fame - is in the studio with Harper Pestinger and Hamish O'Brien to present her greatest niche loves and hates of Aussie rules. We're live f...Show More