The Mitch Churi Chat Show
Good chat is so back. Each week, radio chatterbox and comedian Mitch Churi cracks open his black book of celeb contacts and invites the biggest names in entertainment to buck the traditional chat show format & bring a pop culture topic they actually want to chat about. PLUS Each week Mitch & his IRL bestie Grace Garde give their take on the biggest pop culture stories swirling around the internet and take you inside their lives for a laugh. It's like a good gossip with your girls. If theres something to chat about, Mitch is all over it.Listen on Spotify, Apple Po...
Luke Bateman chats BookTok, Addiction & Queerbaiting?
Luke Bateman is Australia's favourite ex-football player / turned farmer / turned booklover.
He joins the Mitch Churi Chat Show to talk about Heated Rivalry (of course), heteronormativity and internalised homophobia. All the big topics.
Luke very openly and graciously chats about how his secret love of reading helped him claw his way out of gambling addiction, AND he learns about the Kinsey Scale.
Mitch also discovers mid-interview that Luke has already been on The Bachelor. Grace would like to reiterate the fact that this was recorded while she was in Europe...
Chatting Late-in-Life Madonna Fans, Peppa Pig v Clairo & Tasting Tookie
For some reason, Mitch has decided that today is the day he gives up coffee and he's stressed about it. Don't worry though, he's drinking bone broth now (not in a Pete Evans way). Grace is recovering from her wife's new hiking hobby.
Hacks has SWEPT the Emmy's and we are so proud of our close personal friends. Peppa Pig has started a feud with Clairo and Charli xcx, and Pitbull has broken a world record. There is also a pair of trousers allegedly maiming people. We chat about the surprising origins of Bonnie Tyler's Total...
Addressing the rumours... We are officially the LOUDEST show in Australia
Happy Saturday!
For this week, Mitch decided to surprised Grace with a show appearance of the guy who broke the record for the world's loudest man.
We also finally came across the Australian character in Modelland, and we discuss the actual rumours that were spread about us as teenagers.
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Amy Shark chats soft pop, her love of acting & Jurassic Park
Amy Shark is on the MCCS couch! We love her!
Mitch and Amy have a rich history together that goes all the way back to Mitch's early days on the radio and Amy's affinity for jet skis.
We chat about Amy's first love of acting, why she doesn't read the comments and how the Jurassic Park franchise does NOT respect archaeology.
We also answer every massive question you've ever had, like... is Amy Shark her real name? and is the bun clip in?
AND - we have our...
Chatting Patti Lupone's Gay Cruise, Minion Karaoke & JusT&T Married
Well, we were wrong..... Taylor Swift DID get married at Madison Square Garden. We have thoughts but we also promised we weren't going to be haters this week. Sorry.
The prime minister has had to apologise to the entire country + Kylie Minogue, Millie Bobbie Brown was definitely a "closeted gay" soldier in a past life and Kim Kardashian has released a new Skims product that leaves very little to the imagination.
Mitch has done a deep dive on the Minions and Grace has done a deep dive on Neil the Seal. It's all...
Addressing the rumours... Trisha Paytas called us losers
Guys, we didn't think we would be writing this.....but Trisha Paytas called us losers. Insane sentence. We are addressing it all in this episode.
ANYWAY. If this episode wasn't already massive enough, we also have a global exclusive regarding Modelland.
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Daniel Foxx chats auditioning for SNL UK, studying the art of comedy and nativity plays
British comedian and podcaster Daniel Foxx is here on the mustard couch and we are SO happy to have him.
He has truly studied the art of comedy, and it shows. We chat about SNL UK, auditioning in front of Lorne Michaels, his post-breakup slut era, and a first date with an amateur puppet maker.
Daniel also has a very intriguing theory about being able to tell how hot someone is from who they were cast is in their primary school nativity play and has a gorgeous Princess Diana impression.
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Chatting Karl Stefanovic, Taylor Swift's Wedding & Romeo Beckham's Gay Tennis Movie
Guys, the studio is SO hot today but we fight through it to bring you the biggest pop culture stories of the week, like Romeo Beckham making his acting debut in an upcoming gay tennis movie called Forty Love.
A towncrier from Canberra has become the world's loudest man (congrats) and someone took a dump at a Noah Kahan concert (commiserations). We address the rumours that Taylor Swift might be getting married at Madison Square Garden with 42,000 calla lillies and chat about Millie Bobby Brown flying Tom Cruise's helicopter for some reason.
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Addressing the rumours... We have spoken to Tyra (full Modelland deep dive)
Can you can you survive Modelland?
Honestly not sure anymore!
There is a lot going on this week but we literally can't stop thinking about the 2011 dystopian novel Modelland by Tyra Banks. We do a deep dive into a few of the weirder plot points AND Tyra herself has reached out to Mitch.
We also discuss our spookiest moments, Mitch's alien encounter and our J'Obsessions for the week return!
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Kita Alexander chats water births, her gay awakening and being BFFs with Dua Lipa
Australia's darling Kita Alexander is on the MCCS couch and we are SO pleased to have her.
Mitch and Kita chat automated bli-yunds that don't work, home births in a blow-up pool, eye-f*cking the gay at her gym, and whether two female mice can actually make babies.
For some reason there is also a live read of a Modern Family episode (Kita is Claire and Mitch is Phil) but the other stuff in this chat is really good, don't worry about it.
Kita Alexander's sophomore album Rage is out...
Chatting Hot Girl Walks, JoJo Cruise Aftermath & E.T. is an LGBTQ+ Icon
Yes........we are talking about it.
We are also covering a whole heap of other things though.
Anne Hathaway is pregnant with her third (!!) baby, we discover E.T. is a surprising LGBT+ icon and Harry Styles has 'kissable' lips popping up around London.
We also unpack the litigious origins of the Hot Girl Walk (and why Mitch stopped talking about it) and we argue whether the toys of Toy Story have anatomically correct body parts.
Our guest for this week is announced as Kita Alexander!
<...Rosie Waterland chats SNL Australia, Her Ashley Tisdale run in & Podcasting 101
Podcast royalty in the house! Author, comedian, columnist and podcast Rosie Waterland is on the MCCS!
You will know Rosie from her hit podcast 'Just The Jist' or from any of her best selling novels. Rosie is a fellow Acast family member and Mitch guest - hosted an episode of her show, so it was only fair to repay the favour!
We chat the success of SNL UK and discuss if it could work in Aus, our love for late night and similar career trajectories and of course... Rosie spills on her run...
Addressing the rumours... We've hired a Show Butler?
The rumours simply MUST be put to bed.
There's a new team member, please welcome......The Butler (Sam).
We also discuss a potential sports related World Cup Alien Invasion, the time Grace got fired from a radio show and we introduce a new segment... J'Obsessions.
If you have a rumour we need to address, comment on Spotify or DM us on Instagram!!
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Chatting JoJo Siwa Cruise, Ariana Grande & Can you survive Modelland?
Grace is officially BACK for Culture Eps and there are SO many things to get through.
The JoJo Siwa Cruise has sold out (genuinely congrats) and friend of the pod Aisha Dee has been cast in Overcompensating Season 2. Ariana Grande and Ethan Slater have split and we unpack why it's ridiculous to cast an actual dog in the new live action Scooby Doo.
Mitch and Grace do a deep dive on the 2011 YA novel Modelland, written by Tyra Banks and the song she wrote and released to accompany it.
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Dita Von Teese - Chatting Sex Rooms, Meeting Wendy Williams & Burlesque
Showgirls, this one is for you! Dita Von Teese is at the MCCS!!! The undisputed queen of burlesque joins us in the chateau for a deep dive into her extraordinary life, from growing up in small-town Michigan to becoming the world's most famous striptease artist and a genuine fashion icon.
Dita reveals the wild request the producers of The Wendy Williams Show asked of her before she went on set, we get into the kinky Netflix show she almost featured on, talk sex clubs in Berlin, the history of Burlesque and how a girl obsessed with...
Addressing the rumours... Grace is BACK!
It's time to address the rumours once more... Grace is BACK in the MCCS studio!
We unpack her eurotrip, discuss the big pop culture stories from the last month that she missed out on (John Travolta Beret, Susan Boyle Hot New Look etc), and Mitch's boyfriend Steven is now a wHOLE lot closer with Mitch's dad.
If you have any rumours you would like us to address, slide into the DMs!!
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<...Chatting Off Campus, Australia's Gay Celebrity Crisis & Karens Diner! W/ Abby Butler
It has finally happened. The prophecy - fulfilled - Abby Butler is co-hosting the MCCS.
You know her from the ABC - The voice of a generation with her co-host Tyrone Pynor on Triple J Drive & soon to be Triple J Breakfast - She IS the moment, Bianca PLEASE!
We discuss a LOT in this weeks culture episode from Off Campus, the disaster at the Aus Audio Awards, Michael Jackson, Lily Allen's Madeliene hunt, Karen's Diner and MORE! If you need your pop culture fix for the long weekend - This is it...
Samantha Jade - Chatting the song Celine Dion took from her, The Gay Bachelor & Singing competitions
Samantha Jade is at the MCCS!!! The ARIA Award-winning singer and actress joins us in the chateau for a deep dive into her incredible career, from moving to LA at just 15 years old to her iconic X Factor Australia win.
Sam reveals the unbelievable story of how her demo for a song called "Map to My Heart" ended up in the hands of Céline Dion, who used Sam's vocal choices for her own recording. We also unpack why we dont have the "Gay Bachelor, Sam’s friendship with Dannii Minogue, who randomly sends her dresses and once...
Chatting Dua Lipa's wedding, Taylor Swifts New Music & Susan Boyle LIED w/ Mitchell Coombs
In potentially one of the most stressful episodes of the MCCS ever, we have not one but TWO guest hosts this week - Mitch's old co - host, and host of "EscapeGoat' Mitchell Coombs is here ALONGSIDE Eryn a MCCS listener. Mitch had an episode with Triple J's Abby Butler that was destroyed.... mysteriously so had to improvise. Eryn saw Mitch's callout on socials, and Coombs.. well.. he was around the corner.
We still cover the big stories! From Taylor Swift in Toy Story 5 to Susan Boyle's big scam, Dua Lipa's engagement and of course Off...
Tom Cashman - Chatting Taskmaster, Mitch's Daily Mail Moment & THAT prank...
Tom Cashman is in the MCCS!!! And he is one of only THREE guests to take the door!!! Tom is the Co-host on Taskmaster Australia, celebrating season 5 on network 10 and Paramount+ now!
Tom is an award winning comedian, known best for his viral TikTok series asking his land lord for a reference of their own - brilliant if you haven't seen it. We also reunite with Tom, aka the teams arch nemesis after a viral prank he subject Mitch & Grace to during their time on KIISFM... Its all unpacked this episode including Tom's takedown of The...
Chatting John Travolta, Cher turning 80 & The tall man epidemic w/ Nina Oyama
This week we are joined by comedian, writer and actress Nina Oyama as Grace's official stand in! Nina was a guest on the MCCS months ago (here if you missed it) and returns to chat about John Travolta's rebrand as a very serious director dude, Nina's surprising take on the final season of Euphoria, the Qudos Bank Arena rebrand and Cher's 80th!
PLUS we reveal our next guest as star of Taskmaster Australia, comic Tom Cashman! In the feed Thursday!
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Louis Hanson - Chatting comedy in 2026 & being single at 30
Australias very own good boy, comedian, writer, actor and content creator, Louis Hanson is on the MCCS!
From humble beginnings as a Pedestrian TV writer to full time content creation, Louis has hundreds of thousands of followers and a dream for the stage. If you are international you can still catch him on his debut live show 'Good Boy' here!
We chat awful hookups, terrifying DM's and why he is the happiest he's ever been as a single 30 year old (with no skincare routine)
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Chatting Fashion Week, Euphoria S3 & Farewell to the Podfather!
Ohhh we are back babes! With a new culture episode ft. Kath Ebbs who is in for Grace while she is galavanting on her Euro summer trip of a lifetime. Its a big episode, as we farewell the Podfather, unpack Sydney Fashion Week & discover Katy Perry is relevant again.
We take on the newest James Charles cancellation, the Aussie man who has been banned for life by Qantas and Euphoria... oh how the mighty has fallen.
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Angourie Rice - Chatting Mean Girls to Finding Emily & her bizarre namesake
Angourie Rice is at the MCCS!
She's the Aussie acting export currently stacking one of the best resumes in Hollywood — Cady Heron in the new Mean Girls, daughter to Kate Winslet in Mare of Easttown, the Ashley O fan girl in arguably the best Black Mirror ever made, and Betty Brant in EVERY Tom Holland Spider-Man film. She's also named after a NSW beach. We know. We get into it.
Angourie is on the show to chat her BRAND NEW rom-com Finding Emily — out in cinemas May 22 — and Mitch (who got a private NBC Univer...
Addressing the rumours.. The REAL reason the Podfather is leaving the show
We are back with a bonus episode to address the rumours... Many, in fact this week. Why is the Podfather actually leaving the show? Why is Grace banned from entering the country of France? WHY is Mitch fighting with a Spice Girl? All explained in this new, bite size ep. If you enjoyed the show, please rate it 5 stars, share it with a friend and subscribe!
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Chatting Pedro Pascal's moustache, Megan Trainor & Grace's FINAL MCCS!
This is a big episode for the MCCS, not only is it the last show with Grace (for now) this is the final show ever with the OG show crew as the Podfather retires into the brave world of.. influencer travel.
Simon, Grace and Mitch reminisce on the beginning of their relationship, the start of the MCCS and of course Simons gorgeous girlfriends gets another mention.
Big culture stories in the show too, from Bubbles the monkey being (almost) as old as MJ himself, Charlize Theron sleeping with a 26 year old, Pedro Pascal...
Josh Thomas - Chatting Hollywood Parties, Birdwatching & His WORST hookup
Josh Thomas is on the Mitch Churi Chat Show!
He's a comedian, actor and writer - his show Please Like Me was a queer coming of age story for a LOT of Australians (Grace & Mitch included),
This chat covers everything from Grindr dirty talk, to birdwatching, to his nipples on Celebrity Splash.
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Addressing the rumours... Mitch absolutely queue-jumped at the Devil Wears Prada 2 Premiere
We are back to address the extremely pressing rumours swirling around Mitch and his alleged queue-jumping at the premiere of the Devil Wears Prada 2 Premiere.
We also chat about a woman Grace saw having a very odd conversation with Claude and Mitch donated blood for the first time!
If you have any questions for the Podfather or any rumours for him to address, let us know!
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Chatting Big Brother, Nicole Kidman being Bisexual & Stanley Tucci
This episode is dedicated to Xavier Rosé - the world's greatest 19 year old cat.
Mitch had a genuinely awful experience at a Yochi of all places (but we obviously love Yochi still!!!), and Grace had possibly the worst photo of anyone ever taken over the weekend.
Congrats to the gays ahead of the release of Madonna's Confessions II, the announcement of Laura Dern in White Lotus and Stanley Tucci and his 'elegant heterosexuality'.
Big Brother is coming BACK, Nicole Kidman wants to smooch Rihanna, and Lorde is showering in the dark f...
Melanie C - Chatting her sexuality, befriending Jojo Siwa & her WORST Spice Girls memory
WE HAVE AN ACTUAL SPICE GIRL IN THE MITCH CHURI CHAT SHOW STUDIO!
Melanie C is here to chat Oura Rings, DJing in Ibiza, Traitors UK and the random wedding she crashed with Alan Carr.
We literally cover almost everything in this interview.
Mitch brings up his love for the Spice World movie and we address the rumours.....about THAT infamous Spice Girls reunion photo.
Melanie C was SUCH a delight - she was so funny and warm and has the best stories - you will love this...
Chatting Toe Sucking, The MJ Biopic, & Everything is Shakespeare
It takes us about 10 minutes to finish a single thought on today's episode, deeply sorry. They are all fun tangents though.
Congrats to the Queen who posthumously turned 100 the other day, and commiserations to Sydney Sweeney who has been cut from the Devil Wears Prada sequel. Also, the Coldplay Kisscam woman has been interviewed by TMZ for some reason and she is MAD at Chris Martin.
Mitch went and saw the Michael Jackson movie last week, so we unpack THAT and Grace has some thoughts on cursive as a concept.
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Slayyyter - Chatting Media training, Coachella & NOT being an overnight success
SO excited to have Slayyyter on the Mitch Churi Chat Show, straight off the back of Coachella.
Her new album Worst Girl In America is out, and Mitch thinks it's the literal best album she has ever made. We chat about why she's over the term "up and coming" to describe her, whether she has had media training, her thoughts on Bieberchella and why having 'yes men' around you all the time is dangerous.
She also cries, but in a good way - we promise.
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Hannah Conda & Tim Collins - Fighting Drag Race fans, choosing to be bald & disappointing their parents
We've rolled out the other half of the MCCS couch for today's show because we are joined by brothers and icons in their own right - Hannah Conda, and Tim Collins.
You know Hannah from Drag Race Down Under and UK vs The World, and you know Tim from your social media algorithms.
This chat has a LOT in it - we cover the Michael Jackson biopic, Kyle & Jackie O, JonBenét Ramsey, Real Housewives, and how to wash a toupee.
We also cover what it's like to be a c...
Addressing the rumours... We are NOT on MasterChef Australia
The rumours were so overwhelming, we just HAD to set them straight. Don't even worry about the fact that we may have started them in the first place.
We chat about the fact that we aren't on MasterChef Australia (so sorry to our mums), our stall at a secondhand market over the weekend, and Mitch has a social media intervention for both Grace and the PodFather.
Enjoy your extra dose of the Mitch Churi Chat Show this week!
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Sabrinadonna (?), Nicole Kidman Death Doula & Hobama is BACK
Okay, we simply had to discuss Nicole Kidman's career pivot to Death Doula above everything else this week, which OBVIOUSLY led discussions of Peyo the Grim Reaper Horse.
Coachella Week 2 has absolutely delivered, Cate Blanchett will be playing Martha Stewart and Dr Jill Biden WON'T be heading to the Heated Rivalry cottage.
Hobama is making a comeback on TikTok, Break Up Season is upon us, as is Normal Deodorant Season.
Double Barrel Guest Week is also making a return!! Look out for Hannah Conda & Tim Collins, PLUS Slayyyter - hot...
Cody Simpson - His problematic childhood, embracing his hotness & maybe he's a little gay?
He's a pop star, swimmer, actor, poet and the inspiration behind a VERY unusual singing doll - Cody Simpson is on the Mitch Churi Chat Show.
He chats about his triumphant return to music, why he's passionate about his sleep health and the time he got egged at a Westfield.
Cody also unpacks the trend of Looksmaxxing (shoutout to Angie Simpson for recommending the 60 Minutes episode with Clavicular).
Baby Blue is out now and you can watch the full chat on YouTube!
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<...Madison Beer - Heated Rivalry, her New Album & her Gay Grandfather
Superstar, Madison Beer joins the Mitch Churi Chat Show to talk about her brand new album Locket and her upcoming MASSIVE tour.
She and Mitch chat Heated Rivalry (she knows she's late, dw), Fortnite, star signs and her late-in-life gay grandfather.
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Bieberchella, The Drama & The Great Chimpanzee War
Mitch & Grace are back with another culture digest, and this week they are unpacking the MASSIVE cultural moment that was Coachella and the movie The Drama (we highly recommend), plus Mitch ALMOST spoils a big TV show.
We also unpack talking animals, a podcast made by nuns and why you don't have to get weighed everytime you fly.
PLUS - this week's guest is announced... Madison Beer is on the MCCS.
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<...Tilly Oddy-Black - Beast Games, Cold Foam & Making BANK from Influencing
Tilly Oddy-Black is on the couch this week, and if you haven't heard her name - you DEFINITELY know her face.
She chats going viral accidentally, doing improv in New York, Will Gibb's circumcision, and why 30 is the best age.
Tall Poppy Syndrome also comes up again (do we need to introduce a jar for this??), but it's a really interesting conversation I promise.
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ChatGPT Face, Artemis II & Jonathan the Openly Gay Tortoise
The day we recorded this episode began TERRIBLY - Mitch got lost underground and Grace vomited on herself while operating heavy machinery (driving a car) but at least we also were nominated for an Australian Audio Award.
We are a little late to the KitKat Heist saga, but better late than never. We also discover in real time that Jonathan the Openly Gay Tortoise/World's Oldest Land Animal didn't die, which is an Easter miracle and Andrew Lloyd Weber reveals he had to buy a dog to deal with the aftermath of Cats (2019). Grace goes hard...
