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LET’S TALK ABOUT EX, BABY! AH CRAPPY RELATIONSHIPS, THE BANE OF OUR COLLECTIVE EXISTENCE. BUT WHAT DO WE LEARN FROM OUR MISTAKES? Former relationship columnist Elizabeth Best and current all-round funny guy Tom Harris chat to guests about the couple fail stories we all like to recount over drinks (because let’s face it, sometimes we need booze to cope). Ghosts of Boyfriends past will take you on a journey through the funny, tragic, horrifying and sometimes just plain bonkers stories about th ...
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A sceptic. A paranoiac. A criminal. A migrant. A hostage. Minola Theatre presents BEGOTTEN, a five-part audio drama by award-winning playwright Bianca Butler Reynolds. Join us each week as we meet five generations of women: Alice, Eileen, Clea, Hazel and Laoise. Hear a century of their stories, encompassing grief, war, sanity, loss and revenge. Listen as they grapple with powerful questions about heredity, and what is passed down family lines. Are we doomed to make the same mistakes our pare ...
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Filmmakers, fans and friends who dive head first into the world of the moving. Providing discussion, criticism, history and their own production war-stories for your entertainment. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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An Assemblage of Grandiose and Bombastic Grandiloquents
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An Assemblage of Grandiose and Bombastic Grandiloquents
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Do you take great pleasure out of using large and obscure words that no one understands? Perhaps you enjoy peppering a strange adjective into a work email, or finding a new verb to pursue as a hobby? Or perhaps you’re a seasoned logophile such as myself. Well, this is surely the podcast for you. An Assemblage of Grandiose and Bombastic Grandiloquents brings together all the world’s most interesting, bizarre, and fascinating language to teach you a new word every day. On Monday, we discuss in ...
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Each week, Organizing Expert, Julie Morgenstern and Diva Toolbox Chief Executive Diva, Janet Powers will discuss the tools and tips on organizing your home, business and your life! Julie Morgenstern, dubbed the “queen of putting people's lives in order” by USA Today, is an organizing and time management expert, business productivity consultant, and speaker. A New York Times bestselling author, Julie's five books are timeless reference guides that are insightful, reader-friendly and jam packe ...
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Liz and Tom don their relationship counselor caps and do their best to help out friends of the show in their pursuit of love and happiness. With next to no qualifications. This week WE have some questions for YOU (those of you dating that is) which may require some deeper thinking on your behalf. We also explore the idea of make up sex and miscolor…
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Quickie 94 - F-ck on the Roof of a Garage
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Time to have your insanity read back to you Readers. It's Quickie time and we've found the best/most horrific dating stories from you the listeners, and online to make you feel better about your own dating lives. Barbie Bombshell has exploded in the Ghosts' studio and reverberated around the dating world. So shelter down and enjoy this fiery Quicki…
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Shane Fell is back to tell us a couple more dating stories, that he’s seen in a new light thanks to Barbie. Shane Fell is a Brisbane based musician and songwriter. He dabbled in theatre with the Villanova Players, the Brisbane Eisteddfod and studied drama at QUT, but acting soon gave way to a passion for music, resulting in his debut solo EP ‘Off t…
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Time to have your insanity read back to you Readers. It's Quickie time and we've found the best/most horrific dating stories from you the listeners, and online to make you feel better about your own dating lives. We are well and truly on a roll regarding workplace hookup stories and are more than happy to continue spoiling you all with them this we…
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What started as a cheeky office hook up with a supervisor turned into Kate losing her voice in her own life. Content warning: this episode contains talk about coercive control, unplanned pregnancy and pregnancy termination. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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ENCORE: Johanna and the Attempted Threesome
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Liz and Tom are busy finding you some new guests! But until then, here is a fan-favourite episode to keep you warm at night! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Liz and Tom don their relationship counselor caps and do their best to help out friends of the show in their pursuit of love and happiness. With next to no qualifications. Today we cover high bars, decent apologies, a sweet little miscommunication from a Reader, and a bit of a sticky one; developing a crush on someone whilst in a relationship. Than…
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Rachel thought she was about to go on a lovely first date. What she experienced was something so strange, she thought it deserved a new name. And she’s not alone This story comes to us via Mashable and was written by Rachel Thompson. You can find the original story here. Have you ever encountered something weird on a date? Let us know at ghostsofbo…
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Liz and Tom don their relationship counselor caps and do their best to help out friends of the show in their pursuit of love and happiness. With next to no qualifications. Dating at work stories continue to trickle across our desks you lucky ducks. Plus we also enjoy a bit of a fun tattoo we couldn't ignore. Let us know your thoughts, comments and …
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Gee whiz we are lucky with some dating in the work place stories this week. Some real toe-curlers here for your aural pleasure... Also some quite cute one night stand tales to warm your heart for a little treat. But still, we want more of your dating at work stories. Have you ever bore witness to an office romance that blew up (or maybe worked out)…
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Is an office romance worth it? Author Judith Beck says absolutely not. Judith Beck is author of ‘No Sex at Work’ and co-host of 'Every Step' podcast. The 'Every Step' podcast features executives from around the world having honest conversations on how to get from A to B successfully in your career. After working in Banking and Finance, Judiths entr…
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Liz and Tom don their relationship counselor caps and do their best to help out friends of the show in their pursuit of love and happiness. With next to no qualifications. TODAY; can you be career driven and pursuit a relationship when you are in your 20s? In 2023, what do you believe are the biggest hurdles facing dating as an exercise? These ques…
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When you’re a musician, sometimes people hit you up on social media to say they like your work. For Alex, one of these chats led to a connection, which resulting in him flying to Melbourne to spend time with her. But then he encountered… THE PRETENTIOUSNESS. Your Man Alex Smith is a Brisbane musician. You can find his music below: https://open.spot…
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Time to have your insanity read back to you Readers. It's Quickie time and we've found the best/most horrific dating stories from you the listeners, and online to make you feel better about your own dating lives. We open on a lovely, fluttery high of a story and slowly descend from there on this short and sweet (but no less satisfying) Quickie! Div…
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Shane thought he’d hit the jackpot when he found a girlfriend he could make beautiful music with… literally. But then he found out that they both had VERY different ways of working. Shane Fell is a Brisbane based musician and songwriter. He dabbled in theatre with the Villanova Players, the Brisbane Eisteddfod and studied drama at QUT, but acting s…
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Liz and Tom are on holidays (and by holidays, we mean busy making delish new contentfor you all) In the meantime, enjoy an encore release of this fan fave episode! Today's show starts off fairly regularly. A delightful evening with a lovely lady, dinner and then eventually heading to the bedroom... Somehow chaos follows. Including weighing up jumpi…
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Quickie 86 - Waiting 60 Years for a Diamond
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Time to have your insanity read back to you Readers. It's Quickie time and we've found the best/most horrific dating stories from you the listeners, and online to make you feel better about your own dating lives. A confession lands on the Ghosts of Boyfriends Past desk which we happily accept; we always maintain that it's a good thing when someone …
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Liz and Tom don their relationship counselor caps and do their best to help out friends of the show in their pursuit of love and happiness. With next to no qualifications. Today we discuss dating advice that we think is currently out of date, if you pardon the pun. Also! What happens when your family members notice a pattern of behavior in your rel…
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Quickie 84 - Your Daughter is Quite Attractive
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Time to have your insanity read back to you Readers. It's Quickie time and we've found the best/most horrific dating stories from you the listeners, and online to make you feel better about your own dating lives. Have we found the fix to long distance dating, or at least one particular aspect of it? Find out inside about the MUA device... We also h…
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Liz and Tom don their relationship counselor caps and do their best to help out friends of the show in their pursuit of love and happiness. With next to no qualifications. Today we open up with a question from our Facebook group - Ghosts of Boyfriends Past Group Therapy (join us there!). Do YOU try and acknowledge when your partner does little thin…
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Hallmarked! and the Red Flags of Christmas
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It’s podcast crossover time as KB and Aya from Hallmarked! join Liz and Tom to chat about all the red flags you can find in a Hallmark Christmas movie. Spoiler alert: it’s alllll red flags, baby! About Hallmarked! "Join two Aussie girls, who hate to admit they love Hallmark movies, as they endeavor to put together a list of the best films before Ch…
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Liz and Tom don their relationship counselor caps and do their best to help out friends of the show in their pursuit of love and happiness. With next to no qualifications. A private message leads to our first question on this Questions themed 'minisode'. It can be a bit sticky when your partner wants to travel with somebody else. We also want to kn…
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Ah young love! What an absolute rollercoaster of hormones and emotions—especially when your family doesn’t approve. Reader Alex wrote in one of the most poetic stories we’ve ever read aloud and we are here for this telenovela level of teen lust, love and everything in between. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…
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Time to have your insanity read back to you Readers. It's Quickie time and we've found the best/most horrific dating stories from you the listeners, and online to make you feel better about your own dating lives. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Many dates can include food. But Sam twigged there was something a little different about this guy over one fateful breakfast buffet. Sam aka CurvySam, is a plus size happy oversharer, living fearlessly whilst she shares her life of plus size fashion, beauty, travel and body confidence. CurvySam’s is launching a new line of size inclusive (8-34) ge…
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After a lifetime of dating men, Jackie decided to try dipping her toes into the lady pool. And while the sex was amazing, it turns out that drama has no gender. You can find Jac’s first ep for GOBP here: https://play.acast.com/s/ghosts-of-boyfriends-past/jackieandthetractordate And her second one here: https://shows.acast.com/ghosts-of-boyfriends-p…
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Quickie 80 - Pros and Cons of Shooting Shots
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Time to have your insanity read back to you Readers. It's Quickie time and we've found the best/most horrific dating stories from you the listeners, and online to make you feel better about your own dating lives. We open the show with a lovely bit of feedback from a Reader; and a gold star to them for including not one but two stories of their own.…
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Host Liz jumps into the hot seat this week to chat a whirlwind of a hook up. Producer Zane joins regular host Tom on mic to evaluate Liz’s communication skills in a tricky situation. After four years’ podcast hosting, did Liz follow her own advice? Or is she a hot mess like the rest of us? Join in the conversation on Facebook at Ghosts of Boyfriend…
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Liz and Tom don their relationship counselor caps and do their best to help out friends of the show in their pursuit of love and happiness. With next to no qualifications. Today we field a couple of questions from our Ghosts of Boyfriends Past - Group Therapy Facebook group, so join us there. If you have been Ghosted, how long did it take you to re…
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When you work for Bumble, you know all the dating trends. Lucille McCart chats to Liz and Tom about what to expect in the dating world in 2023. Spoiler alert: a LOT has changed since 2020. https://bumble.com https://bumble.com/en/the-buzz/ Lucille McCart is the APAC Communications Director at Bumble. Having spent nearly a decade in public relations…
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Liz and Tom don their relationship counselor caps and do their best to help out friends of the show in their pursuit of love and happiness. With next to no qualifications. Today we have a look at the idea of dating against your type (or at least trying), we face a sticky Reader question, and we wonder whether you've ever adopted a hobby from a part…
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It’s time for the climax of Cindy’s collection of swinger stories! If you haven’t listened to part one and part two, head back a couple of eps for the context behind these swinger hits and swinger misses from reader Cindy. Have you got any stories about when you’ve tried entering the world of swinging? Write to us at ghostsofboyfriendspast@gmail.co…
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Time to have your insanity read back to you Readers. It's minisode time and we've found the best/most horrific dating stories from you the listeners, and online to make you feel better about your own dating lives. We open today's episode with a lovely bit of Reader feedback before we delve into a couple of good old fashioned break-up stories. Also …
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She’s back with two new stories! CW: The first part of this story deals with issues relating to consent. Jackie was keen to get physical with her new date, but a few too many drinks later and she entered a bit of a grey area. The second story is a comedy palate cleanser we’ll call Jackie and the Sex Fritata. Enjoy! You can find Jac’s first ep for G…
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Quickie 76 - Fixing Friends with Benefits
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Liz and Tom don their relationship counselor caps and do their best to help out friends of the show in their pursuit of love and happiness. With next to no qualifications. Well we find ourselves at the last Quickie of the year. This episode we cover a broad array of topics; a Reader queries whether being raised by a certain type of parent will have…
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Here is the traditional end-of-year clip show of some of the best moments of Ghosts of Boyfriends Past in the last year! Enjoy the show, and if you could rate and review for the New Year that would be greatly appreciated! Remember to please forward your stories, questions and advice to ghostsofboyfriendspast@gmail.com to be a part of the show! Host…
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Dating in your 40s is a rollercoaster. Kym is back and ready to talk about her adventures on all the dating apps as a kick-ass woman in her 40s making up for her tame 20s. You can find Kym’s earlier eps here: https://shows.acast.com/ghosts-of-boyfriends-past/episodes/kym-and-the-dating-bumble https://shows.acast.com/ghosts-of-boyfriends-past/episod…
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Time to have your insanity read back to you Readers. It's minisode time and we've found the best/most horrific dating stories from you the listeners, and online to make you feel better about your own dating lives. Well deck the halls we must have been good Readers, what a jam-packed Quickie we have in store letter from a reader regarding connecting…
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There are many many lessons to be learnt this episode. Like don’t say sure if you mean no. And if someone doesn’t text back, don’t double, triple or quadruple text them or things could get awkward. Most of all, when someone has the AUDACITY, dump them! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…
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Liz and Tom don their relationship counselor caps and do their best to help out friends of the show in their pursuit of love and happiness. With next to no qualifications. We outsource our workload for today's Quickie; our Readers have let us know when gifts from partners or dates have fallen short of any kind of expectation. We also explore reason…
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We’re back this week with more of Cindy’s adventures in the Swingerverse. If you haven’t listened to part one, head back a couple of eps for the context behind these swinger hits and swinger misses from reader Cindy. Have you got any stories about when you’ve tried entering the world of swinging? Write to us at ghostsofboyfriendspast@gmail.com. Hos…
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Time to have your insanity read back to you Readers. It's minisode time and we've found the best/most horrific dating stories from you the listeners, and online to make you feel better about your own dating lives. Just the single story for the Quickie today, but it will certainly satisfy this week on Ghosts. Reader Kym writes in a roller coaster of…
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Dating can be tricky when English isn’t your first language. Laura Fois joins us to talk about some of the lost-in-translation moments she’s had while looking (and sometimes not looking) for love. Laura’s show, Power, Language and Love, plays in Fringe Brisbane Nov 4 and 5 at 7:30pm and Nov 6 at 7pm. PIP Performance Theatre, 20 Park Road, Milton QL…
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Time to have your insanity read back to you Readers. It's minisode time and we've found the best/most horrific dating stories from you the listeners, and online to make you feel better about your own dating lives. Off the top we have a collection of stories themed around taking your shot. We always commend whenever people bundle up the courage to e…
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This week we get into the swing of things… Sex. We’re talking about sex. Our guest this week isn’t in the studio to protect the innocent (or not so innocent!). One of dear readers wrote in with a collection of tales (and fails) on what it’s like stepping into the swinging community. Liz reads out these stories in typical dramatic fashion, with Tom …
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Liz and Tom don their relationship counselor caps and do their best to help out friends of the show in their pursuit of love and happiness. With next to no qualifications. Hello Reader! Fascinating conundrum today as a friend of Liz gives permission to air her quite unique tale of unplanned feelings...That plus the idea of dating-after-death is bro…
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When life gives you a first date do-over, for the love of god TAKE IT. Your Man Alex Smith joins us again with a couple of first date fails to make you laugh and cringe (and one that’s actually pretty lovely). Alex has a show coming up in Fringe Brisbane and you should totally go! October 16 and 21. Tickets can be purchased here: https://fringebris…
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Liz and Tom don their relationship counselor caps and do their best to help out friends of the show in their pursuit of love and happiness. With next to no qualifications. Off the top we dive into relationship insperation. Where do you look to for a great example of a solid, loving relationship? We also discuss a bit of a sticky conundrum sent in f…
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Kate thought her relationship was over, but then her ex dropped back into her DMs as if rising from the dead… Kate originally wrote into the Ghosts of Boyfriends Past: Group Therapy community asking if you could ever get back what was lost after a sudden breakup and then a just as sudden 180 by the ex in question. Here she continues the story and t…
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Time to have your insanity read back to you Readers. It's minisode time and we've found the best/most horrific dating stories from you the listeners, and online to make you feel better about your own dating lives. Well Readers, some absolute doozies on this week's Quickie. How do you feel about potential punishment for ghosting behaviour? Please le…
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