June 30, 2025 • 5 mins
Our good friend Matt Nable joins Jonesy & Amanda ahead of his episode of Who Do You Think You Are? tonight on SBS.
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Speaker 1 (00:10):
My Heart podcasts here, more Gold one on one point
seven podcasts.
Speaker 2 (00:14):
Playlists and listen live on the free iHeart app.
Speaker 3 (00:18):
Jersey and Amanda jam.
Speaker 1 (00:20):
Nation, Well, we love our next guest. Matt Nabel is
a friend of ours. It's always great to have him
on for a chat. As we said earlier, he's the
voice of Fox Sports. That the big dramatic man you
hear from before the big games.
Speaker 3 (00:32):
That's his.
Speaker 2 (00:33):
That's on his business card.
Speaker 1 (00:34):
Well, I was going to say. He's known for his
role in Mystery in Between, most recently Apple Side of Vinegar.
He's up for Silver LOGI with that. He's an author,
he's an ex NRL star. His business card is a foldout.
Speaker 2 (00:44):
What doesn't he do?
Speaker 1 (00:45):
Well, I'll tell you what he's doing. He's on who
Do You Think You Are? Tonight on SBS and he
joins us now Matt High.
Speaker 3 (00:51):
Hello, guys, how are It's lovely to see.
Speaker 2 (00:53):
You always as always good to see you. And this
particular Who Do You Are? Is fraught because it starts
with you You're doing it in twenty twenty three, and
then well.
Speaker 4 (01:04):
Starry, Yeah, so I started in twenty twenty three. It
was around May twenty twenty three and about five days
into it, or four days into it, I was traveling
over to Perth and my brother, who had made a
neuron disease had been diagnosed about twelve months before that,
got aspirational pneumonia and went into hospital. I got a
(01:26):
phone call to say, look, you should come home because
he might not get out. He did get out. He
went back to hospital again a couple of months later
and survived another eight months, and then he passed away
in March and twenty four and I'd forgotten all about it,
about you know, who do you think you are? And
they came back and said, look, we'd love you to
(01:46):
finish it. So I went back and finished it last year.
You're not long enough to Aaron passed away. So look,
the journey for me was really really emotional. You know,
there was Aaron before he passed was really quite excited.
He couldn't talk at that point, but he was really
excited about finding out about all our heritage, you know,
and where we came from.
Speaker 3 (02:07):
And who was who on the zoo type of thing.
Speaker 4 (02:10):
And you know, when I was there the first time,
he was saying he could still use his hands at
that point, so he was sending me text message just
to trying to fill me in and ask questions. And
of course I was always going to tell him because
we knew he wasn't going to be around.
Speaker 3 (02:22):
So you know, when they got me.
Speaker 4 (02:23):
Back, you know, that was that was It was a
pretty emotional sort of journey.
Speaker 1 (02:29):
I've been looking at what you discovered. I've also done
who do you Think You Are? And one of the
main storylines I had was about women in early Australia,
early white colonization of Australia having to keep the family
going when there wasn't a man around. And you've got
a similar story.
Speaker 4 (02:46):
Yeah, look that you know on both sides, but you know,
particularly my mother's side. You know, I'm going to be
careful not to give too much away, but there was, yeah,
an abandoned woman with you know, three times great grandmother.
Speaker 3 (03:02):
I think of mine who had fourteen children and she
was abandoned.
Speaker 4 (03:04):
She was left and the mother before that, the husband
died quite early and so they were left, you know,
to fend for themselves.
Speaker 3 (03:13):
It was a look.
Speaker 4 (03:14):
You know, what that really showed me was, you know,
when they were colonizing out here, that just the conditions
in which these people are living were we have no reference,
you know, none whatsoever. You know, fourteen children living in
a in a room size of what I'm in now,
in an office. You know, sickness, you know it was.
(03:34):
It was really really dire and it was really really difficult.
So the women you know from a mother's side, were
remarkably strong and they had to be. But yeah, you
really got a real perspective, an inside of what you
know as to what it was like for these people
when they first came here. It was just there is
no common ground or no reference that we could.
Speaker 3 (03:55):
Sort of point to.
Speaker 2 (03:56):
Here, there's a stuff and maybe you should this is
something you should maybe do because remember back in the
seventies and eighties, John English was always in those convict
era type shows because you've done it was always it's
almost like one day and John Waters with sideburns.
Speaker 3 (04:19):
That's right, that's it.
Speaker 2 (04:21):
I think we bring back the convict era drama.
Speaker 3 (04:24):
Because I'd love to do that.
Speaker 2 (04:26):
Well, you look at the length and breadth of view.
One of my favorite characters you played, of course, was
Dave and mister in Between, but then you played so
You're a bad guy. But then you played Gary, a
good guy in underbelly badness, so begs the question which
are you better at good?
Speaker 3 (04:44):
Either really good or really bad.
Speaker 4 (04:45):
There's very rarely do you find something in the middle,
although I did do Apple Cider Viningo, which was a
real departure.
Speaker 3 (04:51):
It's got to be you know, a dad and a husband,
so that was great.
Speaker 1 (04:56):
You're incredible in that, and I know you're up for
a silver LOGI for that, so good luck.
Speaker 3 (05:01):
Oh, thank you for that. I'm not sure I'll go,
but thank.
Speaker 4 (05:03):
You read too many.
Speaker 2 (05:10):
Speaking of Underbelly, well, mate, it's always good to talk
to you. Maybe you should be our hype guy because,
like I like when you do all the NRL stuff.
Speaker 3 (05:18):
These two came from the main streets. Sh get me across.
Speaker 2 (05:24):
Send us an invoice. Matt, it's always good to talk
to you. Who do you think you are? Is tonight
something thirty on SBS and SBS on demand make great
to catch up with you.
Speaker 4 (05:34):
Yeah, it's always great to see you. Two guys are
two of my favorite people, so thank you for having me.
Speaker 1 (05:38):
If I love the cat's nice to talk to you.
My Heart podcasts here, more Gold one on one point
seven podcasts.
Speaker 2 (00:14):
Playlists and listen live on the free iHeart app.
Speaker 3 (00:18):
Jersey and Amanda jam.
Speaker 1 (00:20):
Nation, Well, we love our next guest. Matt Nabel is
a friend of ours. It's always great to have him
on for a chat. As we said earlier, he's the
voice of Fox Sports. That the big dramatic man you
hear from before the big games.
Speaker 3 (00:32):
That's his.
Speaker 2 (00:33):
That's on his business card.
Speaker 1 (00:34):
Well, I was going to say. He's known for his
role in Mystery in Between, most recently Apple Side of Vinegar.
He's up for Silver LOGI with that. He's an author,
he's an ex NRL star. His business card is a foldout.
Speaker 2 (00:44):
What doesn't he do?
Speaker 1 (00:45):
Well, I'll tell you what he's doing. He's on who
Do You Think You Are? Tonight on SBS and he
joins us now Matt High.
Speaker 3 (00:51):
Hello, guys, how are It's lovely to see.
Speaker 2 (00:53):
You always as always good to see you. And this
particular Who Do You Are? Is fraught because it starts
with you You're doing it in twenty twenty three, and
then well.
Speaker 4 (01:04):
Starry, Yeah, so I started in twenty twenty three. It
was around May twenty twenty three and about five days
into it, or four days into it, I was traveling
over to Perth and my brother, who had made a
neuron disease had been diagnosed about twelve months before that,
got aspirational pneumonia and went into hospital. I got a
(01:26):
phone call to say, look, you should come home because
he might not get out. He did get out. He
went back to hospital again a couple of months later
and survived another eight months, and then he passed away
in March and twenty four and I'd forgotten all about it,
about you know, who do you think you are? And
they came back and said, look, we'd love you to
(01:46):
finish it. So I went back and finished it last year.
You're not long enough to Aaron passed away. So look,
the journey for me was really really emotional. You know,
there was Aaron before he passed was really quite excited.
He couldn't talk at that point, but he was really
excited about finding out about all our heritage, you know,
and where we came from.
Speaker 3 (02:07):
And who was who on the zoo type of thing.
Speaker 4 (02:10):
And you know, when I was there the first time,
he was saying he could still use his hands at
that point, so he was sending me text message just
to trying to fill me in and ask questions. And
of course I was always going to tell him because
we knew he wasn't going to be around.
Speaker 3 (02:22):
So you know, when they got me.
Speaker 4 (02:23):
Back, you know, that was that was It was a
pretty emotional sort of journey.
Speaker 1 (02:29):
I've been looking at what you discovered. I've also done
who do you Think You Are? And one of the
main storylines I had was about women in early Australia,
early white colonization of Australia having to keep the family
going when there wasn't a man around. And you've got
a similar story.
Speaker 4 (02:46):
Yeah, look that you know on both sides, but you know,
particularly my mother's side. You know, I'm going to be
careful not to give too much away, but there was, yeah,
an abandoned woman with you know, three times great grandmother.
Speaker 3 (03:02):
I think of mine who had fourteen children and she
was abandoned.
Speaker 4 (03:04):
She was left and the mother before that, the husband
died quite early and so they were left, you know,
to fend for themselves.
Speaker 3 (03:13):
It was a look.
Speaker 4 (03:14):
You know, what that really showed me was, you know,
when they were colonizing out here, that just the conditions
in which these people are living were we have no reference,
you know, none whatsoever. You know, fourteen children living in
a in a room size of what I'm in now,
in an office. You know, sickness, you know it was.
(03:34):
It was really really dire and it was really really difficult.
So the women you know from a mother's side, were
remarkably strong and they had to be. But yeah, you
really got a real perspective, an inside of what you
know as to what it was like for these people
when they first came here. It was just there is
no common ground or no reference that we could.
Speaker 3 (03:55):
Sort of point to.
Speaker 2 (03:56):
Here, there's a stuff and maybe you should this is
something you should maybe do because remember back in the
seventies and eighties, John English was always in those convict
era type shows because you've done it was always it's
almost like one day and John Waters with sideburns.
Speaker 3 (04:19):
That's right, that's it.
Speaker 2 (04:21):
I think we bring back the convict era drama.
Speaker 3 (04:24):
Because I'd love to do that.
Speaker 2 (04:26):
Well, you look at the length and breadth of view.
One of my favorite characters you played, of course, was
Dave and mister in Between, but then you played so
You're a bad guy. But then you played Gary, a
good guy in underbelly badness, so begs the question which
are you better at good?
Speaker 3 (04:44):
Either really good or really bad.
Speaker 4 (04:45):
There's very rarely do you find something in the middle,
although I did do Apple Cider Viningo, which was a
real departure.
Speaker 3 (04:51):
It's got to be you know, a dad and a husband,
so that was great.
Speaker 1 (04:56):
You're incredible in that, and I know you're up for
a silver LOGI for that, so good luck.
Speaker 3 (05:01):
Oh, thank you for that. I'm not sure I'll go,
but thank.
Speaker 4 (05:03):
You read too many.
Speaker 2 (05:10):
Speaking of Underbelly, well, mate, it's always good to talk
to you. Maybe you should be our hype guy because,
like I like when you do all the NRL stuff.
Speaker 3 (05:18):
These two came from the main streets. Sh get me across.
Speaker 2 (05:24):
Send us an invoice. Matt, it's always good to talk
to you. Who do you think you are? Is tonight
something thirty on SBS and SBS on demand make great
to catch up with you.
Speaker 4 (05:34):
Yeah, it's always great to see you. Two guys are
two of my favorite people, so thank you for having me.
Speaker 1 (05:38):
If I love the cat's nice to talk to you.
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