The Junkees - Dave O'Neil and Kitty Flanagan
Dave O'Neil and Kitty Flanagan investigate junk food, old and new. It's a roundabout of salt and sweet, bygone and brand new, crunchy and chewy. Join Possum and The Big Guy! There's also The Junkees Facebook Group ;) Produced by Nearly Media www.nearly.com.au
Episodes
Here again! We had some issues with the episode when it first came out a couple of days ago.
Feature Act - Compare and Contrast
- Kettle Ridge Cut Potato Chips Himalayan Salts
- Kettle Ridge Cut Potato Chips Fried Chicken
- Control chip - Kettle Sea Salt Potato Chips
Compare and Contrast, again
- Tim Tams (Aus)
- Chit Chats (NZ)
Here in a Year!?
Feature Act - Compare and Contrast
- Kettle Ridge Cut Potato Chips Himalayan Salts
- Kettle Ridge Cut Potato Chips Fried Chicken
- Control chip - Kettle Sea Salt Potato Chips
Compare and Contrast, again
- Tim Tams (Aus)
- Chit Chats (NZ)
Here in a Year!?
Facebook Group for The Junkees is here.
About The Junkees on Nearly.com.au
Follow Ki...
Thank you for being part of the show this year!
Have a very Merry Christmas wherever you are!
Chew chew!
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Feature Act (s)
- Mars Bar knock-off - Titan
- Milky Way knock-off - Dreamy
"Weird Shit"
Dobrik's Wavers - Direct from Evan's Head, NSW
David Dobrik is an internet personality. Millions of followers etc.
Much like MrBeast doing chocolate bars, David's done a chip.
AND, Hawaiian BBQ Cheese Popcorn - Wh-what?!
Correspondence and Something Else
Thanks to everyone that sends in snacks and suggestions!
Contact...
Hopefully this one is longer than 11 mins. We were contacted by a few listeners who said that the episode just cut out!
Courtney here - I've tried every-which-way to fix it but I'm stumped!
Reposting in the hope this works!
Feature Act
We're going to try the Golden Gaytime Biscuits with our very own gay Double Dip (before they expire - thank you for sending them, Sue Cody!!!).
Early on - Ice-cream recommendations
- ...
Feature Act
We're going to try the Golden Gaytime Biscuits with our very own gay Double Dip (before they expire - thank you for sending them, Sue Cody!!!).
Early on - Ice-cream recommendations
- Ben and Jerry's Triple Caramel Chunk (Kitty)
- Bulla Murray Street Ice Creamery – Choc Mint Sundae (Kitty)
- Norco Byron Bay Vanilla Bean (Glenn Butcher)
Christmas Time!
- Natural Confectionary Company Christmas ...
Feels (tastes) good to be back!
What have you been up to?!
Thanks to everyone who has not stopped in the Facebook Group! It's a hive of activity that's a like a warm, sweet and salty hug, day or night.
Kitty elaborates on this, but wanted to mention everyone that contributed snacks through the post, at gigs, in hallways and on the street(really? Sure!). Definitely eating them all. Definitely can't talk about them all.
Let's ...
Kitty has been getting into the Whisk and Pin Muesli Cookie.
The Collabs
- Tim Tam x Jatz - sweet and salty in one biscuit.
- Pascall x Oreo - "You Idiots!"
Also this episode
- Blind Test: Kitty has one for Dave - it's a Proper Crisp.
- Bombshells from the Lolly Conference
- What sh*t's left on the table
Facebook Group for The Junkees is here.
About The Junkees on Nearly.com.au
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Have you listened to Slippery Slope with Dave O'Neil and Brad Oakes?
We're back!
Line Extensions (with a Just Get Some!)
- Aero - Strawberry
- KitKat - Pink Lemonade
- KitKat - Honeycomb Buzz
Blind Tests
- Dave - A liquid inspired crisp
- Kitty - Also a liquid inspired crisp
Overdue Correspondence!
Thank you everyone for sending letters and packages and snacks shows!
They are all read, held and, of ...
Kicking off with a little backstory about how Kitty and Dave were both retrenched/fired/made redundant, and Cooking With Alice, behind the scenes.
Flavours of Pop Lab Popcorn
- Butter Rum Caramel
- Taco
- Marshmallow
- Pizza
- Baileys
- Bacon, Mac and Cheese
Community service announcement: No Blind Tests this week.
Lifesavers are throwing sherbet at the wall
- Stix - Peaches and Cream
- Stix - Grape Sherbet Fiz...
Kitty's back from a big drive up north.
Where do you rest the Twisties when you're driving?
Post-Easter Haul
- Pineapple lumps Easter egg (thanks to Michelle at Foodworks in Wooragee)
- Haigs Easter egg
- Koko Black Easter egg
Blind Tests
- Three from Kitty
Here in a Year
- Cadbury clusters
Facebook Group for The Junkees is here.
About The Junkees on Nearly.com.au
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Not a Somehow Related, for those who recognise the format.
Also, hello, Tyra Banks if you're listening.
Leo's Supermarket x Arnotts
- The Original Yo-Yos
Takis Tests - Thank you Young Graham/Graeme!
- Dragon Sweet Chilli
- Fuego
- Blue Heat
Thanks to Norfolk Fire and Rescue for dousing the Takis burn.
So many burn flavours!
A Take It, from Indonesia
Thanks Tilly at the Alphington Farmers Marke...
Dave's just come from Ross Noble's house and the snacks were good.
But it's Easter Sunday!
Mini Eggs roll on with some additions
- Fruit Tingles
- Musk
- And more
Overdue - apologies Santi, we finally get to the Lucky Chinese New Year Allens Snakes Alive.
Blind Tests
- Dave's been to 7-Eleven
- Kitty's NZ haul and Graham's contribution from USA (just one of more to come)
Soft drinks for Mount...
How many have you done already?
The traditional line up
- Coles
- Woolworths
- Cavallini (special local bakery) - shout out to Rob!
- Still no Laurent!
Someone's Drunk at the Cheezel Factory!
- Hot Rods (japlapenos)
- Chicken
- And Original too
Down Down to Vomit Town
Coles Easter Fried Eggs And Bunnies Gummies
Thank you Jane and Sarah in Mount Gambier!
Facebook Group for The Junkees is here...
Only weeks before the Easter of 2025 and some crazy purveyors are still to present their buns for the season.
No matter, the LVMH's of suburban Australia's baking culture have stepped in predictably early to have their annual crack at keeping it interesting.
The Buns
- Biscoff flavour (Woolworths)
- Wagon Wheel flavour (Coles)
- Rocky Road flavour (found in Aldi by Slice Tracey)
Blind Tests
Kitty's are courtesy o...
Mini Eggs
- KitKat mini eggs
- Oreo mini eggs
- Dairy Milk Salted Caramel
- Smarties mini eggs
- Dairy Milk Tropical Pineapple
Compare and Contrast!
Smiths Plain Chips in regular crunch and double crunch variety.
BTW - is there a good batch and bad batch?
Just Get Some
- KitKat Neapolitan Ice Cream
- Crown Musks
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"Homemade slice, there is nothing better, and I prefer than a biscuit and that's a big statement" said Dave.
"I would say me too," said Kitty.
Tracy's Slices
- Hedgehog
- Weetbix Slice (Kitty's favourite)
- Traditional Lemon Slice
This topic was a little inspired by Glenn "Family Assorte" Robbins
Blind Tests!
Correspondence!
Facebook Group for The Junkees is here.
About The Junkees on Nearly.com.au
&n...
The Cadbury Products
- Cadbury Dairy Milk Choc-Orange and Cookies
- Marvellous Creations Cola Fizz
- Cadbury Dairy Milk Velvet Hazelnut
Dave Blinds - Thank you Glenn O'Neil
Kitty Blinds - Thank you Jonas Brothers and Joanne
Here in a Year?
Facebook Group for The Junkees is here.
It's been a New York/LA minute!
We're back! And...
"I think these are my favourite biscuits"
Thank you Maryann!
The Girlscout Cookies are more than we expected.
And weird popcorn.
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Tell a friend about the show or leave a review wherever you can.
...There was a minor mix up with the Doritos XXL comparison.
But there's some nice lame research.
And Kitty's cooking show experience AND idea.
Blind Tests
One Scoop's Favourite Biscuit.
And, Kitty has made a traditional New Zealand Lolly Cake!
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