Backstage with Cooper & Matty Johns
Welcome to the Backstage with Cooper & Matty Johns Podcast Channel Mondays - Backstage with Cooper & Matty Join Matty and Cooper Johns as they chat with some of the biggest names in sports, entertainment, and beyond. From untold stories to career highlights, these conversations dive deep into the lives of remarkable people, offering inspiration and plenty of laughs along the way. Fridays - Johns Family Podcast The Johns family is back for their 6th year! Matty, Trish, Jack, and Cooper come together to share hilarious stories, discuss pop culture and sports, and play their signature games. With occasional special guests, Fridays are all about fun, family, and a little chaos. 🎙️ Twice a week - Plus Bonus Episodes throughout the year.
Episodes
Matty's Favourite pick from our Archives in 2022 - Get Ready for this one.
“This week brings us dating apps and catfishing, Swiss army dildos and sauna etiquette, plus get your rotten potatoes ready, the stand up challenge begins.”
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We’ve dug through the archives and pulled out our best-ever prank calls — featuring Nicho Hynes, Ray Hadley, Bulldogs Ritchie, Razzman on Brad Parker, and Adam Elliott.
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Please note this episode was recorded before the tragic events at Bondi last Sunday.
Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims, their loved ones, and the wider community.
We stand with all those affected by this horrific and heartbreaking attack.
Merry Christmas! Good luck to our listeners throughout the holiday period heading into 2026.
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The laughs, stories and chaos continue in Best of Backstage: Vol. 2. Featuring unforgettable moments with Gaz & Gayle, Drinky, Jason Ryles, Jarome Hughes, Gal, Twally, Kurt Gidkey, Jake Trbojevic and Connor Watson — this is another stacked highlight reel of classic Backstage energy.
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There's a lot in this episode… ahead of the Grand Final Cameron Smith calls in for a big chat with Matty and the gang, also Jack is very hungover after just arriving home from the Bunnies end of season festivities, the guys talk obscure facts, politics and the greatest league players of all time.
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Featuring Braith Anasta, Fletch & Hindy, Jarch, Laurie Daley, Brad Parker, Spud Carroll, Mitchell Starc, Brandon Smith (“Cheese”), Joel Caine and Fox Sports’ own “Foxy.”
From wild pranks to footy tales and everything in between — it’s the ultimate Backstage rewind.
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Big news as Cooper Johns makes his first grade debut for The Storm, Jack gets injured when training with The Souths… the family discuss who has been approached for reality TV and of course we've got all your favourite segments: who's most likely? Build your own concert and Jack's obscure facts.
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The boys wrap up the year with chaos, laughs, and a few questionable memories.
Razzman’s back with a Christmas job enquiry, Brad Parker cops a prank, and The Fray makes a surprise return.
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Love is in the air! Matty, Trish, Cooper & Jack play matchmaker this week — setting up blind dates for listeners, debating the art of romantic gestures, and testing each other’s best (and worst) pick-up lines.
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Nicho Hynes drops by for what was meant to be a calm chat about Season 2025.
Instead — we got Byron Bay Drama, prank wars, a ping pong meltdown, and a “Shoot, Shag, Marry” segment that nearly ended Cooper’s career.
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30 years of marriage to the most awkward proposals ever. The gang revisits “The Burgheim” story, shares proposal disasters, and debates the best film romances of all time.
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Matty welcomes his parents, Gayle and Gary Johns — Cooper’s Nan and Pop — for a hilarious, heartfelt chat about 55 years of marriage, wild Mad Mondays, junior footy memories, and the characters who shaped the Johns family legacy.
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The Johns family bounce from honouring Remembrance Day before diving into Cooper’s rubber ducky saga, Matty’s new tattoo, and a few haunting Snapchat encounters.
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Cooper & Matty go from Britpop to backlines, unpacking Oasis mania and England’s Ashes soul-searching. They react to Daly Cherry-Evans’ Roosters switch. Plus, fresh updates on R360 and a few laughs along the way.
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The Johns family celebrate becoming co-owners of the Gold Coast Titans. Between talk of country songs, Halloween antics, and a family wedding, Jack wraps it up with a quiz that, as usual, goes completely off the rails.
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Cooper & Matty sit down with champion jockey Tommy Berry ahead of the Melbourne Cup, chatting form, pressure, and life inside racing’s biggest week. Tommy opens up on Hong Kong, the state of Australian jockeys, and balancing life on and off the track.
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What scares you? Let’s hear the untold horror story, of Matt and a few footy mates, walking into a remote Darwin pub. It’s Halloween, and we’ve got hamstring sandwiches, exorcisms, wet frankfurts and Mick Taylor.
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Scott Drinkwater joins Cooper & Matty to chat Cowboys culture, Melbourne Storm memories, and life off the field. From Oktoberfest tales to two-can screamers and that infamous Grand Final mini-bar, nothing’s off limits.
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The Johns family unpack a wild week — from Matty’s dab lessons and Kevin Rudd’s Trump humiliation to Cooper’s haunted ghost tour and a Louvre robbery, before it all ends with Cooper’s “jail” story and Trish’s shocking joke.
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Jason Ryles joins Cooper and Matty to chat about his first days as Parramatta coach, Bellamy’s best prank, coaching the game’s greats, and how he’s shaping the Eels’ new era — plus tea parties, BBQs, and plenty of laughs.
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