Chat 10 Looks 3

READ FULL SHOWNOTES ON Chat10Looks3.com Crabb & Sales are back for 2026 and Crabb shares what has held her attention over the summer holidays.

In this special bonus episode, Sales’ dreams come true when Kirk Hamilton invites her to join him on Chat 10’s favourite podcast, Strong Songs. Their topic is TV theme music.

READ FULL SHOWNOTES ON Chat10Looks3.com Crabb & Sales do the traditional end of year live show in Canberra, with the customary reworking of 12 Days of Xmas and their top cultural picks for 2025. Dachshunds are once again briefly defamed. ________ This is your invitation to walk from Kata Tjuṯa to Uluṟu over five days on a world-first desert journey with Tasmanian Walking Company, in partnership with Anangu Traditional Owners.   Local expert guides will lead the way as you explore 54km of ancient desert trails, enjoy chef-inspired dishes each evening that celebrate the flavours of Country, and stay exclusively overnight within Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa National Park in private eco accommodation. Every detail - meals, guides, transfers and a $500 contribution supporting park conservation and the Anangu community - is included, all you need to do is lace up your hiking boots and be immersed in the world’s oldest living culture in the heart of Australia. Spaces are filling fast – secure your spot with a $500 deposit and explore the Red Centre like never before: https://hubs.ly/Q03Q90NN0

READ FULL SHOWNOTES ON Chat10Looks3.com Crabb and Sales take the podcast on the road to Adelaide where Sales’ favourite dog breed comes in for a shellacking. ________ This is your invitation to walk from Kata Tjuṯa to Uluṟu over five days on a world-first desert journey with Tasmanian Walking Company, in partnership with Anangu Traditional Owners.   Local expert guides will lead the way as you explore 54km of ancient desert trails, enjoy chef-inspired dishes each evening that celebrate the flavours of Country, and stay exclusively overnight within Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa National Park in private eco accommodation. Every detail - meals, guides, transfers and a $500 contribution supporting park conservation and the Anangu community - is included, all you need to do is lace up your hiking boots and be immersed in the world’s oldest living culture in the heart of Australia. Spaces are filling fast – secure your spot with a $500 deposit and explore the Red Centre like never before: https://hubs.ly/Q03Q90NN0

READ FULL SHOWNOTES ON Chat10Looks3.com Crabb & Sales entertain the handful of Melburnians not at the Pitbull concert, with the help of special guests Ben Shewry and Fashion Critical. To see all the photos referenced in the episode head to the gallery on our website. ________ This is your invitation to walk from Kata Tjuṯa to Uluṟu over five days on a world-first desert journey with Tasmanian Walking Company, in partnership with Anangu Traditional Owners.   Local expert guides will lead the way as you explore 54km of ancient desert trails, enjoy chef-inspired dishes each evening that celebrate the flavours of Country, and stay exclusively overnight within Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa National Park in private eco accommodation. Every detail - meals, guides, transfers and a $500 contribution supporting park conservation and the Anangu community - is included, all you need to do is lace up your hiking boots and be immersed in the world’s oldest living culture in the heart of Australia. Spaces are filling fast – secure your spot with a $500 deposit and explore the Red Centre like never before: https://hubs.ly/Q03Q90NN0

READ FULL SHOWNOTES ON Chat10Looks3.com Crabb & Sales take Chat 10 Live to Alice Springs for the first time where they touch on a few Australian icons. ________ This is your invitation to walk from Kata Tjuṯa to Uluṟu over five days on a world-first desert journey with Tasmanian Walking Company, in partnership with Anangu Traditional Owners.   Local expert guides will lead the way as you explore 54km of ancient desert trails, enjoy chef-inspired dishes each evening that celebrate the flavours of Country, and stay exclusively overnight within Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa National Park in private eco accommodation. Every detail - meals, guides, transfers and a $500 contribution supporting park conservation and the Anangu community - is included, all you need to do is lace up your hiking boots and be immersed in the world’s oldest living culture in the heart of Australia. Spaces are filling fast – secure your spot with a $500 deposit and explore the Red Centre like never before: https://hubs.ly/Q03Q90NN0

READ FULL SHOWNOTES ON Chat10Looks3.com For the first time ever Crabb & Sales take the podcast on the road to the Northern Territory, where they get a special insight into the art of headline writing at the NT News.

READ FULL SHOWNOTES ON Chat10Looks3.com Crabb and Sales head to Perth for a live show, where Crabb has some joyful interactions with locals, and Sales gets hooked on a podcast produced in regional WA.

READ FULL SHOWNOTES ON Chat10Looks3.com A full seventeen years after it first stormed onto the world's TV screens, Breaking Bad has come to the attention of Leigh Sales. Crabb's been watching Muppet Mayhem. What is going on here?

READ FULL SHOWNOTES ON Chat10Looks3.com Crabb has just read a new book by online superstar Fashion Critical, whilst Sales is still on a high after the first ever Chat 10 Looks 3 retreat on the Gold Coast.

READ FULL SHOWNOTES ON Chat10Looks3.com Sales and Crabb hit the road to Hobart where they share their latest obsession - Jaws, on its 50th anniversary.

READ FULL SHOWNOTES ON Chat10Looks3.com Sales appears to have moved into her Tom Hardy era, navigating the man's back catalogue - good news for listeners who can't stomach any more Ryan Reynolds.  For Crabb though, the man putting lead in her pencil is Mr Squiggle.

READ FULL SHOWNOTES ON Chat10Looks3.com Crabb & Sales have been put off cruises and white water rafting for life after watching (a) Trainwreck: Poop Cruise and (b) a two part Australian Story called The River.

READ FULL SHOWNOTES ON Chat10Looks3.com Crabb & Sales record an episode live in front of a highly-charged Sydney audience that’s on a mission to correct misinformation.

READ FULL SHOWNOTES ON Chat10Looks3.com A special episode recorded at a live event at Home Of The Arts on the Gold Coast, where Crabb and Sales discuss HOTA’s current exhibition WRITERS REVEALED, featuring treasures of English literature on loan from both the British Library and the National Portrait Gallery.  The exhibition runs until Aug 3.

READ FULL SHOWNOTES ON Chat10Looks3.com Crabb & Sales have been immersing in stories and films driven by characters’ internal lives rather than plot. Never fear - there’s a sharp left turn into American comedy. You can find tickets to all Chat 10 events here, and tickets to ‘Between the Covers: Helen Garner’s ‘The Children’s Bach’’ with Virginia Gay at Adelaide Cabaret Festival here. Listen now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. 

READ FULL SHOWNOTES ON Chat10Looks3.com Much to Crabb’s irritation, Sales has yet again been to see an action film and won’t shut up about it. Crabb, meanwhile, has been watching light erotica, and has views. You can find tickets to all Chat 10 events here, and tickets to ‘Between the Covers: Helen Garner’s ‘The Children’s Bach’’ with Virginia Gay at Adelaide Cabaret Festival here. Listen now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. 

READ FULL SHOWNOTES ON Chat10Looks3.com Crabb and Sales record a live episode of the podcast on stage in Brisbane on the eve of Sales’ birthday. Listen now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. 

READ FULL SHOWNOTES ON Chat10Looks3.com Crabb and Sales are delighted to be reunited with some of their favourite actors from Succession but via discussions of celebrity memoirs and advice columns, they take a sharp left turn into the history of dishing out the silent treatment to people who displease. Listen now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. 

READ FULL SHOWNOTES ON Chat10Looks3.com Unusually for Crabb she has become unscratchably addicted to an old reality TV show, whereas Sales is sticking to the current crop of new releases including The White Lotus and With Love, Meghan Listen now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. 

READ FULL SHOWNOTES ON Chat10Looks3.com Sales and Crabb continue their discussion of current TV, but Sales has a problem with one tiny detail in every TV show ever. Listen now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. 

READ FULL SHOWNOTES ON Chat10Looks3.com Crabb and Sales discuss new release TV but unsurprisingly get diverted into a deep dive about biography writing. Listen now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. 

In this special podcast extra, at an event hosted by The Wheeler Centre, Sales interviews her idol Helen Garner about her new book The Season, in front of a live audience in Melbourne. Special thanks to The Wheeler Centre for permission to replay the audio. (0.00) The Season by Helen Garner | Apple Books (7.50) Year Of The Dogs | Apple and DocPlay Listen now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. 

READ FULL SHOWNOTES ON Chat10Looks3.com Crabb makes hay with Sales’ baroque list-making in relation to what she’s watched and read during the summer holidays. Listen now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. 

READ FULL SHOWNOTES ON Chat10Looks3.com Crabb & Sales have bounded into the studio full of joy about the things they've watched, read and listened to during the summer holidays.  Crabb is first to share her list of recommendations, with Sales next time. Listen now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. 

READ FULL SHOWNOTES ON Chat10Looks3.com It's that time of year. Sales is like a dog with two tails because she's allowed to make her "best of" list for 2024, and Crabb is completing her "Twelve Days" lyrics about twelve seconds before walking on stage at Llewellyn Hall for the notorious Christmas show. Thank you as ever to the ANU and the always-brilliant Canberra crowd! Listen now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. 

READ FULL SHOWNOTES ON Chat10Looks3.com Sales has mixed feelings about a polemic questioning why society considers romantic relationships paramount when many people end up with a friend, parent or sibling as their closest person in a lifetime.  Crabb’s been getting into an advice column, a crime podcast and a fascinating reality show about juries. Listen now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. 

READ FULL SHOWNOTES ON Chat10Looks3.com Once again, by accident this poorly-coordinated pair has stumbled into a theme. Women telling powerful and wide-ranging stories, including the counter-cultural paean to young men that is Helen Garner's latest. Starting a story and not knowing how it's going to end? Nothing more dangerous, nothing more exhilarating, especially in the hands of a skilled craftswoman. Tis the Season! Yule not be disappointed by this lineup; Naomi Klein, Pamela RAAAABE, Steph Tisdell and Virginia Trioli. Okay we'll see ourselves out.  Listen now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. 

READ FULL SHOWNOTES ON Chat10Looks3.com Crabb & Sales celebrate 10 years of Chat 10 Looks 3 in Melbourne with two incredible guests: writer Helen Garner and comedian Kitty Flanagan. Listen now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. 

READ FULL SHOWNOTES ON Chat10Looks3.com Once again, Sales has belatedly slouched towards something everybody else watched years ago. This time - appropriately enough - it’s Slow Horses. Crabb has been galloping around the MOAD. Listen now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. 

READ FULL SHOWNOTES ON Chat10Looks3.com Sales and Crabb have both watched "Nobody Wants This" and find they have different interpretations, especially of the series' much-discussed kissing scene. Thank goodness there's basketball and Ezra Klein to restore the peace. Listen now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. 

READ FULL SHOWNOTES ON Chat10Looks3.com Crabb's on a deep dive into the birth of impressionism in Paris with a new book by Pulitzer Prize winner Sebastian Smee, while Sales is once again offering her insights on The Sopranos, which last we checked finished airing 17 years ago. Listen now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. 

READ FULL SHOWNOTES ON Chat10Looks3.com Sales has been back to Hamilton with her kids for the first time, while Crabb offers to put her hands into … look we can’t go there in the show notes. Warning: this episode contains detailed discussion of depression, mental illness and suicide. Listen now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. 

READ FULL SHOWNOTES ON Chat10Looks3.com Crabb and Sales hit the road to Perth, and a rare illness-free streak in WA means they're brimming with energy to chat about everything from money laundering to US politics to "I Touch Myself". Listen now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. 

Sales has watched A Man In Full, and wonders why it hasn't been a global hit. Crabb has a theory, which she unspools at length while indulging her weakness for big-screen megaflops. Also discussed: Miranda July's lady-pleaser All Fours, and Jessie Tu's new novel The Honeyeater. READ FULL SHOWNOTES ON Chat10Looks3.com Listen now on Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. 

A warning to listeners: this episode includes discussion of childhood sexual abuse. In a welcome break from Ryan Reynolds content, Crabb and Sales have a serious discussion about some confronting revelations surrounding a couple of beloved authors. READ FULL SHOWNOTES ON Chat10Looks3.com Listen now on Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. 

Listener Warning: This episode is even siller than you think it's going to be Sales finally drags Crabb to see Deadpool v Wolverine and arrives bearing lamingtons.  Crabb attempts to befriend a cinema employee with surprising results. READ FULL SHOWNOTES ON Chat10Looks3.com Listen now on Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. 

A live podcast recording at the 2024 Adelaide Cabaret Festival, featuring a stellar line-up of hilarious and talented guests.  Crabb plays up her hometown credibility while Sales makes good on her vow to do a musical number with festival director, Virginia Gay. READ FULL SHOWNOTES ON Chat10Looks3.com Listen now on Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. 

In the ultimate grift, Crabb and Sales hit London's Royal College Of Music and conjure the High Priestess herself - MARINA HYDE!!!! - in honour of Chat 10 Looks 3's tenth birthday. Ms Hyde, who somehow remains fresh as a daisy after the British election, submits graciously to the birthday pair's fervent genuflection and nervous self-abasement, in particular Leigh Sales' extended soliloquy about moors, and what makes them different from, for instance, heaths. Then she moves on to Jeremy Clarkson. How is this show still alive? Yes, we're all wondering. READ FULL SHOWNOTES ON Chat10Looks3.com Listen now on Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. 

Another arts festival, another chance for Sales to go on a crazy solo adventure without asking her friends first if it's a good idea.  Crabb meanwhile has been rubbing shoulders with literary god and Chat 10 darling Ann Patchett. READ FULL SHOWNOTES ON Chat10Looks3.com Watch the full ep on YOUTUBE Listen now on Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. 

Much talk of musicals this week (Waitress, Dear Evan Hanson, Cats even!), but the headline news is that Crabb has watched a Ryan Reynolds film and this prompts an indecent proposal from Sales. READ FULL SHOWNOTES ON Chat10Looks3.com Watch the full ep on YOUTUBE Listen now on Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. 

Look, not to be pessimistic, but Sales has some controversial views on Taylor Swift that will probably prove the end of us all. Also mentioned: After The Party, White Fever, Beyonce.... oh never mind. We're doomed anyway. READ FULL SHOWNOTES ON Chat10Looks3.com Listen now on Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.  Watch the full video on YOUTUBE Produced by DM Podcasts

Crabb, fresh from the federal budget, is incredulous that Sales is still going with her Ryan Reynolds binge, albeit via detours into Baby Reindeer, Ripley and Scoop. READ FULL SHOWNOTES ON Chat10Looks3.com Listen now on Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.  Watch the full video on YOUTUBE

After watching Stutz, Crabb and Sales delve into the world of therapy, with detours along the way via ketchup, ageing and happiness. READ FULL SHOWNOTES ON Chat10Looks3.com Listen now on Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.  Watch the full video on YOUTUBE

Sales is still going through Ryan Reynolds’ back catalogue, but suddenly declares that she “believes” Adam Sandler is a more bankable actor.  Crabb accuses her of Fox News-style truthiness and hits the interwebs to uncover the truth, via detours of The Rock, Keanu Reeves and MILF Manor. READ FULL SHOWNOTES ON Chat10Looks3.com Listen now on Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.  Watch the full video on YOUTUBE

Crabb shows Sales an extraordinary dance routine by Hollywood A-lister Tom Holland (and later is crushed by her teenage daughter acidly informing her that everyone in the world saw that video seven years ago when it first came out). Who cares, because Leigh Sales is touring with the Australian Chamber Orchestra, and Crabb is interviewing Ann Patchett for the Sydney Writers' Festival, so suck on that, kids. Listen now on Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.  Watch the full video on YOUTUBE READ FULL SHOWNOTES ON Chat10Looks3.com

Crabb has a sore throat so Sales embarks on an almost thirty minute monologue, picking up where she left off last time: Deadpool and the entire back catalogue of Ryan Reynolds. Listen now on Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.  (0.19) Deadpool | Trailer | Disney+ (1.02) Free Guy | Trailer | Disney+ (4.00) My Delirious Trip to the Heart of Swiftiedom by Taffy Brodesser-Akner | NY Times (4.11) 'What the Taylor concert was really like’ by Mia Freedman | Mamamia (4.25) Listening to Taylro Swift in Prison by Joe Garcia | The New Yorker (5.00) The Greatest Night in Pop | Trailer | Netflix (16.08) Grace Jones Salve to the Rhythm | Youtube (16.50) & Juliet | Website (18.39) Groundhog Day The Musical | Website (20.25) Matilda The Musical | Website (21.57) Waitress The Musical | Trailer (22.58) Hamilton The Musical | Tickets (24.12) Being Henry by Henry Winkler | Booktopia (25.39) FEUD: Capote vs The Swans | Trailer | Binge (29.48) Go Tell it on The Mountain by James Baldwin | Booktopia (32.24) Tom Holland’s Singing In The Rain - Lip Sync Battle | Watch (33.11) For the Love of Music with Chat 10 Looks 3 | Tickets (34.45) Who Listens to the Radio? Podcast | Spotify

Sales embarks on a fifteen-minute monologue, complete with periodic hysterics, explaining to Crabb the plots of Deadpool and Deadpool 2.  We cannot confirm or deny if Crabb survives. Listen now on Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.  (0.46) Deadpool | Trailer | Disney+ (0.47) Deadpool 2  | Trailer | Disney+ (4.18) The Fly | Trailer | Disney+ (6.40) Silicon Valley | Trailer | Binge (13.17) Green Dot by Madeleine Gray | Booktopia (18.27) The Swans of Fifth Avenue by Melanie Benjamin | Booktopia (18.40) FEUD: Capote vs The Swans | Trailer | Binge (18.45) Capote’s Women by Laurence Leamer | Booktopia (18.59) Capote | Trailer | Apple TV+ (20.15) Answered Prayers by Truman Capote | Booktopia (22.40) Big Love | Trailer | Binge (23.29) FEUD: Betty and Joan | Trailer (24.39) No Filter Podcast / Andy Lee | Listen (26.30) Wilosophy Podcast / Andy Lee | Listen (27.50) Australian Story; The Getting of Wisdom - Hugh van Cuylenburg | ABC iview (27.51) The Imperfects Podcast | Listen (29.00) Andy Lee’s Books | Booktopia (30.56) Restaurant Nel | Website Produced by DM Podcasts

Crabb and Sales have a long weekend in Hong Kong where they're delighted to meet Aussie expat chatters. Listen now on Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.  (6.53) M+ Gallery Hong Kong | Website (7.12) M+ Gallery Madame Song: Pioneering Art and Fashion in China | Website (9.44) The Painted Veil by William Somerset Maugham | Booktopia (13.39) M+ Gallery Old People’s Home (2007) by Sun Yuan and Peng Yu | Watch (19.55) National Gallery of Australia, Emily Kam Kngwarray Exhibition | Website (20.05) National Gallery of Australia, Cressida Campbell Exhibition | Website (23.40) Expats | Trailer | Prime Video (27.30) Peak Tram - Hong Kong | Website (32.40) Arcane Restaurant, Hong Kong | Website Produced by DM Podcasts. 

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