The Betoota Advocate talks to one of Australia’s most unrefined and uncensored inner-city storytellers: Spanian.

Between the 2000 Olympics and the NSW property boom, this week’s guest has a story that was never covered in Domain.

In Part 1 of the long-awaited interview with Spanian, the editors dig into some of the most shocking stories that feature in Spanian’s new memoirs: The Unfiltered Hood Life.

Car theft, break and enters, drug dealing and the jail time that follows.

The Unfiltered Hood Life by Spanian (with Christopher Kevin Au) Hachette Australia, 1 December, $34.99