Off The Bench with Hutchy & Pickers - Full Show (11.04.26)

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A listener secretly built PicksFlix.com, a complete visual archive of every movie Pickers has reviewed for five years.

Craig Hutchison and Liam Pickering host 'Off the Bench' live from Station Road in Adelaide during the AFL's Gather Round event. The episode opens with acknowledgments of sponsors and the cold, windy conditions on site. They recap recent sporting results, including AFL, NRL, and A-League outcomes, and note Rory McIlroy's six-shot lead at the Masters. A significant early segment revolves around a listener named Steve O'Callaghan, who secretly built PicksFlix.com, a website visually cataloguing every movie Pickers has reviewed over five years. The hosts humorously analyze 'prancers'—people like Tony Jones and Josh Jenkins who are seen walking or running conspicuously to be noticed during the event. They segue into a discussion about an AFL media supply crisis involving Jay Allen supplying his own photos. The core interactive segment is a two-part 'draft,' with today's theme being 'things you can live without.' Hutchy and Pickers improvise a list including traffic, coffee, rogue political leaders, and X-ray security. Regular caller Margaret, aged 95 from Sunbury, joins the show. She delivers a critique of mobile phones, arguing they have destroyed the art of conversation and family cohesion, and reminisces about a more connected past with open doors and community sing-songs. The episode includes racing tips from 'eBay,' a segment called 'McCrazys' debunking unlikely stories, and 'Off the Record,' which compiles humorous verbal blunders from sports commentators and media personalities. Throughout, the hosts engage with the live audience, comment on team colors, and promote various sponsors and competitions related to the Gather Round festivities.

As heard by us

A live Gather Round chat where family memories make the football banter feel warmer and more lived-in.

Off The Bench uses its live Gather Round setting as a way into a looser, more personal chat about family life, with Hutchie bringing Margaret into memories of shared meals, music in the dining room and callers at the door.

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You get live Gather Round atmosphere, family-table memories and weekend footy picks in one pleasantly unruly listen.

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