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With TEN MILLION LISTENS under it's belt, Loose Units is back! John is an ex-cop, and his son, Paul, is a broadcaster trying to figure out exactly what his Dad got up to on the force back in the 1980s. Based on the bestselling books Loose Units and Electric Blue. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Old police records and a son's persistent questions turn one officer's memories into a lively, contested account of 1980s Sydney policing.
Loose Units: The Podcast turns John Verhoeven's years as a Sydney police officer in the 1980s into a continuing father-son inquiry. Paul Verhoeven brings old case files, photographs and records into the conversation, then questions John closely about former partners, arrests and…
John's old police files meet Paul's questions, and your inner family detective gets a seat.
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A look at Sydney policing in the 1980s, old case files, and the corruption that changed one officer's path.
Loose Units Busted circles back to Sydney policing in the 1980s through John Verhoeven's old case files, and the episode works best when Paul and John Verhoeven keep the momentum steady while still leaving room for the details to land.
A dry, funny look at police training grades and the personality hidden in official paperwork.
This episode takes shape as a qualifying-exam review, moving through grades and handwritten comments from Sergeant Vic Schweikert, the induction and training sergeant.
A 1975 school certificate adds a neat new layer to John's police-era family history.
Loose Units Busted turns a 1975 Beacon Hill High School Department of Education school certificate, dated 1 December, into the kind of evidence that quietly carries the whole story. Paul Verhoeven and John Verhoeven work the paper trail around Harry Tierney, Mr.
A familiar family police archive returns with fresh evidence, old arguments, and a conversational reset.
Loose Units Busted returns to Paul and his ex-cop dad's case-file history through a recently unearthed trove of files, documents, and photographic evidence, after dad had insisted there were no more stories left from his Sydney policing days in the 1980s.
A family archive turns into a sharp argument over memory, evidence, and what still does not quite add up.
Loose Units turns family memory into a file-by-file argument. Paul and his father reopen old case material and pick through stories that never quite stayed closed, which gives the episode a dry, stubborn energy.
A newly unearthed trove of files and photographs keeps the Verhoevens' case-file conversation lively.
Loose Units Busted returns to John and Paul Verhoeven's long-running case-file conversation with a recently unearthed cache of files, documents, and photographs from John's years as a police officer in Sydney in the 1980s.
Overlooked lives, read from the sources, talked through warmly.
Paul Verhoeven confronts his ex-cop father John with photos from a recently discovered archive, revealing that at John's 1981 NSW Police graduation there was a girlfriend — Tina Duncan — whose existence entirely contradicts the cherished family love story Paul had written, podcasted, and performed live for years.
John and Paul Verhoeven explore newly discovered police files from John's 1980s career, including his passing out parade where a botched haircut and a secret girlfriend challenge previous narratives.
Loose Units: The Podcast's "On Your Marks" centers on a 1982 police appraisal that rates John Verhoeven "C, outstanding" across knowledge, work performance, leadership, and potential.
Loose Units Busted centers on a 16 June 1982 New South Wales Police promotion exam and an October 1982 transfer form that moved Paul toward the fingerprint section.
John Verhoeven opens on day four of a 120-hour fast, then describes a morning at Primary coffee shop where a child's finger gets trapped in an electric hire bike chain and he calls triple zero.
["Loose Units Busted revisits John\u2019s 1980s Sydney police files after he says last year that 'there are no more stories to be told,' then adds a 'recently unearthed treasure trove' of files, documents, and photos.", "Paul, who says he spent six or seven years interviewing John on this show and returned to radio about two years ago after a decade away, uses the archive to ask about Julian, John\u2019s former partner and Paul\u2019s godfather.", "The conversation moves through Harbord/Freshwater, Wayne Street, St.
An ex-cop and his son revisit old police case files, including a night with three car chases.
An ex-cop and his son revisit old police case files, uncovering new details from the father's time on the force in 1980s Sydney.
Father and son share humorous banter about Wordle, a leper joke, and a foot injury story referencing a true crime case.
An ex-cop and his son discuss off-topic stories, including an antique anecdote, in a comedic true crime podcast.
A father-son duo revisits infamous Australian crimes, starting with a forensic analysis of a murder in a toilet block.
A father-son duo revisits infamous Australian crime locations and cases, blending personal police anecdotes with historical true crime analysis.
Loose Units' Christmas Mixtape revisits Jamie Morton's interview about My Dad Wrote a Porno and John Verhoeven's erotic-fiction contribution.