The Chaser Report - Share House Shenanigans | Marty Smiley & Nat Damena

Episode Date: November 30, 2021

As part of our chats with our podcast competition we are joined by Nat Damena and Marty Smiley who host the "Housewarming" podcast! Nat and Marty's podcast is all about the share house lifestyle, what it's like to be a room mate, and stories from the life of renters. Gabbi puts them to the test to find out what she should do about an annoying neighbour, and Lachlan tries to make them an offer they can't refuse. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Striving for mediocrity in a world of excellence, this is The Chase of Report. Hello and welcome to another afternoon edition of The Chase Report for Tuesday, the 30th of November. I'm Lachlan. And I'm Gabby. And we're continuing our wonderful week of the podcast awards. This time we're joined by another one of our competitors for Best Comedy, the hosts of housewarming. It's Nat Domina and Marty Smiley. They are a crack up.

So funny. Most of the time during that interview, I could not keep myself together. There is a point where Gabby actually just didn't get to talk because she was wheezing. I was weeping. We also do a bit of bargaining about the award. We've been trying to get people to get on our team in an alliance. Well, I say we. I mean, Loughlin, but...

I'm on the grind. I'm trying to find someone who's going to stick with me. And I haven't really got the heart to tell him that this isn't really how professional networking works. But it's quite an interesting chat, so make sure you stick around after this. News You Can't Trust. All right, we're here with half of the housewarming podcast. Thank you, Nat Demena, for rocking on up. Where is your co-host?

He is struggling with parking at the moment, but half of us are here, and really the best half and the only half you need. Well, I mean, that sort of sums up the idea of what it's like to be in a sharehouse. You know, you can't always account for where everyone is, which is what your podcast is about. Smaller segue, Lopfer. For starters, you're keeping tabs of where your housemates are at any given time. I still say, good night to Zander every day.

And I only just got pulled up for apparently that's weird. What is your podcast, Nat? It's a podcast for a generation of frustrated renters that have been locked out of the property market. And, you know, they just need a placed event, you know. We started this podcast at the beginning of the first lockdown. And, you know, everyone was spending a lot of time with their housemates. and it was getting really bad for some people, you know, some people having a great time.

And, you know, there was never really a space to have those kinds of discussions or conversations. Yeah, sure. What's it called? It's got housewarming. Yeah, on Spotify, Apple Podcast, Google Podcasts, wherever you get your podcast. All the podcast places.

That's what we've been finding really difficult is like, where do I say to find it? Do I say Spotify? That's not very inclusive. How do I account for everyone? I think you have to name each and every single one in order of importance. Yeah, go off.

We'll be here for five hours. Pandora. I heart radio. That one person who's like, actually, I use pocket casts and I can't help but feel like we were left out. So, you know, you guys talk all about share housing and the experiences there. How did that podcast come to exist? As I said, like at the start of the first lockdown, Marty and I were kicked out of our first sharehouse because a landlord, landlord wanted to move back in. Oh, brutal.

And Marty actually found out when he was aware. in South America and the landlord said you better move out three days after you get back otherwise I'm going to be throwing out all your stuff you're joking it was really it was ridiculous that's shocking yeah and then we had to you know he went through the whole you know legality of it all yeah the tenancy board yeah yeah and I said you have 90 days got a bit of you know got a bit of time moved out and then started the podcast shortly after that it's sort of like a revenge on our landlord good look I think there's no better type of revenge than creating a...

Yeah, something that takes up so much of my week. Yeah. Here he is. Oh, well, well, well. He made it. Look who's rocked on. About time.

Sorry, we started without you. The King's here. What are you guys doing? We're now joined by none other than Nats go host, Marty Smiley. Marty, thank you for finding your way through the maze of barking and joining us. Thanks, sir. Thanks having me. You're not Chazley.

Chadello? No, the Botox has gone away. Hey, Gabby. Hello, how are you? Yeah, I'm doing all right. Sorry about parking. Fashionably late, even in audio form. So Nat was just talking about how your podcast came to be in existence and this horrible experience with your landlord.

When you started making this podcast, did you have, like, was it, I mean, you were saying it was kind of a revenge tactic, but did you sort of decide to make it broader? did you start off by being like we are going to murder our landlord like how did it how did it sort of come about well yeah revenge is a feeling that doesn't last forever poetic if you've if you've done the revenge like after you keep doing it then it's just sinister yeah revenge is a dispersive cold but what happens to cold things they get lukewarm they're going to close them anymore like a house well and you've got the the law of diminishing returns which means that every Every single time you need to get more revenge, you've got to do something more drastic.

That's how. Oh, my God. So, yeah, it's now just like aggression. It's like, it's several stages of it. And we, we, we send our aggression towards, you know, a whole generation now of just boomers, you know. Even, I think a lot of the time it doesn't get mentioned, but Gen X's, they're entering that, you know, field now where we should be directing our anger towards them. we should say, okay, you guys are getting into the property market now. Yeah.

Why don't you think about leaving us a room in that house? A fridge. Where for boomers, you're like, can you give us your second house? Yeah. I feel like now it's not only just getting revenge on your landlord, but it's become a very visceral thing where your audience and your fans and your guests as well can sort of come on and have a bitch about their landlords. But it's a well deserved bitch

And you guys facilitate that very well It's very much It's kind of sad but kind of brilliant Because it's just such a shared trauma Amongst anyone under the age of 30 now Like I feel I don't know anybody It doesn't have a nightmare renting story Which is so I just love hearing it

I love hearing other people's stories And going oh I've been there I think the most disappointing thing is that Our audience who's listening to this right now We're going What are all these kids complaining about I've only got three houses No, they should just stop eating avocado toast, and it'll all be fine.

We have a very old audience. I like your approach of alienating them as much as possible. This is it. We're actually, I think this is probably the average age has never been so low right now, people in this room. Well, so what you guys do really well is giving an opportunity for your listeners to share these stories. But you guys also come with solutions, don't you? You guys, whether or not you acknowledge it, are now the sharehouse gods.

You know everything there is about share housing. And so Gabby and I kind of thought, like I've just moved into a sharehouse with Xander, who's right behind you. Gabby has been in. Is that that weird guy just looking at us? Yeah, the really peasanty looking kind of. Does he work here?

Yeah. No, only when he wants to. We've both been in, and share house experiences. Gabby's got a ton of horror stories from her time in share houses. Gabby, if you'd love to unload onto them. Oh, do you want to hear what? Like a current one.

Okay, so for the last... And if there's a dilemma, like, you know, obviously we'll try to work it out. Yeah, great. Oh, this is great, because honestly, I've talked about this so many times on different podcasts. I'm yet to hear a solution.

Okay. Are you looking for comfort or solution? Whatever you guys feel, I'm happy to accept any and all responses. So, for the last six or so months, I've been renting a house in the inner west as you do, classic go for the vibes um and my neighbor directly behind us plays subwoofer base for hours on end at any given time of any day i see no issue here no no at first i was cool with it you just need to

get down with the party i don't understand that's the kind of frequency that you want to be at constantly i mean i can relate except for the fact that it's like eight in the morning till about nine p m at night some days and i get to a point around seven p.m where i want to tear my eyeballs out of my eye socket and throw them across a wall and hope that maybe that will make me not feel anything ever again. Are you like a pretend musician? I thought that you do like music. That's what I got from your social media.

This is less like music and more like what I imagine a whale hears when the sonar vibes are going out. It's just like a pulse. It kind of feels like I got like an organ rattle that I didn't ask for. And I've tried talking to them. personally. I've tried talking to them again personally. I've tried talking to them a third time personally. And every time I say, hey mate, no problem with the music. It's just the subwoofer you got going on. It is like ripping through our house at all hours of the day. If you could just

turn that part down. They're not shooting fat pizza next door. Don't think so. And every time the neighbours like, oh yeah, no worries. And then they just don't do anything. So I've kind of just gone, oh, this is my life now. I just live like, this, no peace. What is it you're doing at those specific times that it's disturbing? Oh, you know, like, I mean, well, through lockdown I was trying to work, which is pretty rough, although then again, I'm bold to call this job work. And then sometimes it'll be at night time when, you know, you're trying to sleep.

The other night, last week, Wednesday, I woke up to it at 2.30 in the morning, and it played from 2.30 a.m. till 7 a.m. Oh, boy. Subwoofers next door, I always think, it's like a party I'm not invited to. Yeah. Yeah. That would be my. main thing is i'll be like damn that sounds like a lot of fun so should i just like why can't i be why aren't i invited i think it's it's a matter of competition right because you know how when you when you're walking down the street and you see like a car with a bunch of boys and they got the loud music yeah yeah god this is so loud how annoying yeah loudest music you find yourself you find

yourself in a car with loud music and you're like this is sick this is dope i think what you need to do is get a subwoofer of your own right drown him out yeah yeah yeah and if my landlord complains about that like i should just chill he lives around the corner because of course you your landlord only has one way to interact with that kind of situation and that's then he needs to get more speakers right so the whole street the whole suburb should just get some subs going shut it down yeah make it a street fiesta yeah and i suppose things get getting shut down all the time in terms of like nightclubs and stuff so we should just make our own okay all right i'm up with it i'll get my finest bum bag and my cleanest eckies and i will yeah start a start

Have you got any Oakley wraparound Sundays? I actually do. They're not Oakley. They're definitely just a wrap around Sundays. But they do the job. Light refracting bad boys. Can you just give me your, I have an issue with my neighbor like voice?

Like, how did you go up to, did you, like I'm here? The first time, I've always been a believer of like you trap more bees with honey than with vinegar. Right. So when the first time I saw them, I was like, hey, I, please don't, like, don't be afraid um don't know why he would be with me uh don't be afraid why would they be afraid i don't know because when i answered the door of strangers i'm like what the fuck's about to happen don't be afraid i just that music i know it doesn't seem like it's probably very loud to you but it's just because of their house is slightly above ours as well as on a side of hill it just

rips through our house and like we're trying to work from home and all of us are stuck inside i hate it already and then he was yeah if you're coming in with that you're too kind listen it's too kind you track flies with honey you track flies with honey but you attract the most slides with a piece of shit. You gotta go in with the worst attitude. Lead with confrontation.

People can't stand it. How much would you guys take if I paid you to go around there? We have been asked to do into the end in 20 situations. Our calls. Forget the Tennessee rental board. We've been asked to be fake landlords.

Look, we all have a price. Fuck the you. Unions. Get these guys on it. Whenever rental stuff goes past to the point of legal, you too. Put it to say, it pays better than the podcast. None of the medical advice contained in the Chaser report should legally be considered medical advice. The Chaser Report. Speaking of podcasts, though.

Flawless, flawless segue. Speaking of podcasts on this podcast. You guys are nominated for Best Comedy Podcast Against Us. We're what? No. Are you serious? You fucking did it. Oh my God.

What? Why did nobody tell me? Shut up. We were choosing costumes last one. Oh, well, what have you guys landed on? Because we've got no idea what to wear it. Yeah, we've been asking all of the other nominees what they're wearing. Oh, no clue.

There's a theme this year. You guys didn't hear about it. Oh, there's a theme. It's a super hero. It's a sub-since. It's aliens. Aliens. You've got to dress up like future.

So you got to dress up like, it's like a very convoluted theme. It's like movies in the past that. predicted how the future would look like. Like Mars attack. Oh, like the Jetsons. Yeah, you've got to just like the future from the past. Anyway, looking forward to seeing when you guys come up with. Okay, yeah.

I'll see you guys there. I've got a whole lot of holographic pants. Yeah, nice to iron them out. Nice, back to the future. Yeah, good shit. Regisander, because he looks like an alien. Fucky. Yeah.

He gets bullied so much on this podcast. As the person who lives with him, it's all deserved. What are your guys? Because obviously we're up against each other And Gabby and I have been taking mental notes For what we need to steal from your podcast To make our podcast better. Got it.

But have you guys got any plans for, you know, your acceptance speeches or bribing the judges? Well, look, a lot of people might go down the bribing route But I prefer extortion. Get something on them. Blackmail, that's the way to go. It's the only way to make sure someone follows through. What have you got on us?

It's not you, it's the judges. Oh, the judges, right. I thought you were saying you're competitors. I was like, I want to hear the judges. You guys are competitors? I don't think so. What about Hamish Nanny, though? We've been pulling up dirt on all the competitors all this time.

Yeah, whoops. What are you going to submit it in a letter? Yeah. You're trying to Stephen Bradwick, Australian podcast awards? Planned most to turn up on the night and be like, all right, Hamish, I've seen Caravan of courage. You don't want that footage going out anymore. He's like, it's all on YouTube, dude.

You guys are trying to be the Italian guy who won the Tour de France after coming 11th because everybody doped. Well, what that implies? That's true. We are doping. Well, what's the doping equivalent in podcasts? Because if anyone needs to know, it's clearly us. I think it's just weed, is it not? I think every podcast has smoked and weed, though, so it's a level playing for it.

I think clearly we're not very clear on what direction we're going. We've got no idea what we're doing. All right. Well, if extortion and blackmail aren't going to work. can we make an alliance? I see. I see. We'll join forces.

Okay, what are the parameters of this alliance? So the parameters are, if and when you guys go up on stage to do your acceptance speech, what do we have to do to get a shout out in the middle of your accepted speech? You know, you know what? Everything does have a price. I'll offer an alternative, okay? I'll offer an alternative, all right?

If we win and we get asked to go on stage to do an acceptance speech, you two go up in our place and do our speech I'm so fantastic I'm up for it I've already planned on getting up there and pretending to be Chris Lilly so this is nothing new

That's good, that's good I think you should just do that for anyone Like you should just go to get up Every single award that is handed out Yeah, best investigative journalism award We get up Get up. Best health and well-being done. Best section relationship.

It's not that far out of like the Chase's wheelhouse, right? I suppose it's not. Just dance and shit. I have a feeling we should hire these guys. It's stunts and shit. That's actually what we have written on our pitch documents. Well, I thought that would be a lot harder. Usually we have to kind of offer something with these guys are like, no, fuck it.

To be honest, the reason why Nat's doing that is he thought what we should do this year is not go. I've, like, I think he would be so rock-star to just not turn up. You should totally go. He wants to be an absentee winner. All right, look, if I go. That's his ultimate, that's what Nat strives for in his life is just shading everyone that comes in his path. So if he wins. I'm sorry, I know.

I only shade the ones I don't respect. It's beneath him that he wins. I'm sorry, but awards mean very little to me. It's the responses and the messages from our lovely fans that really hit home and mean the most to me. So whether we win the award or not, it really doesn't change anything. If we win, it's for the rental market. That's all it is.

Is there prize money? I don't think so. We have no idea. I'm pretty sure it's just a box of favourites. That's upsetting. Which you also must pay for. On exit. You have to go to Coles and get it and you claim it back on tax.

It's the podcast awards. It is the brokest awards show in Australia. And comparing it to the Logies, that is saying so. The question is, what will you do? For us. Oh, for you. What do you go, if you win? Name your price.

Actually, actually, I have got an offer. Jalz first comes on this show. He's always bragging about how he owns houses. That's not true. He's not bragging about it. He comes on and he's like, oh, so I had a massive issue with my new stove the other day. And I was like, oh, you can buy appliances that get fitted to the walls of your home. That's nice.

What's that like? It's an X-Flex. Yeah, I know. So our offer to you, clearly, is we get Charles to buy you a house. Yeah. I mean, we're not saying no to that. I feel like, you know, that's a pretty even deal. This is, as his workers, you are contractually obliged to follow through on this.

Yeah. Verbal contracts are. Easy. You guys can sue us for defamation now. It's on record. It's on record. All right, there you go. Charles.

Get that checkbook ready. Regardless of whether you guys go or not, though, surely, after part of. party, your house. Hell yeah. Hell yeah. Hell yeah. We can make that happen. We can make that happen.

Fuck yeah. Yeah. I'm down. Come through. Come through. All right. If you guys like the sound of that for you, think that the solutions that were offered to Gabby were very helpful.

I think that were great. Make sure you give a listen to house warming. It's on all your podcast places. I'm right. You gave that a bit of flip house mall. And stay tuned for next year after they win and they have bungalow warming. It'll be great. Cheers, Charles Ferd.

Listen to housewarming. Follow us on Instagram. Follow me on Instagram at Nat Domina. If you want to see some stand-up, I've got some stand-up comedy dates at the end of the year. Follow Marty Smiley. At Marty Smiley. Yeah, but follow us on our podcast.

Get listening. We hope that you'll have fun. All right, boys. May the best share house-based podcast win. Amen. Cheers to that. The Chaser Report. More news.

Less often. Well, our house is seasonably warm, isn't it, Lachlan? Thank you so much. Matt Demina and Marty Smiley for being the absolute dynamic duo behind the housewarming podcast. Fantastic stuff having them on. Make sure you give their podcast housewarming a listen wherever you find your podcasts. And look, even though they're our competitors, I'm feeling a bit chummy.

I'm feeling a bit more confident about going to this award show on Thursday. Well, now that we've got them thinking about going and big, big, bigger going, I think it's going to be fun for us socially. but I am getting worried for our business model. Yeah, yeah. Because both of those podcasts, very strong. We've got our work cut out for us. We might actually have to get good at this podcasting thing. Not if I can help it.

Oh my God. Our gear is from road microphones. And we're part of the A cross-creator network. See you. Beat you. No, I beat you first.