Democracy, Sausage Sizzles & Questionable Opinions
Nick Schadegg joins the pod for the SA State Election.
Every few years South Australians perform the ancient civic ritual known as “standing in a school gymnasium holding a pencil.”
Yes, the SA State Election is here.
To help us make sense of it all, we’ve invited back Nick Schadegg, mate of the show and the closest thing we have to a functioning political department.
Nick has the rare ability to talk about politics without sounding like a press conference, which is why we keep bringing him back. While the boys ask the important questions — like “Why does every candidate photo look like they’ve just been told to smell a lemon?” — Nick actually explains what’s going on.
In this episode we unpack:
What the SA State Election is really about
Why state politics quietly runs a lot of your daily life
How campaigns actually work behind the scenes
And why election day is mostly remembered for democracy sausages and awkward small talk
Nick cuts through the noise, the spin, and the weird political theatre to help us understand what’s happening, while the rest of us do our best not to derail the conversation completely.
If you’ve ever walked into a polling booth thinking “I should probably know more about this,” this episode is for you.
It’s politics, but Oldmate & Josh style — curious, a bit chaotic, and a lot easier to digest than most election coverage.
🎙 New episode dropping tomorrow.
The Producer
Every good podcast needs someone who actually knows what the buttons do. For us, that person is Caleb.
While Oldmate and Josh are busy talking, laughing, and occasionally forgetting the microphones are even there, Caleb is the one quietly making sure the whole thing is being recorded properly. He runs the tech, wrangles the audio, and somehow turns a room full of chaos into something that sounds like a real show.
Caleb is the man behind the scenes making sure the lights are on, the levels are right, and the conversation actually ends up where it is supposed to. When the boys drift off topic, forget what they were saying, or start talking over each other, he is the one patiently sitting there making it all work.
He rarely jumps into the conversation, but when he does it is usually because something has gone terribly wrong or because the boys have said something too funny to ignore. When Caleb speaks, people tend to listen, partly because he is usually right and partly because it means something technical is probably about to break.
In short, Caleb is the quiet engine room of the podcast. The calm technical brain in a room that often forgets microphones are even on. Without him there would still be a podcast. It would just sound like two mates yelling into a toaster and wondering why the internet cannot hear them.
