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  • QUICK LISTEN - Cocktail Cabinet (From Ep 380)
    Dec 11 2025
    The Cocktail Cabinet: With Myles Thomson of Prince Winestore. This week: Champagne ⁠Bollinger Special Cuvee⁠ ⁠JP Deville Carte Noire Brut⁠ www.princewinestore.com.au 177 Bank Street, South Melb & Hansard Street, Zetland NSW & David Jones Food Hall, Castlereigh St Sydney
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    14 min
  • QUICK LISTEN - The Mail Bag (From Ep 380)
    Dec 10 2025
    We take your feedback, recommendations and tips! To be involved with the Mail Bag and to ask Caro and Corrie questions, please email your questions and ideas to feedback@dontshootpod.com.au or message us on Instagram or Facebook.
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    9 min
  • QUICK LISTEN - BSF (From Ep 380)
    Dec 10 2025
    BSF brought to us by Red Energy. Owned by Snowy Hydro, a leader in renewable energy. Switch to 100% Aussie owned Red Energy. BOOK: Stars and Bars by William Boyd SCREEN: Any Human Heart, the mini-series Apple TV FOOD: ⁠Yoghurt and Fig Cake – with a twist, from Delicious Magazine⁠ **note - Corrie uses Raspberries as a substitute
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    15 min
  • Ep 380 - Warm Regards, Cutie
    Dec 10 2025
    ON THIS EPISODE - What makes a great memoir? - The Anika Wells controversy - Champagne with Myles Thomson from the Prince Wine Store - Is there tension at AFL HQ? - Corrie’s text blunder this week! - Baz McCullum’s strange post-play interview after the second Test - Reece Witherspoon endorses another up and coming Australian author **REMINDER** – OUR CHRISTMAS PODCAST SPECIAL – NEXT WEEK Live from The Continental Hotel, Sorrento. - Caro and Corrie with guests Ross Lyon, Dwayne Russell, Rebecca Barnard and Anna “From the Op Shop” Barry - $70 (includes drink on arrival and pass-around food) - Wednesday December 17 5.30pm-7.30pm - The Continental Hotel, Sorrento - TICKETS - https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1497723 ITEM 1: My Life As A Book: Why people write memoirs, and why memoirs can work – or seriously not work - Do we love/hate memoirs - What a good memoir can offer readers - Controversial memoirs and memoirs that create big news - Memoirs we have loved: ITEM 2: Where do we stand on the Anika Wells controversy The Cocktail Cabinet: With Myles Thomson of Prince Winestore. This week: Champagne Bollinger Special Cuvee JP Deville Carte Noire Brut www.princewinestore.com.au 177 Bank Street, South Melb & Hansard Street, Zetland NSW & David Jones Food Hall, Castlereigh St Sydney BSF. BSF brought to us by Red Energy. Owned by Snowy Hydro, a leader in renewable energy. Switch to 100% Aussie owned Red Energy. BOOK: Stars and Bars by William Boyd SCREEN: Any Human Heart, the mini-series Apple TV FOOD: Yoghurt and Fig Cake – with a twist, from Delicious Magazine **note - Corrie uses Raspberries as a substitute SIX QUICK QUESTIONS FOR RED ENERGY Red Energy. Moving home? Stress less and make the move to Red Energy. Call 131 806. Corrie to Caro: What was sporting interview raised your eyebrows on the weekend Caro to Corrie: What’s this week’s “good news “story for Australian book publishers Corrie to Caro: What was behind Rory McIlroy's strange Royal Melbourne comment last week Caro to Corrie: What was your big bubble-burst moment last week Corrie to Caro: Is there really leadership tension at AFL headquarters Caro to Corrie: What was this week’s embarrassing texting error
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    1 h et 19 min
  • QUICK LISTEN - Six Quick Questions (From Ep 379)
    Dec 8 2025
    Real Christmas tree, fake Christmas tree, no Christmas tree? Favorite Christmas movie Finish this sentence: “My favourite way to spend Boxing Day is……"
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    8 min
  • QUICK LISTEN - BSF (From Ep 379)
    Dec 6 2025
    BSF brought to us by Red Energy. Owned by Snowy Hydro, a leader in renewable energy. Switch to 100% Aussie owned Red Energy. BOOK: 2025 Best Literacy Fiction: Corrie and Chris reveal Kris - The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny – Kiran Desai Corrie – What We Can Know – Ian McEwan SCREEN: 2025 Best Screen Adaptation of a Book we have seen this year Kris: Small Things Like These Corrie – The Thursday Murder Club FOOD: 2025 Cookbooks We Love – Us again Something From Nothing – Alison Roman Corrie – Persiana Easy – Sabrina Ghayour
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    10 min
  • Ep 379 - 2025, a year in review (of books)
    Dec 2 2025
    ON THIS EPISODE SPECIAL GUEST CO-HOST THIS WEEK: Kris Humphreys of Avenue Bookstore (in Albert Park, Elsternwick and Richmond) We review our favourite books from 2025, in a range of categories **REMINDER** OUR CHRISTMAS PODCAST SPECIAL Live from The Continental Hotel, Sorrento. - Caro and Corrie with guests Ross Lyon, Dwayne Russell, Rebecca Barnard and Anna “From the Op Shop” Barry - $70 (includes drink on arrival and pass-around food) - Wednesday December 17 5.30pm-7.30pm - The Continental Hotel, Sorrento - TICKETS: https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1497723 2025 – Talking Books • Best Beach Read Kris: A Great Act of Love – A Great Act of Love Corrie: The Cazalet Chronicles – Elizabeth Jane Howard • Best Crime/Thriller – Kris: Mischance Creek – Garry Disher Corrie: Wild Dark Shore - Charlotte McConaghy • Best Bio/Memoir – Kris: Mother Mary Comes to Me – Arundhati Roymother Corrie: Whitlam – Troy Bramston • Best Non-Fiction – Kris: When the Going Was Good – Graydon Carter Corrie: The Shortest History of the United States of America – Don Watson • Best Beautiful Book – Kris: Melbourne Heritage Interiors – Kristine Slawinski, Phil Campbell Corrie: 65000 Years: A Short History of Australian Art, Marcia Langton AO and Judith Ryan AM • Best Junior Fiction – Kris: Frances Bloom – Katrina Nannestad Billie B Brown series - Sally Rippin • Best Christmas Book for Little Readers Kris: Here come the cousins – Maggie Hutchings Corrie: Claris and the Christmas Surprise: A Claris Storybook – Megan Hess • The Book We Most Want To Read of the Summer Holiday Kris: The Elements – John Boyne Corrie: The Heir Apparent – Rebecca Armitage BSF brought to us by Red Energy. Owned by Snowy Hydro, a leader in renewable energy. Switch to 100% Aussie owned Red Energy. BOOK: 2025 Best Literacy Fiction: Corrie and Chris reveal Kris - The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny – Kiran Desai Corrie – What We Can Know – Ian McEwan SCREEN: 2025 Best Screen Adaptation of a Book we have seen this year Kris: Small Things Like These Corrie – The Thursday Murder Club FOOD: 2025 Cookbooks We Love – Us again Something From Nothing – Alison Roman Corrie – Persiana Easy – Sabrina Ghayour SIX QUICK QUESTIONS - FOR RED ENERGY. Red Energy. Moving home? Stress less and make the move to Red Energy. Call 131 806. 1. Real Christmas tree, fake Christmas tree, no Christmas tree? 2. Favorite Christmas movie 3. Finish this sentence: “My favourite way to spend Boxing Day is……" A reminder – shoutout for PRINCE WINESTORE – unfortunately Myles couldn’t make it in this week – however get down to the Prince Wine Store or go to their website www.princewinestore.com.au to place your order ahead of Christmas! THANKS RED ENERGY AND PRINCE WINESTORE REMINDER If you are enjoying Don’t Shoot the Messenger, please hit subscribe wherever you listen to your podcasts. DON’T FORGET OUR BONUS EPISODE: THE MAIL BAG And tell your family and friends about us, RATE US ON APPLE ITUNES OR WHEREVER YOU DOWNLOAD YOUR PODCASTS
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    53 min
  • QUICK LISTEN - The Cocktail Cabinet (From Ep 378)
    Nov 28 2025
    This week, Myles Thomson from the Prince Wine Store discusses wines from the Hunter Valley region.
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    11 min