Erik Jensen is an award-winning journalist, biographer, screenwriter and poet. He is the founding editor of The Saturday Paper and editor-in-chief of Schwartz Media. He's written a bunch of incredible books and it's very likely he spells "friend" correctly in all of them. On today's episode, Erik talks about struggling to make friends as a child, Nan School, being almost exclusively friends with older ladies, making friends with people from magazines, cold-calling people out of the phone book, losing a dear friend, writing letters, and an unforgettable story about "cooking your emotions".

CONTACT

Text - 0431 345 145

Email - fwendspod@gmail.com

Mail - PO Box 24144, Melbourne, Vic, 3001

RATE AND REVIEW

Of course you've already subscribed or followed the show, now we'd love you to leave a rating and a review. In whatever podcast app you're in right now, just throw down the 5 stars. Will make our day, and help to get the podcast into more people's ears (which will ultimately mean even bigger name guests for you!)

INSTAGRAM

Fwends Pod

Georgia Mooney

Rhys Nicholson

Kyran Nicholson

YOUTUBE

Soon (how soon we don't know) you will be able to watch clips of the show on YouTube, click through and hit subscribe now to get them the second they appear: Fwends Pod YouTube

SKIP AHEAD

00:00 - Georgia, Kyran and Rhys catch up

35:55 - Interview

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's a mailbag episode! We read your emails, texts, and wish upon a star for a gift in the PO Box.

Send us your thoughts, on that or anything else, to 0431345145 on the burner phone, or via email fwendspod@gmail.com or you can pop it in the mail to Fwends, PO Box 24144, Melbourne, Victoria, 3001

YOUTUBE

Soon you can watch clips of the show on YouTube, click through and hit subscribe now: Fwends Pod YouTube

SUBSCRIBE

Please hit follow or subscribe or whatever they call it in your favourite podcast app so you never miss a beat.

Follow us all on the Instagrams to see highlights of the show:

Fwends Pod

Georgia Mooney

Rhys Nicholson

Kyran Nicholson

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ben Lee began his career as a young teenager in the early 90’s, in the Australian lo-fi punk band Noise Addict, who were discovered by Sonic Youth and the Beastie Boys. That began an extraordinary career that has been both eclectic and eccentric. Ben has put out over 20 solo albums that have made romantics swoon for multiple generations and catapulted him to national treasure status. But enough of all that, we're here to talk about fwendship! In this episode, Ben talks about being occasionally guilty of fair-weather friendship, of friendship within cults, setting friendships loose, World Expo 88, showbiz superfriends, the necessity for admiration in friendship, friendship in family, and his perpetual search for romance in all things.

CONTACT

Text - 0431 345 145

Email - fwendspod@gmail.com

Mail - PO Box 24144, Melbourne, Vic, 3001

RATE AND REVIEW

Of course you've already subscribed or followed the show, now we'd love you to leave a rating and a review. In whatever podcast app you're in right now, just throw down the 5 stars. Will make our day, and help to get the podcast into more people's ears (which will ultimately mean even bigger name guests for you!)

INSTAGRAM

Fwends Pod

Georgia Mooney

Rhys Nicholson

Kyran Nicholson

YOUTUBE

Soon (how soon we don't know) you will be able to watch clips of the show on YouTube, click through and hit subscribe now to get them the second they appear: Fwends Pod YouTube

SKIP AHEAD

00:00 - Georgia, Kyran and Rhys catch up

25:00 - Interview

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.