Loose Units: The Podcast

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Synopsis

The true crime book Loose Units, out now through Penguin Publishing (and in bookstores everywhere), had one thing it couldn't do: it couldn't fit everything. So each week, Paul and John will sit down and delve into cases too surreal, brief or contentious to fit into the book.

Episodes

  • Loose Ends - BURIED ALIVE.

    04/02/2021 Duration: 30min

    BURIED ALIVE! THE NOBEL PRIZE FOR JUSTICE! AN INFAMOUS ART HEIST! This episode is absolutely packed, and we're sure you're going to love it.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

  • Police Brutality

    01/02/2021 Duration: 37min

    A 21 year old cop encounters shocking, unprovoked police brutality. Paul and John discuss the implications, as well as talk about what smartphones mean for police accountability.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

  • Loose Ends 40 - The Girl on the Train

    28/01/2021 Duration: 31min

    Anne Verhoeven, Paul's Sister, John's daughter, has a misadventure on a train hurtling across Europe. Time to find out what really happened!  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

  • Terrible Violence

    25/01/2021 Duration: 37min

    A car chase, hidden knives, and a head-on look at police violence. In short, it's a hell of a week to be a Loose Units listener.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

  • Loose Ends 39 - Night Stalker

    21/01/2021 Duration: 38min

    Paul and John weigh in on the disturbing new true crime doco, Night Stalker, and discuss what role the press plays in bringing down a serial killer.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

  • The Red Lipstick

    18/01/2021 Duration: 45min

    John's first real piece of detective work finds him out of area, and confronted by a truly dangerous love triangle.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

  • Loose Ends 38 - Jandals

    14/01/2021 Duration: 30min

    It's Paul's birthday, so he and John discuss names. They also talk about jandals, and whether or not traffic cops have petty little quotas to fill.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

  • Officer Down

    11/01/2021 Duration: 39min

    Paul and John discuss what happens when a brawl kicks off and the cops are called. John then reveals an untold story of an officer whose night goes horribly wrong when a noise complaint takes a dark turn.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

  • Loose Ends 37 - Freaking Out

    07/01/2021 Duration: 21min

    John tells Paul about what happens when cops absolutely freak out on duty. They also talk about hitting 2.1 million global listens in 2020!  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

  • Police Rescue

    04/01/2021 Duration: 44min

    Could John make it in Police Rescue? He and Paul decide to find out, once and for all.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

  • Loose Ends 36 - New Years Resolutions

    31/12/2020 Duration: 26min

    John reveals a secret diary, the boys discuss new years resolutions, and an explosive tit-bit from the past detonates in the hands of our heroes.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

  • Bullies

    28/12/2020 Duration: 34min

    This week, John stands up to some bullies in the form of several hulking tow truck drivers victimising a young woman at the scene of an accident.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

  • Loose Ends 35 - Bad Santa

    24/12/2020 Duration: 26min

    Paul and John talk bad (very, very bad) Santas, and wish you a merry Christmas... and flip the bird to the year-that-shall-not-be-named!  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

  • Tickets on Himself

    21/12/2020 Duration: 36min

    Why are highway patrol officers called Cockroaches? And are old people really more dangerous at driving than young ones?  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

  • The Dry, with special guests Eric Bana and Jane Harper!

    17/12/2020 Duration: 29min

    Eric Bana and Jane Harper drop by to talk about the spectacular new crime drama THE DRY, based on Jane's bestselling novel! It's out January1st, and you absolutely have to see it. If you loved Loose Units and Electric Blue, it's going to really float your boat.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

  • Sh*t-Kicker

    14/12/2020 Duration: 41min

    Young John, fresh off a thrilling car chase, now has to get down to routine, sh*t-kicking police work. But things get interesting when a prisoner insists on showing John his tattoo...  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

  • Loose Ends 34 - Mangled

    10/12/2020 Duration: 27min

    An old woman stops John in the street, and suddenly, a decades-old murder mystery unfolds at his feet. An incredible, unexpected story from John is in store this week on Loose Ends!  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

  • Cuff Stuff

    07/12/2020 Duration: 35min

    How does a scrawny 21 year old cop haul a 100kg prisoner into the back of a sedan with a crowd watching? And what happens when someone gets thrown through a plate glass window and almost gets skinned in the process?  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

  • Loose Ends 34 - A Very Red Hot Loose Ends

    03/12/2020 Duration: 30min

    John, Paul and Tegan get together for a very special look at Red Host Australian Christmas, and to talk about the challenges of telling a story about bushfire season in regional Victoria.,  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

  • Red Hot Australian Christmas

    30/11/2020 Duration: 42min

    This week, Loose Units, Castaway Studios and Tegan Higginbotham proudly present Red Hot Australian Christmas, a hilarious and touching 45-minute Christmas audio play based in Gippsland, Victoria. It’s Christmas in Australia, and Victoria is in the grip of an unprecedented heatwave.   As the mercury rises across the state, the threat of fire plays heavily on the minds of many. But for a stubborn few, Christmas is – first and foremost – a time for family, feasting, and forced frivolity. And as far as they’re concerned, the fires can go and get f**ked.  One such believer is grizzled country Grandmother Heather Kelly, who has finally managed to get her entire family under one roof in Maffra, Gippsland. But before Heather even has time to interrogate her children about their failing love lives, the family receive a fire evacuation order. Code Red – they have to leave.  With danger pressing in on them, the Kelly family pack Christmas into the back of a caravan and flee f

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