The Footy with Broden Kelly

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Introducing: The Footy Avengers. Broden Kelly. Tom Zahariou. Marnie Vinall. Hester Brown. Kate McCarthy. Kelly Broden. Broden's AFL accreditation. It's all for the AFLW Grand Final, this Saturday night. For the third year in a row, it's the Roos and the Lions. No-one's won back-to-back AFLW flags before. North Melbourne can be the first to do it. Get your eyes and ears around it.

PRELIM WEEK! North v Dees. Lions v Blues. We cannot bloody wait. Marnie Vinall is away this week, so Hester and Aila Brown once again step up - and how. And - bet you thought you wouldn't be hearing a pitch-perfect karoake performance of Nikki Webster's 'Strawberry Kisses' on the pod today. Guess what.

It's AFLW semi final week! Carlton play the Hawks on Saturday night for a place in a prelim and we're very grateful star Blue Mimi Hill could find some time to talk to us (again) on pod. This week's episode also covers the AFL's new wildcard round and why the Blues are burying sausages around Princes Park...? A big thank you to the extraordinary Hester Brown for her time co-hosting The Footy. We have all been better for her company and for Aila's hot takes

Hester Brown and Marnie Vinall are back at the helm, and on the eve of the AFLW finals series it's a pleasure to welcome in footy expert and friend of the show Kate McCarthy to steer us through literally everything you need to know. Get around Kate and her excellent work ⁠here⁠. And yes, the best part of the show, Aila Brown's hot take, is back. With a bang.

It's Halloween soon. Marnie got her hands on Broden's Cowdoy costume. This will mean a lot to some and nothing at all to others. Figure out where you stand here. The Roos are in a record-breaking mood, the Carlton and GWS and Gold Coast and Collingwood players had to flee from lightning, and the name of Coffs Harbour's stadium is quite capable of derailing this podcast.

From a jaunt around Britain and Ireland return Broden and Tom, armed each with a veritable novella of culinary experience and a hankering for the good ship footy pod. It's great to have them back. Marnie's penned a few great yarns this week. One is about footy fatigue and how it affects the attention fans can give the AFLW, which you can read about here. She also went for a dip in the Williamstown surf. We break down the why in excruciating detail. Gun Blue Harriet Cordner guests on the pod to talk Carlton Respects. There's a very special game against the Giants coming this Sunday afternoon for the Blues, and you can, and should, read more about it here.

It's Round 10 of the AFLW season, the AFL trade period has come to an end, so thank goodness we have Marnie Vinall and Hester Brown (and Bec Petraitis!) in house to navigate through it. Broden and Tom touch base from London and, as has become tradition, Aila Brown has her say. Get around ⁠Marnie⁠ and ⁠Hester⁠ on socials!

In August of this year, Mitch Brown became the first AFL player to identify publicly as bisexual. It was a significant moment in the game's history. We applaud Mitch for his bravery and the example he has set for countless people across the country. Today, Mitch and his partner Lou Keck join Marnie Vinall and Hester Brown on The Footy, and you'll hear the voices of Aila and Ben Brown too as we weave our way through Mitch and Lou's experiences following Mitch's coming out, Pride Round, and Round 9 of the AFLW. It's a lovely chat. Get around Marnie, Hester, Mitch and Lou.

Seven home-and-away weeks down, five more to go - the AFLW season's going OFF and we're very lucky to have Hester Brown on board to help us break it down. There's stacks on the show this week. Six-year-old podcasting extraordinaire Aila Brown comes out swinging with her Hot Take of the Week, and Broden and Tom provide a roving report from the Olympia Theatre, Dublin. Chappell Roan played there once. With feeling folks, no matter what the Big House says: BOUNCE. THAT. PILL. Get around Hester here.

It was an excellent Grand Final. Scores were level at half time. Through a fair part of the third quarter, things were close and tense. And then the Lions took the game away, took the season away, and will take the premiership cup back to Brisbane for a second consecutive year. This episode of The Footy is brought to you by the TAC - “Stop Kidding Yourself – If you drink, don’t drive. A message from the TAC” Family and domestic violence support: 1800 Respect national helpline:1800 737 732 Women's Crisis Line:1800 811 811 Men's Referral Service:1300 766 491 Lifeline (24 hour crisis line):131 114 Relationships Australia:1300 364 277 NSW Domestic Violence Line:1800 656 463 Qld DV Connect Womensline:1800 811 811 Vic Safe Steps crisis response line:1800 015 188 ACT 24/7 Crisis Line:(02) 6280 0900 Tas Family Violence Counselling and Support Service:1800 608 122 SA Domestic Violence Crisis Line:1800 800 098 WA Women's Domestic Violence 24h Helpline:1800 007 339 NT Domestic violence helpline:1800 737 732

You call, you get on. That's the Midday Madness promise. Today, we call upon our dear mate Dwayne Russell to preview the 2025 Humdinger Studios AFL Grand Final in the fashion only Dwayne can: with a copious amount of flavoured milk. Dwayne's new book 'Killing for Sport' comes out this October. Dwayne talks us through the years-long process of writing it in this episode. You must read it. Follow 'The Footy with Broden Kelly' on ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠.

The Footy pod tries to talk itself into a Brisbane Grand Final tip and there is SO much W on!!! Marnie’s been working on a really important piece this week. It’s about the increase in calls to domestic violence support services that coincides with Grand Final weekend. We discuss it on pod this week, and you can read about it here: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-24/increased-rates-of-gender-based-violence-during-football-finals/105809996 This episode of The Footy is brought to you by the TAC - “Stop Kidding Yourself – If you drink, don’t drive. A message from the TAC”

The impact of Wacky Willy Wednesday has spread all the way to the Midday Madness towers in South Melbourne. Alerted to the success of Wacky Willy, The Pipe himself, Dwayne Russell, stops by for a look. Pipe - we are so very sorry. This episode of The Footy is brought to you by the TAC - “Stop Kidding Yourself – If you drink, don’t drive. A message from the TAC”

Three. Little. Words. Grand Final Week. We live in awe of Will Ashcroft; we live in fear of Patrick Dangerfield. Dwayne ‘Pipe’ Russell joins us for a very special edition of Around The Grounds. Tom has an idea so good it may result in him being lost at sea (either in Lorne or in Rye, gawd bless the kid he doesn’t know the difference). This episode is brought to you by Mobil Supreme+ 98 at 7-Eleven. Go Further. Go Premium with Mobil Supreme+ 98 at 7-Eleven. 00:00 - Intro 06:45 - The 7-11 Premium 98 Moment of the week 15:11 - Round The Grounds 16:35 - Hawks VS Cats 29:25 - Brisbane Vs Collingwood 56:15 - W Wrap Up Round 6 66:20 - Headlines 69:30 - Malaka Of The Week

Over the course of his rugby career, David Pocock captained the Wallabies, Australia's national rugby union team. He is now an Independent Senator for the ACT. We talk to him today about his support for a full gambling advertising ban, as recommended by the Murphy Review, and his campaign for more transparent political lobbying. We are grateful for Senator Pocock's time. Follow 'The Footy with Broden Kelly' on ⁠Instagram⁠ and ⁠TikTok⁠.

Everyone is back in the same room, and Marnie’s brought everyone a prezzie to celebrate. Our final four means the men’s season will finish as it began: with Broden Doing Something. 00:00 - Intro 04:05 - News 08:25 - Alyssa Bannan Phone Call 33:29 - Tipping

Broden and Tom recorded this shortly after landing in Australia, off very little sleep. How do you reckon it goes? This episode of The Footy is brought to you by the TAC - “Stop Kidding Yourself – If you drink, don’t drive. A message from the TAC"

Like a sailor from the deck of a departing ocean liner, it's a tearful, impassioned farewell to the Gold Coast Suns for AFL season 2025. Unlike a sailor from the deck of a departing ocean liner, the farewell is set to Broden Kelly's rather magnificent take on Semisonic's 1998 classic, 'Closing Time'. If that doesn't seal the deal for you, quite frankly, I don't know what will. And in excellent news ... the official team of The Footy podcast, Carlton AFLW, is absolutely. bloody. flying. This episode is brought to you by Mobil Supreme+ 98 at 7-Eleven. Go Further. Go Premium with Mobil Supreme+ 98 at 7-Eleven. 00:00 - Intro 04:20 - The 7-11 Premium 98 Moment of the week 05:55 - Q Clash 19:20 - Hawks vs Crows 33:30 - Steven King 40:15 - New Zealand 42:20 - AFLW 47:24 - Prelim Finals 53:00 - Headlines 57:00 - Malaka Of The Week Follow 'The Footy with Broden Kelly' on ⁠Instagram⁠ and ⁠TikTok⁠.

From Bathurst to Newtown and through the Monash business school, Marnie Vinall's story is a colourful one. She's told numerous stories about the game of football on this podcast over the past few years - you'll hear a little bit about her own today. You can catch Marnie on the ABC and on Instagram, Twitter and TikTok. Follow 'The Footy with Broden Kelly' on Instagram and TikTok.