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Myles Thomson's recommendations relations to 'oranges and lemons'. PRINCE WINE STORE with Myles Thomson. THIS WEEK: Oranges and Lemons⁠ Departed Spirits Bloody Cello (500ml) 37%⁠⁠ Folle Envie 750ml⁠ www.princewinestore.com.au 177 Bank Street, South Melb & Hansard Street, Zetland NSW & David Jones Food Hall, Castlereigh St Sydney

Hear Caro and Corrie's recommendations this time last year, after their summer of reading, watching and cooking!

The Cocktail Cabinet: Myles discusses Rieslings www.princewinestore.com.au 177 Bank Street, South Melb & Hansard Street, Zetland NSW & David Jones Food Hall, Castlereigh St Sydney⁠ Wittmann Estate Riesling 2023 ⁠⁠Dr Loosen Dr L Dry Riesling 2024⁠

Hear our interview with Troy Bramston, about the release of his book - Gough Whitlam: The Vista of the New: the Definitive and Most Up-to-date Biography.

Recap one of the highlights of 2025, our Women In Sport live panel discussion, with ERIN PHILLIPS, TAYLA FRASER AND RANA HUSSEIN.

Join Corrie, Caro, Anna from the Op Shop and Rebecca Barnard for Six Quick Questions! SIX QUICK QUESTIONS - FOR RED ENERGY Red Energy. Moving home? Stress less and make the move to Red Energy. Call 131 806. Caro to Anna: What has been your festive or cultural highlight Corrie to Beck: Real Tree/fake tree/no tree Caro to Anna: Sister Julie starred on the Pod back in October- she is your Christmas Day host this year, what’s her theme? Corrie to Beck: Complete this sentence: ‘The most stressful thing about Christmas Day is….” Caro to Anna: What has been your personal Christmas hosting highlight Corrie to Beck: What’s your favorite Christmas carol (and any chance of a sing-a-long?)

and Anna From The Op Shop, Anna Barry OUR BEST FOR 2025 BOOK: Beck: The Names by Florence Knapp Anna: Our Evenings by Alan Hollinghurst Caro: Tenderfoot by Toni Jordan Corrie: What We Can Know by Ian McEwan SCREEN: Beck: Somebody Feed Phil (Netflix) Anna: Season 3 Blue Lights (SBS On Demand) Caro: One Battle After Another (cinemas) Corrie: Mobland (Paramount) FOOD: (FULL RECIPES ON FACEBOOK PAGE) Beck: Marouloslata (Greek Lettuce Salad) Anna: Lemon Pistachio Cake with Lemon Syrup Caro: Agrodulce Corrie: Coq au Vin from Sunday Life Magazine

St Kilda coach Ross Lyon and SEN commentator Dwayne Russell join Caro and Corrie for the live Christmas show special. Ross Lyon discusses his coaching career, his two stints at the Saints and some topical footy discussion points. And Dwayne Russell has just written a fiction novel, which we were excited to chat to him about!

ON THIS EPISODE - Live from the Continental Hotel, Sorrento - Special guests – St Kilda coach Ross Lyon, SEN commentator, broadcaster and now author Dwayne Russell, Anna Barry, and Rebecca Barnard We chat with Ross Lyon about his two stints at St Kilda, and what drew him back to the club for a second coaching stint. Dwayne gives us his thoughts on AFL leadership, his role in the media, working with Caro over the years and of course, his debut novel ‘Killing For Sport’. BSF. BSF brought to us by Red Energy. Owned by Snowy Hydro, a leader in renewable energy. Switch to 100% Aussie owned Red Energy. Introducing Rebecca Barnard, musician, singer, songwriter and producer, and Anna From The Op Shop, Anna Barry OUR BEST FOR 2025 BOOK: Beck: The Names by Florence Knapp Anna: Our Evenings by Alan Hollinghurst Caro: Tenderfoot by Toni Jordan Corrie: What We Can Know by Ian McEwan SCREEN: Beck: Somebody Feed Phil (Netflix) Anna: Season 3 Blue Lights (SBS On Demand) Caro: One Battle After Another (cinemas) Corrie: Mobland (Paramount) FOOD: (Best recipe) Beck: Marouloslata (Greek Lettuce Salad) Anna: Lemon Pistachio Cake with Lemon Syrup Caro: Agrodulce Corrie: Coq au Vin from Sunday Life Magazine SIX QUICK QUESTIONS - FOR RED ENERGY Red Energy. Moving home? Stress less and make the move to Red Energy. Call 131 806. Caro to Anna: What has been your festive or cultural highlight Corrie to Beck: Real Tree/fake tree/no tree Caro to Anna: Sister Julie starred on the Pod back in October- she is your Christmas Day host this year, what’s her theme? Corrie to Beck: Complete this sentence: ‘The most stressful thing about Christmas Day is….” Caro to Anna: What has been your personal Christmas hosting highlight Corrie to Beck: What’s your favorite Christmas carol (and any chance of a sing-a-long?)

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

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

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.

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

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

Real Christmas tree, fake Christmas tree, no Christmas tree? Favorite Christmas movie Finish this sentence: “My favourite way to spend Boxing Day is……"

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

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

This week, Myles Thomson from the Prince Wine Store discusses wines from the Hunter Valley region.

THIS WEEK’ S SPECIAL GUEST Shaynna Blaze, Founder of Voice of Change ⁠⁠https://shaynnablaze.com/about-shaynna/voice-of-change/⁠⁠ VOICE OF CHANGE – supported by Red Energy: Voice of Change was founded to amplify the voices of victim-survivors of family violence, to champion meaningful education about – and action against – family violence, and to bring about prevention and change. We chat with Shaynna about her role within the Voice of Change campaign, why she is so passionate about this issue, the importance of discussing domestic violence issues and to raise awareness particularly as we head towards Christmas. And Shaynna also speaks to us about her role as Executive Producer of the film The Fort, made with her two kids and this spearheaded her co-founding the not-for-profit charity ‘Voice of Change Australia’ using the arts to create meaningful conversations from using survivor and victim’s stories to change the cultural attitudes that underpin family violence. • Red Energy is proud to support Voice of Change (https://www.voiceofchangeau.org/) • Voice of Change is a national non-profit organisation dedicated to ending domestic and family violence using arts to break down the barriers to empower storytelling, community education and collective action. • Founded by Shaynna Blaze and backed by a team of changemakers, Voice of Change was born from a belief that stories can change attitudes, behaviours, and cultures — to drive national impact.

SIX QUICK QUESTIONS, for Red Energy: Owned by Snowy Hydro, a leader in renewable energy. Switch to 100% Aussie owned Red Energy. Corrie to Caro: What is Susu and do you wish you had it? Caro to Corrie: Which athlete’s story left you breathless this week? Corrie to Caro: Where do you stand on the battle for High Street Northcote? Caro to Corrie: The Ashes – a must-watch in your household? Corrie to Caro: What do we really owe the dead? Caro to Corrie: Speaking of funerals and memorial services, which do you rate more essential; great flowers or great music?