life scraps w mickey bourne

Yo whaddup Scrappies!I hope you’re enjoying the festive season and making the most of the end of 2025 (if you believe in things like the Gregorian calendar). I’m writing this to you from my friend’s apartment where I’ve been having a staycay for a week. It’s so nice to be able to do exactly the same things you would do in your own apartment, but in someone elses’, 10 minutes up the road. Needless to say I’ve been busy. Not to mention it was my good ‘ol mate Jesus’ birthday and, well, you know how he is. Always wants to make a big deal out of it. Definitely a Gemini rising. In this episode I share with you the first joke I ever wrote, discuss LIDL's new eau de croissant, and talk about my rather traditional views on marriage. It’s a bit of a shorter episode than normal (Mum would be proud)- our very own short king episode, which means it’s a little angry and over-compensating (jokes, I actually made a concerted to rant LESS in this episode. I think there was only really 1 rant which might just be a podcast PB for me!). Anyway, I hope you enjoy it and see you in 2026.Mickey xo Get full access to life scraps w mickey bourne at themickeybourne.substack.com/subscribe

Yo Scrapsters!It took a little while longer to get this episode out there, ‘cos lyfe ‘n December ‘n all that. I recorded it nearly 2 weeks ago- before the anti-semitic shooting in Sydney- and then I needed some time to process what happened. So here we are, better late than never!!! A big thank you and shout-out to our very own first sponsor of the podcast: Joe Bogan!!! We may bring him back on for some Bogan health advice later. He can be like the Dr Phil to my Oprah. His infrared sauna injectables are on sale now, so go buy one and inject one into your face. ‘Cos you’re worth it, trust me!We also talked about Eurovision (LAAAAME) and Love (LAAAAME). In fact, this whole episode is LAAAAME. Listen to it and be a LAAAAMESTER, I double dog dare ya!Until next time,Mickey xo Get full access to life scraps w mickey bourne at themickeybourne.substack.com/subscribe

Welcome back to another week, Scrappies! I had a lot to get off my chest today. I guess I was feeling like a plastic bag, to quote our one and only Space Ass-tronaut, Katy Perry. And the reason I was feeling like a plastic bag? F@%&king men. In fact, the title for this episode could be: fuck men. Fuck Australia. Femme tops we love you! Listen to my hot take on bicep curls, wishing wells, social media bans, and other crucial topics. Until next week,Mickey xo Get full access to life scraps w mickey bourne at themickeybourne.substack.com/subscribe

Welcome to episode #2. Yay! If you’re German and you’re still listening, yay!In this episode I share with you one of my greatest triumphs of 2025: closing my Portuguese bank account with Millennium. I also add my 2c to a show hot on everyone’s lips for being an absolute stinking piece of garbage. Well, back when it was relevant, in 2021. (One thing you need to know about me is that when it comes to TV, I’m years behind the zeitgeist. I’m like a unicyclist being lapped by the peloton.)And then we move into current affairs, where I report live from the field about the Great Top Crisis, making a strong case for why we need to Make Internalised Homophobia Great Again. FROM THE RIVER TO THE SEA. BE A MAN, NOT A BOTTOM, GET OUT THAT PEEPEE AND COME FUCK ME.Any topics you want me to discuss? Write them in, I’ll talk about anything.That’s it for now, Scrappies. Until next week.To infinity,Mickey xo Get full access to life scraps w mickey bourne at themickeybourne.substack.com/subscribe

OK OK OK I know it’s getting a bit ridiculous here. I now have 2 newsletters, 2 podcasts, 2 jobs, 2 pillows on my bed, and 2 testicles. Coincidence? I think not!But yes, I started another podcast. I wanted a space where I could be more me: say things a little more unfiltered, insert a little more humour, broaden the horizon beyond just health to also include kulture. The thing about being a health practitioner, a coach, using the name Doctor Michael Hobbs is that I have agreed to a certain code of ethics. Unfortunately, and perhaps controversially? (at least to me), these codes of ethics don’t stop applying once the client session is over. And quite frankly, I don’t trust you, the Internet, to be able to take a joke. We’re not very good people to each other online. We certainly don’t appreciate context. I’m not even sure people who want to hire me as a coach are interested in me being funny; in fact, I’m fairly certain that too much humour is counterproductive to me bringing in the dollar bills. Work is serious! [cue Trump squint], and, while I like being funny, I also like drinking flat whites.Thus, Dr Michael Hobbs will continue to be cast as someone deep and wise, serious yet personable, a good listener, that can hold space for you to talk, and this podcast- under my artist name, Mickey Bourne- will exist here as it’s antithesis: all me me me. Not listening, but talking. With inflection. Namaste that, bitches. I have lovers, colleagues, clients and Mum (hi Mum!) all tuning in here. Here, on the Internet, where the performance never ends and the audience never sleeps. I’m talking to everyone at once. Not only that, I’m also talking inter-temporally: things I said 10 years ago will come back to haunt me. Generations of my podcast listeners may not even be born yet (hi baby listener! Remember this is for adults only, OK?). What, then, is the best kind of language to address this strange constellation? This podcast pillow talk is full of jokes. Full of ‘em. If you don’t know how to laugh at yourself, please don’t listen. I also swear, and talk about sex. If that’s not your jam, please, don’t jam it! How about a nice serving of Huberman butter instead? (If you don’t know who Andrew Huberman is, well, I can’t help with that. But seriously, congratulations- you’ve probably saved yourself a lot of money on infrared saunas, unnecessary supplements, and vision boards). One last thing: if you enjoyed this podcast, please do leave it a review. Share it with your friends; write me an email and let me know! What I learnt from podcast #1 is that having listeners isn’t actually as fun as having community, and you may or may not know this, but partly the reason anyone makes a podcast is because they’re looking to have certain kinds of conversations. They want to ‘connect with their tribe’, to quote a CrossFit gym. Scrappies (what I’m gonna call you guys unless you can come up with a better name), this could be our very own Comedy CrossFit box, but with less carpal tunnel syndrome. So don’t be a stranger!Let’s see where this thing goes. To infinity, Mickey xo Get full access to life scraps w mickey bourne at themickeybourne.substack.com/subscribe