Oct 16, 2026 · 7 min · 5 segments
Lisa and Russell were joined by a big guest, Goliath from The Chase to talk about Telethon happening this weekend. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy…
Matt ParkinsonGuestLisaHostRussellHost... where it was the only thing that was on overnight that [laughs] once a year.
So to us-
The only time the stations went 24 hours
... yeah, when you get to our age, it's such a, it, it is iconic and I, I hate to overuse the word iconic, but Telethon is.
No, this is one.
So it's, it is such a buzz to be involved with it, isn't it-
...
when you're, when you're from here and you did that?
My, my first one, which I think was 2016 or something, I was standing there in the phone room going, "I'm doing this."
Yes.
[laughs]
"I can't believe I'm doing this." I, I, I felt like I should be calling up to talk to myself in the phone room, you know?
[laughs]
Um, and what, what's happened since is, is in the 10 years that I've been on air and Perth started to expand, I used to know all the suburb names.
Well, of course.
... where it was the only thing that was on overnight that [laughs] once a year.
So to us-
The only time the stations went 24 hours
... yeah, when you get to our age, it's such a, it, it is iconic and I, I hate to overuse the word iconic, but Telethon is.
No, this is one.
So it's, it is such a buzz to be involved with it, isn't it-
...
when you're, when you're from here and you did that?
My, my first one, which I think was 2016 or something, I was standing there in the phone room going, "I'm doing this."
Yes.
[laughs]
"I can't believe I'm doing this." I, I, I felt like I should be calling up to talk to myself in the phone room, you know?
[laughs]
Um, and what, what's happened since is, is in the 10 years that I've been on air and Perth started to expand, I used to know all the suburb names.
Well, of course.
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