After stopping podcasting in 2014, the voice behind Erk Pod is back... in video form! On this episode, Eric discusses the various parts of someone's personality and how they have different modes when they are in different environments and roles.
Later, Eric features a very funny performance from comedian Lou Wall and how their recent performance has exploded at the 2025 Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Lou had a very interesting encounter with someone on Facebook Marketplace which was a part of their Melbourne International Comedy Festival performance. Eric would call this segment "Where Is Bed" as he now has even more reason not to sell anything on Facebook Marketplace.
It's interesting to note that at the start of the day of this episode was recorded, Eric had no idea who Lou Wall was until he saw the video of the performance on Facebook. At the time of recording, it is the only video from the Melbourne International Comedy Festival that he had seen.
EPISODE LINKS:
Lou Wall's "Where Is Bed" performance, Melbourne International Comedy Festival
Lou Wall bio: https://creativerep.com.au/artists/lou-wall/
Lou Wall socials:
BRIEF HISTORY OF ERK POD & CHANNEL ERK PODCASTS (2007 - 2014) AND VIDEO CONTENT (2016 - PRESENT)
Erk Pod started as an audio podcast, produced in Australia. It started in 2007 focused on the the Australian version the reality TV series called Big Brother. This podcast was called Erk To The Diary Room. After this series was over, episodes became known as Erk Pod. After all, his nickname since primary school was Erk and it was a podcast.
Erk Pod grew it's audience with either solo episodes, interviews or group shows with guests and a co-host. The guests would be either people that Erk or others involved knew personally or other podcasters & online personalities.
Over time, Erk Pod was joined by other spin off shows called Erk FM, Erk FM: Australia, Erk FM International, Erk FM: Metal Monday which were music podcasts based on unsigned & underground artists. They were often obtained from what was called pod safe music or Creative Commons music.
A few years in, Erk's mother joined in to the podcasting space. Blast From The Past became a son/mother inter-generational remembrance & story based talk show. Later, a spin-off music show called Judy's Blast FM hosted by Judy and produced by Erk joined Channel Erk Podcasts.
Due to various issues including changing priorities and the ill health of Judy led to the end of Erk Pod and the other Channel Erk Podcasts ended in 2014.
Since then, Eric became involved in ice hockey but also started to produce video content on YouTube including Simulated Erk (gaming) and A Mountain Of Work (real life transport videos).
Against the odds and totally unexpected by the host himself, Erk Pod is back in 2025 in video form. This can also be enjoyed as an audio podcast.There will be various features and segments included over time with no set schedule.
LINKS FOR RELATED CONTENT BY ERIC BROOK:
Channel Erk Podcasts | @erkpod2025 on YouTube | http://channelerkpodcasts.com
Erk Pod podcast RSS feed | https://anchor.fm/s/1040fd354/podcast/rss
Simulated Erk Gaming | @simulatederk on YouTube | http://simulatederkgaming.com
A Mountain Of Work | @amountainofwork on YouTube | http://amountainofwork.com
NTL Sticker Collective | http://ntlstickercollective.com.au/democracymanifest
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HOCKEY LINKS:
Australian Ice Hockey League (AIHL) | http://theaihl.com
AIHL TV (subscription) | http://aihl.tv