#8 The Fistball Inside, So Help Me Pod - The FiFA/IFA Crossover Episode

The Fist, The Whole Fist And Nothing But The Fist, So Help Me Pod - The Fistball Australia Podcast

Did someone say " Crossover Episode"?!

Finally the two fistball podcast behemoths have temporarily united, as IFA Secretary-General Christoph Oberlehner - also known as one half of the highest rating fistball podcast in the Northern Hemisphere (aka Fistball Inside) - graciously accepted the offer to join Chris 'Super Mario' Milne and Malcolm 'Mister Fister' Donnellon to be a special guest on the highest rating fistball podcast in the Southern Hemisphere!

So join us in an overly long episode where we start off by talking about some major recent news points (being the recent re-start of fistball Down Under and the announcement of the location for the next Women's Fistball World Championships), deep dive into the fistball background of Christoph and then talk in depth about the current and future plans of the IFA. He then answers some serious, and then some less serious questions questions from our listeners.

After that, we dissect the most epic (and devastating, depending on who you support) fistball match ever played in Australia - the 2018 Men's Asia-Pacific Fistball Championships between Australia and New Zealand. It's fair to say that this match review probably contains more in-depth insight than we usually dispense, mostly thanks to Super Mario being one of the drivers of the tournament and a participant on the field in the game, as well as some eagle-eyed observations from both Mister Fister and Mr Oberlehner, a linesman and definitely-not-the-referee for the match, respectively.

At just under 2 hours, it's the sort of fistball podcast length that would give Fistball Inside conniptions, given it is the equivalent of about 6 of their episodes... but on the plus side it is less than the 4 and a half hours of audio originally recorded. And hey, it's clear now that this is how we roll, tangents and all.

Ah yes, and there are shoutouts of course.

As always, a huge thank you to Rafael Dobler for the theme music to this podcast series.

Fist on!

Timestamps:
@4:57 Beers
@11:11 News
@21:17 Interview with Christoph Oberlehner
@59:51 Match Review - 2018 Men's Asia-Pacific Fistball Championships (Australia vs New Zealand)
@1:47:47 Shoutouts

Links:
Match Review video - https://www.fistball.tv/en-int/playerpage/142018

Recorded on Sunday, 22nd of November, 2020.