Neil Butler - Media

22/11/2025

For those who are fans of the great man, here is my conversation with Ross Stevenson recorded on Chewing The Fat this morning.

This conversation took place Chewing The Fat on 94.7 The Pulse in Geelong. Recorded on Saturday 22 November 2025.

20/11/2025

Back in the Chewing The Fat chair this coming Saturday (22 November) and we have an absolute legend of Australian radio joining me for a chat - Ross Stevenson.

Ross started his radio career hosting a Saturday morning radio program on 3RRR, one of Melbourne's leading community radio stations. We'll chat about his early years as a Queenslander, as a student in Melbourne, his career as a lawyer and finally as arguably Australia's most listened-to voice.

This is one not to be missed.

Of course, I'll be catching up with the Prof from around 11:45am.

08/11/2025

Great to catch up with Stephanie Boag today to talk about her book series - Sticky Pineapple.

This conversation took place Chewing The Fat on 94.7 The Pulse in Geelong. Recorded on Saturday 8 November 2025.

07/11/2025

Tomorrow, it's my turn to host Chewing The Fat and I am excited to welcome, as my guest, Stephanie Boag, the award-winning author of the Sticky Pineapple book series.

Steph's books discuss her personal journey through infertility, the IVF process and happily, the arrival of her two daughters. One book is written for adults who are going through a similar journey and the other is designed to support conversations with children when the inevitable "How did I come into this world" question arises.

Of course, later in the hour, we'll catch up with The Prof for our regular chat.

Join me at 11:00am tomorrow on 94.7 The Pulse. You can listen by tuning your actual radio to 94.7FM, in and around Geelong. You can listen by searching for 94.7 The Pulse on your favourite radio app (ours is Community Radio Plus). You can ask Siri or Alexa to "Play 94.7 The Pulse". You can even visit www.947thepulse.com and click on the Listen button.

Looking forward to your company from 9:00am for The 2 Blokes Chatting Radio Show and then from 11:00am for Chewing The Fat.

26/10/2025

A new product that I am delighted ... and a little bit excited ... to be a part of. Grand Memories - creating amazing audio memoirs for the people you love.

Memories. Family stories. Favourite sayings. Grandparental philosophies. All really important parts of the fabric that make up our family lives.

And yet, too often, we hear people saying "if only we'd asked Grandma & Grandpa about their lives".

If you are fortunate, they may have kept a diary or written a journal that you can read - but how good it would be to hear them talking about their lives, sharing their memories and creating an audio keepsake for you?

At My Audio Memoir, that's what we do.

We sit and chat with your Mum or Dad, Grandma or Grandpa, reliving the important moments of their life and creating an audio history for your family. From their school days, starting out on their working life, meeting their partner - all the way through until the present era.
Want to know more?

Visit our web site at www.myaudiomemoir.au.

Grand Memories by Podversations. Keeping your memories alive.

24/10/2025

Huge day of radio for me tomorrow!

Kicking off at 8:00am, I am joined by Gemma Hooper (from the 3WBC 94.1 FM Commentary Team), Renee Cox & Kira Grace (Geelong Cricket Club) and Peter Holden (Women's Australian Rules Football Radio) as we talk Sport on Sportsfix.

At 9:00am, I am joined by Grant Baensch in the co-hosting chair for The 2 Blokes Chatting Radio Show. Amongst the regulars, our amazingly special guest is John Steel, the original drummer with The Animals. Yes, the same Animals that had massive hits throughout the 60s - The House Of The Rising Sun, Don't Let Me Be Understood, We've Gotta Get Out Of This Place, etc … and John played on each of them!

And just in case you haven't heard enough of me, I am hosting Chewing The Fat from 11:00am. My guests are Janine Dayman and Karen Strange, the co-founders of Wheatbelt & Beyond Youth Mentoring and, as always, The Prof, this week chatting about some of the great racecourses around Australia.

Tune in from 8:00am on 94.7 The Pulse. You can tune your transistor radio to 94.7FM if you are close to Geelong. Otherwise, find 94.7 The Pulse on your favourite radio app (our favourite is Community Radio Plus) or visit www.947thepulse.com.

I am looking forward to your company as I present some great conversations with some great people.

12/10/2025

Reggie and I are looking forward to bringing you I Did Not Know That.

Want to be a guest? The link to register is on the original post.

INTRODUCING OUR NEXT PROJECT - The I Did Not Know That Podversation.

If you are anything like us, you'll be a collector of facts, figures, statistics and other trivia, designed to astound your friends and family whenever you get the chance to display your vast knowledge.

Well, what better way to collect and distribute your vast array of worthwhile information than a podversation with a human (Neil Butler) and a robot!

Welcome to I Did Not Know That! - a podversation series dedicated to the weird and wonderful, the obscure and the little known.

Please take a look at our web site at www.idnkt.au and if you are keen to part of the project, click on the Register button. Please note, though, we are looking for fun facts not political, religious or other contentious content. All you need is somewhere between three and five fun facts and a preparedness to chat about them. As well, until further notice, all guests need to be located in Australia.

All episodes will be recorded via telephone at this stage so please make sure that you have access to good mobile reception.

Looking forward to bringing this series to life!

PS: Episode one is already available in your favourite podcast store. Get listening!

05/10/2025

Looking forward to another afternoon at Kardinia Park from 3:00pm. Hope you can join us for the Cats vs Blues match.

02/10/2025

If you are at a loose end now that the Lions have put the cup on the shelf, why not join me on mylocal.radio tomorrow night from 8:00pm. We'll play three hours of great 80s music, with requests and shout-outs throughout.

What do you mean - how do I listen? Simply download the FREE mylocal.radio app for your Android or Apple device and press play.

Looking forward to you company tomorrow night!

NO FOOTBALL? NO WORRIES!!

This Friday night (3 October), let's kick off the weekend with a 1980s-focused mylocal.radio Friday Night Request Show. Kicking off from 8:00pm, our host Neil Butler will play three hours of fantastic music from the decade that fashion forgot.

If you would like to request a song or just even say hello, you can send an SMS or WhatsApp to 0455 LOCALS (that's 0455 562 257 in the old money), send an email to [email protected] or send a Facebook or Instagram Direct message - just search for .radio. If the song was released in the 1980s and we have it in our music library, we'll play it for you!!

These shows are best enjoyed with friends - either together or listening in different locations across Australia. Listen in, send a cheerio, enjoy the music. What a way to spend Friday night!!

Now, if your computer looks like the one in the photo, you'll probably need to listen via the FREE to download, FREE to listen to app - just look for mylocal.radio in the App Store or Google Play. If you have a more modern looking computer, you can visit www.mylocal.radio and click on Listen.

This is radio as it should be.

21/09/2025

This afternoon’s vantage point for the Bulldogs vs Lions AFLW game. You can hear our call on Women's Australian Rules Football Radio via the web site or the official AFLW app.

Might be a challenge to remain impartial after last night’s result but I’ll try 😎

19/09/2025

COME AND CHEW THE FAT …

Tomorrow on Chewing The Fat, I am joined by the legend that is Linda Widdup from Aussie Hay Runners. Linda spends lots of time and energy sourcing hay, trucks and drivers from around Australia and organises deliveries of hay to farmers who most need them.

Very much looking forward to chewing the fat with Linda from 11:00am tomorrow morning on 94.7 The Pulse - straight after The 2 Blokes Chatting Show (I'm on that too!)

15/09/2025

I have recently established two new pages - VORA - Voices of Regional Australia and 10 Amazing.

Both are designed to highlight the amazing and yet typically under-reported things that are happening outside of the capital cities.

I would love it if you would Like one or both pages and share content as you see fit. As you can see, the followers are small in number at this point and so your support will help me to grow the platforms and in turn, support regional Australia.

Thanks in advance.