Jodie & Soda

Comedian Pete Helliar is returning to Adelaide’s Fringe Festival with his show ‘Big Boy Pants’ and he reveals to Jodie & Soda the show does discuss him having a vasectomy.“I feel like I’m becoming an Ambassador for Vasectomies, men and woman are asking question because sometimes women are discussing it with their partners, it’s a hot topic at the moment”  And when Helliar revealed he went to sleep during the procedure it led to Soda revealing a little too much on his own experience in a doctor’s surgery…“Pete many years ago I had a groin issue and I was getting these big elephant injections I my groin to try and strengthen the pelvis so the doctor would put a few local anaesthetic because he came back with the big elephant killer”“When he walked back in the room it involuntarily went to attention…he said I will just leave you with your thoughts and walked out again!” PETER HELLIAR – BIG BOY PANTSVenue:            Garden of Unearthly Delights – VagabondAddress:         Rundle Park, Cnr East Tce & Rundl

Jodie & Soda catch up with Adelaide’s own Hugh Sheridan who will be starring in ‘George Michael: Listen to your Heart’ with Adelaide’s Symphony Orchestra.The orchestra will be joined on stage by a stellar line-up of Aussies including Hugh Sheridan, Rob Mills, Casey Donovan, Andrew De Silva and Bobby FoxSheridan told Jodie & Soda the cast have been having a lot of fun working on the project and recently have discussed allegations from women complaining of his sexual misconduct and harassment by Craig McLachlan. “We were all sitting down he was talking about Craig McLachlan, he said no one’s siding on Millsy and his privates, in a statement one-day Chrissy went pass and pointed at his pants and said to Craig you’ve got more in there than Rob Mills!”“I said to him (Rob) how did you feel about reading that in the paper? And he responded, ‘I was horrified’”George Michael: Listen to your Heart in Adelaide February 15-16, 2018

Jodie & Soda heard the story of 8-year-old Alex who in 2012 who was diagnosed with a brain tumour and lost his sight.Alex’s dream is to be a fireman so with Adelaide’s help Jodie & Soda are making him the ‘Best Firefighter Ever’.Working with the MFS and Rundle Mall Jodie & Soda are organising Alex to become a Firefighter for the day and act out a rescue on an iconic building in the mall.MFS Deputy Chief Officer Michael Morgan says they have the fire trucks ready to go for the big day but there’s only one problem what date is it happening?“Absolutely we’re really keen to support it and have Alex part of the fire service…just need to know a day…any idea when you want to do it? A few days’ notice would be great?”Jodie “what about next week maybe Friday?”“Friday sounds great, we now need to look where in the Mall to organise fire access that’s all”  The next step is to lock in a location in Rundle Mall for Alex’s Best Firefighter Ever experience to take place #watchthisspace

Adelaide Crows forward Tom Lynch announces the news of his third child and reveals his son Kobe also lives the rule ‘take care of your team mates’.Koby started school for the first time and got a little bit confused about the process or ordering from the school canteen.“He found out what the Canteen was so he obviously had no idea, him and his mates thought he’d go up and order a couple of icy poles, when crunch time came and they asked for some money he didn’t have any.”“The next day he rolled into school with a $50 he pulled out of his piggy bank and said ‘boys I got ya’”

Jodie & Soda speak with Andrew who’s worked on Cruise Ship around the world for over 10 years. He says that behind closed doors on a Cruise Ship are things passengers couldn’t never imagine. “I’ve walked into Cabin inspections and seen things that have scarred me for life” From alcohol, drugs and sex toys being common things people try to smuggle on board some passengers also have some very unusual requests. “We had one guest who would refused to use toilet paper and would order a lot of hand towels instead of using toilet paper”

Adelaide’s Breakfast hosts surprised Lionel Richie with a message from a FAMOUS female singer which left him asking for a stiff drink.  Jodie & Soda asked Richie if he remembered the time he shared a hotel room with a lovely lady in the Bahamas; that wasn’t his wife and his response is priceless!“Wait…that’s a loaded question I’ve been in the Bahamas a lot of times…with my family or not…oh no! I learned that trick a long time”A special message from singing superstar Shania Twain left Richie speechless then giggling and reaching for a stiff drink.“I don’t know…oh that’s Shania, oh Jesus!! Everybody in the room here is laughing I’ve been punked hold it, hold it can I have a Brandy, someone get me a Brandy”Lionel Richie will perform at Adelaide’s Botanic Park on Saturday April 7, 2018.  

Aaron Jeffrey joined Jodie & Soda in Adelaide to discuss his latest role as Mark ‘Chopper’ Read in Underbelly Files: Chopper.Jeffrey said it was a difficult decision to play Chopper after Eric Bana’s iconic performance in the 2000 film but he believes the interest in Chopper’s story will never die.“He is the modern-day Ned Kelly and we seem to have a fascination with these characters”  “I’m very proud of what we achieved and bringing this to the screen, Australians need to get behind Australian dramas”Jeffrey also praised the work of the make-up artists involved in the show as he spent a long time preparing for the role.“Sometimes 3 1/2 – 4 hours, if I had a full body it was 200 tattoos a multitude of scars obviously we’d glue the ears back”

Jodie & Soda catch up with My Kitchen Rules judge Manu Feildel and congratulate him on his recent nuptials with his long-time partner Clarissa Weerasena.It seems a recent article suggested his wedding took place in Adelaide, but it seems it wasn’t the case when Jodie asked about the ceremony.“That crap! A magazine called Women’s Day keeps on making up stories about us, and there’s really never anything true about it!”“We got married in Queensland in Mission Beach. It’s far away from Adelaide; I think they maybe overheard and just made up a bulls#$t story.”Just as Manu and Clarissa intended, it was a romantic, intimate affair with 20 close family and friends jetting in from all over the world to witness them tie the knot at the exclusive Elandra Resort in Far North Queensland.

Jodie & Soda heard the story of 8-year-old Alex who in 2012 who was diagnosed with a brain tumour and lost his sight.After Alex made such an impression, Soda wanted to find something to Make Alex’s Day and he asked Adelaide to help him.Rachel from Paralowie suggested Soda use his contacts as a former Fireman to make Alex a Fireman for the day and take him on a drive in a fire truck so he made a call to his mate Billy the Fireman.“What I need you do Bill next time you’re on duty can you whip around a Fire Truck to Mix and I want to take Alex around in the fire truck!”Billy was a little hesitate with Soda’s rack record of driving a fire truck.“You want to drive…you do remember don’t you, brick walls, mirrors…do I need to go on?”“You can come and show Alex the truck but I think you’re going to have to speak with the Chief that’s beyond me if you want to make it happen.”So can Soda make it happen? Find out tomorrow…

Jodie & Soda heard the story of 8-year-old Alex who in 2012 who was diagnosed with a brain tumour and unfortunately lost his sight. Dad Phil said it was a visit to their doctor and a referral to Adelaide’s Women’s and Children’s Hospital where they found out the news that change their lives forever.“They said Alex had a legion on his brain and it’s a large one! It’s about the size of a man’s fist and that’s in all likelihood that’s why he’s lost his vision is the pressure from a tumour that size is immense!”But things are looking up for Alex and the family.“The Chemotherapy and radiation therapy has stunted his growth he is very little for his age but he has started growing again and the results of his last MRI, upshot is that there’s no technical change on the legions they are monitoring so for a physical tumour that is the best possible scenario”Phil has been overwhelmed by the generosity of Mix1023 listeners who heard Alex’s story and wanted to him and the family.As he read a card from Monica & Bra

Jake Weatherald scored the first ever century in a Big Bash final before a fine spell of bowling from Peter Siddle helped lead Adelaide Strikers to their maiden Big Bash title as they defeated Hobart Hurricanes by 25 runsPeter Siddle told Jodie & Soda it was an unbelievable win in front of a 40,732 crowd at Adelaide Oval and it led to some big celebrations!Siddle indicated whilst he’s not a big party animal some Strikers may still be celebrating on the streets of Adelaide.“It was late night but I don’t drink so I think that’s why I have the duty of media chats this morning!”

All the highlights from Jodie & Soda week commencing Monday January 29, 2018 including Soda's son Felix on his first day of school, Pay Your Bills and Soda's Mum unfortunate incident with a pair of underwear... 

Jodie & Soda catch up with 31-year-old Prospect muso Mark Curtis who bears a striking resemblance to the Foo Fighters front man.The Foo Fighters recently performed at Adelaide’s Hindmarsh Stadium and Mark reveals his friend decided to help him to fool Dave Grohl fans…“People think I look like Dave Grohl and I said wouldn’t it be funny if we hired a limo and drove around the gig next time they’re in town and my friends said we’re paying for it and we’re doing it!”Mark told Jodie & Soda they did fool quite a few fans.“What I did I was winding down the window a little bit and if people came too close I would wind the window back up just so they wouldn’t have long enough to realise”Mark Curtis And The Flannelettes will next be seen playing at the Adelaide Espresso Martini Festival in Rymill Park on February 2.

All the highlights from Jodie & Soda from Monday January 22, 2018  including a new fun segment called 'Verbal Ping-Pong'. 

Comedian Julia Morris and Dr Chris Brown will return to the jungle with Network TEN’s ‘I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here…’ and it seems that love might be in the air!Morris revealed to Jodie & Soda there may be some romances between celebrities in the jungle this season.“I think there’s a few singles in the jungle this year, there will be some mingling going on I’m absolutely sure about it”“I was talking the other day about Series 3 in the UK where Jordan and Peter Andre got together, you know the jungle is very slow…the days are long and it starts with little glances…”I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here! Premieres Sunday, 28 January At 7.30pm.Only On TEN And WIN Network. ​

Jodie couldn’t believe what Soda brought up in a recent planning meeting when he described what happen when his family decided to go on a relaxing holiday in Bryon Bay.“It was our first ever full family holiday with three children, the five-year-old, the two-year-old and the one-year-old for eighteen days that was 12-14 hours a day non-stop”Soda revealed to Jodie that he found spending so much time with his family extremely hard and eventually was making up excuses to try and escape.“I went through two packets of Aspro clear just inventing migraines so Mrs Soda would give me some peace” “For those people who say you should go on a holiday to Byron Bay because you chill-out and relax well you haven’t been with my three kids!!”   

Pop star Robbie Williams reveals to Adelaide’s Jodie & Soda that he one-day dreams of being Sir Robbie Williams.The former Take That singer jokes that he would like to receive a knighthood after fellow Take That band member, Gary Barlow, became an OBE.“It’s only a matter of time, on my vision board there’s pictures of Knights from the Round Table and that’s who I’m going to be!”Robbie Williams will return to Adelaide to perform at the Adelaide 500, Sunday March 4, 2018.For more detailshttps://www.adelaide500.com.au/concerts/robbie-williams

Jodie & Soda surprised Adelaide Mum Julie from Aberfoyle Park with a new Car for Christmas, the only catch is it's not for her.Julie nominated her son Luke for the new Hyundai KONA and was left speechless when it was announced during a live broadcast in Victoria Square that she had won the car for her son Luke.  "Thank you so much, I'm very proud of Luke he's a hard worker, he's a good boy, he deserves this"  22-year-old Luke said he's been struggling without a car for months and his Mum has been driving him to and from work."She's absolutely the best! I'm really thankful of this I love her she's a champion!" All new Hyundai Kona, much more fun than your car. Test drive today!

A bill to legalise same-sex marriage passed the Senate on Wednesday in a historic moment in Australian politics,  43 votes to 12, and the moment was met with a standing ovation in the packed public and parliamentary galleries. Jodie & Soda catch up with South Australian Senator Penny Wong who says she is proud that Australians have pushed for the Federal Government to have the bill passed. “I feel really proud of our country today” “We should all celebrate, we should all take credit Australians as a whole, that’s what forced the Parliament to act”  

All the highlights from Jodie & Soda for 2017.