{"id":1167,"date":"2025-03-06T22:28:47","date_gmt":"2025-03-06T22:28:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.radioindustrynews.com.au\/?p=1167"},"modified":"2025-03-06T22:28:47","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T22:28:47","slug":"hamish-andy-return-for-2025-as-listnr-announces-the-government-mandated-podcast-break-is-over","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/2025\/03\/06\/hamish-andy-return-for-2025-as-listnr-announces-the-government-mandated-podcast-break-is-over\/","title":{"rendered":"HAMISH & ANDY RETURN FOR 2025 AS LiSTNR ANNOUNCES THE GOVERNMENT-MANDATED PODCAST BREAK IS OVER"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Australia\u2019s favourite podcast duo, LiSTNR\u2019s\u00a0Hamish & Andy<\/em>, are officially back, after an exhausting summer of lobbying against the government-mandated podcast break. Their highly anticipated first episode of 2025 is packed with plenty of gusto, high excitement, and laugh-out-loud moments.<\/p>\n

Now in their 22nd year with Southern Cross Austereo and LiSTNR,\u00a0Hamish & Andy<\/em>\u00a0continue to dominate the podcasting world, with their signature humour and quick wit earning them the #1 spot on the Australian Podcast Ranker a record 31 times.* Joining\u00a0Hamish & Andy<\/em>\u00a0is their long-time sidekick and show anchor,\u00a0Jack Post.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hamish & Andy\u00a0<\/em>kick off the season fresh from a very important business trip to New York where the boys have been busy launching their new pub \u2018Old Mates\u2019. Expect plenty of hilarious stories from the pub\u2019s opening night, and celebrity spotting in NY (though Hamish\u2019s celebrity spotting has been flagged \u2018questionable\u2019) and the signature\u00a0Hamish & Andy<\/em>\u00a0antics listeners love from their first episode.<\/p>\n

Hamish Blake\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Andy Lee said:\u00a0<\/strong>\u201cWe\u2019ve been waiting in the wings, champing at the bit for our government-mandated break to be over; thankfully, this one felt lightning quick. We\u2019re stoked to enter the eighth year of the\u00a0Hamish & Andy<\/em>\u00a0podcast, and we promise plenty of gusto in 2025.\u201d<\/p>\n

LiSTNR Original Podcasts Head of Entertainment and Culture,\u00a0Sam Cavanagh<\/strong>, said: \u201cThe government-mandated break is over. Hamish & Andy\u2019s\u00a0<\/em>enduring success is a testament to their ability to connect and bring listeners along for the ride. Their podcast isn\u2019t just entertainment \u2013 it\u2019s a cultural staple, creating an incredible fan community that\u2019s been counting down the days to their return.\u201d<\/p>\n

Listen to the first episode of 2025 here.<\/a>\u00a0New weekly episodes of\u00a0Hamish & Andy<\/em>\u00a0are available on LiSTNR starting today, Thursday 5 March 2025.<\/p>\n

Source: *Australian Podcast Ranker Top 200 Podcasts \u2013 October 2024<\/em><\/p>\n

About LiSTNR:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

LiSTNR is a curated and personalised, free app offering radio, podcasts, music, and news, creating a new audio destination for all Australians. Featuring a fun and intuitive onboarding process, LiSTNR delivers an audio destination that is built for individual listeners\u2019 routines and preferences. Highly personalised, it provides listeners a new world of audio entertainment, with their own daily feed of audio and easy discovery of new content through curated recommendations. Available across a large array of devices including both iOS and Android, CarPlay and Android Auto, Google Assistant and Alexa and Android TV, LiSTNR enables a fantastic listening experience, anytime and anywhere. Open your Ears to a new world of audio \u2013 download the free app today.\u00a0<\/a>LiSTNR.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Australia\u2019s favourite podcast duo, LiSTNR\u2019s\u00a0Hamish & Andy, are officially back, after an exhausting summer of lobbying against the government-mandated podcast break. Their highly anticipated first episode of 2025 is packed with plenty of gusto, high excitement, and laugh-out-loud moments. Now in their 22nd year with Southern Cross Austereo and LiSTNR,\u00a0Hamish & Andy\u00a0continue to dominate the … Continue reading “HAMISH & ANDY RETURN FOR 2025 AS LiSTNR ANNOUNCES THE GOVERNMENT-MANDATED PODCAST BREAK IS OVER”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-australian"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1167"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1167\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}