{"id":2116,"date":"2025-12-11T11:12:43","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T00:12:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/?p=2116"},"modified":"2025-12-11T11:12:43","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T00:12:43","slug":"its-quizmas-time-australias-1-podcast-creators-unveil-a-new-summer-podcast-on-a-brand-new-feed-hamish-andy-plus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/2025\/12\/11\/its-quizmas-time-australias-1-podcast-creators-unveil-a-new-summer-podcast-on-a-brand-new-feed-hamish-andy-plus\/","title":{"rendered":"IT\u2019S QUIZMAS TIME! AUSTRALIA\u2019S #1 PODCAST CREATORS UNVEIL A NEW SUMMER PODCAST ON A BRAND-NEW FEED \u2018HAMISH &amp; ANDY PLUS +\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sca.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/LiSTNR_-Hamish-Andy-Plus-Show-Art-1200x628-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Hamish &amp; Andy<\/strong>, Australia\u2019s most successful podcast and radio duo, are unveiling their next big audio adventure: a new feed,&nbsp;<em>Hamish &amp; Andy Plus +,<\/em>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/play.listnr.com\/podcast\/hamish-and-andy-plus-plus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">now available to stream on LiSTNR<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Hamish Blake<\/strong>&nbsp;said: \u201cEveryone is doing \u2018plus\u2019 \u2013 Apple TV+, Disney+, 7PLUS \u2013 which naturally prompted the question: can we do one better? As it turns out, we can\u2026 by adding another plus.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Hamish &amp; Andy Plus +<\/em>&nbsp;will house all the complimentary projects from the duo that sit outside the main podcast, giving listeners even more from the record-breaking team. The new podcast feed launches with their brand-new game show&nbsp;<em>Quizmas Time with Hamish &amp; Andy<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hosted by longtime friend and trivia tragic&nbsp;<strong>Michael \u201cMagic Mike (Not A Stripper)\u201d Webb<\/strong>,&nbsp;<em>Quizmas Time<\/em>invites listeners to try and beat Hamish &amp; Andy in a quiz the boys play together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The series also features the classic \u201cphone a friend\u201d lifeline, with cameo assists Australian cricket captain Pat Cummins, radio presenter Tim Lee, Charlie Pickering (via text message), Hamish\u2019s mum, and Andy\u2019s fianc\u00e9e Rebecca Harding, who demonstrates her dedication by answering from the tarmac seconds before take-off (yes,&nbsp;<em>Quizmas Time&nbsp;<\/em>really is that important).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Hamish &amp; Andy<\/em>&nbsp;is Australia\u2019s Number 1 podcast, topping the Australian Podcast Ranker a record 30 times and reaching 881,262 monthly listeners*. In a move that\u2019s very in touch with the common man,&nbsp;<em>Quizmas Time<\/em>&nbsp;arrives just in time for road trips, backyard cricket breaks, and anyone keen to test their trivia skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Andy Lee&nbsp;<\/strong>said: \u201cIt\u2019s taken months and months of legal research and policy review, but we\u2019re incredibly relieved to have found a loophole in the government-mandated break so we can release our new podcast feed Hamish &amp; Andy Plus +, with&nbsp;<em>Quizmas Time&nbsp;<\/em>series for listeners to enjoy over summer.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sam Cavanagh<\/strong>, Head of Content \u2013 LiSTNR Original Podcasts, said: \u201c<em>Hamish &amp; Andy<\/em>&nbsp;remain Australia\u2019s most successful podcast creators. Their ability to reinvent formats while keeping their trademark humour at the centre is unmatched, and&nbsp;<em>Hamish &amp; Andy Plus +<\/em>&nbsp;opens the door to even more possibilities. We\u2019re very excited to kick off this new series with&nbsp;<em>Quizmas Time<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A new&nbsp;<em>Quizmas Time<\/em>&nbsp;episode drops every Thursday throughout summer in the&nbsp;<em>Hamish &amp; Andy Plus +<\/em>&nbsp;feed on LiSTNR with the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/play.listnr.com\/podcast\/hamish-and-andy-plus-plus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">first episode available to stream on LiSTNR now<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Source: *Australian Podcast Ranker Top 200 Podcasts \u2013 November 2025<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>About LiSTNR:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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.&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/listnr.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">LiSTNR.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hamish &amp; Andy, Australia\u2019s most successful podcast and radio duo, are unveiling their next big audio adventure: a new feed,&nbsp;Hamish &amp; Andy Plus +,&nbsp;now available to stream on LiSTNR. Hamish Blake&nbsp;said: \u201cEveryone is doing \u2018plus\u2019 \u2013 Apple TV+, Disney+, 7PLUS \u2013 which naturally prompted the question: can we do one better? As it turns out, &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/2025\/12\/11\/its-quizmas-time-australias-1-podcast-creators-unveil-a-new-summer-podcast-on-a-brand-new-feed-hamish-andy-plus\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;IT\u2019S QUIZMAS TIME! AUSTRALIA\u2019S #1 PODCAST CREATORS UNVEIL A NEW SUMMER PODCAST ON A BRAND-NEW FEED \u2018HAMISH &amp; ANDY PLUS +\u2019&#8221;<\/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-2116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-australian"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2116","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=2116"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2116\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2117,"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2116\/revisions\/2117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}