Pulling Threads

Alex Cleary
  • 0.0 (0)
  • Society & Culture
  • Updated Weekly

Mostly shit talking, occasionally to great people...

  1. 1d ago

    We Super Glued His Light, Siliconed His Toolbag And Fed Him A Reaper

    Two brothers, a crib room full of degenerates, and years of workshop warfare. This week we pull the thread on the best stitch-ups we've ever seen underground, from a wobbulator that doesn't sound real to a bloke who walked out to his missus in his jocks. Plus the dad move that may have fed Mount Isa's hottest chilli to a tuna thief. In this episode: - Why Last Soul Ultra going global could kill the backyard ultra world championships - The glass milk bottle with a three dollar deposit that actually makes you bring it back - One meal for life. One fruit, one dinner, one breakfast, no lunch allowed - Why dried Australian apricots beat every fresh fruit going - The apprentice sent for a wobbulator and a long wait who got one back - Super glue on a hard hat light at one in the morning and the silicone revenge - A seventy dollar Carolina Reaper bet and the worst night of Alex's life - Dad injecting habanero oil into his chillies to catch a thief Timestamps: (03:05) Last Soul Ultra goes global and why it could become the real world championship (14:40) The glass milk bottle with a three dollar deposit done properly (21:29) One meal for life, one fruit, one dinner, one breakfast (31:05) How dirty supermarket fruit really is and whether anyone washes it (50:10) Crib Time Stories begins, the best apprentice stitch-ups (54:46) The wobbulator and the long wait (2:01:08) Alex's hard hat light super glued the night of a one am breakdown (2:08:08) The siliconed and bolted toolbag revenge (2:16:46) The seventy dollar Carolina Reaper bet gone wrong (2:20:40) Dad's habanero oil chilli trap and the tuna thief (2:24:34) The new bloke told to yell firing into the stinger (2:29:31) Bearing blue in the boots the day before Europe (2:31:42) The manager who thinks he can't weld anymore Full episode out now on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Follow the pod on Instagram: @pullingthreads

  2. Sep 27

    The AI Knows Where I Work, What I Drive And Where My Dogs Went

    Alex asks his AI what it actually knows about him and it spits out where he works, what truck he drives, that his dogs got picked up by the rangers, and where the material for his jobs is stacked at the workshop. Then it gets creepier. We get into how Walmart worked out women were pregnant before they knew themselves, why your flybys card is a dossier not a discount, and whether targeted ads are a con or exactly what you asked for. Plus a HYROX disaster nobody can unsee, the Sydney Sweeney betting ad, and a $1500 heated bidet seat Troy reckons changed his life. In this episode:- The AI that knew Alex's award, his renovation, and where his dogs ended up- How supermarkets figured out you were pregnant before you did- Why your flybys card is a tracking device dressed up as a discount- The HYROX shit-yourself-and-still-win saga and whether we'd stop her at our own event- The Sydney Sweeney gambling ad and whether it's genius or just slimy- Troy's $1500 heated bidet seat and the figure-eight spray- Cabinet makers, dodgy walls, and why every touch makes it worse- The mine-site cable that got wiped out four times because nobody would run it underground Timestamps:(00:17) Welcome back and Hannah's lamb and cheese pie(04:22) Respect for cabinet makers and why houses are dog shit(11:29) Two workplace stories from definitely-not-my-workplace(14:32) The mine cable that got wiped out four times(22:32) Fuel cap isolators and truckies blaming the vibrations(24:28) HYROX and the follow-through that made the news(33:38) The Sydney Sweeney gambling ad breakdown(46:42) Why gambling companies are slimy and how they justify it(54:20) New segment: Troy's $1500 heated bidet seat(02:02:44) That's Interesting: what AI knows about you(02:16:10) Where the AI knew Troy worked, drove, and lost his dogs(02:18:37) How Walmart marketed to pregnant women before they knew(02:22:46) Flybys, tracking, and being the product when it's free Full episode out now on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.Follow the pod on Instagram: @pullingthreads

  3. Sep 20

    The Top 5 Servo Foods That Prove Australia Has Culture

    Two brothers who've done more nine-hour drives across outback Queensland than they can count settle the only debate that matters. What is the greatest servo food in the country. Troy also drops off a sample at the fertility clinic and finds a USB stick full of surprises in the male room. Alex breaks down the Domino's versus Pizza Hut search trick that gets you 30 percent off, they run the numbers on making your own gels for a buck thirty a serve, and Camille Heron's Wikipedia scandal gets a proper going over. In this episode: - Ranking the top 5 servo foods, from Chico rolls to garlic balls - Troy's day at the fertility clinic and the leather chair situation - The Domino's search trick that gets you 30 percent off pizza - Making your own running gels for 1.30 a serve instead of 10 bucks - The elite ultra runner caught editing rivals' Wikipedia pages for years - Why our old man's shed is one goat track from front to back - The First and Last shop in Mount Isa and a free packet of garlic balls - How to actually eat a dim sim, and why soy sauce is a crime Timestamps: (00:17) Cleaning the shed and the deck that never got built (04:05) Our old man's shed and the one goat track to the lathe (08:30) Troy's trip to the fertility clinic (15:23) Sperm racing as an actual gambling sport (20:00) The Domino's versus Pizza Hut search trick (24:16) Making your own gels for a buck thirty a serve (28:54) Potato gels, maple syrup and drinking straight cordial (34:47) Camille Heron and the Wikipedia editing scandal (44:00) Why social media feeds you what you love to hate (50:06) List of the week, top 5 servo foods (52:51) Australia has culture, it's just deep fried (60:42) The crumb sausage and its holding power (64:50) How to eat a dim sim properly (68:34) Garlic balls, the goat (75:32) The curried egg and lettuce honourable mention Full episode out now on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Follow the pod on Instagram: @pullingthreads

  4. Sep 13

    The Council Took Our Dogs And Held Them Ransom

    We left a gate open, both dogs bolted, and the council scooped them straight into the system. What followed was a two-day nightmare of hold music, an animal rescue place that wouldn't answer the phone, and a council rule that forces you to desex your dog at three months before you can get them back. Add in the emotional cost of telling our wives their children were in dog prison, and you've got the most expensive open gate in history. In this episode: - How Veda and Donny ended up in dog prison and what it took to get them out - The Brimbank three-month desex rule and why every vet reckons it's too young - Why the animal rescue place never answers the phone (and why we understand now) - The tire-change call every bloke prays for, and why it was her fault - Korean billionaire investors, karaoke on a dirt runway, and an old bloke who shit the bed - A remote operator smashing the wall with the batwing right in front of the investors - Gazza in Perth saving $2,500 a year on free Bunnings EV charging - The Bunnings trade account hack that lets you walk straight past the checkout Timestamps: (02:03) We're allowed to keep our podcast equipment (06:29) Setting the scene, Donny comes over to a mud pit backyard (10:33) The gate's open, the dogs are gone (13:44) The council took them, four youths to grab Veda (23:59) Held to ransom until they're desexed (24:59) The Brimbank three-month desex rule (31:25) The demographic at the lost dogs home (41:08) The final bill, $900 and the emotional toll (42:40) The flat tire call every man wants (43:53) Why you can't trust a mechanic (49:00) Crib time, investors on site and cleaning the workshop (51:33) Korean billionaire investors and karaoke on a dirt runway (56:24) The remote operator who smashed the wall on cue (63:55) Robots, AI and losing your johnson (73:51) Stingy or Smart, Gazza and the free Bunnings charging Full episode out now on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Follow the pod on Instagram: @pullingthreads

  5. Sep 6

    The Mental Trick That Turns Every Setback Into A Win

    Welcome to the inaugural Page Parliament. That's the book club we can't call a book club because Alex would've bullied anyone who was in one. This week we pull apart To The Limit by Amber and Blaine Burke, one of the deepest female freedivers in the country and a 24-hour national champ who came second at King of the Hill. We go front to back on the mental game that separates the people who could physically do it from the people who actually finish it. Turns out the sport barely matters. It's all up here. In this episode:- Why chasing hard things for the sake of it is the wrong way round, and what to do instead- Stress inoculation training and why you should prepare to fail every single time- The genius mindset hack that turns your opposition's every move into their weakness- Playing games with your own head to get up a hill you can't get up- The story of the astronaut who went blind on a spacewalk and stayed calm- Why Troy went from laying down after work to running 30Ks and owning a calendar- The mine owner who calls the high achievers 'jets' and why he wants them all- Why the best win is Mark Dowdle thanking his crew, not some bloke screaming I'm a G Timestamps:(00:14) Welcome to the inaugural Page Parliament(04:40) Who Amber and Blaine Burke actually are(11:01) Why freediving is genuinely terrifying(16:41) Surround yourself with people doing dope shit(21:22) Troy from sedentary to a calendar in twelve months(25:48) Find the thing you love, then find the discomfort in it(33:51) Stress inoculation training and prepare to fail(43:52) Playing games with yourself to get up the hill(49:44) The woo woo stuff and the stories you tell yourself(56:40) The most common story in ultra running(57:56) The mine owner who calls them jets(63:00) What a good win actually looks like(66:06) The genius trick that turns everything into a win(72:42) Phil Gore and sleeping the same way every day(74:32) The final verdict in Huzzahs Full episode out now on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.Follow the pod on Instagram: @pullingthreads Pick up To The Limit here

  6. Aug 30

    How To Run A Race That Makes Zero Money Off Ticket Sales

    A random German backyard ultra just put on the best livestream in the game and it hurt to watch, because every idea we'd documented after King of the Hill they pulled off one by one. The event is never how you make the money. It's the vehicle to advertise how you make the money, and if you can't get that right you're selling your house before the event dies. Plus why whinging about your missus makes you a bitch, and the set-in-stone rules for the workshop ox. In this episode: - Why Last Soul Ultra's livestream blew the whole scene up with 100k concurrent viewers - The $48k tracker that would put a GPS on every King of the Hill runner - The real reason we're stressed and a bit f****d heading into King of the Hill - Why elite athletes who won't make content are hindering themselves and the whole sport - Alex on trying for a baby and why a goal changes everything - What makes you a bitch: talking shit about your partner when they're not there - The complete rules for controlling the stereo in the workshop - Page Parliament book club kicks off with To The Limit by Amber and Blaine Burke Timestamps: (00:16) Back in the studio, 6k on Facebook and the rage followers (05:11) Why we do a podcast that takes the least effort possible (07:38) Last Soul Ultra and the livestream that blew the scene up (09:39) The event is not how you make money, it's the vehicle (17:26) The $48k tracker we'd need for King of the Hill (23:15) Why we're genuinely a bit f****d coming into King of the Hill (28:13) Mark Doudel, Elo and characters making the sport more professional (30:43) American exceptionalism and the mindset that fuels it (41:24) Why elite athletes should suck up the pride and make content (45:16) Alex on trying for a baby and treating it like a workout (53:30) What makes you a bitch: talking shit about your partner (01:06:48) The rules for controlling the stereo in the workshop (01:24:32) Page Parliament book club and To The Limit Full episode out now on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Follow the pod on Instagram: @pullingthreads

  7. Aug 23

    Simon Cochrane: The Bloke Who Broke The Ultraman World Record On Coke And Red Bull

    A 10K open water swim, 420 kilometres on the bike and an 84K double marathon across three days — and Simon Cochrane did the lot on Coke, Red Bull and Tailwind. That run set the Ultraman world record. This week he sits down with Alex and Troy and goes through 39 Ironmans, a Tarawera 100 miler won on a torn calf, and the sinking kayak that left him swimming six Ks on his own in the middle of a lake. The bloke has done more damage to himself than most people can imagine, and he still won't call himself a professional. In this episode: - The world record run fuelled entirely on Coke, Red Bull and Tailwind for three straight days - Why UTMB charges Kiwis an extra 400 euro in carbon credits for travelling the furthest - The kayak guy who forgot the bung and sank three Ks into a 10K lake swim - Pushing through the last 6K of a 2 hour 29 marathon looking like dog shit - The 32 hours versus 19 hours gap between an average punter and a world record holder - Whether finishing in 6 hours is actually harder than scraping the cutoff - Buying a runner like a racehorse and the wild event idea it sparked - Doping in ultra running and what drug would actually get you further in a backyard Full episode out now on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Follow the pod on Instagram: @pullingthreads Follow the Simon on Instagram: @Cochranesimon

  8. Aug 16

    The Cameras Died And I Had To Let It Go

    We just ran Harry's Longest Mile and the livestream shit the bed in the first two hours. Two cameras dead, roaming cam audio clapped out, and Alex sitting up in the commentary box on one hour's sleep watching the whole thing fall apart. Then he cracked a Red Bull, stopped fighting it, and it turned into the best event we've ever run. In this episode: - The three major livestream failures and the moment Alex just accepted it was cooked - Why the Longest Mile format is like a beep test that turns into a sprint to the death - Ross McPhee, 52, coming seventh and running a lap he was never going to make anyway - Kate Mason hanging with the blokes on legs half their length - The Blaine Burke comment that stopped us being tight arses and put real prize money on the table - Getting the truck bogged in the Kilmore infield and needing a tractor to drag it out - The DIY race clock Alex sank 40 hours into and the $30k livestream plan Ethan killed three times - Why we made zero dollars and reinvested every cent into gear Timestamps: (00:16) Coming off the back of Harry's Longest Mile (02:16) Dad going zero to a hundred and running an event on eggshells (03:12) The three livestream failures explained (04:48) The moment Alex accepted it was cooked and started enjoying it (08:35) Ross McPhee, 52, coming seventh and refusing to quit (10:31) The Longest Mile format explained (14:51) What the livestream does for the athletes' families (23:23) Celebrating the person who buries themselves, not just the elites (31:32) Kate Mason hanging with the blokes (37:14) Bogging the truck in the Kilmore infield (41:11) The wrapped and the Strava overlays for every athlete (53:56) Prize money for the fastest mile and chasing middle distance runners (01:22:13) The Blaine Burke comment that changed everything (01:23:19) Being broke makes you creative, the DIY race clock (01:28:44) What we sucked at and what went off Full episode out now on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Follow the pod on Instagram: @pullingthreads

See All (96)

About

Mostly shit talking, occasionally to great people...

Information

  • Creator
    Alex Cleary
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    96
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Alex Cleary
  • Show Website
    Pulling Threads

You Might Also Like