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In Part 2 of this interview, Spanian discusses the very harsh transition from Boys Homes into the adult prison system. From petty crime into organized crime, and from 13 years behind bars into publishing a best selling memoir. What was happening in the streets as Sydney made the clunky pivot into innercity gentrification? And what does life look like now for the kids who were raised in Woolloomoolloo and Redfern during the wild old days?

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The Betoota Advocate talks to one of Australia’s most unrefined and uncensored inner-city storytellers: Spanian.

Between the 2000 Olympics and the NSW property boom, this week’s guest has a story that was never covered in Domain.

In Part 1 of the long-awaited interview with Spanian, the editors dig into some of the most shocking stories that feature in Spanian’s new memoirs: The Unfiltered Hood Life.

Car theft, break and enters, drug dealing and the jail time that follows.

The Unfiltered Hood Life by Spanian (with Christopher Kevin Au) Hachette Australia, 1 December, $34.99

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Clancy Overell, Errol Parker and Wendell Hussey wrap up all the biggest stories from the week - live from the Desert Rock FM studio in downtown Betoota.

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You’ve heard them on the radio, now hear them on our podcast. Matt Okine and Alex Dyson join The Advocate’s editors to talk about a range of topical issues. We recorded this episode a few weeks about and had a few time-sensitive podcast comes around so at long last, here it is. 

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Clancy Overell, Errol Parker and Wendell Hussey wrap up all the biggest stories from the week - live from the Desert Rock FM studio in downtown Betoota.

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On the eve of Australian boxing’s biggest showdown since well before the pandemic, promoter Georgie Rose jumps on the podcast to talk about the sport’s return to glory. It’s a glow up that has been led by both the Tszyu and Rose families. Timmy Tszyu takes on Takeshi Inoue this Wednesday at Qudos Arena in Sydney - and it’s only one of three epic fights that the Rose boys are putting on in November.

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