ICONIC MELBOURNE COMEDY SCENE DUO Sharam Namdarian and Joel Temperly explore the ins and outs of the universe, current event and god knows what in this ODD COUPLE style podcast.
Sharam Namdarian - The happy one.
Joel Temperly - the grumpy one.
The results - a weird time.
We pull apart Melbourne Fringe with equal parts affection and frustration while admitting we’re still a bit wobbly from the last episode. Culture feels splintered, audiences feel cautious, and we ask whether Fringe should be stranger while stand‑up finds its own lane. • Melbourne Fringe as identity crisis point • hypnosis shows, improv energy, and audience buy‑in • culture reset after lockdowns and a lost zeitgeist • competing with the past and novelty fatigue • Warhammer ResinGate as a meta...
23 Aug 2025
Joel Life-Coaches Sharam
WHAT? JOEL LIFE COACHES SHARAM!? What a wild ride. In the last episode, Sharam Namdarian (who used to be a life coach) coached Joel Temperly, but in this episode, JOEL RETURNS THE FAVOUR (badly). This episode also features Marc Oszhka because he walked in. EPISODE CHAPTERS: 00:00 – Intro & chaotic start 01:12 – Sharam and Joel’s podcast history 04:25 – Comparing old podcast flings vs long-term commitment 07:10 – Who actually does the podcast work? 10:05 – Dirty Secrets comedy & “...
6 Aug 2025
Sharam Life-Coaches Joel
WOAH. Joel Temperly is known for getting mad. Sharam Namdarian was a life coach. Let's combine those two in a 45minute and 58 second video where Sharam empowers Joel into some actually quite insightful. CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro & sarcastic welcome 00:20 - Setting the scene: Melbourne, comedy audiences, and irony 01:30 - Joel gets mad on stage? 03:00 - Sharam's coaching pitch 05:00 - Life coaching session begins 07:10 - Joel's narrow ear canals  ...
6 Jul 2025
How to Get a Gig in Comedy
Comedians Joel Temperly and Sharam Namdarian discuss the difficulties of landing comedy gigs and offer insights for breaking into new creative scenes in this interview episode.
1 May 2025
Gag on Them Snags
This is a POST Melbourne International Comedy Festival Catch up with Joel Temperly and Sharam Namdarian. We talk Australian Politics, Aging, The pursuit of life and overall try and resolve our differences... FOR WE ARE... BEST FRIENEMIES..... PRESS THIS TO SEND US A MESSAGE
25 Jan 2025
Joel SUCKS Sharam RULES
Sharam Namdarian is the producer of this podcast, so he can say what ever he wants about Joel Temperly. Joel sucks, he actually does. He comes from a long line of people that suck, and Sharam Namdarian, despite what ever Joel says, is very handsome and quite a nice guy.In this episode of the BEST FRIENEMIES PODCAST we discuss Joel's tiny social media presence, Elon and the Trojan Horse and something about pretending babies are a meat.What a wild ride you're about to embark on.
30 Nov 2024
Danger + Safety = Podcast
Melbourne Comedians Joel and Sharam discuss premises, senses, and Thrill, delivering an unexpectedly wholesome conversation about life and laughter.
14 Sept 2024
Joel Gets Help
In this Episode, Comedian Joel Temperly gets help from Sharam Namdarian as Joel discusses everything that has been making him really mad in the comedy community for the last month.Things get really serious as Sharam gives an insight into his life... a bit too serious for Joel's liking.Will those two ever be friends or are they destined to be... best Frienemies...podcast.
23 Jul 2024
The HOOK episode
Sharam Namdarian and Joel Temperly discuss the Dollarmites, the Jones Town Murders nerdy stuff and more in this HOOK episode where we try and grab your attention with as many hooks as possible.
A HOOK is a phrase designed to get you listening/watching to a video. Sharam Namdarian is in social media marketing and hooks are a part of his job, so let's see if this makes Sharam and Joel better friends or will this make them even better Frienemies.
18 Jun 2024
Hunting Hobos for Sport
Seriously, if you were super rich how quickly would you result to the weirdest forms of entertainment? If money wasn't an option?
Turns out... Joel Temperly and Sharam Namdarian decided it would NOT take them very long until they gathered people on an island and hunted them for sport.
In this episode Joel Temperly and Sharam Namdarian do their best to keep the conversation PC. We discuss diversity in comedy, weird stories and of course, Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs.
1 Jun 2024
Joel Was Born in Wantirna
In this episode we discuss our origin stories of Joel Temperly and Sharam Namdarian but we only ever touch on one key aspect of our stories...
... that Joel was born in Wantirna.
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