Loose Units – Electric Blue - #175

Australian True Crime

Meshel Laurie

True Crime

4.6 • 979 Ratings

🗓️ 1 September 2020

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Paul Verhoeven’s second book about his father John’s time in NSW police is another fantastic, action-packed and funny read. This time it’s John’s time in the Forensics Unit under Paul’s microscope.

Electric Blue also covers some interesting father-son territory including a very difficult period in both their lives during which Paul was brutally bullied. You can hear more about that in a companion episode of The Nitty Gritty Committee also featuring Paul and John Verhoeven, here.

Show notes for Episode 175:

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With thanks to Paul Verhoeven and John Verhoeven

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0:00.0	We're bringing Australian True Crime live to Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne this July,
0:04.3	and I have to tell you that Brisbane sold out already.
0:07.5	Good for you, Brisbane, so we've quickly added a second show.
0:10.3	Now we can't keep adding more shows, so please make sure you get your tickets. Our special guests,
0:15.2	our forensic criminologist Santee Mallet in Brisbane and Sydney and the one and only Charlie Bizina in
0:19.9	Melbourne. There'll be a Q&A of course so you can ask your own burning questions on the night but you have to book quickly.
0:27.0	We acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which this podcast is recorded.
0:31.0	We pay our respects to their elders, past and present and to
0:35.0	Aboriginal elders emerging. I thoroughly enjoyed being cross-examined.
0:47.0	This guy was shitting himself.
0:54.0	They had a slight problem back in the early 80s.
0:58.0	They had a lot of very beautiful transsexuals.
1:03.0	There was only one way that a man or woman could possibly get into our backyard
1:10.0	and that was to be repelling down a rope from a helicopter above our property.
1:17.0	Hello and welcome to a very special extra edition of Australian True Crime in honor of Father's Day.
1:27.0	It's a Loose Unit Special.
1:30.0	We love Loose Units, the Father-Sun Podcast that grew out of the excellent book written by comedian Paul Verhoven about the adventures of his father, former policeman, John Verhoven. Paul's written another excellent book. It's called Electric Blue and I'll just let them tell you all about it.
1:47.0	As you all know, this podcast is based on a book I wrote, Loose Units, And now Penguin is releasing the sequel, Electric Blue.
1:55.0	It's bigger, it's better, it's weirder, and I'm really proud of it.
1:59.0	Paul, I've read it.
2:00.0	And it's a fucking brilliant, heart-ststopping mind-blowing,
2:03.8	horny adventure that makes all the other books in the world
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