The Final Word Story
The Final Word began when Geoff Lemon and Adam Collins toured England for the Ashes of 2015. After stints with the ABC and The Guardian we decided to go out on our own.
Over 36 million downloads later, we’ve combined humour with analysis to regularly chart as the No.1 cricket podcast in Australia, the UK and the US. Along with our flagship TFW Weekly news show, The Final Word produces daily match wraps, weekend history program Story Time, long-form interviews, and live stage performances.
Conversations
Setting TFW apart is the depth of our interviews, helping audiences get to know people rather than names. Guests include creative minds like Stephen Fry, Paul Kelly, Wil Anderson and Mark Steel, commentators like Mel Jones, Harsha Bhogle, Jim Maxwell, Isa Guha, Alison Mitchell and Gerard Whateley, and cricketers like Pat Cummins, Ellyse Perry, lan Chappell, Kumar Sangakkara, Michael Atherton, Glenn Maxwell, Cheteshwar Pujara, Nasser Hussain, Katherine Brunt, David Warner, David Gower, Jos Buttler, Mitchell Johnson, Kate Cross, Marcus Stoinis, Jason Gillespie, Jeremy Coney, Jimmy Neesham, Gary Kirsten, Heather Knight, Graham Gooch, Enid Bakewell and Simon Katich.
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Adam Collins
Adam spent a decade in Canberra advising politicians, including a Prime Minister. When they were voted out he followed his first love, sport.
These days he commentates on radio for SEN and TV for Sky Sports, in between living in London with his young family. Adam co-wrote Glenn Maxwell’s autobiography, The Showman.
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Geoff Lemon
Geoff was a poet performing internationally at art festivals and touring nationally with bands. He wrote on music and politics before covering sport.
He edited literary journal Going Down Swinging, directed the National Young Writers Festival, and founded pirate commentary White Line Wireless. He has written six books and commentates on BBC radio.