Lewis Hobba (born 16 June 1985) is an Australian radio presenter, television presenter and comedian. Since 2020, he has worked with

Michael Hing Michael Hing (born 16 May 1985) is an Australian comedian, television and radio presenter, podcaster and actor. He was a presenter on Network Ten’s '' The Project,'' and was formerly a co-host of the drive time show on youth radio station Tri ...

as part of the comedy duo

Hobba and Hing Hobba and Hing are an Australian comedy duo formed in 2020 by Lewis Hobba and Michael Hing. Best known for hosting the drive time slot on Australian youth radio station Triple J for three years, they now produce a weekly podcast that began in 2024 ...

. From 2014 to 2020, he co-hosted the afternoon

drive time Drive time is the daypart in which radio broadcasters can reach the most people who listen to car radios while driving, usually to and from work, or on public transportation. Drive-time periods are when the number of radio listeners in this c ...

programme on youth radio station

Triple J Triple J is an Australian government-funded national radio station founded in 1975 as a division of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). It aims to appeal to young listeners of alternative music, and plays far more Australian conten ...

alongside

Veronica Milsom Veronica Louise Milsom (born 9 October 1984) is an Australian radio presenter, comedian and actress. From 2014 to 2020, she co-hosted the afternoon drive-time programme ''Veronica & Lewis'' alongside Lewis Hobba on youth radio station Triple J. ...

until her departure in 2020. He continued to host the time slot with Hing until August 2023 when they both left the station. He continues to host a weekly self-produced

podcast A podcast is a Radio program, program made available in digital format for download over the Internet. Typically, a podcast is an Episode, episodic series of digital audio Computer file, files that users can download to a personal device or str ...

with Hing, titled the '' Hobba and Hing Podcast.''

Early life and education

Hobba was born in

Melbourne Melbourne ( , ; Boonwurrung language, Boonwurrung/ or ) is the List of Australian capital cities, capital and List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city of the States and territories of Australia, Australian state of Victori ...

and grew up in

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, Victoria. He attended the same high school in

Geelong Geelong ( ) (Wathawurrung language, Wathawurrung: ''Djilang''/''Djalang'') is a port city in Victoria, Australia, located at the eastern end of Corio Bay (the smaller western portion of Port Phillip Bay) and the left bank of Barwon River (Victo ...

as his ''

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'' and Triple J ''Drive'' co-host,

. He graduated from

RMIT University The Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (abbreviated as RMIT University) is a public research university located in the city of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia., section 4(b) Established in 1887 by Francis Ormond, it is the seventh-o ...

with a Bachelor of Communication, Media, Film and Television major in 2007 and from

Victorian College of the Arts The Victorian College of the Arts (VCA) is the arts school at the University of Melbourne in Australia. It is part of the university's Faculty of Fine Arts and Music (FFAM). It is located near the Melbourne city centre on the Southbank campus ...

with a Post Graduate Diploma of Film and Television in 2008.

Career

Hobba first appeared on

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in current affairs comedy programme, ''

'', as a web content producer and presenter. He joined Triple J as co-host of ''Weekend Breakfast'' and then ''Weekend Afternoon'' alongside Veronica Milsom. In early 2015, Hobba and Milsom moved to the weekday drive time slot (''Drive'') after

Lindsay McDougall Lindsay "The Doctor" McDougall (born 9 March 1978) is an Australian rock guitarist and radio presenter. Since 1996, he has been the lead guitarist of punk rock band, Frenzal Rhomb alongside lead singer Jay Whalley. He has co-written songs with fe ...

left Triple J. He has been a regular contributor on '' A Rational Fear'' on

FBi Radio FBi (call sign: 2FBI) station is an independent, not-for-profit community radio in Sydney, Australia. FBi places a heavy emphasis on local emerging music: it has a policy that at least 50 per cent of its music content is to be Australian, of wh ...

and

Radio National ABC Radio National, more commonly known as Radio National or simply RN, is an Australian nationwide public service radio network run by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). From 1947 until 1985, the network was known as ABC Radio 2. ...

. In 2014, he performed his stand-up comedy show, ''Backs to the Wall'', at

Sydney Comedy Festival The Sydney Comedy Festival is held annually in Sydney, Australia. Launched in 2005 as The Cracker Sydney Comedy Festival at a number of inner city venues, the Festival has grown quickly and now attracts 111,000 patrons every year at venues all ...

and

Melbourne International Comedy Festival The Melbourne International Comedy Festival (MICF) is the largest stand-alone comedy festival and the largest international comedy festival in the world. First held in 1987, it takes place annually in Melbourne over four weeks, typically starti ...

. He has made guest appearances on '' The Trophy Room'', the second iteration of '' Spicks and Specks'', '' Back Seat Drivers'', ''

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'' and '' The Feed''.

Discography

Singles

Filmography

Television

Podcasts

Awards and nominations

ARIA Music Awards

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References

External links

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