The Ploy is an Australian and United States based talk show featuring talk, comedy and interviews.

The first episode was released on January 10th 2006 and features Ben May, Mike Beckham and Paul Tevis who dissect the news of the week, with their own very unique take on the hottest stories, with regular segments, sketches and interviews, the show aims to entertain listeners with a variety of different topics every week.

The Ploy also gets a chance to interview prominent and upcoming personalities, who over the years have included three time Gold Logie Award winner Rove McManus (“Rove”, “Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader”, “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno”), Emmy Award Winner Ken Levine (“M*A*S*H”, “Cheers”, “Frasier”, “The Simpsons”), John Melendez (“Howard Stern”, “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno”, “The Jay Leno Show”), Alan Fletcher (“Neighbours”), Kristie Lu Stout (CNN International Anchor), Chantelle Barry (“90210”, “Entourage”) and many others.

Regular segments include a Hollywood News round-up, American Patriots which highlights somebody helping the American cause and ‘The Ploy News’ a satirical news segment focusing on the private lives of the shows personalities.

Over the course of the programs history we have broadcast special episodes such as our 2008 United States Presidential Election series, which received attention from various online sources and our series on the Australian Clean Feed legislation.

Personalities

Ben May

Ben May is our resident Technology expert, bringing us the latest news about the Internet, Gadgets and everything in-between. If something is new and hot, its likely Ben has pissed away money getting his hands on it. An accomplished web designer, who owns and operates his own business, Ben lives and breathes tech and is always on hand to give us the inside track on what works and what doesn’t.

On his off-time he works and resides on the spectacular south-eastern coast of Queensland, Australia, where he can tell you where to get a great steak at a low price!

Mike Beckham (left), Ben May (right)

Mike Beckham

Mike Beckham is our trusted host who helps guide us through the week that was. He is also a Television and Media geek, go ahead and ask him about who the Executive Producers of the last 3 incarnations of ‘The Tonight Show’ are, sadly he knows*.

He wasn’t born in Australia but has made it his home since he was in diapers, but please don’t mention his incontinence problems.

Off the show he lives near Melbourne in Victoria, Australia and enjoys long walks along the beach, but we’ll save that story for his dating profile.

*Peter Lassally, Debbie Vickers (1995-), Jeff Ross and back again to Debbie Vickers with the return of Leno in 2010.

Paul floating in the clouds

Paul Tevis

Paul Tevis is our intrepid American co-host, he serves as the voice for Freedom and Liberty. He is also a college student who is an avid photographer.

Paul follows politics and when he isn’t blindly praising Glenn Beck, you can find him supplying the show with stories of his adventures in Las Vegas or tales of dating gone wrong.

He is also a tech head and a big fan of high class television drama like ‘The Sopranos’, ‘Big Love’ and ‘Ghost Whisperer’. Paul lives outside of Los Angeles, California and hopes to one day replace Ryan Seacrest on the radio.

Credits

Hosts:
Ben May
Mike Beckham
Paul Tevis

Written and Produced by:
Mike Beckham
Paul Tevis

Contributor:
Kristen Miller

Announcer:
Bob Taylor

Logo Design:
Black Sapphire Designs

Character Artwork:
Steve Keast

Produced in association with: