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A podcast hosted by Max Reid·Forbes, NSW
The OpenTab.
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What this is
The Open Tab is a long-form interview podcast hosted by an eighteen-year-old in Forbes, NSW — unearthing the uncommon stories of people worth listening to. Recorded raw, edited honest.
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● Max Reid
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From an open tab.
2023
● Forbes, NSW
The tab opens
Max — then 15 — starts a list of people he wants to interview before anyone else does. He texts Cameron Sharp's mum asking her to keep a set of questions secret. She does, for three years.
2026
● Forbes, NSW
Turns eighteen, buys the gear
Old enough, finally. Max buys a mic, a camera, and a roll of acoustic foam. He sets up a spare room and books the first guest off the list.
May 2026
● Studio One
Episode 01 — Cameron Sharp
Two hours with a musician who went viral singing to his 96-year-old grandparents. The first tab, finally closed — and the show begins.