Boxcutters was created in 2005 and on 19 October 2009 it celebrated its 200th edition with guest Myf Warhurst, and congratulatory messages from Margaret Pomeranz, Peter Hitchener and Craig McLachlan.

On 4 May 2009, Boxcutters was the subject of episode 3 of The Podcraft, with Kinal, Cropley and Richards talking at length to Jade Gulliver.

[6] On 2 December 2009 they were featured on Alan Brough's ABC radio show in a discussion of the best podcasts to listen to,[7] and on 15 July 2010 The Age newspaper picked Boxcutters as one of the world's best podcasts in a list that also included Stephen Fry's podgrams, This American Life and Onion Radio News.

[9][10] 2012 saw Boxcutters become the first Australian podcast to ever be invited to perform a live show at the SXSW Interactive festival in Austin, Texas.

So far these have included an interview with Doctor Who writers Paul Cornell and Rob Shearman at Aussiecon 4 on Sunday 5 September 2010, a presentation on teen dramas Degrassi Junior High and Press Gang at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image on 24 February 2011[12] which included a live skype interview with actor Pat Mastroianni (Joey Jeremiah in the Degrassi series),[13] a panel about the lack of Australian science fiction aimed at adults at Continuum 7 on 13 June 2011[14] and a presentation on The Muppet Show - also at ACMI - on 28 July 2011.