Aunty Donna Podcast - Jack Dwayne, Angelina and Grand Designs Batma

Episode Date: April 21, 2026

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This is a Grouse House podcast. And welcome to the new ear of the Auntie Donna podcast. All that bullshit is done with. And we are re-invigorating the Auntie Donner Pod. 502 episodes in. It's the old DonnerPont as you love it with a few extra changes. My name's Broden. I am the host of the Auntie Donna podcast.

And I'm excited to start this journey with you as we go on this world ride on more podcasts. I'll start with producer. I wanted to get the best producers out there, someone I've worked with for a while now. Jack Dwayne. Hey man, how are you? Thanks so much for having me. Welcome back to being a producer.

No worries. I'm so excited for the opportunity. And also, just because I wanted to make sure it was good, to have some issues with Jack Dwayne. I've got Tom as well. Hey, thanks for having me, mate. So between you guys, I think you can bring the heat. I think you're going to be a great team.

Excited to be the team that delivers for you, man. And also I've softened the character a little bit just because I think he's in it for the long haul. Oh, God. And Tom, are you feeling good? Feeling so good, mate. So I'm stoked to be here. Now, it's funny, we've got one microphone unused entirely sitting on an empty chair in the middle. And one microphone shared between Tom and Jack Dwayne.

Yeah, you know, and that's the sacrifice we're willing to make, man. Yeah, great. But bring the heat. Always bringing the hate And I'm now joined This is going to be Not your mum and dad's podcast This is going to be fun

I'm now joined by Have some fun What is this is music for you This is so sad I'm now joined by my first guest on the Auntie Donna podcast This is now This is an interview show now So I'm now joined by

an old woman, an old Italian nona. Yes. Thank you for coming in. He's a name Angelina. Angelina. Nice to meet you. It's nice to be here. What is a fantasy,

lovely music. You know, you said it was a little bit sad, so I thought I'd pick up the mood a little bit for you. What was your name again there? Angelina. That's a beautiful name, Elginna. You make this one. No, I've pulled it up on a computer for you, Angelina.

It's so beautiful. Not as beautiful as you, Angelina. Angelina, here we go. This is, this is, I've got some questions for you, Angelina. Okay. And you just do your best to answer them, all right? All I can do is my best. This one is called this or that.

This is a questionnaire about what you would prefer that I've found on the internet. Oh, mama. A pigeon chess tournament or a squirrel checkers game. What do you mean? Is the pigeon a player the chess? Which one I prefer to try to beat? Or which one I just wanted to watch and maybe put some money on it?

That one. Which one I put my money on it? I don't know. It's a pension, not much of this die. I want to make a show. It's a show bad. It's cool. Pretty good, pretty smart.

Get up the leg. Can they touch around. Go swish-swish. Pigeon, they're good. They bring a knot from one general to another. So maybe the pigeon may be a bit more. Intellectuala, so I maybe go put a, I put a $15 on this pigeon to beat that squirrel. Cheeseburger hat or hot dog shoes.

Grazie. Thank you. For me to eat for this lunch or for you to have to go out to stop the sun burn? Are both? Both. so but if I have for lunch I will wear outside you might be wear it and then you'd wear it for a while and then

eat it later which one yeah I won't I would maybe go coletta they don't have the choice for a real coletta no it's when I Benigrazi I like to have when my grandson come over Oh, he loved the pasta broccoli. Jackie, Tommy, you don't mangare.

You have lunch? I am a big fan of lunch. Yes, Jackie. Oh, sorry, what was that again, Angelina? Lunch. Yeah, I love lunch. I love nothing better than a parmi down in one of the South Melbourne pubs. Yes, I love.

I got to this place. Steak or sushi. for me he said what is this sushi raw fish oh no no I like a baccala

you put it with a nice cot salt you fry very light just a small bit of oil both sides my grandson he loved this one and the pasta broccoli

and the fresh fig from the garden and there was this mystery mysterious Is this you? Yeah, sorry, I just thought I'd like try to add a bit of mystery and mystique to what you were doing there. It's a very beautiful song, yeah? Oh, not as beautiful as you, Angelina.

Do you have a daughter? No, she had, she died. Oh, sorry, because if she was here, I would say, are you sisters? Because you're beautiful and young. No, she crossed the road and she's a five years old, the motorbike come, boom. Oh, my God. That's very sad. pancakes or waffles?

For the breakfast or dessert? Breakfast? It's a lot of sugar. I have to watch my heart. I got this diabetes. Is this the show? I think so. I'm just trying to revamp it.

Try to revamp it. You need more friend. Yeah, I know. Maybe you try to get some people you connect with their school. Start one big a thing together. We had that, but there was contracts and there was the whole funny competition. What did he said contract? Well, Zach had never come back because he lost the funny competition.

They had not divorced my husband, 32 years, rest in peace. It was when he come home, I want to die. and then I contract a syphilis but they not have it before so I said to him hey who you go out there you see them two

go at each other he come home and give it to me that's the only thing I contract is this person so not talk about who's the best on who's the best off

it's a funny podcast but could be better. This is what I say. No, no, no much. You know, this thing, that thing. But one, not enough. I agree.

You need some good friend to help, you know, carry the weight, carry the... Well, that's all I got, this or that. On your back, no this or that. No, no. More, you know, Crunchy or chewy? We're musli bar.

Uncle Tob? What was this? Is this a real story about your husband? If it's Uncle Tob, my granny's sound like a chew. So that's the one I get from the shop. I just got down to the Safawai. The NASA light of it.

What do you do? I'm trying to sprinkle what you're doing with a little bit of color. Yes, it needs something, doesn't it? No, not at all. I'm just trying to contribute it. Have you ever watched a pig drown? No. When this come out, you watch this.

Very similar feeling. A pig drown? You watch a pig. The new auntie. I agree. This is horrible. I'm happy to stay. This podcast.

What do you do? Has the feeling... What's this black mask? That's Batman. Maybe try to put that on. I tried. I tried. I tried.

Maybe, you know, sometimes take a two swing before you hit the strike. You think I have to be Batman again? I think it's not bad to try. It's whatever this is. It's no work. I can tell you that much. You said that this show so far is like watching a pig drown. sad, very stress

make me very anxious. You think the only way forward for this show, you're an old non-a. You've been here for ten minutes, I hope. But why don't we try the non-nine the bed? Maybe go to at break. I'm running this show.

Okay, it's now you're listening to the nonas podcast. Oh, ow, ow. Benegrazi. I don't want to run this show. That's not what I say, I'ma say, What's the going on? I'm going to say, call for break.

I'm saying, put on the mask, dude, the combed the beat eyes of the man of the bat. But I should not be, dude. You say, I'm a guest. I come here from where to be, I drive all the way down

through Hoppers across. Did you drive? Yes, I'm still driving. Yes, you know, I drive a Mitzibishi and get here, go find the park. you know pay the park my god pay a pack this die

so expensive the pension only get you so far tomorrow what do you do? Uh, more podcasts I'm get up very early they do we go throw an ad What? I did the ads I just cut it out.

Hey, just make this the mad The Nonna Pongeren't a podcast No this boy Don't know what you do That's what I thought I thought you'd throw And I'd come back as Batman It's a little reflex

The more you get old 38 Yes All right We're going to cut to an ad break now When we come back We're going to see if Batman Will

What's this break It's an ad break For what We don't know yet Probably ice Oh, it's the keep the fridge cold there. Yeah. No, probably not.

Welcome back to the Aunty Donner podcast. I'm Jack Dwayne. Heading one of the audio producers along with Tom Armstrong here. Heading back to the studio where we've got Angelina. See. An old Italian lady and Batman. Hello? Hello.

You know, this bit, this is my... me laugh. This is nice. You look a bit of seal. You look a bit of fun. It's a make old Angelina. I'm Angelina no laugh for 34 years.

I tell you this much. I'm Batman. I'm a great defender of Gotham. Tell me more about this, a Gotham city. It's a sound like a very dangerous place. I know what my grandson moved there. I tell you this much.

Oh, yeah. It's a city filled with a rogue's gallery of villains. What's this a rogue? Joker, Bain, poison ivy, Dr. Freeze. Their name is a rogue? Rogue villains. Robes gallery. It's like a energy V.

Can you jump between the two stars of music? You mean like the energy V? What? The NGV The NGV? Not the National Gallery of Victoria now What's this a gallery? A gallery of villains

Of a villains Raz Argoor Zaz Zaz Zaz Raq from Russia Yeah I guess so

What's this man that's talk about there Why don't you play the grand designs music Oh he's going more for like 90s Play that again. Play that again. This family wanted to build a house. Now this is a character. Hi.

Kevin McDonald Batman. Hi. Hi. Welcome. This family, I'm Batman. Yes. This family wanted a house that was warm. That their family could come back to.

But on the side of a mountain, I'm Kevin McLeod Batman. I met an old woman who wanted to build a family that her family could come home to. I'm going to try to build my family because they're all dead. And so you built a house, and what are you building your house out of? I'm a make out of a stick stone. Sticks and stones?

Sticky stone. Oh, like the pig allegory. But I put it in the stone and make another phone. See, now I understand it. You find your feet as you go. You start with a not. much you may be put on a small mask try the voice like the gravel

what Nonna wanted to do was build it architecturally designed north facing a north facing house with front on windows allowing the heat in but then also facing out to that wonderful view from the south because you want to look about the forward and back He said, what is this bit now? I don't understand this music.

I don't understand this character. Before I understand more, he's Batman. He protected the city. He stopped the crime. He taught in the energy via. I'm Grand Design's Batman. Right. What's the design?

I take our audience to houses around England. No, come to my house is a mess. I need to clean up first. No problem at all. And to sweep at the backyard there. What the fuck are you doing over there? What's that? I'm just trying to add some cool music in the back.

That's all I'm doing. This is very beautiful. I like this one. Yeah, my name. Oh, no vocal. I'm sorry. Please pick a one there. No vocal.

No, this one has the voice. I think they're just back. Oh, wait. Here's the instrumental. On the epidemic, you find the one no. Microphone on the dis. That one had no microphone. That one had no microphone the second one.

Oh no. He said non-angela with that something to say, yeah. She drive all a die from opposite cross to the city where things are not. Would you just stop change the music? No, I still go. Get going. It doesn't matter because I like it very much. I've got a four grand child.

Two of the boys. Two girls, but they're all nice. I like them all so much. My husband have a favourite. And sometimes I hit her with a wooden spoon. And I am Grand Design's Batman. I take around houses in England. And I fight Gotham City and I fight the Rokes Gallery.

I'm Batman from Grand Design. Just ask you to talk. to come to die, to do a podcast, but I'm confused because everything is a mess. I don't know this man, this Batman, I don't know this grand designer, I'm a crazy non-a-man. A Batman on Grand Designs, I'll take you to interesting architecture houses in England and change the form of architecture of Grand Designs, Batman. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm Jack Dwayne, a private school educator boy. That's the three of us all together.

An old Italian woman, Jack Dwayne and Grand Design's Babbitt. Can't you see this is the new Antitone podcast? It's a new Antitone podcast. These are three very good characters. It's a one mean on a Angela And the drag designs Batman And Jack Dwayne Yeah

Yeah To the podcast to you for listen We make her It's nice It's good to listen Jackie Yeah This is your turner to sing

Oh sorry I was just setting up still My microphone, yeah Hey Hey I'm gonna do a spoken word section Oh, it's stopped That's okay We don't need to do

Hey How you going guys Sometimes enough to take a break Just to talk Welcome to the new Aunty Donna podcast Yes I'm Jack Dwayne

I'm Jack Dwayne I'm winter scabs I've Got everything He had to be on a silver platter I got blonde hair and I'm 6'1 I know Vets Joy

and the guy from Frankenstein Yeah I got two co-hosts of the new Honey Donner podcast I can't wait for you to meet them Coming in Red Hot Here he is

Check it The Comic Grand Designs Batman That's who I am I look like a design Lots of houses And I go around See the houses as they evolve from a concept to the end. Lots of problems.

Down on the budget. Oh no, it's raining. I'm grand design, Batman. A fight Joker and I help you with houses. And the art form of architecture. Because I'm grand design's Batman. Let me tell you how to make a pasta broccoli. First we want to boil the watery.

Put in some chicken stock. Put in the broccoli. Make it go hot. When the broccoli go very soft Then you take the water out, put it in a pan Then you mash up, you go bang bang Then you get the water and you put it in the pan Then you make it live very, very nice

Add some bummer-son if you're in your life 498 podcast with these three characters It's a bigger one It's a bigger commitment for me I'm grand designs And I am an architect Jack, and a super hero. And I'm Jack Dwayne.

I don't know my girlfriend's name. And I went to see Kevin's. And I come here at 64. What? I come here, 64. You came here in 1964. Oh. Yeah.

All right, let's do the show. Okay. Okay. Welcome to the Auntie Donna podcast with the all-new team, the dream team. Jack Dwayne, a privately educated boy who in six weeks has not developed any more character than that. I'm joined, as always, by my beautiful co-host. It's Grand Designs Batman. How are you, man? Good to be here.

Wow, I've got some exciting houses to take you through today, whilst also stopping a bank robbery. I can't wait to check them all out. And also, I can afford all of them. I'm joined, as always, by my beautiful co-host. She's gorgeous, she's beautiful It's Angelina She's an old Italian lady And I can make a dress

I work as a dressmaker for about 25 years She worked as a dress maker for 25 years I can help you You have You rip your jeanie You need to make your pant more skinny Like the kid that is a dye

Like to have nice Everything tight I can do for you You buy any size of jeans a gym you want there You come over bringing on Angela She fix up for you So we got Grand Designs, Batman

helping you with all things homes Interior Design and Architecture We've got Angelina the old Italian lady helping you with everything Fashion and of course me Jack Dwayne I'm going to give you personal financing tips Investment opportunities

And talk about the news And current affairs of today This is the new Auntie Donna podcast And I've decided we're going to do these characters for a 498 more episode. Oh my God. Okay.

So, um, first up, yes. You have seen some pretty nice houses, but also the Joker broke into them. Is that correct? That's right.

There's a house being built just outside of Manchester made entirely of mud from the area. They're using recl. They're using reclaimed mud from that area to build a mud house like they did in the early, early days. It's a big one there. It's a big house, a four-bedroom, two-story flat. And it's changing the way we think about homes in 2026. That's awesome, man.

And then the Joker tried to break in, and so I had to clobber him with my fists. He's got how many toilets? Two toilets and one back. and two showers. Oh, that's a... So two toilets, two water closets, or one of those toilets in the bathroom? Upstairs, they've got an onsuit with a shower and a toilet

and downstairs the main bedroom. Main bathroom with a bath, a shower and a toilet. That's awesome, man. I'm thinking of moving to Brunswick. Oh, yes. Oh, there are some wonderful... I came down recently to Australia. I went down to see some of those apartments being built in Brunswick

that you can move a rental payment into a mortgage on a house. Also, I beat up the Joker when he went down there. Now, Angelina, you are later today going to be preparing a delicious pasta recipe for us. Can you give us a little bit of a hint about some of the flavors that are going to be happening in that? In the rap song before, I led down pretty much. So you're going to be doing your famous pasta broccoli? Yes, I want my granite's always come over for us.

It's very nice. Oh, wow, I can't wait to get my mitts into that. But only the branza hicke is used to have the fruit shop. Yeah. And that is one of the things we're going to be talking. You used to have. I used to have the. Oh, okay.

So you used to have the. On the Herbert Street. You worked there? I'm ran it with my husband, the rest of peace. Oh, you ran it with your husband, did you? Rest a piece. Oh, I'm sorry to hear that he's passed away. Yes.

And how is it buying fruit and veg these days? It's a little more expensive, isn't it? I run the front. Oh, sorry, yeah. It was a matter of register. Take the cash. Oh, yeah. Do it sell out to the customer.

When were you running that? Yeah, maybe 75 to 86. Oh, wow. That would have been a very different time. Yes, very different time, yes. Yeah. Oh, thanks, Angelo. It's a good, though.

It was a good. They were there. Yeah. They work on the back, get the fruit every day, come in every day, bring in, fresh every day. You would have had a lot of nice fruit back home. You would have brought back with that stuff. Oh, yeah.

Oh, yeah. Oh, hi, Batman. Also, I was going to talk about cost of living and how we can maybe scrimp and scrape. It's called Angelina, Angelio. Angelina and Angelos, how long have we been going for? 26 minutes. What's wrong with your voice?

I'm John Batman inadvertently. So I was also going to talk a little bit about how to scrimp and save at the shop. Who are you? Is that Thomas? Hi, Tom. Yeah, Tom. Hello, Thomas.

Hello. I'm Jack Dwayne. I've got a frog in my friend. I'm Batman. Grand Design's Batman. This is Angelina. Hi, Angelina. Grand Design's Batman.

He talks all things. Architecture, Interior Design. She talks fashion, and I talk about personal finances. I'm just my life in the general. Yeah, and obviously just general chat. What do we think about this Brooklyn Beckham situation? Oh, I only really know about two things. Houses and criminals in Gotham City.

No, I don't know a lot about it either. I'm more interested in personal finances and that sort of thing. I can tell you how to scrimp and save at the grocery store to say to you know I can tell you how to make a nice pepper you know much about the Brooklyn Beckham thing

a Brookie Beckie No Okay What's this a Brookiebeckie? I was somewhat relevant when we recorded this You guys got any Questions for each other

I can think of Some if I need to I thought I'm Come here to make the pasta I talk about my life. Oh yeah, happy to hear about that.

No, I don't have to do it. No, no. It's the first podcast, though, it's a fan of his feet. Yeah,

it is the first one of the new Auntie Donna pocket. I have committed to it 498 of them, though. Oh, my God. Oh, my word. I'm really only

know about houses and Batman's stuff. Yeah, and how those two, I mean, I guess I could. I think you have, your role,

is you have to generate Yeah Throw to us I'm becoming aware of that now Yeah Yeah but I'm gonna try if you want No no no no no I'm just a very time

Tom maybe can you just pull up the news for me man The news Yeah just tell me what's on in the news Is that a good idea Yeah actually Tom scratched that News has been pretty bleak lately The first news article is How I discovered my husband was a pito

Okay What the news website do you on there? News.com. Maybe go... Huh? Hi guys, if you're just joining us, this is the new Arnie Donna podcast. We have...

Well, I did. I, in a power move, pushed out all the other members of Arne Donna. Yes, yeah. And I've replaced them with Grand Design's Batman. Hello. And an old Italian lady,

no, Angelina. And I'm starting to see that maybe there was a little bit of magic there that I didn't realize. I thought I could reconstruct it. Maybe we could try see how this man become a peddle. No, I'd really not want to talk about that. No, that sounds really full. It's a sound interesting to me. I know that your generation didn't treat this stuff seriously, but that's really upsetting to us.

Okay. Um A great design Talk about houses Yeah I mean we can talk about houses I'm thinking of investing in Brisbane or Adelaide Oh yeah right Got any pointers for that

No I'm more interested in new designs of houses Yeah Or fighting bang Yeah fighting bang My daughter helped me Red do the bathroom last week So

That's our Was it on the scientific Cliff face or anything like that. No, just off a Bilan road. Well, that marks the end of this episode. I join us next week. Happy to come back, Batman? Oh, yes, oh, yes, oh yes.

Angelina, you're happy to come back? I'm a sea. I'd like to have you back next week if you can come back. Okay, I should be able to afford the petrol. It's a very expensive this day. $2 one a litre, my God. Yeah, it is a lot more expensive. Yes.

Yeah. If you keep your receipts, Angelena, I can probably try and help you out. Yeah, we could reimburse you. Oh, my God. I love that. It's beautiful. If you could do this thing for me. So we'll be back next week.

Can I give this another go, I think? The new Auntie Totter podcast. We're going to go home now. Have a sleep on this. Yeah, get to sleep on this. But I think next week. Let's all regroup and have a think, have a sleep on it. Yeah, yeah.

Give a one more guy. Give a one more way. One more gal. We'll give a one more week. It's, otherwise, your generation, you give up too quick. Yeah. Oh, I agree. Give another go.

So next week, um, join Jack Dwight and sushi mango. Oh, the to-toy. And I think we might find it. Is it the damn? Hit it, Tom. Hit what? It, Jack. It hit it.

Hit what, Jack? Hit it. Okay. Oh, this one is very very very. Thanks boys Fucking Ripper Show Yeah Oh

You're singing the song now I'm Jack Twain I love Everything about you too I love you and how you Talk about houses Thank you I love you

And your knowledge of pasta and fresh fruit I'm just here I'm gonna do my best That's all you cannot do But most of all I love my girlfriend Who went to MLC

You have a girlfriend? Yeah What's this one's a name? I forgot again You forget her name Baby I love you And I'm sorry I cheated

I am Batman from Grand Designs And I like Houses and Fighting Joker This is for you, baby. I'll never cheat on you again. I'm going to do everything I can to be a good guest on your shower. I have fun with you two boys. Silly boys remind me of my grand son.

It was just meant to be a golf trip. I didn't know there'd be girls there. I promise you it wasn't on purpose. Oh no. Here comes Bain. Oh no. Here comes delays on the schedule from the concrete slab layer. Oh no, you come with the special at the day.

Fresh of food, the deli at the butcher. I'm going to get the four lamat choppe. Maybe $12 a one a kilo. I want to make it work. I want you to let me back in your life. We've already booked the flights to Tokyo. Baby, please. Please let me back in your life.

Five, six, seven, eight. Where did you? Not to the RSA on the bus, but get up early to sit at the front, because when you're all the one to sit at the front, not the back, eh, not the back, not the back. Not the back. Not the back. Not when you're my age.

Not the back when you're hurried. You want to sit. Not the back, not the back now. Cutting. Auntie Donna. You've been listening to the Auntie Donna podcast. Thanks for joining us for another Ripper episode brought to you by Auntie Donna Club.com.

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