Aunty Donna Podcast - Our Best Podcast Yet

Episode Date: July 1, 2025

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Mates in Australia, New Zealand, UK, Ireland, US, Canada. We have a brand new show we are taking out called Drem. I think it's our best show to date. Tickets at tour.auntiedonna.com. A listener production. Hey, everybody, it's Zach Ruane here. And I have to say, we just recorded it. I think you are about to listen to the best podcast we have ever done.

If you want to watch that podcast, of course you can watch it on theauntiedonaclub.com powered by Patreon. Go and head over there to watch that plus a bunch of other bonus content. Otherwise, enjoy the podcast. You're listening to the Aunty Donna Podcast, the greatest fucking podcast in the world. Hi everybody, how are you? Very very good, Zach. Very excited. Hi Mark, hi Zach, hi listener.

Now listener, I'm here to tell you and to tell the boys, I texted them this morning saying I have some very good news. The listener or you two? Oh, did you? I did not receive that message. I didn't receive it. Was it on Slack?

No, I was on the text. I texted you. You've still got the same. You haven't, you'd let me know if you change your number yet. I would. Let me just read out your one on air that I have for you. My number? Yeah. Go for it.

04... That's it? Don't ring that number. In fact, beep it. Beep that number. I've got a different number to that. I'm just looking now. Mark, have you given me a fake number?

No, no, not a fake number. I think maybe, you know, I'm not great with numbers. It's a real number. Yeah, it's a real, yeah, absolutely. You can't deny that they're not a collection of numbers that exist. If I put those numbers in my phone, at any point were they ever going to reach you? Uh, what do you mean by you?

Mark. Oh, no. I feel a fool. We're just joking everybody. I do have Mark's number. We contact each other from time to time. I don't want you to get confused. Sometimes people

at home get a little bit confused when we make jokes. I've met his wife, I attended his wedding and just to be very clear, I have Mark's number. But we'll continue with this bit right now. Oh wow, I can't believe you gave me a fake number Mark. I'm so sorry Zach, it was just because I didn't want to speak to you ever. Ah, jeez Louise. Well, I'll tell you the good news guys. What? Did it need that disclaimer because we... Apparently so.

Some people... Go to their comments, head to the Reddit. Apparently so. I don't think the problem is in the fallout of the show. Yeah. The problem is in the you of the reading the Reddit. The unhealthy relationship with the subreddit. Get off the Reddit, man.

And it's killing me. Get off the Reddit, man. Nothing on there for you. Doesn't help. I had someone, apart from that's insane, the subreddit that's insane if you like fucked up stuff. I also need to say, I think a few podcasts ago, I need to clear some things up

because this wasn't a Reddit, this was a DM. Someone was like, hey, I just wanted to say I think a few podcasts ago I need to clear some things up because this wasn't a Reddit this was a DM someone was like hey I just wanted to say I saw you recently I was an extra on a thing you were shooting and I didn't want to like talk to you in person because I know you don't like that when friends approach you in person so I just wanted to message you and say how much stuff means to you and I was like that's odd I don't remember saying anything to that effect and then I asked someone and they said, Zake you said you would cut off a fan's nose if they ever approached you. And we can't be doing things like that. No I don't remember saying that but I will if you see me out and like it's good vibes and you want to say get a photo or say hello that's so

fine I won't cut off your nose yeah well go a little further what are you willing to offer these people gift cards a photo on my phone just no touching I think that's important to state if you see if you touch mark if you touch mark I will cut off your nose and there it is. And there it's back. Are you going to remember this one? You have to remember that the subreddit, the fans, they're like a membrane. But you've got to get off the subreddit. They're like a sponge.

They soak it in. Oh, I got off it years ago. Every now and then I'll pop in there. I think it's broadly a very positive community. I love all of your support. Thank you so much. That person was very polite they were just confused the one about the thinking that I... For clarity have you ever cut off anyone's nose whether they liked a video of ours or not?

Yeah what's the most violent physical act you've ever done onto a stranger? I don't... yeah can I... No we should... Yeah can I just ask you about cutting off a nose? What's that thing they do in America when you don't answer because legally you don't have to answer? Plead the fifth.

Uh-huh. I'd like to plead the fifth. The fifth what? Amendment. Which is? You don't have to say something if it's going to incriminate you. Right. So does that not then incriminate you?

I just, Broden asked me if I've ever cut off a fan's nose because they approached me in a rude way. Yeah. And I'm saying, I'd like to plead the fifth. There's one thing I'd like to say. Don't film me in the mosh. Don't film Mark in the mosh. Actually, legit, don't secretly film people. Don't film me in the mosh. Sometimes when I'm in the mosh, I'm letting go.

But Mark's joking. I'm letting off steam. Mark of course is joking. We're all joking here. No, I'm not joking. I'm not joking. I'm not joking. Don't film me in the mosh. If I'm in the mosh, that's... Why are you in the mosh?

I love getting in the mosh. What's the mosh? The mosh pit. The mosh pit? A pit. At a show. What pit? What pit are you getting in?

So, you know, like so often at heavy metal, you know, music. Oh, that explains it. Music with guitars. I don't listen to that stuff. Drums, bass. Oh guitars, drums, bass, you know your rock and roll shows, often a pit will open up. It's even happened at a Veronica's concert before, you know, a mosh can happen anyway. Pop and rock, no thank you. What do you like?

I like classical music from movies, playlists of classical music. And what songs in the playlist? Oh, I don't know, I just listen to classical music. Just playlists of calm classical music. That's what we do. You never got a favourite band or? Band, oh no, thank you. I'll leave the pop and rock to you laddites.

What was the first CD you ever received? The first CD I ever received, I can't remember if it was Celebrity Skin by Hole, the single, or if it was Aqua Aquarium, the album. They're both pop and rock albums or singles. Ah, okay, yes, yes. You've caught me in a lie. I listen to pop and rock and only occasionally do I listen to classical music. I just want to do a quick check-in. Often we'll record the podcast and then we'll record the intro.

It was one of the first times we recorded the intro. And I lied in that intro. Did the podcast. That's what happened because he came in and said I've got the best idea for an episode ever. Yeah. Well shall I pitch that to you now? That was what we were talking about. Oh have we not gotten to that yet? No! Okay great. I thought when you were talking about cutting people's noses off that that's what you'd. No no no no no! You got me on a side quest there. That was me just doing a quick aside.

Would you like me to tell you what I wanted to tell you? Yes, because I was just getting a little worried, a little anxious that we'd promised the greatest episode ever. And I pretended that I was live. What are you doing, Broden? What's happening? You know how Mark is of Italian heritage? Okay. Sounds pretty problematic. Where are we going with this, Broden?

Don't worry. I've got this. You're in safe hands. You know how the Italians traditionally, not all... Oh, this is all getting a little bit problematic for me. It might. Let's see where this goes. It's Sicilian. Do you concede... I apologise. Do you concede that the Sicilians use their hands to communicate more so than other communities? In a vivacious manner.

I would say culturally, that is a thing that occurs. Often what I'll do is I'll go to my wife and children, I'll have hands by side and say, I'm off to work, I'll see you later. Whereas a man from Sicily or Italy will say, with their hands, I'm going to work. But they'll, with that... I'm going to work. They have to do it in a wide open space, otherwise they'll be knocking... Hitting door frames. ...knocking things off the cabinets or, you know...

Do you accept that? ...skewing the frames on the walls. Can I just reframe it? I would feel more comfortable if we reframed it, or, you know, skewing the frames on the walls. Can I just reframe it? I would feel more comfortable if we reframed it, because it is coming off a little problematic. OK. If we could reframe it as, to a Sicilian,

we of the Irish diaspora. Is that the word, diaspora? The only person I ever hear say that word is you. Diaspora, is that the word? Diaspora? Oh man. The only person I ever hear say that word is you. Diaspora. So we have the, I've only ever really read it. Is that for Gene Pool? Does that mean like Gene Pool? No, it's the-

It's an album by Daniel Johns and the Silver Chair Lads in the early 2000s. No, it's a culture outside- Diorama. The culture around the world outside of it's the nation state state. Oh like frog stomp. No. Anyway. Neon ballroom. To a Sicilian it would appear we Irish, we have Irish heritage, hardly move our arms at all when we talk. Do you understand? You're bringing it back to you. Okay. You're saying you're not creating a normal in that statement. We are getting away slightly from sort of what happened.

Right. But do you, can we move forward with that? If you use that statement while talking about whatever you're going to say and that kind of notion, then I think we're in the clear. Great. I believe it is from my perspective in the Irish diaspora that we use our arms less, like a kendal, than you people. You lot. Do we concede or accept?

I'm happy to move on. Mark... It's so small what happened. I just want everyone to be very aware that we are setting you up for utter disappointment. While you were chatting about things, Mark brought in today to show that he was, he needed a little pick-me-up, a coffee in a cup. Do you believe he did that to show us he needed a pick me up or for the pick me up? I believe...

That's a big accusation. That's almost implying he's a narcissist. A sociopath. A sociopath. Hi. Well, I better get a coffee so they know I need a pick me up. Mark, can you respond to these claims? I better get a coffee so they know I need to pick me up. Mark, can you respond to these claims?

What do you mean? Is that coffee cup full of coffee or is it a prop to demonstrate to us that you needed to pick me up? Broden likes coffee so you thought, yes, this will ingratiate me with Broden. If I also have to coffee. If I also have to get on side with him. Look, I don't know what to say. I drove my car here. I parked the car as I often do. And then on my way here, I had a couple of minutes. I was a little early.

So I thought, why not stop and get a little coffee? Hadn't had a coffee yet today. Check this out. Check this out. That's it. Can you open the cup? I just want to see. Innocent. What do you mean? I want to see. What do you mean? I want to see.

It's empty now. I want to see. I've drunk the coffee. I just want to see. But if that coffee cup has been used. Are you saying that there is a world where I would go to a cafe and say, can I just have an empty cup and lid to come in here to make you both think that I've had a coffee for a pick-me-up so that then, and then what, so that you trust me to be a goofball? I don't know why you would do it. I'm not a sociopath. What I'm saying is Broden has tabled an accusation at you. One I thought was out of the realm of possibility, but you are getting very defensive. We still haven't reached what happened and what started this, which I can't stress enough.

Not worth it. So not worth it. So open up that cup so we can get on with it. I mean what are you looking for inside the cup? What are you looking for inside of it? There should be, in a used coffee cup, coffee residuals. And there are. Yeah there is.

Show me Mark. Oh yeah there's plenty of coffee in there. But what does that prove? That he got a coffee, yeah. Or does it prove that he is a highly- Skilled. Functional, skilled sociopath? He went into a cafe or brought that from home?

Maybe he drank the coffee. Not wanting one, he drank the coffee and dealt with the effects just in order to manipulate us into what? Well when I saw you walk in with a coffee today, I went fuck he really means business today. I trust him When I saw I when I saw you had a coffee. I thought you know what like me. He's not perfect Sometimes he needs to pick me up like me. I feel comfortable around this guy. Right. Because when I saw you with your coffee, Broden, I thought, thirsty boy.

Mm-hmm. That's all I thought. Do you think coffee is a thirst quencher? Yeah. When it's piping hot. Yeah. If you actually liked coffee, you'd know you'd take it as a drug. Excuse me, coffee's in my blood.

I'm Sicilian. I didn't know that. I didn't. Excuse me, coffee's in my blood. I'm Sicilian. I didn't know that. I didn't know that that was a part of your blood. I'm so sorry. It's OK. I'm so sorry. We got the brown cells. You've got brown cells because you're Sicilian.

I don't know. It's not, I tell you what, it ain't working. Anyway, I knocked the cup a bit. He knocked the cup a bit with his gestating, gesticulating, not gestating, gestating hands. Gestating hands. Could you frame it as you didn't knock your cup? Is this a, because you feel it's racial that I said that Mark- I just think it creates a sense that what you do with your arms is normal and what he

does is weird. I'm getting, this is the vibe I'm getting, is that if you guys were alive, you were this age in the 50s, 60s, you would have gone up to Sydney Town Hall and protest against Pellegrini's opening in London. Oh, no doubt, yeah, yeah. That is the vibe I'm getting from the two people I'm with, and that happened.

I'm trying to help you here. Okay, okay. I'm trying to create an environment that's not racist for you. And that's why I'd ask you to just reframe that story as when you didn't move your arms, you didn't knock the cup. Palo Greenies is an Italian restaurant in Melbourne. I go there all the time.

It's a staple. I used to. There were protests. I'm getting the vibe that you two would have led the charge. Why? I'm doing everything I can to make Broden less problematic. It just, it's just... I'm doing this for you. This is supposed to be the best podcast ever.

Well, I haven't even said that yet. Well, I'm looking forward to it because at the moment I'm feeling vilified. Can you frame that from, I haven't heard... I haven't heard- This is good, this is good stuff. Because I haven't heard. I haven't heard. This is good, this is good stuff. I, cause I haven't heard. Yeah.

That, what is it? What do I want him to say? What are we doing? I. Can we just, can we just, clean slate. Clean slate, clean slate. Clean slate, let's get over the racism, let's go to an ad break.

Okay. Maybe. When we come back, I will tell you the exciting news. Welcome back. My exciting news is I woke up this morning with a feeling in my belly that this was going to be the best podcast we've ever done. and then what? That's what I wanted to tell you. Characters? Hopefully.

Hopefully you deliver on that, yeah. So not an idea. No. Just a... Just a really positive feeling. And it wasn't, and it's not, you sure it wasn't worms? That could be it, yeah. So do you see what I'm saying? I just have this really good feeling in my belly that this is going to be our best podcast

yet. In terms of what? Oh fuck. Funny, sharp, whatever metric you use. Best to make people stop listening, the best one to... Oh no, no, like the best part, people are gonna laugh, they're gonna go, that was so funny. I have an image in my head sometimes when I'm recording the podcast where it's a person in the front seat driving and they put this, there's a road

trip with their partner of a year and a half. Yeah. And they're like, we're driving an hour and a half to see my family in the rural town that I'm originally from. I'm going to put on my favourite podcast and the partner so, okay. And then this shit comes on. Well, never fear because this is going to be the best one. But Zach, what does that person tell their partner? Well, this is on right now.

They're going, I imagine they're looking over to them. Not too much because they're going to keep their eye on the road. Unless they're listening in the future and self-driving cars have been invented. They have been invented. But like actually invented. They, they have actually been invented. I was in one.

No, but like in a way where, you know. What? I was in a Waymo. Wow. Yeah, they fully exist. That's so cool. What did you mean? What do you mean for real though?

I just meant like for... Like everyone's got them? Like you know, we're good, they're not going to crash. I got an away mo. Okay, yeah, no, I think that's probably fair. Okay, so I reckon they're turning to them and they're saying, well, did you hear that? Did you hear what Zach said?

It is going to get good. Not only is it going to get good, it's going to be their best one yet. So in this hypothetical situation, this listener has full trust, full faith that this podcast will find its legs. And it won't just kind of be three handsome colleagues. Massive dicks. I mean, sure. Three handsome colleagues. Massive dicks. I mean sure. Speak for yourself. And I do.

I speak for myself and my dick. Well you must. I mean there's so much of it. You gotta speak for it. Whenever I speak, I speak for my dick. Really? So when you're ordering a coffee. I say we will have the magic. and then you tip some down the...

Yeah, that's why the Queen uses the royal wee. What? It's a massive dick. The Queen... Where did she get the... I think we're finding it. Did she get it out of the toilet? Have you heard of the royal wee?

No, I've only ever smelt it. No, no, no, no, no. Not wee wee. W-E-E. Oh, W- smelt it. No no no no no not not we we W E E. Oh W I I. No just oh yes because the Queen was given a golden plated we by Nintendo. The Royal we. The Royal we. I didn't know that. I believe Queen Elizabeth used did we fit. But Mark in all seriousness have you heard about the Royal we? Didn't help. What? So I you know how there's like I means this and you know, I, you, all those pronouns. We is the royal we where the Queen or the King, whoever the sovereign is in England

sometimes uses we. The royal we. I represent all of us. We are happy to have you. So that is the one case where we can be used for a singular. But the reason, it's not because they represent all of us, it started in the reign of Queen Elizabeth II because she was referring to herself as a massive cock. Right.

So she was like, we welcome you, we would like to invite you to a stage dinner. That was because Queen Elizabeth II, who sadly passed a few years ago Uh-huh was referring to herself the person. Big old big nong. But also a massive Johnson. I didn't know she had. The Austin Pettwors movie. I did not know that Queen Elizabeth II had a wiener the size of Queen Elizabeth II had a wiener the size of a frankfurter. Oh, bigger. Thick and long. Well, you don't know the kind of frankfurter I'm thinking of. Yeah, I'm thinking more like a Kransky. Wow.

Queen Elizabeth II. They have a real crisp crunch to them when you bite into a Kransky. Full of juice. Queen Elizabeth II. Pins. Summer cheese filled. That hush. That's what I think of when I think of a Kransky.. Pens. Summer cheese filled. That's what I think of when I think of a Crankski. I think of that.

I think of my father, Wayne Kelly. Because no, not my father. No. He loved a Cranski and would, you know, come home from the shops on the weekend with a Cranski for lunch. All right. So did you know that about the queen? Yeah, he put the fried up...

It's very interesting about the queen. I'm more interested not about Wayne Kelly's fascination with Kransky sausages. It is pretty interesting that he loved the Kransky. He would come home with a Kransky. I think often he would cut them in half for eating. What way? Long ways. What? Why? Why? Why would you do that? I think the cheese, because a Krensky I would say is defined by

and Zach is the foodie here. Filled with, a Krensky is filled with things. Like cheese. No, not always. Not always. It's a coarse pork sausage. Would you say it's fair to say that some Kranskys are filled with things? Yes, of course, but all sausages are filled with things. Can I tell you a fun fact? One of the Destiny's Childs came to Australia to be a judge on a short running show on network television at some point. Broden's moving the table. Yeah I know, but that might be it. That one might bake it best ep.

Might bake it best ep? Wait, but you, I thought you said you know what's going to make it the best. No. I know, we already revealed that. Mark, Mark. I have faith. Alright. So, one of the Destiny Childs came to Australia to be a judge on one of those singing shows. Kelly Rollins, I think. Okay. And then one time I was working at Gold Class at Crown. I was filling a shift for the Crown staff.

This might be it. This might be it. And then Destiny Child came in, Kelly, and she ordered the hot dog but without the bun. And our hot dogs at the time were Kransky's. Uh huh. Uh huh. So I presume she was just doing no carbs. Uh huh.

And I remember serving a Kransky on a piece of lettuce. Uh huh. And bringing it to Callie. Kransky cooked in the microwave on a piece of lettuce and bringing it to one of the Destiny's Childs. Pretty cool day for me. You gave Kelly Roller the crazy old lettuce that you cooked in the microwave? He's unlocked a core memory. You get a little popcorn or anything? I gave Kelly Roller the crazy oldge on cooking the microwave. I can't remember if I was in the

kitchen or if I was running food. I think I was running food. I think I was like we can't give Cali Roller the Kresge. And they're like oh we'll put it on some lettuce then. Was it a lettuce leaf or a chopped up lettuce? Yeah like some arugula. Oh right like an iceberg. It's just a big plate. Sauce? Yeah, maybe some sauce on the side. A big plate with a lettuce and a cranski. Do you know what flavor cranski would have been? There was no filling. It was like a pork. There was no filling. Those hot dogs were quite nice, but they were all about the crunchy bread roll. And there was no crunchy bread roll, it was just a Kretsky roll and a round of bread. Do you remember the movie she was watching?

No. No. Maybe a thriller starring Liam Neeson or those were big at the time. Like a Taken. Yeah, but I have no memory at all. I just remember she was a judge, a guest judge on a show, or she was a judge on a show. Pretty crazy stuff. I still remember... I don't remember her so much as I remember the Kretensky

rolling around on the plane. Yeah. Lindsay, I'm going to reveal something to you both. Lindsay said to me before you guys got here, she said, I think the run we're on at the moment is the best run the podcast has ever had. Wow, lucky, because this one's about to be the best one yet. Well, I bring it up because I feel like, yeah,

we kind of cursed the run. Oh, we fucked it. This is a real low point. For you or the show? I think for the show, but I'm carrying the weight of it. I think my ride home's, I think I'm going to drive home in silence with no radio on, no music and just have a think. Mark.

Yeah. I was talking to Max, the director of Aunty Donna this morning. Max Miller. And Sam. Greek, Sam Lingham. I was looking at Max's beard and starting Aunty Donna this morning. Max Miller. And Sam. Greek Sam Lingham. I was looking at Max's beard and starting to see a little bit of white coming through because we're in our old age now, in our 30s, mid to late 30s. Yeah.

And I started to talk about, you know, I'm going white as well in my mustache and bits. They're starting to come through. Sam is becoming a bit of a peppered fellow. I've got a couple of peppers. I can see you on the chin there. I've got a couple of salts in that pepper. You cunt have not aged in 13 years that I've known you. Maybe I've known you 15 years actually, more like 15 years. Cunt, you have not aged. I think he's aged but well. I, great that's lovely I don't think the cunt has aged. My memory of a young Mark was that he was a little worm in a singlet. Now that sounds like a joke, but I know Zach is big, you can see it.

As soon as you say that, I'm like, yeah, that's 22 year old Mark is a worm in a singlet, absolutely. I connect with that heavily. A little worm in a singlet. I remember, I always liked that little worm, but I think that little worm, he's grown a beard, he's filled out. I think Mark now is all man. I wasn't saying Mark wasn't all man. I wasn't saying he wasn't 100% A-grade beef-hunk.

That's not what I'm saying. Cut me a slice of that cake. A beef cake? Cut me a slice of that cake. Beefcake? Cut me a slice of that Mark beefcake? Look, I don't know how to respond to this. Just take it in, honey. Take it in. I believe it's a compliment.

But the one thing I will say is that, and my wife says this to me often, is you can't see much of my face. I have very little face. You are saving face. Well, I'm making space. Then your face is quite normal. What? Your face is quite normal compared to the rest of your body.

In the sense that- You don't have a little face at all. No, I don't mean a little face. He's saving the face. I've got big features. I'm talking about a lot of hair. You've got little face. I got glasses, hair down, big beard.

Are you saying to me that were you to remove the beard for us to see the chin, to remove the hair, have a forehead, to remove the glasses, see the eyes, that you would be a wizened, haggard old man? Nah, I'm probably still look pretty much like I did when I was 22, but how can we be sure is my question. Well, I don't know what lies underneath here and I hope to never find out. Are we sure that you are not 100% A grade beefcake? Cut me a slice of that. Because I'm sure you are.

Then I'm a 100% A grade beefcake. Cut me a slice of that. Australian beefcake? Cut me a slice of that beefcake. Well that's your decision. From where I'm sitting, I'm... be Australian made beefcake. I'm semi-imported. The cows came from overseas.

You're born and raised grass-fed Australian, hoppers crossing beef. Yeah. Now... My faith has been tested today. Can I just say my faith has been tested today. Oh, I've lost all faith. I would say this podcast has made me an atheist. In Christ or in We're Funny?

In that, like, should the podcast continue? Have we reached the end of our tether? Should? Can I answer all of those questions? Yes. What was the first one? Can I say, can I say, can I say something? I think what we need to do right now, this is the decision I've made. Yeah. Because I've been on a journey, I woke up today thinking I was about to be a part of the best podcast ever. And, and my faith, it's been tested. I'm still rattled. And in my faith, it's been tested. I'm still rattled.

But I think what we need to do is we need to say that this is like a pop star, like a female pop star. Kelly Rowland, if you will. Or like the WWE. Or like... WWE. Or like... What do you mean like a pop star?

Or like Scrubs, when it swiped most of the cast and brought... What I think needs to happen right now is we need to say that this episode was the closing out of that great era that we just had. And I think it would be important for us to maybe pray to your God, whatever God that you follow and love and believe in, that the next episode will be the start of a new era, maybe the new age, the golden age or the silver age. It will be the new Auntie Donna era. So this, we did have, I agree with Lindsay, we had one of the best runs we've ever had. We've had some amazing podcasts. That's like me after eating

something that was not good for my tummy but I loved the food. One of the best runs I've ever had. Yeah, yeah. Oh yeah. Yeah, soft, watery. Like I hurt, I had a bad day but it was worth it. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So last for all that, all that old raw fish. Yeah, raw, old raw fish. That was good raw, old raw fish. Yeah, yeah, raw, old raw fish. That was good, raw, old raw fish. This fish that was old and raw was delicious. You ate old raw fish. A delicacy in Japan. No, fresh raw fish. I don't think old. Delicacy in Japan.

Sometimes, you know, sometimes they say like with tuna, you're looking for no taste. No, you want some of the taste. Oh, I want a little bit of funk. Yeah. Sure, okay. Old, but not that old. Couple days. Old is a state of mind. Look at this cunt. He's almost 40

He looks like a 22 year old hunk of beefcake cuz I look that young. No, I don't think you do I think you look fuck you You want to look 22? No, you look like you look 30 That's it. That's a lovely common. Well, look, we just got the we just got the green light Tell us we've been 30 minutes. So we don't have to do this podcast anymore. But I want to, before we wrap it up, I want to say a few things. It's been an honour. The old Aunty Donna era was so much fun. How many episodes was that? Like hundreds and

hundreds. Four hundred and... Something. So four hundred and something amazing episodes. You know, we've had highs, we've had lows. Oh, you're saying... You're not talking about the last five or six episodes. What I'm saying is that was the old Aunty Donna. This is the end of the old Aunty Donna.

And next week... Next week... Begins. Begins. The new Aunty Donna era. Yeah. New Aunty Donna. It's going to be the same three faces,

but it's going to be a whole different look. Broadly, like it'll be a similar look, but a whole different, and we'll be wearing the same clothes. It'll be the same look. But a whole different vibe, a whole different energy. A new attitude. A new attitude. A new attitude for the new era.

Yeah. Exciting stuff next week. This was a weird one, but this was the end of an era. We were feeling it. That's true. Shall we go around and apologise one by one? Yes. Yeah. I'd like to start. I believe it should be me. I was the one that you trusted me and my faith. You let me do

an intro before we recorded. I just think you misread the grumbly tongue that maybe you woke up with this morning. Yeah. What did you have for dinner last night? What did I have for dinner last night? I think I had some rice. Yeah, well, where did you get the rice from? Rice.

What colour was the rice? It was good. Just straight up and down, white? It was from the fridge. So you were reheating that rice? Yeah, but it was a couple days old. Basmati? I don't know.

What colour was the rice after microwaving it? When you were eating it? It was white. It wasn't terribly bad. Just straight, plain white rice. No soy sauce, no accompaniment. What do you think I am, Chef Baudoir D? Yes, plain white rice. For dinner.

For dinner. My girl had plain white rice. That was left over from like a curry the night before or... No, last time I had the rice. So you cooked the rice? No, I bought it. rice. So you cooked the rice? No, I bought it. I over-eats.

You over-eats plain white rice. I over-eats three large rices. This is a serial killer. This is a guy. Or he's like training with a kung fu master. I had a couple of soy crisps too. Oh, Jesus Christ. I guess yeah, just for a bit of flavour, a bit of texture. Why are you eating white rice? Is that all you

were eating? Out of the fridge? Yeah. Is that every night? I was tired. I couldn't think of what else I wanted. But you just, were you tired the initial time as well when you just... No, I felt like rice. You got worms, cunt. I reckon you got worms. And I hope one of them has a little singlet on, Mark. Then you'll have a little me inside your poo. So next week, the whole new era begins. The new era of Antidota begins. Did you want to apologize? Yeah I'd like to apologize for

Well, not any of the previous episodes because all they've it's been an incredible run from episode one up Oh, yeah an incredible run, but for this one. I want to apologize for Believing in Zack Broden I should have like This one I want to apologize for believing in Zach. Broden and I should have like sort of put him into a corner, you know, like quite aggressively, I think, when I think about it. I think we really should have like pushed him into a corner and gotten close to his face and went, what is the fucking idea?

Tell us now. We're not doing unless you tell us. And if it wasn't funny, then we shouldn't have gone ahead and done it. Because this didn't have to be the end of the year. That's true. So I'd like to apologize for my stupidity, for my ignorance in having faith and I can promise that will never happen again. Is that all right?

Yeah. And that's not on you. That's not, that's not, that's nothing to do with you. It feels like it's on me. Has nothing to do with you. But I think it should be on me. You trusted me. Okay, then India.

You trusted me and my faith and I let not just you down, I let down our hundreds of listeners. Brodom? Dear audience, through our apologies, you've seen that we're sorry for trusting Zach. We've seen that we are sorry for having faith at the wrong time. And we've seen that this is a new era. I'd like to apologize to you all. We don't take you for granted. You are our lifeblood.

You get us up in the morning and we can't wait to see what Drem all around Australia tickets on sale now and the world. Sorry, I should say. You are what get me- Except Peru, when I go to Peru. We're going to Canada, we're going to US, Canada. New Zealand. When I go to Peru, when I'm going to Yugoslavia. Speaking of people in the comments, there was one comment that said

more than just two cities in Canada and I responded and I wrote, but those cities are in Canada. So we are going to Canada. Someone wrote a big thing where they're like, I'm going to have to drive all the way to New York and I wanted to go, we're flying to New York. We're flying a lot closer to you than you are driving to us. But I didn't. Instead, I just had faith. In? This podcast, this is going to really turn it all around for me.

Oh no. Sorry, Broden. I didn't mean to interrupt your... Sorry. Apology. Just needed to get that off my chest. I listed my belly full of rice and that belly full of rice was wrong. That's weird, we gotta talk about that later. Um, I think the lesson if you take anything from this episode is if you see Kelly Rowland...

Yes. Yes. Don't bring her any bun with that sausage. If she's ordering one. Yeah, just go up and say, Hey, Kelly, how was that Kransky? The loose Kransky. Roll it around. Ask her if she's still doing it. You still eating loose Kranskys? Kelly?

You still eating those loose Kranskys? On a piece of lettuce? Join us next week as we debut new, the new Auntie Donna era. Bye. You've been listening to the Auntie Donna podcast. Thanks for joining us for another RIP episode brought to you by AuntieDonnaClub.com. See you next week.