Is It Just Me? - #131: Kate Langbroek returns!

Episode Date: November 28, 2022

One of our all-time favourite guests, Kate Langbroek is back on the show!In this episode:Free-to-air TV is having it’s comeback (08:31)Shitty school excursions (14:13)Dodging phone calls (17:54)Kate Langbroek takes over (22:30)Our “Secret Segment” ADDebrief (58:47)Hit us up @coupleofmitchesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People do some weird shit. Would you like to try a vape? Why would you take up something that is going to be addictive and expensive? I think for people... I'll tell you why. Yeah. Because you're young and stupid. Some things make more sense than others.

You mentioned that your goal was to be healthy, and I just don't know how you figure that's going to happen when you're ordering a chocolate mousse. No. You know, I had it in the car on the way home, and I didn't have a spoon, so I was like an armadillo trying to get ants out of a hole. Brace yourself for the rude shocks of young adulthood.

Being fingered is an awful sensation. You haven't been fingered by the right person. Goodness me. This is Is It Just Me? Hosted by a couple of bitches. Hi, it's Jenna. Please don't forget to include my name in the opener this season. I'm sorry.

Ta-da! Now, here's Mitch Chooley and Mitchell Coombs. Hello, you. Well, hello, you. Hi. Here we are back again. Is you gender neutral? Are we being exclusive by saying you?

Are you asking seriously? I think you can figure out the answer to that, can't you? I want to make sure. What if someone identifies as me? As you? Don't wish that on them. Imagine that. Someone identifies as Mitch Turi.

Jesus. Are you he, they, she, he? No, I'm MC Mitch Turi. What does that mean? Just really, really sweaty all the time. Oh, well, that would make me Mitch Turi too. It would, yeah. Are you sweaty at the moment?

You look great. Well, not at the would make me Mitch Cherry too. It would, yeah. Are you sweaty at the moment? You look great. Well, not at the moment because it's glacial in the studio. But holy shit, I'm dreading summer. Oh, yeah, me too. I sweat very easily. Same. But my new place has hectic air con. Oh, the new place.

I'm never leaving. I actually have a housewarming gift for you. Do you? Yeah. Would you like it now? Have you got it on you? Yeah, of course. And I've got some housewarming music for you.

Because there could be a ghost in there. Hold on. You get it? Yeah, all right. While he pisses around getting my present, I just want to let you all know that Kate Langbrook is on the way. Yeah. A fan favourite on this podcast.

Speaking of poltergeists, Kate Langbrook is on the show. How dare you? No, because you could have a ghost and we can discuss that later. Not that there's anything in that, but you need to sage your house. Do I? Georgina Walker. I've never done that. Celebrity psychic, good friend of mine, does a segment on my radio show,

is adamant that every new house you move into you must sage because the spirit or the energy of the previous owner lingers in that house. Well, it is a bit of an older place, like an older building, in a good way where the bricks are nice and thick and I don't have to worry about making too much noise. But that means it's been well used. That apartment's been thrashed by many an owner. Yeah, yeah.

It's like dating someone in your 50s. It's like it's always going to work because they know how to throw you around. Yeah. I didn't have time to wrap it, but I thought this is very you and there's a couple in there and happy house moments. Show us. Oh, what have we got? Oh, my God, it's heavy.

It's heavy. It is heavy. Three crystal-infused candles to bring the bright energy of summer into your home. Okay. I do have candles. Is this the same as saging? Just lighting candles? Oh, this has nothing to do with saging.

No, that was just a tip. I'm not buying you sage. That's just expensive. Oh, well, that's gorgeous. Thank you. Open them up. Have a look. So, Miles Gray.

You know I love me a fucking scented candle. I know you do. That's why I got them. Oh, my God. I know. They've got crystals in them. Oh, my God. I know. They've got crystals in them. Oh, my God. They look good enough to eat.

Smell it. What are the scents on them? Oh. The coffee one? That one's coffee bean and there's literally bits of debris in there. No, it's not. No, it's good. It's crystal.

Yeah. Oh, wow. Debris. Oh, they're stunning. I can't wait. There's the wing of an A380 in one of them. I feel like this is a good problem to have. My new place has a very, very pungent fresh paint smell.

Oh, is that good? It must have been painted recently, so I'm going to be firing every single one of these bitches up when I get there. Some people love the smell of new paint. What's that one? It's like lemony because it's a margarita scent. That's gorgeous. There you go.

Happy housewarming. Oh, summery candles. This is perfect for me. Yeah, you were just saying how you were not looking forward to summer. Here's three summery candles. Yeah, perfect. No, I'll just be hibernating inside in the air con with my summery candles. I can't wait.

I've started sleeping with the air con on. I haven't used it since halfway through the year, maybe like June or whatever, and it's back on. I love it. What were you using it in June for? Isn't it hot in June? No. Famously, that's winter. Contraceptive diaphragm. Sam's out there. Hi. I love it. What were you using it in June for? Isn't it hot in June? No. Famously, that's winter.

Contraceptive diaphragm. Sam's out there. Hi. Oh, hello, darling. Can you Google the seasons for me? I get confused. When's it hot in Australia? Now.

Now until when? Until like February. February, March. June is winter. June, July. Oh, yeah, it really is. It's really midwinter. Well, fuck.

I used it at some point. Oh, you're in and out of LA. I get it. You get confused. It's summer in June. Stop it. Anyway, listen, I'm glad you have your new house. Very exciting.

Me, on the other hand, have I given you the update about my Iranian landlord? Yeah, last I heard, they changed their mind and you don't really have to get out in a rush. They haven't sold the place beneath you yet. The landlord is no longer contactable. So their phone was ringing and now it goes straight to an Iranian voice message. So the real estate agent has gone, we're just going to take it off the market because we don't know where he is. Is that why Jen is away? Did you put a hit out on this bastard?

You're going to get him clipped so that you can just stay in your rental. Iran is so dangerous. They're so used to terror and ISIS and war-torn, you know, awful men that they won't suspect a brunette meek woman to behead them in the middle of the street. A mousy brown-haired girl. No, they won't. They won't even hear her coming. So that's where Jenna is, yeah.

Although, do some of us think that after she launched two bitches, one pussy. Two bitches, three cats. Seven cats, one girl. And then the kitchen sink. She's being less committed to us. Two bitches, three cats. Seven cats, one girl. And then the kitchen sink. She's being less committed to us. Oh, God, yeah, but that's all right. We welcome all types around here, you know. You and I rock up, and if Sam or Jenna happen to be floating around,

so be it. True, they are very much like alley cats. They waltz here, they rub their assholes on us, and then they sit for the show. They come for food and then fuck off. That's exactly right. It's the only reason I'm here. By the way, is Red Rooster on the way or?

No, not today, Joel. Not today. Sorry, they're not the current sponsor. I will say that that was the first thing I checked when I moved to my new apartment. Is Red Rooster still available on Uber Eats? And yes. However, it will take 40 minutes and quite a high delivery fee. But oh well, it's not totally out of range, is it?

Because I'm on the other side of the Red Rooster line now. Yeah, yes. You know how there's a line through Sydney where it cuts off all the Red Roosters? If you trace them on a map, there's Western Sydney where all the Red Roosters are. And then I'm now the other side of the line. Which is Chargrilled Charlie's, right? Mm-hmm. Chargrilled Charlie's territory.

Which is bougie. It's expensive. It's good chicken, but it's not fast food chicken. Oh, it's good. It's absolutely gorgeous, Chargrilled Charlie's. But Red fast food chicken. Oh, it's good. It's absolutely gorgeous charcoal, Charlie's, but Red Rooster has a special place in my heart, always will. I was cleaning out my glove box in my car the other day and I was emptying shit out and there was a $50 Red Rooster voucher

in there from when we were giving them away. Had it expired? No, it's still got six months left. Stop it. I found a $100 grilled voucher when I was packing my old house the other day. I was like, holy shit, I forgot I own this. This is fantastic.

It's so good, right? Yeah. I have a friend that was moving and the removalist found the dildo under her bed. I'm like, excuse me, man, we've moved everything, but there's something in there you probably should get. And it was her dildo. How embarrassing. I had a packing party with my friends, which is like a really, really conniving way to

trick them into helping me pack my house. I'm like, I'm having a packing party, come over for wine, and now put shit into boxes for me. But I made sure, you know, the sex drawer, I looked after that myself. That's got to be one of my biggest fears, is like getting cleaners or any kind of trades people over, and just having anything left over or out that could be just like, that someone would look at and be like, okay, I need to get out of this person's house. Oh, but everyone knows it's fine.

Everyone knows that, you know, we're all animals with urges. Everyone has sex toys they put in places. Yeah, but you don't want someone with a feather duster coming over and being like, oh, God, why is it still wet? I know Hayden and I left our pocket pussy out when we had an open house the other day and it was still dripping from being cleaned in the bathroom sink. What is a pocket pussy? It's like a flashlight.

Why would you need one of those? When it's silicon, a hole's a hole. Bit of a variety. Yeah, it does the same job. It does look like a vagina, so we just have to do it with the lights off. But Hayden's your hole. Why do you need a fake one? No, because sometimes you're not in the mood for the preparation that it entails.

That is true. So sometimes you both do. And we share one. Is that weird? Yes. Not at the same time. Oh, that's where you draw the line when it comes to sharing gems as a couple. You've literally sprogged in each other's mouths for sure. Multiple times. But no, that's where you draw the line when it comes to sharing jams as a couple. You've literally sprogged in each other's mouths for sure.

Multiple times. But no, that's where you draw the line, Sam. Please. Well, if it's your first time listening, welcome. Welcome. Is it just me? Every week we bring an idjim and is it just me of our own? Something we've noticed, something we hate or appreciate.

Yes, Caitlin Brook is our guest today. She's on that new show, My Mum, Your Dad. Correct. Which is, I'm enjoying it. We can talk about that later. Yeah, yeah. We'll get to that in a sec. Do you want to kick things off? Yeah, let's on that new show, My Mum, Your Dad. Correct. Which is, I'm enjoying it. We can talk about that later. Yeah, yeah. We'll get to that in a sec. Do you want to kick things off?

Yeah, let's go. Let's kick it off. Let's do the first item of the show. Is it just me or? Do you think free-to-air TV is having its comeback? Oh, do you reckon? Yeah. Because I bought a brand new television.

Yeah. And I felt like my mother because my friend was helping me set it up and it's got everything. It's got Alexa. It's got all the apps installed. It's got Foxtel on the TV so I don't need the big ugly box anymore. So she's smart. She's a smart TV.

Yes, she's a very smart TV. But I'm sitting there going, I'm looking at the remote going, there's four buttons. Where's the numbers? How do I put on Channel 7? The afternoon news is on. I can't figure out how to get free-to-air on my fucking modern TV. They're trying to phase it out.

They are. They are. Mine doesn't even have free-to-air TV. It has satellite. And it took me so long to work out what that means. But that's the antenna cable that you put in the back to get free-to-air TV. Oh, right. So I need to plug the thing in.

Gotcha. That makes total sense. You need to get a cable. But I don't know if, Mitch, because you and I technically, I think you're Gen Z, I'm on the cusp. I can choose. I'm on the cusp too, apparently. You're 96, right?

Yeah. So I just choose based off which generation's being bagged. Oh, no, I'm not a millennial. Same. I choose based on an argument. The other day at a wedding, everyone's like, fuck Gen Zs. I'm like, yeah, fuck Gen Zs. Fuck them.

And fuck my bacosaur. I don't know. I'm trying to relate to the millennials. So we're technically zillennials, but I have maybe- We're technically what? Zillennials. What does that mean? We're generation fluid?

We get to choose our own gender. I relate to baby boomers. Yeah. I do identify as a baby boomer if I have my choice. Sometimes. I felt so old trying to set boomers. Yeah. I do identify as a baby boomer if I had my choice. Sometimes. I felt so old trying to set this new TV up. It's too hard. Well, I don't know if it's a generational thing,

but I have such fond memories. And tell me if you have a similar memory. My bedroom, I had a little TV, a thick TV. It had a big back. Oh, yeah. One of those backs that tapered down. Yep. A triangle.

And I would watch Rove Live with static. Like there was static on the television. So much so you could put your hand on it and wave the static away. Oh, yes. Oh, wow. God, that is a throwback. And I didn't have a cable connector in my wall because this was like the old TV that mum and dad said, put in your bedroom.

So I had one of those antennas that you plugged in and then actually had a physical antenna. Yeah. No, they're like metal. You know the pointer sticks? Yeah, yeah. Yeah. Like the old radio antennas that when you turned your car on, it'd go and just come out. Yeah, when you had a car wash, you had to run out and untwist it.

Fuck, we're old. I know. And I would sit there, watch Rove live and Rove would make a gag and throw to Carrie Bickmore and then it would black out and I'd have to get out of bed and I'd have to twist it by a millimetre and then Rove would come back on. Heaven forbid it'd be raining or windy. Oh no, you'd be done for. That'd fuck your TV signal for sure.

But there's something about free-to-air TV that has my soul. I got into the block this year and I adored the block. So much so that Hayden's like, oh, do you want to watch Drag Race? I'm like, no, the block's on, you fucking fool. I've got a few friends that were really into the block this year. It was a great season. It really won over the gays this year. What the fuck?

Yeah, because it was country properties and gays love a getaway. Yeah, they love a getaway. Try living there, arsehole. Try, they love a getaway. Try living there ourselves. Try being raised on a country property. Different story. You could get bashed in the country, but God, we'd love to holiday there. So I love the block. I love the nightly news.

I get home from work at like 10, 10.30 and then there's that, the latest or whatever it's called on Channel 9. Yeah, Channel 7. Channel 7. I love that. Our friend Brooklyn Ross was on that. Yeah. And I just think free-to-air TV is back in fashion. That's my call.

I think that a lot of us are trying to banish it, but it still has a place in our heart. I went to Adelaide with Sean on the weekend, and the first thing he did when we got there was put on the local news, because it's got the local touch. What's happening in Adelaide? And I was like, yeah, that's kind of lovely. Netflix can't give you that, can it?

No, it can't. Was the bulletin 10 seconds long? Nothing's happening. There was not a lot going on in Adelaide, let me tell you. There was some story about a giraffe, I don't know, with a slow fucking news day in Adelaide. Let me tell you, you know that kangaroo video that I put up? You probably didn't. I posted it when I was at a wedding two weeks ago. Kangaroos.

Yeah, there were kangaroos getting in a punch up. Yeah, it must have been a slow news week because I got approached by some media company to buy it. Yeah. I sold it to them and now it's got four million views on the Fox News Instagram. Yeah. I said to to them. And now it's got 4 million views on the Fox News Instagram. Yeah. I said to you, can you post that video on the Couple of Minutes account?

It's funny. And you're like, I can't. I sold it. I'm like, what do you mean? I did. And I negotiated. They said, hey, Mitch. How much did they pay you?

I'm Jason. 250 AUD for the video plus 40% of revenue. And I was like, oh, can you do 500 bucks and 70%? He said, yeah. Wow. Can you send me an example of it being played on the nightly news? 40% of revenue. And I was like, can you do $500 and 70%? He said, yeah. Can you send me an example of it being played on the nightly news? I haven't found it yet, but the woman that I lived with in LA saw it

on the seven nightly news in LA. So I will find that video. What were they like, Australian radio DJs at an altercation at a wedding? No, it would have been Aussie radio personality Mitch Turi got more than he bargained for when the bride and groom walked down the aisle to two feisty guests. Take a wedding. No, it would have been Aussie radio personality Mitch Turi got more than he bargained for when the bride and groom walked down the aisle to two feisty guests. Take a look.

That is such a perfect kicker story for overseas. Like kangaroos fighting in Australia. They'd love that shit. They'd eat it up. I'm going to at least play the video. This is your commentary of two kangaroos bashing each other at the wedding. Weddings are all fun and games until some of the guests start to fight. Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ.

Jesus Christ. Oh, God. All right, now. All right, now. Come on. We're all family now. Come on. Oh, Christ.

Oh, my. In the gut. Oh, he's arcing up. Jeez. Maybe they're actually going to kiss. Oh, no. They're definitely not. No, no.

It's got my god sons in it, and my cousin Crystal was like, look, I'm fine with it, but their faces have been all over American news. I'm like, good point. So, again, you only get that on Free to Wear, don't you? That's right, baby. Free to Wear's back. If you've got something about Free to Wear that you love, let us know, because I feel like there's, whether it be the news,

whether it be a certain show, whether it be the corny ads on morning TV, let us know, because, you know, my ode to real free-to-air TV, it's coming. It's growing. Great. All right. Shall we do your region? Yeah, sure. Let's get into it.

Is it just me or? Is saying congratulations to someone who's just spending their own money a bit of a fucking weird thing to do? I mean, what do you mean? I need an example. Well, there was me getting my new apartment. It was congratulations. And I'm like, yeah, I'm paying rent.

Why are you congratulating me? And then same thing happened the other day. A friend of mine, her phone rang. She goes, oh, sorry, I've got to take this. It was about a new car that she was buying. And they said, well, we've got great news. Congratulations. The car's yours.

And she's like, well, yeah, because I sent you the deposit. Why are you congratulating me? Oh, yeah. Good call. It's just an odd thing to do. And it's like, I haven't, you know, struck luck or anything. I'm paying my hard earned dosh for this. If it was free, congratulations. You've got a free apartment or a free car, but nah. If I was a gold panning on the rivers of Bathurst and I hit a nugget, congratulate me. Did you ever actually go on that excursion? Yes. The gold panning? Yes, and they put fake gold in there. I saw Mrs Barton get down on her swollen knees and sprinkle fake dust into it.

I went on that excursion too. It's on Mount Panorama, the racetrack, isn't it? Yeah. And they really replicate ye olde times where you go gold panning. And I felt so offended because there's this husband and wife in all their old-fashioned clothing. They're telling you all about the gold panning, and I felt so offended because there's this husband and wife in all their old-fashioned clothing. They're telling you all about the gold panning times, and then the husband had a lunch break and they just substituted a new actor with the same wife, and I was like, oh, this is all bullshit.

I fell for it. I didn't realise they were just actors. They should have just run with it and gone, back in the olden days, men could choose which wife they wanted at any minute. This man has chosen a new wife. His previous one was barren. He's moved on.

I remember the fucking school excursions. I had the worst gastro at the Great Aussie Bush Camp. Did either of you do the Great Aussie Bush Camp, Sam? No. The Great Aussie Bush Camp was a replica of Ayers Rock made out of, I swear to God, paper mache. And whenever it would rain, they're like, cover the rock! Anyway, every kid from my area went to the Great Aussie Bush Camp and it was like the fucking Challenge Australia.

We just did stupid games like Firefox and stuff. Anyway, about three years ago, it caught alight and burnt down when a school was there and they had to evacuate everyone and it no longer exists. Oh, okay. I've never heard of this thing. Jenna, can you? Oh, that's right. Oh, that's right.

She resigned. No, I'll get it up on the screen. I can do two things at once. Here, I'll get it up on the screen. I can do two things at once. Here, I'll get it up. What did you do for camp, Mitch? They just make us go to sport and rec camps to go on fucking religious retreats. Oh, fuck. And I've told this story before, but I'm still not over it.

When I was on a religious retreat at a sport and rec camp in Wagga, that was the one day that Delta Goodrum did a surprise appearance at our school. And I was like, are you fucking kidding me? I'm trapped in Wagga at a sport and rec camp praying to Jesus when I could be listening to Delta perform at assembly. Oh, that's so sad. Oh my God. All right. Great Aussie Bush Camp's up on the screen, Mitch.

It was a giant faux-airs rock. Where is it? Central New South Wales. I've never heard of it. Anyway, so that was it in its heyday, and that was sadly it about a month ago. A month ago? We're looking at the burnt down version. Please, guys, Google Great Aussie Bush Camp before and after,

because does that not look like it's made of paper mache? Yeah, that does not look sturdy. That does not look like it would stand high fire danger. And I remember the cafeteria was underneath it. So if you wanted to eat you'd have to go under the Uluru. Look, and there was a play equipment in there. It does feel a bit off making a replica Uluru.

It's like a sacred site, isn't it? Well, I mean no one knows why it burnt down. Hmm. Is it weird to say that I'm in favour of it being burnt down? Just go to the real Uluru, not that scabby thing. Say nup to the rock. Say nup to the fake rock.

Is it just me? That's enough of these two. Now let's hear, and is it just you? All right, now's your chance to get in touch if you want to win a prize. Prizekeeper Jenna, send her a DM, although I don't know if she's checking them these days. Oh, who knows? We'll have to follow up with her in her exit interview.

She'll have to do handover notes. Exit interview. Imagine if we go, is it just me, Jenna, or do we think you're fired? That's how we fire her. She's probably just hoping that happens because she's too polite to quit. I know.

Anyway, Mitch and I both have an idjim, as you've just heard. It's your chance to have one of your own. We call them Is It Just Yous. Who have we got today? Erin Lee has sent in a 56-second one, so once you're over it, tell me and I'll cut it off. Yeah, all right, all right. Spit it out, Erin.

Right. Is it just me or is calling someone twice or thrice consecutively the rud normal or anticlimactic like that is just unbelievably rude to me and I feel like Mitchell would fucking agree Mitchell Coombs by the way I'm referring to so I would really like to know, doll, because it just really riles me up and it happens to me like nearly every day. Cutting her off. She's waffling on. Well, Erin, I vociferously disagree with you actually

because I feel like everyone's mindset is when they see a phone call coming through, they're like, if it's really important, they'll call me back. Yeah. And also sometimes it does take two or three phone calls for the phone call to even reach you if they're on do not disturb. Yeah. Isn't that how it works? Like the first time you call, if they're on do not disturb, it won't even tell them.

But if you do it a couple of times, it'll go, oh shit. You need two. The third one breaks through. Yeah, exactly. And so it's not that unusual to make more than one phone call if the first one isn't answered because you want the other person to know, oi, I'm trying to get a hold of you. If they're wasting your time, sure, I get it. But like, get over it, Erin.

Someone wants to talk to you. Oh, heaven forbid. You'll be the first to bitch if you get no phone calls. You'll be a withered, lonely old slut. And Erin, shame on you because Mitchell disagrees and I agree with you. Yeah, I know you agree. That's what you get for including me. I found it odd that she thought I wouldrees and I agree with you. Yeah, I know you agree. That's what you get for including me. I found it odd that she thought I would agree and that you wouldn't.

Yeah. Because you're the one that's allergic to phone calls. Yes, I don't answer my phone ever. You know what I've had to start doing with you? What? I'll like send a voice message and then I'll follow up immediately afterwards. I'll write in written text so that you see it in your preview. I'll say, by the way, this voice message won't

stress you out. Because I feel like that's one of the reasons why you avoid anything from me, because you think it's something that's going to be stressful. You've really lulled me into a sense of security there. If one day you fuck me over and say, this won't stress you out, and then it does, I'm going to be absolutely ropeable. I'm going to be catatonic. No, I'll have the courtesy to let you know this might be stressful.

Maybe that's why I like Game of Thrones so much, because I would really relate to sending ravens. What's ravens? Oh, in Game of Thrones so much because I would really relate to sending ravens. What's ravens? Oh, in Game of Thrones they're like, the king is dead. Send a raven to King's Landing. What's a raven though? A crow.

Oh! And then they'll write on a scroll, the king is dead, and then they'll give it to a crow in its little hook and then they'll cut to King's Landing and it's like four days later and the king's having tea and then... Ah!

Ah! Ah! Oh, the raven, yes. The king is dead. It's fantastic! That's all I want! And then if you! Ah! Ah! Oh, the raven, yes. The king is dead. It's fantastic. That's all I want. And then if you want to reply, it takes four more days. Bullshit, you would ghost the raven.

You'd just fucking ghost it. Let it ring out. Let it flap out. I'd go, hey, hey, get that raven. That's got a lot of meat on its bones. No, you'd hide. You'd close the curtains and be like, oh, Hayden, babe, if they ask, we didn't see the raven.

Whatever message they have, it's going to be stressful. I thought we had do not raven activated. What the fuck? Just close the blinds. Oh, funny. All right. Thank you, Morticia. What the fuck was her name?

Erin. Erin. No, I get what you're saying, Erin. If it's not important, they don't need to call you more than once, but probably safe to assume that if they're trying to get a hold of you, just stop thinking about yourself. Maybe it's easier for them to do it over phone call because things get lost in translation on text sometimes and it's easier just to talk out loud. I guarantee Erin will rabid on about this and then she'll absolutely pester Jenna for

three weeks in a row. Where's my prize? Where's my prize? Where's my prize? You crow. Sorry. Anyway, don't let our aggro deter you from hitting us up at a couple of mitches. If you haven't, is it just me or your own?

We'd love to hear it. Okey-dokey, it is time to hear from one of our all-time favourite guests, Kate Langbrook. This will be the third time she's been on the podcast, you know. What are you doing? Sorry, sorry. Are you getting a phone call over there? I was getting a phone call.

Like we just spoke about. And I was screening it. I can tell that you weren't listening to me. Sorry. Who have we got on? Kate Langbrook! This is the third time we've had her on the show, Mitch. Yes.

I'll say that before you forget. I can't believe she's in our three-timers club. Let's get her a headband made or something. If you don't know who she is, she's one of those people you sometimes see popping up on The Project. She's done a lot of those panel shows over the years. She's currently hosting My Mum, Your Dad on Channel 9, which if you're not up to date, definitely get on board. You can stream it online now. And if you're one of those people that thinks, oh, reality TV is not for me,

this one's very wholesome. So it makes sense that Kate is hosting it. And how else would you describe her? Known on radio. She used to do Husey and Kate. Radio personality. She's a comedian of sorts. Very, very always funny and very insightful. Yeah. And she's been great to us. We used to work with her. Well, I still work with her. Not anymore.

She's left Kiss. But she used to be around the building in the office and we formed a connection. And she actually asked to come on the show this time. Yeah. So what happened was when she was doing the promo rounds for My Mum, Your Dad, you know, we threw our hat in the ring and said, yeah, we'd love time with Kate if we can. Her manager said, no, no, she's got no more time. She's booked.

She's doing no more press. And then she says, oh, but my Mitch's. I have to. I'll make an exception for my Mitch's because we just love her. And as per fucking usual, we had 10 minutes with her, but it went for 40. Once the three of us are together, you just can't shut us up, really. We're all very similar, really.

She has the best traits of you, the best traits of me, and the worst traits of herself. I also love that because she was in the Melbourne studio, we're in Sydney, we connected the two studios, and the whole time, because she's just such a hoot, you can hear her studio producer Tom laughing in the background the whole time. It's pretty much that role, would you say,

one of the jobs if you're operating the desk, is to keep quiet? Nah, he's just outwardly cackling at it. I loved it. All right, let's roll this. This is us with Kate Langbrook. Enjoy, guys. Kate Langbrook, welcome back to Is It Just Me?

Oh, it's me, Mitches. Katie. Me, Kabbalah Mitches. Oh, at long last. Kate, you can drop the facade. What? Be the real dirty you. What dirty me?

The real Langbrook. Yeah, you're allowed to swear here, don't forget. Yeah, I know. Be yourself. What do you want me to say? G'day, cunts. Just calm down. I mean, is there no foreplay in this?

Are we just straight down? I mean, I understand you're desperate for it. Hey, Mitch is getting it frequently now. Since we've last had you on, big life news for our very own Betty Mitchell Coombs. He's got a life partner! He's got a boyfriend!

What? What's happened? Tell her, tell Kate. Not Betty from Blacktown has had the seal broken. Yeah, for those who don't know, Betty from Blacktown is my nickname so Kate can tell the two Mitches apart. I've got the energy of a middle-aged woman in the West. I understand that.

And also that's radio people, I think they always talk about Betty from Blacktown. They do. And we were like, who is Betty? And then we realised we've actually got a Betty, it's Mitch. It's Mitch. That's me. Can I tell you though, my boyfriend and I, we've got this running joke.

My boyfriend, hang on, hang on. I've just got to digest. Yeah, back up. Just you've got to ease me into this kind of talk. It just came trippingly off your tongue. Boyfriend. And, Kate, he's so handsome. He's in politics. He's intelligent.

He's got brains. He's in politics. You know what? Everyone, every smart man loves a trophy wife. That's all I'm going to say because that is quite a catch. Yeah, it definitely is. And you know one thing I reckon you'll love about him? Do you remember last time we had you on,

we were talking about how much we love your vocabulary, all the big words. Oh, that's right. That's right. But you say you said you love them, but I actually think, I don't think you love them. Well, I'll prove you wrong because my boyfriend and I, we have a shared Google Doc where we both add great words

that we hear if we're having a conversation. One of us drops a big word, we'll go, great, add it to the list. Do you want to hear some of them? Oh, I'd love to. Are they my words or just general words? Just general words, words that we hear out in the wild. In fact, if you want to add some great words, please do. Give us some.

Some of the ones we've got already. Discombobulated. Oh, yeah. I'm not mad on discombobulated. Were you confused? Oh, yeah, it is. We've got vociferous. What's vociferous?

Hungry? I vociferously disagree, like passionately. Oh, passionately. No, no, I can't. That's hard. Yeah, no. Bequeathed. Oh, bequeathed is stunning.

Isn't it? How would you use bequeathed, Kate? Stunning. How would you use Bequeathed? Oh, bequeathed is stunning, isn't it? How would you use bequeathed, Kate? Stunning. How would you use bequeathed? Well, that you've left something to something, you've gifted something to someone. So I have bequeathed unto you the throne. Got it, got it.

And as, I have to say, Radio Royalty, Mitch Turi, has bequeathed unto you the scepter of the prince rising up the ranks. Yes. Oh, wait, are you saying, Kate, you've bequeathed me? to you, the sceptre of the prince rising up the ranks. Yes. Oh, wait. Are you saying, Kate, you've bequeathed me? No, not me. Well, I can't give you my crown because I still need it.

Keep that crown. Good point, yeah. But you know what I mean? You won an award at the Radio Awards and that was like you were touched on the, I was going to say touched on the dick. That's not right. Kissed on the, no. Oh, yeah, kissed. I wasn't touched on the, I was going to say touched on the dick. That's not right. Kissed on the, no. Oh, you kissed. I wasn't touched on the dick.

That's how you work your way up in this industry. I wasn't on the Nova table, dear God. Oh, yeah, you've got to keep your eyes open on that one. Or best, shut your eyes and just hope for the best. All right, give us some more. Indubitably, some of these are even hard to say. I think that's great. I think dubitably just means undoubtedly, doesn't it?

Yes. But like how boring to say undoubtedly when you can say indubitably. It's true. It's true. I'm just going to have the list open for the rest of this interview and just jot down any big ones. One more, one more, one more. Sisyphean.

Get fucked. You don't like that? Have you ever heard it? No, I hate it. You know, there's a terrible, can I tell you a terrible word? Which you won't hear very often, but now you'll probably hear it maybe three times in your life. It's just a terrible word that someone I went out with once used it, and I never felt the same way about him ever.

He said peripatetic. What? I said, what is that? You know what it actually means? And he said it means you move around a lot. Oh, I see. And I'm like, I'll tell you what, mate, I'm moving away from you. That's for sure.

I'm just like I can't, I'm not on necessarily just with a big word for the sake of it. It's just some words, as you said, Mitch, Betty, some words are beautiful. Yes. I like to sound loquacious when I talk with the big words. It was quite peripatetic of you to move to Italy, wasn't it? There he goes. She wants to punch me.

Don't. I adore every part of you. Oh, there you are. I can see you on the screen. In high school, I remember I didn't know. I thought compulsory was the opposite of what it actually meant. I thought compulsory meant. Oh, you thought it was optional.

I thought it meant you had a choice. So my year advisor, Mrs Moyman, went, oh, no, Mitch Math is compulsory. I went, fantastic. I'll do two courses of drama. She went, no, it's compulsory. I went, I know, Mrs Moyman. It took me a while to catch on.

Really? When did you realise when you got the bad score in maths? Yeah. She went, no, it's compulsory. I went, I know, Mrs Moyman. It took me a while to catch on, really. Really? When did you realise when you got the bad score in maths? Yeah, well, I did end up dropping maths. I got up to Pythagoras and fucked off. So that's what I had to do. You know, with maths, when they replace the numbers with letters, I'm like, I'm out. I'm gone.

I'm done. When they add in that little X with the fancy little kick. Yes, and Cs and equals and la la and putting things over, they make them work too hard. And it's always like to the power of N or whatever, like I don't care. No. No, I don't care. And I'm never, ever, ever going to have to work out the pi of a radius

or whatever. I'm just not going to have to do that. I could see my future even at 17 and I knew that that wasn't going to be essential for me. Is that true, Kate? What did you see yourself? Because you are such an enigma, add that to the list, and we adore you.

How did you become a mystery? No, it's not as much as a mystery. You were just so unique and there's no one else quite like you in this country and you were so great at what you do and you do so many things. We'll talk about the new show in a little bit. But did you have your life mapped out? That's a question I never thought I'd ask you,

but what did you see yourself doing as baby Kate? Not even for a moment. I've never had anything mapped out at all. And I think I thought, what did I think when I was little? Because I was raised a Jehovah's Witness, it would never even have occurred to me or anyone in my family that there would be anything to do with showbiz. And in fact, because we were Jehovah's Witnesses, it was even unusual that we went to uni. Oh, wow. Because that was frowned upon because that was seeking man's knowledge rather than God's knowledge.

Oh, my God. Oh, wow. Which is how I believe Mitch Betty got his boyfriend. Yes. Yeah. It works for some people, Kate. Always seeking man's knowledge. I've got none of me own, so I have to seek it.

Yeah, well, that's it. Kate, when did you stray away from that, from the religion? Well, I knew really, really young that I didn't want to be a Jehovah's Witness. Like I just knew that it wasn't me. It was kind of like how people say they know that they were gay when they were really young. Yeah. I was like that about the religion.

I was just like, it's not me. It's just wrong. And so I was always plotting my escape. And then so I moved out when I was 18. Wow. And then I stopped going. And my dad was 18 wow and then I stopped going and my dad was an elder and my brother was a ministerial servant like they were big wigs in the witnesses and um so it was a difficult time but I was studying journalism at that point which luckily a teacher

at school had just said to me you're good at English why don't you study journalism now I didn't ever really know properly what that, like I'm like, okay, I'll apply for that. Just using big words. But I had no plans. Yeah, and we've had Angela Bishop on who has actually discouraged people from making life plans, just like whatever doors open, just walk through them.

Is that what happened with this TV thing? They just said, want to host this show? And you thought, all right, why not? You know, I say no to things all the time. I like all the time. And the joke with me and Hughsy was always that he couldn't say no to work. You know, he's a workaholic and I would always say no to everything. You couldn't say yes. I couldn't say yes. I couldn't say yes and he couldn't say no. We're a perfect match. I was going to say good pair.

And I wonder who is more well rested out of the two of you. Well, I was, but now we've kind of reversed roles because since I came back to say, good pair. And I wonder who is more well-rested out of the two of you. Well, I was, but now we've kind of reversed roles because since I came back from Italy, I've written a book, I've done this radio show, I've done this TV show. It's like I've done lots of things that I wouldn't have done before. Anyway, when they first mentioned the show to me, I was actually doing the Writers' Festivals because my book had just come out, my book about Italy.

Ciao, Bella. Ciao, Bella. And I was like, I can't, I literally, I'm not being a prima donna. I literally don't have time to watch this, blah, blah, blah. And then finally when I did watch it, I went, oh, my goodness, I love this idea. And honestly, within five days I was hosting it. So I didn't even really have time to think any further. My head was spinning. this idea and honestly within five days I was hosting it.

So I didn't even really have time to think any further. My head was spinning. Yeah. Well, that's My Mum, Your Dad, right, Katie? Yes. What's the premise of My Mum, Your Dad? If everyone wants to watch it at 7.30 Monday and Tuesday, Channel 9, 9 now, what's the premise of the show? The premise is that it's single parents looking for love.

Yeah. And they've been nominated by their kids who are all over 18 and the kids, unbeknownst to the parents, unbeknownst, Mitch, Betty Mitch, unbeknownst. Write it. Add it in. Unbeknownst. It's a silent K.

Yeah, no, added it. He's got it in. Unbeknownst to the parents, the kids are watching from their own house. So they're watching their parents every move, which is at once amazing, titillating, awful, stomach churning, brilliant. Everything, every word, every word on his list except peripatetic. They're staying put. It's such like a vulnerable way for them to see their parents dating.

Like sometimes it is easy to like forget that your parents are human. And so it was quite emotional. I was watching it and some of the kids' reactions to like their parents getting nervous at a first kiss on a first date with this new guy. It's like that's not the sort of side to your parents you normally see. Well, you know, I think, have either of you got single parents? No. No, I don't.

My parents are sickly in love. I don't either. And obviously, and my kids don't. But there's something in the relationship that is so beautiful and has a maturity to it that I never had with my parents and certainly my kids don't have with me. Like those kids are so unselfish about their parents and wanting this for their parents that I'm quite amazed by it. And when they watch it, I mean, they're obviously,

they're watching through peep fingers and screaming in horror sometimes. Yeah, some of the awkward kisses, yeah. Which is stunning. I love that. Is there bonking, Kate? Is there bonking going on? Look, I don't want to ruin it for you, but, you know, they are human. You know what I mean?

They have needs and desires. Yeah, urges, some would say. Oh, they have urges. Animalistic urges. Animalistic. Write that down, Betty. Write that down. Write it down. Animalistic. It just feels, Betty. Write that down. Write it down.

Animalistic. It just feels like everyone on that show just wants the best for each other. There wasn't any cattiness like on reality TV. Is there anything like that to come, any fighting or whatever? Surprisingly. I mean, you want some full maths glassing and wine thrown in the face. Not really. I mean, when you're attracted to someone,

I think it's natural to be territorial about them. Yeah. Are you territorial? Well, I've been in a relationship for four years. Mitch, are you territorial yet with the new flame? Is that an answer? Look how he obfuscated. Write that down, Betty.

No, I obfuscated. Obfuscated. He didn't really want to answer. No, no, no. I'm not ovulating. Don't you point that finger and insinuate that I'm dropping eggs. How dare you, Langbrook. I said how fascinating.

Oh, we're going to prize open the wizened nut that is Mitch Turi and expose the tender kernel within. Ask again. Are you territorial over your partner? Yeah. You know what? My partner is very attractive and he had what we call the hoe face. So before I met Hayden, Kate, he had bleached blonde hair.

You'd know, right, Mitch? Oh, yeah, right. Bleached blonde hair and that was the signal. That was the metaphor of I am open for business. A little gay slut. A little gay slut. And, Kate, a bit of context. So I, for Kyle and Jackie O, my first job like nine years ago was the cash cock,

and I dressed up as a giant rooster and ran around Sydney and was tackled, and if you caught the cock, you got $1,000. Are you obfuscating again? No, he's tantalising. I love this. I never knew you were the cash cock. I hope people weren't too rough with you when they grabbed you. They were.

Oh, my God. It was really – this is a true story, Kate. I was in the emergency room twice from cock. I bet because when people grabbed the cock, they would have tried to give it a good plucking because they wanted the cash. They wanted the cash. Yep, yep. I once had a Hilux turn off Cal Pasture Road and chase me into the backyard of someone's house.

True story. Anyway, that's a – hold on, that's a non-sequitur. Oh, non-sequitur. Non-sequitur. It's when one thing doesn't logically follow the other. Yes. Write it down. Write it down.

That would be a good podcast for us. That would just be constant non-sequiturs, just non-sequiturs. Anyway, but hang on. How does this lead to you being territorial? Great question. No, it doesn't. I have toiturs. Anyway, but hang on. How does this lead to you being territorial? Great question. No, it doesn't. I have to do ADHD. No, no, no.

So I messaged him and I said, never met him before, but I thought he was cute, the bleached blonde hair. I wanted to thrash him around. So I sent him a photo at midnight and I said, hi, I hope you don't mind me messaging you out of the blue, but here is an unsolicited cock pic. Oh, and it was you in your cash cock outfit. Dressed as this cash cock.

Oh, that's the dopes. And he replied, and I'd never been with a man before. What did he say? And he replied, I'm at Sydney Uni. Do you want to fuck? And that sort of ruined the moment for me. Oh, my goodness. You were so nuanced and cute.

And he was just bleach blonde to the point. Yep, straight to the point. And he said, I'm at Sydney Uni. you want to blow me in the bleachers? Oh, goodness. Yeah, those hallowed halls. A matinee gobby, he was suggesting. Oh, goodness. It's a lot.

Oh, so he was a turkey. So he was on to the gobbling. And you, you're a perfect pair. Yes, perfect pair. Anyway. Oh, he's stunning. Hang on, Tom at mine's just shown me a photo. Yeah, it was his gorgeous hayden. Oh, he's gorgeous, Hayden.

Oh, he's beautiful. He actually looks like you. That's interesting. He's half Filipino, Kate. Seeing on the principle that, you know, when people are attracted to people that look like them. Well, that's a different show. That's my mum, your dad and a cousin.

That's a very different program. Oh, he's really beautiful. So are you territorial? Yes. The long story short is I'm very territorial. And, yes, that's him with the bleached hair. Yeah. It's really beautiful. So are you territorial? Yes. The long story short is I'm very territorial. And, yes, that's him with the bleached hair. It's changed now. I think I worked so hard to get the prize.

Yes, yes. You're jealous. You're jealous. And you guard. Yeah, of course. Okay. But, Kate, we work in radio. You tell a story.

You know how it works. I just had to add that in. I loved it all. What do you explain? That was just the most gorgeous by-road and back-road. Yeah, well, that's what he likes, funnily enough. Hello. And a dirt track, I believe.

Yeah. Oh, gosh. Okay. Now let's go down, down, down, down. Beg your pardon? What smouldering down there. Some uncertainty, a little bit of something, a little bit of jealousy. Insecurity.

Oh, my God, no wonder you're hosting this show. You just fucking like to dissect relationships, don't you? Yes, you know that I love that. In fact, one of the guys, one of the bosses from Channel 9, who was just gorgeous, John Walsh, his name is anyway, he was on the set every day when we were filming and he said to me one day, oh, my goodness, you're a cross between den mother and amateur psychologist. And I went, this man has just summed up my entire life.

Yeah. In how many words is that, Mitch? Black Betty, how many words? When did I become Black Betty? Bamber lamb, Jesus. Bamber lamb. Is it just me? A podcast by a couple of mitches.

Yeah, we're here with Channel 9's Kate Langbrook, host of My Mum, Your Dad. Are you filming for the show today? Because you look very glammed up, by the way. You look gorgeous. Oh, well, you know why? Because I leave my make-up, because I do the project on a Tuesday night and when I come in to do pick up on a Wednesday with Monty,

I always give her a thrill. I don't know if she's getting that much of a thrill out of it, to be honest, but I always leave my makeup on from the night. I sleep in my makeup. It's a secret to my beautiful complexion. Makeup artists will never tell you that. Sleep in it. They're always like, you must remove your makeup.

I'm like, no, if you want to look beautiful all the time, girls, leave your makeup on. That's a good hat. Never remove it. And so do the projects still let you work for that show, even though you're cheating on them with Channel 9? Yes, and isn't that amazing? That is rare.

I'm a freelancer, I guess, but you're right. It's one thing for me to say, I'm a freelancer, but it's another thing for a network to go, oh, we'll let you host this massive show on another network. Yeah. And I very much appreciate that they have. But also, you know what, Channel 10, you could have put a ring on it and they didn't.

So if Channel 9 are coming, I'm like, yeah, okay. Yeah, why not? You take rings where you find them, which is Mitra's dating technique, actually, before he met this new boy. Really? How many rings did he take? How many rings? Excuse me.

No, I never went through the gay slut phase. Was it like a hundred-year-old oak tree that he sliced through the trunk? My Lord, there'd be a lot of rings. Oh, that's awful. Whomping Willow. Right down whomping. Right down whomping. Whom awful. Whomping Willow. Write down whomping. Write down whomping. Whomping.

Whomping. With an H. It's with an H. H. All right, that's done. Hey, you know how you said that you struggle to say yes to work and you've obviously turned a lot of things down? What were some of those?

What are some of the ones you said no? Like everything. Have you been asked to go in the jungle? Oh, yeah. Yes, I've been asked to go in the jungle. Just think of every reality show. Right. Except Love Island, hurtfully.

Why is that missing from my oeuvre? Write that down. It's French. It means body of work. Or does it mean egg? What? Who speaks French? When I Google oeuvre, it says, do you mean Uber?

No. Oh, O-U-V-E-R-E. Oeuvre. What's okra? What am I thinking? Oh, no, that's a vegetable that they eat in Jamaica. I find it gross. I don't like it.

It's slimy, isn't it? It's slimy. Slimy. Kate. And then in Jamaica, they're like, oh, you haven't had it cooked right. It's like scrambled egg. I'm like, well, why don't you eat fucking scrambled eggs? Not some slimy pod hanging off a tree.

It's a pod. It's a pod. Now, Kate, you're Dutch, right? Or half Dutch? Well, I say Jamaica because my mum's Jamaican-American. Yeah. And my dad is Dutch. Got it.

Or was Dutch. I don't want to bring down the tone. I mean, he still is Dutch wherever he is. Yes, correct. And he was Dutch. And he always will be Dutch. And he will remain Dutch. Yes, correct.

He'll remain Dutch. Yes. Well, yes, my dad's side of the family is Dutch. We have that in common. We have that in common. I have an Oma and an Opa. Oh, my God, my mum. So I was at a wedding on the weekend, Kate and Mitch.

I was at this family wedding and, you know, the vows had just been handed down and it was that awkward two-hour period where the bride and groom are off getting gold-awful sunset photos. It's too long. Too long. That period's too long. It's exhausting. Yeah.

And by the time they come back in, we're not happy to see them. No, I agree. It's like they've ruined it. It's too long. Too long. So my mum obviously went to Instagram and she said, Mitch, look at Kate's Instagram story because my mum on her birthday, on her wedding anniversary with my dad, always requests one dish

and it is prawns, king prawns with an avocado. And mango? And mango and a bit of whatever sauce she puts on it. Well, that's a Mahri sauce or just a cocktail sauce. Yes, cocktail sauce. But she only likes the Praised cocktail sauce. She's very peculiar. Oh, my goodness, I make my own, but I make it with Praise mayonnaise,

the king of mayonnaises, even though I can't really forgive them for having a few years ago gone from glass bottles to plastic bottles. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I harbour a grudge. I don't want to eat anything out of plastic. I'm not a fucking Kardashian. No. I don't.

I want my sauces in glass. I want my sauces in glass. I want my oils in glass. I don't want your BHPs or whatever they're called leaching out of plastic. Micro-plastic. Yes. I'm with you. I don't want it. Write that down.

Write that micro-plastic. Write it all down. I'm like Barbara Cartman now narrating a novel. You are. We just need to get someone to take the minutes of the interview at this point. You know what word sprung to mind when you were describing that meal, Mitchell? Oh, what word? Oh, that sounds like quite a sumptuous repast.

Sold that from Kate. Spell sumptuous, my darling Mitch. Betty Mitch. No, I get shocked. I'm not doing that. Too many S's for my lisp. I love your lisp. Hey, by the way, my 13-year-old son, Yarny, has a lisp.

And we adore his lisp. Yeah. And people say to us, are you going to send him to speech therapy? Which, A, I find rude, B, probably practical, but C, not necessary thoughts. As an adult lisper, your thoughts. Well, I didn't go to speech therapy per se, but when I first moved away and started going to radio school, there was a teacher that very kindly pulled me aside and said,

I happen to be a speech pathologist as well as a teacher. So she would like keep me back for an hour or whatever, just help me work on the letter S so it was more pronounced. Is it a sibilant S? Sibilant S, yes. And so I found that helpful but obviously that was helpful in my line of work because I was going to be talking into a fucking microphone so I don't know why I hadn't thought

of it sooner. But if he's not doing that then he doesn't really need it. It's kind of adorable, isn't it? I find it adorable. Like I just like it. And when someone said to me once something, I was somewhere and someone made a joke about lisping or whatever, and of course someone, some buzzkill in the audience goes,

and you shouldn't make a joke about disability. And my girlfriend said, a lisp is not disability, it's just not perfection. Yeah, I like that. And I went, oh, my goodness, I love that so much because everything's so perfect. Everyone's walking around with those big white veneer teeth that, by the way, I'm very attracted to and if I'm going to continue

at Channel 9, I think I need some because I don't have them. But, no, I just don't think I can pull it off. I'm like Mitch on a first date. Oh, no, you don't know him well enough then. Jesus. Not anymore. He's not like that now. He's committed.

He's got carpal tunnel. Add that in tunnel. Tunnel. Carpal. Carpal. Carpal. Can I just say, God, so many non sequiturs, but I went to speech pathology.

My mum sent me to speech pathology because I had a minor lisp and they got it out of me. You did as well. Yeah, and I think I miss it. I think I don't remember it and I miss what I could have sounded like. You miss. I miss, yeah. I really miss it.

Well, Yarny's very lispy. Is Yarny the one that you said that his personality is a liability? Oh, that would be if he doesn't become a lawyer. But I said if you become a lawyer, your personality is an asset. And what was the reason for that again? Does he just ask a million questions? He argues. He loves to argue.

Like if you say something to him, he just loves to catch you out on whatever you haven't encompassed with just a statement. Yeah. He always likes to look for the exclusion. And then sometimes it's so exhausting. Sometimes in our house we just have to go, Yarny, no more questions. Enough. Just the hand.

Enough. And now we can just hold up the hand. We go, Yarny, and he goes, no more questions? We're like, yes. And so what was it you said to him? You need to be a lawyer. Otherwise, your personality is a liability. I said to him, this was when we were in lockdown and I had spent a day.

Anyway, I said to him, his godfather's a lawyer. Really clever, gorgeous guy who drops us off bagels every Sunday. Oh, my God. Just so beautiful. Peabee. Gorgeous. Anyway, Yarny's godfather's a lawyer lawyer and so Yarny just so adores him, you know, in the way that you just love an uncle figure.

Yes. You know how boys love men. Uncles, yeah. Anyway, and so Yarny wants to be a lawyer as well. So he's just got this rigorous mental thing that he'd actually be perfectly suited. He's an arguer. He loves the play of it, whatever. Anyway, so we're in lockdown.

I was so exhausted by it and cooking for fucking six people and la, la, la. I mean, it was a lot. And I said to him, you better be a lawyer when you grow up or your personality will be a liability. But if you become a lawyer, your personality will be your biggest asset. Now, he couldn't tell if that was like he was so thrilled by that until Waleed Ali made out like that was a big insult. Yeah, that was what offended Waleed, wasn't it?

Yes, I get it. There were all these headlines. Waleed, of all things to offend him. And I said to Waleed, you are a lawyer. How can you be offended by that? You are a lawyer. You literally told him that that skill, that personality trait, will actually help him and does help him.

I said to him in a meeting one day, I'm going to say the same thing to you I said to my 12-year-old son as he was then. And then Waleed didn't seem to take the compliment from it. Of course he wouldn't. He didn't. Fucking lawyers. Lawyers, lawyers, lawyers, yes. And then he sent me a bill, a bill of allowances,

while he worked it out. You know what? This is very different to the last time we spoke to you, Kate. Last time we interviewed you, I don't know if you remember, but you were in bed with a bag of salt and vinegar chips on your chest. You just finished watching Morning Wars? You just binged Morning Wars. Oh, my goodness.

And you admitted to us that you had COVID, which at that time wasn't worldwide news. No, it was so scandalous. Did they make you cut it out? Kate, the management of the radio station called Mitch. They called me and they said, you cut that out. They made me remove that part and I was like, it's really not that salacious.

Everyone's had COVID at this point. Yeah, it was bizarre, Kate. So was that like October last year? I think so, yeah. Because do you know what? It was so unusual to have COVID at that time that the newspaper was trying to do a story about it and I'd been to a party on the Thursday where I had given it to, and we were still in semi-lockdown or whatever you could have.

Yeah, it was weird. Some bullshit rules in Victoria. My God. Anyway, you could only go with 10 people. So there were like 10 people at this party, but like eight of them got COVID. And then one of my girlfriends who was at that party went to another party on Saturday night and she gave COVID to 36 people. 36? And that then the whole thing, because at that point people still knew

where they got it and on the Friday I gave it to Peter Hellyer. Oh, no. And they were trying to keep that under wraps. We could have made you come unstuck. Yeah. We could have been the ones, a couple of niches. Like three weeks later no one would have even bothered writing a story because everybody had it then.

God, yeah. It exploded. Yeah, so this is the third time we've had you on actually. Have we ever told you that we once did a poll in our Facebook group saying, who's the favourite guest we've had on the podcast? And you by a landslide, Langbrook. It was you. Gen Z.

Gen Z love Kate Langbrook. I say Z. Oh. I'm not putting that on the fucking list. Why do you say it like that? I like it. I think it's kind of with it. Gen Z.

I say Z. It's very American of you, though. Oh, my God. And because I've got a 17-year-old daughter. Yeah, true. Oh, yeah, true. How's your eldest son? How's his driving going? Because that also happened last time you were

on. He walked in and said, can you take meal plating? Oh, did he? I can't remember any of this. You also said that you would give me $20,000. Yeah, no, I heard it too. Show me where that's written down. Didn't want to bring it up. How's he? How's he going? Lewis Lewis is divine.

Killing it in the driving seat. He's finished school. He's halfway through his hours. Oh, God. Because he was still doing year 12. Year 12 is horrible. Oh, it's awful, isn't it? Horrible.

It's that time of year I forget. How's he doing with the exams? Well, we don't know how he went. It's still November. But he actually worked really hard, which I didn't think he was capable of. I thought he was more like me, like kind of good on the fly but not really academic. Yeah, right.

But he worked so hard and with his alleged father every night and every day for four months at the dining room table, Peter tutored him so patiently and beautiful that I could have fallen in love with him all over again. Peter Allen Lewis. Pal tutoring. Hey, just come to Pal tutoring. Just stunning Pal.

I like that. Peter Allen Lewis. Exactly. It's a good nickname. It is good. Well, we better let Kate go. God, we've held up enough of her time. I've loved it.

I love that Kate started this interview sitting, then she was standing. Now she's sitting again. I'm exhausted now. You have sucked me dry. We have. Yeah, sorry about that. That's what we do. Again.

We love you, Kate. This happens every time Kate is on. We say to the producer, I swear it'll only be 10 minutes and then fucking 40 minutes later. Sorry, before we go, Betty, Mitch, your boyfriend, who Mitch has talked up enormously in a most beautiful manner. And accurately. I need to see a photo of him as well.

Okay, hang on. And that man is in politics. Get this, Kate. He's a teal. I didn't know there were any boy teals. An independent. Yeah, I know. I didn't know that there were boy teals.

No, teal's a gay term. It means he's circumcised. But, you know, my boys are teals. I'll send you. Are they? Those are mine. Maybe it's a Dutch thing. One of my girlfriends actually, when she had a daughter but if she had a son,

the doctor said to her, I know that this is out of vogue but I strongly advocate circumcision if you have a baby boy. And she said, why is that? And the doctor said, the male doctor said, because when he grows up he might want to get a BJ. Isn't that an amazing thing to say? What a great doctor. I wasn't made it inappropriate to say to a pregnant woman. I think it is, isn't it?

It's also not accurate. Oh, my. Of course. Look, here we go. Here we come. Here we come. Choo-choo. I just like you to know.

Is that just your first impression? Oh, my goodness. What do you think? Oh, I just think that's so beautiful. I love everything about this photo. He's on a couch. Sean's sitting on a couch. Oh, my goodness.

On my lap, actually. Yeah, no, he's on your lap. He almost looks animated, doesn't he? Yeah, because he looks perfect and almost American. Yes. In a frat boy kind of way, but a smart frat boy. Oh, yeah. I mean, I've got to go.

I'm exhausted. No, I'm sorry, Katie. I mean, I'll just stay here. No, no, I'm so happy. But if I stay here, I'll say things I shouldn't say. I've already told you too much. What do you say when your team go, when the beautiful Mel says, you've got the couple of mitches, what's your guttural reaction? What do you say when your team go, when the beautiful Mel says, you've got the couple of mitches, what's your guttural reaction?

What do you say? Well, you know I'm thrilled about you, but mostly I go, I can't be fucked. Just generally. Fair enough. You know I adore you two. And radio's draining. You'd have to just go home and be catatonic for a bit. Well, I've got to go to Lewis's graduation tonight.

Good afternoon. Keep the make-up on for that. Yes. Oh, I will. The project make-up. I will, and I'll just say, Aline, because that's what other parents from school love is when you're just swanning looking like. You've come fresh from a TV studio.

Yes, I love it. Parents of teenagers who generally, as you would discover in the world, are not generally the people who are the happiest or look their best. Yes. Oh, God, yeah. We just love it when someone turns up looking like this. Well, listen, my mum, your dad, get more Kate Langbrook. Monday, Tuesday, 7.30, Channel 9, 9 now.

Get me into you. Play the catch up. We love you, Kate. Love you. Welcome to the Three Timers Club on our show. Oh, who else is in that Three Timers Club? Oh, no, we've got to go. Kate, no.

Just tell me quickly another name. None. None. You're the first. I'm the only one. You, no. Just tell me quickly another name. None. None. You're the first. I'm the only one. You're the only one. Rightly so. Thank you, Kate.

Love you. Love you. We love you. See you. Bye-bye. Bye, bye, bye. Oh, God love her. She's the best.

I agree. All right, we should get out of here, guys. We're done this week. Yep, thanks for hanging out with us for another week. Don't know how many more weeks we've got left until we wrap for the year. No, we need to have a chat. I'll send you a raven. You'll get it by December 1st.

Great, I'll install the bug zapper. Imagine that. I think you need a rifle for that. Ask your dad. Yeah, sweet. He's in town this week, actually. I'll ask him to bring the rifle. What do you mean? Why is he in town? Oh, they've been meaning to come down for a while, but all the flooding has stopped

them. They're finally meeting the boyfriend. Oh, my God. I know. Another first. Introducing someone I'm dating to my parents. Wish me luck. All right. We'll have to hold that conversation.

We'll talk about it after it happens. Yeah. We'll see you next week. If you want to get in touch, a couple of Mitch's slide into the DM. Send us a message. Just tell us if you love us. Leave us a five-star review, voice message, and is it just you if you've got one, and we'll get you on the show.

Thanks for listening, you. See you. Catch you soon. Bye-bye. Is it just me? A podcast by a couple of Mitches. Make sure you've hit follow on your podcast app. Welcome to ADD Brief.

This is our secret segment on the end. Just answer the call for fuck's sake. No, no, no. Who keeps calling you? Oh, no one. No, it's all good. It's all good. I'll leave it.

All right. You just haven't got a very good poker face. I can absolutely tell when you're not listening. Sorry, sorry. Welcome, everyone. Hi. Oh, sorry. Welcome, everyone. Hi. Oh, sorry. Oh, my God. Oh, my God.

Now, what's happening with this Sean meetup you're doing? Do you know what's happening? Because it's a big moment. Yeah. Where at? Don't know yet. I haven't figured that out. The new place?

Do you have a dining table yet? No, not yet. At the time of record, I'm doing the big move over the weekend. So I'm kind of half living in two apartments at the moment, which is very stressful. Because I woke up this morning in the old apartment. That's where my bed still is. And I was like, oh, fuck, I need to do my skincare routine. Oh, I left all that at the new place, didn't I?

So, yeah, it's all over the shop at the moment. I hate disarray. Yes, and right now you're in the middle of it. I'm in a lot of disarray. So what's the plan for dinner? You're going to go out somewhere? A restaurant can be hard because it's noisy and loud. I truly haven't thought about it.

I live hour by hour at the moment. That's a later problem. Is Sean anxious about it? No, no, he can't wait. He's spoken on the phone. Yeah, no, he's quite excited actually. That's actually very cute. And he goes, we kind of want to fuck with them a little bit

and just like somehow raise the subject of kids and family down the track and then say to them in all seriousness, yeah, well, we are trying at the moment. Yeah, we just don't really know what we're doing wrong. See how mum and dad react. Like, do we have to explain to them why Mitchell isn't pregnant? I'm sure they'll know. I'm sure they'll know.

But we're just going to fucking commit and double down. That's very funny. I find that so interesting. I was so nervous before I had met my family. Although I wasn't I'd just come out like the week before. True. Yours was all very rushed. I've had fucking years to mentally prepare for this. True.

No, I'm not nervous. I wasn't even that nervous meeting his family because I'm just acutely aware that I'm such delight. Yes, you are. Impossible to not like. How was his 30th? Oh, yeah, it was good. I'm bloody knackered. Like, the week in Adelaide.

Oh, my God. How were the stand-up shows? Fantastic. Great. Love them. Round of applause, Sam. Mitch's shows. Very, very good.

That's the end of the Kenya Standard Era. Burn all the merch. Burn all the merch, yeah. Put it on eBay. Make some cash. I stole all the posters. Oh, my God. Speaking of merch, when i was cleaning

out the old apartment guess what i found what i wonder if you'll even remember this happening on the podcast that old shitty broken violin that you bought me on facebook marketplace i don't even remember this so we were both wanting to see if we remembered how to play the instruments we learned as kids i got you a beautiful saxophone. I just got it on loan from a music shop. But you were like, no, I'm going to buy one at Facebook Marketplace. It's cheaper and then we can keep it. He did not check the fact that the bow had no horse hair. Oh, yes.

And so I couldn't physically play it. And so I just chucked it in my storage cupboard. And then when I was packing, I was like, oh, my God, this old shitty broken violin. What did you want me to do? Go to a stable and pluck some from a mare? No, I just wanted you to rent a normal violin like I did for you. Oh, I'm sorry. And this was during COVID as well.

Why did you keep that? Well, that's what I'm wondering because I found it and I was like, is it going to be the new signed wine cork? Do we put this on eBay? See if someone wants a broken shitty violin with no E string or horse hair. Well, we made like, what, 70 bucks from a cork? We could. I don't know.

Is it just me memorabilia that people would cherish or is it just a fucking broken violin that's going to take up quite a lot of space? I think we could just give it away. That's offensive. Just like, take this. We'll do the same charity thing. Oh, you weren't here that week. That's fine.

What happened? The chick who bought the wine cork, I ended up donating the money to charity. Yes, yes, of course. I remember that, yeah. Yes, I think you're right. That's insulting. We can't give something. Do we pop it on eBay or something?

I don't know. We could donate it to two girls and a cat. Oh, God. Let's give it to them with a bomb in it. A broken violin. Oh, it sounds like your podcast. This has made better sounding things than any episode you ever put out. No, we love Jenna.

We do support her. Oh, dear. Oh, I'll tell you what. What a week it's been. Oh, yeah? Exhausted. Oh, yeah, same. You and me both chugged.

Let's just have a nap on the podcast. Fuck it. Takes me so long to fall asleep. I've been out like a light recently. Really? My back's killing me. Why? I've been assembling all this fucking flat pack furniture. Oh, yeah, asleep. I've been out like a light recently. Really? My back's killing me. Why? I've been assembling all this fucking flat pack furniture.

Oh, yeah, yeah. I've been heaving items, you know, heavy lifting. And also this came off the back of the Adelaide weekend. My flights were delayed until I didn't get to Sydney until after midnight. Then I had to be up early because I have to meet people at the new place for deliveries and stuff. It's just been all over the shop. You poor thing. Yeah.

I don't know how people with like full-time jobs can move because it's been very laborious any hour of the day. This is something that needs to be done. I tell you, the people that you need to talk to and the fucking keys and the landlord and you're right, the congratulations. And of course, no one can help me because they're all at work. They're all at work. Yeah, good point.

I ended up moving at a perfect time because guess what? When I was shopping for all my new furniture, Black Friday sales, bitch. It was perfect. I saved so much. Well, the thing is Hayden and I won't need new furniture. We just have to do a simple move, which is nice. When?

We have to take the rent theory. No, when did I ask? No, no, but you said it would be easy because of the Black Friday. No, I said it was easy for me. Oh, well, I was just trying to relate to the conversation. Anyway, why else are you so exhausted? There's a lot going on. It's the end of radio year, so radio wraps up about three weeks before everyone else.

So next week's the last year of shows. Is it next week? Yeah, it's next week. Shit. So I've got five more night shows. I've got to do the other Life Uncut show. I do the other She's on the Money show. I've just got three shows.

Everyone's trying to wrap up. Everyone wants to have a Christmas party. I'm in the middle of talking about what I got to do the other Life Uncut show. I do the other She's on the Money show. I've just got three shows. Everyone's trying to wrap up. Everyone wants to have a Christmas party. I'm in the middle of talking about what I want to do next year. Things are happening. There's multiple things that I could do, and it's just a lot of stress. This podcast will stay. That's one thing that has been locked in every day.

It sounds like it just costs the listeners money for it to stay. Yeah. Have you ever seen those TikTok live streams where they're like, oh my God, oh, JamesBoy404, thank you so much for the sub. Cash money. And they have sound effects like that. Yeah. I don't know where any of that money goes. I don't ask people to buy me gifts on TikTok live, but sometimes they do.

And then I don't know where that money goes. I don't think I've ever set up a transaction account or anything. I'm like, where the fuck does all this money go? Isn't that weird? It's like YouTube. It's like, they're like, you've made this much this week. And it's like, I'd rather not have it. Then you've got to claim that on tax and it's a whole thing. Shit, I hate tax time. It's just chump change, really.

I still haven't paid my tax for this year. I haven't done it either. I email my accountant almost weekly being like, yo, where's it at? But I guess it's on her, not me. Corrupt. It's not corrupt. Thank you. She did ask me to pay my quarterly Baz the other day, though, and I was like, I still haven't paid tax. Why am I paying Baz?

Fuck off. What's a Baz? I don't know. I just pay it. Baz Luhrmann? No, it's business activity statement. Business activity statement. Are you in Elvis?

No. Oh. Congratulations. Nat Bass was. Wouldn't surprise me if they put you. You've got more followers than she does. Yeah. At this point.

Don't you dare besmirch my NatBass. I love her. I had NatBass on my show last week, and this is exactly how the interview started. I went, NatBass, such a pleasure to have you here. What's up, party people? Where you at? That's what she said. I can't believe you didn't tell me that, because I said to you after I saw Jagged Little Pill,

the musical she was in, I was like, can we get NatBass? I could get NatBass. What's happened to my voice? You're about to burp, aren't you? Oh, something's gone. It's lod in. I was like, can we get Nat Bass? I could get Nat Bass. What's happening to my voice? You're about to burp, aren't you? Oh, something's going on. It's lodged. I sound like a Pixar character. Oh my God.

Oh no, it's going. Wow, that was bizarre. I can't believe you didn't get me Nat Bass. Yeah. I would adore that. I could try. Yeah, do it. Thanks.

Siri, call Nat Bass. There's no Nat Bass in your contacts. Would you like me to call Chris Bath instead? No! We should call Sarah Harris on the podcast because she got Carrie Bickmore's gig on the project. Alright, what's her number? No, not now.

Oh. There's some time on the podcast. We love Sarah Harris. Isn't it nice that we made friends with all these people throughout the years and now they're kicking everyone out. So in five years, we'll be friends with the fucking Prime Minister at this point. Carla from Bankstown will get elected.

We'll be like, let's just call the PM. That's actually what Kyle and Jackie O did well. They've been on air so long and they had all the shit stars that those shit stars have become the big stars. Now they're just friends with them all. Like Kyle calls Pink and Zac Efron, but the only reason he can call them is because he interviewed them when they were nobodies. Yeah, true.

So, you know, when Star McGowan is hosting the Oscars, we can go, let's call Star McGowan and ask her how her period shit is before she hosts the Night of Nights. Oh, didn't that cause a stir? I got messages being like, what the hell is a period shit from women? But then there were all these other people in the Facebook group saying, no, no, they're real. Have you ever heard of a period shit, Sam? Sadly, yes. Oh, you're the only one here that dates women. Yeah.

Can't recommend. Really? Hmm. Can you do an impression of one? Oh, yeah. You don't have to. It doesn't really have an audible thing. Oh, dear.

Oh, no. Followed by like a gush. I'm trying. It doesn't really have an audible thing. Oh, dear. Oh, no! Followed by like a gush. Oh, my. A gush? Yeah. Oh, Christ, nah. This is how I picture it. Because women are beautiful people and creatures.

I never said they weren't. I don't have to deal with that on a monthly basis. Jesus. Jesus Christ, that'd be a lot. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. basis. Jesus. Jesus Christ, I'd be a lot. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Anyway.

Anyway. Sam, in 15 seconds, name five ex-Prime Ministers. John Howard. Kevin Rudd. The one that died recently. Anthony Albanese. The one that drowned. Yes. He said name them, to be fair. Not describe them. The Ranger. recently, Anthony Albanese, the one that drowned.

Yes. I'm off. He said name them, to be fair, not describe them. The Ranger. Tony Aldridge. Tony Aldridge is the boss of Kiss. Yeah, and wrong Tony, Dom. Doesn't have the guts to be Prime Minister, not in my books.

Hit me with one. Maybe this will switch my brain back into gear. Okay, here we go. In 15 seconds, name for me five cereals. Fruit Loops, Cocoa Pops, Rice Bubbles, Milo cereal, Wheat Bix. One more. That was five, wasn't it? Do one more.

You can do one more. No. Crispy. Yeah, he's done it. Wow, it's time to spare. All right, give me one. Since when is it 15 seconds? I thought it was five and ten, famously.

I do 15 seconds because my listeners are inept. Do you? Yeah. Wow. In 10 seconds, name five Australian artists you've interviewed. Oh, shit. Oh, that's fucking easy. Guy Sebastian, Delta Goodrum, Natalie Bathingthwaite, Amy Shark, and Illy.

I spoke to Illy last week. There you go. There you go. Well done. Easy. Wow, 15 really is too long. It's really too long. No, I'll give you a hard one, Ray.

Are you sure that it's not the sound effect is 15 seconds long, including the brrrr at the end? No, because it's 22 seconds in length. Wow. In 15 seconds, name five countries in the European Union. Oh, shit. I know. France. Yeah.

Italy. Germany. Austria. Oh, shit. What? Oh, Sam, why the fuck would you dog me like that? He just gave me one that I was lip reading, and then I was like, do it again? And he just didn't move his mouth.

Fuck you. Poland? Poland. Oh, you give me a hard one, because I need a hard one. That was tough. Okay. Name five Labor front benches. Christina Keneally.

You could say anything and I'd say short. Kenya Plibersek. I don't know. Kenya Plibersek. Anthony Albanese. You didn't say when. Kevin Rudd. And Julia Gillard.

At one point they were all Front Benches. Technically. You know that I don't know any of them, so you could have said any name and I'd go, you nailed it. Healthy Harold. Barney. Barney. And the three Powerpuff Girls. Angela Bishop's mum.

Oh, hell. Give me another one. Give me another one. Give me another one. Okay, okay. In 15 seconds, name five procedures you could get done at a dental surgery. A deep clean. A root canal.

Oh, please. A filling. A calcium build-up removal. Oh, that's a clean. No. You've got to scroll. I don't know. Meneers.

Oh. What? Don't make them too fucking hard. Yeah, that was tough. Sam, in 15 seconds, five different types and styles of haircuts. Oh. Oh. What? Don't make them too fucking hard. Yeah, that was tough. Sam, in 15 seconds, five different types and styles of haircuts. Oh. Ah. Short.

Yeah. Short, medium. Medium length. Medium, long length. That is the most straight boy thing I've ever heard. You got it right, though. You can't hold that. It's still true.

You could have said pixie, Concave Bob. There's so many ones you could go into. Oh, yeah. All right, guys. I better go here. Oh, is that right? Yeah, I hate to break it to you. No, it's actually, it suits me perfectly.

Oh, what's happened now? Looking at his phone again. Yeah, sorry. What is it this time? No, just I'm in the middle of... Put him on. No. I've got to run, everyone.

I'd love to see you run. I've got to run, everyone. I'd love to see you run. I've got to slowly walk. There we go. We hope this podcast made you feel at least 3% better today. That's all. So we do. So we do. It certainly made me feel better.

Good luck with the fan. I love Kate. And Sean. Yeah, Kate's an absolute legend. Yeah, God love her. All right, we love you guys. We'll see you next week. Yeah, we'll see you then. Bye, you love her. All right, we love you guys. We'll see you next week. Yeah, we'll see you then.

Bye, you. See you. Bye. Is it just me? A podcast by a couple of mitches. Make sure you've hit follow on your podcast app.