Is It Just Me? - #172: Jenna's Audition

Episode Date: November 14, 2023

In this episode: When we thought we were asexual (04:50) Churi’s escape room date (05:44) Red Rooster have made a major change (13:57) Can we tell the difference between Coke and Pepsi? (18:10) Jenna auditions her IIJM (25:06) Our “Secret Segment” ADDebrief (40:37)   MUG-VEMBER: Order your 'Teal Era' mug here: coupleofmitches.myshopify.com Join our Facebook group 'Endurant Idiots' facebook.com/groups/477062186470271 Hit us up: @coupleofmitches Send us a text: 0422 948 202See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This is Is It Just Me? Hosted by a couple of Mitches. Hello, you. Hello, you. Brace yourself for the rude shocks of young adulthood. I'd rather be dead than be called Gunkle. Oh, that nickname for gay uncle. Just because I'm gay doesn't mean you need to change the word. Imagine if they were like, God, he's put on weight.

Funkle's here, you fat uncle. Now, here's Mitch Chudie and Mitchell Coombs. Hello, you. Hello, you. You made it. Yes, I'm here. I'm back against all odds. I'm on.

Quick roll call. Pricekeeper Jenna. Here. Fabulous. Thank God. Because you're doing an Is It Just Me of your own today. I am. I've been thinking about it.

Have you? So have I, actually. You don't sound excited, Mitchell. Yeah, why? No, no, Jenna doing an e-gym on this show would just be like when it gets really busy at Coles at the Christmas peak and they put someone from the service area in the deli to help out. Like, it just, you know,

like, it's just not what they're there for. Is that a special skill set, being in deli? Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Working in the Coles deli takes craft. I feel like I could work in the Coles deli. I wouldn't want to. No, you could. You could shave Milano leg ham, but it wouldn't be as thin and perfectly weighed out as a delicatessen professional, you know? Yeah. Yeah, so we got a post in the Facebook group saying, should Jenna do an Is It Just Me of her own like Mitch and I do

in every Monday episode, but before we even consider it, you're auditioning today. Yep. Yeah. So we will have at least one Injun from Jenna today because we've been working our tits off behind the scenes here because Mitch is working from home and normally we'd kick off with the caller doing an Is It Just You,

but we cannot for the fucking life of us figure out a way that the caller can hear all three of us while you're working from home. It's a nightmare. I wish people could see what went on behind the scenes, but we tried buttons. We tried YouTube videos, tutorials. We've opened log books and we just can't do it. It's not working. There were tears.

Tears. We were tears. Tears. We were angry at each other. We figured out a way for you, Mitch, to be able to communicate with them. So maybe Jenna and I will just go for a walk. Yeah. And you can just do it on your own. Well, that happened on Monday's episode. You had a full conversation with a real estate agent.

I just sat there twiddling my thumbs. It was nice. I had a micro sleep. You weren't there for that, Jenna, but Simran was an icon. You can send her this week's prize, seeing as we don't have a caller coming on. Yeah, that's a good idea. Send it to Simran. That's a great idea.

Also, I've got something to say. Yes. I used to work at a real estate agent. What? Yes, I was the receptionist. Well, you weren't fucking here, were you, when I needed you? I know. I made that same point on Monday, didn't I, Mitch?

You did, many times. It's true. Jenna abandons us when we're at our lowest and we need help. It's true. When we need you most. Jenna, when on earth did you A, find the time, and B, actually work at a real estate agency? From the years 2011 to 2013.

What was that in the background? Are you watching The Chase? Oh, yeah. Hey, Rach, do you mind turning the TV down? It's The Chase. Sorry, I'm just recording something. It's fucking working. She's absolutely livid. She's a 22

year old girl who loves watching The Chase in the afternoon. I've really upset her. Anyway, sorry, what were we saying before that? Jenna, you used to work at a real estate agent. I actually did know that. Why didn't I ask you if you know someone I can call? Yes, I know. Do you keep in touch with any old colleagues? Yeah, I've got a few of their numbers. Okay. They're all the same. I've got no shade towards real estate agents, but I have the only

real estate agents I know in my life are like Lani and Shan, who I went to high school with, who now work at the local real estate agency. And they love it. They work on commission and they all drive Porsches. It's true. Well, then when you said you don't know anyone that works in real estate, what were you talking about? I don't know anyone that I'd reach out to. I can't reach out to Lani and Shana and go, hey, girls, come on the podcast.

Last I saw them was when I, you know, had my tongue in their throat at the U12 farewell. Your tongue in their throat? Yeah. Oh. I think this is the first I've heard of this. Yes. As if I've documented this, many times I was getting with all the girls

when I was in high school. I didn't know you were actually pashing them. I thought you were just kind of the gay best friend. Oh, my God, no. I was well and truly pashing. Pashing and much more than pashing. Wait, wait, wait. When did you lose your virginity?

Nineteen. Oh, so when you say much more than pashing, it was just the foreplay in school. Yeah, bits and bobs, a lot of foreplay, a lot of kissing. On my 18th birthday, I think I hooked up, like, just kissed, like, seven girls. Oh, my God. I was, like, trying to catch them all.

It was really awful. Pokemon. Yeah, essentially. Yeah, that was me. Anyway, we'll have to go into that. Did you enjoy the passions though? Or did you know that you'd rather be kissing a bloke? No, I didn't really know what was going on.

I'm like, maybe I'm asexual because I'm not feeling it. And then when I finally did kiss a guy, I'm like, oh, this is actually. Now I get it. Now I understand. I went through a period where I thought I was asexual because the first guy I dated, who I do not count as my first boyfriend, I was just not at all attracted to him. And I thought, well, he's a bloke. And if I'm not attracted to a bloke, then I must be asexual.

But then I realised he's just revolting. So, no, it turns out I'm not asexual. That tends to happen. He was just a beast, wasn't he? Yeah, pretty much. He was just hideous. Isn't that funny? Yeah.

I thought I was asexual for a long time and then, no, gay happened. Turns out not. Turns out not, no. Oh, my God, have I told you? Have I told this story on the podcast? I went on a date recently and I think it's up there in one of the best dates I've ever been on in my life. Really?

Which one? Are you talking about the Wicked one? No, no, no. It was the same guy I went to Wicked with. I went to an escape room on a date oh that's a bit exciting yeah and it's like i have to say not good for a first date but like no way no no no no no this is like sixth seventh eighth date with this this guy is very cute um and he was like do you want to go to an escape room it was the halloween weekend i'm like yeah

let's do it and it's such a good way to get like their problem-solving skills. Were there just the two of you? Just the two of us in an escape room. Mr Pepper's Toy Shop was the name of it. See, that kind of sounds like a nightmare. The only time I've done an escape room is when it was me and maybe five friends and even all hands on deck, five of us. We could not figure that bitch out.

It was really quite hard actually. What happens if you can't figure it out? I've never done one. My friends are still there. I broke out. They're still trapped. That's the last time you take Maddie McCann to an escape room. So get this, we did it, me and this guy, right, in 30,

we have 60 minutes to get out. We did it in 38 minutes and at the very right, in 30, we have 60 minutes to get out. We did it in 38 minutes. And at the very end, the attendant said, like, I'm blown away. He went, that is the time that professional escapists. Professional? How do you get paid to do escape rooms? He said people travel from all around the world and Mr. Pepper's toy shop is in the top two in the world for escapism.

Yeah, but what about if he says that to everyone to make you feel good? He doesn't. They had an award and a trophy and he said the average team of six averaged 49 minutes. So we beat it. Anyway, then he goes, you guys are a great couple. You're going to last ages. I was watching you two.

Your problem-solving skills are really, really good. Now, hang on. Be honest. Who did most of the heavy lifting when it came to problem-solving skills were really, really good. Now, hang on. Be honest. Who did most of the heavy lifting when it came to problem-solving? Me. I promise I did. Yes. Wow.

Yes. It was really hard. Like, for example, we were toy shop repair people that went to this toy shop to find a ghost and a ghoul. The only weird moment we had was there was a point where there was a rocking horse that you had to ride but neither of us because it's such an ick neither of us wanted to ride this rocking horse i'm like you do it it's like i'm not riding a rocking horse and i go that is a weird thing to get precious about if it if it means that you're gonna get out of this escape room and it affects your score and your overall time get on the fucking horse right we both just well i, we both just, well, I wish, Jenna, that's what I was trying to do.

I grabbed the head of this horse and we just shook it and the door unlocked. That's cheating. I know, neither of us had the gall to actually ride this. A professional wouldn't do that. That's right. Professional escapers. Well, there were like heaps of moments where he'd be frightened and scared and he'd like have to grab onto me and like help me, big strong man.

I love that. It was good for a day. I don't think he was frightened or scared. He just wanted to touch your tits. Is that why? Isn't that nice? Maybe. That's beautiful.

I loved it. And it was like very up my alley of theatrical and drama and like my love language of like needing to work together. Codependency, you know, really triggered all those love points for me. I like that you just openly admit that you're prone to codependency. Well, I'm aware of it. I'm highly aware of it now and it's good to know. That is good, yeah.

Yeah, no, I'm healing. I'm healing. If I could get into my therapist, it'd be quicker, but at the moment I'm healing at a slower rate. Yeah, no, I don't have until the end of the month my appointment. It's a nightmare. Yeah, neither do I. It's pretty dreadful.

Anyway, I couldn't recommend an escape room for a date more. It was really good. And then we could dress as cowboys, of course, as the next night was great. No, you didn't do that. You've already told us. No, I didn't do that. What the fuck's happened on your end, by the way?

Because all of a sudden you look like some fucking creep. On what's that website? On Omegle. On Omegle, the one that shut down. Omegle just shut down. That's what you look like because you had this beautifully lit room and now you're just some fucking dope in the dark. No, Mitchell, all of a sudden this is what it's like when you live

on the coast. Mum and Dad have this beautiful beach house but now there's just torrential black clouds that have set in. It's like it's black and rainy. Yeah, no, it looks very grim on the camera. Yeah, it's dark. Let me go turn a light on. I have no pants on. Yes, please. Anyway, we very grim on the camera. Yeah, it's dark. Let me go turn a light on. I have no pants on.

Yes, please. Anyway, we should kick off the episode. Like I said, we could not figure out how to get the fucking phone line working, so we're not taking a call this week. But if you want to come on with an Is It Just Me of Your Own next week, you know the number. Oh, 422-948-202. Oh my God.

He's not. Sorry. We were in the middle of the jingle, Mitch, and Jenna and I noticed that you're not wearing pants. Sorry, did you see my penis? Oh, you've got underwear on, surely. Fuck. Yeah, I do.

I do. I do. I Yeah, I do. I do. I do. I do. I do. I do. Don't wear a wax. Well, you are comfy. Now the neighbours decided to mow his fucking lawn. Oh, my God.

Can you hear that? Listen. I actually can't hear that. No. Good. Okay, good. All right, shall we jump into the episode? Yeah.

Are you comfy? I'm ready. I've got my bare butt cheeks on my stool. I could not be more comfortable. My heart is at an immense rate due to the COVID protein in my body. But other than that, I'm ready to go. By the way, I forgot to say this to you on Monday, but is this your third time having COVID? Yes. Because I have a theory that the second time I got it, it kind of undid all the long COVID symptoms I had. Like I had the fatigue, I had the brain fog,

and then the second time I got COVID, it just kind of like hit reset, it undid it. So now that you're on an odd number, you might be fucked. You've got the long COVID back, if my theory's true. Well, fuck, I haven't had a long COVID yet, so I really don't want to. My sister has a long COVID. Third time lucky.

Yeah, you got it. Oh, my God. Sorry. Fucking hell. This sister has a lot of time. Third time lucky. Yeah, you've got it. Oh, my God. Sorry. Fucking hell. This year has been dreadful. I mean, for God's sake. I love that my and Jen's instinct was to laugh at that. Yeah.

Well, you guys have had good years. I know, Mitchell, you were gay bashed twice and, you know, I fucking. I haven't been gay bashed once. True. We had two impending gay bashes. The only good thing that happened to me this year was becoming a professional escapist. I mean, for fuck's sake. Actually, why don't we do that as a hobby hunt?

Let's see if the three of us go to an escape room. I'll reach out because they think I'm incredible. They gave me a pin to say I'm a professional escapist. Oh, my God. Oh, I want a pin. Do they realize that that means you get paid to do it? You're not a pro. Well, our podcast makes an income, so technically if we go and record it,

let me reach out to Dr Pepper's toy shop and see. I've been trying to get us into that fucking smash room, but you've been unavailable. No, see, Mitchell, it's very rare that I get excited about something. Yeah, that's very true. It's very rare that you offer to reach out to anyone, so go on. Impress me. Done.

I'll go, hi, it's me, the guy that got through the room in 38 minutes. But we can't do the toy room again because you know the answers. True. There's one. Oh, my God, there's one. It sounded so good. It's set in a futuristic dystopian Paris where war has grappled the city of love and you have to escape a bistro at the strike at midnight.

Oh, I've done that before. Why would you ever want to escape a bistro? I'm at my happiest in a bistro. Well, I agree with you. Jenna, have you done that before in the escape room or you've just lived that life? No, I've lived that multiple times. Got it.

Yeah, so. Okay, well, back to the drawing board. We'll give it a try. I'm open to it. There's a pet shop one, which is good for the two of you guys. Wait, do you want to – if you Google it, Mitchell, Google cypher room. Google. Can we deal with this off the cloud?

I've been trying to move on. I want to go to a pet shop. In general, Jenna, or in a skate room? No, in the skate room. I don't think I want to go to one. I hated it. It was so stressful. There's Mr Pepper's Toy Shop, which won the 2023 gold.

It's the second best in the country. Then there's The Cabin. When's The Pet Shop? Here we go. The Cabin is you're a detective who's been investigating a serial killer case. Oh, I like that. Your team gets a promising lead. They head to a cabin.

However, they get trapped. Oh, my God. Oh, yep, that's it. Mitchell, you've got a hard out at 4.30. We've got to keep moving. Moving right along. I'm putting my foot down. Okay. Sorry. Now, as you should all know by now, we've got the new text line and you don't just have to message us if you've got an, is it just me of your own? Of course you can. But just anything that pops into your mind as you're listening to the episode. Mitch, we did have someone text through and say, hi, Mitch, I'm a fuckhead. That's funny.

No, that's not appropriate at all. No, because remember we said last week, Mitch, that before you rush into your next fucking relationship, you need to date a fuckhead. Oh, yeah. Or two. Or three. I know. It's just so weird. I hate dating. I'm fuckhead. Oh, yeah. Or two. Or three. I know. It's so weird. I hate dating.

I'm too romantic. I'm like, everyone could be my husband. You know, even women. I'm like, God, you could be my husband, even though scientifically, not possible. Have you ever heard a man describe themselves as, I'm too romantic. That's my biggest issue. Well, it's not my fault that I'm such a catch. You've tried to put a foot wrong, but you just don't seem to be able to fucking manage

it. Anyway, like I'm saying, Texas Anytime, when you've got something on your mind or hit us up at couple of mitches, just like Jess has done, she sent a nidgum in and it says, is it just me or is getting rid of Coke at Red Rooster a travesty? They've replaced it with Pepsi. Now. Now. Wow. This is big news because the hierarchy of fast food restaurants

and their soft drink placements is an age-old competition. Macca's has the contract with Coca-Cola. It has forever. You go to Hungry Jack's, they've got Pepsi. Do they? And Sunkist, yes. And you go to Macca's, it's Fanta and Coke. It's part of the Coca-Cola Amatil company.

That's crazy. That's interesting that Red Rooster ever had Coca-Cola if apparently Macca's have the contract. Well, no, Macca's have the contract, but other fast food joints can have the contract. But I'm assuming the contract would be we don't want Hungry Jack's, our main competition, to also have Coke. We want exclusivity, but we don't care about Red Rooster. You can fight with a Porto.

You know what I mean? Well, the thing is, as you know, I've made no fucking secret of the fact that I'm a big Red Rooster fan on this podcast over the years. And truth be told, before I'd read this message from Jess telling me that Red Rooster have swapped out Coke for Pepsi, if you would put a gun to my head and said, Mitchell, which cola drink has Red Rooster always served, I might have said Pepsi. I didn't even realise. I think I would have said that too.

I must have been getting confused with KFC because I didn't realise that Red Rooster sold Coke at all and I'm certainly not that outraged that they're getting rid of it. Yeah. Well, I definitely have a favourite. Do you? Do you guys have a fave that you're into? Not really. I mean, if I'm craving a fizzy drink, I probably would choose like a Coke

no sugar or even a Fanta or something if I'm feeling quirky. What about a Pepsi, Matt? Well, if that's the only option, I don't complain because honestly, they all taste the same, all the cola drinks. They all fucking taste the same to me. I'm not kidding. You know how people say Diet Coke tastes different to regular Coke. I can't tell the difference.

Pepsi Max, Pepsi, can't tell the difference. Pepsi and Coke, I can't tell the difference. It seriously has never bothered me and people just get so up in arms about the difference. Pepsi and Coke, I can't tell the difference. It seriously has never bothered me, and people just get so up in arms about the difference between them. Mitchell, I'm one of those people. There is a difference. Coke is crisper and more vanillary. Pepsi is a sweeter, less carbonated.

It's a little more flat. Coke has a bit more of a spice to it. And Coke, no sugar, and Pepsi Max, completely different. I will go with Pepsi Maxi max yeah i will go yes pepsi max is sweeter and doesn't taste as artificial where coke no sugar is a crisper cleaner more crunchy sharp um it it's got a more flat flavor profile i could go on and on and on about the differences between coke no sugar and pepsi max and i seriously think they're the same like it's the same shit i don't feel like i'm losing out if someone gives me Pepsi instead of Coke, if I'm at

KFC or whatever. Like they're the same shit. It's all just cola. Well, I've Googled it. Apparently it has to do with ownership. Pepsi Co owns KFC. It owns it. Oh.

Right. Well, that'd be why they're not stuck in Coke then. That makes total sense. Oh, wow. Correct. Interesting. So Red Rooster have changed, have they? Yeah.

I'm not sure why, but again, it doesn't bother me at all. You'd think I'd be up in arms about Red Rooster changing things up for me, but just to prove a point, Jenna, can you duck out outside the studio and just see if the drink fridge has Coke and Pepsi? So just normal, not Pepsi Max or Coke Zero? Whatever they've got because, again, they all taste the same to me. Okay. It doesn't matter.

I mean, if you can match the Coke No Sugar with the Max Shaw, but, again, I seriously can't tell the difference. I'll match them. Okay. At the radio station we have just a big, big, big commercial fridge filled with soft drinks for the staff and the presenters to take whenever they want. But for some reason the sparkling water is in a locked fridge

behind the reception desk because apparently it's like gold around here. But the bloody gorgeous receptionist, Amy, every time I come in, she hands me one as I walk in. I'm one of the lucky ones. Oh, I love Amy. That she bestows the sparkling water stash upon. Mitchell, do you know that sparkling water that we have is like $4 a bottle?

It's San Vittorio, right? Yeah. What's the brand? Read it. San Vittorio? Yeah. That's like $4 a pop. It's in the blue bottle with the pink lid. Going back to my point, can't taste the difference.

Tastes like it came from my fucking soda stream. It's sparkling water. No, that is Italian. That's from Italy. Italian sparkling water. Okay, Jenna's here. She's got the drinks. She's back. She's back. Okay. So they only had Pepsi Max. So I got Pepsi Max and Coke Zero. Close your eyes, Mitchell.

That's perfect. I don't want any cheating. Now, Jenna, you're going to have to open both cans. Yep. And then I'll close my eyes. You have to shuffle them a bit. Okay. And then I'll see if I can tell the difference because, sorry,

that's the sparkling water. Okay. Mitch, is there anyone at your place that can blindfold you? Have you got Coke and Pepsi? I want to see if you can tell the difference because I believe I won't be able to. Let me check the downstairs garage fridge for all the parties because I've had my birthday here. There'd be an esky full. Should I quickly check?

Yeah, go on. Go check the fridge, please. Don't look at my ass. God, if we were any better organised, we would have done this fucking before we recorded. Yeah, that's true. Now we have to wait while he goes and pisses around in the garage. Oh, God. Also, I will say I have had Red Rooster front of mind recently

because I was driving home from Bogangate the other day and normally during that road trip from Bogangate to Sydney, it's my tradition. I pop in to bath this Red Rooster for lunch. Yeah. And then I realise I don't think, despite being Red Rooster's biggest fan, I have not had Red Rooster all year. I don't think I have either.

I don't know how that's happened. No, actually. I used to live so close to the Red Rooster in Summer Hill and fucking Sean and I gave that a fair nudge. Oh, is that the one that we went through the drive-thru? Yes. Yes, yeah. That was great.

That was a good one. Hi. Yeah, and I don't think I've had Red Rooster all year between the fact that I don't have a local and the fact that I've been doing my stupid health kick. And I just was like, you know what? It's November. If I've gone all year without it, I'm due for a fucking feast.

I can't wait to have a Red Rooster feast soon. I'm going to treat myself. Mitchell, I had my first double cheeseburger on a steamed bun since my fitness era and it was like crack when it hit my lips I was like I I had pre-cum in my pants I'm so sorry Jenna to say that it's revolting um now what I've done is I've got a pepsi max in one cup yes with a with a um with a straw in it and then I've got a coke no sugar with a with a straw in it and the labels are on the bottom okay I can't see I was gonna say that's to be hard for you to tell which one's which

if you've decanted them into a cup, but that's fine. Should I go first? I'm going to see if I can tell the difference between Coke and Pepsi. I don't reckon I can. It's all the same shit. No, you'll be able to. All right, good luck. I'm the close, Jenna.

Shuffle the cans. Okay, I'm shuffling. Actually, hang on. Before I guess, Jenna. Yeah. People listening right now, they can't see, so they need to know which one's which. I Shuffle the cans. Okay, I'm shuffling. Actually, hang on. Before I guess, Jenna. Yeah. People listening right now, they can't see, so they need to know which one's which. I'll leave the room.

You tell them which one is can one and which one is can two. Okay, get out. Get out. I'm getting out. Yep. Okay, he's out. Can number one is Pepsi Max. Can number two is Coke Zero Sugar.

Come in now. Come back. I've still got my eyes closed because they're on the table. That'll spoil it. Show me to my seat, Jenna. Okay, here. God, this is how Helen Keller must have felt. Yes.

Fuck. All right. So there we go. Would you like me to hand it to you? Yeah, well, can number one. Can one. Okay. Other way, Other way.

Oh, where's the hole? Fuck. Where's the hole, Mitchell? All right. It's just cola. I don't know. I don't fucking know what that is. Mitchell, have another sip, and then what I want you to do is to give it a gargle

and breathe air through your mouth, through your teeth. My dad is in the wine industry. It's what you do. You sip it and then while it's in your mouth, you go. Sorry, what does that achieve? Why am I doing that? Because when air hits your air buds, your taste buds, it activates the flavour. So just do it.

Okay, well, hang on. I'll do that in a sec. But can number one, no idea what it is. I'm going to grab can number two and see if I can tell the difference because maybe that'll make it more obvious which one's weird. Oh, fuck, sorry. He's going in for can number one. Hit the microphone.

I can see what he's drinking, by the way. I can see the can, so. I have no idea which one's weird. I have no fucking idea. You are bullshitting. They taste the same. I'm not. I'm seriously not. Like, I wish I could answer, but which. I have no fucking idea. You are bullshitting. They taste the same. I'm not. I'm seriously not.

Like, I wish I could answer, but I don't know. All right. So should I drink mine and then we decide at the same time or you go first? I don't even know if I can lock in an answer. Do I have to? Do you want me to? Yeah. Well, at the end of the day, it's 50-50.

So if you just take a guess, you've got 50% chance of nailing. Is this can number one? Yeah. Yes. Is that Pepsi? Yes, it is Pepsi. Oh, I did it. Okay. Why did you say that? I don't know the difference. I don't know.

I don't know. The angels spoke to me. Was it just a guess? Completely. You said it's 50-50 and I was like, fucking let's heads or tails this shit. It tastes the same. I'm not lying to you one bit. I'm going to show you what a true pro diet drinker. I haven't had a full strength Coke in years. I had one accidentally the other day when the 12-year-old at McDonald's

accidentally gave me a full-strength Coke, and I complained to the centre management. Why? Well, because I don't want the extra sugar. I was very upset. I ordered a Coke No Sugar, and they gave me a full-strength Coke. I hate to sound like a current affair, but you do realise in lieu of sugar they put equally unhealthy shit?

No. I don't believe it. All right, I've got drink number one in a mystery cup. they put equally unhealthy shit. No. I don't believe it. All right. I've got drink number one in a mystery cup. Okay. Here we go. Hold on. All right.

I'm going to drink up. People hate us eating on the podcast, but no one's ever said anything about drinking. That's true. Sorry. We've had a real oversight here. I have COVID. I have no sense of taste. Oh, my God. That's true. Sorry, we've had a real oversight here. I have COVID. I have no sense of taste. Oh, my God.

You fucking idiot. I can't. Actually, for a split second I thought, am I drinking milk? I've never known. There's nothing in there. I can't tell the difference. Is it just me? The rude shocks of young adulthood.

All right, it is time for, I really think, Mitch, I can say this, the first ever Idjim audition. We've never had you or me or anyone on the show, for that matter, audition anything. Essentially, Jenna, it's a promotion on the line for you. Yeah, it is. Correct. Prizekeeper Jenna is here.

And I'll be honest, we all have our roles it's like a well-oiled machine mitch and i are the hosts um and we are both on the board and we're chairs of the business um and jenna is of course the um the simple receptionist yeah um jenna no you're our prize keeper you're our third wheel we love you and we adore you but we chug along every week no issues um that is until um Belinda um Carly Carly so Carly posted in our Facebook group what the fuck's wrong with you like you didn't remember her name so you just guessed and they're not even similar you know that you're allowed to say oh hang, hang on, I've forgotten their name. You know, just. Okay, so Carly posted in our Facebook group, it's called Enduring Idiots,

if you haven't yet joined. Should Jenna start doing her own Is It Just Me? I think absolutely yes. It's the best part of the show. Is Jenna just there being ignored? Oh, listen, Carly. She did a poll. I think that's a great suggestion. No, no ignoring you we bring jenna in jenna is the laugh track in the sitcom no one's gonna go give this give the laugh track credit at the

end of the sitcom it's just not what she does it is just there it's an integral part of the show yes but it's not going to get credit and it's not going to get any monetary reimbursement. Now, what was the- See, I view her completely differently, by the way. I view her as like, you know, on Sunrise or Today Show or something. She's the fucking newsreader. She's there at the desk. She's on air.

But at the end of the day, they're putting the two hosts on the fucking billboards, aren't they? No, no. If this podcast was a vet, Mitch, you work on cats, I work on dogs, and Jenna is the vet that can fix axolotls. You don't need them all the time. I feel like that would take a lot more study. Yeah, it would actually.

Is it just me on the flight? I've not thought about axolotls for so long. I forgot axolotls existed. Yeah, Lillian Moffat had an axolotl and i remember thinking that lillian moffat i went to school with her you remember her first and last name but you can't remember yeah but i can't remember that yeah that's yeah i'm not well um she had an axolotl and it looks like an uncircumcised penis have you ever been up close with an axolotl mitchell no i can't say i have but i'm familiar with their work yes anyway yeah sorry sorry to digress jenna we're uh negging you of course so every monday episode we

do an is it just me each and that's been the way since we started this podcast even when it was just one episode a week and the only times that jenna has done and is it just me this isn't going to be her first ever no is when we have a guest. We usually get a guest to do the idjim and then we're like, oh, fuck, Jenna may as well do one too. And they've always been fantastic. That's my concern because her track record, right, is pretty fucking good. Like when Jenna does an idjim, it's usually hilarious. Remember the one about Maya always having buckets due to their leaking roofs?

That was hilarious. Yes. She's just got a good strike rate. So if she does them every week, they might start to dissipate. But hey. That's true. In the poll, in our Facebook group, most people are voting that they'd like Jenna to do a weekly.

Is it just me? Yes. But before we even consider it, this is your audition. The audition process. Yes. I hate to say it, Mitchell. When our regime started, our first dozen were brilliant, show-stopping. But we've done 173 now.

I beg to differ. They start to lack in quality. Can you name one of our first dozen idgyms? Where are we going with this? I can't. No, I can't. But I also can't name my fucking cousin's name. I remember the idgyms from our very first episode. Oh, my God, what were they? I don't even No, I can't. But I also can't name my fucking cousin's name. I remember the idjams from our very first episode.

Oh, my God, what were they? I don't even want to know. You said a restaurant's a great place to make friends because you always like banter with the staff and the waiters and stuff. I still stand by it. Yeah, and I said, did you not know that Never Enough from The Greatest Showman is a lip sync? I thought it was actually the actress singing, but it wasn't.

All right. So they're not the standard that we've come to know and love, but things change. I thought that was a really good one from me, actually, in the first episode. I thought fun fact people might not know. Okay, I'm down. So we're going to audition, Jenna.

Are we just going to do it as a normal Ijum like we would do Mitch and are we going to critique it straight after Bradley counts her in? I think treat it like a normal one and then we'll reflect. Okay, so this is kind of like a mock. Yes. A mock. Okay. Like mock trials.

A table read. Jenna, you can see Bradley in the Ijum house band. I mean, as if you're a host, go for it. I mean, bring it in if you want to take control. Okay. Bradley, are you ready? Go. Oh, he's like an Alexa.

He only answers to our voice. Bradley, cue Jenner in, please. Go for it, Brad. Is it just me? Oh. Do rug stores smell really nice? It's really good. Yes.

It's really good. Fucking hell, that's really good. They smell so good. They smell incredible. I remember as a kid, God, I love you, Jenna. I remember as a kid I would walk in to like a carpet court and you know how they'd hang them like they're pieces of salami and like a delicatessen? They'd like hang the rugs and you could go in between them.

I would go in between and just sit there and inhale. Yes. Really? They're so good. I've never been to a rug store and I have no memories of anything like that at carpet courts. I don't know if I can – I'm not saying you're wrong, but I can't relate basically.

They smell so good in every single way. I might have to swing by one on the way home. I've been driving past this same rug shop for years and they always seem to be having a sale. Wait till you smell it. They're like EB Games, mate. They always, always. They aggressively pass it everywhere.

Always on sale. Hold on, Jenna, When did this hit you? My whole life really. And then the other week I was walking through Ikea and as soon as I got to the rug section, I was like, oh my God, memories of the beautiful rug stores just came flooding back. It just smells so good. I'm so with you. I can actually close my eyes now and I can smell it. I think it's not as much the rug, it's the backing on the rugs. It's a mixture of glue and that like hessian rough material that they use to sew the stitching into.

So if I head home and give my rug a fat sniff, is it going to be the same brilliance or does it have to be numerous amounts of rugs? No, they have to be in the specific rug store or rug section of a furniture store. Right. Yes. Strength in numbers. Multiple rugs.

Yes. Yes. I really robbed myself of the rug shopping experience. I just got mine online. Oh, no, you don't do that. Why not? No, you go to the rug store and then you can choose what you want and they can deliver it.

Don't do it online. The idea of schlepping around a fucking rug shop just sounded so boring. Oh, yeah, but the smell's so good. I'm with Jenna. It's so nice. I do love the smell of like new timber furniture or like a Harvey Norman or a fantastic furniture or something. Like you open a TV cabinet in a furniture store and give that a whiff.

Rugs are similar. Rugs are similar but that next level. Interesting. Yeah. Are we done with that? All right. Are we ready to critique? Yeah.

Okay. All right. That was a good table read. Now critiquing. Acting over. I can go back to hating you. Fuck, I'm torn because that was really good. It just had everything that a classic idiom should have

that's very true it cast me back it was a thought that you haven't had something she's noticed and appreciated nostalgia everyone has carpet it also it has legs you know like we could take it one step further and do a hobby hunt we go rug sniffing true yes so well said oh top five rug smells yes we could even go to different rug stores far out oh then like the we rank the stores like oh ikea one ponged yeah yes we could get roving reporter oscar into an ikea and get him to sniff uh live on the show and tell us if he can smell the same smell. Can you imagine? I'm just saying. But then I'd have to go with him because what if I just did a whole episode from a rug shop because I've never been to one.

Oh, that would be a great episode. Yeah, you'd need to smell. And also, how good would the acoustics be? Oh, my God. That soundproof padding. Heaven. All right. Well, listen, Mitchell, what do you vote?

Should Jenna do a weekly idjim on the show? You have your vote, I'll cast my vote, and if we're split, we'll go from there. I just don't have any strong feelings either way. If she wants to do it, I'm all for it. Like there's no reason not to, but then I'm not going to be like, I insist, because we haven't even asked her if she fucking wants to do it. That's a really good point.

Before we cast our votes, and I will say I've been heavily swayed. I was very impressed by that. Thank you. Jenna, what do you want to do? Actually, should we do a Jenna Decides? Oh, see, she's, yeah. Might I add, there's no Mitch Decides. There's no Coombs Pigs.

There's no Cheery Choosers. You know, like, for God's sake, you get your own segment in that, Jenna, but if you want another one. And she gets fables. Yes. And my junk. Yeah, and junk. Oh, for fuck's sake. Fuck get your own segment in that, Jenna, but if you want another one. And she gets fables. Yes. And my junk. Yeah, and junk. Oh, for fuck's sake.

Fuck it. We spoil you. I forbid it. You're not getting an intimate. You get what you get and you don't get upset. I love how quickly we went, why don't we let Jenna decide 10 seconds later, fuck the bitch. In fact, you're banned for life.

Get out. What do you want to do, Jenna? Are you going to cast your vote at all, Mitch, or are we just going to leave it in her hands? Oh, I'm voting absolutely not. You stay away. All right. Well, it's time for this, I guess. Okay.

Jenna decides. Go on. Decide your fate. This is a difficult decision. Because I'm very good at idgyms. And I do enjoy doing idgyms. But I'm so busy, I couldn't be bothered. I'm going to vote no. Wow.

After all that, you're too busy. Yeah, I'm very busy. Well, thanks for your suggestion, Carly, but Jenna's on strike apparently. I've got enough segments. The writer's strike is over, but Jenna Benson's strike on IJM has just begun. Yes. Well said. And do you know what hurts the most?

That when we did that survey monkey asking people for their thoughts on the podcast, there were two questions. What segments do you want to hear more of and which ones do you want to hear less of? All the ones that Jenna does, people want to hear more of them. The most popular vote for never want to hear it again was Mitch's quickie. My only segment. Fuck this.

Oh, that's awful. You know how we were thinking of analogies for Jenna, like how she fits into the workplace. She's the Sharon on Kath and Kim. Her name's not in the show, but she's everyone's favourite. Yeah. Perfect. And, Mitch, I think I speak on behalf of you when I say,

and we've spoken to the board, Jenna, the team at iHeartMedia, there is an open invitation for you to bring an idjim. If one ever strikes you and you want an open invitation for you to bring an idjim if one ever strikes you and you want to bring it you can bring it it is not a closed door policy the door well it is closed um but we've got the key make no mistake yeah yeah and it's one of those ones that's kind of says push but it's actually pull it's very confusing to get out of yeah yeah and if you leave it open too long, the fucking alarm goes off. Don't be greedy.

It's also a revolving. It's very confusing. So just FYI, we've made it very hard for you to ever do one again, but it is possible. It's still possible. But the option's there. Yeah. I really appreciate it.

Thank you so much because knowing that the option's there helps me. This is a democracy. It is, you know. It's not a cheerocracy. It's not a cheerocracy. Also, you guys all have segments. Have I ever had a standalone Mitch segment? Oh, you did Cheery's breakup announcement.

That was you. That was successful. Well, you anticipate that that's going to be a segment, which we'll continue to use. If I ever go through a breakup, I won't be able to announce it because I'm like, oh, that's Mitch's segment, he's going to have to announce it for me. Very funny.

I'll just give you a statement to read. Should I just, wait, does that mean that that's my thing? I've had a couple of situationships break up. Should I announce that to the same magnitude as I announced the breakup of my loving five-year-long relationship? Like almost follow the exact same script. Yeah. I don't really know how to bring this up.

Okay. I don't want to. Shut up. That's enough. Thank you. That's enough. Well, you're more than welcome, Jenna. Court adjourned.

No idjams from Jenna every week. Woo! But the option's there. Yeah. There we go, guys. See, we can resolve conflict on the show. No problem. That was really productive.

Is it time to get out of here? I've got to go sniff some rugs. I'm curious. Well, hold on. I will say I've been Googling and did you know that the only – No, no. This is back to the soft drinks in different places. You know, like you get frozen Coke at Mac and Mac.

That felt like an hour ago. Yeah, I felt like I forgot about that. No, no, no, frozen Coke at different places. You can, at KFC, the only place in the country you can get a frozen Pepsi Max and a frozen Mountain Dew. Oh, yeah, I never really thought about that, but that is their thing, isn't it? Yes, I didn't realise that until my Google. Until I Googled it. I would be prepared to bet my

fucking life on the fact that I've had Coke at Hungry Jack's. I think you were wrong when you said they only do Pepsi. Really? Maybe. Gina, can you go on Uber Eats and see if Hungry Jack's does Coke? Let me just Google it. I'm at home. I'm on my computer. I thought we were leaving.

Yeah, we probably should go. Here we go. Oh, Hung. Let me just Google it. I'm at home. I'm on my computer. I thought we were leaving. Yeah, we probably should go. Here we go. Oh, Hungry Jacks does Coke. I apologise. Yeah. I thought so. Yeah. Misinformation.

Sorry, I've spread it. You were wrong. Well, thanks for listening, everybody. It's been a pleasure as always. We will see you in a week. Leave us a review. I've noticed a whole bunch of five-star reviews come through. They must have been sitting in the backlog,

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Welcome to A to Debrief. This is our secret segment on the end. You guys know that we have a segment dedicated to shit talking. Yeah. Oh, I keep yapping. You guys know that we have a segment dedicated to shit talking. That Coke and Pepsi thing could have easily been held off five seconds. Mitchell, did you see the glimmer in my eyes? I do it every week. I even yelled at Jenna last week when she brought up,

what did she bring up? Getting Taylor Swift tickets. And I scolded her for doing what I just did. Oh, that was only on Monday. Yeah. That was Monday. That was Monday. Yeah.

I'm an idiot. Hypocrite. Yeah yeah what can you do so were you noticing the hardcore um covid side effects like the memory loss and stuff it's bad like this is this is really bad and i'm i'm worried but um like the symptoms have lasted a week and i've uh like i seriously am brain foggy and i'm hot and sweaty and i'm so tired i've napped for two hours every day for seven days. How do you think you got it? Well, it was the tour. So Laura and Maddie J and Keisha, our producer, all got it and I got it.

I was with them. So we all were just in the same dressing room. It would have been from flight because we did a Canberra show and then a Brisbane show the next day. So we were on four flights within two days. So we would have got it in the air, got it on the road. And that hideous van to Canberra, that's where you would have gotten it. That would have done it.

Can I say, and I'm so embarrassed, I told all my friends, the nearest and dearest, that I was going on a tour bus. I thought I'd be on like the buses that have beds. Yeah, you told us that. Because I thought I was under the impression we had a tour manager from Live Nation. He goes, hey, guys, tour bus picking you up. Yes, so I assumed.

Oh, God, the COVID memory. No, so I assumed. He's looking back at stories that he's already told. So hold on, hold on. No, I really should say Hayden and I have broken up and I haven't spoken about it. Yeah, I know. No way.

Yeah, it's really awful. And guess what? What? I'm gay. I've never told anyone. No. You're a late bloomer. Pretty bad.

Oh, my God. I've got a random fucking story to tell you. What? You know what happened to me again last week when I was home in Bogengate? Please don't be gay bashed for the third time this year. Oh, no, not the gay bashing. Jesus Christ. Weren't you wondering what the fuck happened to my face?

Fool me once, shame on me. Gay bash me twice, shame on you. Third time, I mean, you fucking deserve it. What are you doing wrong? No, so when I was home in Bougainville last week, Dad came home from work because he's been working at the Bougainville pub. Yeah. And he says to me, Mitch, lady at the pub was telling me

that she's got a young son and he's just coming out as gay and, you know, small town country kids. They're giving him a bit of a hard time for it. And so we were wondering if you might reach out and offer some words of encouragement or support or whatever. And I was like, oh, okay, sure. Like who is it? And Dad goes, no, I'm not sure.

I don't know his name. I was like, like who is it? Dad goes, no, I'm not sure. I don't know his name. I was like, what do you mean? I'm just going to wander the streets and just look for a teenager that appears gay and be like, I'm here for you, darling. It's pretty hard to be his mentor unless they have any of his fucking information. Oh, bless Ian, he's trying to help. I mean, you'll notice him.

It's probably the one kid doing a cartwheel down a dirt road. Well, apparently I shouldn't have any trouble spotting him because, get this, this is what really sparked my interest. What? Dad said that apparently the bullies are teasing him by saying, ha, you look like Mitchell Coombs. Oh, my God, you've made it. Oh.

That's what I said. You've done it. Everyone else said, oh, my God, Mitchell, that's so That's what I said. You've done it. Everyone else said, oh, my God, Mitchell, that's so mean. I'm like, what do you mean? That's great news. If people are using my appearance as their fucking ammunition, I've made it. You've made it.

That's better to be talked about than not. You've done it. That's the gold standard. I'd love if someone said, look at you, you're a tonne Mitch Turi. I'm so proud of my brand. How strong is the brand? Because I'm assuming they might have told him that he looks like me because he's got long brown hair.

And I'm like, I'm so glad that when you think long brown hair, you don't think fucking Tarzan or something. You think Mitchell bloody Coombs. Yeah. You're powerful. Far out. Look what I've done. Mitchell, that's very impressive.

I still don't know the bastard's name, though, and it's going to have to go around back to the country looking for someone who looks like me, which also that kind of concerns me because sometimes people forward me videos on Instagram and they go, Oh my God, I've found you on Toppleganger. This guy looks just like you. And he's revolting. I'm like, what do people think I look like? So I'm worried it's going to be some pig of a kid that everyone thinks looks like me. Someone sent me a video like that yesterday and said, ha-ha, I thought this was you, and it was a fucking animated film about a dog. Yeah, sorry about that.

Go fuck yourself. They're like, I meant the leash. You're so skinny, huh? Are you getting the messages now going, hi, babe, I'm concerned you've become obsessed with health and wellness and you're erring on too skinny. I went, please, if there's one thing I will never be, it is too skinny. So please don't worry.

I appreciate the concern. However, I haven't been on a hot girl walk in two weeks. So no, I'm not obsessed. I have another time. Yeah, I have another time. There was part of me that thought, oh God, that's bordering on a bit obsessive when your dad was telling me that you got home knackered as fuck at, what, 10.30 and went for a run in the dark. I thought that's maybe even if you're not obsessed, that's just insane. That's too much.

Like that's just ridiculous. But then I thought, no, it's not at a point where, you know, you're that obsessed that we need to intervene. Like I thought, okay, if that's what makes me feel good in the moment, then go for a fucking run. You're not hurting anyone. No, no. Even if you tried to intervene, you wouldn't be able to catch. Like I thought, okay, that's what makes me feel good in the moment, then go for a fucking run. You're not hurting anyone. No, no. Even if you tried to intervene, you wouldn't be able to catch me because I'd be running. It'd be very hard to tie me down.

You know what we should do? What? Ideally, when you're back in good health next week, we should do the beep test. Oh, God. Mitchford's the mitt. Oh, my God. God, you know what?

I'd actually love that because I was offended when you laughed in my face when I said, I think I'm fitter than you. Cause I genuinely think I am. No, no, no. Because you said to me, I reckon I'll be fine in bar class because you know, I'm the fittest. And then I was like, excuse me, but you were going to say I'm the fittest I've ever been. I just cut you off. Yeah.

True, true, true. No, but then you were like, I core wise and muscular strength. I mean, I think you'd beat me, but like i run eight kilometers and don't stop that's true like i don't think i could do that but then we only did a 15 minute sample class at bar and you were dying so it's a different type of fitness so the beep test there's every chance you could beat me very true and i feel like it's not a clear indication of who's fitter. No, no. And I also don't give a fuck.

When has that been important to me, being the fittest person in the room? I don't care. I could not care less. I honestly think that I'm fitter than my fish. That could well be true. You're full of surprises. Mentally, yes, Jenny. You're quite tactful.

So should we lock that in, the beep test? Yeah, I want to see this. Can we just see if I get the long COVID? Maybe I'm happy to do it, but let's just – I mean, how does it work? Is it just a YouTube playlist that you put on? I'm sure. Yeah, there should be. If you go on YouTube, you'll be able to find the beep thing.

How does it work again? What's the distance? You just run between two points back and forth and the intervals get shorter and shorter. So you have to run faster and faster. And whoever taps out, that's how they measured your fitness. It's a bit fucked up when you think about it. I've never.

They measured it in school. I have done it in school, yeah. But I don't remember what my score was. I remember my ATAR, which was probably lower than my beep test score, to be honest. That was how they measured our fitness. And again, it wasn't important to me to be considered fit. So I'd just run twice and then just sit down. I was like, I don't care.

I used to do the exact same. Oh, my God. I saw a TikTok. Oh, I found it. Hang on. Oh, okay, go. Start level one, one. Okay, you'd run.

Wait, it beeps. No, but you'd run now. Level one, two. Oh, I see. I see. Running for a second. And then I'm going to fast forward right to, two. Oh, I see. I see. Running for a second. And then I'm going to fast forward right to the end. This is how fast the beeps get.

Level 26. Level 27. Is it 20 metres from memory? And if you don't get to the end by the beep, you're out. Yeah. Like Squid Game. I remember in my primary school when we did the beep test, the guy that was the last man standing, he was by himself the only one running

for like quite some time and everyone just got so swept up in it. And when he finally was like, nah, I've had enough, everyone like hugged him and it was this big moment. And I'm sitting there going, it's the fucking beep test. If that's your biggest achievement, really? Grow up. Maybe that was just jealousy because I was a fat, unfit little fuck, but I was just like, what the – it's the beep test.

Why is everyone getting swept up like he's just run some sort of marathon or he's holding the Olympic torch? Yeah, I agree. He ain't Cathy Freeman. I remember I did my beep test out the front of the canteen and I had the segment before recess. So all I could smell was Mrs Mac Pies heating up in the mini oven. Did you just call it a segment?

What do you mean? Oh, you're such a radio guy. You call it a segment. It isn't a period. Oh, yeah. Well, I've been in radio longer than I've been to fucking schools. I don't know how that works. Yeah, segment. I haven't been to – well, I've been in radio longer than I've been to fucking schools. I don't know how that works. Yeah, segment.

Wait. No. Were they your teachers or your EPs? Nah, they were my best guests during school. Do you mean best friend? Yeah, sorry. Best friend. Oh, your school bully or your school content director?

Hilarious. That's a good one. I said what I said. The lines are blurred. Isn't that funny? You know, I, during COVID, and I don't know if you're watching it, Jenna, but Mitch, we haven't spoken about it in a while, but I have been hooked. I've actually had time to sit down and binge the new season of Morning Wars.

I don't know if you watch it, Jenna, but Mitch and I have like gossiped about the previous seasons and I forgot it was back. It's a new show that I'm watching. The new season of a show is Morning Wars. I've caught right up. I've got two more episodes to go. Are you watching?

Same. I've got two episodes to go. It's on Apple, isn't it? Yes. Yeah. Apple TV plus. Yeah. That's the problem because I've been,

I was watching it by myself and then I had a couple of friends come over and they watched some episodes with me and then because they loved it so much and they don't want to subscribe to Apple TV Plus, I don't think you can leech off someone's Apple TV account. So I have to wait for them to come over. I'm like, guys, it's the final two episodes. I just want to get them over and done with. Well, can I say, Jenna, if you buy an Apple product,

AirPods or anything of like value, you get six months or three months free. So if you have bought a new phone or a new Mac or anything, you get the subscription. I bought AirPods and I haven't got anything. I got a new phone and a new MacBook and I didn't get that at all. That's some fucking bullshit right there. Well, I, you know what else I have?

I have, you know, I'm like, I love Apple. I have Apple One. Do you guys know what Apple One is? No. No. Oh, so Apple have all the subscription services. They've got like Apple Arcade, Apple News, Apple Music, have Apple One. Do you guys know what Apple One is? No. No. Oh, so Apple have all the subscription services. They've got like Apple Arcade, Apple News, Apple Music, Apple TV Plus. So instead of paying $14 each a month, you pay $35 a month and you get every single one of their

subscription and they give you a terabyte of iCloud storage. How often do you use the fucking news? Um, Absolutely never. I thought I would. I thought I would. But, you know, sorry, Morning Wars, for those who don't know, it's the show where Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Aniston are like hosts of a breakfast show. They're co-hosts on TV together. Even though this season they are no longer co-hosts.

I was like, what's the fucking point? It's also in the US not called Morning Wars. It's called Morning Show. But they had to change the title of it because in Australia weia we already have a show called we've got larry and kylie yeah that's i will say that um season one everyone thought it was phenomenal season two by comparison a huge letdown and because i went into season three with low expectations i'm like oh yeah i'm into this this is is good shit. I'm enjoying it. Because I watched season one when I had Apple

and then started season two and got bored. Yeah. Yeah, I'm kind of with you. I'm a bit like, what are they doing with these storylines? Like, they're trying to tackle Black Lives Matter. They're trying to tackle- It is skewing a bit glee where they just kind of lightly touch on every fucking issue on planet Earth but never really go in depth.

Totally. Also, like, fucking Mitch Kessler drove off a cliff in Italy and died the last season. I'm like, oh, I can't wait for the season to move on. It's like I can't wait to unpack how that affects. Nope, she's in a fucking rocket going to Mars. I'm like, what the fuck? No, but it's good.

I like it. I've been enjoying the new season and I'm the same as you. I've got two episodes to Mars. I'm like, what the fuck? No, but it's good. I like it. I've been enjoying the new season and I'm the same as you. I've got two episodes to go. At this point I might just soldier on, not even wait for my friends to watch it. I'm Bradley. I'm a female in power. I'm a feminist. Oh, righto.

Yeah. And I am, and Mitch, in my eyes, you are, who's the old wench that gets voted off the board? I don't remember her name. The Ida Buttrose of Morning Moon. Yeah, you're the Ida Buttrose, yeah. Well, I suppose you are a bit Bradley Jackson in a way because she got promoted to the evening news

and you're on evening radio. The difference being that in terms of radio, that's the shit end of the day. That's the sloppy day. Oh, shut up. It is not. Fuck off. Someone said to me the other day,

how do you feel still being on late nights after all these years? I'm like, I'm not on late nights. It used to be Mitch to midnight. Yeah. Yeah. I did have late nights for three years, but now I'm on, I'm on just nights. So I'm working my way down. Yeah.

Yeah. I'll get there in 30 years. I'll finally be at midday. You'll get there. Thanks. Oh, is midday the slot you want though? Absolutely not. Yeah.

I was going to say. No, you don't want that. You want breakfast or drive, but the pickup's great. Three to four in the Arvo's, prime time. Mums are in cars. I actually caught a little bit of the pick-up yesterday and I was like, oh, that's right, Mitch isn't there. I was waiting for you to talk.

I was sick. Mitch is like, God, have they silenced Mitch? But no, I was in bed. No, what I thought was hang the fuck on. If he's too sick for the pick-up, then is he going to do the podcast? You were like, yeah, totes. For all the allegations that I'm not committed to this show. Oh, now who has been making those allegations?

What allegations? I would never say such a thing. Fuck you. No, it's the dumb idiots. They're always like, oh, there's change in the waters. If they don't think Mitch and Sean are breaking up, they think that me and Mitch are leaving the show. Like they're always worried.

Would it be possible for us to leave the show? We'd have to change a couple of Mitch's for mentions for starters no we've never even had the discussion like no people just like we have one off show and they're like the vibes look you go to that edgy group chat they're like the vibes well first of all someone's like look at this cake i made the vibes are off like they change just they change topics in that thing yeah crazy um that's probably why they're drawn to you in this show they change topics like crazy moth to a flame they're like morning wars they just touch on all sorts of shit but don't really go in depth fuck they were at that l'oreal launch party and then they're like hey bradley jackson

let's go have a chat boom boom oh my phone breaking news they overturned roe v wade like what they're at a fucking dinner party yes i'm serious and then apparently bradley's brother stormed the capital oh no come on god they've just touched on everything haven't they that's so true and then they tackled the george floyd the george floyd era of america which was it's very important to touch on, but they did that. They're trying to talk about like billionaires and the pay parity and like they had an Elon Musk character. Power imbalance between men and women in the workplace, blah, blah, blah.

Power imbalance, pay parity between people of colour. But they just sort of mention it in one scene and then move on. Yes. No, it's great, great, great. But you're so right. They just bring it up and then it's done. It's so glee. What? It's so glee. Yeah, I've not seen

glee, but I can imagine. What? You've never seen glee? I've never seen glee. Many people have said they think I like glee, but I just have never committed. Don't do it. I'm not going to be one of those people that goes, oh my god, you have to watch it. It's just, no. You're fine without it. No, I feel like you would have loved it back in the day. Yeah, oh, totally.

Totally. I'm surprised you didn't. Yeah, when Natasha Lyonne died in that river I was devastated. I didn't even know her. Naya Rivera. Yeah, that's what I said. Yeah. What did you say? Natasha Lyonne. Naya Rieva. It's still too soon to joke about that. Yeah. Anyway, so that's what I'm watching.

Morning Wars and then that's really it. I kind of get a bit over it. You know my favourite character, though, underappreciated character? Yeah. The female, like, second under Corey. Doesn't even have a bloody name. What's her name?

I will remember it too myself. Eureka? The reason I don't remember is because she's not my favourite character. Fuck, what is her name? Eurek. No, no. Give me a sec, give me a sec. She's your favourite character.

How do you not know her name? Stella! Stella! Stella, Stella, Stella, Stella, Stella, Stella. I love Stella. I love her. Who was that movie where the guy screams Stella? That's what that was.

Streetcar. Streetcar and Desire. That's what that was. Streetcar. Streetcar and Desire. That's what that was. Stella. Of all the names for me to shout. Stella. It's Stella. I love her sense of fashion.

I think she's cool. Are you serious? Her haircut's fucked. I don't like it. She looks better in season two. Really? I love, I love, I love, I love. Now it's revolting.

Do you want to finish these peppers and cokes, Jenna? I don't really. No. Yeah, okay. I've got one here. That's Fanta. What's the point if you can't taste it? I have no taste.

It's so bad. I said to Mitch before the show. I never had that side effect. Thank God. Yeah, me too. No, I did. I did. And I'm still eating.

It's like if everything tastes like milk to me, why am I bothering with the calories? But I'm still eating everything. Everyone always threw around that stupid theory that, oh, if you can't taste it, then you may as well just eat salad. It's like, no, your brain knows. No. Even if you can't taste it, your brain knows the difference

between a bucket of fucking chicken and a salad. Absolutely. Oh, 100% it does. I've been craving Red Rooster ever since we talked about it. You know what I could go right now? Yeah. Their hot honey fried chicken. At Red Rooster?

Yeah, it's really good. I don't think I've even heard of that, let alone tried it. It's really good. You're right. It's really good. We hope this podcast made you feel at least 2% better today. That's all. Just 2%.

So we do. So we do. She was following your lead, mate, and you're just texting. No, I'm not texting. Before we go, it's time for... Hello, I'm Tracey Grimshaw. Sorry, the last time we did a show from home was when we did a Tracey Grimshaw episode, and I just wanted to see what sound effects I had on the idgim section of my roadcaster.

Oh. And so you felt the need to disrupt the flow as we're trying to wrap up again. What else do I have? Oh, fuck. Is it just- Sorry, I've got an array. Sorry. At least these sound effects are somewhat relevant.

You're not playing horses. Let's play a game of Who Am I Ready. Okay. Okay, hold on. Hey, stop doing that. What? I'm Sue Sylvester from Glee on the megaphone. You don't sound anything like her.

Hey, you kids, stop dancing. You said you've never seen Glee. I know Sue Sylvester. Oh, but you couldn't miss the ads on Channel 10. Yeah, you're right about that, Mitch. If you want to do the megaphone thing again, the Sue quote is while she's looking after the cheerleaders and coaching them, she goes, you think this is hard?

I'm living with hepatitis. That's hard. You think this is hard? I'm living with hepatitis. That's hard. I'm going to grab that recording, send it to all of Mitch's future dates. Oh, fuck off. They're like, oh, my God, are you hard, Daddy?

You're like, you think this is hard? What if I, because, you know, I love a bit of FaceTime sex with a date, I could connect my iPhone to this setup and I could go. Are you hard for me? Okay, can we go? No. Is that you coughing? Yeah.

Stop it. Do you know what? I just realised I actually do have the power to turn him off now that I'm holding the fort and you're at home. I'm like alphabet. I'm melting. I'm melting. That's better. That's melting. That's better. That's much better.

Much better. This is exactly what I thought was going to happen. We start doing two episodes a week because the one was getting too long and now this one's getting fucking long too. Yep. I can't hear you, Mitch. I can't hear you. I can't hear you.

Did you think I was kidding? No. No, I can't hear you. I'm mad with power over here. I'll turn it back on. I feel mean now. What? I'm kidding. No. No, can't be. I'm mad with power over here. All right, I'll turn him back on. I feel mean now. What? I'm back.

Fuck. Okay, he's going off. Bye. Thanks for listening, idiots. We love you. Make sure you get your mug orders in before the end of Mugvember. You've got to celebrate the teal era with a new mug, darling. All right, we'll catch you next week.

Bye. I'm turning your mic back on so you can say bye. Yeah, you have to say bye, but that's all. Go. See you, everyone. Love you. Bye. Bye.

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