Jess & Ducko - Hit Breakfast - FULL SHOW | A gift

Episode Date: April 9, 2025

We take a look back at Duckos IVF journey from 2 years ago to now, Jess' mum reveals she's never done something that she's calling BS on and we'll let you know who's filling in for Ducko when he's off on dad leave!Subscribe on LiSTNR: https://play.listnr.com/podcast/nick-jess-and-duckoSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hot Honey has stopped at Macca's for a limited time only. Embrace the drip. Jess and Duggo! This is the Jess and Duggo podcast. Hi everyone, welcome to the podcast. What is up? What's up players? On the show today, you made us audition.

Yeah. For your job. Yep, yep, yep, yep. Just your Matt Lee fill-in. Look, there's no standouts. We already dumped one guy. Can we tell the Rise Cookers about that? Oh, I guess we can. Ah, look, there was one guy. Can we tell the Rise Cookers about that? Oh, I guess we could.

Look, there was one guy set to take over, but then there was a whole bunch of admin rigmarole behind the scenes, and we went, see you later. Other gigs. Other gigs. And Babs went, the fuck? I could get the call up. We went, righto, sis.

I did not say that. The church mouse. Babs came on air and went, happy St. Patrick's Day. She's like, hello. I've just spent the past year and four months essentially auditioning. Yeah. Get antibiotic, get an STI test, a condom. Yeah, just doing all that shit.

To clean that shit up. But then I say to her, cool, I want to blog a day, Babs. And she went, fuck no. I'm like, well, do you want the job or not? I don't hate you, but I don't really want to see your vagina. You don't have to, okay? You know, I was singing yesterday. Genuinely, I was in the hospital.

I was in the supermarket yesterday and this came into my head. Just a little thrush. And I started singing. That's not funny. No, I just, I don't know why. I know it's like, just a little thrush. I'd love to put Babs' version of that on Coles Radio. That would be fun.

Yeah, that would be good. Or were you in the thrush section? Me, me, me, me. Were you looking for femme? I don't know. Sometimes shit just pops in your head. Yeah. You can't like, the amount of times I'll just randomly be like, anxiety.

Yeah. But I can't sing the tune because I don't remember it. I don't do that, but I go, rah. Yeah. I love how Dutchie does that. It's awesome. Freaks the baby out. I'm just like, you know, face, rah.

Anyway, Babs, you going to step up or not? Yeah, you're rah. Are you going to step up? Honestly, you guys can do it. Nah, you'll be in. What, Babs, you going to step up or not? Yeah, you're going to step up. Honestly, you guys can do it. Nah, you'll be in. What, just Shy Guy and I? Yeah, come on. You mean you guys. Yeah, yeah.

Did you mean? Babs, here's a hot tip. You're not getting the anchor position. Yeah, there was no funny chairs, no shit. As I was sitting here, I was like, why are you making me do this? Because it's fun. Not a touchdown. Nah, not a touchdown.

Nah, you need more caltrane. Also, to be fair, I've never done that in my life. No, I must say, it was a valiant effort. I'm trying my best. I'm going to know. How did it feel doing that, though? It's a weird thing to do, isn't it? Yeah, it was very weird.

It was awkward. Yeah, it's a bit awkward. It is funny how quickly you did become Triple J. Like, you just put the bong down. Yeah. What's up, man? Who was that? Oh, yeah, that was... Gracie Abrams. He's like, what's up, man? Who was that? Oh, yeah.

Gracie Abrams. That's like an artist. I didn't talk in cursive. That was not how I spoke. Yes, you did. What did you just say? Is that a joke about Triple J? No.

You're making it sound like I'm talking in cursive. Have you ever heard that? No. What's that for? Can you do it again? It's like when you talk like this. And it just rolls on, man. That's exactly what you did. No, I didn't.

Yeah, it was like. Put it just rolls on my head. That's exactly what you did. No, I didn't. Yeah, it was like. Put your bloody weed vape down. Triple J. Yeah, crazy. Coming up. This was my vote for hottest 100, but it came 99. I really want to do while you're away because I'm already thinking like, what's easy? Yeah, easy to do.

You know, while you're gone. When you were gone, we did, what's the worst lolly? Fucking pumped. Perfect. This is the exact realm. What's the best soup? Can you imagine that? I said none?

Are you anti-soup as well? Safe drama. I'm the soup hater on this show. Now there's two of you against one. I like soup, but I won't be here. Don't worry, I've got enough gusto to take you both down. It's fine. What you should do is get stock recordings of me going,

ha, ha, ha, I agree. No way. Oh, that's not bad. And you can play me whenever. Maybe I need to ask Deb who took your cardboard cutout. God, that's gone back three years ago. Yeah, yeah. We had a cardboard cutout of Ducco at a party,

at an event that he couldn't attend. And a rice cooker literally came up and said, can I take the Ducco? And we were like, no, we might need that. And she just took it anyway. For Christmas and New Year's, she sent me me sitting at the table with her family. And then she'd be like kissing me and like drawing penises.

I think I was in a lot of parties. Her straddling you was very interesting. Yeah. But I need that back, Deb. I might be a bit Deb. I think that's going to be the creases in that thing. My mouth is just so dead. The crotch is just rubbed out.

It's raw. Yuck. It's just the colour of it. Take it off with Deb,'s raw. Yuck. It's just the colour of it. I'm taking it off with Deb, not me. Just the colour of it to come off. Deb, no. Yeah, she sent me photos for like a year and a half of it. I was like, fuck, this is getting weird.

Yeah. I appreciate you, Deb, but come on now. Come on now. Come on. Anyway, so. What I was saying is we get that in. And that way when I need some backup to take these two down, I can have my mate. Come on. Fuck off. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Anyway. That'd be fun. So it's out of Shy Guy and I for the job. take these two down, I can have my mate. Come on.

Fuck off. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Anyway. That'd be fun. So it's out of Shy Guy and I for the job. Yeah, so you and Shy Guy. Yeah, all right. Yeah.

You'll be all right. It'll be a great show. Tune in. Absolutely. We'll be talking about soup once a day and Babs blog once a day. We'll get through the three hours. I wonder if you'll be more tired from everyone having to, you know, everyone knows their roles there.

You stay in your lane, you know, and then when something, like I remember when you were away, I was more tired after the show because you're working harder. Did you find this, and I'll be offended if you didn't, but I reckon there's going to be moments where I bat something up and Shy Guy does maybe nothing with it or takes it left where I go, no, Duffer would have done this and that's what I needed or wanted. That was going to happen with no matter who. Yeah, 100%.

Yeah, it's true. Yeah, that does happen. You get so comfortable and you get so used to the dynamic. Like, I don't know what you're going to say, but I kind of know what you're going to say so I can work with that. You know my inflection of when I'm going to pause to let you speak and vice versa. Amen.

You know what I mean? You know, there's like that Radio 101 thing, like, play in the silence. And it's all part of the theatre. With Shaga, I'll be like, talk more. I can't wait. It's also just going to be weird looking at you front on instead of on the side. Oh, yeah. And Babs will be here.

Babs could be here. You're going to see my left side. Yeah, guys, stop just chucking me out. Babs could be sitting in my chair. I'm pushing the buttons. Do you want it? There's a lot of buttons over there. Do you want it?

We'll give you a run. Yeah, yeah. I'm crap. I have no idea how to do that. Will Babs actually be sitting in studio? We'll still play games. I suppose for the breaks, you'll need to. You should still do wordy-okey, because these two can go head-to-head.

Yep. And do bitty-bang-bang with listeners. We should play a game of who can do the most niche quote. We've got stuff happening. Just sit here and do viral quotes. Trying to stack it my way. Shy Guy's literally just trying to be positive. We've got shit going. We're here and fire a boat. Trying to stack it my way. Shy Guy's literally just trying to be positive. We've got shit going.

We're fine. We're fine. And it's Easter. Maybe we can do a... Dude, like, what's the best Easter egg? How shitty is Red Shuler? You know what we need? What is the worst Easter egg?

Yeah. That's fun. Solid eggs. Shit. I don't mind the Cadbury Miniature Solid Eggs. I like those. The hollow ones are a different chocolate. Hang on.

I'll get you recorded. No, no, no. We'll play it for next week. If we do it on like a Thursday, you can call in. We'll be right back. Hey guys, Doc here. You should call in under a different name and we'll see if we can identify you. Oh yeah. Surprise us.

Now new prank's made. That's the Easter egg. So for the week, if you can get through Babs and get on air. Yeah, g'day Doc. Under someone else. If you said that, I would say no. G'day, doll. I appreciate.

You'll have your hands full. Babsy, give me a follow back on Insta. I tried to follow you. Thank you, Kat. That would be great. I was a creep. That's who I was. I don't know who I was.

Nah, he's there. You're, um, yeah. Because we often get feedback on Babs saying, you know, I want to play. I want to play. So who can get through Babs? What are you looking for straight away? Yeah. I can't tell you that because then that's cheating.

Oh, maybe I should try and play Alpha Bugs one day. Oh, my gosh. Yeah, and if I win the 10K for my daughter, I'll be like, I've just had a new baby, guys. Like, hey, just like Ducko has. Anyway. Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

And then you can actually confirm if hearing that sound effect down the line is as nerve-wracking as people say. Because we've never been on the other side. I can reveal the name on air, then and there, you know. That's fun. Oh my God, and of course, the winning song. Oh yeah, the winning song. Yes, I'm looking forward to that.

Have you laminated that yet, Babs? No. Because what if the amniotic fluid gets on it? You won't be able to read it. Because I'll have it down, it'll be Morgan's badge, and then butthole, and then the song list, and then me. So I'll catch it. Oh, it was It's Vag and then Butthole and then the song list and then me. So I'll catch it. Oh, it was It's Raining Men.

It was even easier to look at. Well done. You need a checklist next to it. Oh, yeah, tick it off. Tick it off. It's already played. Oh, no, but what if it's rolled? What if the label's more than four hours?

It might go back to the top. God, I hope not. That's true. Smash mouth. Because if we don't, nothing goes early. Sunday night we go in. Sunday, we go in. They, Arvo, we go in. They do the balloon and then we have a restless night and then it should be Monday morning.

What? So while we're on air. What's the last thing? Ah, well, see, no, same thing with me. I didn't give birth till 1.24pm. Fuck. It's such a long wait. What's the last thing you're going to watch?

Ooh, the Masters Golf. I'm going to be up all night watching that. What's the last thing Morgan's going to watch? I don't know. What's the Wi-Fi sitch in the hospital? Yeah, we were fine. It was good? Unless Gussie had a dongle.

He might have. You know him. He might be a dongle man. Do you need a dongle? Possibly. I still need to give you the fairy lights and the battery-powered tea lights, and I can get your baby a dongle. Ask him if he had the dongle, because I was thinking,

hospitals usually have bad reception. They usually do a bad reception. Maybe because of all the equipment. We were in the delivery suite I'm bouncing on that ball and the... And did you take a lappy? Because there's a little TV in there.

I was going to get a HDMI cord plugged into the TV. We didn't watch the hospital TV at all. We watched Angus' laptop. Because they're only like hospital TVs. They're tiny. I was going to take an HDMI

and put it there because... You've only got like nine life. Yeah. My only laptop we have currently is Morgan's Bro because it's my work laptop. Oh no. I mean I can still get Netflix on that stuff. Yeah. God forbid I remember my passwords though. Yeah. My only laptop we have currently is Morgan's Broke. It's my work laptop. Oh, no. I mean, I can still get Netflix on that stuff.

Yeah. God forbid I remember my passwords, though. Yeah. It's so funny. The days feel like they- That's what's tough. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Oh, I'm nervous.

It's like the days feel so long because you're in each moment thinking, how do I keep this thing alive? But then it gets to 10 p.m. You go, where did the day actually go? What did we achieve today? Nothing. It's just about learning. So yes, I don't even actually remember watching things while we were in the room.

We must have. There is downtime. They are newborn. They sleep a lot. God willing. Yeah, hopefully. But you do want to have something. It's something in there to watch.

We don't even have a show. And I wonder if you'll get the double room or the bench room. I'm hoping the bench room. Yeah. That's what I said to Morgan. I hope we get that, but we don't know. We just have no idea. I think you should take your own pillow.

Yes, I'm bringing my cuddle pillow. Good, good, good. My boomerang pillow. I'd even take like a blanket or something. They do not give a shit about the support person. You are on your own. Yeah. They will do anything for Morgan, anything she needs, wants.

Support person, God forbid you need a blanket. Yeah, right. You'll be using a towel. You know what I asked Morgan yesterday? Fucking bad. I go, do I have a gym in the hospital? Oh, my goodness. And Morgan's like, no.

I was like, well, doctors need to train. People will be doing lunges with the baby up and down the corridor. Do you have a rehab session? Yeah, I get it. I'm like, why not? Do I have a golf Having rehab sessions. Yeah, yeah. You ever see one of these? Why not? Do they have a golf driving range? You know, simulator. They have a simulator.

Morgan's like, all right, I'll let you go home because I actually want a new pair of clothes. Ducko's gone for six hours. I'll just smack 12. Yeah, I wouldn't play golf. Why not? Celebrate it. Wear the baby's head with a golf ball. Anyway.

No, oh my God. Great show. Great show. You're going to hear some light and shade today Yeah So strap in Absolutely Absolutely

Hope you're in a good frame of mind Yeah, yeah Revisit if you're not Welcome to 16 Are you ready to get rowdy? I'm always ready to get rowdy Well, you're here today It's Wednesday, baby

Which would suggest Yeah You're happy to get rowdy with I'm always ready to get rowdy. Well, you're here today, which would suggest you're happy to get rowdy with us. Yep. Not my wife. But not your wife. Not the baby. And not your daughter, who is? Not out yet. For all intents and purposes, not out yet.

Yep. Still here. Still here. Every time I see someone down the street, oh, you're still here. Go to the gym. Oh, your baby's not here yet. Didn't you get a text yesterday? Hey, is your wife in labor or something?

Yeah, someone said, hey, is your wife in labour yet? How are you going? Yeah, it's like, I want to be on the show. When are you going into labour? Yeah, I know, people ask you all the time. People have got their finger on the pulse. I've never seen people so disappointed to see me in person. You know?

They're just like, ah. I know, if I'm seeing you, that means no action. Yeah. Okay. I've got mates trying to track my location and stuff like that. Have you got, like, the find my friends? Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'm like, no one's being more honest about it than me.

I'm telling you the truth. You could not have kept us more abreast of what's going on with your wife's vajutsi. For cervix. I told Morgan yesterday, I was like, I told everyone your cervix is still closed. She was like, thank you. You educated me and by extension Babs and Shy Guy on the stretch and sweep. Yep, that was on the podcast in depth. And I thank you because you know what they say, knowledge is power.

I know. And now I feel more powerful. We stretched and swept together. Absolutely. Yeah. I know. And now I feel more powerful. We stretched and swept together. Absolutely. Yeah. I feel like I was there. Oh, yeah. I feel like I was swept.

Shy Guy, do you feel swept? Swept. Yeah, you do look a bit swept today. I'm not even going to bother asking Sweet Babs. She's up against it this morning, Ducco. She's not in a good mood today. No. More goodness.

What's happened to Sweet Babs this morning? Someone parked in my car spot. Nothing worse than that. Unacceptable. Nothing worse than that. We have assigned parks here. We obviously share this car park of this building with six other floors and some residences. So we're all like, this is yours for this amount of time.

When someone parks in your car park, it's like someone parking over your driveway at home. Like it is a slap in the face. Particularly at this time of the morning where you just go, I haven't had my coffee, my brain is not firing, and now I have to go find another park. Like at the cinema, you know, you go to sit down, someone's in my allocated seat, I'll go sit over there. And then that person comes and taps you on the shoulder. You're like, come on, man, we're all just pivoting.

So what, Babs is now going to get tapped on the shoulder come 7am? Yeah, you, okay. Now, Babs, where do you park? Downstairs. Will they get angry? Visitor parking. Management get angry at that? Will they get annoyed?

They probably will, yeah. Because the issue is we're all on some database of we do work here. Don't take up a visitor. Yep. She's going to get pinged for taking up a visitor. Ah, Babs. So to the owner, was it a Pajero? Yeah.

Did you take a photo? It was a four-wheel drive. It was a four-wheel drive. Toyota Pajero, I believe. Yeah, yeah, yeah. A V6, too. Oh, Babs. That's so good. Was it a Pajero? Yeah. Did you take a photo? It was a four-wheel drive. It was a four-wheel drive. Toyota Pajero, I believe. Yeah, yeah, yeah. A V6, too. Oh, my God. Sorry.

Prado. Oh, it was green P plates? Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's a lot of car for a green P plate, huh? Because Babs doesn't have P's anymore, does she? Nah, nah. She's offers.

She's a grown woman. She can do whatever she wants. Beyonce? Don't know. That's one of her deep cuts. A real deep cut. Well, anyway, we'll need Babs to reassess, realign, reset. Yeah.

Because she's off kilter this morning. She's been off kilter. Understandably so. Yeah, I'm surprised she even came in. If that was me, I would have turned around and driven off. See you later. Today's not my day. Bye.

Shaka, how are you today? Because we need one producer to be smiley. Yeah, I'm good. You're a jumper? Wow. I am a jumper. It's cold in here. Oh, it be smiley. Yeah, I'm good. You're a jumper? Wow. I am a jumper. It's cold in here. Oh, it's cold outside.

I'm a jumper too. It was really cold last night, actually. I almost turned on my heater. Whoa. That's early for a heater. That is early. I tried to fight it. I was a bit stuffy last night.

I had fans on. Yeah. I slept with a fan on. But in the afternoon, like sort of six-ish, I was like, this is cool. You should have made a soup. This morning was cool. I noticed that. I have a little jumper on. You do. Yeah, yeah. I was like, this is cool. Should have made a soup. This morning was cool. I noticed that. I have a little jumper on.

You do. Yeah, yeah. I like that. That's not like an 80s, 90s vibe, that jumper. Yeah, you know, with my mo, it's like a bit of a look, a bit of a vibe ghost. It is. I don't know, man. You truly are entering dad era.

Babs and Chugga both just look down at their computers and laugh and then teams each other. I didn't. What an idiot. Have you started doing really loud sneezes? So loud. Is your dad trying to... The loudest. And Morgan's like, what the hell?

I'm going to give you an early compliment because your dad bod is nowhere near where it needs to be. You are not dad bodding at all. You could never end up in the budgie smuggler comp in the next 12 months. But in terms of your fashion, your mo and your now the loudness of sneezes. Oh, man.

My sneeze has been so loud. Like, so loud I was worried I was going to do my back with one the other day. Oh, my God. And Morgan's like, why is that? Ridiculous. Shut up. So, yes, it's loud. Okay.

Very loud. Transformation is happening. Yeah, yeah, yeah. When you start dropping dad jokes and puns and, oh, I'm high hungry, I'm dad. It will be complete. You know I don't like a pun, though. I know, but I think once you become a father, you can't help it. Has Angus started doing that?

Oh, he's not bad for just a lame little joke. If it's easy pickings, you know what I mean? He'll take it. If it's open slammer. Exactly. Low hanging fruit. And I think it's a badge of honour. You know, once you become a dad, you're the only one who can get away with that crap.

But you know what's funny? What I've noticed now is I'll say something that could be like half funny, half not funny, and then because I'm about to be a dad, people start to just say, oh, you're dad humor. I'm like, if this was a year ago, you might have laughed more. It could have been like ironic and, you know, a bit funny. Okay, then. But, hey, yes, we do have a big show for you.

10K off bucks. Your chance of that, of course, 6.30 and 8. We still have Shy Guy Dips on the show today. Absolutely. What cereal will he pick today? God, I think you missed it yesterday, Ducco. Shy Guy got a delivery. Oh, you know, I saw it.

Oh, did you see that? We to pick here. Someone, someone. Sanitarium. That's right. Very kind. Giving him a little opportunity to have a guessing game. So, I mean, this thing is.

Oh, what was in the box? I never got to see it. I didn't open it. Cereals. Just all from that. From San guessing game. So, I mean, this thing is. Oh, what was in the box? I never got to see it. I didn't open it. Cereals. Just all from that. From Sanitaria. Yeah, yeah. All wrapped.

With a guessing game. They put clues on the boxes. With riddles. Do they know we play this game, do they? Yeah. Oh, right. Yeah, the note said, now it's Shy Guy's turn to have a go. He's always in the hot seat.

Oh. So now he can play without riddles and open each box. Oh, that's fun. And they sent us some merch, some socks, some key rings, other stuff like that. Yeah. Bumper stickers. Maybe we should put one on that Land Cruiser.

Yeah, that's a great one. With a Jess and Douga fridge magnet. Love that. Yeah, love that. That's a good idea. They'll never know who did it. Oh, good. But yeah, this thing is, it's gaining traction.

Okay, I love it. So get it on the ground floor today. Plus more chances at the call of fame of the day. Tickets to MJ the Musical and accommodation in Sydney. But we need to stop everything. Something big. Normally I'd just go into a song, presumably Sabrina Carpenter, Gracie Abrams. One of the other pop divas.

But another diva stepped in. This has just been announced. That's right. This has been embargoed. I've been here, actually. I don't want to say anything. I've been here in the bowels of the company for hours. Well, it's one thing if we just say it.

Yeah. We needed a few bells and whistles. I'm lucky you came in and you got all the bells and all the whistles because this woman deserves them. Yep. Here we go. This is what's happening. Hello, monsters.

Lady Gaga! This is Lady Gaga. I knew this trick could be me, but I can't decrease. This is Lady Gaga. You've waited long enough, little monsters. All you have to do while you're here is dance, that's it. Lady Gaga presents... Mayhem definitely began here. The Mayhem Ball. La profe dobra amor una la

La Gaga, ooh la la began here. The Mayhem Ball. Live in Australia this December. Tickets and info at livenation.com.au Come and see me, Lady Gaga, live. She's doing it. Gaga. Ooh la la.

Gaga. Oh, my. Only three shows, ducko. Only three shows. In 11 years, we haven't seen Gaga down under. Has it been that long? 11 years. She's kept us waiting.

You've waited long enough, little monsters. Lady Gaga presents, as we said, the Mayhem Ball. Of course, stadium Friday, December 12. Tickets and info, livenation.com.au. We have tickets on the show this morning. That's right. But not right now. Not right now.

You stick with us. We will give the first double pass to that show in Sydney. Yep. Before 9am. Yep. We'll let you know how and when to call. Yeah. Maybe in a little bit.

Yeah, I know. Keep listening. Can you imagine how good she to call. Maybe in a little bit. I keep listening. Can you imagine how good she would be live? She'd be unreal. This is an unbelievable performer. The set of pipes on this woman. She's obviously dabbled in film. She's done so much. But back to her roots.

Back to her roots. Back to singing. Singing roots. No more Joker sequel. Lady Gaga's real name. We have had this before. We have. Stephanie Joanne. German Otter. Stephanie, yes. had this before. We have Stephanie Joanne.

German Otter. Stephanie, yes. We can't wait to have Miss German Otter. Can't wait. She's unreal. Great performer. It will sell out. You've got to be listening.

Keep it locked right here. Jess and Ducko. Jess and Ducko. Shy Lord, over to you. All right. So Paris Hilton went viral, guys, because she has been drinking snake sperm. Okay. Drinking?

Yeah, she told TMZ. You ripped straight in with the bandit on Friday because I'm going to get to more. No segue. No segue. You could have gone, Jess, what's your favorite facial? Yeah, what would you like to drink, ducko? Salmon sperm or whatever it is. Now, I've heard of salmon sperm on skin.

Yes, I remember doing that. Paris is leveled up by drinking. Yeah. She says it's like honey and it clears my throat. Stop it. That's what she says. I didn't know snake made that anyway. Like, obviously they do.

I just didn't, I wasn't, you know, well-adversed with the snakes. I wonder how you get it. You've milked a tarantula before. Is it similar? Yeah, I'd imagine so. Tiny little things you've got to get out. That's right. It can be done.

It can be done. I've told you about, well, my brother's mate's dad, what he does for a living. He gets it out of horses. Yeah, that, I mean. That's wild, hey? So you're telling me there's someone like Peter. I think there's a license for that. Yeah.

The training. He can't get insurance because it's so dangerous. Him and the underwater welders can't get insurance. It's so dangerous. There's someone like Peter. I think there's a license for that. Yeah. The training. He can't get insurance because it's so dangerous. Him and the underwater welders can't get insurance. It's so dangerous. No life insurance for them. He could lose an eye at any moment. Any moment. How do you get it out of a snake so Paris can drink it?

I don't know the mechanics of getting it out of the snake, but you can buy it. Is it Chinese medicine? Google how to get it out of a snake. I need to know how Paris is getting her hands on it. Is it black market stuff? Yeah, how you can buy it. Is it Chinese medicine? Google how to get it out of a snake. I need to know how Paris is getting her hands on it. Is it black market stuff? How do you do it? So she's swallowing, like shotting it, and it's good for her face.

No, she's drinking it. It's clearing her throat. Clearing her throat? So I asked ChatGPT what other animals have sperm that's good for you. Whether you drink or apply it to your skin. So I'm going to list them off for you. Give me the creature and then what it'll fix. Salmon, sperm, which we've talked about on this show.

You guys can't see Babs' face. Sorry, she's having her eyes. Is she Googling how to get sperm off a snake? She looks like she's going to cry. What do you Google? How to wank a snake or something? How do you extract sperm from a snake? Oh, such a proper Google.

Nice lingo. That's good. I'm getting like research reports. Yeah, and is there pictures? Yes. What does it look like that's happening? I don't know research reports. Yeah, and is there pictures? Yes. Okay, and what does it look like that's happening? I don't know. It's just like gooey and yuck.

Is it a human being with their finger and thumb? Yeah, like I'm picturing like a tiny little, you know. Motion. Yeah, it is. It's like people like, ew, like probing it. Wow. Do you have to turn the snake on first? I'd imagine so.

You'd imagine so. Give it a good hiss. You have to charm the snake on first? I'd imagine so. You'd imagine so. Give it a good hiss. You have to charm the snake. Yes. Literally. All right. Anyway. Sorry.

Sam and Spam. We know Kim Kardashian. She spoke out and she gets these regularly, apparently. That's right. But she applies it to the skin. She does. It promotes skin elasticity, joints, and apparently hair. Oh, there you go.

Yep. The Swiftlet, which is a bird found in tropical North Queensland. Oh, yes. Named after Taylor Swift, I assume. Obviously. It's good for anti-aging and giving your skin a glow. Am I applying it or am I drinking it? I have heard.

This one is an application. I think you dab it. I've heard of the Swiftlet. You have? Yeah, the facial Swiftlet. Yeah, that's just an application to the exterior. I've dabbled. I mean, all Queenslanders have.

You often get accused of fake tanning, of wearing contacts. It's actually swiflet jizz. It's your secret swiflet jizz. And when I say people don't get it, they think I'm joking. I'm not. I've told you what it is. If you knew the bird world better, you would know the swiflet being a bird. That's why you go to Tropical North Queensland every holiday.

Exactly right. That's right. Move over, Mongo the parrot. I'm not seeing the reef. All right. If you're looking for an ant. Can I find a swiflet at Corumbin? Bird Sanctuary.

I've taken the kid there. Yeah, you probably could find a lot of bloody lorikeets there. I'll bring you back a souvenir. I'll get you some fresh swiftlet juice. I'll give you a jar. Sorry, should I go more? I'll keep going. Yeah.

If you're looking for anti-acne. Yes. Oh, that's a good one. What you want is a snail sperm. Oh. Snails. And again, I ask you, application or ingestion? I imagine you're putting snails on your face and just letting them do their thing.

It says application. Okay. So Paris is the only one consuming at this point. It'd be hard to get a snail off. It'd be tough. I can have all the things to get off, but snails not. A deer sperm? Again, I ask you, how do you turn on a snail to get him ready enough?

Take its shell off because then he's nude. That's hot. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Should I be nude as well? Yeah, obviously. A sheep is good for deep hydration of the skin. What? That's an application.

Again, I ask you, application ingestion. And then deer sperm is good for muscle recovery. Not Bambi. I used to have deer antler extract. I'm not making that up. I think it might be the antler extract. I'm not making that up. I used to have that for the gains.

I swear to God. Shut up. Like a protein thing? It was like a droplet. I went through a phase. That's got to be some black market stuff. How'd you get that? Yeah, from the States.

Yeah. There's a few accounts. Is that like reindeer? Because normal deer don't have antlers. That's reindeer, don't they? I don't know. Deer antlers? Yeah, they've got antlers.

And the final one is bee cum. Jeez, that was great for you. Bees. Okay, we wasn't great for you. Bees. Okay, we were questioning snake and snail. Bees would be so pricky. They'd sting you. Shut up. I don't think that is a stinger. I've heard of the bee's knees, Duggo.

I've not heard of the bee's penis. You could have said something else. What could I have said? Yeah, deer do have antlers, by the way. Not reindeer. Deer. Yeah, deer. I'm bloody, by the way. Not reindeer. Deer. Yeah, deer. I'm bloody learning.

You're wigging me out now. I've never seen deer. Well, what was I having there? Have I? Jess and Ducko in the morning. Jess and Ducko's 10K Alpha Bugs on Hit Alpha Bugs. 30 seconds, 10 questions, all starting with the same letter. Have to take your first answer.

Can't use the same answer twice. If you're unsure of the question, say pass. We come back, of course, if there is time. We are playing for $10,000. Our player today, it is Jamie. Hello, Jamie. Morning, all. Jamie, good morning to you.

We have $10,000 to give away. It's Duckos last week before paternity leave starts next week. We'd really like,000 to give away. It's Ducko's last week before paternity leave starts next week. We'd really like to celebrate with the winner. Are you going to be our winner today? Oh, I sure hope so. Do it for me, Jamie. Come on. I was going to ask what's motivating

you besides Ducko? What is motivating you? I myself had a baby recently so I would love to do a shopping spree for my bubba, my two-year-old and myself. Oh, congratulations. That's a busy household. That is a busy household.

How old? How old is your freshie? So he's seven months, and then I have a two-and-a-half-year-old. Oh, that is a busy household. How's the sleep going? It's not there. Sorry, Ducker. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Oh, I remember telling you. It comes and goes away, to quote the great Dean Lewis. Sorry, Ducker. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Oh, remember I was telling you. It comes and goes in waves, to quote the great Dean Lewis. Jamie, the letter. Don't shake your head at me, shy guy. You love Dean. Jamie, it's a solid letter for you, babe. We're nearing the top of the alphabet for you. You're going to work with the letter C.

C for couch. Comes and goes in waves. Comes and goes in waves. It was right there. It was there. You all right, Jamie? Yep. Let's do it. Come in wags. It was right there. It was there. You all right, Jamie? Yep. Let's do it.

Come on, Jamie. She's fired up. Your time will start after the first question. Starting with the letter C. We need you to name a country. Canada. A spice. Cumin.

A TV show. Pass. A zoo animal. Pass. Pass. Pass. Pass. Pass. Pass.

Pass. Pass. A girl's name. Caitlin. A TV show. No, pass. Got through all ten, and everything we answered we got correct. We got six. Let's go through some. A TV show could have been Criminal Minds, Charmed, There's a Few, CSI. A zoo animal. You don't think of the crocodile, but they're in zoos.

Absolutely. I mean, Steve, he did a lot of work for the Crocodiles. Absolutely. You go to Hamilton Island Zoo and see the one lonely old crocodile. The one sad crocodile. We've got to bust him out. Yeah, poor guy. He shouldn't be there.

An actress, Cate Blanchett, Cameron Diaz, video game, Crash Bandicoot or Cod. Call of Duty I would have taken. Look, you didn't get the 10K, Jamie. It's annoying, but you don't go away empty-handed. $100 to spend at a hair house. That's all yours. Thank you so much. Are you seven-month-old?

Could do with a little bit of pomade. Oh, yeah. Maybe a new brush. All that hair they've got. Well, thanks for coming on, Jamie. Good luck with the household. No, thank you. Yeah, I broke up just now.

I think she was saying good luck to you too. Yeah, yeah, thank you. Thank you, Jamie. I think she was saying you'll be fine. You'll be fine. Who needs sleep? Human beings don't need sleep. We've evolved beyond that.

Alphamax is back again at 8 o'clock for $10,000. Jess and Ducco. This is a true story. You know Mama Farch was visiting over the weekend, Ducco. Endless well of content, your mother. Right. You know? God, we get some things out of her.

We milk her dry. That trip for her should be tax deductible because I have absolutely milked her dry. We went out for dinner. I took her out for a fancy meal, just her and I. Now, let's be real. She didn't come to see the baby. She didn't really come to see me, but she goes to bed at 6.30. I went, Ma, I would like to take you out for a fancy night on the town.

You mean your mum goes to bed at 6.30? No went, Ma, I would like to take you out for a fancy night on the town. You mean your mum goes to bed at 6.30? She's not that old. And you get a couple of rosés under her belt. She can party well into the night. Now, she was fuelled by a couple of rosés, I will say at this point. So we start getting a little bit lippy. We start getting a little bit

the back chat or whatever. You're both getting your voice on. This is good that we're at a fancy restaurant. It rains us in a little bit. Yeah. But I had my phone on the table, as, you know, I think is very common. And I had the screen face down. And I think she just picked it up to look at my phone case.

It's, you know, a nice little decorative thing. She held it up a bit close. And she's going, what's this crack? Because you know where you put your phone case. You can see where obviously the camera is that can't be covered. And she can see a bit of a crack around that glass. And I went, oh, careful. I dropped my phone the other day. The whole back of my phone is cracked. So don't take the screen off. Don't take the case off. It'll shatter or whatever. She went,

what do you mean you dropped your phone? I went, I dropped my phone and the bloody thing shattered. I don't know what happened. I've just hit it at the wrong angle, even with the case on. How annoying is that? She went, you're not the first person I've heard say that. What, drop my phone? She went, yeah, your brother mentioned it the other day.

How do you do that? How do you drop your phone? Ma, I've got too much in my hand. It's slippery. I'm walking to the car. I get distracted. I haven't put it on the table. There's a million ways you can drop your phone.

My mother, I won't reveal her age because I don't think she likes, you know, she's of that era. You don't talk about women's ages. She's in her 60s, ma. Looks me dead in the eye, ducko. I don't know how you drop your phone I've never done that Bull crap, Mark

There's no way That is such a great claim You've never Can't say I've never dropped my phone Can't relate to that The question of how do you drop your phone That's ridiculous behaviour I raised you better than that

What? I raised you better She reckons in her Insert, however old she is Ridiculous behaviour. I raised you better than that. What? I raised you better than that. She reckons in her, insert, however old she is, she's never dropped her phone and she was swearing black and blue. Never done it. And she has the case on the phone that folds out with the credit cards in there. She's got that classic mum case where, yes, it is quite the buffer.

So if she did drop it, it would be fine. It would fully bounce. She looked me dead in the eye, her firstborn only daughter, and said, I've never dropped my phone. Is there any way we could prove this? That's why it's such a great claim. I can't prove that. And my dad is such a great, he would never.

He would lie for her. He could have watched her do it. Yeah, yeah. I didn't see anything. Exactly. He would never go against her. He knows where his bread's buttered. Amen, brother. Amen. He knows who cooks his chicken satay, if. I didn't see anything. Exactly. He would never go against her. He knows where his bread's buttered. Amen, brother.

Amen. He knows who cooks his chicken satay, if you know what I'm saying. Reckons she's never dropped her phone. Hilarious. And she swore black and blue. That's what I wanted to ask on 131060. Maybe there's something you've never done. Yeah, yeah. Or you claim you've never done. You claim you've never done. Or they claim they've never done

to you. Because that is one of the greatest claims. I've never dropped my phone. Just can't relate to that. Can't relate to that butterfinger over here. Does she drop her keys? You know, like. Now, to be fair, I didn't follow up any other implement. Dropping items.

Because I just thought this was so ridiculous. What you should have done all for the rest of the weekend is, like, try and make her drop things. And test her skills. Yeah, and see if she's actually dropped anything. Absolutely. Or just covered everything she owns in oil or butter. Make it slide. Make her slip it out of her hair. Yes, and see if she's actually dropped anything. Absolutely. Or just covered everything she owns in oil or butter. Make it slide.

Make her slip it out of her head. Yes, that would have been great. Jess and Ducko. I reckon producer Shy Guy's having a glass of milk. Glass of milk and a little biscuit, aren't you? My milk, my milk, my milk. Shy Guy Dips. I'm so excited.

I want Shy Guy's box. As you should be. You are in a great company winning Shy Guy's Box. It is that time of the week. We all get excited. We all put some lead in your pencil. We get a bit of dippy dippy. Dippy dippy.

Shy Guy has many skills. Describing things is not one of them. Yeah, I know. So what he's got is a hot little box of cereal. Oh, I say hot. That may have been a clue. Oh, it could have been. It's not hot.

Show me the box. Show me the box, Shy Guy. It's just a box of cereal. What have we got today? He's going to give you a series of clues. Yep, yep. If you can work out what he's holding, you win said box of cereal plus some Jess and Ducko merch, which is only available this way.

We're talking fridge magnet. We're talking jizz beer. We're talking bottle opener. It's unbelievable. It's supercharged. It's supercharged. $13,1060. We always need first cap.

First caller does get a supplementary clue, so don't hold back. Shy guy. Yeah. It's mostly blue, this box. Oh, that's a big clue. Oh, Jesus, that is a massive clue. Huge clue. Are you sure?

Well, it's too late now, isn't it? We've done it now. All right, $13,1060. We need first call off the rank. You'll also get a second clue. He's in a good mood today. God, he's very merry. Are you eating it?

That's unbelievable. Are you eating it right now? No, I've got something else in front of me. Ah, toast. Yeah, toast boy. It feels wrong for you to be eating toast. It does feel a bit wrong. As we do.

Alright, well that's the first clue. Jess and Ducko. Jess and Ducko. I reckon producer Sean Guy's having a glass of milk. Glass of milk and a little biscuit, aren't you? My milk, my milk, my milk. Shy Guy Dips. I'm so excited.

I want Shy Guy's box. Shy Guy's going to give you a series of clues. You put all those clues together, tell him what cereal he holds in his hot little hands. Yep. You win a gamut of things. Not Lady Gaga tickets, but a whole bunch of other stuff. Almost better if you ask me. Fridge magnet, jizz bit. To each their own.

We have heard. Yes. Blue box. Blue box. Which is a humongous clue. He must be in a great mood. You know who's quick on the phones then on 131060? Heard that. It was Andrew. Hello, Andrew. Hey, guys. Andrew, Andrew. Yep, you get another clue, big guy. Well, I need it

because I've got two options. Ooh, he needs to whittle it down. Okay. Alright. Andrew, Andrew. Yep, you get another clue, big guy. Well, I need it because I've got two options. Ooh, he needs to whittle it down. Okay, all right. Andrew, there's multiple flavours of this one. Oh. Oh. So what does that mean? You want specifics now? The one flavour on the specific flavour.

Okay. Andrew. Oh, you want the specific flavour? Ah, crap. All right, Andrew, good luck. You've had your two clues. Blue box, multiple flavours. You've had your two clues. Blue box, multiple flavours.

What are you locking in? Weet-Bix Bites, say chocolate. Oh! Andrew! Oh, Andrew, one of the great first guesses. You were dancing with him. That was very good, sir. You have basically done all the work. A lot of heavenly tea, yeah.

So we go to Nick now. Good morning, Nick. Good morning, guys. How are you done all the work. A lot of heavenly tea. So we go to Nick now. Good morning, Nick. Good morning, guys. How are you? Oh, Nick. We couldn't be better. We're trying to give you a box of cereal. Obviously.

We've heard it's a blue box. We've heard there's multiple flavours. Poor Andrew. He's kicking it. He'll be kicking himself all the way to work. Andrew Guess. Weepix bites chocolate. Not saying anything more, but you get another clue.

These are little rectangular cubes. Okay. Nick, I think you know where we're working. These are little rectangular cubes. Okay. Nick, I think you know where we're working. The space we're in. Honestly, my guess was going to be something completely different until there was multiple flavours involved.

I'm going to throw a spanner in the works. He'll do that to you. He does that. He's crazy like that. Throwing his tools all over the place. It's a Wednesday. I'll just say the honey Weet-Bix Bites. Ooh, honey. It is not honey Weet-Bix Bites. How many flavours are there of Weet-Bix Bites?

More than those two. Okay. Nathaniel. We're whittling it down very quickly. Hello, Nathaniel. Hey, how we going? Matt, couldn down very quickly. Hello, Nathaniel. Hey, how are we going? Matt, couldn't be better. Couldn't be better.

Blue box, multiple flavours. What did you say? Small tubes? Small rectangular cubes. Cubes. Not tubes. Cubes. And another clue for Nathan.

Very high in fibre. Oh, great fibre. Good for the toilet. Okay. I'm going to go with apricot. Apricot. We mix bites. Sorry, Nathaniel.

We are flirting with the duck. We just went to. We've got our little tongue out. Find the fruit. But we haven't smooched yet. Christy on 131060. Welcome to Wednesday, Christy. How are we?

I'm good. How are you? Christy, we're getting a little bit antsy in the pantsy because we're flirting with this. Blue box, high in fibre, multiple flavours, cube. Christy gets another clue. There's four flavours of these and we've named three of them. Oh, my goodness.

Christy, put us out of our misery. Come on, Christy. Don't say Cocoa Pops. Wheat Bix, cranberry and coconut. No. That's wrong. It's wrong. Oh, no.

You also didn't say bites. Like, I feel like it's got to be specific, this one. Sarah. Sarah, are you there? Yes. Yes, I am. Okay, this is huge. Do you need another clue, Sarah?

Yes, I do, please. Oh, okay. Okay, well, you can actually see this flavour in them in little chunks in the cereal. Oh, it's a visible flavour. Okay, Sarah, I think we've landed on there. A Wheat Bix Bite. What flavour? I will go Wheat Bix Bite.

Oh, I've got two options. Jeez. This is high stakes. This is high stakes. Go with your gut, Sarah. Go with your gut, Sarah. Raspberry. Wrong.

I'm so wrong. Wrong. I know. Wrong. Okay. Come on, Sarah. Sure there's no flavours left. I can't believe still the person who was closest was Andrew. Our first caller. Do we get Andrew back?

He's already gone. He's gone. He didn't hang around. Why would he? We need to get something. There's heaps of calls going through. We do. I think Babs has logged out there because they're all saying the wrong guesses.

I can't believe. 13, 10, 60. Okay. We go to Bella. We're there because they're all saying the wrong guesses. I can't believe. Okay. We go to Bella. We're getting further away. We're getting further away. Bella, have you got us there? Yes.

Okay, Bella, this is massive. I feel like I've gone through all the options, and I was going to go Wheat Bix Wildberry. Hang on. We need it specifically, Bella. What is it? Wheat Bix Bites Wildberry. Yes! Yes! We need it specifically, Bella. What is it? We fix bites wild berries. Yes!

Yes! Oh, God, we can't go again, can we? Oh, goodness me. Bella. Oh, Bella. Well, again, kudos to Andrew. I was going from, like, rice bubbles to Coco Pops, and I was like, oh, wait.

Hang on a minute. No, no, no. Hang on a minute. God, if you'd pivoted to rice bubbles. If you said rice bubbles, we'd have been so far off it. Well, Bella, you've just won that said box of cereal, a jizz bit, a fridge magnet, and a bottle opener, and you're in the elite company. That is Shy Guy Dips.

Winners, well done. Yes, amazing. Thank you so much. You've made my morning. Oh, well, you've made ours, Bella. That was excruciating. Yeah. Before we let you go, Bella, I know you're going to nail this in one go.

Bella's got her head screwed on. I need a nice, crisp, clear, Hi, my name's Bella, and I'm so excited. I won Shy Guy's box. Go. Hi, I'm so excited. I'm just... Sorry, Bella. We've got to go

again from the top. We've just got to get it. Jess, what's the dialogue? Hi, my name's Bella. My name. And I'm so excited. I won Shy Guy's box. Okay, hold on. Take two.

Rolling sound, Shy Guy. Babs, rolling camera, and Bella, action. Hi, my name's Bella, and I've just won Shy Guy's box. Cut, cut, Bella. You are costing us a fortune. Bella. So, Jess, what is the dialogue? Hi, my name's Bella, and I'm so excited.

I just won Shy Guy's box. Okay, take three for Bella. Take three places, people. Bubs, put your clothes back on. All right, Shy Guy, roll and action. Hi, my name's Bella, and I'm so excited. I've just won Shy Guy's box. Jess and Ducko.

You know, we've discussed this before on this show, when your dogs, we're both dog people, does a number two and they have that classic thing where they do it and they just look at you and just stare at you deadpan. Like, I know you're about to clean this up. Of all the power moves in the animal kingdom, have to be up there with the strongest. Obviously. And then Pam always wants to bail right when you're about to clean this up. Of all the power moves in the animal kingdom, you have to be up there with the strongest.

Obviously. And then Pam always wants to bail right when you're trying to pick her poo up. No, you've made this mess. I'm trying to pick it up. And you're belt leash people, so she's around your waist, tugging you one way, and you're trying to get it that way. 100%. It's so annoying. But I've come up with a way now to get her excited for poo time.

It also helps at night time if you want her to go to the toilet before bed. Oh, that's good. You're going to be inside now for eight to ten hours, sweetheart. Yep. And it also makes me excited when she does it because it just adds a spin on it. Oh, it's fun for the whole family. It is.

Fun for everyone. Fun for everyone. Life is easy when you wear a sweater. You bat that up, bro. You knew I was going to go to Saddle Club Town. How are you making poo time fun? What I've started doing, and I've got Morgan on board with this as well, is when she does it, I give her the same excited voice that I give

when she gets a new toy or when I come home or Mummy comes home, like that high pitch. You can say anything in that tone. And she'll be like, oh, my God. Like, where's your toy? Oh, and she goes and gets her ball or whatever and she picks it and she gets all excited and she runs out and butt wags and stuff. So when she's going to the toilet, just before a toilet.

So she gets into that hunch, crouch position. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It looks like she's pulled down her pants and she's looking at you and she's like doing that poo and she always looks so sad and she's just like clenching. I go, a gift. You're giving daddy a gift. It's a gift. And I go, a gift? You're giving daddy a gift? It's a gift.

And I go, a gift? And then she starts trying to shake her tail. Is it Christmas? She gets so excited that she's doing it. She starts trying to shake her tail. And I'm like, look, mommy, it's a gift. A gift for all. Oh, my God.

And then Morgan from the back corner, yes, a gift. And then she feels so proud of what she's done. And it just makes it a bit like, and then you pick up the hot gift and it's just sitting in your hand. And you thank her for the gift. Obviously. At Christmas, your mum would be like, thank Auntie Beryl. Thank you, Auntie Beryl.

So you go, thank you. Thank you, Pam. Thank you. And then she watches you throw it in the garbage, though. That could be confusing for the young lady. That's right. Do you have to pop it on the shelf for a bit and throw it away? I let her hold it in her mouth and she just walks away with the bag,

like so excited about it. But then the funniest thing is when you come out in the morning and there's like two fresh turds on the lawn. I'm like, oh, Morgan, we've got gifts. Presents. It's presents. It's a blue overnight. Someone's come to visit us.

Jess and Daco. We have been inundated on the socials, the text line, people asking me when I see them out and about, E, what's happening while the duck man goes on paternity leave? Now, this job is your heart and soul, but when Judy calls, you've got to be there for the birth of your baby and those pivotal first few weeks. I wanted to live stream the birth and just do the show from there,

broadcast in there from the hospital. Couldn't do it. Wasn't allowed. Wasn't allowed. And it's nice. You really want to be boots on the ground for your wife and child. Yeah.

Boots on the ground. But that leaves a big old hole. Yeah. Because luckily with how it turns, how it works out, my child is born while we have a break, a couple of weeks off anyway. So essentially I'm taking a month, but only a couple of weeks off air from the entire team. But it leaves a gaping hole for a bit of like next week, and then there's time off, then a little bit after.

So it's an awkward amount of time. Exactly. It's an awkward amount of time, but it also is a big job you do on that side of the desk. I don't know why we get paid the same. I'll put it on the record. You do a lot. I'm great.

Between six and nine. A quality system. Love that for us. Thanks so much. Carl and Lisa should have taken a leaf out of our book. Yeah, they do the same. That's a throwback to the Today Show. Dramas. You do a lot on that side of the desk. Who's going to do that whilst you're gone? Coming behind the curtain, what my role is in the show is called the anchor, right? So I'll come off the song like you just heard there and I'll say, Gracie Abrams, that's so true. Coming up, bang, bang, bang, bang. And then I'll fire off the song or the ads that I get us in and out of the talk breaks. That's right. That's anchoring. It's also

panelling, which is controlling those buttons. Full disclosure to the Rascal, because I used to do that job when I started in radio 2016, more because I'm a control freak more than anything else. I've not touched that side of the desk. No. It's changed a bit. It's changed a bit. You're absolutely right. Because we can say now, replacing me, and I think, Jess, this happened, I think the management heard this the week you were off and Shy Guy was sick and it was Babs and me

and me and Shy Guy and whatever. And they went, you know, when Duck is on maternity leave, the team can just do the show without him. That's right. And carry and just hold that mental piece at least for a week without him. Yes. And I think between the three of us, chat wise, we'll be fine. It'll be different, of course, and we'll miss you.

You'll get lots of this. Shy Guy, say something. Hello. Oh, mate, can't wait. And we'll work through that together. Yeah, it'll be fun. But it'll be lots of this. Sharge, say something. Hello. Oh, mate, can't wait. And we'll work through that together. Yeah, it'll be fun. But it'll be a nice unit. So the three of you are doing the show.

But there is the technical side of things that we do need to denote and delegate. Who's going to do that? Someone needs to sit in my chair and actually press the buttons and anchor the show. That's the funniest part. Someone needs to anchor it. Steer the big old ship. Correct. Run the pace and time.

So I'm demoing you three today. This is almost like... Well, it's a bit of an Oz Idol, really. That's right. You are Dicko, Mark Holden, Marsha Hines, and I'm going to throw in Andrew G and James Marston all in one. Wow. I'm Andrew pre-Osha.

Yeah, yeah. This is back in the day. This is back in the day. Yeah. So. Big shoes to fill. What we're going to do is, as I said, I do outros and intros of songs, I intro things.

Look, you guys are all going to get is, as I said, I do outros and intros of songs. I intro things. You guys are all going to get the opportunity to come off a song, and then you're going to tease something coming up. And just for the sake of this, then we're going to go into a song, and you're going to intro it. So the song we're coming off is the song we just did. So you're going to come off Gracie Abrams. You're going to announce the song, maybe say the time,

and then say what's coming up. And then, I guess when you're ready, you can just point at me, and then we'll go into Ed Sheeran. Oh, he's newie. He's newie. So you've got a bit of an intro on this to hit the post. Now, Dicko, what are you looking for? I'm looking for confidence. I'm looking for energy, a bit of vibe.

I want you to tell me what's coming up so I know to stick around for the next half an hour. And then a nice, clean intro into the song. Not talking over the lyrics. Who wants to go first? I don't want to go first. I don't think I've seen either of you, like any of you, this nervous. Because what you just asked for, energy, enthusiasm, confidence, screams Shy Guy to me. So I reckon you show us how it's done, brother.

Shy Lord. Okay. Are you ready? So hang on. So you're going to play a song. I'll just run through this. You're going to play a song. I'm going to hook something.

Yep. You're going to back announce hook. And then you just point at me when you want me to play the intro. And I'll hook again over the intro. Oh, maybe you can do like a 13, 10, 60, give us a call. I'll do a solicit. Yeah, do a little. We call that solicit.

Okay, so I'll play the outro. You point at me. Here we go, everyone. This is Shy Guy. All right, take one. Gracie Abrams, Jess and Darko here. Darko obviously off. It's just Jess, Babs and myself here, shy guy.

Hey, we are doing What Does Your Man Think He Can Do? There's a couple of racehorses. Guys think they can outrun him. We'll find out. Play the song, please, Darko. This is Ed Sheeran's new one. It's Azizem. It also translates to My Dear Impersion.

Azizem. Okay. All to my dear in Persian. Okay. All right. I need to write some things down. Yeah, yeah. We left a bit of time in between. We weren't nailing the post, but you weren't sitting in front of the desk. Because normally we obviously wouldn't hook and hook. Yeah, yeah.

It's a bit of an unofficial thing. And like when you have this song for like rice cookers at home that don't know the system, you also have a visual to help you as well. So I'll let that slide. I really want to can him, but I just don't know if I can do any better. I was nervous because I was like, hook twice, you don't hook twice. It's also a very artificial skill. It is.

That you have cultivated over 10 years in radio. I think Babs should go next. Okay, Babs, here we go. I've never done this in my life. My heart's beating so fast. I know, this is so good. Okay, here we go. Good luck.

Gracie Abrams, That's So True. You're on Hit Breakfast with Jess and Docco. It's currently 7.50. I sound like a newsreader. Come here, kiddo. In about 10 minutes, you could walk away with 10 grand. How good would that be? Anyway, this is a new one from Ed Sheeran. This is Azizem.

Happy Wednesday. Not bad,000. How good would that be? Anyway, this is a new one from Ed Sheeran. This is Azizem. Happy Wednesday. Not bad, babe. You know, that was better than I thought it would be. You hear your tone change there, right? Yeah, I sounded like a new hero. Your eyes are welling up. You were so nervous. It was giving Triple J, though.

It was a little bit. You can see who she listens to. No, no, but well done to you. Thank you. Nice energy. You and I often get told to tone it down a little. Yeah, yeah. That was a lovely.

People will think we are Triple J. The issue is, Duggo, whilst you're away. You said that, not us. What's up, man? Whilst you're away, in terms of gusto and energy, I'll be certainly outnumbered. Because right now it's sort of 2v2. Yeah, it's high versus low. And the seesaw is evened out.

Yep. How do I come off the back of that at 110% when she's come in? That's what we should have done. One of you anchors and then Jess comes straight after. I'm going to have to really rein it in coming off the back. Well, you might be anchoring. It's your turn now. Jeez, that's a lot.

Here we go. You ready? Yes, I'm ready. Here we go. I'm still. Here we go. Still loving that one. Gracie Abrams, that's so true. On Hit Breakfast, it is Jess and Ducker obviously sending our huge congratulations. The Duckmen and Morgan welcoming their beautiful baby girl.

So my friend is off on paternity leave. But you got Shaga, you got Babs, and we are going to keep having so much fun. You're listening out for Poker Face, Lady Gaga, those first tickets in town. Up for grabs when you hear that song, 13, 10, 60. Babs will take that call. Hit me with a bit of... Here is the new one from Ed Sheeran.

Long time between drinks for this man. The newie, Azizan. Oh, guys! You hit it. I crashed the post there. It was good, yeah, yeah. No, I liked it. Oh, guys! You crashed the post there. Yeah, yeah, yeah. No, I liked it. It was good energy.

Thank you. It was the highest of the energy of the trio. Well, that stands to reason. My only concern is, for you doing it, Jess, is that you love to elaborate and speak a lot. Yep. So it might be two and a half minutes before we get into the chat break.

This is what it would sound like, a really condensed version. That's so true. Gracie Abrams, you're listening out for Lady Gaga tickets when you hear poker face. Hey, shy guy, how good was this thing that happened over the weekend? Can you breathe, please? Put your feet up. Ducco, I think Jess wants to anchor.

I can't wait for next week. Jess and Ducco. Hello, monsters. Lady Gaga. This is Lady Gaga. Hit. Welcomes Lady Gaga's Mayhem Ball Tour to Australia. This is exciting, Jess.

Oh, my God. It's been 11 years since she was down under, Ducko. And as she said, the mayhem started here. Thank you. Yes. She's bringing her mayhem ball to Australia. Three shows only, Ducko. Friday, December 12th at a course stadium in Sydney.

Tickets and info, livenation.com.au. But you had to be listening for your chance to win. That's right. We've thrown you off the scent since six. Oh, a bit of abracadabra. Oh, a little bit of bad romance. No, no. We were looking for poker face.

Yeah. Just played. Someone who is very We were looking for poker face. Yeah. Just played. Someone who is very, very quick on the phones. It is Courtney. Can you imagine? Yeah. Gaga, ooh la la to you, Courtney. Woo!

Woo-hoo! Oh, my God. I literally just tagged my work bestie this morning, and I was like, we have to get tickets. Oh, my God. Yes. You're the first tickets in town. Now I say maybe even the country, Courtney.

Congratulations. Thank you so much. Oh, my God. I could cry. Oh, my God. How good is this? Oh, that is a fan. That's great to hear.

That's a fan. Courtney, is Poker Face your favourite or what song are you going to go nuts for when you see it live? Oh, Abracadabra. Oh, I've been trying to, like, learn the lyrics and the dance. Yes! Oh, my God! Who are you taking, Court?

I am taking my work bestie, Bronte, and I cannot wait to call her. Bronte, if you are listening, I'm going to call you soon, girl. Yeah, girl! Bronte! Oh, unreal listening, I'm going to call you soon, girl. Yeah, girl. Bronte. Unreal, Courtney. That's awesome. Well, ladies, you enjoy.

I mean, they are little monsters, weren't they? They love it. How good. I keep seeing clips of old Gaga concerts and tours. If you have some dance moves, she pulls you on stage. I'm not saying at every one, but I have seen her literally pluck people out of the stage. That could be you, Courtney. So, Courtney, you and Bronte might be up there with her.

I'll send you videos. Absolutely, you must. Well, Courtney, tickets are all yours. No one more deserving. Congratulations. Thank you so much, Jocko. Quickly, congratulations and good luck for next week or if the baby comes this week. Congratulations. Thank you, Courtney. Appreciate that.

Another little monster for the clan. Oh, hey, now we need to do Alphabucks. Oh, my God. From Gaga tickets to $10,000, $13,060. Give us a call. We'll get you on next. Jess and Ducko in the morning. Jess and Ducko's 10K Alphab Ducko's 10K Alpha Bucks on Hit.

Alpha Bucks. Yeah, 30 seconds, 10 questions, all starting with the same letter. Have to take your first answer. You cannot use the same answer twice. If you're unsure of the question, just say pass. We come back if there's time. Today our player is, it's Rochelle. Hello, Rochelle.

Hello, how are you? Rochelle, Rochelle, what a great song. Named after you, I assume. Obviously. Yeah. How are you today? I'm good. How are you guys?

So good. Living the dream. We're basically counting down for Morgan's waters to break. So it's just an exciting time in the studio, Rochelle. She loves everyone knowing that too. Yeah, yeah. All the conversations we're having around her lady parts. Rochelle, $10,000.

What are you going to do with it? School holiday is coming up and I've got a holiday planned for next month with my daughter. So that will help. Oh, I love that. Yeah, that'll help a lot. Girls trip. Girls trip. Let's go large.

All right. Well, one thing standing between you and supercharging is girls' trip, and it's the letter L. Oh, okay. Your daughter's name doesn't start with L by any chance, does it? No, it doesn't, unfortunately. It's a good letter, though. Solid letter.

Solid letter. It is a good letter, yeah. All righty. Your time will start after the first question. You ready? Yep, let's go. Starting with the letter L. We need you to name something sweet.

Lolly. A phone app. Pass. A fruit. Lemon. An animal. Lion. A breakfast cereal.

Pass. Something in the office. Letter opener. A periodic element. Pass. A Disney movie. Lion King. A periodic element. Pass. A Disney movie. Lion King. An American state.

Louisiana. A fabric. Pass. A phone app. Pass. A breakfast cereal. Oh, yeah. Exactly the same run we had at 6.30.

You got through all 10. Everything answered. You got yourself correct. And we got six. Jeez. Phone app. Could have had listener, you got yourself correct. And we got six. Geez. Phone app. Could have had listener where you get our podcast. Could have had Ladbrokes, LinkedIn, a breakfast

cereal. Lucky Charms. Very American. I would have loved those too. Well, that's just insulting, Rochelle. That's even harder. You don't think of Lucky Charms. Also, it's one of the great contentious ones, Ducko, but it's technically the Lion King.

I know it's always got a grey one on that. But anyway, it doesn't matter. What else we got here? Pyrite, element, lead, lithium. It could have been a fabric, lace, leather, lint. Look, you don't go by empty-handed. You get $100 to spend at Hair House. Rochelle, that's all yours.

Excellent. Wonderful. Great stuff. Thanks for joining the show, Rochelle. Wonderful. Thanks, guys. Good luck with the fabs, Tom. Thank you, Rochelle. Now, we do play this again tomorrow at 6.30 and 8.00. My baby is imminent any day now or potentially this weekend. It's my last couple of days on air before I go on paternity leave. And for those that are the OG Day One listeners, you'll know the story pretty

well, but it's been a couple of years since the IVF journey. But for those that are new, you might not know the ins and outs of it. Exactly. And I just thought, Daco, it might be a nice time to reflect. And also, I just would love to hear your perspective because you are such a joyful, live-in-the-moment, power-of-now kind of guy and I would love to just almost take you back to those times and hear your perspective now that we're days away this journey has been incredible as I said you were very open and very kind I know your wife was maybe a little bit trepidation about you sharing

everything but that's who you are and that's the service you gave to everyone. And I know the far-reaching impacts of you sharing the ups and downs of fertility struggles and the IVF process helped a lot of people. So I thought with days to go, let's take a look back. The 22nd of March, 2023, I had come on the radio and shared that my husband and I were trying for a baby and things weren't going quite to plan. I thought when you want a kid, you get a kid. Felt healthy and young and fit.

Things weren't going to plan. And some of the conversations I was having with girlfriends and with medical professionals was, hey, this is not just a women's issue, for heterosexual couples at least. Men need to be stepping up and playing a role and checking themselves out as well. 50% of the equation, yeah. 50% of the equation.

And I said to you and our former co-host Nick at the time, hey, would you be willing to put your bodies on the line? Yeah. Go get your sperm checked. And he had twins, so he was like, yeah, I don't care. He was happy to do it. And you very kindly went, not on the radar for me and Morgan just yet. I've only been married a couple of years.

You were like, sure. Happy to do it to sort of raise awareness and keep the convo going. There is a video on our socials. I scrolled all the way back. Yeah, there is. Will we do it? It's lighthearted. You remember this?

I'm pretty sure I say in the video to our producer, Alex, at the time, I'm pretty sure I say like, oh, imagine if my results were bad. That'd be a dark week. Off the cuff, lighthearted, you and Nick going into separate rooms and doing your business. You came on air the next day with the doctor who'd been on this journey with us that we'd been asking questions, Dr. Andrew Hedges, and you shared unbelievable results that out of what should have been a healthy normal sample, a man usually has 15 million sperm, you had received the news 20. Yeah.

Not 20,000, just 20. 20 individual. Yeah. This was you coming on and talking about how, what a blow that was, and basically how it felt to be told by a doctor, are you sitting down? Because here's the intel. Went into the clinic yesterday and we sat down with him. It was a strange chat because we're not trying, yet we're told

that i've got these issues and i think this is going to sound really weird but as a man i felt i felt sort of betrayed by my penis like i felt a bit like that that is your manhood and and and i'm producing such a low count the first thing i said to my wife was like i'm really sorry like you i'm not like i'm not working and and you could have had, you know, someone that is. And obviously, like, she doesn't feel that way. She's, don't be ridiculous. And we'll do whatever we need to do. And I know the success rates are high and we're in good hands, but it's certainly been a shock. Absolutely. Certainly been a weird few days.

How do you feel hearing that, Ducko? I remember that. I remember that moment so well. I remember him, I remember sitting down and like him calling me saying, are you sitting down kind of vibe and having that chat and then just being completely shocked. I remember like trying to come to work one day and then calling my parents and getting really upset about it and just thinking, yeah, like this isn't fair or just, yeah. I think betrayed by the parts or the masculinity thing was in full swing then.

It was like hadn't come to terms, hadn't accepted it. It was just like, why am I less of a person? You know what I mean? Why am I less of a man? Like, that was the main things I couldn't get out of my head. I remember that so well from the start, just feeling like less of a guy, I guess, which is absolutely not the case. But when you're in it and the stigma around it and trying to tell how am i going to tell people i've only got 20 sperm and how embarrassing is that and

i'm letting everyone down it's just such a whirlwind of emotions i think i phrased it like this at the time you were thrown in the deep end but you haven't had an even considered swimming at this point yeah yeah yep it was like and you know what in hindsight it's such a blessing we found out when we did and had the help we did because we jumped the queue and i'm so grateful but when you're in the heart of it there's no blessing in that situation it sucks it's just like and then it's like when you when you look on the ground and you see one ant and you see thousands of ants it's like when you have this fertility issue you see thousands of people hundreds of people who are pregnant and you see kids and you see life and you just think, like, I may never have that.

It's bizarre. The genetic lottery. Yeah. You were diagnosed after a few more tests and series that there was a genetic issue going on. This is Dr. Hedges, your IVF doctor, who, again, as I said, was with us this whole journey. He gave you that call, who then said, do you want to keep talking about this on the radio? Like, should this stop now?

It's a very personal, private issue. And you said, no, no, because if I can help more people feel seen and heard and supported, I'm happy to continue. This is Dr. Hedges explaining where we go from here. If you're only starting with 20 sperm, that's a lot to hang your hat on. But there is a technology where we can actually vitrify or snap freeze individual sperm too, if we need to. We learnt about this science and tech together. Do you remember hearing the phrase ICSI for the first time?

Yeah, injecting individual sperm into the egg and they can actually wiggle my sperm awake if some weren't moving and some were, you know, asleep or whatever it was. And that began the journey of me going into a room, doing my business in a cup about 15 times, uh, in Sydney. I've still got sperm that's frozen in Sydney paying rent in the eastern suburbs. Um, but yeah, I remember, yeah. Oh man. It's just, um, and I'm not like a scientific guy or super logical.

So when he was explaining this to me, it's just like, you're trying to comprehend what's happening and you're trying to comprehend that. And I remember him saying, yeah, it's not a lot to hang your hat on with 20. And I did some tests where I only got three or four and then some tests where I got none. And the conversation, anyone who's been through IVF will know that the highs are higher than the lows are so low and they're so close together. One day is good, the next day is bad. You know, you're waiting on results all the time and you can't plan anything either

and you can't predict anything. And I think at that point I was struggling to let go with control, certainly. Like it was really hard for me to not have, like I was trying to do everything. I was trying to wear no undies. I was trying to take my phone out of my pocket. I was trying to eat walnuts.. I was trying to take my phone out of my pocket. I was trying to eat walnuts. Like I was cutting out caffeine and alcohol. Like I was, you know, doing anything I could,

which having a genetic issue, it didn't really matter. But that's the control, isn't it? You're like, what can I be doing here to help the situation? If we move ahead about a month later, because the focus had been on you at this point, because you were obviously, I'm going to say the patient at this point for Dr. Hedges and the investigation, but you're a couple. And the whole genesis of this conversation was that both partners need to have that responsibility, take on the mental load. One person can't be holding it all.

So Morgan, your wife, goes in and has a series of tests to see what her side of the picture looks like. And as I said, about a month later, we hear Morgan's results. On the other side, we got Morgan tested. And unfortunately, she came back with not as rare. It's called balanced reciprocal translocation between a chromosome four and 12. What that means is those two numbers have swapped around in a chromosome, a genetic makeup. One in 500 women have this. Essentially, it means when her egg becomes an embryo,

they're not going to be balanced, meaning... I've got to say this politically correctly, but there'll be a very, very high rate of miscarriage if we try naturally or having a child with congenital abnormalities and intellectual impairments. So what they basically told us is that we should not try naturally. Ah, man, I remember writing those notes out to say it on air that day. No, not yet.

Yeah, that was tough. That was hard. That was really hard. And in a way, though, weirdly, sickly, it was super comforting having Morgan join me at the dining table. Again, it's that mental load and the guilt, right? Yeah, yeah, yeah. It was like, well, it's not just me, it's us. From you having apologised a month earlier when you were first given that information,

I do appreciate what you're saying. You go, oh my God, we're in the deep end together. Yeah, and it was like a teamwork. It was like the ultimate team. We called it the deluxe package of IVF that we had. And, you know, at Hedges, our IVF doctor, Dr Hedges, he was super honest with us and said that, you know, we could struggle and they predicted for a lot longer

and, you know, I was so blessed with how it happened. But, yeah, i remember that was the moment i think because it's been some weeks and months moving forward i think where i went you know i could this i started to reshift my focus on what what will be normal for my future and i started to think maybe kids won't happen and we've got to accept that we'll do what we can uh we can't you know sink all everything into this because we can't be bankrupt at the end of this as well. And, and we'll just, you know, we'll just go on this journey.

At least we've got each other. But I remember writing those notes out that day to speak on air. I don't often write things out to say, like it's all off the cuff, but I was like, I need to get this right. And I think you could hear it in my voice where it was like, it was, yeah, it was hard. That was, yeah, it was a, it was one of the hardest things I've ever had to do, I reckon. And now we're days away. Yeah.

You know? What a whirlwind. How wild is that? Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's crazy. Yeah. It is. And when people say congratulations and good luck, they have no idea, maybe sometimes,

to get to this point. Yeah. There is one other element I was hoping we could also reflect on. Yeah. Because one thing I haven't mentioned is that I told you I had fallen pregnant in amongst all this. Yeah. Yeah.

Yeah. I remember that. That was hard for us, wasn't it? Yeah. It was tough. Yeah. Yeah. Not saying any comparison to what you dealt with, but.

It was a tough moment in the friendship. Absolutely. Do you want to take a little break? Yeah, yeah, yeah. We'll play a song. We'll play that audio. I presume you've got the audio of that. I do.

And, yeah, we'll revisit that. And then we'll keep it light after. Absolutely. We are taking a trip back down memory lane of the last two and a bit years through my IVF journey and Morgan and my IVF journey and how it started. We've been doing all that and then how I was feeling each time and going back and listening to the audio of me. It's funny hearing just sort of sometimes how broken I was in some of that audio,

understandably, compared to where I'm at now and how much of a dark cloud I was under. And it's all documented. I forget it's all public. You know what I mean? It is. And I think that element did help a lot of people because so many people go through this, whether it's on their own or as a relationship, whatever it might be. It's so, so common.

So common. And that's something we learned along the way, hey, how many people reached out to you personally, how many people reached out to the show. How many guys went and got tested after it too, which I was super proud of. Absolutely. Yeah. As I said, the genesis of you going to the fertility clinic in the first place, which was meant to be a light, maybe funny radio thing.

You were now former co-host, Nick, you know, doing your business in a cup and the IVF doctor coming on and talking about sperm health and men taking responsibility was because I was struggling to fall pregnant. And now I use the word struggling with an asterisk because what I thought was struggling is completely inappropriate use of the word. Everyone's journey is their journey, but it wasn't happening for Angus and I, so putting that focus on men's health, until it did happen for us. Yeah, yeah.

So in amongst this, news for you, you having shared it on air, I got the two positive lines on a pregnancy test. Right when it was all happening, like right when we just found out it was going into, yeah, yeah. And I remember obviously wanting to share that. Yeah. And obviously being overjoyed and being so scared to tell you. Because God, it felt like a slap. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

It felt so cruel. Yeah, yeah. It felt so mean. Yeah, it was just polar opposite ends of the spectrum of the situation, wasn't it? Yep. And I remember saying to you, I'm not going to get a coffee after the show because there's no way I was going to do that live. So we did have a chat. Yeah, I remember.

Over some avocado toast and a coffee. But then we did bring that on to the radio. Yeah, you told me you were pregnant there in that moment. And then a couple of weeks later, I think you told it on air. And I remember being super happy for you. Obviously, you and I are so stoked. But then going home and then you remember the trenches that you're in and that we might not. And then you just can't help but feel that frustration, I suppose, that anger,

that like, you know, jealousy, I guess, but not jealous of your situation, like not jealous of you, just the situation that I was in and just, you know, you can't help all those gross human things that come into it. Absolutely. This is a little bit from that conversation. And I think, as we said, fertility problems are so common. So having this fracture, families, friendships, colleagues, it's so understandable.

And this was you sharing how you were feeling in that moment. The last sort of eight weeks I've just been like putting along in neutral, you know, like in survival mode. Sorry. And it's, um, it's just, it's, you know, it's just a lot to take in particular with how this came about. To have been thrown in the deep end of the pool when you weren't even thinking about swimming.

No. And like, and you know, and I say this with love and respect to you, Jess, but now you are pregnant and, and, and I've told you this off air, but it adds just another level of complexity to this issue because I'm happy for you guys. Like so happy, but we haven't even started and we're going to struggle really hard. Sorry. So, you know, it's, um, there's just going to be some ups and downs and it's going to be, it's going to be tough.

Like, uh, and it's all right. Like we're positive downs and it's going to be tough. And it's all right. We're positive people and we're being optimistic about it. And I know it could be worse. We've got our health and all that sort of stuff. I'm not trying to sit there and say, well, it was me. I'm really not. Sorry, I didn't.

Don't you dare apologize. But there's just a lot of things at play here. There's a lot of deep things going on. And yeah, it's okay not to be okay. And I think there's going to be times where maybe I won't be on air. We're getting tested or I just won't be up to it. And that's just the reality of it, you know. I remember that chat. Yeah, yeah, I remember that well.

Yeah. Yeah, I remember that well. Yeah. It was probably like the hardest time to come into work, I think, because we were doing a show together and then everyone at work, rightly so, was congratulations, congratulations, and then all the callers were calling in congratulating you and obviously rightly so. But I remember it always felt like just a little nick,

like a little nick just kept coming and coming and coming. It's like death by a thousand cuts. Yeah. And I'd go home and I was just so exhausted, just so fatigued all the time. And my mood, I remember my mood changing a lot. Like, I was just angry, resentful, just at anything, you know, like just so frustrated and in a dumps with it.

And it was hard for us, like as a, as a friendship, as a working relationship, doing this job that we do so close together, like it. Where our job description is to make each other laugh. Yeah. Yeah. And have fun each other. And support each other and have fun. Yeah.

It was, it was tough. I mean, I think you remember as well for our relationship, like there was a, like a rocky couple of months. Yeah. I remember, do you remember remember as well for our relationship. Like, there was like a rocky couple of months. Yeah, I remember. Do you remember being at the Cambridge Farewell Festival? Yeah. And, of course, a couple of drinks under your belt. I was stone cold sober.

And I remember us just having a chat. I think Morgan was getting a drink. It was just you and I. And I remember you looking at me and saying, I don't know how I can work with you, like for this bit. Yeah. And it was for me too. I so got it.

I so got it. Everyone understood the situation. It just didn't, like there's nothing you could do. No. But looking at my friend going, please be happy for me. Yeah, yeah. Of course you were. Yeah, I was.

I really was. And how can I go, put your stuff aside. Be happy for me. I want to celebrate and I want to make fun. I want to talk about it. When you're going through that. Similarly, coming home each night going, I feel like I'm rubbing it in his freaking face. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

What I can't talk about, I want to talk about it. Getting bigger and bigger and complaining about sciatica or complaining about feeling X, Y, Z. And you go, I'm rubbing it in this guy's, that's what it felt like. I didn't want to ruin your journey either and your journey to tell it on air and to do your, like, so it was just, there was so much going on. It was so complicated. And then I want to do a big silly gender reveal. Yeah.

Ducko, can you dress up as a big baby and wrestle Nick so we can do this fandangled big thing? And I'm watching you up there going, how is my friend doing this for me when he might not get this himself? Like that act of love, I'll never forget. That was, we joke about you putting your body on the line. That was, what an act of friendship. I've heard about cousins and sisters-in-laws and best mates,

they can't talk for two years because it's too painful. And for you to do that for me. Oh, my God. I think it was Morgan, because I remember struggling so hard with it. I think it was Morgan who actually, like, said to me, like, no one's going to get you out of it except for you. I remember being like, I went for a run one day and I was like, I stopped on the run and

I was super upset. I think I was like crying by myself on a run, just as you do on a Tuesday, you know? And I remember, I remember thinking like, stuff is. Like, no longer am I going to sit back in those conversations. No longer am I going to let it dictate me. No longer, I'll make this a part of my story, but I won't make this my story. You know, like, and it was at that moment where it just went, like, I just felt lighter and I just went, if it happens, it happens. If it doesn't, it doesn't. The sun will come up tomorrow. People are going to

move on. So I need to like, and it was at that moment where I could just, you know, squash it all and move forward a little bit. And it was at that moment I started making more sperm weirdly. And you know what I mean? and move forward a little bit. And it was at that moment I started making more sperm, weirdly. And you know what I mean? Like things like that started happening. So, yeah, I remember how tough that was. But it was such a lesson in not comparing and forgiveness, I think. Yes. For me.

Like it was just, yeah, not comparing was the biggest one. Yeah. And now, as I keep reminding you, you're days away. I know. Yeah, I know. You are days. God, I hope she away. I know. Yeah, I know. You are days. God, I hope she doesn't come today. This has been enough.

Morgan, don't. Close your legs today, please. Squeeze. But what a journey. What a journey. I hate using the word journey. No, it was. I feel like maths ruined the word journey.

But I think it also made us stronger as people and on air and as friends. Couldn't agree more. We came through the other side, whereas it could have gone the other way. It could have. There was a moment where I thought it was going to and it didn't, you know what I mean, which is credit to us, I think, as people. Absolutely. And our focus on each other's happiness and each other's story

and being there for one another. And, you know, Lucia has an amazing uncle in you and I can't wait to be called Zia to yours. But it is. It is. I think we'll forever be intertwined. Our stories are intertwined. And I just, I can't believe you're going to have a little girl any minute now.

Yeah, yeah. It's crazy. Look at what you've come through. We've come through. Morgan's come through. It's unreal. And I hope it's a lesson for people out there who are going through it as well. I know how tough it is.

And our situation was as bad as it can get, and it still works. So anything can happen, and thinking of everyone who's going through it as well. It's not lost on me how lucky we are in this situation too. Yes. Well, thank you for coming with us down that memory lane. I'm exhausted. We've got to give away those MJ the Musical tickets. Yeah, but we'll get someone else on there eventually.

Jess and Daco. That's right, the biggest entertainment event of the year. MJ the Musical's now thrilling audiences at Sydney Lyric Theatre. And then we're going to give you a nice place to rest your little head. Absolutely. You can complete your visit with a perfect stay in Novotel, Sydney, on Darling Harbour. Make sure you book it today or just be getting involved.

Much like Kel was. Good morning, Kel. Oh, hi, guys. How are you? Yeah, good. Good friend of the show, Kel. Oh, yeah. Loves a DM. Yep.

Loves a text. Loves a text. She's got involved on the phone today. She's called in. Why is that, Kel? Oh, just to try and win Michael Jackson tickets. How much do you love MJ? Oh, I love him so much.

I've seen him when he came out and did the Bad Tour back in, like, the 80s. Wow. You've seen him live. That's one of those artists you go, jeez, would have loved to see him do his thing. I know. It would have been great to see live. Yeah. Well, Kel, to give you these tickets, obviously you're a fan.

That's great. But we need you to give us your best. Okay? Okay. All right. Here we go. Okay. You want her to go bigger?

You want bigger? I want bigger. You want more? You know what I want? I want badder. Oh, yeah. I want you to channel Michael Jackson in the 80s, Kel. Yeah, go nuts.

Hit me. A-hee-hee. Yeah. There we go. You're up to MJ. We always have the tickets, but I just wanted to say you should take it up a level. You guys are terrible. You're up to MJ, Santa Novatel in Sydney.

You enjoy that little staycation and enjoy Michael Jackson the musical. You guys are the best. Thank you so much. No, you are. Thanks for getting involved, Michael Jackson the musical. Oh, you guys are the best. Thank you so much. No, you are. Thanks for getting involved, Kel. You enjoy. Thank you. Adios.

More of those tomorrow and Friday to wrap out the week for our GoFod. GoFod. More tickets, yes. The team are back on tomorrow. Look, I should be here tomorrow. I think still no baby. I did message my wife going, cervix update, please. But still good.

All gravy. She's stretching and sweeping herself. I don't think they'd recommend that. I was like, save that for me. I do. I do hope you're here. Yes, me too. Because whilst I brought us to tears with a trip down memory lane.

Yeah, good times. We look to the future. Yes. And the excitement. Daddy. Daddy? Darko putting on his daddy pants. You called me daddy now. I was Angus once and now it's Daddy. Sorry, Angus. And the excitement. Daddy. Daddy? Darko putting on his daddy pants. You call me daddy now.

I was Angus once and now it's Daddy. Sorry, Angus. What a morning. It's all this sweep talk. It just gets me hot under the collar. We look to the future. Yes, yes, yes, yes. Minutes, moments, days away from your baby girl entering the world.

We've got a little something, something. Oh, look at this. We've collated. God. Some, would you say, outstanding gentlemen. That's what I got. Absolutely outstanding gentlemen. Exceptional gentlemen.

Far and wide. With a few nuggets of wisdom for the duck man. Oh, hilarious. As he enters this next phase. That's funny. Join us tomorrow. Otherwise, you'll never get these little pearls. Oh, imagine that.

Imagine if I missed it. You guys would do it without me. How can you be a great dad without hearing these nuggets from these gentlemen? Question. When do I become a DILF? You're going to have to ask. As soon as she's born, I'm just in that club. You know what I mean? I think someone needs to say it to you.

I'll ask all your male followers because let's be real, you get a lot more attention from the DILFs than you do the letters. So true. So I'll ask some of your male followers to confirm. Has it happened yet? Okay, good. You're already rocking the mo. I think Dilf is, the way social media's going, his dad bod, isn't it?

That's what everyone goes nuts for these days. Okay. Leonardo DiCaprio with that keg. Yeah, with the keg. You know what I mean? With his top knot and a water pistol. Having said that, to each their own. So I'll circle back.

Okay, great. Yeah. And then everyone will call you daddy. Hell of a show today. That was a miss. Grab it on listening. You'll circle back. Okay, great. Yeah. And then everyone will call you daddy. Hell of a show today. That was a mistake. Grab it on listening. You'll hear that trip down memory lane, but you'll also hear the team demoing for my job.

Hey! Who gets the job? Oh. You just punched out. Oh, yeah, I did. You didn't actually give us... That's a good question. Do you want to ruminate for 24 hours?

Yeah, let me ruminate. Come back. Let me think about how this is going to flow. Go back and listen to the pod yourself. And then maybe the person I select can actually do a proper one break doing my job. You're over the shoulder. Yeah.

Oh, I'm hovering. Like an apprentice. Yes. That's good. That's exciting. Okay, that's happening tomorrow. Please don't pick me. It's too hard.

You and Babs have never not wanted to be picked more. We're out of here. We'll see you tomorrow. Bye-bye. Bye. A gift. You're giving Daddy a gift. Jess and Ducco.

That was the Jess and Ducco podcast. Hot Honey has stopped at Macca's for a limited time only. Embrace the drip.