The Edge Breakfast - FULL SHOW I got an STI...

Episode Date: September 14, 2025

This podcast description was blatantly written by AI... Join Clint, Meg, and Dan with Ash London, as they tackle a range of engaging topics in this lively episode! They discuss the pros and cons of giving kids mental health days, revisit a hilarious and memorable song from 2023 for Blue September, and hear touching stories from listeners about dealing with diseases like dementia. Get insights into planning the perfect proposal, the importance of supporting women's sports, and catch a 24-year-old's review of the classic movie 'Forrest Gump.' Plus, a lucky listener gets a bill paid off! All this and more in a packed episode. 00:00 Introduction and Podcast Banter02:22 Music Chat: Olivia Dean and Ed Sheeran07:43 Insurance and Life's Value10:32 First Caller: Sanjay's Sunrise Routine16:31 Tiny Desk Concerts and Ed Sheeran's Talent20:35 TikTok Trends and Movie Quotes29:48 Job Hugging: Staying in Unfulfilling Jobs38:49 Bruce Willis and Dementia Awareness40:14 Jackie's Husband's Dementia Journey43:41 Rant on Media Coverage of Women's Sports01:11:35 Forrest Gump Review by Web Girl Bella01:17:19 Scandal Updates and Celebrity News

This is a podcast from Rover. If this podcast was a person, it would be banned from family gatherings. Oh, pissed off, Uncle John. This is the Clint Meg and Dan podcast. Warning, this show contains fake tan, real regrets and one Australian hostage situation. It's the It's Breakfast. Clip Ming and Dan with Ash London. Good morning, Monday.

Welcome to the show. Someone give me some headphones, please. I don't have any. I can't hear anything. Come on, sort Ash out, please. Sorry, God. You know what happens when she doesn't have her headphones? No, it's because all Clint talked about for the last half an hour

is the bloody Broncos game that no one else watch. It was the greatest playoff game I have maybe ever seen. Now that the Warriors are out, Clint's like I need another team to support. Well, Rhys Walsh, to be fair, did you used to play for the Warriors. God, he is good. Whatever that guy is getting paid, he is worth every cent. Let's all put our heads together. Rachel, you're driving to work.

Steve, you're in the mines. Gariff. No, it's a pretty good reception in the minds. Okay, we're going to have a bloody good week. We're playing well. We're going to kick it in the ass. No, in the dick. Yeah, that's nice.

It's like, kick it in the dick. Okay, well, let's say that twice and never again. Okay, it's going to be a good week. Ash's got her headphones. I got my headphones. I washed my hair. Oh, it was so stressed. Last night, I wanted to wash and blow dry my hair, right?

Sunday night to dish, because I don't like having my curly hair. I just don't think it suits me anymore. And then I just don't think it suits me anymore. And then I just, I just had stuff to do, went out, came home, had to prep the show, prep my podcast. All of a sudden, 9.30. No time to wash my hair. I just wanted to get up and wash it.

I was like, stand in the mirror for like five minutes. Is it too greasy to do it? Can I do another day? Can I? I'm looking at all the angles. I take a photo. And then I just like, no. Wash your hair.

My wife does that as well. She's like, oh my God, feel this. Feel my hair. She's like, I washed it and tried it. I was like, if it's so amazing, wash your hair more often. It's dirty bean. The emotional and physical output that it requires. I thought I could smell something.

Now I know what it was. No, I've got clean hair. Washed it. It's wet. That's something else, dear. That just shows that he lies every time he insults me that thing. He's making it half. Who was this?

You'd be like, well, obviously not my hands. I washed it this morning. Did you brush your teeth? Of course I did. You know what? Give me back the zinc that I gave you and the vitamin C zinc. I just ate it. You owe me three cents.

Play a song, Clint. Clint, Meg and Dan. Oh, my gosh. I love you, Dean. Nice to we tell you. Another on the edge. We didn't just play Mount I Need all the time, not that song. Yeah.

I hate that when someone's put a new single out. We're still playing the previous one, and I'm so horny for the new one. Yeah. It is a great song, that new song. So good. This one. You know, when an artist sort of hits the mainstream and they kick off their career, this is it for her. She's at the precipice, the tipping point.

We'll look back on this day, like when she released this song and go. nice to each other as everyone was like oh who's this girl but then you need an even better second song where everyone goes oh she's legit she knows she knows yes and she's coming next October spark arena in Tamaki Mikoto if you want to get around it

we got our 6am throwback up next just having a look at the system but a jar rule all right which is very strange because I was talking to my son and we're talking about fast cars and stuff and what he doesn't realize is dad in a previous life before he was born

used to have an Evo 3 and I used to take it down to Mitsubishi Lanza Yeah And I used to take it down to Mere Mere and I used to drag like drag racer Cool Yeah thanks He used to live his like a codomile at a time Yeah It was a quick car

Didn't like it had a spoiler on it Yeah obviously No I probably spoiled it Had a few TVs Big Boar exhaust What do you mean TV like a TV? Like a TV pump hey? Like a television

Just had a few TVs yeah Did you have the like TVs on the back of the headrests in the back seat. I had one that came down from the ceiling, like a big one. Oh, you're a loser. Pimp my ride? It was very... Exactly where you're at.

It was, yeah, well, it was very fast and furious inspired. Had like a waistgate, blow off valve. Like... You were such good friends. Yeah, I had like a big mass, one of those big tacos where the light would come on. You know, I had a launch controller on it. It didn't like an 11.9... It's the latest shit I've ever heard.

It was an 11-second quarter-mile car. I don't know what that means in all I care. It was flying. How much money did you put into this dumb car? Everything that I owned when I was like 18. And when did you sell it? At what point in your life did you go? It's time to let go off.

I think it was last year, uni. Maybe 21, 20. Oh no, yeah, I had to end up selling it because then I was getting married. Was this before after? I needed money. Was this before after you were eight on New Zealand Idol? During, probably. Right.

During. And also my wife, I didn't know her until I had the car. So interesting. She showed up. and I got a decent car. Wow. She's with him for the car, eh? Wow.

She said she wasn't, but then she'd drop me off at uni and then she'd take off down the road. I, God, he was a cringe individual, wasn't he? I just wish I could have known him back then. Singing his vows, driving it. What colour was the Evo out of interest? Black.

Oh, course of those. Like, you got rid of the Evo, but then you went and got that, like, lowered Sabaru legacy that you only had up until, like, last year, and it was like with a big bore exhaust and shit. No, I got an Estia. So, not, not that. Different story.

You're waiting until you're married. Not for the producers' day. Sorry, Neeps, can you just write that down for the diary, thanks, bro. I've got a Sabaru WRX-S-C-I, Dan, you know what I'm talking about. Shut up. By the way, it's so weird how Kiwis say Subaru. It's Subaru. What?

Anyway, let's go back to... Then I got an Evo 5, and actually that's the car sold to pay for the wedding. Okay. But anyway, so the long... And then you finally had sex and you realised that there were other things in life that were a lot cool than spending all your money on a racing car.

Yeah, it's just like a bottomless, like, pit. But Jarl, he reminds me of Fast and Furious and I started talking to Tyne. I was like, do you reckon at 8, he's old enough to go back to the start and watch the very first in the Furious movies? Of course he is. The Paul Walker were years.

Yeah, skip the scene where Vin Diesel, oh, that's her up to the bonnet. He's so hot. Really? I forgot about that? Yeah. He just lifts her up like she weighs a kilo. Vin Diesel got an SDI that day too.

He did not. The Clint Meg and Dan podcast. Where's jar? Now, what's he doing? He went to jail, didn't he? Oh, did he? Pretty sure. Oh, bless.

Let's see. Yeah, nearly two years in prison for a legal handgun possession and a concurrent federal sentence for tax evasion. God, who doesn't in America? He had a few bangers with all jailo. Him and her must have been like good mates. Or maybe that way, no.

And then the Always on Time as well. Are they all with Jay Lo? Pretty much there's like three songs with J-Lo? She's so hot. Incredible. She had her bottom is like insured. She's got insured with state insurance. No, she doesn't, not with state.

Tower. Does she actually have insured though? Yeah, apparently, like for millions of dollars. Well, what's going to, I mean, what has to happen where she can claim insurance? Someone has to, like, tear it up or something? If someone, like, shoots her in the air, so she falls over and, like, cuts a chunk of it out, I don't know.

Do you know what I mean? Like, what is an ass injury where the insurance company go, damn it, we should have known that what could have happened? I guess that she could be swimming and a shark could eat her bottom. You know, something could happen. I got my ass eaten by a shark. We recently have had to reassess all of our insurances because they cost so much money. And then I found out that, like, because I haven't worked.

work for someone because I'm having a baby. If Adrian dies, we get like $3 million or something. If I die, we get like half a million dollars, why's what are you laughing? But getting an ass eaten by shot. You just said I had my arse in by the show. Yeah, I knew what I was saying as I was saying it.

Yeah, I know. It was just funny. I've just never heard that sentence put together. Yeah, but it wouldn't be enjoyable. Wait, so he's worth, his life is worth six times more than yours. I know, I think it's just because I've been having children instead of working. Is it, yeah,

Is there even no pay equity amongst insurance companies? I know. But then I was like, with our luck, now that we've cancelled his insurance, guess what's going to happen? He'll die. Yeah. And I'll be like, oh. I could have $3 million.

You know? Yeah. Okay. We love our partners more than life. But it would be an added sting if we also, while grieving their loss, didn't get the pay out. True. I'm not saying I want him to know.

I'm saying I'd be double devowed. Have your partner dies, it's the one thing you've got to look forward to. cash money. Yeah. Get that boom tip I've always wanted. Exactly. It's funny, even in relationships, right, in terms of like who's the breadwinner

or like insurance company working out who's worth more. But I think surely it's easy to understand that, let's say in your situation, if you're having kids, the husband is only able to earn more because the wife has foregone her career to allow him to continue

to pursue his whilst having children. Exactly. And I must admit, I will, and I'm a feminist, but before I had kids, I was like, nah, women are complaining, you know. And then I had a kid, I had to, like, stop my career and then realize how long it takes you to be ready to work again. And then even when you do go to work, you're thinking about your kids the whole freaking day,

so you can't even commit to your work fully. And then I became rageful. You were in, like, one age. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Now I'm, like, F the system, it's set up to screw women over. I mean, once you see, like, a woman go through the pregnancy, you know, then taking some time off. It's incredible.

and getting back into the workforce is hard. Totally. It's hard. Meg's going to be back in two months. She's going to have a freaking newborn at home and she's been breastfeeding all night. God bless her. I don't know how she's going to come and rub her feet every morning.

Yeah, could you? Nah. Oh, bugger. Because I've just got one kid and now he's old enough for me to get back to living. Yeah, yeah. I'm living, BB. Anyway, I don't know how we got to be a big feminist rant,

but here we are. Yeah, we went from ass eating. Shark edition. Yeah. Shark edition. Yeah, for anyone who's just turned on. Imagine that. You're going to get your adity,

woo, my shock, dog. To like feminism, all within three and a half minutes. Yeah, we've covered a lot of bases here. Yep. Something for everyone. If you listen for long enough, we'll have something for you too. Oh, dear. First call of the day is up next. Morning Sanjay, by the way.

He's texted through already on his morning run. Love you, bro. Yeah, we're already waiting for that. Sun to come up. Although I imagine by now Sanjay would have seen it. Yeah, it's up, baby. Yeah, Sanjay. If you want to be first call of today, give us a call.

It's a city's name. Yeah, Sanjay. Blummed a bit. You don't have to say everything you think, Dan. I won't then. Clint Megadan. Lesh goal. First call of the day.

First call of the day. Oh, yes. And first call of the day, Sanjay. Good morning. Morning, aren't you? Hey, your bloody beautiful here, man. You know what? Sunjay texts us every morning almost without fail,

and he's usually looking at the sunrise. Yes. How many sunrises do you reckon you get a week? Sanjay? Normally seven if I can, but lately probably been quite sick over the last month in a bit. Oh, no. What's been wrong, Sanjay? Right now I can, right now I'm home.

I can see the sun and over there I can see the moon. So every time you see the sunrise, are there good ones and bad ones where you're like, No, that's like maybe top 100. Or is it incredible every time? No, it's pretty incredible every time. Is it kind of like boobies? Like you just don't get tired of seeing them. Yeah, you could, if you want to use that analogy.

Yeah, that's the famous clit saying. Sunrises are like boobies. It is a clint thing. Yeah, well, I just wonder, like, when you're seeing one sunrise, eventually you've seen them all. I am amazed at how... No, no. Never get tired of it.

I'm amazing how excited. Like, my husband's seen my boobs three times a day for 10 years. Yeah. And every day he's like, ooh. They're like sunrises. He goes, give me a pig of the good stuff. And I'm like, it's literally the same as it was three hours ago, eight hours ago, last night. I mean, thank God.

Maybe they are like a sunrise. I always say the best. He's a lucky man there now. Yeah. He's a lucky man. In many ways, he's a lucky man. You know, the best. I hope you know that.

The best sunrise I ever saw was the day I proposed to my wife Hannah on top of North Head. and I remember the sunrise was coming up and I proposed and went down and I could literally, her head was like eclipsing the sun. Oh, that's so nice. Like I couldn't see the sun. I could just see like the rays of the sun behind her head.

Like she was the Mother Mary or something. Yeah, like something like that. Beautiful. Have you, are you married, Sanjay or just partnered? Married. Oh, nice. How did you propose? Or did she propose to you?

Or he? No, we had an arranged Indian marriage. Oh, now we're talking to chat to you about that. We're like, hold on. It's taking us two minutes 20 to get to the good stuff. Okay, here we go. All the research and data says that arranged Indian marriages last so much longer than now ones, the non-arranged ones.

Are you more in love than the day you met? Yeah. Well, you don't know them on the day. Did you know her the day you, like, married her? How much time did you get to hang out with each other? No, no, we met nine months prior. Okay. For the wedding day.

But, yeah, we were basically, it was arranged. It was introduced. You have a middleman that kind of knows both families, and then you introduce, and then you take it from there. And if it works, it works, and if it doesn't, it doesn't. It's up to you to make it work. So it was like Indian matchmaker, like my favorite Netflix show. But could you opt out before the wedding day if you were both like,

no, there's no vibe here? Oh, of course you can. Okay. Oh, that's good. Do they have a backup? Is it like her sister's waiting in the wings? Or is it like you get one arranged marriage and if it doesn't work out, you're on your own now?

So I didn't know her. I'd only seen a photo, but I'd already previously tried two times to meet her. Wow. And she said no. Oh, Sanjay. She didn't know what she was missing out on that. I'd respect that.

It's hard, you know, stars align. Exactly. That's lovely. I've always thought that, at range marriages you couldn't get out of them. I know you can, because you've got to watch Indian matchmaking on Netflix. I think it probably depends on

your family and whether or not they'll they give you that leeway or not. Yeah. Oh, God, it's so fascinating. And congratulations. How long have you been married now, darling? 28 years. Oh, wow. Wow. Your mum and dad need to get on

like maps and become the experts. They should. You can't get rid of John Aiken and get your mom and dad in there? That's so good. Don't know about that. I've got a few cousins that didn't last. Oh, yeah, all right. We'll pump the brakes on that then. So they are like normal marriages.

Yeah, it might just be yours and your wife's commitment to each other. And that's awesome, man. That's a hell of an innings. Thanks for sharing your story, Sanjay. We love you, brother. Oh, we love you guys too, mate. We listen to you every morning. Oh, great.

Epic. All right, let's get a voucher out to you and your beautiful wife. More coffee, less milk. Try the short and punchy. Magic at Z. You can get amongst that. Sanjay, appreciate your call, bro. And appreciate you listening every morning.

No worries. Appreciate you guys a lot. Thanks so much. Have a great one. Thanks, Sanjay. Oh, my God. A lovely man, he is. No wonder his marriage has lasted 28 years.

I thought because he was out every day, run and send a son. In my mind, Sanjay, 35. Same. But he's like, he must be 50. He might at least. Well, 22. 28 years married.

If you got married at 20, yeah, to be close to it. Let's have a guess. I'd go 48. I'll say 22 years old. I can he's 50 this year. Sanjay, how old are you, mate? 53. Oh, all off.

You got young vibes, Sanjay. Yeah. Real useful vibes. That's cool. Far out. What a good bugger. The Clint Meg and Dan podcast. Gossip and Entertainment.

Glit Meg and Dan with Ash London. Scandal. NPR, which is like public radio in America. I love listening to them. They do great podcasts. About to lose a whole lot of funding thanks to Trump. So who knows what the future of NPR will be. But the tiny desk concert is kind of like broken out of like American radio and become like a YouTube sensation.

We love it. Very famous artists go and they do a gig in a corner of an office. Sometimes there's like 10 musicians cramped in there. So cute. Ed Sheeran in celebration of his new album play, which dropped on Friday, has gone in and done a couple of songs. He did five songs off the new album. And if you've seen Ed Shearing in concert before, you know he does his loop pedal. So if you don't know what a loop pedal is, it's like connected to the microphone.

and you press record and you used to play a bit, play a bit, play a bit, stop, and then it loops, sab it over and over again. And he builds up on the loop to build kind of all the different sounds. It's so clever, isn't it? It's amazing. But then not even just that, because obviously every loop is going to be exactly the same. Then he'll stop and play and bring in other inches. Because once he's recorded them, he can kind of bring them in, take them away.

It's like he's got four brains to be able to do it. And lots and lots of practice. So this is a bit of him doing Sapphire, our favourite song. and I've just got the loop at the start so you can hear how he's layering it. That's it. That's a wrong bit of audio. I apologize. You get to just though.

Yeah. So all of those sounds he's created from. scratch from nothing your eyes exploding like by works in the sky

Sappah I'm doing your body by you put you on me I can do this all it's not as good as when you did the

the what are you saying now hold on now pause the show is Ash saying I do sapphire better than Ed No I'm saying

that's a particular example of it is fine. His vocals are fine, but yours are better. Here's the thing with doing those tiny desk concerts. There's nowhere to hide. So a lot of artists will hide behind a little bit of autotune, and a lot of artists these days do have live autotune.

So they sing live, but there's a little bit of help from autotune. There's nowhere to, you can't do that when you're on the tiny desk. So you sound well there. Yeah, I think it can be quite jarring when you hear them singing like that because you're like, oh. But what an incredible artist here. Yeah, and I remit when I first went to see an ad-tune concert, I was like, oh, there's no way this is going to be any good.

It's just him standing there on a stage and there's 100,000 people here. And then he got started. I was like, this is the best thing I've ever seen. His last tour he had a band with him as well. So he did have the loop pedal and the band. We'll find out what he's going to be doing in February. Yeah.

On March when he comes. Kinks off his whole world tour in Auckland. So it might be a bit crappy. It might be like a dress rehearsal. It might be like, oh, let's press the wrong button. I'm sorry. Yeah. So yeah, very excited.

But some of the best bits of his concerts are when he makes mistakes. Yeah, because he does make mistakes. on the loop pedal because it's actually quite complicated. Yeah, I think we have an auto-tune feature on our desk. Try that, Dan. What do you want, any of just sing? You're glowing. You're glowing.

That sounds cool. Color and fracture the light to do tonight. Start touching my butt. Wow, you are incredible. Thank you. That's why your chair and needed, I think. Yeah, yeah. Next time we play his audio, we'll put the audit.

Yes. You've done that for him. Hey, spa full of stars. Four stars have been guests. If you know what they are and you know what the fifth one is, you'll be winning a $45,000 spa pool in 15 minutes. What's the easiest way to win, like, the hugest, most expensive prize ever. Just guess a name.

Could it go today. Just the last name. It's getting hot in here. Clint Megan Dan. It's been doing the rounds on TikTok over the last couple of weeks. say, it's a bit of a trend for now, I guess, until everyone gets bored of it. And we gave it a go last week,

and we weren't sure if we just fluked it or whether we... Smashed it. Yeah, and whether we can give another going. How many people realize that Miss Yelliot actually flip it in reverse it for the first time? Okay. Well, you can go first.

Yeah, please. I'm about to lose it. Okay, we've all learned a movie quote. We've performed it in reverse. Here we go. Okay. Thank you, so much. sorry I was sorry for being rude Oi-thor-feth-Yam

Wow okay So if you say it again Just really quickly Oi-thi-th This isn't my go though The other one was my go This is me doing it slow So Dan can figure it out

Which is an EPio is already reversing your first go So this is now I'll do it again slow so Dan can guess Okay Okay Oi-thi-e-thor-fithiam Oh my God I would have absolutely no idea.

Can I give you the key to figuring this out? You just listen for the final syllable and the reverse it. So my final syllable is yam. So reverse yam. May. Okay, so now you can figure out what I'm going to be May. No, it's a movie quote that starts with May.

Come on down. So you're the biggest nerd in this studio. May the force be with you. Thank you so much. Okay, but is that what it actually sounds like when we reversed, Ash's attempt? Okay. May the force be with you. Oh, that sounds like an alien.

The voice me with you. Pretty good. That's all right. They're on a set of Star Wars. They're going, all right, Ash, we're just going to give that one more go. Yeah. Just give that one more go. Your normal voice.

No, I will, you know what? You should be proud of that. That's really good. And I will admit I do the shortest ones of everyone. Mate the force be with you. Your. Your. Okay.

I did two today because. I know because I did a really long one and then I went through to listen back to it and it was unrecognisable so I decided to go with a little bit of a shorter one from the same movie different movie Are we going to hear the crap one or just the good one?

Are we doing mine now? Yeah sure if you're on okay I'll do my short one Okay I'm abab Ta Sivlal Atsa Atsa

So atsa backwards is is Asta Asta la vista baby You got it Asta lavisas Barbie Barbie

Barbie That's like Barbie That's like Barbie Mets the Terminator Barbie That's a fun game I love it Okay

Do you want me to go now or next Oh I do it next Babes Jesus Give me something he'll look forward to Give us one word Billy Elish the edge

Okay, Dan had a crack at it just a little earlier We thought he did a good job But then when you actually put them side by side Not so great This was Dan's reversed phrase Flipped and played forwards Ashta La Mesa

Which is very different to Ashta the vista, baby Oh you know Yeah Did Arnie say it backwards before they reversed it, no. So I'd say, you know, we're on par. Okay.

Here's mine. Okay. I did it again, not to us. The elephant sounded, Missy Elliott. Yeah. Okay. Snaff Ford. Here is Elgin'af if, now, noi.

Noe. Noe. E won. I won. Snapford. Here's Elgin'Eff, Fip, now woe. Woi. E.

I have absolutely no idea. One more time, one more time, one more time. Snafford, Hirazil, Gennep, no, won't we? Okay, so Nibs, our producer is reversing that back. Sniff, Fens. I reckon, even, you know what I think? I think it's going to be terrible no matter what. I think he said it too fast.

I just can't see how this is going to be good. Okay, does this give you a clue? Some 80s movie Oh god, he has such niche references Oh, people, this is one of the most famous movies in the world They're all from his perfect childhood How Wayne watches with my parents When they gave me 400 Christmas presents at our holiday

Because they loved us so much And my childhood was so lovely Oh my god, you've got them bang on It was 450 presents by the way Okay, here it is You are one fifth any glass of real things Is that from Wayne's world? It's all dumb and dumber.

Same, same. No, it's not. Again? You are one Fethetic Glissory No offence That makes absolutely no sense You are one

You are one You are one Fethity Glissory No offense No offense No offense You are one Dan come on

I say this to you all the time I know you do But I block it out You are one Pathetic loser Oh that's right No offense So you said a little bit clearer

than you did before Okay All right Dan You got one more then Because I know you had another one And obviously, you didn't like it, so you ended an easier one. Okay, shush. Eh,

Wul ut, me he. Nisga ayub a fool. Tanaf, nae, nignas, lurg, a tisar, my. My, yeah. Yeah, yeah. Did you say Lurg? Mm. I know this, because I know his favorite movie.

Is it your favorite movie? Yes, it is. I'm just a girl staying here for a boy. That's going to do a lot. She's good. Thank you. Yeah. But I'm out of it, but it's Dan.

Hearn shazis da, the girl, sang in here. Farns Lofa, muya. Sounds like you're still saying it backwards. Hymn. Not my best work. Why do we all sound like German dictators when we do it? I don't know. It's that we feel the need to, like, over and unsaid or something.

It's such a fun game, though. It is. All right, you know what else is fun? Winning a $45,000 Sparple. Just for guessing the last name in this. It's getting hot in here. Everyone else has done all the hard work for you, as long as you still have those names.

Yep. Had to have done your homework. If you know who those four are, and you can guess the fifth, that Sparple is yours next. So many people calling right now. People think they've got it. Oh, my goodness.

So many people. I'll wait under at the edge. We'll give you a crack. Clint, Megan, Dan. The edges, SPAR. Hi. Good morning, it is three past seven on your Monday. We've got a $45,000 spa pool that could be all yours.

If you can just give us the four celebrities already guest and the last remaining star in the spa saying the word here. Here. It's getting hot in here. Angie thinks she's got it. She's in Christchurch. Good morning, Angie. Good morning.

Angie. Oh my God, imagine just being able to like swoop in right at the death and just steal the spa. Have you got, have you got space for a spa? Because you're on the precipice of winning a 45. Okay, you're ready to go. Okay. So I reckon it's Billy Elish, Place Malone, Russell Crow, Admiral Levine, and Guy Sebastian.

Guy Sebastian. Okay. Okay. Okay. That's contentious because here, I mean, I say here, and I'm for the same country as Guy Sebastian. True, true. But hey, maybe it's him. putting on an American accent.

To really, they're really screw with you. You have identified four stars in the correct spot, but no new stars. I'm sorry, Angie. It ain't guys, Sebastian. Oh, look, I've got a little buzz out of just getting through. Oh, I love this, yes.

And we've had a buzz talking to you. Okay, thanks, good. Thanks, mate. Thanks, Angie. Yeah. You know, and the one thing that comes out of that as we've identified another star that's not there, eliminate them out of it.

Do you reckon that was the sparkle? I think it'd be most just like, cheered up just to be hanging out with Guy in that's farple. You know, if I was a guy, I'd say, well, no, I'm not letting Clinton with me. Yeah, no. He'd make it awkward, and he'd try to, like, rub his leg against guys and stuff. Dan, when we were in this bar, we're both tall guys,

and you sat across from you, I sat across from you, our feet legs were going to touch. It was a big sparkling. And you put your toe inside his shorts. Nice. Not on tight shorts. Not on purpose. I saw it.

Come on. Okay, another chance for you to have a crack at who the last star is in the spa to win the spa pool at 8 o'clock. So best of luck. Coming up next, we all heard of quiet quitting. Was it earlier this year or last year? It was like quietly quitting on the job. That's being replaced for job hugging. Are you guilty of job hugging in your job?

Is that where you like hug people and it's like a bit inappropriate? No. My nightmare germs. Yeah, she's not about that. No, it's actually quite sad. But supposedly a lot of people were doing it. We'll find out if you are next. Quite quitting was a term going around for a wee while.

I'm not sure if it was still this year. If it was last year, it's hard to keep up sometimes. That was when people, I think it became prevalent in COVID times. Yeah. When people kind of, they hated their job, but they'd sort of just take themselves out of it a little bit and just do the bare minimum, right, but still keep the job. And I think it's very much a generational thing.

Young people these days can't have a tough confrontational, conversation. They don't know how to make a phone call. They don't know how to say, I don't want to do this anymore. So they just, instead of like facing up to the awkwardness, which we've all had to do growing up, they just kind of slink away and wait until they're fired. Is it kind of like ghosting a boss, like a ghosting, like in a work sense? Absolutely. Pretty much, yeah. Pretty disrespectful if you ask me. I don't like an awkward conversation. I live for it. Yeah. Job hugging is the new term, which I think is kind of sad. It's where an employee stays in a role.

even if they're unhappy and find the job unfulfilling because it's fueled their fear is fueled around job market instability and AI and all those other things. So workers aren't hugging their job because they love them. They're hugging them because the alternative looks way worse and a combination of burnout in a risky economic environment they said is leading to people hugging and hanging onto and clinging on to their job despite the fact that they hate it.

I mean, it's really sad when you hear that, but I saw a stat recently, and I don't know if it was a New Zealand stat or an American stat, but it said that 73% of people that are in the workforce don't enjoy their job, which is, that is horrible, isn't it, really? Yes. But I'm in two minds, right? I think when I was younger, and especially when the radio industry was quite different,

I was all about just, if you're not happy, quit. And if, you know, people have often called me up to get career advice, and I'd be like, oh, if you're not happy and not fulfilling, you quit and do something else. Now, my advice is so different. It's like, well, if you're queer, you need to be prepared to not have a job for a year, two years, three years. And life is expensive. So I totally understand in this day and age, it's all well and good to be like, do something you love.

Yeah, but I've got kids to feed. Yeah. Not everyone can, I guess you see those Instagram videos where they've gone and got a van and then turned it into like a really cool, livable space. Yeah, yeah. Now they just cruise around Greece. Yeah, living the dream. And they're just doing influence and stuff. And you're like, oh, yeah.

But you have to have money to do that. You have been actually quite rich. Most of those people are like, oh, yeah, I inherited a million dollars from my dear grandma. That's how they can do it. Yeah. So it's such a hard one because we never really signed a contract in life to say I'm always going to love my job.

No. You know what I mean? It's not like this is some sort of agreement with the universe. I guess it's finding that balance. And maybe it's a case of, well, if you have to do the job you're doing because you have financial responsibilities and you're scared for the future,

is there a way to bring value to find joy? Is there a way to do that? I don't know. Yeah. And there are people always going around saying all sorts of inspirational stuff. We've seen that. We've seen their clubs. I've been doing the rounds for a while now and she goes, she's on a podcast and she goes, don't love your job. Job your love.

And the guy goes, I love that. Oh my God. What are you talking about? There's too many. catchphrases these days. What does it say, turn your love into a job? There's women on Instagram and they're like, I get my job to sell shampoo and it's a MLM.

And they say if you love your job, you'll never work a day in your life, it's another one that goes around. But I wonder how many people are willing to admit that you hate your job, but you have no intention of ever leaving. This is an awesome text from Philippa. She said, oh my God, I was in a job for nearly 20 years hating the last 18 months

and ended up being made redundant. And now I'm loving my new job and thrive So that is proof that just because you hate your job doesn't mean you need to stay there. Yes, because you can retrain, you can, as we like to say on this show, Pivot. There are things you can do, but it does take a lot of, you know, up and go. I'd love to chat to someone though right now that is in a job that they've been in for many, many years, but they hate it, but they just don't want to move because it's sort of comfortable. Comfortable and you're like, I earn good money.

Have you realized, yeah, you're a job hugger. Like, you didn't know it had a term, but now it does. you're like, oh my God, yeah, I'm definitely guilty of job hugging. We can keep you anonymous as well. Yeah, absolutely. You don't probably want your boss hearing you tell the whole country how much you hate it. There's a new term in the workplace called job hugging. And pretty much it's people that are really unhappy doing what they're doing,

but they're hanging on to their job because I guess they fear there's nothing else they could be doing or there's insecurity or instability in the job market. And they fear that it's the best they can do. So they stay in a job they hate for way longer than they should? I reckon I've job hugged before. I'd be surprised at no, like most people have. At one point in their working life, I've done a job where they're like,

this is not for me, but you stay in it sort of until you've got a better offer or something. I feel like there's to be a reason. Like maybe you hate what you do, but you get paid great money to do it. And you go, well, it gives me opportunity financially, even though I hate the actual work. But then Jess has a very valid reason for staying despite the fact you don't love what you do, Jess. Morning, Jess.

Morning. So what's the reason that your job hugging? Yeah, so my job is, like, let's say, I don't hate it. Like, the people are nice, but the work is so boring, and I just don't care about it at all. But I'm sticking around because I've got really good maternity benefits. So I'm hoping to get pregnant soon. Yeah, good luck, thanks.

And then, yeah. That's a good reason, I reckon, because that's, like, maybe a year off full pay, or I don't know what it is, but that is worth sticking around for, I'd say. we kind of had to my husband did a job he hated so that I could have a baby so like we were like okay well I have to quit

because I can't do this job and I want to be home for a year or two so Adrian was like well I'm going to have to so he took a job that like didn't want to do because he was like okay because the opportunity that it gives you

when you're on a single worker so he was hugging so that we could do something for our final that it was important to us and man he was unhappy What a self-react. Yeah, yeah. He was like, I'm doing this for you, but I'll be grumpy.

He came home from work every day, so depressed. Well, I guess it's your sense, Jess. I love that you have a reason, rather than you just being like, I don't know why I'm still here. I hate my job and I have no idea why. Yeah, it's good to have a reason. Yeah. And also, can we all just, we're all going to, can we hold hands? Can we reach to that?

We're holding hands for you, Jess, right now in the studio. Okay. And we are believing for a wonderful, wonderful pregnancy for you. It's going to happen, and we're cheering you on. Good on you, darling. Oh, thank you so much. You're welcome. You can do it.

You can do it. Another one that I'll keep anonymous. I think just probably based on the text and what I've seen through, said, you're talking my language. Being in HR, there's never been a time that I've seen so many extremes. More poor performance than ever, because people don't love their job. And they're just kind of going through the motions. Knowing they can't get a new one.

Sucking. Yeah. And when you do something you love, I feel like you work better at it, but just because you love it. And if you're hating the job, you just, you do do the bare minimum, even if you're doing it subconsciously. Oh, yeah. I've done this exact job as a job before on a breakfast show that was not fun.

And when that alarm went off every morning and I had to get out of bed, I wanted to cry every day. All I want to know the show now, I want to know. Especially on Monday vibes, hey, you only wake up and you go, what day is it today? And then you realize it's Monday, oh, I've got the whole week. Yeah, but today my alarm goes off and I'm like, skips out the door.

I really do. It's kicking in the dick. Like I get out of bed and I'm like, it's kicking in the dick, guys. Yeah. Just don't kick kids or eye on the day. Yeah, it never would. Well, maybe the conversation might have sparked something in you where you go, you know what, I am job hugging and I don't have a why like Jess.

Yeah. Or like a reason. Maybe it's time to, you know, see what else I could be doing rather than just hating life every week. And there are, like, job, like, counsellors. I don't know what the word is, but, like, they specialize in career pivoting. So you speak to them, you say, these are my skills, this is what I've done. They have a much broader view of the job market. Okay, well, these skills, what about this?

You may have never thought of it. I think there are always options, but I do see both sides. And this interest rates the way they are and the cost of living. And it's very easy to say, just there's something else. But, you know, the things are taken into account. Clint, Meg and Dan. It was last week on the show, Ash, was telling us about Bruce Willis. Yeah, how quickly he's just gone downhill.

Now, unfortunate it is for him and his family dealing with, I guess their dad being such an absolute superhero, his whole life now dealing with. Is it dementia specifically? It's a type of dementia, yeah. So he's moved out of the family home now. So he lives separately to the rest of them, which is just, will be so heartbreaking. Yeah, and it's quite a high profile case of something that a lot of people deal with, you know, dementia in this world. In my own family, I've got my brother, my mum has five siblings and,

two of them, like within the last couple of years. And these are like really healthy, intelligent, like, fit men. And it's just terrifying, I think. I think my grandma had dementia as well, and you think that it's an old person thing. And it's not all the time. Now we're seeing people in their 40s, 50, 60s. Yeah, and unfortunately, listener of the show,

Jackie can relate all too closely to what we were talking about last week. Ask me anything. Good morning, Jackie. Thanks for joining us. Good morning, how are you? Good, good to chat with you. I've spoken to you before, I think, haven't we? Yes, we have up running many little times.

Yes. I'm on my way to work because it just gives us a good giggle before we get into the seriousness of work. I mean, it's normally on a better occasion that we catch up. And this one, you've had some rough news in the family as of late. My husband has got behavioral variant FTT, frontal lobe dementia. And he's only 55. I love, I can't even imagine.

but I'm so we were talking about Bruce Willis recently and his diagnosis and this is the same part of the brain is affected by this this type of dementia of frontal lobe is that correct? Yes, his behaviour started to change about three years ago with four years ago we thought he was just going through midlife crisis he thought mental men's health and all this stuff that the behaviours just came worse and worse and worse he's the opposite to who I married and raised our children with about a year ago when things got really bad I just remember the most of the morning he woke up and then that weekend he did something so out of character I went something's wrong something has to be wrong but we just put down to midlife crisis and all that in april this year

we thought okay he needs to go away for a holiday he needs to just go and do something that week he fell apart I ring up my doctor immediately my kids had to go and get him from where he was staying he had his license taken off him we did a cognitive test and went up to one scale of 19 he sent us into the memory unit and then two weeks ago I got a phone call from the memory unit and said look we've just seen your husband CT he does not have mild apathy he has severe apathy my goodness there's a few stages of the behaviour variant that he's going through and he's probably around around the four or five and there's seven stages his prognosis is isn't very good we're going to have a progressive decline from now and we do notice things now that we know what's going on

with him. We notice and it breaks our heart. Do you know what the next month's year are going to look like? Do you get any sort of... Kevin, we've been told prepare between three to five and then... Years? Yeah.

Okay. Is he still able to live with you or somewhere else? Yeah, but the moment the thing is that when you look at him, he's quite functioning. But then when you get him at work, there's too much going on and he'll go and hide or something like that because he just can't understand. This is a man that has raised beautiful kids

and his beautiful grandfather and absolutely beautiful husband. And prior to the diagnosis, goodbye was also in there because things were just so bad. But now we're just going to watch him slowly go. It's so cruel, darling. I'm so sorry that you're having to face this. I'm just so glad it sounds like you've got a really, fantastic family around you

that you know. And you sound like a very, very strong lady and I'm sure that anybody that gets this news, it would just rock your world. Absolutely. Yeah. We love you, darling. This is not nice. The thing is that New Zealand have only just recently recognised younger dementia under the age of 65.

And thank you for sharing your story as well, because you know what? There'll be other people out there in New Zealand that are going through similar issues to what you have. What's going on? What's going on? And this will maybe spur people on to get checked or they got I'm not alone you know there's other people out there that are dealing with us so thank you so much Jackie

that's right that's right well thank you and I love you sweetheart and don't be a stranger feel other people as well keep us posted okay see you thank you bye bye some people doing life real tough eh yeah sure makes you very grateful I always say if your family is healthy you're the richest person in the world

Clint Megan Dan I've got a bit of a rank guys you ready I'm ready baby strap in babes Ready. As we know, it's been one of the biggest weekends of sport this year. The All Blacks say they're losing to South Africa, 4310. It's pretty bad. It was a high ding.

Then the Warriors losing to the Panthers 24-8. And you'd be forgiven for not knowing that the Black Ferns won their quarterfinal in the Women's Rugby World Cup smashing South Africa. Come on. 46, 17. Another hiding, I would say. The other way around, we repaid the favour. Now, to be blunt, the New Zealand media coverage of the Black Ferns,

this World Cup, has been appalling. A team at the top of their game and winning someone with the most talented female athletes in the world getting a fraction of their media attention, their male counterparts, enjoy. Get this, as of 9 a.m. on Sunday morning after the game, the New Zealand Herald website placed the Black Ferns win below two. stories about the Warriors and two articles about the All Blacks Remember, they both lost. Stuff.comot on

NZ was even worse, placing two All Blacks articles, one Warriors story and one men's weightlifting stories, before even mentioning... Weightlifting. The Black Ferns. It was like that across the board as well. And people will say that the All Blacks and the Warriors get more attention because

they're more newsworthy and they get more clicks. That might be true now. But that will always be the way of the New Zealand media don't pull their head out of their ass and start leading by example. What's wrong with championing women's sport and making people passionate about the game

by reporting on it? So here's a message from me to the New Zealand news media. You are the ones reporting on the news. You are the ones deciding the headlines. You have the power to give the Black Ferns and other women's sport a boost in New Zealand. We want young girls and boys to see these women killing it on a world stage

and know that they are just as a good. fierce and talented as the men. The games are just as exciting and easy to access. But to do that, we need to get behind them as a country. And as a country and society, I feel like we've come a long way in the last few years with recognising teams like the Black Ferns. But to take moments like this to the mainstream, we need the media to wake up. René Holmes running onto it at pace.

There it is, Caitlin Vaughal. Strong, Kailenvar Kolo, Stru! And there's the sixth of the second half for New Zealand. Second half excellence in accident. Once more, the Blackburn's semi-final bound at the Rugby World Cup. Hannah and I and my wife, we watched the game on Sunday morning, and Hannah was glued to the TV. Yeah.

Loved every second. She doesn't watch the All-Blacks, but she loved that game. And can I just say we should be supporting a women's spot even when they're not winning. Exactly. Like it doesn't need to be this whole thing. And it is the perfect point. They are more successful at the moment.

They have a better winning streak than the all blacks. Even someone texted through to say it's the same as the women's warriors, they won over the weekend. Another spanking. No one's talking about it. We need to support women's sport even when they're not dominating so that they can get the eyeballs, they get the interest, they get some funding, they get some sponsorship.

So the women can actually be equipped to then win. We shouldn't have to wait until they're the best in the world. And it looks like the black friends are the best in the world and still no one seems to care. It's pretty pathetic. It was the fact that they won and won by a considerable margin. But then all the mainstream media in New Zealand, every one of them across the board, was sharing the losses of the men's teams before. That's unfathomable.

That's the thing for me, eh, because it's like whether you like watching league or rugby or if it's men's sport or women's sport, it's the fact that the reporting on it is, like you said, you can be forgiven, Dan, for not knowing what the score was or whether we won or lost because it's nowhere and it's a World Cup it comes around once every four years that's crazy and and the women's game the Blackburn's game was the latest like the Warriors

and stuff were hours and hours ago yet that was still top of news yeah it was crazy it says everything and it is so frustrating to you know what do you think Jess oh so good Dan I'm so pleased you talked about this because it really does need to be talked about

it does and I think more of us need to speak up about it. Even if you're in the office today, like mention the Black Ferns. Yeah, yeah. And just, and because it was an incredible game. I'd just go and watch the highlights. Yeah, yeah.

If I may draw an example to Australia, where AFLW, so that's our main football is AFL, in some parts of Australia. And just in the last couple of years, there's been a huge push for AFLW, the Women's League, to be, it's on TV. I'm seeing my nieces, who all now want to be professional football players.

That would never have happened when I was a kid. No girl, I know. would want to be a footy player. Now, I see my nieces and my nephew every weekend at the AFLW games. People know the players' names. It's totally changed the culture for young girls who want to play sport. It's so important that these girls have people to look up to and can see, oh, people are caring about these women doing these things.

Maybe I could do it too. And once that happens, the sport will get bigger intrinsically because more people are interested in it. And they'll win more because they've got the funding that they need and the attention to actually keep winning. It's a no-brainer. Johnny, you don't always agree what things Dan says, but maybe today you do.

Yeah, mate, Dan does talk some shit, but to you honest, that was one of the best things you ever said. Dan, I'm a proud sportsman, a proud Kiwi. But to hear you said, that mate, really ticked off the way. Great. Thanks for coming on, Johnny. I love it, Johnny. And I'll go back to...

We need men. It's not enough. I'm so glad you said it, Dan, because it's not enough now for women to keep harping on about it. He'll stop listening. We need men, especially sports fans, to stand up and have these conversations, to legitimise it. Unfortunately, we need men to be loudly having these conversations. And little boys like my son.

I want him to see these women going amazing. And know that they can do it just as well as he can, if not better. I'm so glad you see my son. I thought you were going to say little boys like myself. That's where I thought he was saying too. And I was like, oh, come on, bro. You're a big boy? If you want to see the girls continue to dominate the semifinal versus Canada,

is at 6 a.m. on Saturday morning. I mean, if you've got kids, you're up at 6 a.m. anyway. Put the telly on and say, hey kids. Look at these badass ladies. Love it. Clint, Megan Dan. And it's the 15th of September, so we are halfway through Blue September. Tackle prostate cancer together.

Almost $350,000 raised as well, according to the website. Amazing, that. Yeah. And if you're a guy, and this makes you feel uncomfortable, a bit nervous, yada, yada, yada. Just think about all the people who love you. All the people who would be, let's be honest, pretty angry if you died from something preventable like prostate cancer. Think about those people and go on, just go see doctor. Yeah, and the amount of checks that girls have to go through.

I didn't want to say it, and I'm so glad you said that. Yeah, because you get a lot of checks. This is the one really that you need to do as a guy. And you get a lovely finger. We get a cold, plastic, torture device inserted and opened. Like, I would love a nice warm finger. And to be honest, it's not often. You can save that for chooses, sorry, please, for a Friday.

I will say it's not even often that you need to have the finger. It's usually just a blood test nowadays. Oh, it must be nice. I know. Some guys worked that out and make it easier. Okay, so we've dusted off an old song from 2023 because someone texted the other day being like, are you guys doing anything for Blue September?

And we were like, we did do something, remember? Like, I wonder if it is good enough to play again. Someone would say it's a bit lazy. We're like, yeah, we did it three. years ago. Let's reheat some old nachos. Do we need to do a little it's pretty subtle, but I mean kids in cars, we're giving you a warning but it is for

such a great cause and I think it's absolutely hopefully. Hopefully it's a Pixar movie fan. I think it's going to go over some heads, yeah. Okay. Now from memory Dan we allowed people to try and throw some inspiration at us that we had to include in the song which I think we ended up being trolled. Yeah, the listeners decided it was going to be a country song. It was going to be about a horse and it's cowboy owner.

They were both called Peter, weirdly. And they lived in a Peter's farm and Petersville. So it was quite a confusing premise. Why Peter? They just liked Peter. I don't know. Okay. No idea.

Don't ask questions. It was the biggest hospital pass from you listening. And Dan and I felt, all right, let's see what we can do. And this is what we came out with. The underlying message, remember, even though it's a little bit at some points. Yeah. A little bit how you're going? It's getting your prostate checked.

That's the key message, which I think we hammer home at the end. Okay. I got a horse and his name's Peter and my name is Peter too and we live on a ranch called Peter's far planting plenty pickled peppers in a big old barn And of course we live And no surprise to you

Our house is in a town called Petersburg too Oh Peter's horse Peter is his favorite seed And Peter wrote Peter till his ass for bleed The two of them went together like a glove A cowboy and a horse so in love. And one day, Peter was shoveling some hay. His horse walked in with nothing to say. Along with Conner's face, something wasn't all right.

And Peter was dead by the end of the night. Peter decided to investigate. and realized it was his prostate Yeah, there were signs They were always there I mean remember the bleeding from his red Old Peter's horse Peter was his favorite seed Peter, old Peter till his ass would bleed

But before we point finger in, wasn't the rider. He never did let a finger up inside it. And if he had, he might be here today, because nothing about a finger in your butt is, hey. So the message is clear. Get your prostate chance. And obviously, invite by a doctor. A qualified doctor.

I think they're all qualified, Dan. Oh, there's cowboys out there, Clinton. Real cowboys. Yo-ho. Yeah, I wish I knew how to quit you, Dan. Oh, I wish I knew. Come here, you. Okay, we need some immediate context for anyone that's tuned in halfway through that song.

That was for Blue September. Yes. Prostate Awareness Week. All you need to remember is that it's important to get a prostate checked, and that song was meant to encourage you to do that. Yeah, yeah. So boys, fellas, those with prostates. Today, market and just make the call, call your GP, do what you've got to do.

It's very, very important. Cool. All right, should we give away a $45,000, bar pool next? People who tune in an halfway through are like, what is going on here? I thought I'd switch to coast. Someone said, that'll teach you for jumping in and out, right? Yeah, you keep it locked out of here, baby. Is there a minimum age for a mental health day?

I never really thought about it until my daughter put the question to me. I don't think so. Because when I was a kid, mental health days weren't a thing, and I can definitely remember a couple of times where it would have been really helpful if I could have just stayed home. And we've all seen the movie Inside Out, and you realize how many emotions are going on inside this young girl and as a father of a 10-year-old, maybe I watched that movie,

and I know it's just a movie, it's make-believe, but it's obviously drawing on real-life things that are happening inside children. And I guess the emotions and feelings that they are trying to regulate, without necessarily all of the tools to be able to do so. Yes. That movie, I think, changed us forever as adults, especially adults that have little children that we're kind of in charge of

because it does make you really think about all those different emotions and, like you said, it's all happening in there. We most adults have the tools to deal with them, but little people do not. And why are we talking about this? I feel like you've got a personal... Yeah, my daughter wanted a mental health day this morning. We were talking about yesterday

and she said, I need you to talk to mum about something. And they said, what is it about? She goes, oh, it's about a thing that's going on with me. And I was like, well, then why don't you tell me? She goes, no, well, mum to tell you.

Oh, so she'd already told mum, and then she was telling you to talk to mum. And then she said, well, you're going to need to talk to dad. So I sat down and talked to her a little bit about it. This was just the beginning conversation where I were just having a bit of a laugh. And then we had a bit more of a serious combo that obviously didn't record for on here.

Did you say, before you tell me about your mental issues, let me just record and find out what the rules are, babe. How old do you have to be to have a mental health day, do you think? Ten. All right, and how old are you? Ten. Oh, so you're just scraping. Do you think it's good to just, like, carry on, though?

No, you need a mental health day. Really? One day, yeah. And what do you do on the mental health day? You stay home. Read books. That's kids. Okay.

What do you eat? Like, some nice chocolate. Okay. It does make me feel better when I'm having a mental house day. I need all of those things every day. So we got a proper chat like last night before she went to bed and she was just talking about she had a really rough like week last week. And then she gave me...

If anyone is being mean to her, I will go to that school and set fire at them. I just want to say, and it may not be what's happening, but I cannot. That's not on my watch, baby. Yeah, she was talking about someone who hadn't been nice one day and then the next day she'd fallen over and she'd scratched all her face up and she just, she had like one example for each day which compounded to a bad week.

But I was also trying to tell her that sometimes it's the things that we focus on that will then give us a view of how that entire day went. If we focus on the one negative thing, the whole day can seem negative. We focus on the one or two positive things, the day can feel positive. So we chat a little bit about that.

But I also am like torn between wanting to like protect my daughter and giving her this mental health day. But then also, sometimes you have to go through challenging things because it helps you grow because you're forced to face the music. I think that's one of the biggest challenges of parenthood is finding that line. Between I need to let you be hurt and uncomfortable and experience tough things like being left out. It's so important for you to discover an experience.

But also want you to know that we are your safe place and you can always come to us and be honest and will protect you and it's so hard. I think intrinsically as a parent, especially of your own child, you know when they're not having a good week or a good day as opposed to they just don't want to go to school. And I think being a good father yourself, Clint, I know you are, you must know, you must sort of be able to read between the lines.

Yeah, if they're trying to pull the wool over your eyes a little bit or not. And I probably have a soft spot for her at the moment because when I left primary school, I went to an intermediate that no one from my primary school went to and I had no friends. and for the first probably two months I just sat every morning tea and every lunchtime I would go to the nurse's office

and I just sat there there. There was no phones like nothing I just sat there and I just stared at the wall and I waited for the entire lunchtime the past while I heard all the other kids playing and then I went back to class and I did that week in week out for months because and mum kept me there

because she said I've just bought your uniform you said you wanted to go to the school so you're going to have to make it work and I guess thankfully because I stuck it out and then I made a lot of islander friends who looked after me shout out to Cephaniah, Misi, Solomona and they took me under their wing I made sports teams, I made friends that I then went to the high school

across the road and I'm so thankful that I was made to stick it out but at the time I wanted anything but to be in that. Isn't that crazy? Because I know Clint pretty well and I think you do as well Ash. I can't imagine Clint not being able to make friends. He's the most outgoing like competent person I've ever met. I'm imagining little Clinton with no friends. That's my biggest fear as a parent is my child ever being left out. But I think all of us, we're like confident, successful people.

I certainly had times that I was little where I was left out of things. I remember feeling lonely and that horrible feeling of loneliness. And there's no world in which my mother's let me stay home. And we turned out okay. So I so often think about like we're so little leeway. Mental health days when she's like I can't go to school? Or am I better to go, sorry, babe, suck it up? Yeah.

Edgefano, what do you reckon? I know a lot of people who have children, we've all been children, is this something that happens in your families? Are your kids coming to you and needing some time off or a day off school? If so, what are you doing? Or is it maybe just them asking is opening up the opportunity for the conversation, which for most kids, I think that's probably what they really need,

is just to tell you what's going on as opposed to actually having the day off? And we should be doing that way more than we are. Yes. So maybe it's a good thing. Let us know, maybe you can be our canary down the mind if you've got any insight on this. Hey, we're talking mental health days with kids. My daughter's 10, and she wanted one this morning.

And like you said, Ash, sometimes it's just nice to maybe have the conversation about what's going on in her world that makes her feel like she couldn't go to school today. But very interesting opinions from people who give their kids mental health days and are taking their own. Yeah, a lot of them saying give her the mental health day,

it's important. And then some others like Philippa who have text through saying, I think there's a danger you are setting and stone a problem that will grow. A mental health day at 10 is wild. They need to build some resilience. So good conversation and connect time to figure out what's wrong and help them build confidence, which I guess is... It makes sense.

It makes sense. But then I guess also if it's a real serious issue when she's feeling down, maybe it is a good thing. I like this one from Dale. He or she said, I have a 10-year-old. We have a quota system. one mental health day per term. I can stay home if I'm exhausted,

so I extend the learning of managing that to her, which I think is fantastic. And often I think for kids and adults, knowing you have the option, like knowing that you are allowed to take the mental health day if you need, often is all you need, just the knowing that you have the option

to take it, the safety. Brenda, you work in mental health. You must have an opinion on this. I'm a consultant for health and safety, so yes. So basically 47% of New Zealanders suffer from mental health. So, you know, and because New Zealand has their concept, take a concrete pull and harden

up. And that's why it's affecting a lot of people. And especially with a 10-year-old, if a 10-year-old comes to you and says, look, I've had so many problems the whole week. What if you had those problems as well the whole week, how would you feel as well? But the thing is, what I could see with a 10-year-old that I've got twins as well is sit her down and say, right, see, I'm prepared to give you a mental health day, but it's not

going to happen all the time. But what I want you to do is write down or reflect what are you going to do if you have those situations again in a positive way. So give us some kind of public to do on that, you know, on that mental health day. Yeah, I like that. To like, okay,

let's put something in here so we can move forward and be better and figure it out. That's awesome. Someone else, yeah, someone else said that they give a quota, mental health day per term, I think they said, and they let their child decide when that is, which is probably good. I think it's so important.

Jane's got three kids, 10, 12, sorry, yeah, 10, 12 and 6. It's a good spread. You've got your hands full, Jane. Yeah, very much, though. So how do you approach this? Have your kids ever come to you and said they're struggling, they just need some time off? Yeah, absolutely.

Probably more so much older, too, rather than the 6-year-old. But, yeah, if they do, they get one a term and we have to sit down and we have to have the conversation about why and put strategies in place going forward to maybe make it better next time. Great. Okay, cool, well, that one of terms seems to be like a common thread.

I think so. And, like, you're right, I think maybe it's important to make sure you're having the conversation about the day when you're having the day rather than just chuck a Netflix on and going to feel better. And strategies, putting straight. The strategies is so important. And I think, now that I think about it,

when I was a kid, I'd probably just fake a sickness when I was struggling with school. Instead of telling my mom, I'm upset, something's upsetting me. I need a mental health. I would lie about being sick. So I think it's fantastic that the next generation

have the language to be able to say it's my mental health, not just some fake, you know, tummy ache or something. And it's because we're talking about it more. Exactly. It's fantastic. We're doing better.

Yeah, me and my dad did the exact same thing, Ash, is because I didn't know what mental health was for like a long, long time. So if I was having the worst day in the world, I could go up to my dad and say, hey, dad, I've got a really sore tummy today. Can I please stay home from school? And he would know what I'm saying

and stay home with me that whole day. That's beautiful. I just can you imagine how cute little Nipia was? Yeah. I just know you were the cutest little kid. Why am I crying? Imagine Nipia being a little boy with a tummy. You've got to.

You've got to. I mean, I'm reading through all this. text we've got on this, there is some amazing parents out there that know exactly what to do, and I think Clinton, you're one of those parents that know. Then there's this text which gets you second-guessing everything going, I think it's a fine line, I'm a psychologist, and I see

lots of people letting their kids stay home to try and help their kids when they're struggling to face situations and go to school. Then I see others never cutting their kids some slack at school either. It's like you're wanting them to face tricky situations so they can learn how to navigate them, but you also want to protect them because

you can. I think it's just a balance. It's your kids knowing they can talk to you about it, knowing that you're never going to force them to go to school, but also putting some strategies in place so that you don't have to be taking heaps of mental health days. But we're all trying and failing as parents, so doing our best, I hope. Yeah, and if we fail with the first, if you've got a second kid, great. You've got a backup, you know?

Yeah, that's why Clint had two. Fix it with the backup, you know? I know. I've only got one. That means I'm just going to ruin this. Oh, wow, you're fucking... Get a backup. You need a backup. All right, horror bills is next

If you have registered With a horror bill We could be Dipping our hand into the mystery box And pulling out the boss's credit card To pay it off in full next All right, this week We have your chance to have your horror bill

Paid off It's all thanks to Westback They want to help sort your horror bills So you just give us I need this bad $292 spark bill Because you know he didn't pay my bill Last month and my phone got disconnected

but I only paid the overdue amount last time and now it's overdue again and it's really snowball. It's a vicious circle. It's a vicious circle. Dan currently blindfolded. Dan already has a bloated on which means the ash and they're like, yes, it's not us. Why?

Has it always me? Now Dan is going to have to reach into the giant Perspex box and see if you can pull out the credit card. If he will be paying off your bill. If you want to register for this, because it's going all week, just text Bill to 3343. if you're worried about getting into credit card dead oh shush ash i just peaked in the box shut up set up automatic payments to help you never miss a due date

yuck oh god why don't like can you see what's in there yeah i just had a peek okay sarah is the one who was hoping to get her bill paid off this morning morning sarah morning how are you good what's the bill power okay how much are we talking babe yeah it's 500 $517, I think it was $517, okay. That's a lot of dollars. You've drawn this short straw with me as well. I'm a little, I don't know how I'm going to cope with this.

Can you just roll your sleeve up, Dan, for your own sake? You can do it, Dan. No, I'm serious, and take your watch off. God, what am I doing? Sticking my hand up a bloody cow's bottom or something. Maybe. Either way, take your watch off as well. Do I need to put one of those long gloves on?

You should have put you in a... No, we want your finger to touch the disgustingness. If Clint comes up next to me and drops his pants, I'm not doing it. Can someone help him guide his hand through the hole? Oh, don't push me down. Okay. Am I in? Angle it around so he can get his hand in, guys.

Okay, I'm in. Angle the box around. He can't, he's not a contortionist, there we go. Okay. Now, Dan has his hand. And straight down now. Straight down, it's below you there. In the hole.

Oh, God, what is that? Oh, yuck, it moved. It's moving. Okay. So what am I looking for? Am I looking for a car? Did you just... A credit card?

Is there a credit card in there? No, there isn't. Shut up. What is it? Oh, gosh. Oh, it's cold and slimy. Is it wet? Oh, my God.

This is one of the worst things I've ever done. It's gross. And it feels like gung... You guys know what it is, right? Yes. Okay. Okay, can you give him some help us to... Okay, he knows what it is.

Okay. Now he's enjoying it. Is it inside it? Have you put the credit card inside it? Yuck. And out it comes. What do you think you've just had your hand inside, Dan? Like some sort of poultry.

It's like a dead bird. You can't have technically. You need to say raw chicken, not dead bird. Okay, now I'm going to get Kampala back. Sarah, congratulations. Dan has the credit card out from inside the chicken. Your repelible was paid off, babe. Thank you.

I really appreciate that. You know, you guys do great work. Yeah, I know. I just had my hand inside a chicken. That is some of the best work I've ever done. He looks like it's got a nice, I'm herb. Herb marinade on it at least. Why did you bother marinating it?

Because we're going to cook it for lunch, obviously. Is Josh going to have it for his dinner? Yeah, great. All right, well, your $587 power bill, Sarah has paid off. If you have a bill that you would like pay it as well. with the boss's credit card. Dad, it's being disgusting with these wet fingers. No, I am not.

You are, you're being gross. And they've just got a bit of six thing on them. Tiggs Bill to 334-3 and we'll give you a crack at winning again just like Sarah tomorrow. He's trying to touch us with the goofy chicken fingers. Don't do that at me. All right, coming up next.

Doesn't hold up. We've got our Web Gell Bella watching movies, some of which are 30 years old because she's never seen some of the greatest movies of all time. we tasked her with Forrest Gump She watched it

We have to fire her if she doesn't like the film That gets that simple She's already had a written warning So to be easy Yeah, that's right She's like cool running Yeah, it was okay Oh my God

She gave it an eight And then dropped it to a six After watching Mrs. Delphire Webkelebella joins us in studio Who is 24 24 A child Imagine being 24

Almost 25 guys Maybe if they're six week What? What date? Thursday. We know that. We've got it written down, don't we, Clint? Yeah, next Thursday. That wasn't a reminder. What date is that? The 25th. That's my son's birthday. You're kidding. You and Buddy have the same birthday.

Oh my gosh. He's a Libra? Yeah, he's turning four. He's a bit different to 20th. That's so... You're a good person of him to share a birthday with. Yeah, that's wrong. And you know if Ash forgets, it's really bad because it's the same day. Yeah. I'll never forget now. Well, Forrest Gump, we're going to find out if it holds up almost... Well, actually, just over 30 years down the track, because it released in 1994. And the reason we're doing this is because we found out

that Webgill Bella hasn't seen probably 99 of the top 100 greatest movies of all time. If I just go through the top five list according to IMDB, best movies of all time? Shawshank Redemption. No. Never seen it. Brilliant.

Oh my God. The Dark Night. No. Inception. No. Fight Club. No. And Forrest Gump. Yes.

Yes. Because I managed to watch it over the weekend. Yeah, Dullin. Okay. A hell of a movie. It's almost like four movies and one. Yeah. What did you know going into the film?

What did you know about it? Nothing. I knew about Run Forrest Run, so I thought, okay, maybe he's a runner or something like that. Hey, hey, he is a runner at one point in the film. He was true. Yeah, he is. He became a runner.

I think I might go home now. And he just turns around and runs back. He was so cute. He's so sweet. So what did you think? I loved it. Yeah. Like, I genuinely loved it.

Like, I just loved how, it was a heaps of little short films in one. Exactly. Just so many side quests does heaps, so he's so just, like, ordinary and does all these, like, extraordinary things. Yeah. It's the perfect story of someone, when they had the odds stacked against them. Yes. But they prevail and make a great life.

Two things. Yes. Like, first five minutes, notice it was the same mum as Mrs. Doubtfire. Yeah. Oh, my gosh. Sally Field, great actress. I know, so maybe she was a mum. quite a few things back then that I just haven't sang

I said that's cool and then it was funny you guys will laugh when Elvis Presley popped up I had to Google is this a true story because I thought when he was and they I was like no way That's how he learned out of dance from Forest Cove Yeah yeah I said no way it's a true story And then I googled it and it wasn't

How bad did you cry Jenny? I'm not a cry in movies Yeah so I didn't cry but I was like Oh even the bit at the end When he's talking to Jenny Who spoiler has passed And he's talking about their son Little Forrest is doing just fine.

About to start school again soon. Every night we read a book. She's so smart, Jenny. You'd be so proud of him. Such a brilliant acting performance. It was incredible. Yeah. And Tom Hanks, I don't think I've seen many movies with him, let alone movies. But movies with him and him.

He's done a lot. He's like one of the most prolific actors in all time. Such a good actor. So he haven't seen Carlin. No. No. Obviously not. Wow.

What about the terminal? No. That's one of us should have once. What about? Sleepers in Seattle? No. Oh wow. Philadelphia?

No. Oh, Philadelphia. You're crying in Philadelphia. What's your favourite quote then from the movie that's stuck with you? Probably, well, I would say the Run Forest Run, but it's pretty great. Yeah. Yeah. When he broke through his, like, chains in his way.

Yeah. Oh, God. But you ain't got no legs, Lieutenant Day. Lieutenant Day. I know that. There's just so many characters and stories. It was great. It was really big.

Okay, so now we get the score. You gave Mrs. Dalfire six. You gave cool runnings in eight, but then you felt like you're a bit too generous. So I think, yeah, Mrs. Delfoy end up coming down a bit. Now you've sort of got the scoring system in your head. Yeah, but better. I'll give it a nine out of ten.

Wow. All right. So it does hold up. From 1994, Webgielabella says it's still worth a watch. If you like her, have also not seen. So on 33443, please send through your text recommendations for the next film that Webgirl Bella should watch and rate.

I mean, if she likes Forrest Gump, maybe we kind of know now she likes things with lots of characters. Pursuit of happiness? No, that's not a classic. But that's not that old. No, that's not a classic. I think we need to go pre-2000. Agree, absolutely. We're talking like your Shawshank Redemptions.

Definitely, your Jurassic Parks. What about like cartoons? Have you seen, like, the original Aladdin? Yeah, yeah, what's growing up. Okay, okay, so it wasn't a totally, you know, deprived childhood. Yeah, Shawshank Redemption is amazing, but it's heavy. Oh, my gosh, my girl. Have you seen my girl?

Have you seen, oh, God. I had to leave the cinema because I was crying too much. Mama had to take me to a Chinese restaurant afterwards to give me beef and black beans so I'd feel better. I've avoided beehives like the plague after that movie. Every time I see it be, I think of my girl. All right. We'll get a scandal update next

and what's going on in the world of entertainment. But that's a nice little fun fact to know about you if you're upset. Just give you some beef and black bean. All right, thank you, Bella. Clint, Megan, Dan. It's a scandal. Quite a scandal.

Scandal with Ash London. I've got a couple for you today. Charlie X, X, X.X. You know, she got married two months ago at the town hall. Yeah, it was like a small little ceremony. Got married again in Sicily. Maddie Healy's there from 1975, you know, because her fianc is in that band.

So she's at a proper wedding. Oh, something. Far be it for me to say that the town hall wedding was not a proper wedding. I apologize, but she's gotten married again. More power to her. And then I got some more engagement in you. So we know Travis and Taylor, yada, yada, yada. Got engaged.

I was going to say, you put behind the eight ball with that one. Imagine that. They're engaged. So Travis sat down with ESPN and the lady asked him about, like, did he cry when he proposed? How did he feel? What happened? And this was his response.

Oh. Oh, sorry. I forgot to tell you. I've got some audio here. It's probably labeled something like Taylor or Travis. Yeah, sure. She can tell that story. The palms were definitely sweating. Really?

I was definitely, I'm an emotional guy, so there were a few tears here and there, but it's been an exciting right up to this day, and I can't wait to spend the rest of my life with her. Now, growing up, I always, as a woman, I always imagined the moment that I was proposed to. And I always said to myself, if he doesn't cry, I'll be devastated. And luckily, Adrian did cry. And I did miss the whole proposal because I was, so overwhelmed in crime that I didn't even listen to a word he said but I would love to hear from

you boys about whether you cried when you proposed. Clint sung his one didn't he? No that was when we got married. With a little headset mic. Yeah. I did a dance and everything. I almost don't even want to tell Ash about my proposal because she'll think even less of me. What do you mean? What was that sound? We know you just say it now. I did it live on TV. Yeah that's right. I knew there was something weird about it. Yeah. Yeah. On what show? It's like a channel one good morning or something. Like a morning show. Why was it?

Oh, my. Okay, this is my thought process. I was promoting a TV show that I was hosting. So my wife had come down to Wellington to support me. Yeah, my girlfriend, to support me. And I was like, she's not, and they said Clint, because it was just off the back of New Zealand Idol, could you sing us a song?

And I was like, no, God, I'm not doing that. And then I thought, oh, my brain's like. You were a child also. Yeah, I was like, oh, I could sing. a song and then my wife will be there and I'll actually sing our song and then I'll propose. What's your song? Whatever. It doesn't matter.

Oh no! Tell me what the song is! It was like Brian McFadden like only a woman can or something. Anyway I forget. And so I thought the reason why I would do that is because then I would have footage of it and I could show my kids and their kids how Nana and Papa got engaged.

A normal person would have used a camcorder not gone on national television yeah and so yeah and I saw only because I've told this before as some people will be like finish the story Clint

I stole my pretty much like half or maybe three quarters of my proposal speech from an Ashton Coucher movie called Just Married just married. Just when you thought it couldn't get more cringe. You know when he's at the gate and he's trying to... I can't say I've seen that

No it's not one of those movies that you go that you remember that famous bit. Brittany Murphy and she's in the house and they won't let Ashton in and he's like he's like look can you pass on a message to Brittany because they won't let him and he goes I don't know where we're going to be in 10

20 40 years from now there are a million things that I don't know but there's one thing that I do and that's that I'm going to love her day in and day out for the rest of my life now you open the door so I can tell that to my wife so I obviously just tweaked that part so did you have a special

door like in front of her between you what was her reaction? I'm leaving you. Did she like it? I think she was pretty taken aback by the whole thing. She kind of got pulled up onto the couch. Didn't know she was going to be part of it. Then I proposed.

And I don't even know if she really, like you said, remembers much of what happened. You have to say yes if it's on television. You have to. You wouldn't say no, although that would have been a great moment. What about you? Did you do yours on National Television? Absolutely not.

I would murder you. Yeah, I know. We went up a hill and I got down on one knee and proposed traditional. Good on you. Good, Dan. Didn't sing one line of music Even though someone say I've got a better voice than Clem. You do.

If you were going to propose with something from Leamie's, your voice would be better. But if he's going to do a Brian McDonnell. One ring more. Oh, we're both losers. We are, we are. Let's be honest. You can never regret things like that

because look, I brought you to where you're supposed to be. We're not happily married. We may be losers, but these rides are closed, baby. Oh, yeah. Everyone's like Oh damn You missed another one Hey guys

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