The Edge Breakfast - FULL SHOW Smash his whole box

Episode Date: June 11, 2025

This podcast description was blatantly written by AI... In this episode, the Clint, Meg & Dan podcast kicks off with quirky banter and jumps into discussions on lingering colds and the current flu season. Meg shares updates on her husband's struggle with severe anxiety last year in light of Men's Mental Health Awareness Month. The crew introduces a new segment, 'Postcode Playlist', debuting an original song about West Auckland. They also play a Gen Z quiz, discuss foods and items they'd bring back from the past, and plan Meg's last night out before her maternity leave. Throughout, they share personal anecdotes and engage with listeners on various topics, blending humor, heart, and nostalgia. 00:00 Introduction and Opening Banter05:41 Calendar Girls Audition Discussion10:54 Scandal: Tom Felton and Harry Potter Nostalgia14:52 Getting to Know Corey19:05 Postcode Playlist: West Auckland23:50 Budget Battlers TV Show28:03 The Edge 10K Money Game30:45 Nostalgic Snacks and Treats43:47 Is It Cheating? Debates and Opinions52:39 Meg's Last Night Out Before Maternity Leave53:14 Party Preparations and Invitations53:38 The Big Night Out Details57:12 10K Easy Money Quiz59:39 Postcode Playlist: West Auckland01:13:04 Men's Mental Health Awareness Month

This is a podcast from Rover. about to do her mating call. Whoa! Yeah! Whoa! Oh god! Oh god! Settle down Meg. It's time for the show Kinky. This is Clint, Meg and Dan. Good morning! Welcome to the show.

We're back. Good morning! Yeah, you two look like you're just crawling through this week. Yeah, look. You two are not well. We're both ill. We keep coming like every morning, me and Emma like, so what's your cold doing today? I coughed all night.

We really need to stop hashing. I think that's the main thing. We really need to stop kissing. Something is going around though. It feels like people are dropping like flies around me to work, so for some reason, Dan and I have like stayed like steady enough to like, be okay. Yeah, like I'm not sick enough

to call in sick. Yeah. No, no, no way, neither. I'd feel guilty sitting at home. But I am over stayed like steady enough to like yeah like I'm not sick enough yeah no no no way neither I'd feel guilty sitting at home I am over feeling like this even though your wife works for a spark now she used to be a doctor yeah we had pivot but anyway yeah um wasn't she saying that's like the worst case of the flu in like 10 years yeah she was saying that apparently according to the hospital like there's the most cases of cold and flu in like 10 years Wow I don't know you can't get anything for the cold, but you can still get your thing for the flu if you want to get it. I've got that thank god. Your flu jab. It does work, but I had it. And here I am.

You don't have the flu? No, I don't have the flu. You know if you have the flu. Oh god, you're so god. Is that like influenza? Yes. Your wife had that I think. All four of us got it on a cruise ship when we were like on holiday.

And you're about to go to Japan. So Cliff, it's time to get the flu jam. No, you've had mine. Okay. But my wife and kids haven't and I'm like, guys, don't slow me down. It takes two weeks to set in, so get it today. Yeah, and I already texted you yesterday.

That's a real shame the rest of your family are anti-vaxxers, eh? Yeah, that's hard on you. Especially the young one, he reads too much. Get on Facebook. He's an act voter, eh? Get down the rabbit hole. Clint, Meg and Dan.

Oh my gosh. How are we doing? Very, very good. Little peek behind the curtain every day. About this time, we have a little bit of a stress, don't we, about the throwback song. Yeah, because we pick a 6am throwback song about this time, we have a little bit of a stress, don't we, about the throwback song. Well, yeah, because we pick a 6am throwback song at this time.

The problem is, contrary to popular belief, we don't choose the music. No radio announcer chooses the music. That's a separate job. Remember that day we pitched to choose the music. Oh, that was the first big like... Again, a massive yelling fit. Massive yelling fit, and the boss said,

I haven't heard it before, I'm putting my foot down. And he stamped, he went, like that. And I was like, ooh, okay. So does that mean no? And then I said, I'm putting my foot down harder. You listen to me. No, you didn't.

No, maybe internally you did. Yeah. But yeah, Meg was gonna choose the playlist, like for the whole morning. Cause nobody ever does that, and we thought it'd be fun But it's not a fun idea No, no the number one reason that you tune out Supposedly according to research is because of an unfamiliar song

Isn't that funny that that's how much he trusts his lead female announcer Absolutely not at all that he was like there's no chance in hell You're choosing the amount of times because Meg's put together like a Spotify playlist for me the amount of times She'll put something on it be like hey, this is a new song. You'll like it. Whatever. I'm like, there's no chance in hell you're choosing them. The amount of times, because Meg's put together like a Spotify playlist for me, the amount of times she'll put something on it and be like, hey, this is a new song, you'll like it, whatever. I'm like, oh, it is cool. And then two weeks later, they're just playing it. Yeah.

And I'm like, by the way, actually, I need help with the playlist. Maybe we can do it before I go and leave a push playlist. Oh, I've seen you some songs. Yeah, I did see that. Those ones are on the maybes. The one, what was it? Push It by... Push It, it's on there.

Push It. Yeah. Push It. I'm coming out. Yeah. What's that me up I see that one so maybe tear me apart what am I thinking I don't need to tell me apart and then stitch me up what order? Alright Colleen you said you had a song this morning for us though? Yeah so I've got a song we were talking about duos because Meg's out till midnight is happening on Saturday if you want to to join us actually, Sweetshop, seven o'clock doors open so we'll be there

from about probably about half past seven. There's like an Auckland hoedown, bring your cowboy hat, it's gonna be fun, we've got a bar tab, we'll have a beer with you. Sean Hill's playing on the decks. Nine. We're talking about famous duos that you would, if you were at a karaoke bar, that you would sing with Meg and people throwing in all sorts of old school stuff. I don't know where we landed in the end. I think you went with Totally Clips In My Heart or something.

Yeah, yeah, I mean, but I would have preferred Meet Love. Is that what you would have played? I got to make two crusty songs, let's be honest. We couldn't play them on the edge. And then we talked about, where are these guys now? Like, what are they doing? KTO. KTO.

KTO. KTO. KTO. they doing? MKTO. MKTO. Couple of bros. Just like best mates I think. Couple of bros. You think that MKTO, they're like any sort of one-hit wonder and with a couple of hits, they're just dining out on those apric earnings. You know, the song would get played quite a bit. Well actually one of the things is struggles with addiction so that's why. Oh and then the other guy's like come on bro let's get back in the studio.

Oh there's heaps of successful alcoholics and drug addicts that are still performing. Well actually he's now sober and he's eager to make more music. That was five years ago so don't know if Ben's sober. And the other guy was like it's too late bro. It's not the same. It's not the same now. I don't know. It's not the same when you're not drinking. Yeah when you're not drinking you know it's fun.

Clint and Meg were dancing during that song. It was giving Monica and Ross energy from friends. Like just dancing around. Who does that make you? Just watching. I'm Gunther. Gunther, right? I'm Gunther.

You do have a little Gunther energy. I've got Gunther energy. I'll admit it. Yeah. All right, time for a little coffee catch up. You may have seen the latest video on our Edge Breakfast Instagram page, which sort of recaps the story,

but Christine, who stocks our vending machine here at work and then travels all over the country, was telling us about a calendar girls theatre play that she is in and thought that Dan could audition for. Right, and I cleared it up with you guys, that it's Calendar Girls, the movie that came out many years ago about women raising money for leukemia

and doing a nude calendar, but a very covered with sunflowers, they were older women. Not the calendar girls that you might have heard the ads for going, what have you got on guys? Cause I'm wearing nothing. Nothing. At all. Yeah, if you're from Auckland,

I think there's ones around the country, there's strip clubs called Calendar Girls, aren't there? Yeah. Yeah. But it's a true story so this actually happened back in 1998 where Angela Bacon was diagnosed with a type of blood cancer and so she got her and her friends to make an infamous calendar which they're all older and... Are they kind of nude on it? Yeah well they're covered by Sunflowers of Flowers or Pop Plazas so it's like Christine your mum doing a nude calendar and it was like in, in the 90s, it was crazy.

I think it raises money. You need to help me be able to see the idea by putting my mum in it. I've got the show information sheet here. It does say a word about nudity, Dan, to be aware of when you do audition. Everyone's gonna be aware the calendar shoot is best known as, you know.

Here's the thing. Hold on, what? Here's the thing, okay? I love Christine, I love her to bits. Okay she's our vending machine lady and she's lovely okay and it surprises me that she does theatre because she me and her are very much on the same wavelength. I don't want to let her down but my time in amateur theatre is done. You're not doing theatre anymore. Well I will but I do not. Meg this guy doesn't open his mouth for free anymore.

Oh you only open it for money? Yeah I'm only doing paid stuff. Okay? Okay. And I've just realised that makes me sound like I'm doing paid sexual stuff. Dan is not doing any more pro bonos. Yeah. Yeah. Or bono- bonos or anything. I can see how that came out. Yeah, yeah, or bono is already there.

I can see how that came out. I mean, I don't sing for free. Yeah, yeah, we know. Okay, my time's done with amateur stuff. Because there's two roles that you could audition for. John, 35 to 55, you could be 55. Piss off. Well, you're like a young John.

Yeah, baritone, A2 to E4. I'm not a baritone, I'm a tenor. Okay, well the only other one you can do is Rod, and he's also 35 to 55, and these are the only two roles that Christine thought you could play, so they're both for their 15. You're just going to have to work on your deep voice. Oh, they do make up in theatre. Right, well John is Annie's husband, he's the human sunflower and brings humour to even difficult situations. You can do that.

I'm not really a human sunflower and brings humour to even difficult situations. You can do that. I'm not really human sunflower am I? Okay, well then we could go to Rod. He's the kind of person that likes to be deadpan with his humour. And make Chris laugh. As I said before, I'm not opening my mouth for free. I'm just not. Okay, well if you're listening Christine, if you go to the director and just quote that. And just see if they want to throw...

Just see if there's a little bit of budget. Just say I want to throw any money at Dan to throw some money. Because they would have a budget. Amateur theatre. How much would you open your mouth for? 100 bucks. 100 bucks? A show.

That's a... So if it's a three week run, I want $100 a show. Great. Save that off our producer's diary. Thank you, Producer Nets. It is a thing, I'm not poo-pooing Amateur Theatre. Because I've done it my whole life.

But you don't think you should have to audition? Well, also it's miles away. They need to at least give me petrol money. Hey guys, Daniel Webby's here. Hey Daniel. Thank you for taking the show. Hey Leslie's got your petrol vouchers too, the MTA ones Dan, so you can spend them

at any of your favourite stores, probably Zed. as your show sponsor by it. Let's get this rehearsal underway yeah no you would just I think being there would just inspire everyone else to up their game they would they'd be like we got a professional. It'd be like when David Beckham started playing for the LA Galaxy yeah they still lost it. Yeah yeah yeah. That's about right. Clint, Megan, Dan, let's go! What does she mean by I'll get the job done? She'll make you finish.

That's what it is. Finish the race? Yes, finish the race. You'll finish the race and she will help you get there. She gets the job done. She's a good supporter friend. You just have to take it. And she will give you the tools.

That's like... See, if she was doing... Like brag... She's saying that she will always make you finish. If you're in the race, she'd go, Come on, Clint, come on. But that's like saying, Oh, every time I put money in a vending machine, I get a prize.

Or she's saying it's a skill and a talent. No, it's not. It's not. What do you mean? It is a skill and talent to get somebody to finish the race. What, to get guys specifically? No, to get girls. She's gay. Oh, OK. That is harder. Oh okay that is harder. Can't deal with Meg.

You're like... Oh no that explains it. Oh right and really she's lesbian. Yeah she's lesbian. Oh good, you should brag about that. Yeah, good on her. I thought she was bragging about getting guys. To you know.

Catch Rover, Winnie Coop, bragging, yeah true it's like okay, now I see what you're saying. I'm like wow. I think there's some guys that probably listen to that song like you were going oh yeah. Winner Coupra, Pull Off the Ultimate High-Speed Down-Lonely-Our-Free-App Rover. Tom Felton has always been one of these actors, he played Draco Malfoy in Harry Potter when he was 10 or 11 and he seems to just genuinely love Harry Potter still. He still keeps in touch with everybody. He is still a fan of it.

He still likes the memes and the jokes. I think others have tried to kind of move past maybe Emma Watson a little bit, move away from it. But Tom Felton being one of these people that just leans in and loves that he's Draco. Because he's never been offered another role. Yeah, probably. So it's like, I've just gotta lean in. Whereas Hermione, Emma Watson,

she's done so much other stuff that she's like, that was just a part of my life. But she's still Hermione though, right? She's still the most famous role. Like she did, what's that song, The Perks of Being a Wallflower? That's a great film, but no one goes, oh, that's her famous one. Actually weirdly when I think of Emma

Watson I think of her in the Noah movie with Russell Crowe and she was like the daughter or something she was on Noah's Ark when they did the remake. They did a remake of Noah's Ark? Well they did like a live, I know the one it was a proper. Not the even almighty one or whatever the mistake was Steve Carell Like it wasn't a comedy but yeah she was like the daughter. Yeah it was like a serious reenactment of Noah. Was she the wife or the daughter? I just remember her being a... Clint, why are you looking at me?

I've never seen the film. You're the biblical guy. No I'm not. Okay, well here is Tom talking about being in the role again for Broadway. No, Tom did not think for a second that he would ever get to play. Draco Malfoy again. The time is right and I couldn't be more excited. I'm Tom Felton and I am reprising my role as Draco Malfoy on Broadway in Harry Potter

and the Cursed Child. The last time I trod in Draco's shoes was at the age that I am at now. Picking up where we left off is really surreal and beautifully timed. I've seen Harry Potter and the Cursed Child before yes I've seen it like six times now all of them in London which makes it even more exciting to be here in New York and I fell in love with it. I'm beyond excited to be making my Broadway debut especially in this beautiful theatre with such a wonderful character. I must say two thoughts that came to my mind as well. Me as well.

Well, he's still going on about it. Two thoughts. One is that I do think I would more likely buy a ticket because he's in it. Oh, 100%. Yeah, I would. I would. It'll be sold out. Because Felden's doing it.

Can you imagine the first time, like on debut, and he goes, Potter. Oh my god. There'll be a standing ovation when he says that. And then I also thought about all the other people that were auditioning for Draco. Yeah. And they see Tom Felton walk in and you're like oh. Have you ever get a chance to go see The Cursed Child? It's on Broadway and in London. It's so good. So is it just Harry Potter or is it before Harry? No it's after the movies. So the Harry Potter and that group are adults or like they're old.

So in theory they could all do the stage show. They could. Yeah and I think they've been, they've thrown a lot of money at them to try and get them. Do you know what the other people auditioning for Draco Malfoy should have done? What? Should have waited until he was in with an earshot and then pretended like they didn't know you could hear them going that's so sad that he's auditioning for this again. Like honestly like I thought he'd... Clay you're a bad man. Even the money alone wouldn't be worth it.

It's career suicide for him. And then he'd be like, actually, maybe I shouldn't be doing this. See you later. Bye bye. But I think he would be... I think the joke... Good on him. He'd be getting paid a lot of money to do it. But there would be a cap because you couldn't pay him like more money than

you're going to make through the door. Otherwise you're now not even doing it for profit anymore. And surely theatre has to make money because how do they survive all this? Yeah, theatre, you'd be surprised how much money it makes, especially in New York and now in London. Oh, tons of money. And what a ticket, $200 to $400 a ticket. And those theatres in New York are huge, like 2,000 people. I'd rather go to Lady Harry Potter World!

And that's still making money as well! Yeah, yeah. Think of that, how much money it's still making that franchise. Incredible. Crazy. Alright, we want to get to know everyone that listens to our show a little more intimately one at a time. Get to know you next, and we will sort you out with a voucher to go spend in store at Z for your troubles. Getting to know everyone that listens to our show nice and early. Alright we're getting to know Corey this morning. Corey is 30.

He's a full-time driver for Veggie Palace or Place. Veggie Pal- well it says Veggie Place. But I feel like Veggie Palace is a better name. It is better but I think you were just saying that because you read a role. You said to Veggie Place. Sorry Veggie Place, I just felt like you could upgrade a bit. Your favourite colour is blue and his go-to dinner is armadillos. Like the animal?

Does he eat armadillo? I think that's highly illegal. It must be a place in Nelson. He loves old school music. Good morning, Corey. Good morning, how are you? Right, you've got a few questions. Okay, so is it Veggie Place or Palace? Veggie Place. Oh dear, well Meg's just absolutely ripped that name to shreds.

Sorry about that. And Armadillo's, what's Armadillo's? Is it in Nelson? Yes, it is a very nice restaurant. Mmm, okay. Yeah, it's got five stars on Google. Oh bloody hell, look it looks very nice. We've eaten to Nelson many times.

I think we've never gone down with Douglas from team dinner. When have we last, the three of us, eaten at a five star? One time actually, two staff members that work for the Edge that will remain nameless, spent too much money going to Lone Star. So it doesn't sound like we have a budget for Armadillo. Oh yeah, they went and got alcohol and stuff and they were very naughty. Yeah, and the ribs and they didn't share them.

And we're now not allowed to use the credit card anymore because of their spending spree. I've got a question for Corey, if you want to pass it on Meg, but if you want to take the question it is your thing. No, Clint, I love that there are work-ons here. Yesterday I didn't have a question, I said you guys are welcome, Clint, it's yours. Well, Corey's 30, so I wonder, what do we think he did for his 30th?

Because that's a big milestone. Oh, okay. I mean, you know, you got your sweet 16th, 21st, and then your 30th, so it's the top three. My turn first then, he went to Armadillo's. Oh, now that's an easy answer. He went to Armadillo's. Oh, now that's an easy answer. Oh, okay. He went to Armadillo's, and he had a nice big dinner with friends and family.

And low key in that aspect, and then maybe went back to somebody's garage and listened to some old school music. Some Pink Floyd. And beers. I reckon that Corey went on a trip. He went on a little trip. He was like, I'm gonna treat myself to an overseas holiday.

I'm 30. Nice. I'm getting out of Nelson. Didn't do a big party. He went on a little trip. He was like, I'm gonna treat myself to an overseas holiday. I'm 30, I'm getting out of Nelson. I'm going to see the world. Didn't do a big party, he spent the money on himself. He got together with some friends, but that wasn't the big thing, it was the travel. Right. Okay, well good,

because what I was gonna guess is still available. I actually think he would have gone and hired a bar, and he probably would have chucked a decent amount, like 500 bucks on the bar, and would have invited maybe like 30 40 mates Yeah, 30 40 might he's popular. He is popular. Okay, Cory who's closest? What did you do for your 30th? I Say meek the closest Why I actually did go to armadillo's from my 30th and then I did end up going home to listen

to some old school music. Yes! Shut up! I can't believe you were like, I'd say Meg's got it. Meg nailed it. Yeah, yes. Thank you. It was like Meg was at your birthday and she was just telling us what it was like.

I reckon Armadillo's owes you a free dinner as well after all this plugging you've been doing for them. I agree. It's a really nice restaurant. I wouldn't go anywhere else. Do you own it? Yeah, Corey, just go get the podcast when it's up later on this morning and then just go to Armadillo's and just hit play and just see what they do. See if they give you something. They give you at least a free meal. Well, I hope your favourite petrol station is Zed because that's where we're sending you as well.

Yeah mate, congratulations. Join Zed Rewards on the Zed app. Fill up with fuel discounts. Up to 20 cents off a litre. Also points and treats. We'll send you a voucher, a quarry, so you can go spend in store mate. Get yourself some caffeine or pie, whatever you're into.

We have been waiting behind the scenes, Clint and I, to find out what Dan has been up to. We're doing a new segment called Postcode Playlist, where you write a song about a place in New Zealand, and I record it. A completely original song. Our first one has been done about West Auckland.

Yep, I left late yesterday morning and said, Dan, what are you doing? He goes, oh, I gotta wait to record the song. I was like, with our audio engineer. And he says, Dan, what are you doing? He goes, I got to wait to record the song. I was like, with our audio engineer. And he says, oh, when are you going in? He goes, oh, my appointment with Grant, the audio engineer is at one. I was like, what time are you here till?

I don't get out of here till 2pm. Really? I was thinking about you, it was honestly about one o'clock at home and I was like, Dan's still there. Yeah, think of another breakfast announcer in this country that's still there. Yeah. Wait, do you start? Wait, okay wait. But stay until 2pm.

Okay wait, he started at 5pm so let's do the maths. 5, 6, he did 9 hours and he got a standing ovation from the producers in the booth? They both do 9 hours a day just on a normal day. Clint, Megan, Dan, Stinky Boop. Time for a brand new, um, what do you call it? Dan bit. It's a segment. It's a segment for 2025.

See, we're spoiling you in June. Postcode playlist! From the tip of Cape Brianga down to the dirty deep south of Bluff, no town is safe. This is your Postcode playlist. It's an idea we had the other day where we compile a playlist of songs for towns around New Zealand And these could be songs that your town can own it become it can become your anthem of the town you're living in So are they are they like building the town up or is it realistic? I think it's realistic right it is realistic and some of the facts will bring the town down because right town has its shit stuff

Oh like teenage pregnancy and lower heart. Yes exactly. Allegedly. But then Lower Hart has some good stuff. I've got the mall. The mall. They actually have a mall. I just never know. He's not allegedly getting out of the mall. Clint's always covering his ass with allegedly. Anyway so the first one we're doing is a town that is very close to my heart that I've just moved out of. West Auckland. It's a big place, it's iconic. We asked for some calls and some suggestions of what could be in the lyrics for the song. Here's a few. I just think about helicopters circling the mall and cops with guns. I swear this happened like two weeks in a row. It was crazy. So when I think of West Auckland, I think of Costco. When I think of West Auckland I just think our age is fortune. Yeah and heaps of texts coming through via Instagram as well Costco the only Costco

in New Zealand is in West Auckland. Mince and cheese pie the only food available. I'd argue that there's a lot of food on Lincoln Road. It's like the biggest cuisine like street in New Zealand per capita. Kids do ram rates was another message that came through. The police helicopters always hovering around that came through a lot. So I've compiled a completely original song. It's not a parody, it's a completely from the ground up original song. It's gonna play after 8 o'clock this morning but here's a little tease. Go to Costco for my groceries Grab a mince and cheese on the fly What are you gonna do Always blow on the pie

Always blow on the pie, save the communities together That's what you're getting My kids do ram rates for a living Bring it down, you're playing too much That's all you're getting and then it keeps playing Makes it a power play. I absolutely power played him in. Yeah. Well I asked Neep to load in like 20 seconds.

He's loaded in about 40. So double it then. How long is the song? Is it double verse chorus? It's about two minutes. Okay. Because there's a lot of information to fit in about West Auckland. Yeah.

It is a very iconic place. What made you choose then create that backing track? It's quite sexy. It is sexy but also I needed a little something a little bit rocky. Yeah. You know because it's a very kind of like rock music. Is that why you've got wrap-around sunglasses and black wig in a band t-shirt today? Could be.

Yeah right okay that makes more sense. I've been thinking about that all morning. Yeah I was wondering what was up with his fashion this morning. Yeah so we'll play the whole thing after eight o'clock this morning. I will be wearing that wig the wrap-around sunglasses and a bandana. Even though you won't be singing it, you're just gonna be standing there listening to it? Exactly. You're like, I'm just like, hey me.

Me, I'm like, hey guys, you wanna see what's behind this curtain? Come over here, come with me. I might lip sync along. Okay. They don't even chop her in half, actually. She's just all curled up in the front part. Yeah, yeah. Well, you may as well literally come backstage then.

You've not only lifted back the curtain, everybody's going, oh let's have a tour of your dressing room. Clint, Meg and Dan, have you been wanting to renovate your house and you have a budget of $10,000 due to the entire thing? Because there is a TV show that is now on three, well you can check it out on three now called Budget Battlers and that's what Jess Eva and Norm Hogan have been doing in Australia, and their show has made it to New Zealand.

Morning, team. Morning, guys, how are ya? We're good. So is this $10,000 Australian dollars? Oh, yeah. Yeah. That's about $50,000 New Zealand. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

So someone that's listening right now that's renovated a house is going, $10,000 a whole house, how is that possible? Well, normally you get Norm to do everything and don't pay him. Right. I'm very true. Norm is to get a build a friend. You know, a friend that you're trading. Make friends with tradies. I always grew up really on the borderline of poverty.

We didn't have electricity until I was 18, not because we were hippies, but because we were poor. So I'd be watching these shows. shows I'd be like my mum can't afford any of this. So we decided to try and make one where no matter what socioeconomic environment that you're in you can definitely do a project the next day so for example we had a bathroom sink that we made of cement that we made for three dollars or if you want a reef surface if you want a whole new kitchen just bloody paint the thing. Yeah. When it comes to benchtops, cabinets, it looks so much better than anything you could imagine. We did four houses last year, we made over a million dollars worth of equity with only

a $40,000 investment. Wow. Painting can go a long way. Yeah, right. Paint's not that expensive. Yeah. Even tiles and stuff like that, they're not really that expensive and if you can lay them yourself, you're a mess of a mess. Well, you can lay them yourself, you're a good match.

Well, you can't lay them. No one could lay them themselves. They can't, so YouTube... It's amazing the stuff you can learn on YouTube. But you're right, the difference between a cheap tile and an expensive tile could be five times the price. So then your bathroom costs five times as much to do. Or you can just paint the tile. I paint the tile, I put a board on top.

Not everything has to be replaced. I'm still not I'll paint the tile, I'll put a board on top. Not everything has to be replaced. It's kind of like- I'm still not a fan of that. But anyway. So paint is the number one cheapest, easiest thing to make a flip. What's the number two? Where you're like actually a really relatively cheap

but really effective change you can make. Oh, knobs. Nobs. I love knobs. I love them. They're shiny knobs, long knobs, round knobs. She loves knobs. You give me a little lay of them. Yeah, I do. long knobs, round knobs. She loves knobs.

Yeah, I do. Cut the knobs, draw knobs, you name it. You chuck her a knob on, it's going to look beautiful. I'm starting to see what your roles are on this TV show Budget Battlers. Somebody's got a lot of ideas and then Norm just has to figure out how to draw. I deal with plenty of knobs, don't worry about that. There's three of us right now. When you guys were on the block, Australia, how much cash did you walk away with?

Because I feel in New Zealand people used to get rich winning that show, even not winning. And then all of a sudden it just dried up here in New Zealand because the market shifted and there was just no money and people were giving three months of their life for no return. Well we came last, so that was exciting. But everyone was crying for us behind the scenes. And we were why are you crying? We still won 209,000. Wow. So as you won 209,000 and came last, what did the winners of your season get? What did they get? Like 800,000?

640,000? Of a ish, yeah. That's crazy. But it's so good because even in the paper now they even say block winners, normal jets and I'm like we came last. I don't know how that got mixed up. And don't worry that 209 grand's non-existent now. Yeah, it's all gone. Because no one spent it.

Okay, so if you want to check it out, how to renovate your place in under 10 grand, also in under a week you guys do it. And so I imagine there's a lot of manpower, a lot of mucking in from friends and family. Yeah, massive amount of volunteer work comes in. So neighbours and friends. Final question, Extreme Makeover Home Edition used to move that bus for the big reveal.

How do you reveal the house and budget battle? We've done the budget so normally we just put like a blanket up. The big bloody blanket! The reveal budget's very low. I think in one episode we'd run out of all the money, I just put my body up and I was like close your eyes, one, two, three. Cheers to Norm, all the best with the brand new show, well brand new to us here in New Zealand at least.

Monday 7.30 on three, check it out on three now and hopefully we'll learn a thing or two about how to spruce up our places on the cheap. Thanks guys, thanks man. You'll have to join us one day, we'll get you on the knobs. Yeah, we'll have to. Anyone knows their way around the knobs, let's go. Me and Norm, we're all over it, we're all over it.

Clint, Meg and Dan win $10,000 right now with the edge 10K. Bang on seven o'clock, Aila's gonna have a crack at it. 10 grand could be all hers if you manage to give Meg 10 answers starting with the letter that she gives you inside 30 seconds. You can pass but no repeated answers. Ayla, I genuinely think to me,

this is one of the best ones to have. From what I've read through this morning, I think this is totally absolutely doable. Are you ready? Oh, great. Yeah, I'm ready. Okay, stay calm. I think that's the most important thing.

No repeated answers. Your time will start at the end of Meg asking your first question. Good luck, Ayla. Let's do this. Okay. Your letter is Z. Ooh. Z. Oh no. No, but I think it will help you. Okay, here we go.

Okay. Okay. You ready? Yeah, I'm ready. Name an animal. Zebra. A country. Zamb Deborah. A country. Zambia.

An actor. Zoe Hoggs. A petrol station. Zed. Three letter word. Zed. A three letter word? You want Zed as well? Z, if that didn't come through, right? A three-letter word?

You want Z as well? Because it was a petrol station. I feel like we've lost it. But she said Z and Z. Yeah, no repeated answers. I didn't hear the second question. It didn't come through. The three-letter word one.

Yeah. Damn. I think you also probably lost it with Zoe Hobbs. Zoe Hobbs an actress? She's an athlete. Oh, fuck out. She's an athlete. I keep going, could be, could be, could be.

We don't want to ruin your time. So in those situations, if we don't know every actress in the world, I'll just put a question mark. And then if you got 10, then we'd have to come back and deliberate. I searched Zoe Hobbs actress. There's nothing that's coming up, although she is a New Zealand sprinting athlete. Yeah. Damn, sorry. I'm so sorry. Ah, yeah. Ah, I'm sorry. Yeah, I'm sorry.

It started well. It did start really well. Thanks, Ayla. There are a few things that she could have done with actress or actor Zach Efron, Zendaya, Zach Galifianakis, Zoe Saldana. I thought that's who she was going to say, by the way. You're not Zoe Hobbs. When she said Zoe, weirdly I thought she was going to go Cravett's.

Oh, yeah. I thought that's who she was going to say by the way. When she said Zoe, I thought she was going to go Cravett's. Oh yeah? Vinny Cravett's daughter. Yeah she's an actress. Big little lies. There's a few options there. Z is a bit easier. Your brain actually just hones in.

Yeah because there's only a limited amount of answers with Z so your brain naturally finds them. Oh it doesn't. Okay your chance to play again at 8 o'clock. Easy money. Your chance to play for 10k. Clip, Megan Dan. They're back. The Leesnack is back. Yeah, so it got stopped. When did it stop?

Not long ago. So I'd say maybe two, three years ago it was discontinued in New Zealand. I was never a Leesnack kid. I don't know if mum was against them or if they were too expensive, which they probably weren't. So I just don't think my lunchbox ever really had them, but I remember them and wanting them Oh, it was a treat in my household. My mom got us snacks, it was a good week Meg was telling us Guys guys guys guys. What if I said I had a box right in this booth Sam our fill-in producer has got a box A box of good?

How'd you get your hands on it? When did you buy them? Are they the old ones or the new ones? Hopefully the new ones. What was that sorry? Are they the old ones or the new ones? I can't hear them. He's our fill-in producer. I am the fill-in producer and I'm finding out the buttons as I go. I love that, he doesn't know how to work it but he's like, I'm gonna lose it. I just had to let you guys know. Oh I love that, he doesn't know how to work it but he's like, guys I've got it, I've got it, I've got it. I just had to let you guys know, I was like.

Oh I love that. Okay, now turn your mic on. I love it, okay well we're gonna have to try one. Bring them in, bring them in. Yeah we won't smash his whole box. But maybe just take, oh stop it, don't put that in the producers diary. Oh god click one. Okay, these do look like a kind of new reprint. Crazy producer, you can't do that in the producers diary. Oh god, clearly. Hey! Okay, but we'll try one. Okay, these do look like a kind of new refining.

Credit to the producer, you can't do that to him. Wait, Sam, did you like them so much you went in and got them straight away? Look, what's going on here? No, I just had, these were going around the office and I was like, right, I'm gonna gatekeep these and take like three boxes. Good on you, you need to stockpile

because they won't be around forever. Oh, well they dropped off as like a promo thing, like Lisa Axelbeth, who wants, like least snacks in a few months. Ah, okay, okay. Wow. Are they in stores though now? Yeah, yeah, you can get them in store now. Okay, so Meg's reached into your box and got out of the snack.

By the way, I think Clint, you were saying before, yeah, but guess is on how much cheddar cheese is in the cheese spread. Okay, I actually don't know, but I would think it would need to be at least 50% cheese. No, I reckon it's 10% in and around there. Okay 47% cheese in the cheese spread. Oh that's not bad. Less than half. That's not bad. Tough packaging hey. Oh yeah, I've got a minute and a little. You're struggling, what about little kids in their lunchboxes? Oh wow it smells exactly the same. Delicious. Oh you have a dip. Wow. And remember the rule with Lesnacks, never double dip. Really?

Yeah, especially if you're sharing it. Just have one scoop, pass it on. How can you share three crackers? Here we go. I will say, I feel like the cheese amount has gone down since I last purchased one. There's a very small amount of the liquidy cheese. Oh, it's not as deep.

Yeah. Yeah, does it look? Yeah. Do you know what is funny? I know this is probably really silly, but that does make me feel like it's really nostalgic. Yeah. It's like, it's not even just the cheese,

it's the taste of the cracker. Okay. It's taking me back to my school days. Oh God, it really is taking me back to school. I've never questioned it until now as an adult. How can you have cheese at room temperature? I'm now taking... Because it's not cheese Clint, it's 47% cheese. I'm taking back to my Cockle Bay school, Mr. Beatty the principal, Mrs. Russell teaching me. I'm back at Balmont.

Wait why? Kids throwing matchbox cars at my head. I'm down the bank trying to... Okay let's say because I don't know who... I don't even know how long these were gone for and now they're back So I kind of miss that. Yeah Is this your first little snack? I don't know if it's my first but first since I was like shut up They had little snacks when I was in school Yeah, I don't think they had it was just cheese when he was at school Meg wants to put a finger in the remaining cheese

Yeah, I'll just try a bit more cheese. Wow, this is really weirdly taking me me back. Okay so. Okay let's say Christopher Luxon comes up to you and he goes, alright guys you have the power to bring one thing back from the past that no longer exists. Paradiso ice creams. Para what? Paradiso ice creams. Well it's Paradiso for a start you sound boomerish. I don't think that ever existed. That's the sort of thing a mum would say, oh I can't, I'd love to have a paradiso again. Oh god, I love the paradiso. Pure paradiso. Or what's that other one? Tropical snow.

Tropical snow! No, boo. Why did they ever get rid of that and then they brought it back and teased us and they got rid of it again? Dunkaroos. Oh shit. I mean they would have been like,

they're bad for diabetes, yeah. Are they gone? Are they gone? And they had little like kangaroo bickies, right? Tangy fruits at the movies. Actually, yeah, the little kangaroo biscuits that you just dip into the chocolate and it would always melt and get really soft in your backpack.

You bring back the kangaroos. They were good, eh? Okay, let's say Chris Spillux and goes, all right, you can bring back one thing. Paradiso. Paradiso? I'd go Frujoo Tropical Snow. Okay, we want it all year round, not just in summer. Yeah? A good Prime Minister.

Oh, guess what? Christopher Luxton's not giving you yours. Yeah, you don't get a back to me Paradiso's might be in. He's like, I could bring back a Paradiso for me. Give us a call, oh, Andrew the Edge, 3343, we missed. What did you bring back? What have we forgotten about? Lisa Nacks are back, if Christopher Luxton came up to you and said, right, you bring one thing back, I'll make it happen for you. What is it?

Someone takes Pods. Oh, they never left. They never left. I thought they did leave, and then they came back, and I think Pods did that thing that, I don't know. Some, like that person on Facebook that goes, right, I'm doing a cull, I'm gonna get rid of everybody, I'm gonna leave, and then they don't leave, they stay.

Here's my theory with that sort of stuff. I reckon someone from marketing, or like a marketing professional could call us and tell us, I reckon they do that, Clint. They'll just say it's going from shelves, but then secretly they know it's gonna come back. Like, the snack. I reckon they always knew they'd bring it back.

The only thing that we desperately wanted back for years and they kept saying no, and then they finally'd bring it back. The only thing that we desperately wanted back for years and they kept saying no and then they finally did bring it back and then none of us bought it was Georgie pie. Oh yeah that's right. McDonald's was like fine but you won't eat it. You won't eat it and you better eat it. It's like a parent, you better eat it and we'll eat it. Two things probably quite niche to me in my life.

Can anyone let me know if apricot slice is still available? You know the stuff that you get you'd get in like a little plastic packet. You get in the bakery. Yeah, but it had a like not a crumble top. It was I love that and then sparklers. Do you remember sparklers? The little candies that were like orange and pink? I had them all the time with dancing. Are they not a thing anymore? No they're gone. Sparkles. Yeah, I had them all the time. Sparkles are a firework type thing. I thought they're still existing.

That's right, sparkles. a firework type thing. I thought they were still existing. That's right, sparkles. And they were pink or orange? People are also suggesting, well someone said sniffers. But I think they meant sniffters. They definitely didn't mean sniffters. You idiot. No one's wanting them back. Snifters, I think there's a market for them.

KFC Crushers, the old astronaut cigarette lollies. Yeah, they do have them, they just don't have the red tip. Yeah, it's just a white stick. I used to like to pretend I was smoking like my dad, you know, like he'd light a real one and I'd sit next to him. That's the reason they're gone, Dad. True. That's the reason they're gone. Actually, a number of texts for the-

I was a packaday of those lollies. Starburst lollies or the Starburst babies where you bite into the gel and then all the liquid would squirt out. I've messed out on a lot of these things going. So Starburst, I've done a little bit of research into them. They're still available in other countries. It's just New Zealand that hasn't allowed them. Really?

Yeah, well for whatever reason they've pulled out of New Zealand but they're still doing UK Australia. Oh, and I'm with Tim Busby. Bring back plastic straws. I always take about three or four paper ones if I'm going to the movies, because I get so soggy I gotta keep replacing them every like 30 minutes.

There's a lot of people that would disagree with you, Clint. I'm not gonna shove them up a turtle's nose when I'm finished. I don't think people were literally shoving them up a turtle. They were putting them into the rubbish and then they would get lodged inside, not only a turtle, a fish.

Oh. Or dolphins blow holes. Stop throwing rubbish in oceans. We can start there. How would you feel if you had a straw in your blow hole? Okay, it's not a comfortable thing to have. Isn't it? No.

How much does it hurt? It sounds like I'm speaking from a dust series. It does. Yeah. A lot of people are wanting sniffers back. Snifters. I think we could start with calling them Snifters. That's probably a good start if we're doing petitions.

Really? They were like a minty peppermint chocolate. They were popular. They were a popular movie snack like your Tangy Fruits. Yeah, I got kicked out of a movie once for pinging them at the back of people's heads. So I think looking at the text machine, the most popular thing is Snifters by quite a margin that people are wanting to be brought back. No one said Paradiso Meg. Looking at the text machine, the most popular thing is Snifters by quite a margin, that people are wanting to be brought back.

Yep. No one said Paradiso, Meg. One more. The, oh, the Paradiso, come on. It was the best ice cream literally in the world to me. After the tropical snow. No, absolutely never. And in the old Cadbury boxes, the Rose Choc-, you know, the Rose Favourites chocolates. Yeah. They used to have a strawberry one, which had strawberry-like jam as the top. Yeah. And, oh, my favourite. It was in the shape of a heart. Yeah.

And then they changed it. Mm. Yeah. All right. Well, does Christopher Luxen have the power to even do that? I don't think so. Like, because sometimes you'll walk around the building here. Yeah.

I wonder if, you know, you could grant one of our wishes. I think there are other things that we should probably ask him, you know, like about the genocide and Zealand helping and the people of Gaza. Maybe bring the cost of living down like he's been saying he's telling him how to be in the car. Maybe bring the cost of living down like he's been saying he's going to do in a browser. If we get one question I'm not going to say Snifters. Imagine that. Personally. Maybe that's one I can achieve though.

Scandalous thanks to Rover. Listen, watch and play on Rover Ambient Win at cupra terima with over $70,000. Not bad, brand new card just for listening to us via Rova. Not bad, not bad. The longer you listen the more entries you get too by the way. Yeah, yeah exactly and it's like a bit of a almost treasure hunt that you can play. It's like a little game that you can play on the... Yeah.

Dan was telling me it's kind of like PlayStation. It is, it's like PlayStation because you know how if you a gamer, you collect badges when you play different types of games and you get like a reward. It's exactly like that. You just need to play the game more. Yeah, you know, I guess you listen to podcasts, listen to The Edge Live, watch some of your videos. And it just subliminally happens

because you're listening anyway. So you're just doing your normal stuff, but you're winning on top of that. Yeah, I think that draw is in two and a half weeks. Okay, Lord went on BBC Radio One with Greg James. He's a fantastic broadcaster, always has really fun games. And she had three people that she wanted a triangle to see if she could ask this one question was,

are you standing up or sitting down? It was a really stupid question. Cool. Means nothing, it's basically just trying to get celebrities on the show and seeing if they would pick up for sitting down, it was a really stupid question. Cool. Means nothing. It's basically just trying to get celebrities on the show and seeing if they would pick up for that person, which you'd have to have, I think, a lot of confidence that they would, because it'd be embarrassing if you called your most famous friends

and they didn't pick up. Yeah, but they might be busy. You know, you could just be like, oh, I think she's actually filming at the moment. For sure, and I'm somebody that never picks up the phone, but if it's this person calling maybe I would. You know you'd have to be one of those friends of like oh it's so and so calling I always pick up. Who's not picking up Lord's call. Yeah right sure. Okay so I've got the three people here and I thought maybe you guys could guess who they are from listening to them and their answers.

Okay. Caller number one. Are you sitting down or standing up right now? I'm standing should I say? I really thought you'd be sitting down. I love you. Love you. I'll call you soon. Oh, that's actually an awkward question

because when someone says are you sitting down right now, you think you're gonna get really incredibly nervous. And that person I thought sounded really genuine and nice and was excited. Keisha. Yes. No, one guess for you, Dan. Sabrina Carpenter.

Gracie Abrams. Oh yeah. That was the first person. She sounded lovely, I thought. Okay, here is your second person. Hi. Oh, yeah. She sounded lovely. I thought, okay, here is your second person. Oh. Hi. Hi, Queen. Hi.

Wait, can you tell me real quick, are you sitting down or standing up right now? I'm standing. Ugh! I'm so sorry. I'm on Radio 1. I'm doing this horrible... Horrible show and they make me ask these questions. Ridiculous question. This is sick. Wait, so is this on the radio? I'm doing this horrible show and they make me ask these questions. Ridiculous question. This is sick.

Wait, so is this on the radio? Queen Latifah. No. Why are you pulling these naps at me? Because she said Queen. I thought she'd given us half the answer. I'm just trying to go through who she knows or who's in a circle. Would it be Taylor?

Or Queen B? Beyonce? No. You've taken the two answers. Sorry, Dan, you don't get one now. Chappell-Rone. Oh, bugger. That was Chappell-Rone. Your final one, who did Lord call from her

for a contact list? Hello? Hi, are you sitting or standing right now? What is happening? I'm lying down. You are? Wait, I got it, I got it! It's a boy for you, it's a point for you!

What are you doing? I'm so sorry I'm on Radio 1. I'm so sorry, I know. I just had to ask you that question. It's over, I'm so sorry. What did you guess? I guessed that you were sitting down. You guys know it.

Yeah, you can tell now. Come on, this was easy. 3, 2, one, set together. Charlie XCX. Charlie XCX is great. She even talks to us like, are you ready? Are you ready Billy? Are you ready Billy?

And she's lying down, lazy. You want to get us the colour of my underwear? Well done Clint. Good on you. Oh yeah, the British accent. Gave it away, eh? Yeah. Real comeback from Queen Latifah.

Who saw that coming? Quick. I love her. Clint, Megan, Dan. Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, away, eh? Yeah. Real comeback from Queen Latifah. Who saw that coming? Queen. I love her. Clint, Megan, Dan. Oh my gosh.

A special guest joining us this morning for Is It Cheating? Kiss someone in a dream, that's cheating. Buy them a drink and a bottle, that's cheating. But when they send a random hey and you block them right away, they're good for you. That's actually probably okay, that's not cheating. And we have our wonderful Ash London

and who is gonna be covering my Mattoon Tilly. To see, actually we don't know where you stand on a lot of these things. I think me and Clint normally the same sort of vibe on where this is Dan, a lot more firmer. Yeah, I- Prudish. If you're having to ask the question Ash, I would say it's cheating.

Okay, I disagree already. See, see, no, that's good. As usual, I might be more aligned with Meg, but we'll see, we'll see. Okay, first question. Is it cheating? Going to a comedy show with somebody of the opposite sex and it's just you two. Why are you laughing at that?

Ooh, I certainly hope not. No, not cheating. If I had done that recently with one of the dads from Kindy and gone and had a drink before and after, picked him up from his house, yeah, no, not cheating. Did you think he's hot? Now here's the question. Because if you've looked at him before and go, he's a bit easy on the eye, then I'd argue that you're into a murky...

You can have hot friends. I got Meg. Thank you. Yeah, but you're like brother and sister. It's different. But I'm more attracted to people's personalities anyway. People become hot to me. Oh, so he's a shit person?

He's a legend. Oh, sure. So the physical doesn't really matter. Did he buy you a drink? Yes, because I got the tickets. Okay. Can I tell you why it was fine? Okay.

Because no one has ever been more in love with their wives than he is. Like when he answers the phone he goes, love my life. Like they're so, they, the two of them are so like chill and in love. You can't be friends with somebody whose relationship is a la rocky. If he was off his wife and we were hanging out and they were bickering, I wouldn't hang out with him. Oh, interesting. Because it's orcies then.

And you were worried with what you would do? Because no, Mario, I'm so hot and holly that he wouldn't be able to help himself. Yeah. Okay, this is a good answer. Okay, thank you so much. Okay, fantasising about somebody else, a celebrity or character, whilst alone or with your partner sexually. Oh, so you're making love and you're imagining someone else. a celebrity or character whilst alone or with your partner sexually. Oh, so you're making love and you're imagining someone else?

Yeah, or you're alone. It's a movie one. And you're imagining a celebrity or a character from a movie or a book. It's like having a dream. You can't, but it's not a dream because you have control over it. Let's say that I find out that Adrian and I were getting into it and he was imagining that I was Eva Mendes. Yeah. And I would say that's fine. Hey. Because that's life isn't it? That's life. It'd be different if he knew Eva Mendes. If he worked with Eva Mendes, unacceptable. Yeah we're talking about

celebrities and characters, even characters that are like I guess don't exist. You know like someone from Lord of the Rings. What about in your line of work, because you've interviewed a lot of big celebrities. Oh yeah, no, you've met these people. You've met them, but you don't have regular contact with them. Still okay? Say for instance, you interview Ed Sheeran. You go home and you're pretending to share Ed Sheeran.

It's not cheating, but it's murky. I agree with you, I don't think it's full cheating. You can't, you're not. Okay, last one, maybe we can get some feedback as well if you are agreeing or disagreeing with this one. 3, 3, 4, 3 on the text machine. Staying friends with an ex-partner. It's a no from me.

Yeah, you can't do it. Cannot do it. Doesn't it depend who breaks up with who? No. Doesn't? Doesn't matter because either way that's someone that used to, your bits used to touch. That's a beautiful way to put it. They used to be with them and they chose not to.

If you wanted to be with them you would still be with them. No, it's just icky and I wish that I was mature enough to be cool with it but I'm not like my brother invited his ex-girlfriend of like many years. She was part of our family, like got us through my dad die and came to the funeral in our home. She came to my brother's wedding and like Leish was so cool about it and I remember thinking I wish I was that person but I'm just not. Wow! I remember when I was dating my now wife and her ex-boyfriend was throwing a party

We'd only just started getting together and he was going overseas and so he invited her and she said can I bring Clint? He said no, and so I dropped my girlfriend Oh she's still wed? No Jamie no! I dropped her off to Sebastian's house and said have a good time and drove off And that's the only time Clint cheated on her that night Thank you Ash. Kiss someone in a dream that's cheating

Buy them a drink and a bone Ooh that's cheating But when they send a random hey And you block them right away Then good for you That's actually probably okay, that's not cheating. Alright we're asking the, I think the classic this morning, sorry, friends with your ex, is that cheating or not? Is it inappropriate

or not? We know that it's pretty hard to say flatline cheating because everyone will have different opinions but is it like, can we all agree it's good or bad? Yeah, I think it, I, on face value, I've already had, we've already had a friend of ours, a mutual friend message the show, she's so annoyed saying it's not cheating. Yeah I don't think it's cheating, I think you can be mature enough to realise that that person was with them, chose not to be anymore and now has chosen you. Although then you get this text. I was good friends with my husband's ex until she got drunk and started commenting on his appendage size. I cut her after that, just made it weird. Right. Somebody also said I

don't think it's appropriate my ex-husband kept contacting me like we were mates. I didn't divorce his ass to spend more time with him. Yeah. Um. And some people don't get it. I don't think they read the room. You know, if you've broken up in a relationship, I think it's better for all parties if you just move on.

I think also, can we also just take our children out of the mix? Because if we're talking about this is just... Children's different. Yeah, we're not talking about exes with kids because obviously you should have a good relationship with them. We're talking about there's no reason you should or need to be in touch anymore. Like you've cut ties completely. Look out Sheree says, yes my ex is one of my best friends.

He was here before any of my other partners. So you accept the way we are or see ya. Wow, okay let's go to Kerry. Kerry, can you be friends with the ex or is that inappropriate? You absolutely can. In fact, it's a powerful position to be in if you're the other person. You know, like my husband broke up with his partner, we got together. They actually even had a night together after we'd gotten together. Wait, sorry, Kerry, Kerry.

Whoa, whoa, whoa. whoa, whoa, whoa. When you say had a night together, do you mean they just hung out and happened to be together, or do you mean they made love? Because there's some details that missed there. Well, he said that they didn't. I had to make a choice. I gave him a good, jolly good growling. Yeah.

I know now that that's not what happened. He was supporting her through a difficult time. Several years later, we were living in the same town and she was a solo mum by that point. She needed support with her son and I encouraged him to do that. Wow, you're a good person. Her and I ended up becoming really close friends. Yeah. And years later after several failed relationships, she ended up getting married and we were her best man and best woman. Oh my God, this is like Ricky Lake.

This is a weird and I'd say quite unique situation. Yeah, so you would say, do you have jealous tendencies, Kiri, or not really? No, not at all. Yeah. If I'm not good enough for you, then I want someone else. Love that Kerry. Sounds like a thrill.

Maybe it's not important, but where did they hang out for that one night? His place, her place, hotel? Her place? Yeah. Okay. But see... She looked quite unwell and was needing to have an operation. It sounds like he might have just been a good person.

Yeah, and you can see why you, you know, wifed him up. Yeah. There'd be a lot of people out there that aren't as forgiving as Kerri. Yeah, like somebody said, I think it's cheating if they're getting emotionally involved with their ex and using them for emotional support,

which sounds like that's what was happening there. I think as a rule of thumb, if you're still friends with your ex and there's no kids involved, I think it's, you just need to cut ties and respect for your new partner. That's my opinion. Nina says it's only weird if you make it weird. She said I'm best friends with my ex of 19 years and my now wife is friends with her ex.

The problem with me is like my husband basically got with every girl in the radio industry before me so I wouldn't have any friends. Yeah, if you did. Not gonna be friends with. That's why Guy's not in the radio industry anymore. No one talks to him because he shagged them all. I think he was making his way around. Meg wasn't the final stop but then you made him sign that contract.

I was the final stop thank you very much. You tried it on with me before that though. Contractually, yes you were the final stop. That's not a funny story. Going down Saturday night, Meg's last hurrah before she goes on mat leave. It's gonna be a hell of a time. If you want to be there, just give us a call.

0800 The Edge. Our wonderful Meg's off on maternity leave soon, so we want to take her for one more night out before she heads away. So I like the whole clubby, but could we shift it to earlier? We looked at a lot of clubs Meg, and not a lot of them are open at four. We've started employing the help of you listeners,

and some very heavy-heading party animals too. Hey Meg, you bring the baby bump, and I'll bring the other bump. No, stop it! Clint caught up with Dave from Sweatshop, and he's even sorted us out for our first stop of the night. He's got us a booth,

he's got a bar tab suss for us, so come on down and see us, and we'll grab of the night. He's got us a booth, he's got a bar tab suss for us, so... What a night. Come on down, see us and we'll grab you a drink. Plus, we've even locked in Auckland's premier pub crawl vehicle. I'm guessing it's an Uber or a limousine or some sort of... No. Oh, it's so much better than that, Meg. You're gonna go on the beer cycle.

Just make out to midnight. If you wanna be there Saturday night, we'll start at Sweatshop. Doors open at 7, DJ Sean Hill's on the decks from 9, the Auckland hoedown. So bring your cowboy hat if you got one. But if you want to be on the beer cycle and bar hop with us, get in touch. You'll be part of history, the last time Meg ever goes out. That's not true. I'll be out lots.

Having a second child is not the death of Meg Mansel. She may as well be dead. Yeah. She's gonna be like that Eminem song. I got vomit on my sweater already. Like, mostly just that part of the song. You know, cause it's- Just one small part of it, really. Cause of the baby or what?

Yeah, it's baby vomit and you're just at home and you're like, oh, I just put this on and now it's dirty. You've got no clean clothes to go out. Yeah, okay, but I'll come, I'll be back. Yeah, there's people queuing up to be part of this as well. We've got a lot of people on the line that wanna seat on that beer cycle.

Let's do a blitz. Let's go. Oh, it's gonna be good. It's gonna be so fun. I've been let off the leash too, by the way. I've got a pass. Have you really? Yeah, I said to my wife, do you want to come? Because you can come if you want to come.

She's like, oh, I might just have a quiet one. I said, OK, I'll go away. She's like, yeah, you go. I didn't even ask my miss, though. She just lets, she knows. She just lets you know. She just knows. If I go out, a quiet one. I was like, okay, I'll go away. She was like, yeah, you go. I didn't even ask my miss, though. She just lets, she knows. She just lets you know? She just knows if I go out, I go out. Right, the other person there, Marissa,

do you need to be, in the boys' words, let off the leash or are you single and coming out? Oh no, I would have to be get off the leash first. Oh nice. Whoa. Okay, you've got a caller. All right, Marissa. Block it out, 7.30 Saturday till midnight and beyond.

Bring your bike pants. Midnight and beyond. Myron. Thank you, Marissa. Who else is coming? Blake is. Hey, Blake. Hey, how's it going?

Good, Blake. You're gonna join us Saturday, bro? Yeah, Mark, he knows. Yeah. Are you single or are you in a relationship? A relationship. Okay good, so you've been let off the leash for the night? Or do we still need to ask permission after this chat? I wear the pants around here.

Okay, okay Blake. Usually when that's said they don't. Ninesha, are you coming? Of course I'm coming, I'm bringing all my friends. Oh okay, I don't know if we allowed that, but yeah sure. Okay, they might need to walk next to the beer cycle. I tell you what, we'll give you a plus two, okay? A plus one and plus two. Okay, sounds good.

See you there. If you do want to join us on a whim, we'll kick things off 7.30 at Sweatshop in Auckland CBD, then we get a bar hop till midnight. And exciting Meg, we have a special envelope that has a very nice surprise for you inside, but you will only get it if you make it till midnight. And it's a- I don't believe it's actually good. What if I get to the end of the night and-

We promise you it'll be good. Oh, you'll open it and you might have tears of happiness. You'll cry. But if you pike before midnight, Dan and I will enjoy it. Now I'm, you've made me, you've made me like really, like have you flown all my best friends like from around the world and New Zealand to be there. Imagine at midnight they come out

and we're like sorry she left an hour ago. Yeah she's gone guys, so we're back to London for you. Okay, yeah, true, that wouldn't make any sense. But is it a really cool surprise that the producers are being hustling behind the scenes and you will be presented with your envelope at midnight? Mm. Where you are... Midnight?

Yeah, yeah, it's like a real Cinderella story. It's almost like, I think, once you get this, you won't want to have the baby. It's that good. Well, there's no... Well, that would piss me off because I am having the baby. There's nothing I can do about it now. Okay so you still want it. Yeah yeah yeah. It's such a good price.

Okay cool. Easy money is next. I'll wait under the edge. 10 questions. 30 seconds. If you can get it done. $10,000 in your bank account today Here we go 30 seconds and 10 correct answers stand between you and $10,000 Meg will give you a letter

Your answer must start with that letter. No repeated answers. And if you stall for too long you can pass just to save your time and if we've got time we'll go back to it at the end. You need a cool head and a quick brain. That's all you need to win this game. Okay playing this morning is Kayla from Crush Church. Hi Kayla! Morning babe. How are you? Good, good. Are we calm? Oh yeah, ready to go. Oh you sound confident Oh, you sound confident. You sound like a safe pair of hands. OK. Let's do this. OK, here we go. Kayla, your letter is U.

Oh, God. OK. OK, here we go. Name a body part of a cow. Uterus. An item of clothing. Undies. Something you can open. Path. A sport.

Path. A four-letter word. A path. A mythical creature. A path. A mythical creature. A path. A job. A path. Oh, that's a hard one.

I'll give you some things that you could have, something you could open was umbrella or a U to supporters, UFC, your ultimate frisbee, four letter word ugly, urge, unit, anim mythical creature, unicorn, a job, uber driver, usher. Oh it sounds easy when you do that. Sorry I do make it sound easy. You do make it, you just rub it in her face. Kayla, if you had the answers like Meg you would have nailed it. Oh I'm sorry.

Oh yeah, yeah. Thanks Kayla, your next chance to play is at 3pm this afternoon. What did she say? She came in so confident. Yeah, things you open, I thought umbrella was a sitter and unicorn, Right, thanks Kayleigh. Your next show is at 3pm this afternoon. What'd she say? She came in so confident. Yeah. Yeah. Things you opened, I thought Umbrella was a sitter in Unicorn, but then the others are sort of like... Unicorn I thought was the mythical creature, but it's only really one. Yeah, once you pass a couple, it's an uphill battle from there.

Your brain starts going, you're gonna lose, and you're fighting yourself. No, no, I still got it. The Clint, Meg and Dan podcast. Man, we're still spoiling you. Coming up with new segments in June? Postco playlist. From the Tepi-Kabrianga down to the dirty deep south of Bluff, no town is safe. This is your Postco playlist.

Yeah. And basically what it says, we're putting together a playlist of original songs for around the country. They will be your anthem for your region. Yeah, songs and there are two types of songs in the world. Songs, originals, and parodies, or covers. So parody songs are changing the lyrics to be funny,

but to an existing tune. Covers are singing the song exactly how it is, but in your own voice, and originals is what Dan is doing. And the cool thing about this segment is, you write the lyrics. So this week we're doing West Auckland. My old stomping ground, lived there for five years. Meg you still live there. Yeah yeah you left me. Yeah it

brings up connotations. Meg you still get to live there. Thank you Clint. Yeah what a lovely place it is and parts of West Auckland are great you know. Just the Te Taurangi. Te Taurangi is lovely. Very lovely. Jewel in the crown. Piha, West Auckland. Yeah, one of the greatest beaches in New Zealand. You know, so we put the call out just a couple of days ago for as many suggestions as you can for what brings up, what connotations bring up for West Auckland. Here's some of them.

When I think of West Auckland, I just think our age is fortune. I just think about helicopters circling the mall and cops with guns. I swear this happened like two weeks in a row. It was crazy. So when I think of West Auckland, I think of Costco. Yeah, there's a lot of people that have ticked through as well saying Ram Raids. You have to mention Ram Raids in the song. Someone said every house owns a bong. Do you own a bong, Meg?

No. She had to think about it. Too long for me to think that's true. No, I don't own a bong. Ford's and Holden's, V8 engines, everybody buys their meat from the mad butcher, another person said. How many of your neighbours burn their rubbish in a barrel? Yes, no, I have the surrounding,

I quite like the smell of it though, it's comforting. Yeah, it can be a headache. You get used to it after a while. Yeah, I like it, yeah. Except for when they put the barrel too close to the fence and it set your fence's comforting. Really? It gives me a headache. You get used to it after a while. Yeah, I like it, yeah. Except for when they put the barrel too close to the fence and it set your fence on fire and the fire brigade had to come, right? Yeah, and then, yeah, they weren't happy with that.

Not in the way that they were angry at me, but I think they thought I was a bit of a pussy. And I was like, well, I didn't want my house to burn down. Yeah. Apparently it was under control. Have you also got the West Auckland anthem that you make reference to in the song? Cause they kind of already do have an anthem.

Don't they just play this on repeat till one in the morning Meg, your neighbours? Holy cow! Yeah this was just honestly it was about 17 hours over and over. Over and over, I'm not joking. He must have gone out and just left it on repeat. To be honest no one mentioned this but the police helicopter has come through a lot of times. People say the police helicopter is always hovering over... The Ranui Raven. The Ranui Raven, that's what I'd call it.

Because it's always just hovering over Ranui, one of the worst suburbs in New Zealand for crime. So, yesterday, after the show, I went in and wrote a song. Okay? We're're gonna perform it next When you say we and perform? Well I mean I wrote it Yeah and you are dressed up but you're not gonna be singing it live are you? Yes I am Wow I'm excited to see that look at you

I mean Dan's looking really bogan the The funny thing is, everything he's wearing was borrowed from me and Meg's husband. Yeah, you were in my husband's top and Clint's. Yeah, because I've left West Auckland now. I'm excited to see it all come together. Here we go. Come on. Well, I mean, yeah, and thank you

for sending in lyric suggestions. This is your song. Dan has had to try and work out how to make the rhyme. It does rhyme, doesn't it? I've added parts of it, do you? Oh. It's very, very hard to make a whole lot of random text rhyme, but we're gonna do make the rhyme. It does rhyme, doesn't it? I'm adding parts of it, do you? Oh. It's very, very hard to make a whole lot of random text rhyme, but we're going to do it.

It's got a rhyme, Dan. It has to rhyme. Hey, who wrote the song, mate? OK, what's the title? This is Dan and his absolute best. I'm really excited to see this. All right, very, very exciting. Dan did a nine-hour workday yesterday to bring you this.

Think about that. Most people just do an eight. Dan did nine did nine. It's hard to make an original song after people have text through suggestions so we're doing this. Postcode playlist! From the Tipper Cape, Brianga down to the dirty deep south of Bluff, no town is safe. This is your Postcode playlist. Putting together a playlist of original songs from around the country, the first cab off the rank, West Auckland, you suggested, P-Labs everywhere, Costco, the only one in the country,

Mince and Cheese Pies, Outrageous Fortune, Lincoln Road, you can get any cuisine you can ever dream of on Lincoln Road. One of the most famous roads in New Zealand. This is amazing. This is kind of like, let's say your friend is like a world-class wakeboarder, but no one knows, and then all of a sudden you're at a lake and you're like, oh my God, everyone's gonna get to see how amazing. This is kind of like, let's say your friend is like a world class wakeboarder, but no one knows, and then all of a sudden you're at a lake and you're like,

oh my god, everyone's going to get to see how amazing my friend is. This is kind of that moment for Dan. That's a build up for you, Dan. It's like, right now we're excited. Everyone listening gets to see how talented our Dan is, because this is where he shines. Really don't be. Sell it down, okay? Okay, can I also describe what we're seeing, because you're going to see it on video later. He's about to perform live, and we have a black mullet wig,

two bandanas in a way, somehow, wrap around glasses and my husband's Metallica t-shirt. Thanks for bringing that in me. You're welcome. Okay, let's go. This is your song, West Auckland. It's the first time us hearing it too, by the way. Okay. hit it. Grab a mince and cheese on the fly What are you gonna do?

Always blow on the pie Always blow on the pie, it's safer communities together My kids do ram rates for a living Least chopper is what they're running from I'm a motherf***ing Westie Have a puff from my balls West Auckland Westie Dunlop Road is very long

West Auckland Westie Tinsley & Urkey is where I'm from West Auckland Westie Yeah I'm a bogan and I belong Well I'm a pokin' and I belong Well I'm here at the Lincoln Road overbridge Where a number of police cars and armed officers remain Now there's a...

Fords and Holden's drive down the streets V8 engines, they sound mean Go to Mad Butcher for my meats Stop at the lights, get a window clean Lincoln Road is very long And has every type of food Go Mongolian Just don't be surprised

If you end up in the loo Surfing Pihar beach with its black sand Hey Metallica is my favorite belt I'm a motherfucking Westie Watching outrageous fortune West Auckland Westie Never heard of Benson Moon

Yeah, I'm a Westie From New East where I'm from West Auckland Westy Oh yeah I'm a Pogan and I belong There you have it. Round of applause. I mean it sounds like a real soft round of applause, there's only two of us. They're shocked, they're shocked. And Clint, I mean you're not from West Auckland but I think you could just get a vibe of the place just from hearing the song. Yeah, that made me feel at home actually.

I mean, being from West Auckland, the both of us, did I do it justice? You really did. I really liked the inclusion of like the news. Mmm. God, I had a lot to pick of crime news from West Auckland. We had to really trawl through some stuff. Yeah, I liked it. Love how your images are from Te Tarangi but you've got a place in Swanson. I know. Oh, and then he said Rānuoi as well. So we covered all sorts of places.

Give us a call on Texas 3343. Are you a Westie? Do you feel represented? Do you love the song? Are you offended? And who wants to be next? Yeah, we need one for next week. True. Clint. Megan, Dan.

Dan just debuted his song for West Auckland. Danny, what do you think? Hello? Yeah, morning. Am I Dan? You're from South Auckland, so what do you think of Dan's West Auckland song? I am on my way to work and it was an absolute vibe. Okay, good.

Honestly, I wouldn't be offended, but I mean hey, I'm not from there, but South Auckland is probably about the same. I tried to conclude a lot of the feedback of positive stuff and negative as well. So we've got a bit of a spectrum there. What about this one that says, that was shit? Oh, they said that was the shit. Oh, got it. Yeah, yeah, stop trying to bring me down there.

You always do. Some of you, a lot of other people say, bring it back. They want Blenheim next. Yeah, and keep your suggestions coming through of who we do next week because Christchurch has come through a couple of times. Aranui, yeah and Christchurch, My Hood, Stratford, Taranaki. Alright, send through if you'd like Dan to have a go at your town or postcode next. There's the postcode playlist that will be back next week. But it is time for the Gen Z quiz. If you are a millennial Gen Xer you should probably nail this week to week, five out of five.

But if you're a Gen Zer, you probably will learn a thing or two in this. And our web girl Bella, who is 23, 24, is a Gen Z and has yet to ever get a perfect score playing this game. Yeah, okay Bella. But you've got the best score. I have. Thanks Dan. She has got the number one score. I want to bid you up. Yeah, pretty good. Dan, would you like to begin with the first question? Here is your first one.

This is an easy one to start. Name this TV show. Good luck, Bella. Hound! Tailbreaker! Wheeljack! Armied! Popeye!

It's like you're trying to get the Bride. What? What are they doing? Opening can of spinach. Oh my god Bella. I love you. You are the best person I know. What the hell?

I genuinely don't know the answer to that one. Transformers. Oh. It's the original cartoon. Well, to be fair Bella, Popeye did transform when he ate a spinach. Oh there we go, thanks mate. So you know I can see he's the original transformer you could say. No, I'm not a transformer.

I love you. The fact that you thought that was Popeye. Who sings this song? I wanna stand with you on a mountain. I wanna bathe with you in the sea. Iconic in the early 2000s. Do you know the song? Can you sing it? No, I don't even know the song Oh my god It's giving some gorgeous, slow Sam Cooke kind of vibe

Who's Sam Cooke? Oh, what does it say? No, much older Oh, much older? Much older Then Sam Cooke Savage Garden Oh

No, like zero In terms of bangers, I think Sam's still putting... We've got it in there. I'm sure you'd spell it as Savage Garden. Oh my god, they were iconic. A band? Or a band. They don't talk to each other. It's like this big bust up. Every time I need to see your face I just close my eyes and I'm taken to a place where crystal mud... No? It's an exciting song I can drink. ...don't be like a chicken cola. That was the famous one. Next question, you'll get this one right in your era. I'm joining. I'm joining. I'm joining. I'm joining. I'm joining. I'm joining. I'm joining.

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I'm joining. I'm joining. I'm joining. I'm joining. I'm joining. I'm joining. I'm joining. I'm joining. I'm joining. I'm joining. I'm joining. I'm joining. She's got one. That is right up my alley. Okay. One of my faves of all time. What is the name of the very small toy that was a pocket sized playset for girls? Oh, Polly Pocket.

She's got two. Did you have one, Bella? Did I have one? A Polly Pocket, yeah, a whole set. Who did I? And you can like, chew on the clothes of them when you're little. No. My boss.

No, that's a thing. That's a thing. That's a chucking hazard. There was Mad Max for boys and Polly Pocket for girls. My brother got a Polly Pocket because he wanted the pink one. Bless him. Last question.

What was the max number of characters in a text on early phones? Yeah, could you believe it, Bella? There was a point in time that you had to like, you could only send that amount of words. It was like a tweet. If you went just over and then effectively you had to like figure you could only send that amount of words. It was like a tweet. If you went just over and then effectively had to send two texts for like one extra word, you're an amateur.

And also came in two whole messages. So you'd have to scroll down and try and figure out the second half of the message was. Oh, I thought you meant like max amount of people in a group chat kind of vibes, but it's actually like the text, the amount of, okay. Next one of characters. If you can't see more than 50, I'm going to be pretty shocked. So is that your answer? Yeah, 50.

160. 160 characters. I thought it would be something more. So it's not your best showing today, Bella. Two from five. Yeah, yeah. Still? Four four.

Not bad though. Not great though. Shout out to Popeye's. Yeah. Do you guys remember when I was in high school and someone worked out a code that you could write before the Vodafone number and if you typed that in, all of a sudden everyone was getting free text and we were like, nah that doesn't work, give me your phone, someone to punch a few numbers in and all of a sudden everyone got free text for like three weeks.

It was mental. I remember that too actually. Much easier to hack the system back then eh. Thank you Bella, you will play again next week until you get a perfect score. Clint, Meg and Dan. It's the 12th of June and if you didn't know, this month is Men's Mental Health Awareness Month. Yes, and I don't know if you've only started listening to the show over the past, I would say yeah, then maybe you haven't heard that

my husband and I, my family went through a very hard time exactly this time last year. Me and him have been talking about it a lot in private because of it's our first anniversary and all my heart's racing now because it brings back so many emotions that I probably still haven't dealt with. And, but Guy, you're there now, hi. Hello. Hi Guy.

You were diagnosed with anxiety, which I think is a word personally that is thrown around like I have anxiety my anxious moments But guys anxiety was completely debilitating. So just on that as well Meg I was booking travel insurance yesterday and you have to list your medical History and one of the things they want to know about is if you've ever suffered from anxiety and depression history and one of the things they want to know about is if you've ever suffered from anxiety and depression your travel insurance want to Know that because that's how much I guess it can affect just your everyday life Yeah, it was something it was a complete new experience for guy and I started out with panic attacks

We went mild and quickly ramped up and then what else did you experience? What were your symptoms guy? What else did you experience? What were your symptoms, Guy? Guy Fierce Insomnia, mania, which came after the panic attacks in the sense where I was just completely out of control of my entire brain and I just thought that nothing was real. And then I was weirdly like, I was in the, it almost felt like I was in like a video game or a simulation and I just wanted to like hit reset and like, I't want to play this game anymore and like but that nothing the game wouldn't turn off yeah and it was like this loop in my brain I was I'm okay I'm okay no

you're not okay and it was just this terrifying loop yeah you were it was something we found out calling like depersonalization I remember at one point thinking I had lost you when you couldn't keep eye contact with me, because I was trying to connect with you and I was trying to keep eye contact with you, and you just said, this isn't real. And I remember that being like a real kick in the guts of like, guy and I are best mates,

and we've been partners and best friends since we were 21, you know? And so when he was looking at me, when he couldn't hold my eye contact and he said, this isn't real, that was real. I didn't know what to even do with that as his wife and partner. And you tried a medication and we convinced you that it was going to work and then it didn't.

Yeah, I tried Sertraline, which works for so many other people. I imagine there's people listening right now that are on sertraline Some side effects of sertraline is that it takes a while to actually into your system and what it can do especially for anxiety Is that it can ramp up the feelings of anxiety before it settles, but we didn't know that No, we didn't. So that is what caused so I was on it for about five days And then that's when I had a massive panic attack and then my anxiety from that point on was I was anxious about having a panic attack again so I was like I was anxious about having anxiety so this time a year ago I was in Whanganui with my mum and dad and Meg's mum flew up to look after our daughter Daisy and I was like I

was essentially like a retreat in Whanganui which which, you know, I think about Whanganui, it's not really a retreat. But I was with my mum and dad and they looked after me and it was fantastic. It was a week for me to try and get onto this medication. Ironically, like two weeks later, I changed off that medication onto ithotelipram, which is what I'm on now, And there's been no panic attacks. Anxiety still pops its head in from time to time. But what would send me into a spiral and freak me out and it would take me like two or three weeks

to get out of that funk a year ago, when those feelings now would probably last maybe a minute. So it's not cause if anxiety's disappeared, but it does not have a hold on me like it did a year ago. There was one thing that I was really grateful for, for you, because it shows immense strength of you trying to get better for yourself and for the family. I felt so, oh, there's not even,

there's honestly not even an English word in the dictionary to explain the feeling I had when I realized that the first medication search didn't work for him and made him worse. And then I thought I have to now convince him to try another one when he was at the absolute lowest like a human can be and that didn't work and I convinced him it would and all our friends and family said you got on the meds it will work, it will work, it will work and then it didn't. For a guy to get back up and try another one and knowing it would take another six weeks or knowing it was possibly gonna make it worse again was this incredible strength and I'm I

will forever be grateful that he did that and did it for us but that's the message I would like to send out is that just because the first medication didn't work doesn't mean that no medication is going to work because that second one did. but that's a message I would like to send out is that just because the first medication didn't work doesn't mean that no medication is going to work because that second one did. Such an important conversation we're having and there's so many people that have already text through saying they're in the same boat and they've had the same experience. Guy can I just ask and I know it is different for everybody but I've heard some people say after going through a mental health episode like you did last year I never want to go through it again

but I'm glad it happened and I went through it. Yeah. Is that true or not? Does that ring true at all? That is true. Really? I don't, really? Well, like, it's true to a certain point. Like, if I could, if I could, you know, Magic Genie and it said, do you want to go back in time and never experience this? I'd say, yes, of course. But at least, at least now, because it happened, I am, it's like, I'm prepared for it to happen again.

So it's like, it's like, it's just a preparation thing. So obviously ideally, I know I can get through it. I've got that experience behind me. So I guess there were people at the time who would say like, look, you're gonna come out stronger because of this. I wouldn't say I don't... strong is the right word. I think I've just come out more... I've just come out more experienced. Yeah, I think it's maybe when I've heard people say it, I've tried to kind of work out what they might be saying. It's like the way that you and Meg as a partnership

had to really muck in and work on yourselves and your marriage and your relationship. It's like, well, if you don't ever go through anything difficult, you would never have had to rise to that level and know that you are capable of it. And I'm just I'm wondering if people are going through it now. Yes, it's awful. But you might look back on it and look at parts of it as a blessing because of who you end up coming out the other side being. Yeah. And Guy, you're so strong for getting through it and Meg as well like you supporting it and being that person to be there next to Guy through that whole time is also amazing. Appreciate the honesty too bro that's

really cool man for you to come on like you did last year and come on again this year so thanks Guy. Proud of you. No no I appreciate it but yeah if anyone relates to it then by all means let me know but hit me up on Instagram flip me a DM because yeah it's good to have somebody to talk to about it. 12th of, so this month is Men's Mental Health Awareness Month and we just had Guy on Meg's husband talking about his experience with mental health over the last year. He had a real bad last year, thank god he's out the other side. And just want to quickly touch on something I said about how I've heard people say I never want to go through it again but I'm glad I did. And I'm trying to understand that statement. I thought Guy would speak to it better than I would. Some people have

misconstrued what I mean by that. I think when you come out the other side of really difficult situations, I'm trying to give some sort of confidence to people who are going through it, that I think you come out of the side with more empathy to people who are going through mental health. I think in Guy's situation he would have realized how incredible his wife was and how much he can count on you at the lowest point in his life, then maybe he wouldn't have been aware of to the degree had he not gone through his experience.

I'm not saying mental health is a great thing and everyone should try it, go through an episode. But you get the tools to deal with it then, once you've gone through it, because everybody's different with this kind of thing as well. Just trying to give hope to those who are in the midst of it. A couple of questions, somebody asked,

was there a trigger for Guy? There was actually something I said to him eventually. We kept trying to find the trigger. And unfortunately, that actually, for him, and again, we've got to be careful. Everyone's experience is different. For Guy, that made it worse because then he panicked if he didn't find it.

And then when he was going to different therapists, they would bring up other things. He's like, no, I didn't know it to worry about that. What's that you're talking about? And that actually was for him. Some people, some people speech therapy, you know, therapy doesn't work as well. And for him, he struggled with it. So we ended up saying that it was like trying to find a snake that bit you. We knew he'd been bitten by a snake. And we were spending all our time and energy looking for the snake, trying to find it, instead of just being like, right, let's just go get an antidote.

Treat the bite. Yeah, so we ended up just treating the bite, and we never actually found the snake, but we've been able to get through it with that, and we let it go, and that's okay. You know I love analogies, that's a great one. That is a great one. What else are people saying?

Saying that they have also been through something very similar. A lot of men have been through anxiety, and I remember a lot of women have also reached out about being partners to people with anxiety and depression. It's extremely isolating and hard and it takes up your whole brain because all you want to do is help your person and it's extremely difficult to keep going. I think as well there's a lot of guilt from people who are experiencing anxiety and depression

when from the outside looking in, they have the greatest life, a great job and a lovely house and an amazing family. And then you feel guilty for expressing that you just don't feel happy. It's so true. When everyone goes, well, you should, you've got all the stuff I haven't got.

And it's like, it doesn't discriminate. Yeah, a lot of people ended up saying to Guy, cause he's a stay at home dad. And he found it really hard that people were saying, maybe, you know, you don't want to be a stay at home dad. You should go back to work. And he loves his purpose. He loves being a stay home dad.

It's the, you know, he would say himself, when I'm speaking on his behalf, it's the greatest thing he's ever done is raising our daughter. And that really frustrated him, that he was like, just because he's a man and he's not in a job and you know earning money doesn't mean that caused his... And he shines in that role. Yeah he does. You see it when you know him.

Yeah yeah very lucky. Yeah it is it is all I can say as a partner to is somebody who has done it is the things do work even Guy said so many times he was the one person that it won't work on. Even though he had so many people saying like, it worked for me and I got better. It was very hard to convince him, but he is out the other side of it. And I can only say that that will be the same for you. And some of the latest text.

Similar to what Meg was just saying. After three kids and 19 years in the same job, my husband had a complete breakdown. I encouraged him to quit his job and stay home with our toddler while he sought himself out. And talking about how, I guess, you get your purpose back when you're really focused on... The opposite, yeah.

Yeah. I mean, thanks so much as well for everybody texting through with your personal stories, because I think as well it's so important to talk about it. Even if it doesn't completely solve it, talking about it and making it normal and just talking to friends and normalising that is just such an important step.

And normalising medication as well. A lot of people I know are on medication. A lot of people you won't even realize are on medication. Yeah. Yeah. There was a real stigma, I think there still is, for some people. But yeah, you've got to do what you've got to do to get yourself right. If you have a broken leg, you're probably going to take some painkillers. Yeah. You know, like, I don't see why we'd do it differently with the brain.

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