ZM's Bree & Clint - ZM’s Bree & Clint Podcast - 10th December 2025

Episode Date: December 10, 2025

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Go! Let's go! I think I met you in a dream last one Zatems, Bree and Clint Back now you say me they were green Goody everybody, it's Brie and Clint I have just stepped out of a very very chilly cinema where I've watched the entire third avatar movie. How was it?

Very good. Was it just you in there? A couple of other people turned up, but there was me. Did you get a fright? Our friend Kate Roger. Oh, I love Kate Roger. From film three, R-A-P, and two other people. Not to Kate Roger to film three.

Yeah. Just wanted to make sure in case there was people were seeing that. Well, I just said she was in the avatar film with me. But it was a long film. You could have passed away in there. Yeah, yeah. It's very good. I forgot, maybe you didn't. Yeah.

It's 3D. So you've got to put the 3D glasses on. And I know you're passionately anti-3D, but Avatar's the exception. I'm anti-3D for everything other than Avatar. Yeah. Everything else? But I saw it in the IMAX. Yeah, that's what I mean.

That's where 3D is relevant. But there's only one IMAX cinema. If you're going to see Avatar in Ash Burden at the Reefat. Regency or whatever the cinema is there. Is it going to be 3D? Is it B.Y.O. 3D glasses. Yeah. I don't know. These are things I don't know.

Exciting times, though. I'm going to interview James Cameron in Wellington. Have you met him before? No. My friend has, though. Accidentally ended up at his house once. Picked up his, this is a crazy story. My friend picked up James Cameron's stepson, hitchhiking one time, became friends with him, lived with him for four months,

and at the end of the fourth month he goes oh well if you guys are coming over to the States anytime soon you should come to my stepdad's house and after four months of living together they went who's your stepdad and he goes oh James Cameron from Titanic as in the James Cameron

as in the only James Cameron yeah WTF so they went to his house Buzzy Yeah Buzzy Anyway that's enough about me How's your day been?

Oh you know How's the Christmas song coming along Um look I have been getting to work on the Christmas song We're getting down to the wire Do I get a verse? I spent, I want to say three hours this morning Writing lyrics

Yeah, yeah, yeah Because I feel like that is my only domain Okay It's, there's something Do I get a verse? I feel like we're going to get multiple voices Throughout the whole song Do I get a voice, a verse?

You get to sing on it, yes Nice Yes, producer Ella Bree's underselling this The song is incredible She could get another job In writing lyrics When do you think we get to hear it

When do you think it'll be out? When do you reckon Bree? It's got a lot of work Well, Christmas is coming But let's just You know how you wanted country Yeah Nah

And you weren't here So no decisions were made by you Bree I've been at Avatar For three and a half hours Give me a break You'll get what you're giving and you'll like it. Hey, it's do-or-die-day for the ladies.

They have to win. If Trady versus Lady is to come down to the wire, they have to win today. Don't worry about the next game. Don't worry about the number of games that the ladies need to win in a row, because it's terrifying. Just know the ladies have to win today.

Yeah, if they don't win today, they're out of it. So, ladies, put your best foot forward. If you think you have it this afternoon, give us a call right now, 0800 dial Z-M. Play Zat-M's Bree and Clint. It's Trady versus Ladies

It is D-Day for the ladies If they don't win here The year is done and dusted They're on 98 The Trades on 105 There's no Trady versus Lady this Friday Don't ask why So there are seven left

Including today And the ladies Oh They're seven behind So they need seven to take us to tiebreak. Yeah, they have to win today. They have to win today in every game going forward until next Friday. We don't want to talk about that.

We just want to talk about today. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. We don't want to put too much pressure on Tyler. Hi, Tyler. Hi, Tyler. Hi. Are you ready to carry the weight of every lady in the nation this afternoon? Yeah, no pressure.

No pressure. How are you at trivia, Tyler? I'd probably say terrible. But how fast are you at buzzing in? Probably terrible as well. That's half the battle buzzing in this game. Oh, well, we got who we got. She's 30, she's from Putaradu, and she's a chicken farmer.

Welcome, Tyler. Go on, Tyler. You'll be taking on our tradie from Auckland. He's 22, and he reckons he's the best plumber in New Zealand. Welcome to the show, Max. Giday, Max. Hey, how you go? We're good, but are you the smartest plumber in New Zealand, Max?

Oh, definitely not. Definitely not. Okay. See, he's humble too. He's modest. All right, guys. Forget about the politics. Just do your best.

Max, we're rooting for you as much as we are, Tyler. The buzz in with Trady and Lady, and the first person to get three correct is getting the $50 cash and the very important points today. Here we go, guys. Good luck. Question number one. What is an IUD use for? Lady.

Yes, Tyler. Controceptive. It is a contraceptive. Well done. You're on the board with one. Question number two, if I was getting my Traegis pierce, what general area of my body would the needle be going into? Lady.

Yes, Tyler. Just got in. It's a gift, but I'm going to go the ear. It is the ear. Tyler, you're off to a good start. She could. I've been from here, though. Max, you need this one.

We're at our music question, okay? Here we go, guys. Buzz in when you can tell me who sings this song. It's the world by Ladies Tyler For the win It's another gift

But um Beyonce She's a lady Oh Oh Max you might be the best Plummer But Tyler's the best Tyler in New Zealand

He's gone I was just making a plumber Tyler joke Oh that's quite good Tyler Well done The pressure was all on you and you came through with the goods, 50 bucks coming your way.

You want to see our text machine right now, Tyler. Is it blowing up? That was so rigged. Those were all woman questions. What's a woman question? Ladies questions, this is rigged. Look, everyone has a tragus. Everyone's got a tragus.

Everyone knows who Beyonce is. Yeah. Do we want to see it to go to tiebreak? Absolutely. But was it rigged? No. No. As a fair and square win, Tyler, we'll get that 50 bucks out to you, mate.

Nice work. ZDM's Bree and Clint Podcast. If you missed it, the ladies won today, which means trade-divorce lady lives on the best the ladies can hope for is to draw a level on the final day. Which we will then go to a tie-break game. Yeah, we'll go to a whole other game. Yeah. But I mean, we're getting too far ahead of ourselves. Way ahead of ourselves.

Ladies need to win tomorrow, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday. Not undoable, but a long way off. Hey, talking to my brother the other day about, because Christmas is fast approaching and he's like, what are you doing? When are you going to be home? What's happening? And I was kind of like, oh, I'm going to be there on these dates.

Is he the kind of brother who goes, have you got a present for mum and can I contribute to it? No, my brother's really good. He's normally, oh, he will do that from time to time, but if he's got an idea, he'll, like, message me and be like, He's proactive. Yeah. He's pretty good.

Which is interesting because he was the one that told me that apparently our family's doing Secret Santa White Elephant this year. No one told me. Remind me how White Elephant works. So everyone brings a present. Everyone that's participating in the Secret Santa. Yeah. Brings a gift.

They all go into the middle. One of the time someone opens a gift. So the gifts have to be generic? Well, here's the thing, right? One time people, like, one person will open a gift, then the next person opens a gift, they decide whether they want to steal their gift or open a new one, etc.

Yeah. And I said, oh, okay, when was this decided? Because no one has told me, and he's like, oh, that's just what I heard. And I was like, what's the limit? What's the present limit? Yeah, yeah. And he said, 150 bucks.

Wow. Oh, but you only have to buy one gift. So it's one gift for the whole Christmas. Yeah, yeah. The whole family. Wow, that'd be a fun white elephant if all the gifts are $150. Well, here's the thing. So now I have this dilemma where I'm kind of like, what do I do here?

$150 is a good gift. Good gift. The good gift, do I strategically buy something that I would like? Oh. And then hope I end up with the thing that I buy. Yeah. Or do I buy something? random?

Yeah. Or do I specifically single someone out who I would like to buy a gift for? And hope they get it. And hope that they get it. Oh, three very different possibilities. What are you leaning towards? I'm not really leaning towards anything because within the group, I think there's four women, two men.

Yeah. So if you're buying a generic gift, I don't really have any ideas for that. Fitbit. Fitbit. Oh, because, you know. Fitbit, you get a Fitbit for $150? Because you know what my worst nightmare is? I don't want to buy a bloody Fitbit.

No. You know what my worst nightmare is? You get the Fitbit. That, but my worst, worst nightmare is I'm the one that buys the gift that no one wants. Oh, yeah, that sucks, too. You don't want to be that person. Especially if you spend 150 bucks, yeah. I'd be devastated.

I pride myself on buying good gifts. Your chances of getting your gift that you buy are low, I think. higher than others because you know where it is so that helps what if it's a pair of shoes in my size yeah yeah I mean don't you have the same size feet as your dad though I do not thank you very much don't you guys share a blundstone and he's not even involved in this secret Santa isn't he no why doesn't dad get to do white elephant because dad barely he doesn't know how to buy gifts so someone will be buying a gift for him to contribute shortly so he's involved well i don't know i need to ask my mum

if he's involved he will be what's he gonna do no he's involved no we all the thing is is we buy gifts for mum and dad oh and then it's they're not counted right right right gifts get bought for them this is more just the siblings and partners oh then just collude get a group chat going and go hey guys screw this white elephant i want this you want this nah because there's people in the group that want to do the Secret Santa. This is the thing. I want to put it out to the people. Okay. The brief is, so it's a White Elephant Secret Santa.

The budget's $150. Yeah. There's four women, two men in the Secret Santa. Uh-huh. What are some ideas? What fits that bill? I've got a really good idea that's just come to me. Okay.

I'm going to hold it. Okay. And we'll get people's ideas in. Oh, 800 dials at M. Or you can text a 9-6-96. Maybe you're a Secret Santa specialist. For the person, if you have an idea, and you call through or you text through

and I end up using it for the best gift idea this afternoon 50 K of C chicken dollars. I was informed yesterday by my brother that apparently we're doing Secret Santa White Elephant this year. Budget's big. It's a good one. Budget. 150 bucks each. You throw all the presents in the middle.

One person opens a present and the next person decides whether they want to steal that present or open a new one, so on and so forth. Brie needs to know whether she plays ball and just buys a generic present, buys a present for someone in hopes they get it, or spend the $150 on herself and then play survivor-style strategy to make sure she gets the gift that she bought. Discuss.

I had a thought for you? Yeah. Oh yeah, what was your suggestion? Because this is going to be taking place at your parents' house in Australia, which means you're going through duty-free. Yep. You can get a lot of alcohol for 100. $150 in duty-free.

I reckon you could get four bottles of spirits. Big ones, too. Yeah, big ones. Or three bottles and a carton of cigarettes. Can you imagine? Or two bottles, a cardin of cigarettes and a Ui boom? God, not a bad gift.

Not a bad gift. Party for one. I feel like I know who in my family would be drawn to that. Anyway, that's my contribution. Do with it what you will. Not bad. Ruby has called through. Hi, Ruby. Hi, Ruby. How do we manage this? What does Brie do for her White Elephant Secret Santa? I think that she should get like some lottery thing, like tickets or

gift cards. Lottery's an interesting one, $150 a lot of lot of tickets. Yeah, that is a lot of like scratchies. You might not know this about Bree, but gift cards are one of her pet hates Ruby. Oh yeah? So she wouldn't be trying to get that one, would you? Well, that's true. I wouldn't be drawn to the gift cards, but some people would be. I guess it depends where it's a gift card for. The problem is, Ruby, is I'm from a very small country town and most of the people participating in the White Elephant, like there's not many shops to get gift cards for. Is there a bunnings?

Yeah. No. No bunnings. Damn, where do you guys get your hardware? At the hardware shop? The hardware shop. Oh my God, old-timey. Thanks, Ruby.

Bonnie's called through with an idea. Hi, Bonnie. Merry Christmas. Hi, Bonnie. Hi, Merry Christmas. What do you reckon? What should I do for the white elephant? I reckon either a bungee jump voucher or whitewater rafting. You could even maybe get one for two or a skydive. I like it. Again, I think we're going to face the same problem. What are the bungee jumping and whitewater rafting places like in Stanford Country Queensland?

Very minimal. Any white water? No. Any bridges? No. There's not much there. Bonnie, but you know what Bonnie's saying and I like her suggestion

and experience rather than... A lot of farming, you could skydive from a crop dusting plane. Oh, you know what... You know what I could get, Bonnie? A voucher to go share some... Shear some sheep. To share some sheep.

Yes, or maybe look at something to do with the zoos or something. Oh, no, no zoos. No. Sheesh. Share some sheep. Shear some sheep. Sitty idea. That's hard to say.

More ideas that are coming through. Someone said, my go-to is always a massage voucher. Full body, at least an hour long. Again, great idea. I don't imagine there's great massage parlors in rural Queensland. Not many. No. What about this, Bree's White Elephant present?

I think buy two tickets for a concert slash show that you want to go to. Whoever gets the other ticket has to bring you. Write your name on the other ticket. I love that idea. That's smart. Fill up a bucket of random stuff. biscuits, sauce, a lighter, chocolate, fizzy drink, something from the op-shop, lollies. Random, but fun.

Imagine winning Bree's Big Bucket of Crap. Yeah. Oh my God, Claudia, can we launch the new year with that promo? Bree's Big Bucket of Crap? Isn't that what we do every year? Oh, isn't that just Clint's Prize Box? It's Clince Prize Box. Bring it back.

Someone said, Husky gear with alcohol and or a retro chili bin filled with a goodies. That's not a bad idea. A chili bin with something in it is very good. Yeah. But 150 bucks would just get you the husky. Yeah, the huskies are expensive. They're good though. Someone said just cheese, butter and chocolate. See, I'd be too drawn to that. Someone said, what about an air fryer? Oh, what a great idea. Because a couple people text a ninja slushy, but that's so expensive. Yeah, too expensive.

They're like $400. Air friar, though. What about this one? Here's one that I've used. before, you buy a pair of second-hand rugby boots off Trade Me and forge Stacy Jones signature on them. Priceless. I quite like that.

Yeah. Someone else said, wrap up $150 cash, they will fight over that one. Yeah. The gift of nothing, wrap an empty box and keep the 150 for yourself. What about a treasure map and you hide the gift somewhere around the farm and what's under the tree is a treasure map and people try and win the treasure.

Map. That sounds like a lot of work. Oh, okay. Someone else just said, buy whatever you like, Brian, hope you get it. I think that's what you're going to do. I think it might be. We said two bottles of gin, a garden of cigarettes and a Ui boom. Done.

Done. That's a bloody good Christmas. Z-N's Brian Clint. The team. Live from L.A. with Dean McCarty. Dean, a bit of good news for Rebel Wilson and her wife. Yes, some good news for Rob Wilson and her wife They are expecting baby number two

What's laughing? It sounds like you're in a submarine Sounds like you're ripping a bong with me Here's what happened I'm actually in Sydney And all of a sudden Just as you called They started jackhammering cement

You, oh cement Right next to the internet Literally I'm in Sydney Which is the home of Rebel Wilson And the good news is She and her wife Are actually expecting baby number two

Oh my god That's just no stop again Dean stop. That was the most incredible segue I've ever heard. To go from Jack, to go from Jack Hammering in Sydney, like, seamlessly back into this Rebel Wilson story. That's why you're the pro, and I'm sorry to interrupt you again. Please carry on. Oh, look, speaking of interruptions, their life was interrupted with baby number two.

I think this is going to be an incredible, incredible youth for her. God, he's good. Look, there were highlights of the day, and there were low lights of the day. And the low light is that Rebel is always in lawsuits. Have you guys noticed that? Like, is it just me? Or has everyone noticed that she's always in a lawsuit? Yeah, she really is, Dean.

It's always something. Like, at first it was her against all of those gossip magazines. That's right. And then the more recent ones are the movie that she directed, the Deb, the Aussie movie, and there's been a lot of drama that went on in and around the set, and she's been in and out of lawsuits with it, right, Dean? Yeah, that's right.

So basically, she alleged that they did all of these. It's a long story, but to cut it short, she alleged all these things from the three producers. They sued her for defamation. She went back and sued them again for harassment and all kinds of other things. And then now the lead actress in that movie is also suing Rebel for defamation. There's like four or five lawsuits on that. Back in the day, she obviously sued, I think it was a major publication here in Australia in one,

but then they revoked her money and brought it down to $600,000. She's only lawsuits. and the other day she was on 60 minutes, getting grilled about something. Let's just hope she focuses on baby number two. She'll out with the call. Good to get some good news. She's having the baby with her wife.

Who's carrying the baby? Do we know? So Rebel, I know, was pregnant first, and now the wife is pregnant. Oh, you're nice? Yeah. Wow, very good. That's the tea with Dean McCarthy, live from the streets of Sydney,

getting jackhammered as we speak. Jack Hammett. We're back after this. On ZM. Z&M's Bree and Clint. Podcast. Look, I love Christmas. I'm a big Christmas person.

I love to get involved. I love to cook for everyone. It's my favourite part about Christmas. I love giving gifts. I love it all. It's great. Great time of year. I think, though, there's a few Christmas dishes on the list that need to be stricken from the record.

Okay. You want them removed from the Christmas menu? I think so. I think they're only still on there because it's Christmas tradition. But I just don't think they're very good. Okay, I'm big on tradition, so I'm going to be very critical of what you suggest. And you're a foodie, you're a good cook, you know your food. Thank you.

You do have some out there opinions, though, when it comes to food. Your stance on eggplant is unhinged. Yeah, it's unhinged. If you put eggplant in a bloody lasagna and call it a lasagna, you're crazy. No, but you've had bad egg, see, this is what I'm saying. I'm not entering this conversation with you again. You just have some unhinged opinions. Get your moosaka and put it in the bed.

No, but it's a moose sucker. Hate it. Awful dish. Anyway, I'm listening. What is the Christmas dish that you think needs to be removed from the menu this Christmas? Do you want, because I've got two. Yeah. Do you want my most controversial one first?

Nah, ease us into it. Okay, I'll ease you into it. Okay, the first Christmas dish that needs to be taken off the menu. Mince pies. No, see. Get in the bin. Okay, first of all... Get in the bin.

No, okay, first of all, low-hanging fruit, like that one. Excuse the fruit pun. But that's an easy one to target. They're awful. Because no one is more vocal. No one's more vocal at Christmas than the person who needs everyone to know that they don't like Christmas mince pies.

I love Christmas mince pies. Shut up. Just leave them for me. They're yuck. They're no good. With a little bit of pastry on top, a little bit of dusting of icing sugar. But here's my argument.

There is a million other things That are better than that That I would rather eat Get them in the bin Straight away In the bin producers Thoughts on that? Christmas mince pie

Yes or no I don't love them But there's a place for them There is a place for them Oh bloody switzling over there Thank you Ella Thank you Aren't they vegan

Shouldn't you be I don't care Whatever you can get No I don't like it She ate some Good Next one Well that was the non-controversial one

And I already got fired up People are going to be Not happy with me This needs to be taken off the Christmas menu. The Christmas ham. Oh, get out. Get out. Get out. Go away. Go. It's just. It's not.

It's just. It's the cornerstone of Christmas. It's the cornerstone of the week between Christmas and New Year. We exist. The only good thing about the Christmas ham, the only good thing about Christmas ham, I will go on the record and say, I do enjoy that it lasts a long time in the ham bag after. But that is the only good thing about it.

In terms of the actual taste, ham sandwiches, ham buns. That's the same thing. No, it's not. It's very different. Ham and bread. Ham and bread. It's the same.

Ham on a slice of bread. Ham on the barbecue. So you cook it on the barbecue, it may go a bit crispy. With some bread. And then you put it in bread. Strips of ham. Ew.

It's just, it's just, eh. No vegan opinions on the ham. It's he. No, I could take or leave it. You know, I wanted to contribute to this conversation, but I actually don't think there's any food that I think is overrated at Christmas. I don't think there's a single food. Claudia, have you got one?

Yeah, I've got a hot take, and I feel like you're going to get just as fired up. I think the trifle needs to go away. And you know what I think it is? you know what it is it's the mints is it that it brings joy no it's just too gross and squishy wait wait did you say the mints yeah the mints the layer of mints in the middle oh this is a friend's thing it's a friend's gag no but for real it's gross it's too squishy i don't get it trifle is elite i love trifle i love trifle got a bit of sponge in there got a bit of tin fruit got a bit of

oh no get rid of the tin fruit jelly and custard in the tariff got a bit of custard in there the tin fruit needs to go okay fresh fruit i'll compromise Fresh fruit I'm, yeah, see, I'm down for a good trifle I think is mean. Get rid of the ham. Someone texted and said, my in-laws can't cook for shit at Christmas. So the only thing that's good is the ham. Oh, yeah. Do they do the ham?

Or do you do the ham? Do you volunteer to do the ham? I got one. Okay. This is the foods, the Christmas foods that are overrated and we would like removed from the menu. Ella? The pavlova can get in the bin. No vegan opinions.

No, I'm not saying... No vegan opinions. It's yuck. The texture's yuck. I don't know why New Zealand and Australia fight over it. But only good thing on the pavlova is the kiwi fruit. Yeah, the pavs are okay. It's flaky.

It's annoying. A pab's got nothing on a terrible suit. There are certain things that hold us together as a society. Oh, who cares? No. There is. You have to have shared things that you enjoy. And we have the pavlover.

Why are you eroding our societal foundations? You know, we have to have something to come together on. Does this accidentally turn into a rage-bake clintzink segment? Because it's working. Someone said you can have ham and cheese croissants with the ham? Yeah, but I could just buy ham from the deli. I could do all those things with ham from the deli. No, this is, Bree.

It's a week of unlimited ham. I don't think you understand how good it is. It's like flavorless. Fine, but the mince pies have to go. We're about to open the phones up to people to contribute. Don't get me started on Christmas cake. And I, no, see, that's what someone's going to come through with. Christmas cake, awful.

Yuck. Christmas cake. Awful. Elite. I love Christmas cake. I have a dense bit of Christmas cake. You're such an old man. You are.

Drizzled and brandy. Do you have it just before beer? Lives out on the bench for two weeks every couple of days. Your mother-in-law tops it up with a bit more brandy. It's just not good, eh? No. All right, go on then. Get it off your chest.

$800.000. How do you want to ruin Christmas this year? What do you want to take away from us food wise? I'm just saying suggestion from me, instead of a Christmas ham, think about a Christmas lasagna. I'd love a Christmas lasagna. We do it every year in our house. More is bloody good. Yeah, yeah. Okay, get your thoughts in. The ZM Podcast Network. God, it is, it is very tense in the studio. Well, you've said some stupid things. So, no, stand by it. I stand by it. I stand by, and you know why I think my opinion is worth more than yours. Oh, this will be good. Because you've never cooked a Christmas lunch in your life.

No, but I've eaten more than you. I'm older than you. I've been more Christmases. Also, I reckon I eat more than you at Christmas. No, mate. You don't know what I'm like on Christmas Day, I'm telling you. Breeze, come out the gates with the very generic opinion that Christmas mince pies should be taken off the menu.

Which I thought better of you than that. I disagree with it, but I thought better than you than that opinion. It's just no good. And then she came for the ham. The Christmas ham. You know what I'll say about the ham. I know you guys are at Christmas lasagna. Yeah.

What other than that, what's your main protein on Christmas? We do, we do a ham. You do do a ham. We do a ham. Turkey. Sometimes a chicken. Yeah. And then we'll do a pasta, a lasagna.

Christmas pasta. Yeah, a bunch of salads. What is this? A regular Sunday? Then we'll do maybe a knife fillet. Oh, you? Like, we do a heap, mate. We got a heap of stuff going.

And I just think... It's a Christmas buffet at your house. Out of all the stuff... Now, under you're willing to sacrifice the ham, you've got too much food at your house on Christmas. Out of all the things, I just think I look at the ham and I go, it's a bit old and tired. No, I look at the ham as the centrepiece.

Sheldon's here. Hi, Sheldon. Hi, Sheldon. Hi, here you go. What's overrated for Christmas lunch? Uh, definitely dry as turkey Dry ass turkey. Get rid of the turkey. I went through a phase of that.

I was like, oh, I think it just needs to be cooked right. Who's cooking turkey in New Zealand? A lot of people. Really? Yeah, I reckon Shelton, you'd probably agree. There's definitely been a move more towards ham than turkey in the last decade. Do you reckon? Yeah.

I don't know if I've ever had a Christmas turkey. Ever knew? When else would you eat turkey? And this is what I'm saying. Why are we cooking it on Christmas Day? The biggest day of the year. That is a fair point. You know?

No one's got any prior turkey experience and then the most high-pressure meal of the year. No wonder they're dry. Mum's like, oh, I'm not bang out of turkey. Yeah. Thanks, Sheldon. Thanks, Sheldon. Someone texts through and said, Christmas mince pies need to go. They are the reason I have trust issues.

Every year someone goes, would you like a pie? And I go, of course, take a bite and realize it's not a true meat pie. I have to somehow spit it into a napkin It's just something that won't go down It's got icing sugar on top of it You should use your eyes before you stick something in your mouth Could be cheese My family just buys deli sliced champagne ham

And puts that in a container And boom, reddy sliced ham This is what I'm saying That is not the Christmas spirit Pizza cake That's anti-Christmas How worked up people are Cleets are the most worked up

The damn fruitcake along with its almond icing. Yep. Can I just say grow up? The fruitcake's yuck. No, the fruitcake is great. You can get the one that comes wrapped in a little cellophane. Yeah. You give mini fruitcakes to each other.

Yum. Yum. Someone get me a fruit cake for Secret Santa. Who's got Clint for Secret Santa? If I get you for Secret Santa, the thing I'm getting you, a mince pie. and a fruit cake. Yum, you do love me.

Someone said, Bree, we are Italian. You can't expect the Pakiha Clint to know a good meal. Excuse me, Italians are Pakiha too. Yeah, but we're less Pakiha than you. You got more flavour. Yeah, we got way more flavour.

There are some very funny texts. There's some very, what about this text? It says, fruit, mince pies should be illegal. The pies, oh no, it says, fruit mints should be illegal. The pies, the fruit cake and the trifle Can all suck a wet fart They're awful

Your Christmas Day It just, I just Well, I reckon, I reckon, I reckon Wait, hear me out Yeah I reckon if you came to a Christmas day At my place, like my family Christmas day Yeah

I reckon it would change your whole outlook It would change your whole perspective I'm not anti-having other things I'm anti you taking away the things. No, but this is what I'm saying. Like, there can't be everything. And sometimes... Well, it sounds like at your house...

It sounds like at your house there is everything. Yeah, well, there is. And this is what I'm saying, because I'm making the lunch. I'm just saying... You want to streamline it. A few things have to go, and I think the ham's going to go. Someone said, I hate Pav. It smells like dog.

You should check your Pav recipe. It should not smell like dog. Maybe the dog's gotten into the... I think those egg whites are off, bruh. Into the meringue. Dogs had a little sniff of the meringue. It's ZAM's Bree and Clint podcast. Let's Google Down.

Do you feel lucky? Well, do you? It's time for Bree and Clint's Google down. Punk. The Christmas edition. Oh, okay. Is very, very close. 15 days away.

So here's how it's going to work. I've put these questions into Google. You need to yell out the correct answer as soon as you know it. If it's right, I'll give you a point. First to three takes the win, and they also win 50 KFC chicken dollars for who they're playing for at home. Are we ready?

Yes. Okay, here it comes. Google down Christmas edition. Question number one. How old is Santa Claus? 1,700 years old. Who started talking first out there? I think I said over first, but maybe the number was first.

No, I said 1,700. I said 1,700. I heard over first, and I'm going to give it to Claudia. That I heard you. Over 1,700 years old was the answer I was looking for. But it was a close race. Question number two. Where did eggnog originate from?

Medieval Britain. I'll take that answer from Clint. It is medieval Britain. Have you tried it before? Yeah, it's not... Isn't that greenie canceling eggnog now? Yeah, yeah, mate. I've not, but I don't imagine they had refrigerators in medieval England,

and I can't imagine drinking a room temperature eggnog. I put it in the snow. Oh, okay. Maybe? Oh, true, yeah, yeah. Okay. She, that's quite clever from you. Yeah, pretty good.

Thank you, guys. One for Clint, one for Claudia. Question number three. What's the highest grossing Christmas movie of all time? Love actually. The Grinch. Damn, probably yes. Ah, it's Dr. Seuss.

The Grinch in 2018, earning over $500 million. I think Clint might get that. Wait, Home Alone! Home Alone! What? I had Home Alone, and no one answered Home Alone first, so I'm going to forfeit that question. Oh, but I got the Grinch.

To be fair. And I guessed. Home Alone, top the list. According to Google, with $914 million grossing at the box office. Okay, here comes question number four. Who voiced the Grinch in 2018? The animated film. Benedict Cumberbatch.

I'm going to give it to Claudia because everyone said the wrong answer, and Claudia knew the answer straight away so you can have that one. What was it? It's the 2018 one, the animated one. Oh, damn. Who knew? Not me. Did you Google it?

I did. Yeah. Get my head on the game. Oh my God. Did you actually? Did you not know that? I didn't know that. Okay.

Two to Claudia, one to Clint. Ella, yet to score. Question number five. Who sings rocking around the Christmas tree? Brenda Lee! Nice, Ella. Yeah, that's a good one. Comes through in the clutch.

It is Brenda Lee. She was a child, right? Yeah. I think she was very young. young, yes. One to Clint, one to Ella, two to Claudia. Question 13. Wow.

And what we've done with our lives? Nothing. So much. I worked with Brian Clint. Moving right along. Question number six. What was the most popular Christmas gift for kids in 2006? Nintendo Wii.

Claudia stutters, but it's correct. And she takes home the win. again, but a good game today, guys, very close. G's. No one on the text machine supported Claudia this week by the looks. No, our caller dropped off. Oh, did they? The one person that supported me.

Well, they're gone, so rock paper scissors, Ella? Yeah, do it. Rock paper scissors. Wait. Oh, rock pieces shoot. Okay. Rock paper scissors shoot. Damn it.

Okay, Ella's person can have the KFC. Congrats, Emma, we've got 50 KFC chicken dollars for you. Wahoo! Woohoo! Yay, Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas. Bring My bad, sorry, cut them off

Love you Bye Emma, love you Emma, love you Oh God I missed the opportunity to leave Okay, love you bye Oh god

She set it back As ZM's Breinclin podcast Do you know an orange flag Is Brie? Not really, no I know a red flag I know a green flag Red flag

I know a rainbow flag Yeah I know the national flag Okay that's enough red flag obviously do not date them right that's what a red flag is it's like a warning sign warning sign green flag oh you're good to go you're like lock this one in

like what's a could you name a green flag green flag would be oh they've got a top sheet is the bar that low yeah or on Christmas lunch after everyone's eaten they'll clean up green flag You know, if they're at your family home and they go, don't worry, I'll clean up. Oh, yeah.

The whole family will just be like, green flag, green flag. Either that, or they've got a guilty conscience. And they're doing it because something is eating them alive inside that they haven't told you. Oh, sorry to put that on you. It's probably just a green flag. Why does it have to be that something's eating them alive for them to clean up if everyone else is cooked? I read about orange flags today. What's an orange flag?

On the Herald. An orange flag is not quite a red flag. flag they're more subtle than red flags and they could be defined as issues that need attention to prevent them from becoming red flags so what they're saying is these are things that potentially you could change about someone if you catch it early yeah but i find that weird because it just sounds like a red flag to me don't date someone who has issues that need urgent attention yeah i just think like it's a red flag start the green with a clean slate unless unless you're You're looking for a hobby or a new project.

Anyway, yeah, again. It's a red flag for yourself. I know. There's four orange flags that the Herald has listed. Oh, what are they? The first one is called ghost lighting, which is a combination of gas lighting and ghosting. And it's when someone you're seeing disappears for a couple of days or weeks without explaining.

They just stop replying. And then all of a sudden, they come back as if nothing happened. And they make you feel crazy. when you start asking where they've been. Yeah, that's a red flag. I feel like that's a red flag too. That's games, playing games. If you're seeing someone...

I'm all for the fun games. I'm all for the chase and the fun games. Nah, don't like that. If someone you're seeing disappears for a couple of weeks and then comes back and picks up where you left off... That's a red flag. I agree, red flag. They've probably gone on a family holiday

with their secret family. Okay, this one, is this an orange flag? It's called depth avoidance. They keep conversation surface level. You might hear about how much they love a certain beer or their gym, but you won't know anything about their relationship with their family or their thoughts on having children. And they won't ask you those deep questions either.

Because they might be protecting themselves from getting hurt, but they do like the company. They might be a slow burn though. So I do feel like that could be, that's an orange flag. Orange flag. Oh, they might have a secret family. Like if you're, if you're, if you're, four years into the relationship

and you and they're still like real surface level chats. Man I love broccoli. I'd say that's a red flag. Okay. Okay. But if it's just dating. If it's just early days. Orange. Maybe you just need to work a bit harder to know him a bit more. Now there's four orange flags. Number three is

deflection. It says your date will pepper you with questions about yourself. Mm-hmm. But your return questions are met with deflection of vagueness like they might go enough about me back to you yeah see i don't like that that's different to the one before it is it's it's kind of similar but it's different right yeah yeah like they're similar ask you deep questions and they want to know everything about you but then they don't want what happens when we die they don't want to reciprocate yeah they're like enough i'm boring let's

talk about you yeah don't like that okay orange or red red flag red oh okay last one is um situation Situationships are an orange flag according to this. It says, in a situation ship, your partner will keep things vague, not because they want out, but because they fear being in. They will love you ardently in private, but avoid holding your hand in public. Oh, yark. Spending weekends with you, but they won't commit to plans more than a few days ahead. And they will not let you use a label like boyfriend or girlfriend.

It's okay if you're both in that boat. If that's what you both want. Yeah, and that does exist. Situation ships. Yeah, we're both people want that, you know, that's all they kind of want. That's all they're in the... But I feel like you need to keep checking in on it regularly and go, hey, is this still what you want? Someone can catch feelings.

Yeah, you're like, hey, are we still cool with this? And they're like, oh, enough about me. And then as soon as someone asks the question, they go, oh, too much, I'm out. Oh, clingy. Oh, clingy, too much. Stage five. You're like, bro, we've been sleeping together for five years. Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa, slow down, slow down.

So what, five years is all of a sudden the new 10 years, is it? Anyway, apparently those are orange flags. They're not red. Some of them are red. Some of them sound like red, yeah. Play ZDN's Bree and Clint. It is Christmas party season. This is the week.

If you haven't had your work Christmas party yet, surely this is the week, right? Yeah, I'd say so. Tonight we go for the Brian Clint show Christmas dinner. Yeah. The guest list is tight. She's toyed. Four of us, that's it. In the past, we have included some people, some others, but very rarely.

Rarely? Very rarely. I can't remember the last time we did. Remember Megan got to come that time? That's right, because she'd done quite a big stint. Oh, yeah, that's right. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. So we tossed her an invite.

Yep, yep. Should we have invited Pixie this year? Oh, she did do quite a big stint, didn't she? Pixie, can you hear us? out there, can you hear us? Are you free tonight? It's last minute, but are you free tonight? And do you want to come to the Bree and Clint Christmas dinner?

Oh, she is keen. Okay, great, great. Look at her face. She's not keen. I know, because she knows that we forgot her. Pixie's young and cool. She would have stuff on tonight. We didn't mean to forget you.

Okay, we didn't mean to forget that you put in over a month helping out on this show. Yeah. Are you actually keen? Are you actually keen? Do you want to? Look. Oh, she's got better plans. Yeah.

She's young and cool, as if she wants to come and hang out with us. Okay. Well, Claudia, you're coming, aren't you? Am I invited? Did you remember to invite me? Yeah, yeah, yeah. We invited you, didn't we? We put you on the secret Santa.

Oh, Pixie comes. She's not on the secret Santa. Oh, yeah, no, it makes it awkward. Better not then, eh? Yeah, better not. No, no, well, you've invited her now. We could just wrap up some shit that we find around the office. Oh, we can wrap my water bottle up.

Yeah, Pxy loves water. She loves water. She loves hydrating. Okay. Oh, she's listening right now. Now it's not a surprise. Okay, so it's me, you, Claudia, Claudia, and Ella. And Ella.

Yeah. That's our Christmas dinner. That's it. And it's mine and breathe shout. And that's what we do for our Christmas party. It's good time. I think it's actually perfect. We have a little gift giving.

Yeah, we do a gift giving. A little secret Santa. We have some cocktails. Which isn't really a secret Santa because there's four of us. No, but the gifts are a secret, aren't they? It's pretty easy to figure out. Yeah. And then we have some drinkies.

Yep. Talk some shit about some people that aren't there. It's good times. And then we head home. See, that is the recipe. For me, Oregon, that's a great Christmas party. For a great Christmas party. No chance that you're going to sleep with one of your co-workers accidentally.

No chance you're going to tell your boss, no, Claudia, we're not going to it. Not this year. We're not repeating last year's festivities. No chance of you telling your boss that you think you could do a better job of running the company than him. It's just, it's simple. Yep, keep it simple. Keep it simple. Not always the case.

Some people go too hard. It's complicated too much. Some workplaces go way too soft. Don't complicate it enough. And we have had some ripping calls from people in the past about their lackluster Christmas parties. The worst ones are where people just say, we don't even have one. No one mentions it. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

No one even floats the idea. No, no Christmas party. No Christmas bonus. And you might go, oh, maybe they give you a voucher for Christmas. No. No. What stink is that? You've got to give something.

God, there's one way to really ruin office morale. No Christmas party. We're hoping that maybe you'll share your lackluster work Christmas party stories with us this afternoon. And look, if it's controversial, we can keep you and your workplace completely anonymous. Yeah, for sure. Or out them, maybe they'll hear it and they'll do better. Maybe you've already resigned and this is your last week. Uh-huh.

You want to say, hey. Good time to call. Dave, Christmas party sucks. We're talking about lackluster Christmas parties this afternoon. Ours is today, our Bree and Clint one. It's not lackluster, and it's not overly luster either. Well, you and I, you and I organize it. Let's ask Claudia who's attending.

Oh, good point. Claudia, how do you feel, because you get invited to the Bree and Clint Christmas party? How do you feel about it? I think it's perfect. I think it's just the right level of, um, us going out and doing something different, but it's still subtle. It's quite a good answer.

And I really appreciate you guys paying for my dinner. Thank you. You're welcome. Wayne has texted in and he said, I have listened to this show every day for this entire year, well, at least 90% of the year. So I've put in some real work for you guys.

Please, can I come? I've never been to a work Christmas party. Oh, what? Oh, Wayne. That's awful, Wayne. Well, we've got a booking, for four, and now I've got to squeeze Pixie onto the table too. Yeah, where is Wayne?

Where in the country, is he? Yeah. Because it might be, you know, if he's in Christchurch. Is he? He's in Auckland. Is he? He's in Auckland, yeah. Love you, Wayne, but maybe next year.

You know what we should do? Yeah. Should we raffle off a spot at the Brie and Clint Christmas party? Yeah, yeah, yeah, I like it. Yep. Next year. Chloe's here. Hi, Chloe.

Hi, Chloe. Hi, Chloe. Are you there, Chloe? Chloe, we'll come back to Chloe. Let's go to Anonymous. Hello, Anonymous. Hi, Anonymous. Is that me?

That's you. Sorry, I didn't hear the beat. I mean, I text in saying that my work drops a quarter of a million dollars on our work party every single year. I've opted into not going this year, but it's fully catered. Like, it's free. You can bring your partners. And I think we're a company, but we're not.

like a huge company, but with partners included, it's probably close to five, six hundred people. Whoa. Usually at the TSPR arena in Wellington every year. What? That's where it was last year. Your Christmas party isn't an arena? Mate.

Yeah. Anonymous, you had me at our company drops a quarter of a million dollars on our Christmas party. Probably more. That was an estimate. I got some questions. Obviously, you can't say where you work. Could you reveal the industry that you're in without giving it away?

there's plenty of us so yeah we're in real estate real estate oh okay that tracks yeah but i'm not a real estate agent but i work in the industry yeah but it's mainly around agents so i'm a property manager but we get 10 minutes of fame so i'm not going this year to waste my time so why aren't you going to the quarter of a million dollar christmas party because 10 minutes i'm a property manager we only get 10 minutes of fame it's like i sit Yeah, for hours of the centre. Oh, is it like an award ceremony thing. Oh, it is, but it isn't.

Like, it's a bit of everything. Oh, that sounds like a bit of a wank fest, doesn't it? It sounds like work. It does sound like work. It sounds like work. All we want, all we want, listen, if you're a boss, if you're an owner of a company, all we want is free drinks. Yeah.

Some good music? Yeah, and half a day off. And half a day off, in a place to sit down. That's it. That's it. That's the formula. It is unlimited drinks, like unlimited food. It's outrageous.

Yeah, but I don't want to listen to boring speech as anonymous. And it's in an arena as well. We're in the wrong job. This person wants to be anonymous as well. Hi, Anonymous. Hi. Is your work Christmas party lackluster or is it bawling like the last anonymous persons? Oh my God, it was like the polar opposite.

Really tell us all the details. Like, well, I work, it was like a real small family-owned sort of cafe business. Okay. And our Christmas party consisted of us all going to the cafe and taking our own food. What was it, B.Y.O. Yeah, yeah. We had to take our own food. And if we wanted more than the two drinks out of the customer fridge, we had to take our own.

Why do it, then I say, you know, why have one? So in a cafe where you cook for other people all year, they said, now cook for yourself. And bring it with you. And bring it with you. And bring enough to share with everyone, so we have to cook more. I don't think anyone who works in a small family-owned cafe expects a big Christmas party. No, but... But your boss is cooking for you would be nice, right?

Anonymous, even if it's just a sausage-sizzle and some drinks. Yeah, like shout out some pizzas or something. And have it at someone's house, not at work. You don't want to go back to work for the Christmas party? We asked about your lackluster Christmas party. Someone said our work told us we weren't having a Christmas party four days after they told us we made a record profit that year. People are tone deaf.

Don't tell your employees, you made a record profit if you're not giving them any. Yeah. Just keep that to yourself. I work for a very big multi-million dollar company who put on a shitty barbecue last week and gave everybody food poisoning. Oh. Oh. I don't know, no. Someone else said, I once worked for a guy who was running his business into the ground.

There were four workers. It went from we can each pick a bottle of wine to, sorry, that's too expensive. we can each have $5 to spend at the supermarket. I got a can of Coke and a small packet of M&Ms. Merry Christmas party. Just don't do it. I wouldn't spend the $5 out of principle. I'd be like, or would you spend it out of principle?

Yeah, I'd spend it out of principle. Hell yeah, I would. I'd buy some Cheerios and some sauce. Our huge company allows us to spend $25 per head at the Christmas party. There's two drinks. That's nothing. Yeah, yeah. That is nothing.

We're not trying to sound ungrateful here. We're not. No, I am ungrateful for $25 a head. I work my ass off all year and then you want to spend $25 bucks on me. Claudia, are you looking forward to your two drink max at the Bree and Clint Christmas party tonight? Is it also $5 on food or is it B.YO? Oh, did you not get that email? I could run down to the shops and get some, like, I don't know, sausage rolls.

It's okay. Ella's a lightweight so you can have one of her drinks as well. Yeah, nice. And we're going to eat out of the boot of my car. Everyone's going to sit in the boot and we're going to have a good old boot. party. Greenclent. All I want to my birthday is a birthday banger.

All right, let's do your birthday bangers. Number one songs when you turn 16. We'll play our favourite out of the three. Evie is here to do mum's birthday banger. Hi, Evie. Hi, Evie. Merry Christmas. Thank you.

How old are you, Evie? 10. And what's your mum's name? Amanda. Amanda. Right. What's Amanda's birthday, Evie? December 6th.

1985 Oh happy birthday for the other day Amanda He was 16 though in 2001 and on that day this was number one

Banger Oh yeah Evie Mum's birthday banger slaps Does she like it I can hear her in the background Is she into it?

Yeah Yeah Yeah it's a good one Evie she's done well Wait there We'll go to Danielle For a birthday banger Hi Danielle

Hi Danielle Hi. How's your day been, mate? That's been good. I'm on the windown of Christmas. I'm just trying to keep six and seven-year-olds entertained for two more days. Yep. Oh, don't say six-and-seven around six- and seven-year-olds, Danielle.

I've got a good game for you, Danielle. I just have it as long as it doesn't have two of it. Yeah, right. You just get a bunch of different change, coins, and you throw it all through the backyard, and then tell the kids whatever they find they can keep. Keeps them entertained for hours I mean it isn't No unfortunately

That would only be about a 20 minute game Yeah unfortunately too If you miss one The lawnmower doesn't Your death for the lawnmower man Deniol what's your day to birth? The 14th of December 1990

Oh happy birthday for the next couple of days Denio you were 16 though in 2006 and on that day this was number one Oh, I want you to do, get me my daughter. So don't give away. My client. My daughter. Oh, the J.T.

Would you say? Peak era? Oh, definitely peak era, JT. Yeah. Yeah. And he had a little fedora. I don't think he ever surpassed this era. No.

No. Very good. You into it, Danielle? Sound of your youth? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, it's a bot from JT. Wait there.

Steve's birthday bang going to finish us off. Hi, Steve. Gide Steve. Hey, you guys. When do you finish up for the year, Steve? Christmas Eve. Christmas Eve, that's rough. What do you do?

I'm an oil distributor. Oh, bloody hell, Steve. Someone's got to do it. Hey, what's your birthday, mate? 28th of the first 1986. All right, that means you were 16 in 2002. And on your 16th, Steve, this was number one. This is Christmas Steve rocking up to your workplace with oil on Christmas Eve.

Hey fellas, who's ready to get this party started? What do you reckon, Steve? Do you like that one from Pink, be honest? Yeah, it's good. Yeah. It gets you groving and moving, doesn't it? Steve Rock soon's like, you fellas need some lube. What about a cosmopolitan?

No, because it's oil. Oh. Right. Sorry, Steve No, you're all good Okay, sweet Steve loved it Hey, at least Steve

Love your joke, right Steve? Yeah, well, we used to go to school with Clint No way Did we? Which school, Steve? Salwin Primary Salwyn Primary Why didn't you lead with that, Steve?

Remember the school song? No, I can't remember that one. Was Clint cool in primary school? school, Steve? Oh, yeah, it was all right. That's a note. We used to play cricket together. Oh, my God, that was so bad at cricket.

You were definitely on the boundary, weren't you? Steve, let's get... Put Clint out on the boundary. You can't catch for a shit. Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, let's catch up off here. Steve, I'm going to vote for your song. Yeah, go on, Steve. Go on, Steve.

Get in. Steve with the lube. You're the winner of birthday banger. Well done. Cheers, Clint. I'll show you better get this party started. ZD.N's Bray and Clint. That's pink and get the party started.

That is a birthday banger for my old schoolmate, Steve. What is your favourite memory of Steve? Oh, probably the one he mentioned cricket. Probably just saw the cricket we played together at primary. What was his specialty in cricket? He was a batsman. Was he? He was actually a bit of an all-rounder.

Oh, was he? If I know Steve. There's not many all-rounders in cricket. No, that's what made Steve so special. Right. Oh, good on you, Steve. Clint definitely remembers you. Give me a break.

It was primary school, okay? I remember all the people I went to primary school with. Do you really? Yeah. I wish I did. Well, I wish I did. In saying that, my primary school had 30 people. Oh, okay.

My primary school wasn't big, but I think we had... There was four people in my grade. Oh, no, we were bigger than that. including me. It was me, Steve. Name one other person. I can, Andrew. I can name my whole grade.

Me, Scott, Rodney, and Brett, that was it. Really? We're the only girl? I was the only girl. That explains so much. Why do you think I was such a tomboy? I had to fit him with the lads. Someone's texted and said,

as soon as someone says they know Clint, I always cringe because I know the awkward moments that follow when he remembers no one. Yeah, it's because I got face blindness. What about the other day when that woman came up to you and it was like, blah, and you didn't know who she was? And then afterwards I found out that you dated her for three years. No, that did not happen.

Don't say that because people will believe that it's true. Okay, now you're trying to counteract it. Was that an honest story for radio? Shut up, three. Oh, that was good. I'm happy with that. Go on, ready to try. No, because anything I say, it sounds like I'm trying to defend it.

Because you are. I'm not. Are you sure? I'm trying to deflect it. It's not true. Rachel, if you're listening, can I just apologise to you sincerely for him? If that happens. The three years you spent together meant something.

Maybe not to Clint, but they definitely meant something at least to you anyway. I'm yours. Have you seen the latest trend on social media Where people are trying to count to 100 using one breath? No, I haven't. It's hilarious. Is it possible? I don't, for some people, like I reckon swimmers.

Oh, okay. You know, it depends on your lung capacity, I think. But I've got a clip of this one woman, this is so funny. Who has no prior training, but she's given it a go trying to count. out to 100 using one breath. Word on the street has it that everybody's counting to 100 in one breath, and I actually feel like I could do this. So here we go.

We'll do three, four, six, eight, any time, I'll show, three, three, four, four, two, three, two, three, three, three, three, three, three, three, very, one, one, a one, many, many, a million, one,

two, and then, nine, nine, six, one, six, one, six, one, six, two, three, three, three, this morning, right, She didn't get to maybe she got to maybe 80s. I love that she was Scottish as well.

So good. She tries again and it's so funny. She doesn't get there the second time. She was inaudible from like 23. It's so funny. Do we give it a go? Yeah. We've got to give it a go.

Got it, give it, then go. Should I go first? I'll go first. Yeah, you go, yeah. So one breath, zero to 100, one to 100. One to 100. Okay, like it's going to make a difference. Yeah, I was going to say, is it going to make a different?

Okay, here we go. One breath. 1, 2, 3, 5, 17, 19, 11, 11, 11, 11, 17, 17, 17, 7, 9, 20, 21, 2, 2, 2, 3, 21, 19, 21, 2, 7, 19, 21, 2, 7, 19, 2, 3, 9, 2, 3, 21, 19, 2, 3, 14, 17, 27, 28, 49, 32, 48, 40, 42, 45, 57, 78, 49, 40, 42, 42, 47, 75, 78, 78, 78, 78, 79, 80, 80, 80, 80, 80, 80, 80, 8, 58, 58, 58, 58, 80, 80, 80, 80, 80, 80, 8, 58, 58, 90, 91, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100. Wow, okay. And I'm not even puffed. You're not even puffed? No, I could have kept going.

Were you breathing through your nose? I don't think so. I think you were, you cheated. No, how could I? I can't. You cheat. I don't think I was breathing through my nose. Okay, yeah, can you when you can't?

Oh, yeah, maybe you can't. You give me. Oh, that's impressive then from you. Oh, no. Is it my secret skills? Maybe. Go! 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 25, 7, 8, 9, 21, 2,000, 2,000, 2,000, 0,000, 0,000,000, 0,000,000, 0,000,000, 5,000,000, 8,000,000, 8,000,000, 8,000,000, 4,000, 4, 45, 45, 4,000, 5,000,000, 5,000,000, 8,000,000,000, 10,000,000, yeah, I'm gonna even get to 50, why can I do it.

Try again, I'm going to hold your nose. Yeah, I'll hold my nose, okay. I must have been breathing from my nose, right? Here we go. Hang on. Okay, ready? Okay, yeah. Here we go.

1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 18, 11, 11, 12, 32, 2,000, 9, 20, 21, 2,000, 9, 21, 22, 28, 19, 21. 32 33, 34, 34, 37, 37, 38, 49, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 56, 47, 48, 41, 42, 52, 43, 34, 54, 57, 57, 58, 49, 49, 51, 52, 52, 73, 74, 57, 57, 78, 78, 78, 78, 78, 78, 78, 78, 78, 78, 78, 78, 78, 78, 78, 78, 78, 78, 78, 78, 78, 78, 78, 78, 78, 78, 78, 78, 78, 78, 78, 78, 78, 78, 180, 180, 180, 180, 18, 18, 18, 180, 180, 180, 180, 180, 180, 100, 180, 100, 100, it's, Was it harder on the second go? I could have kept going. That's crazy. I could have kept going. That's wild. I have a skill.

I have never had a skill. I've never had a party track. I've never had a party drink in my life. 38 years and we finally found your skill. I can stop trying to do the worm at parties now. My wife's going to be so happy. This is way more entertaining as well. I think so. Everyone else will give it a go.

There you go. I bet everyone's already trying it. Yeah, it takes as if you can. do it. Yeah. The ZDM Podcast Network. Give me a second, so I'm just trying to find where I put this information about the highest grossing tours of this century.

That's what's been released. Data on the artists, the touring artists that have made the most money from the first of January in the year 2000 through to now, the end of 2025, the first 25 years. Just from touring? Just from touring. So not from, like, album sales, merge. No, just from touring. They've sold the most tickets and they've made the most money.

Okay. So right back to the turn of the century, this century, who do you think is on the list? I've got five for you. Okay. I think definitely on the list will be Ed Sheeran. Okay. He's on the list. He's done some big world stadium tours.

He's on the list. Yep. Taylor Swift. Taylor Swift, she's on the list. Who else would be on there? It needs to be like artists that have spanned like across multiple decades. Yeah. Lady Garka?

No, no Lady Gaga. Her tour is massive at the moment. It's massive, but she's not on the list. Okay, not on the list. Number five of the highest grossing artists, the most popular touring artists of the millennium, Taylor Swift. She has sold 18.9 million tickets this century. 18.9 million tickets.

That's ridiculous. Number four is the Dave Matthews band. What? Native Americans love the Dave Matthews band. What's the Dave Matthews band? Claudia, get me a bit of the Dave Matthews band. Dave Matthews band. Should I know who that is?

You'll know their one song. Oh. Yeah, you'll know. But they're on this list of the highest grossing... Yeah, America, baby. Ticket sales ever? America. Are they country music?

They're like soft rock. I would know them if they're country music. I've never even heard of them. I wouldn't call it country music. I got that song crash into me. They're like a 90s soft rock. Yeah. Like a hootie in the blowfish.

Go-goo dolls. I think they're always touring. Apparently so. 19.5 million tickets. Number three, Ed Sharon, has done 19.6 million. Number two. U-2. Oh, yeah.

They had some huge stadium tours. 20 million tickets for U-2, but the highest, most popular, biggest, most tickets sold, artists of the 2000s, Coldplay. Of course. Did you know that this music of the

Fears Tour that Coldplay are doing at the moment. Yes. Which I saw in Perth last year, and some CEO got found out cheating on his wife this year, has been going for three years. Yeah, I saw that in Auckland this year. It was a fantastic show. Yeah. God, Chris Martin needs to have a break. He needs to have a rest.

They have sold $2.5 billion worth of tickets. That's... The music of the spheres tour alone... How much money... is 1.4 billion of that. How much money do they need? Well, yeah. Like, it's obviously not about money.

No, they love it. And you go to the show and they love it. Yeah, but do they? Yeah, I think they love it. Yeah, but do you always hear artists talk about how hard touring is? Yeah. And they've been doing it for three years straight. I think they might be the best at it.

I think they might have it down pat and... Do they just like bring a house with them? Like fly a house all over the world So they feel like they're at home Taylor Swift's era's tour Was the first single tour in history To gross over a billion dollars Yeah incredible

In 2023 That did 2.2 billion Over two years Wow She has earned 3.1 billion dollars From touring this millennium Imagine that being your kid

Imagine that Yeah. Imagine just being like, oh, that's my offspring. I made that. Earning billions of dollars. I think about that a bit, especially as a parent myself, I go, how much credit can I take for that? And I felt you can take most of it. Oh, you need good parents to be that successful.

Yeah, yeah. No, I'm not saying. Even if you've got bad parents, you can be that successful, but it definitely gives you a great head start. But if your kid is a drop kick, you're like, oh, it's because he got in the wrong crowd. Yeah, it wasn't nothing to do with it. me. Oh, baby, nothing to do with us. Nah, no, no.

The rest of the top ten, Bruce Springsteen, Kenny Chesney. Kenny Chesney, country music artist. Metallica, Bon Jovi and Elton John. Which means Taylor Swift's the only female in the top ten. Really? No Beyonce. No Lady Gaga. No Adele.

Although Adele doesn't tour that much. No, she doesn't like it. So, yeah. Crazy, eh? Yeah. No pink. Yeah, where's pink? Because she comes to New Zealand and Australia and she does 45 shows. And they sell out every single time.

They sell out every time. She did two Eden Park shows. But that makes me go, is pink only famous in New Zealand and Australia? No, it's a phenomenon. It's like Robbie Williams, right? Yeah. Being famous around the rest of the world apart from America. Is that pink?

And pink's the same. Like, she's famous in America, but nowhere near the love that we have for her here in America. She's no Dave Matthew's band, is she? Oh, mate, the amount of times I've seen Dave Matthews band Just slapping the bass How many times do you reckon they do this song during a Dave Matthews band? At least. How's Dave Matthews band bigger than the Rolling Stones?

Once at the start of the show and twice in the encore, I reckon. There's like three other songs they do in the middle. Sorry to anyone who loves the Dave Matthews band. Yeah. Text Bree and tell her what you think for it. Can you not? Play ZM's Brie and Clint on Insta, Facebook, TikTok and live weekdays from three on ZM.