ZM's Bree & Clint - ZM's Bree & Clint Podcast – 16th June 2022

Episode Date: June 16, 2022

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The ZM Podcast Network. Did that play? I didn't hear it. I think it did. Welcome to the Brie and Clint Podcast. We're not in the studio at the moment. We're in Rotorua, which if you listen to this internationally, is about three hours outside of where we usually do our show. Yeah, and it smells like farts. It does smell like farts, yeah.

But it's part of the natural ambience of the area. It's part of the appeal. Brie, doesn't any room you're in smell like farts? You got a great point. Got him. You got a great point. Got him. You got a great point. And everyone likes their own bra and dot there. This is my hometown, by the way.

This is where I was born. I had a really nostalgic day being back here because I don't come back here very often. And we're down here to promote this place. It's a tourist attraction. It's called the Luge. We visited the house that you had your first root in.

Which was amazing to see. Was that a haunted house? Yeah, a wreck of desperation. Because the chick left it and she was like, oh, too scary. I don't want to go back in there. That was a nightmare. You've got to burn the house to the ground.

But you know when you go somewhere you haven't been for ages but somewhere that meant a lot to you and everything, I was like, oh, my God, I'm being flooded with memories all over the place. It's a weird thing as you get older. I'd have the same feeling if I went to the Norman B Hotel. People from Brisbane all get that. Oh, yeah?

That's where you had your first root. Hey, we're not using that language, guys. Could have been. No, root's fine. It's a slang word. Wait, why is it fine when Bree says it, but it's not fine when I say it? I'm a lady. I'm a lady.

No, it was the second use of the word. The Norma B Hotel was, you'll remember this, was the hotel where footage was filmed of Alfie Langer dancing on the pool tables with his top off. Oh, I thought you were going to say of Sonny Bill Williams having a root in the toilet. No. That was the Gucci bag. That was different.

That was in Sydney. But yeah, great establishment. Sunday sessions were massive there. Nostalgia is a powerful drug. That's why things like Stranger Things is so successful. Running out that hill. Because even though you weren't alive then I don't have a bush

Sam thank you very much you think things are better back then and you go oh oh that's amazing I've got to go back there it's the same reason

why Friday Jams is so big do you see how Clint just pushed on he's like yeah good job Clint that was very good from you

that was professional fuck honest to god I'm treading water here. Yeah. I'm going to learn to rap. Today's show, I would give today's show a 9 out of 10. You know why? Why?

Because we have more people producing the show today. It's been a fantastic day. Producer Joel, Producer Claude, Producer Anastasia, Producer Dogs, Producer Ella. She was there. Ross even got on the phones For a bit He was like

Hello Zidim Those are bad phone calls Well now so He just picks up He's like Hello Zidim Fuck off And then hangs up on them

Oh jeez Okay I think we should Keep it like this We start our own I even had Bobsy Putting stuff in the log You did not

No you didn't Sam Sam you took it too far Too far Bobsy walked in And he's like Sam He thought it was close Last in first out No, you didn't. Sam, you took it too far. Bozzie walked in and he's like, Sam, he thought it was close. Last in, first out. We don't talk about the CEO like that.

He's above that. Okay, we're going to leave. We're going to dinner. Are you guys coming? Yeah, on my flight. If you leave now, you'll get there as we're going to bed. See, I missed the invite. No, you'll get there as we're going to bed. Oh, okay. See, I missed the invite. No, you're invited.

Why long would it be on crutches? Just take me on the end then, now that I've found out about it. When I said it, I meant everyone. None of you are invited. We're going to dinner. Can we get a producer's picking order, please? Yeah, Clint, what was that really good brothel you were talking about in Rotorua, Clint? Oh, fuck.

Okay. Oh, what the? Oh, fuck. Okay. Oh, what the? Too far? Way too far. Show me to Rodecki, mate. You use its name, Joel. So turn your own mic off. We can't turn his mic off.

Joel, play the podcast outro. It's time to leave. No, I'm not done here yet. I've got a bit more to say. No, I'm disappointed. Bye, guys. Sorry about that. Nah.

I'm coming in. Well, how. Sorry about that. I'm coming in. Well, howdy, pilgrim. Sorry, didn't mean that maybe too far. Good work, everybody. See you tomorrow. Bye. Fantastic work, everyone. Fantastic show.

See you later. Have a good night. What time is it? No. Three, two, one. It is Brie and Clint. Kia ora, 1. It is Brie and Clint. Kia ora, everybody. It's Brie and Clint coming to you live from the cultural capital of Aotearoa.

We're in my hometown of Aotearoa right now. Otherwise known as Rota Vegas. Yeah, also known as poo. Who farted? I lived here my entire life until I was 18. Do you get used to it? You do get used to it really quickly as well. But I haven't been back for a while

and the minute we got off the plane, it just, man, it hits you fast, eh? Right in the face. But it's good for you. It's good for you. Yeah, I've heard that. It's healing. It's got healing properties.

You know, everyone loves their own brand, don't they? We've spent the day riding the luge up at Skyline Skyrides. Yeah, they've got a bunch of new different lines. Yeah, it was so cool. Different tracks down the luge. It was awesome. There's like loop-de-loops and tunnels and lights.

It's amazing. It was one of my first jobs was working up there. It was very nostalgic for me going back there today. But I did want to say to every person who was working there, I'm like, it's all good, bro. Actually, you know what I'm doing? Actually, I used to work here. It's all good, man.

I actually... Well, I tried to get you a uniform so you, bro. Actually, you know what I'm doing. Actually, I used to work here. It's all good, man. I actually... Well, I tried to get you a uniform so you could jump in and, you know, they were a staff member down and you said, no, I'm riding the luge today. I tried to take you to the bit where I tagged my name into the concrete when they... Oh, why didn't we go there? They demolished the track.

Oh. Yeah. You said you wrote, Clint has a big P in the concrete. Bree and Clint. We're live from Lutonua today, and it's time for Tradie vs. Lady. Bree and Clint. Tradie vs. Lady. We are out of the studio at the moment.

I'm going to do my best. I believe it's 52 plays 39. Roughly, right? Ish. The tradies are ahead either way. Don't worry. We're keeping score back in Auckland, but I think it's around that. Okay.

Let's meet our contestants for the day. Have you got the sheet? I believe I do have the sheet. Let's kick it off with the tradie. He's 30. He's from the NACI, and he's off to Mardi Gras tomorrow. It's Nick. G'day, Nick.

Nicholas. He should be there. Nick, are you there? Nick, have you got your channel turned on? We can't hear Nick at this point. Let's try someone else. Let's go to our lady. She's 20 years old.

She's from... She's from here But I think she's calling in From Dunedin Welcome to the show Kate Hello Kate Hi

Oh we got Kate We got Kate Okay That's a point to the ladies already What's the deal with Nick? Have we got him? Yeah I'm here There he is

Okay There he is Welcome to the game Nick Yeah your buzzer is Tradey Kate your buzzer is Lady First of Kate, your buzzer is lady. First of three correct answers gets $50 cash from KFC. Good luck.

Here we go, guys. Question number one. We're currently broadcasting from the cultural capital of New Zealand, Rotorua. What's Rotorua's nickname? Tradie. Yes, Nick. Roto Vegas. That is spot on the money.

One point to the tradies. Here we go. Rota Vegas. That is spot on the money. One point to the tradies. Here we go. Question number two. What type of drink do they serve at KFC New Zealand? Is it Coke or is it Pepsi? Tradie. Oh, lady. Nick's in first.

Pepsi. Oh, no. It used to be Pepsi. It's Coke now. It's Coke now. Yeah. Okay. No point there. No points for anyone. Yeah. Yeah, okay. No point there.

No points for anyone. Jeez, bad tradieing. Nick, when was the last time you went to KFC? I'm a clean eater, mate. All right, still one to the tradies. Question number three. Buzz in, guys, when you can tell me who sings this song. Tradie.

Tradie. Nick's in first, just. 660. Yeah, well done. first, Jus. 660. Yeah, well done. It is the boys, 660. Rapid fire on that buzzer there, Nick. Kate, we're going to need you to get this one if you want to keep the game going. Come on, Kate.

You got this, mate. Here we go. Question number four. For how many hours a day does a koala sleep? Is it eight, just like us, 12-ish, or up to 20 hours a day? We heard Kate. I'm going to go Kate. All right, Kate. Up to 20. That is correct. Up to 20 hours a day, lazy buggers. All right, one to the

ladies, two to the tradies. Here we go. Question five. What city were the last Olympics held in? Lady. Yes, Kate. Oh, um, not prepared. No, we have to buzz you out there. That's a country, not a city. Would you like a guess, Nick, and to take the game?

Yeah. Beijing. Beijing. Oh, no, that's a few. That's a city, but that's the wrong country. Yeah, you can go again, Kate. Go on, Kate. Tokyo.

Tokyo's correct. It was Tokyo, Japan. Nice work. We're all tied up. Here comes the tiebreaker question. Agria, Perla, and Wash are all varieties of what? Lady. Yes, Kate, for the win.

Potato. She's got it. She's a lady. Oh, she's a lady. Oh, it was the comeback. We may have to find a prize for both of them today because technically the Winter Olympics were the last Olympics and they were in Beijing.

That is true. Hey, guys. I want to show you both that was something, okay? Both of you are winning something this afternoon. Brie and Clint. Clint, you know, I've got a lot of theories, and I'm a thinker. Like your theory that vitamins don't work? Yep, I believe in that.

Vitamins, just what's it called when they give you the test one, but it's actually just nothing? Placebo. Yeah, it's a placebo. It's a placebo. It's a placebo. Yesterday berating your poor mother who's enjoying taking some herbal Chinese medicine. It's a scam, mum. It's a scam.

It's a scam. I said, look, I'm happy for you to take it if it makes you feel better. I'm not spending my money. That's what I said. Look, I have a lot of theories. I do a lot of theories. I do a lot of thinking. And I thought to myself the other day, I believe that when we're eating, and I think I got this because I did one of those dining in the dark experiences in Vietnam.

Oh, yeah. And it was the weirdest experience of my life not being able to see what I'm eating. The food. It's so strange. Everything to me just kind of tasted the same. Really? Kind of. Well, I learned from MasterChef that you first eat a meal with your eyes.

I agree. That's what they say. Absolutely. That's why presentation is key. Your eyes ready your stomach for what's coming, and it really gets the anticipatory, you know, senses going. Things ready. Yeah. Look, and I thought we should test that theory this afternoon.

Okay. And that's why you're going to be blindfolded. Right. If you were to put this blindfold on, please, Clint. Hey, this isn't a blindfold. This is someone's makeup scarf. So just put it on. Producer Claude has prepared some items that I've asked her to get ready.

She's just going to go out and get those. Okay. And all you're going to do, there's going to be three different things. You're going to taste them, and you're going to tell me what it is. Right. Okay. Without seeing it. Is this some kind of stitch-up where you've organized like a bull's testicle or something

like that? We should have done that. Producer Claude's regretting it now. Okay. Here's the first thing. Give this a taste. Oh, I thought you were going to put it in my hand, not my mouth. Okay.

It's slimy. I'm feeding you. It's so intimate. It's fruit. What is it? Oh, is that pear or is it apple? I don't actually know. Yeah, what is it? I think that's pear. You need to lock in an answer. You're going with pear. It's too sweet to be apple. I'm going to say that's pear.

It was an apple. What? Okay, here we go. I hate fruit that someone else has cut. Weird thing to hate, but okay. All right, next item. Are you ready? Fruit salad.

Yucky, yucky, if you ask me. Okay, here comes the next food. I'm going to open my mouth and be trusting. Yes, open your mouth. Clint is blindfolded. He needs to tell me what this is without seeing it. Okay. All right, have a chew on that.

Bit of a nibble. That's quite yuck, whatever it is. Well, that's a bit rude. Producer Claude has prepared this for you. Is this something raw? What is it? You're going to have to lock in an answer. It's crunchy.

You don't know, do you? I've got absolutely no idea what this is. Is it raw onion? No. What is it? It's potato. He spat it out. Of course I don't know what it is.

I've never eaten raw potato before. You should try it. It's quite good. It's foul. Well, you've tried it now. Because I don't know what it is. I've never eaten raw potato before. You should try it. It's quite good. It's foul. Well, you've tried it now. Okay. The last thing you will be trying. New producer Claude, come here. I've got a handful of chewed potato for you. It's all salivary. Okay, last item.

You're blindfolded. Can you tell me I bet this is going to be something so nice and delicious. What is this? Open wide. It's better be edible. Here it comes. Here comes the airplane.

Onion. It's raw onion. Correct. You got that one. One out of three. Fantastic. What was the point of this game, by the way? To see if you could still know what the taste of something is without seeing it.

And you got two out of the three wrong. Like here on the road, if I went home with raw onion breath, my wife would be like, get out. Look out, road of rural girls. Sleeping in the car. Cleanse breath. Why are there so many skewers ready? I was never going to eat more than that. I thought about giving you just onion.

And then I was like, no, I actually want to test the theory. The Barbie Girl movie is on the way. Very excited for this. Margot Robbie is playing Barbie. It's getting a lot of hype. It doesn't come out until July 2023. What? It's more than a year away, this movie.

Why are we talking about it now? Well, the reason we're talking about it right now is because they've just released a picture of Ryan Gosling as Ken. That's right. He's playing Ken. Before I show you the photo, Margot's Barbie. She's the perfect Barbie, right? She is. She seems like she just she is she seems

like yeah she seems like she would be barbie ryan gosling how old do you think ryan gosling is i'm gonna say he's like around 44 he's 41 okay how old do you think ken is ken i'm gonna i picture ken is like a cool 25 yeah i picture Ken as like a cool 27 kind of thing. 26. He's kind of got his shit together. He managed to get a nice car. He's got an apartment by the beach. But he still gets pretty litty mctitty on the weekends.

Yeah. Yeah, yeah. He's not ready to settle down. He's definitely interested in Barbie. Is he faithful to her? I'm not sure. Oh, that's another question. Barbie's got a lot of hot friends.

Yeah. But, you know, he's 27. We're going to find out in the movie if he is. Well, Ryan Gosling is 41. So this seems more to me like Ken has had a first marriage and it didn't go well. He's been divorced. Yeah, he's got a couple of kids. Yeah. He's on good

terms with the mum. He's got shared custody. Yeah, he's not necessarily pulling his weight as far as looking after them goes. No, he has them every fortnight for a week. But he pays his child support on time. Exactly. Because he's rich. He's a property developer.

Is that what he is? I think Ryan Gosling, 41, Ken, I think he's a property guy. Yeah, I can picture him being a real estate agent. Anyway, do you want to see him? So they've released the first picture of him as Ken. Okay. Right, so let's just get this out of the way. Yeah. When I picture Ken,

for some reason I picture a dark-haired man. Right, okay. What do you picture? That's not Ken, though. Ken's beach blonde. You reckon? He's peroxide blonde. So that's what they've done with Rowan Bosley.

Not what I had as a kid. All my Kens were brunette. Were they? That's what I was into. True, I never had any Kens. To be fair, I never had any barbies either. You missed out, man. Okay, I'm going to show you Ryan Gosling and you're going to have to describe it for everybody listening.

This is Ryan Gosling as kin. Are you ready? Alright. Ryan Gosling very hot. Oh no. No. No, no. That looks like, what was that wrestler's name that had the big moustache? Hulk Hogan.

Yes. But a young Hulk Hogan who hasn't grown in his moustache yet. He looks like he's about to enter Kessa Amor on Love Island. No, I feel like he looks like he's about to enter a different show, like Second Shot at Love. But, but, but, let's not be too mean. Look how ripped he is. I mean, he's deliciously handsome.

What was that movie with Emma Stone where she goes, you look like you've been photoshopped? Oh, I love that movie. What was that movie? And it had Steve Carell in it as well. Are We Dating Yet? One of those. No, no, that's not the movie.

But that movie was 10 years ago and he looked like this. That's a 41-year-old man's body. Oh, he looks delightful. What the hell is going on? Do I think he looks like Ken? Oh, I think he looks like maybe Ken's young uncle. You know, that still hangs out and he's like,

Hey, when you turn 18, I'll take you out to the clubs. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I've got a table in the viaduct. Trust me. My issue is he's 41 and he looks like that. But the good thing is I'm sort of mid-30s,. I've got a table in the viaduct. Trust me. My issue is he's 41 and he looks like that, but the good thing is I'm sort of mid-30s, so I've got time. That's what I always think with these things. I've got time.

No, but see, the thing is... I've got like six, seven years to get those abs. Yeah, I had this thought the other day where I was like, time is slowly running out for me to go through that real rip stage. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Where I'm like, can I be bothered? I don't know. Well, I just think my rip stage. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Where I'm like, oh, can I be bothered? I don't know. Well, I just think my rip stage is coming.

I think it must hit you when you're 40. Hey, mate, you've got time. Heaps of time. Brie and Clint. There's big changes to iMessage that have been announced, Brie. Oh. You're an iMessager, eh? I got a text.

Yeah. Sorry. I'm not an iMessager. I'm an iMessager. I have a Samsung. Yes. So all you iMessage people get angry at me I'm not an iMessager. I'm an iMessager. I have a Samsung. Yes. So all you iMessage people get angry at me because you can't iMessage me. Yeah, it's always green.

Yeah. And then sometimes it goes through. And I can't be part of group chats either. But YOLO, bitch, it's my life. Okay. Anyway, your iMessage situation is about to change. What's the deal? Apple have announced, you'll love this,

and I feel like this has been needed for like two decades, since we started text messaging. Okay. They've announced that they're going to allow users to unsend or edit an iMessage after it's been sent. I saw this a few days ago and I was angry actually. Why? I was angry.

I was annoyed. Because where was this 10 years ago when I was in my partying stage? Yeah, yeah. You know when you've had a few drinks and you're like, I might message that person. Yeah. I might message them and tell them I'm not over them. Because you know what?

Life's short. And I've got to message them now. And then you wake up and you're like, oh, no, what have I done? The only thing more embarrassing, though, than drunk messaging someone is them seeing it and then seeing you delete it as well. Or editing it, because you can edit it. If you message them at 2 a.m. and it said, you up? And you're like, uh-oh, uh-oh, uh-oh.

And then you edit it to something like, shit, I didn't know you could edit that to. Because. What are you up to Saturday afternoon? You're up too much next week at a reasonable hour. Just sending this now because I've just got off night shift. Definitely not drunk. God, you're a pretty good texter when you've been drinking.

I just delete it. I wouldn't care if it said message has been deleted. I'd rather that. The catch is you only have 15 minutes to edit the message. Oh my god this is like a game. Is this the squid game? What is this? Well yeah right they're trying to make it that

if you send something it should be permanent but you have 15 minutes to make the edits that you need to make. Some people are worried that people will use that for bad reasons and they'll send horrible things and then they'll just edit it or delete it. Right, I see what you're saying. No, no, I never sent you anything like that.

So that's why they're putting the 15-minute thing in there. That's why they put the 15-minute cap on. But it just means you're going to have to be really fast with your screenshots if you want the receipts. Oh, my God. Well, don't encourage people. Jeez. Big changes, though.

That is a massive change. Like, and I wonder, they must have done research, you know, as to why they've made such a drastic change. I think people have been asking for it. People have been asking for it for ages. Yeah, because I mean. Because you can unsend a message on every other platform. On Messenger, WhatsApp.

WhatsApp, Instagram, everything like that. What about, like, you know, pictures you might have sent years ago like are they can you delete those Depends, do you want to edit those pictures or do you want to delete them Wouldn't mind an edit Yeah, edit would be good wouldn't it

Dean, this is The Latest. Dean, this is really sad news, but ex-alumni from Jackass, Ben Majira, has gone missing. He has. Here's the update, right? So as you may know, he was actually dropped from the final, the last movie, because he actually tested positive for drugs. So they drug tested him and part of his contract was that he was to not have any in his system during filming and he failed the drug test. So he was axed from that film and then he checked himself into a rehab

facility in Florida. Then on Monday, checked himself out. Didn't believe he was getting the right treatment and they haven't seen him since. He posted a couple of things on Instagram that night and I think in the next morning as well. That's about three days ago and they haven't seen him since then. You know, yeah, it's concerning and obviously very upsetting. Are people thinking the worst, or are people thinking that Bam's on a bender? Do we know where that's at? That's an excellent question.

I don't think they think the worst is in – I don't think they would think the worst. They probably just think he hasn't, like, checked into another one, or he has checked into one and hasn't shared where it is or he hasn't checked in at all and he's just, yeah, you know, still just out in the world. I mean, he's been through a lot

over the past decade. He lost one of his best mates, Ryan Dunn, also from the alumni, the show, and then he's just been on kind of a downward spiral. He's appeared on quite a few different shows and then I feel like this whole thing where Jackass has come up again and he wasn't invited back has really sent him into a spin. Totally. And it would open up all those old, any of those old wounds as well. Oh, that's horrible news. We hope

the best outcome is possible. We've all heard of the gap year after you finish school. Did you take a gap year after school? Nah. Nah, neither. And I kind of always regretted it. Should we take one now? Oh, keen. Let's go do a top deck tour. I just got a ticket off with my wife

is the issue. Oh, yeah, I feel like it's going to be hard to get across the line. I think I might have just aged out of Contiki's. Oh, have you? I think it might be this year. No, they do older person Contiki's now. I don't want to go on an older person Contiki. Well, it'd be weird if you and I rocked up and everyone's 18

and we're like, let's party, everyone. I'll check it. I'll check it. Hang on, because I love Contiki's. I've done like three of them. Yeah, there's different styles, and I think the older ones you stay in may be a bit nicer place. Okay, Contiki age limit?

Yes. Actually, Joel, can we get a drumroll for this, please? So to go on a Contiki, you must be between the ages of 18... There it is. ...and 35. Does that mean you can be 35? I've made the age limit! So I can be 35?

Yeah. You're still in. Oh, my God. I've got six months Contiki company. Oh, my God. I've just had age limit. So I can be 35. Yeah. You're still in. Oh, my God. I've got six months. Oh, my God. I've just had a great idea. Should we, at some point before your next birthday, February,

go on our last opportunity gap year? Oh, Producer Claude, she started yesterday, but guess what? This is your first assignment. Your first assignment, yeah. Organise a gap year. No, you know what your first assignment is? Convince my wife that it's a good idea for me to go on a gap year. A gap year is obviously not possible.

What if we do a gap week? Yeah, yeah, yeah. A gap week. We'll go on the brain clink gap week and we'll take everyone who didn't get to go. Can we send Soundkeeper Ella around to my house to be like a babysitter for the... Yeah. We'll deal with logistics later. Hey, look out. If that's you, if you never had a gap year and you want to come

on the Bree and Clint Gap Week... Stop writing checks that your ass can't cash, mate. Writing checks and snapping necks. That's me, mate. You need to chill out. Woo! I'm keen. You have zero mind for logistics. Mate, how good is it when a great idea comes live on air? Ross Boss, if you're listening, you want to come on a Gap Week?

How great is it when you have a great idea and then just know that someone else will deal with it? Yeah. It's the perfect situation. That's why I got into radio. I'm so keen to take this Gap Week with everyone. Anyway, sidetrack off of that. We're talking about gap relationship years, which is totally different.

Or kind of. I mean, it's kind of got the same premise. So let me get it clear. A relationship gap year is when you were just single for a year. Yes. But you still have a committed relationship and a plan to come back to each other? Yeah.

So I believe a relationship gap year, you work out the T's and C's and the plan to come back to each other? Yeah, so I believe a relationship gap year you work out the T's and C's and the stuff that is going to work for you in your relationship. So you can decide on the rules, essentially. What happens if someone else falls in love in their gap year? That's the risk of a relationship gap year. Right.

I read this story and it's about this couple so they were 31 and 32 and they just got married, right? Such a weird time to take a gap year. So they just got married and they were talking about what they wanted to do for their honeymoon and they both decided that they're going to take a relationship gap year because, but listen to the reason, because she wanted to go train to be a yoga instructor in India

and he wanted to do something with marine biology in the Bahamas. Oh, my God, I hate these people. Right? I mean, it sounds pretty cool to me. No, no, no, no, no, no. When you get married, that's like the pinnacle of your love for each other. That's the moment where you've gone,

you're all like, we love each other so much, we're about to commit to each other for the's the moment where you've gone, you're all like, we love each other so much, we're about to commit to each other for the rest of our lives. To then go on a gap year, the year after that, what are you up to? Mate, it's new,

it's trendy. What are you up to? The way they look at it. Why do you spend all that money on a wedding if you're just going to go and root your way around the Bahamas?

But they've kind of just said, look, this is our last chance before we settle down and we have children and, you know, where you can't do all those things. And he wanted to do his thing. She wanted to do her thing. So they decided relationship gap year. Cool. Good for them.

You're jealous. You're a little bit jealous. No, no, no, no, no. I'm not jealous in the slightest. You don't want to go to the Bahamas? No, I want to go to the Bahamas. I want to go to the Bahamas. But I just, why'd you get married?

Why'd you get married? Why'd you sign a contract? Why'd you do that? Because they still want to go to the Bahamas. I want to go to the Bahamas. But I just, why did you get married? Why did you get married? Why did you sign a contract? Why did you do that? Because they still want to be together. No, they don't. Not this year. Why didn't you just have your, why didn't you just break up for a year instead of getting married and go and do your things? And then at the end of that year, decide if you guys want to get married.

Well, maybe they both wanted to make each other realise that they were in it for the long haul. Nah, you know what they wanted? They wanted to have their cake and eat it too. They wanted a security blanket. They wanted an insurance policy on happiness. So they married each other. So there's that little bit of guilt in the back of the mind while they're off there having their fun in their separate countries. They know that they can always pull the card like, I can't believe you would do that to me. We're married. You know, I feel like that saying, have your cake and eat it too, is always used in a bad

context. But when is it ever a bad thing to have cake and eat it too? Isn't that the point of cake? I mean, come on. Anyway, this is the new concept, people. You know, whatever works for your relationship, I think. You know, it has to be obviously agreed upon. Or lack thereof relationship, by the way.

Yeah. See, I think I'm a bit more forward thinking. If it works for you, I mean, I'm not saying it works for everyone and I'm not saying it's a great idea for some relationships. Like if you are genuinely on the same page, then I think it can work. But I think every circumstance is different. Biggest update for the show, if you missed it, the Bree and Clint show is going on a gap week.

I can't wait. Producer Claude, new producer Claude, she's stoked about it. But more details on that later. You need to be very clear here, by the way, because we're talking about relationship gap years. You're talking about going on a holiday but on this holiday we're not taking a break from our

respective partners. No, no, no. I just want to take people who never got the opportunity to go on a gap year to come on a gap week with us and live it up. So park that's good. Park that. I just wanted to update people in case they missed it. Separate conversation. Big news.. Park that. Park that. I just wanted to update people in case they missed it. Separate conversation.

Big news. Separate conversation. Yes, separate. Relationship gap years. Relationship gap years. Have you done it? Have you taken a break and come back to it? Yeah.

You know, it's like doing a puzzle. You slowly put the pieces together. Sometimes you get frustrated with the puzzle. Pieces fly everywhere. And you walk away, you have a break from it for a bit. Don't do that. You come back. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

And then you put, oh, this is such a good metaphor, you put the pieces back together and slowly it forms a full-blown puzzle. But what if you're using the dinner table and the rest of the relationship want to use the dinner table but you're too busy finding the pieces of your puzzle? Everybody else wants to eat at that dinner table. Way to ruin my metaphor, okay? Anyway, we're asking people on 0800DIALZM, have you had a relationship gap year and did it work out for you?

Yeah, or was it literally the end of your relationship? Yeah, either or. What happened? Was it a symptom of a toxic situation? Yeah. We don't know. We've got a couple of anonymous callers. Let's go to our first one. Hi, anonymous. Hi, anonymous. Hello. Oh, Ionymous. Hi, Anonymous. Hello.

Oh, I'm so excited for this. Have you done this in your relationship, Anonymous? I have, yes. Me and my partner, or my partner and I, actually took a couple months of a split last year over Christmas. Okay, so it wasn't a gap year. It was a gap couple months. No. Yeah, a couple months. It felt like last year over Christmas. Okay, so it wasn't a gap year, it was a gap couple of months. No, yeah, a couple of months. It felt like a year, though.

It felt like a year. Okay, let us ask you a couple of questions about it. How old are you guys? I'm 21 and he's 27. How long have you been together? Coming up three years. Okay, so farewell. And are you married?

Are you engaged? We're currently engaged. We actually split up, yeah. Did you get engaged after the gap? After, after, yeah. Oh, pretty good. When did you get back together? January, and he proposed to me then.

Oh, he knew. Okay, all right, all right. Yeah. And any other important relationship milestones? Yeah, we actually are pregnant. So we're getting married this July. And yeah. And we're actually going to have a baby.

Congratulations. Oh, that's amazing, Anonymous. When's the baby due? November. Can I ask, Anonymous? I need to know, when you decided to take these gap couple of months, obviously there was discussion of rules, you know, for the gap couple of months.

Were you guys allowed to do whatever you wanted to do or was there rules in place? Yeah, we kind of did whatever we wanted. We definitely both tried the rebound route and ultimately failed and found that it was just, it was better with each other. Like we both missed each other. Okay, that's positive.

I always wonder about this with couples who get back together, whether it was a planned gap or whether it was like a full breakup and they get back together. Did you guys discuss people or things that happened during the break, or is it that that stuff's off limits, don't worry about it, I'm back with you now? We talked about it.

Yeah, we accepted it and moved on, I guess. Sounds like a successful gap couple of months to me. So would you recommend a gap year successful gap couple of months to me. So would you recommend a gap year, gap couple of months to people? Probably not a gap year, but definitely it's a good eye-opener. Yeah, a good eye-opener

to see other people. Fascinating. And congratulations on the baby as well. That's so exciting. And the wedding. Oh, and the wedding. Oh God, it's all going on. I mean, there's lots of things. Let's go exciting. And the wedding. Oh, and the wedding. Oh, God, it's all going on. Yeah, I mean, there's lots of things. Let's go to our next caller.

She also wants to be anonymous. Hi, Anonymous. Hi, Anonymous. You had an 18-month gap. So you had a gap year and a half. Yeah, yeah, it was quite a big one. A year wasn't enough, Anonymous. You needed a little bit longer.

We really needed to push out those extra six months. I love it. Anonymous, can I ask, how long had you been in the relationship when you guys decided you wanted this? About eight years. We were married. Long time. Yeah, it was a fairly long time. So it wasn't a decision that was obviously made overnight.

No. Can I ask, was it a planned break with the intention of coming back together or did you guys just separate and then eventually came back together? Separated. We were like, no, it's not working. We're done. And we had, like I said, 18 months and spent a lot of time, I think, working on our stuff.

We both changed jobs and stuff like that. And it made you realise things. Okay. That's a little bit different though, isn't it?, we, you know, both changed jobs and stuff like that. And it made you realise things. Okay. That's a little bit different, though, isn't it? Because that's not going, we're just going to have a break from each other. We're going to come back to it. Yeah. You found each other again in the end.

I don't think it was, I don't think we ever, like, we still loved each other and everything. And it wasn't an issue that we'd fallen out of love. We were just, we just weren't good. Are you guys going to have another break in a few years? Do you want to come on the Gap Week? The Brinkley Gap Week. Oh, mate, come along. You sound like a bit of fun.

It was a good time, Brie. Believe me. Yes, mate. Make sure you're on one of your Gap year and a half when you come on our Gap Week, though, okay? Yes, that is the deal. I'll plan it, guys. I will plan it.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, okay. Brie and Clint. I've been reading up about what's cool in the dating world at the deal. I'll plan it, guys. I will plan it. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay. Bree and Clint. I've been reading up about what's cool in the dating world at the moment. Oh, yeah? Someone like you who obviously is in the dating game. Yeah, yeah. I like to keep abreast of the information just in case, you know? Just in case.

You like to keep abreast. Yeah, yeah. Don't we all? Gen Z are in charge of dating now, which is hard to hear if you're a single millennial, but they're calling the shots, baby. They're calling the shots on everything, Gen Z. They've cancelled skinny jeans. Nah, I'm not for that one.

They've cancelled parting your hair in the middle. I'm definitely not. No, they want the part in the middle. Oh, do they? They're cancelling the side part. What's their thoughts on a top knot? I mean, who doesn't love a top knot? Am I right?

Yeah. Now they're changing the dating game as well. These are stats that come from Hinge. Did you ever go on Hinge? Nah, I was unhinged for a bit. So, people on Hinge who are of the Gen Z category are 46 more likely than millennials to say they prefer first dates that don't include what? Aquariums.

No, it's not aquariums. Try again. That don't include... Millennials love this on dates. Gen Z hate this on dates. No, not food. They're fine with food. Drinks.

Drinks. Really? According to this study from Hinge, and there's stats to back it up. They're all on there. They're not interested in drinks on a first date. Oh, boo. Why?

They say it's because they want to know if they're actually vibing with someone or if alcohol's calling the shots. I mean, Gen Z, they're quite smart, aren't they? Isn't that quite enlightened? Yeah, look, Gen Z, as we know, they're smarter than us millennials. Maybe sometimes too smart for their own good. I thought we'd have a good opportunity to bring our resident single,

Gen Z, in at this point. Joel Harrison. Joel, are you able to join the show? Joel Harrison. I'm here, yeah, I'm here. You're a Gen Z in at this point. Joel Harrison. Joel, are you able to join the show? Joel Harrison. I'm here, yeah, I'm here. You're a Gen Z? Yes. You're in the dating game?

I'm actually not anymore, no. Are you not? Wait a minute. Okay, well that's news to us. Whoa, are you off the market, Joel Harrison? Yeah, I am off the market. Was there a first date with this person? Yeah, there was a couple.

Was there alcohol involved in the first date? Wait a minute. My mum's been in town for a while. It's not your mum, don't worry. Okay, good, good. So, Joel, your early 20s, when you went on your first date with this person, was there alcohol involved in the date? There was, yes, and it definitely helped out.

And any other dates you'd been on before this person, did you want alcohol involved or were you like, nah, I've got to check the vibes, the sober vibes? Nah, I think every single date I've ever been on has involved a couple of drinks, sadly. I think a couple of drinks, one or two drinks on a date is good because it makes you relax a bit more so you'll more yourself on one or two drinks.

Some people don't drink though and some people don't want it. Which is fine. So what do you do if you don't have a date that is just catching up for a drink? I'm not talking about going out and getting slammed with someone on the first date. No, no, no. One or two drinks. So if there are no drinks involved, 17% of Hinge users would enjoy a coffee date. Oh, no, that's friend zone material.

It's a little bit like... A little bit naff. It's a little bit like you're getting a mortgage, eh? Yeah. Like you're meeting with a broker. Should we catch up to discuss my... Would you like the almond friand? Should we discuss my assets? 14% would rather...

I guess you kind of do discuss your assets when you go on a date. You do, but you eye up each other's assets. 14% would like to go for a walk for a first date. A walk? Yeah. Oh, boring. That might be lockdown influenced. Not on a first date. That might be because of lockdown. Okay, yes, lockdown. I kind

of get that because you can't really do anything else. 13% would like a creative date. Oh yeah, I'm keen for a creative date. I imagine that means like a pottery class. Or a sip and paint. No, not a sip. No, not a sip in paint. No alcohol. Just paint.

Just something like that. And 11% would opt for an activity like seeing a show, wandering around a museum or exhibit. Oh, God. Are we talking about Gen Z or the boomers? Time for a game of What's the Plot? Once upon a time, there was a girl. She was smart, debatable, talented, eh, athletic.

Not really. But picking a movie title based on just the plot line, that she can do. Bree and Clint. What's the plot? Our movie guessinging Game. Show's kind of built around this. It's gone for so long.

We've reached some amazing heights as far as cash. And we've had some low lows. Like losing it on the $1,000 game. Yeah, but that's where you want to lose it. You don't want to lose it on the $950 game. Yeah, true. You know? If you have to lose it, lose it on the $1,000.

And it was a worthy opponent. We're a long way from that today. We're playing for $150 cash, but nothing to be, nothing to, nothing to take your nose up at. Louise is here to play for it.

Hi, Louise. Hi, Louise. Hi, guys. What's your movie credentials? Are you always in the cinema? Do you have Apple TV Plus? Why are you such a movie buff? I have Disney Plus

on Netflix and I watch a lot of kids now. There you go. She's good. Yeah, good. Okay, your buzzer is your name, Louise. Don't wait for me to finish the plot line. If you think you know what it is, buzz in with your name and have a guess. Louise, I'd even say go with Lou as your buzzer.

Make it more fair. Okay. And Brie, say go with Lou as your buzzer. Make it more fair. Okay. And Brie, you go with Brianna Thomasel. Yeah, sounds great. Just kidding. Okay, let's do this thing, everybody. Your theme today with the release of Ryan Gosling's photo is Ken from the Barbie movie.

And also the new Buzz Lightyear movie. We're going to do movies based on kids' toys or board games. Okay. All right. All right. Roll that around in your head. Here it comes.

Movie number one. After the Bergens invade their village, Poppy... Bree! Bree. That's Trolls. Trolls. Trolls is correct. I literally was...

Wasn't I talking about this film the other day? I was like, I love that film. I don't know, I wasn't, I don't listen to that. Justin Timberlake's song. No, I'm just kidding.

Yes, you were actually. I was. Oh. Did you know that one, Louise? I did, I was just slightly slow.

That's alright, Louise, you're in this, you're in this. Here we go, let's go again. Another movie based on a kid's toy

or board game. Emmett is an ordinary dude who always follows... Louise. Louise. Louise. The Lego movie. Yes. Wow.

Wow, well done. Louise. My son's favorite. Is it? That was incredible. Okay. That's better than what I've ever done. That was amazing.

I'm so nervous now. Good stuff. You've taken us to tie break, Louise. This is winner takes all, okay? Whoever gets this one wins the game. And if it's you, Louise, you'll get $150 cash. Good luck. I'm so nervous.

That was incredible. Movie number three. A magical board game unleashes. Brie, Jumanji. Oh, well done, Brie. Yes, come on. That's the game. I was going to take magical out.

I should have taken magical out. Brie and Clint. Right now on the show, I received an inbox, Clint. Did you? And I'm going to share that inbox with you. Okay. Welcome to my box. Oh, we laugh.

We have fun on this show, don't we? Look, someone inboxed me and they said, Hey, do you mind if you put this out on the radio and ask for advice from your listeners? Oh, yeah. And I love when people do this because it means I have to do less work. Yeah, it's good, eh?

So it's great. So this is what they wrote. They said, I'm 32 and my boyfriend is 28. We've been dating for three years now and have recently moved in together. Oh, yeah. He has been wanting us to join our accounts and our money together into joint accounts to pay for living expenses and pretty much everything else.

He has quite a lot of debt and different spending habits to me as I'm quite a good saver. No wonder he wants to join finances, Sid. I have been putting it off but don't know how to tell him that I'm not really comfortable joining all of our money together at this point in the relationship. What should I do? How long did it say they'd been together?

They'd been together for three years. And they just moved in together? They've just moved in, yeah. Nah, wrong time. Wrong time. Wrong time to do it. You guys don't even know if you can live together yet. You need to give it some time.

Let alone financially rely on each other. Like, I get it. He needs to prove to you that he can stump up for groceries each week, that he can pay his half of the power bill, his half of the internet bill. It needs to be 50-50 at that point. Oh, for a couple of years at least. You know?

Yeah. And I think you're right. There needs to be, like, it would be daunting. Like, because obviously you're in a relationship and that is a conversation that comes up eventually. Yeah. But, I mean, it's a difficult one because how do you deal with that and how do you say to your partner, look, you're real crap at saving.

Yeah. You've got debt. I don't want to carry you. Yeah. I don't have debt. I don't really want to join our savings because you don't have any. Yeah, which is a totally fair conversation to have. It's different if you're just having that conversation

because you're the richer one in the relationship if you're like, hey, you're a bit povo and I'm a baller so I don't really want to join with you. That's different. You know, it makes me not be able to spend as much. And gosh, there are a lot of complexities with this, especially when you throw

things like kids into the mix because one of you is not going to be able to earn the same way the other one can earn. So there's an argument for fusing your finances eventually. I'm a big fan of it, but when the time is right and when you know

that you and that person are working towards the same thing. The way I see it, if you're in a committed relationship regardless if you're married or not, if you're having kids together, boom, what is yours is mine, what is mine is yours, including money,

debt, everything else. As soon as you have kids, that's it. Everything is ours. Again, unless you're real shit with money, in which case, don't just go out and get a chick pregnant so she inherits all your debt.

Right. Yeah, not ideal. Like I said, there are complexities to this argument. I'm thinking more from the woman's perspective. Like if you're having children,

then it's joint. You need to be supported. Because obviously, they can't work for a period of time. You need to, it's all together at that point. Yeah, and girl power, absolutely, but it's different.

The flip side of that, I know adult couples who are married with children who have never put their money together. They've never done it. And this is what really interests me. I know couples who are like five years into their marriage, got kids, got a house. Still separate money. Still separate money.

Even with separate banks, they just have one joint account, which is housed by one of them, and they transfer into it each week, and that's where the mortgage gets paid out of. So they do have a joint account, but they have their own account. Only for things like the mortgage and the power bill.

And one of them in the relationship will go, hey, power bills, 200 bucks. You need to transfer 100 bucks in this month. Weird. It's like you're living with a flatmate. It's so like you're living with a flatmate. You've got kids with those flatmates. But one of your flatmates is the treasurer.

Yeah. Oh, we've opened a can of worms here with this conversation. God, the texts on this are insane. So many text messages coming through. We're talking about whether you have completely separate finances from a long-term partner. I think that's important to reiterate. We're talking about people

you've been with for ages. Yeah, a long time. You might live together. You've got some kind of shared situation. There might be a kid. You might be married. You might have a house together. Let me read you this DMm i just got on instagram um uh i own four times more than my partner this is from a female by the way okay i own four times more than my girl i don't think it's fair to split the bills 50 50 so we worked

out a number that doesn't leave him with five dollars to his name every pay. Oh, what a good GB. Isn't it? Yeah. Because you go, this impacts me way less. That's true love. It's disproportional how much the power bill or whatever affects me. Yeah, to me, it's not as much as it is to you. We're in a partnership, you know.

There's lots of details in there. I won't go into all of it. But yeah, I rate that. I rate it. Because if you're in a committed relationship, it's a joint partnership. You work together towards something. So what I actually take from that though

is that they don't have shared finances. No. They just have a formula that goes, whatever our bills are, I'll pay this percentage of it, which is proportional to my income, and you pay this percentage of it proportional to your income. Yeah.

Interesting. So interesting. So she's still protecting her four times his salary. She's like, I don't want to let him know. He povos. Stay away from my money. I'm making bank, baby. Let's get Gemma on.

Hi, Gemma. Hi, Gemma. Hi. What's the situation in your relationship? First of all, do you know how much your partner earns? He's self-employed, so it's sort of up and down. I know it's a ballpark figure, but not exact. Okay.

And so do you guys have shared finances? So we're both my money's my money, his money's money. We've been together coming up 10 years. Wow. We've got three kids together and we're getting married in September. Oh, right. And we've got one joint bank account that, like, we've separated 50-50, like, all of our joint bills. And so we both put an automatic payment into that

and everything just comes out of that automatically. Gemma, can I ask, do you earn more than him? It sort of goes up and down depending on... But on average, on average, I know self-employed it changes, but on average, do you earn more or round about the same? I had a baby eight months ago, so I've come back. I'm only working part-time, so not at the moment. If I was full-time, then slightly, yes.

Slightly, yes. Okay, interesting. Thank you, Gemma. Very interesting. Joyce is here. Hi, Joyce. Hi, Joyce. Hi, Bree.

Hi, Clint. Give us the details first. How long have you been with your partner? Two and a half years, living together a year and a half. Got any kids? I've got a child. Bree's actually him. So we have Roxy, the dog. Oh, no way. Hello, mate. That's right. You asked people. A fur baby. Yes. You got a fur baby. Remember, you asked people if I could look after a dog.

Yes. Oh, was that that dog? That was Roxy. Well, how's Roxy? She's good. Oh, she's such a sweetheart. So cut to the chase with us, Joyce. Do you guys share your finances or have you got them completely separately? You've been living together for a year and a half.

You're in a committed relationship. How does the money work? We have both. I came from a relationship that had controlled money, so I wanted individuality. We both have very different money styles as well, both good styles. So I have a joint account. Can I just ask a question on that? You're saying you had controlled money. Your previous relationship, your partner controlled you via the amount of money that you were given. Is that right?

Yeah, I'm not going to go into detail, but yeah. I'm glad you're out of that relationship. You're a bit scarred on this then, aren't you? Yeah, so we compromised and we have a home joint account for the two of us, which includes household expenses and groceries and saving for a family holiday. But we also maintain our own personal accounts. How much do you guys transfer? Not to get too personal, but I'm going to. How much do you each transfer into that account each week?

I'm not going to define the amount, but we do, thanks to technology, we actually have a Google sheet which has his budget, my budget, and the household budget. So we actually know every single cent that's accounted for and we can avoid putting pressure on each other to increases if we can't afford it.

Okay, that's good. I like that. It sounds like you do what works for you guys and having a joint account and you've got a plan in place but then also having separate accounts, it works for your relationship. Okay, thank you, Joyce. We appreciate your call. Let's get Mary on.

Hi, Mary. Hi, Mary. Hi, how are you doing? Good, thank you, Mary. Tell us what's the money situation in your relationship? Separate, apart, you know how much your partner earns. What's the deal? We're separate.

So Mary's 15 years 15 years couple of children he earns his money I earn my money he pays for everything and my money for my money who earns the most Mary? he does okay

he also pays for it all too mortgage power life everything yeah right so it works for you. Fascinating. Yeah, okay. It works really well for me. Oh, that's good, Mary. I'm glad to hear because I love hearing different people's situations and how it's not, you know, one size fits all for

everyone. Like you need to work out what works for you. Yeah, and it works really well for me. No, it works really well for both of us. Yeah, good. But me especially. I like that, Mary. Yes, you do you, babes. Okay, hang on. We have an absolute mirror here with the music. Joel, can you stop all that music? Just stop

everything for us. Sorry, we're live on Twitter this evening, so we're working remotely. All stopped. What's our resolution out of this? Are we sharing money or are we not sharing money? I feel like we've gone way into detail. There's a lot of text coming through on this. I wish we could go through all of them.

Someone said, I combined our finances, but I regret it this week. He earns more but spends way more. You know, I think at the end of the day. You've got to have a conversation, right? You have to have a conversation, and it's also something that every relationship is different. There you go. You know, I think at the end of the day... You've got to have a conversation, right? You have to have a conversation, and it's also something that every relationship is different. There you go. You know?

And I think whatever works for you, do what works for you. But I also think ask how much your partner earns because it's just interesting to know. Bree and Clint. It's my birthday. It's my birthday. Bree and Clint's Birthday Banger. Welcome to your Birthday banger for Thursday.

Three people, what was the song that was number one on their 16th birthday? We're about to find out and play our favourite one out of the three. Let's get Charlotte on first. Hi, Charlotte. Hi, Charlotte. Hi, how are you? Good, mate. How's your week been?

Pretty good, thank you. What about you? Oh, you know,'s your week been? Pretty good, thank you. What about you? Oh, you know, I'd give it a nine, a solid nine. Yeah, what about you? Yeah, probably about an eight. An eight. Not bad. I like that.

The week's not over. You've got to leave room for improvement. Yeah, not too bad. I mean, the weekend's yet to come, and that's where the real fun happens. What's your birthday, Charlotte? 14th of February, 2003. Oh, Charlotte, you're a lover, not a hater. You were 16 in 2019. Not that long ago, but on that day, this was number one.

Oh, no. Oh, where's Mama Di when we need her? I see it. I like it. I want it, I got it. You get Ariana Grande and Seven Rings. I heard you say, oh no, Charlotte, do you not like this song? Yeah, no, I actually usually prefer, like, if you're, like, the 90s, you know, to call it. Yeah, okay.

Yeah, well, here's the thing, Charlotte. You were born in the 2000s, so it was a very long shot that you were going to get a song from the 90s as your birthday banger. You know? I was just, you know. She was hoping. I just wanted to see. Yeah.

Yeah, I get it. I get it. Fair enough, Charlotte. We live in hope. Wait there, Charlotte. You could be our winner today. We'll go to Nina. Kia ora, Nina.

Hi, Nina. Hi. Your week so far out of 10, what are you giving it? I'm giving it about an 8.5. Ooh, we're getting better. Not bad, Nina. Not bad at all. What's the best thing that's happened to you this week?

Oh, my son got man of the match for his soccer game. Oh, there you go. That's a trip to KFC, if I ever have heard one. Yeah, absolutely. Okay, what's your birthday? We'll do your birthday banger for you. It's February 21st, 1976. Right, that means, Nina, you were 16 in 1992.

Let's go back to the 90s because on that day, this was number one. Oh, how good. Nirvana. Smells like teen spirit. It's a great song. Nina, you've got a fantastic birthday banger. Thank you. That's one of the greatest songs of all time.

It is. Okay, wait there, Nina. We've got to do one more birthday banger for Steve. G'day, Steve. G'day, Steve. Hey, g'day. How are you? Good, mate. How have you been, Nina. We've got to do one more birthday banger for Steve. G'day, Steve. G'day, Steve. Hey, g'day. How are you? Good, mate.

How have you been, Steve? What's been happening? Yeah, I've been good. Great, Steve. Just finished work, so I'm heading home and thought, yeah, KFC might be a thing for tea. Steve, you sound like my kind of guy, Steve. I like that.

What's your birthday, mate? 10th of April, 1964. All right, kind of guy, Steve. I like that. What's your birthday, mate? 10th of April, 1964. All right, here we go, Steve. Here we go, Steve. You were 16 in 1980. And, Steve, I've got a bloody feeling, mate. I don't know about you. I've got a feeling you got a good birthday banger.

Here it is. Crazy little thing called love. Like a little baby. Crazy little thing called love. Queen, Steve. You're a big fan of Queen? Yeah, I'm a Queen fan. Oh, I did not think we could get a song to rival Smells Like Teen Spirit and then you come through with Queen, Steve.

You've made it really hard this afternoon. Wait there, we're going to pick a winner for you. You don't need to do anything. Oh, this is hard. This is so hard. Ariana Grande is gone, Skeet. Yeah, no, she's gone. She's out. Charlotte didn't even like it. No. She won't be upset. No, it just can't compete.

They're very different songs and they're very different energies. I am going to go for Come on I'm going to channel What I think you should pick Or slash what I would like to pick We'll say it on one Three

Two One Smells like teen spirit Okay split vote Producer Joel is in the studio Tell us what the winner of birthday banger is And then kick that song off please Joel Oh mate it's going to have to be Nirvana

All day the week There it is The winner of birthday banger today Fantastic song For Nina Kick that song off, please, Joel. Oh, mate, it's going to have to be Nirvana all day long. Oh, no! There it is. The winner of Birthday Bagger today. Fantastic song. For Nina. It smells like teen spirit. Straight out of the 90s.

Bree and Clint. Ursula Carlson has announced two new shows. They're in Auckland and Tauranga for her It's Personal tour. It kicks off in October. And she's bloody in studio with us now. She's a national treasure. Good afternoon, Ursula Carlson. Oh. I mean.

We don't have the South African one. Look, I'm not saying you guys are making mistakes right off the bat, but there's more than just those two. Those are the ones that I've added extra shows to. Yeah, that's why I said two new shows. Yeah, but, I mean, it's going to be new all over. Oh, well, I can't keep up. What do you say? I can't keep up either Yeah, but I mean, it's going to be new all over. It's confusing. I can't keep up.

What do you say? I can't keep up either. Hold us accountable. Hold us accountable. This is mum and dad's having a fight in the back. We'll have nothing from you in the back. I told you. So it's a nationwide tour.

Yeah. But if the nation ended in Christchurch. Oh, right. Yeah, I'm not going further down south. You don't acknowledge Dunedin? Well, I mean, I've been to Dunedin a couple of times and they always go, when are you coming back? And I go, when there's peace on earth.

Let's face it, those students ruin it for everyone. Yeah, okay. The students would love you though. They'd be on the beers. They love me too much though. I've been rugby tackled a few times in Dunedin and as much as I love a bit of contact sport, not 11 o'clock at night. No.

In a bar in the middle of Dunedin. Yeah, yeah, yeah. When I get whiplash. So ignore Dunedin. What's Southland ever done to you? I mean, no. I mean, it's all right. Look, I prefer not to be put on the spot right here.

I don't know how secure that residency visa of mine is. I see. So I don't want to get too much into it. No, enough said. I don't know if they can get it back. How long has it been since you've done a massive tour like this because of COVID and all the rest of it? Like in New Zealand?

Yeah. Because I literally got back yesterday from Australia. Oh, how long has it been? Three years? Yeah. Oh, people will be fizzing for this yeah do you like touring or I love it do you really I love people say oh you must be getting sick of traveling I'm like no and then the best is when people you're on the road and like even in Melbourne I did a month in Melbourne Comedy Festival people come after me they go you you

can come stay at our house and you're probably gagging for a bit of home cooking. I'm like, where have you been in the last two years where all we had was home cooking? Are you out of your f***ing mind? I am not going to your house to sleep on your kid's single bed that faintly smells of wee and eating your home cooking that you rate highly. But I probably won't because i eat a lot of takeout and a lot of restaurant food and do you phrase it like that or is it a polite no thank you

yeah i say nothing but they know they know they know the look in your eye the dead eye yeah you're like well actually i did say to a woman in melbourne because she goes you must be so sick of hotels and i went do you know how hotels work? People do stuff for you and there's no children there. Good stuff. Everything. Like you literally go and you go, bring me milk. In fact, bring me a coffee.

Bring me towels. Yes. What's the most outrageous thing you've asked for in a hotel? I've asked for some pretty wild things I haven't because I'm a very basic bitch Like I didn't even know Till this tour Like my tour manager Tom he tours with everyone

Like Cher and then you know What? He tours with Cher? Yeah yeah like he tours with All the big names and me Right and then he goes He goes I love touring with you you never change hotels i go what he goes yeah sometimes we change hotels four times i go that's an option i didn't even know you could i thought once you're in this is it this is we say and then you just learn how

to live with disappointment you know you go and you go i hate this oh well this is me that's life no no apparently people walk in and go not this hotel not me i'm like well after they've got after they've got their bags in there they'll say no to the hotel i know that's what me too and people change rooms midway through a stay i'm like but you've opened your bag once that bag is open, that is me. You ain't moving. Once I eat the complimentary chocolate, that's when I think about moving to get another complimentary chocolate in another room, but that's about it. No, I have literally

phoned down and said, can you send up some cleaning stuff so I can clean this room? Oh, you need to increase your diva behaviour. That's not okay. Yeah, I did not know I could do that. What would be on your rider? Do you have a rider at your shows? I do. What's on it? Oh, mate, you know I could do that. What would be on your rider? Do you have a rider at your shows? I do. What's on it? Oh, mate, you better strap in for this.

I asked for a chicken sandwich, which I usually get from a service station. Yum. And some water. Is that it? Oh, mate. Diva. Is that it? Yeah, that's it.

You don't have a drink after the show? Nah, not really. You don't have some lollies before you go on the stage? Nah. You got to put something, you know, like something that's really aspirational that they're probably going to be like, how are we going to get this? Like put just on your rider Kate McKinnon. You know?

Actually. And she has to be there waiting in your room. Or a believable lookalike. I'm happy with like a 20-degree lookalike either side. Either side, yeah. Like if you're halfway look like it, get amongst it. Well, you can catch Ursula on the road. She's going to more than just Tauranga, it turns out.

She's doing Whangarei, Hamilton, Auckland, New Plymouth, Palmerston North, Christchurch and Wellington. Tickets are on sale at livenation.co.nz. Ursula Carlson, good to see you. Thanks, guys. We love you, mate. Your chicken sandwich is at reception. Where's my water? I couldn't find the water.

I'm changing rooms.