ZM's Bree & Clint - ZM's Bree & Clint Podcast - 17th February 2025

Episode Date: February 17, 2025

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in Auckland, New Zealand, it's Brie and Clint. G'day, everybody. Happy Monday afternoon. No Brie again. We're Brie-less for the second show in a row. She's still down, not feeling well, so hopefully she'll be back with us tomorrow.

I might be down tomorrow. I'm predicting I might need a day off tomorrow. Just because I've had a risky new meal. And can you think yourself into having food poisoning? Like, can you convince yourself that you've got food poisoning and then go and get it? You probably could. Yeah, right?

I think that is food poisoning. What? If you think you've got it, you might have it. No, no, no, no. Like, I think... He's manifesting it because he wants a day off.

Don't manifest it. But if you're feeling yuck, then that's food poisoning. I experimented with boiled chicken breast today. You deserve that. I think the proper term is poached chicken breast.

It's a very normal meal to have. Is it meant to look grey, though? It wasn't grey. It was grey. If anything, it was a bit pink. It was spongy. You were quite happy with it, though. Oh, it was delicious, yeah.

But it was too easy to cook. You just boil some water and then put the chicken breast in it and then you turn it off and just leave it for 20 minutes. That's it. That's all you do. You know what's just as easy? Yeah. Putting it in a pan.

Putting it in the pan. Air frying it. Yeah Putting it in a pan Putting it in the pan Air frying it Yeah yeah yeah Put it in the oven Yeah but I'm trying to branch out Or just go get KFC I don't know Anyway if I am not here tomorrow

Just know that I am violently evacuating from both ends Oh thanks Due to boiled chicken Good to know Yeah yeah Really needed to know that I know I'll still come in I know

Don't worry guys I'll still come in That's okay Secret sound at 4 o'clock. I've just noticed some things. I've been here for a visit to Brooks Lear and I have noticed some things. I don't know if we're allowed to discuss the things

that I have noticed, but surely there are clues. Surely the things that I am noticing in Brooks Lear could be considered clues. She wouldn't just be hanging things on the wall for the sake of hanging things on the wall, would she? I feel like anything can be a clue if you read into it. Yeah, right? There is a clue. We'll get an update on that closer to four o'clock.

But first, a round of tradie versus lady. Nine all. How did that happen? Scores are level. If you want to play, I need a lady and I need a tradie and I need them right now. It's time for tradie versus lady. It's tradie versus lady. And the scores are level nine apiece. So let's go live to our

lady in Palmy. She's 40 and she reckons she could never be blackmailed because she just yaps too much. Welcome to the show, Amy. Hello. Wouldn't that be the perfect way to blackmail you? I get you yapping, you share something with me that you shouldn't have shared and then I blackmail you with it. No, that's what I mean. You can't blackmail me about me

because I've already told everyone. Oh, everyone already knows. Everything that you know, everybody else already knows. Not everything about myself. Yeah, because you've told them. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I don't share other people's stuff just about me. It's a good way to be. Open book.

Open book. Yeah, I don't mind that. You know, that's a good way to live, I think. You are taking on our tradie from Auckland who is 27, and according to them, they are great at backing a trailer. Welcome to the show, Drew. Hey. Double Axel, how do you at backing a trailer. Welcome to the show, Drew. Hey. Double Axel?

How do you go with a twin Axel trailer? Yeah, just the same. No worries? Yeah, no worries. Easy as. Yeah, okay. Oh, it's an impressive skill to have. Drew, your buzzer is tradie.

Amy, your lady, the first to give me three correct answers, is going home with $50 cash and the lead in Tradie versus Lady. So good luck. Question number one. What year did MTV launch? Was it 1981, 1991, or 2001? Tradie. Drew.

Tradie. Drew. 1981. 1981 is correct. I didn't know that it was that old, but it is. Question number two. I would have know that it was that old, but it is. Question number two. I would have said 91. Yeah, right?

Like, 91 sounds too soon, but 81 sounds too old. But there you go. 81's older than me. Yeah, no, older than me too. Older than Drew too. Question number two. One point to the tradies. What colour shoes does Dorothy famously wear

in the Wizard of Oz films? Lady. Fridy. Amy. Red. Red. Red, I'll take it. Ruby Red. Question number three, one apiece.

Super Rugby kicked off over the weekend. Name the team that represents the Lower South Island. Lady. Drew. Crusaders. Amy, you're in there. Oh, Southland? No.

I was looking for Highlanders. Otago Highlanders. No points. Question number four. Who sings this song? Trudy. Drew. Lewis Capaldi.

It is. Lewis Capaldi. I'm glad to have not heard that song for about 12 months. It really started to get on my nerves, but no offence to the Lewis Capaldi fans.'m glad to have not heard that song for about 12 months. It really started to get on my nerves, but no offence to the Lewis Capaldi fans. 2-1 to the Tradies. Question number five. What language do they speak in Brazil?

Tradie. Drew? Portuguese. Well done. That was a tricky question, but you nailed it. Drew, an understated victory for the tradies. Congratulations. We have $50 cash coming your way.

Thank you. No problems. He can back a trailer. And he's a Tradie vs Lady champion. Bree and Clint. No Bree today. Claudia is here. We've been sort of keeping up with you on a friend date

that you've been organising. The cutest story of all time. An old friend got in contact, right? Yeah, so it was my primary school best friend who I didn't realise we knew each other when we were like three years old. And we're besties until we were like 10 or 11. Yeah. Like just. What changed?

Oh, we just kind of went to different schools. Yeah. And like moved to different places and like. It's crazy how much school is a friendship killer at that age. For sure. Like you can go to a different university as someone that you crazy how much school is a friendship killer at that age. For sure. Like you can go to a different university as someone that you went to high school with and stay friends with them. Like I'm still friends with my high school friends.

But if you changed school schools. Once you stop seeing them every day. Say goodbye to that person forever. Gone forever. Yeah, yeah. Until they message you out of the blue and say, hey, I feel like I've seen your socials and we would be great friends as adults. Let's go get a beer.

Did they stalk you? No. Or were you following each other? Yeah, we've always followed each other. Oh, you're one of those ones. Yeah. Like an old flame that you just keep there and watch their stories.

Just in case you need them, yeah. Okay, so they propositioned you for a friend date? Correct. Did you go on the friend date? Yeah, I did. How did it go? You know when you make plans and at the time you're like, I feel real good about this, and then on the day you're like,

I'm really nervous. Yeah, what do I wear? Yeah, what do I wear? What do I wear to catch up with my friend from school? What do we talk about? And I was very close to being like, oh, can we push it back to tomorrow? But I didn't. I was very brave and I went.

And it was great. It was like I said to her as soon as she walked in and I saw her face. I was like, it feels like I'm in to her as soon as she walked in and i saw her face i was like it feels like i'm in like a movie yeah like i know you yeah but i also have no idea who you are you know good to get that out of the way up front and not just muddle through like you're picking up where you left off 15 years ago we're both acknowledging that we're like you got to acknowledge the weirdness right last time we were best friends we were like barely 10 years old and now we're both in our 30s so yeah what do you talk about everything it talked about life and work and

relationships and like yeah what our families are up to and was it easy it was easy but we're both kind of like there were silent moments but i think i felt awkward but i don't think she did i think that's just kind of what she's like she She's like, okay, with the silent moments where I was like, I've got to keep talking. I've got to fill the space. Yeah, and I brought my dog and he was a great icebreaker. Every time there was silence. I got a dog was a great idea.

Yeah, every time there was silence, I was like, oh, look, he's being so good. What was the setting? Bar? Yeah, it was a bar sitting outside. It was great. And it was just before the Auckland Pride Parade. And then at the end, I was like, oh, I really got to go. I'm meeting a friend. But then I was like, actually, do you want to come? Yeah. And it was just before the Auckland Pride Parade. And then at the end, I was like, oh, I really got to go. I'm meeting a friend.

But then I was like, actually, do you want to come? Yeah. And she was like, yeah. She was like, yeah, actually, my church is protesting at it. Yeah, and I'm running late. Yeah. What? No, it was great, though.

And we hung out for like at least another hour or two afterwards. So the big question is, will there be a second friend date? I reckon there will be. Do you reckon? Yeah. She was so cute. Did you leave it open-ended? Were you like, we've be a second friend date? I reckon there will be. Do you reckon? Yeah. She was so cute. Did you leave her open-ended? Were you like, we've got to do this again?

Yeah. She was cute when we left. She was like, I feel like we just know each other, you know? Well, you do. You know each other in a way that other people don't know. You're like, I don't know 10-year-old you. True. I think that was my best me.

I think I peaked at 10 years old. But yeah, I think we're definitely. So would you recommend to people who have a friend that they haven't seen in, what are we talking, 50-

At least 15 years. 15 years. 20 years since best friendship, 15 years probably since we've seen each other. Send the DM? Yeah, I think if it wasn't

because you had a falling out or something horribly wrong happened, why not? Even if you did have a falling out, if enough time has passed, if you were really good friends

and then you fell out over something stupid. And if you've already forgiven it and it's not a big deal anymore. Yeah. Yeah. Until you get back together and they're like, so are you going to apologize?

Are you going to apologize? Girl, it was 15 years ago. I'm cute. If you're on social media, you've likely seen by now the link that people are sharing. It's a change.org petition to remove Destiny Church's status as a charity. I think the original goal of the petition was to get 5,000 signatures.

They've got 38,000 signatures, and they're on track to hit 50,000 signatures by the end of the day. People are obviously mad about what happened over the weekend. If you missed it, I don't know how you could have. Members of Destiny Church stormed into a library and they also did a weird haka at the Pride Parade, which was pointless and really aggressive. Obviously, they don't consider it pointless. The argument is that you shouldn't

be considered a charity if you're spreading hate speech and storming libraries where children are um the reason that organizations sorry if this is mansplaining the whole thing to you but i think i think i find the whole thing interesting and quite black and white, like it should just, what the petition wants to happen, I feel like should have already happened. But anyway, to break it down really simply, the reason that organisations want to be a charity is because you're exempt from paying tax on your earnings when you're a charity. It's a total business life hack slash loophole. The idea is that the government lets you off paying taxes because you're doing so much good in the community

and the money that you make, if anything, gets reinvested into the community that you are supporting. You are a charity. That's the idea. The petition wants to take that off Destiny Church. They want to go, hey, you guys are not, you're not doing what charities are supposed to do. I'm really interested to know that just if tens of thousands of people

change a petition, does it actually affect things? And we reached out to the Department of Internal Affairs today, which is a very official thing for a silly radio station like us to do. And we asked to speak to someone about whether Destiny's Church are likely to lose their charity status on the back of what happened and on the back of this petition. They said that there was nobody available to talk to us, but they did say that they would give us a statement. That was at, like, lunchtime today.

And now we cross live to Claudia, who I'm hoping is standing by with a statement from the Department of Internal Affairs, who have... Sent me nothing. Not yet. It's only been a number of hours. Yeah, I know. But we went full media on them.

I know. We were like, we're going to air at 3pm. And they said, we'll try our best. Cool story, man. the whole thing has been universally condemned, both Chris's the Hipkins and the Luxon have come out and condemned it and everybody's just like

the thing that frustrates me and I'm not a member of the queer community so it's not even my well I think it's everybody's thing to comment on but you know I'm not a representative of that community, it's everybody's thing to comment on, but you know, I'm not a representative of that community. It's frustrating how much airtime that church gets for things like this. And I know we're giving them airtime right now. I know we're literally talking about it,

but that's their whole goal. And the things that they do and the people that do these hurtful things are such a tiny percentage of the country. And they're such a, they represent such a small amount, they represent such a tiny perspective, you know? And then it is disproportionately elevated because... It's hard to find the balance because you're like,

I could not talk about it and not give them airtime. But then it's also like, you don't want to sweep it under the rug. You don't want to sweep it under the rug. You don't want vulnerable people who have been affected and marginalised by this to think that the rest of the country doesn't care because we do care. Exactly. But then this master con man goes,

mean, more air. I'm on the front page of the Herald today. Mean, mean. Shows a good photo of me. Thanks, guys. Mean. How good does my Armani T-shirt look? Anyway, no comment.

If we get one, we'll let you know what it is. If you're new here, I should just tell you a little bit about myself. My name is Clint Roberts. And something interesting about me is I'm not actually on TikTok. Yeah, I was. But then I realised I don't need that in my life. So I have successfully unplugged myself from the TikTok algorithm. I tried to do this whole like virtue signaling social media detox thing over summer.

And I did pretty good for two weeks. I got off all social media except for Snapchat that I used to communicate with my wife. I got off it. I got off all of it and I was off it for two weeks. And now a month and a half into the year, I'm back on just Instagram. Okay, I realised I couldn't live without Instagram. But I'm not back on TikTok.

And I know, Claudia, you tried to be better than everybody else and not be on TikTok for a while too. You were actually my inspiration for this, but you caved. Oh, see what happened i managed at least two or three months solid no tiktok like cold turkey and then i got broken up with and i needed something to do so then now i'm spending eight hours a day yeah yeah it gets you in your weakest moment isn't it crazy because you get the screen time notifications on your phone

each week terrible and i did notice when i got off it was like, your screen time is down by six hours. Wow. I was like, wow. And now that I'm back on it each week, it's like, you're on your screen for an average of one hour extra a day. It eggs an hour every week.

And that's just from Instagram. Just from reels. What you will realize, and not to sound like I've got it all figured out because I don't I'm just not on TikTok that's the only thing I've got figured out in my life. What you will realise when you come off it is how fast these trends on TikTok happen and how weird people who know about the trends sound when you don't know anything about them. Like there's a couple of things that Claudia and Bree have talked about where they're like, oh my God, I'm obsessed with this at the moment.

And they'll say things like holding space and you'll go, I have no idea what you're talking about right now. You sound, to me, you sound like a crazy person, but it's because I'm not on there. So I thought that's something I could ask.'s happening on your TikTok feed Claudia yours specifically because we've talked about the phenomenon before that everybody's TikTok looks different to everybody else's so according to you and your algorithm and your personal algorithm on TikTok what's big right now biggest thing for me pet birds that speak English and wilderness survival tips. Wow. Yes. Okay.

Wilderness survival tips? Yeah. There's this one guy and he just goes out and he's in Alaska and he just goes and lives in the forest for no reason other than he can, in the snow. And that's big news on TikTok at the moment. In my world. But everyone in the comments is like,

I've seen the video, which means it's time for bed. They're like, well, it's 10 a.m everyone in the comments is like, I've seen the video, which means it's time for bed. They're like, well, it's 10 a.m., but it must be bedtime because I've seen this guy serving you today as a marker of like, this is...

When you've got too far down the feed. Yeah. Okay, Talking Birds and Wilderness Survival. Ella, you're still on TikTok, aren't you? Yeah.

Okay. According to your feed, what's important? What's news right now? So, I work in it, but I also just love it. Pop girly stuff. Sabrina Carpenter, Billie Eilish, all of that. Gracie Abrams.

But then I'm on this really niche side of chronic, sad, angry girl vibe where it's like this girl just screaming in a car, I lost my wallet! And then the next video is her, I found my wallet but I cancelled my credit card so now I'm in the bank to get my credit card. And that's good. That's good. It's kind of just niche and relatable. That get my credit card. And that's good. That's good.

It's kind of just niche and relatable. That's what keeps you coming back for another hit. It's funny. Yeah, okay. It's like very relatable because we all do those moments of like, in your car. Yeah, yeah, okay. And I'm like, ha ha. Yeah, nice, nice.

But at the moment, can I just, can I add on to this? Yeah. At the moment, there's this two different TikTokers accounts. And for some reason, they've been flirting like back and forth like oh no i haven't seen this filming each other reacting to the videos yeah essentially like flirting and getting to know each other but for the whole internet to see yeah yeah yeah and now finally they've gotten together millions of likes on these that's what the people wanted yeah it's what the people wanted fascinating Yeah. It's what the people wanted. Love it. Fascinating.

Fascinating. And that's what your world exists. Yeah, totally. That's your TikTok world. Does that convince you to come out to the dark side? Do you miss it? No. I'll link you the bird videos if you want.

I'll last another day, but maybe I won't. Can you call us or text us on 9696? What is it for you? You're like, surely everybody knows about this thing. What is the thing that is consuming your TikTok feed at the moment? Share it with us. Bree and Clint. Bree's away.

I'm not currently on TikTok. I'm on a self-imposed ban, and I act like I was doing it because I wanted to do something good for myself. No, I was just dangerously addicted to the app. I found I was using it while walking down the road. Like I would wait at the traffic lights and be like, oh, because I've got to wait 15 seconds, better get my app out and watch three TikTok videos.

So now I've been off it for almost two months and I have no idea what's going on there. We've also realised that everybody's page looks completely different. So something that you think is huge might not be huge for anybody else that you know. So this afternoon, what is huge for you? What is going on on your TikTok page? Caitlin's here.

Hi, Caitlin. Hi. What is it for you? According to your app, what's big news right now? So I've been getting these really weird AI generated videos that are like history. So it'll say like you wake up and like during the black death and it's like horrifically AI generated videos of you like walking through the streets as everyone's dying of the black death.

Oh my God. But the comments are so funny because like there's so many of them that there'll be comments like I'm, I was just Cleopatra and now I'm in the Black Death. And then there's ones that are like, you're on the Titanic. I was going to say Titanic. Is there a Titanic one? There's a Titanic one. I've seen, like, a lot of the Black Death ones.

I haven't gotten to the Cleopatra one, but everyone comments that. Is there, like, World War I and things like that? Probably. Oh, yeah, I think I have got one. I like You're in the Trenches. Wow. But they're so badly AI generated that everyone's got like 12 fingers. Oh, I see.

But they're only going to get better. You know, it's bad when they do one and it's like, it's 2020. You have woken up in the COVID-19 pandemic. I think I've actually seen one like that. Oh, my God. Yeah. Okay. Well, like I say, is that good one like that. Oh, my God. Yeah. Okay. Well, like I say, is that good?

Is that the content you're enjoying at the moment, or is it just what you're getting? No, but I also watch it every time it comes up. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay, that's natural. Thanks, Caitlin. I appreciate it. Ella, you were talking about a couple who are, like,

weirdly dating on the app across each other. Someone's just texted and said, the Nick Wilkins and Cassie Books ship is carrying my For You page. Is that the people? Is that them? Yeah, that's them. That's them. I love it.

Okay, well, it's not just you then. No, no, no. It's everyone. Jasmine's here. Hey, Jasmine. Hi. Hi. What's huge on your TikTok at the moment?

The devil, I think it's called a devil anglerfish that has floated to the surface and I think it was spayed. Oh, I'm looking at the fish right now. That thing is disgusting. And it's got the little light bulb coming out of its head. Yeah, so it like floated to the surface and no one knows why. And so I saw it like this big fish for ages and then I saw one yesterday where the fish is actually tiny.

Yeah. Like it's tiny. Are you getting this as well, Claudia? Is this on your page? Yeah. I don't look at it. I don't find it interesting. But every third video is this little tiny fish.

And everyone's like, it's a sign of death. Do we think it's real? Yeah, it is real. How do you know? Because I saw it on TikTok. Exactly my point. Okay. Thanks, Jasmine.

Someone said, for me, it's all about gastric sleeves and workouts and food. It does do that. Instagram is the same. If Instagram gets a whiff of you being on a diet or a fitness regime, that's all you're going to get. They'll be like,

oh, I know what this person's obsessed with. I'm going to show them nonstop this. What else is happening? Someone said the Anna Paul drama is consuming my For You page at the moment. Ilona Ma, the rugby player, the US rugby player, she's awesome. And she's playing in the, like, UK... Yeah, she's just joined a new team. Premiership competition at the moment.

Every time she comes up on my feed, I make sure to interact with it so that more things will come up. You want her back in your feed, eh? Yeah, she's so cool. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Oh, there's so many different things. It's a good reminder that everybody's page is different, right? And that it's not real life.

Weird that no one's texting in about the birds that I've got. The talking birds. Oh yeah, not a single person said that they were getting talking birds. Strange. And for Ella for a long time it was just farmyard animals giving birth. Yeah, I want them back on my feed. It's so fascinating. I tell you what I do, Miss. Hoof talk.

I do, Miss, being on hoof talk. I'm now on elephant hoof talk. Where they shave down the horse and cattle hooves. Yeah, now you need to watch the elephants be shaved. And then he puts on the salicylic acid and then he puts on the hoof block. So good. Maybe I do need to get back on the app. Bree and Clint.

How many? How many? How many? How many? That's a good amount. This is How Many, the game you win if you have the most something. No Bree today, which means, Jessica, you have to have more than either Claudia or myself.

Good afternoon. Hi, how are you? Good, how are you? Yeah, good. Good, good, good. Ella's in charge of this game. She's going to tell you the thing that you have to have the most of. Hi, Ella.

Yes, hello. And as Clint said, you get to choose who to go head to head against to hopefully win, Claudia or Clint. Today's topic is, do you know how many piercings you've ever had? So it doesn't have to be stuff you have now, it could be stuff you've had in the past. Could be stuff that's healed over. Yep, exactly. Doesn't mean you have to have a piercing in it now. So how many piercings you've ever had? Jessica, we're going to start with you. How many have you ever had?

I've had seven. Seven? That's not bad. You'd have to be feeling pretty confident in this game if you've had seven. I thought so. Yeah, considering Bree's not there, I think I might be good. Are you? Bree's got a few holes in her, do you? Pretty much. Or probably had. Had? Yeah, yeah Brie's not there, I think I might be good. Are you thinking Brie's got a few holes in her, do you?

Pretty much. Or probably head. Head? Yeah, yeah, true. She's up for anything, eh? Yeah, she's probably... Don't put words in her mouth. I'm trying to think of how many piercings I know that Brie has.

Earrings, nose. Oh, nose. I didn't think about her nose. Yeah, and then down. No, I don't think she's... Belly button, right? Do you... I don't want to get too personal, yeah. Yeah, and then down. No, I don't think she's... Belly button, right? Do you... I don't want to get too personal, Jessica.

Do you have any piercings that people can't see? Oh, no, they're literally all on my face. All on your face? Oh, period. Face and ears? Yeah. Okay. Cool.

Well, Jessica, who do you want to go head-to-head against? Definitely Clint. Clint? Really? Yeah, I doubt you've had seven plus. Why? Because I'm a boy? Pretty much. Well, what about Claudia?

We don't know how young, wild and free Claudia is. I've lived a life, guys. Have you? Well, they kind of do. They all kind of have multiple in their ears. So it kind of makes it a bit like the ruler out. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But you also don't know how freaky I am.

Like, I could have both my nips done. You have a secret one. Yeah. Yeah, we haven't seen all of them. Nah. Okay, just confirming, you definitely want to rule Claudia out and you want to go with me, Jessica? Yeah, I do.

Okay. Claudia, can you please reveal your piercing number? Oh, Jessica. In total, past, present? Past and present, I have had 11. Whoa! What? Yeah.

Wait, can you go through them? Yeah, no. I've only retired one, and I still have the other 10, and you have seen them all. 10? Do your lips done? No. Have you seen her lips?

No. Okay. No, they're all in my ears and my nose. Well, Jessica, ruling out Claudia was a good choice. Yes. So we're good there. But have I had seven or more piercings in my life? I can confirm, Jessica, I have been punctured twice.

Yo! Perfect. Well done. Well done. Well done. Thank you. You win. You've got 50 KFC chicken dollars coming your way. But you've got to tell us where.

Oh, yeah. Do you want to guess where my piercings were, Jessica? I kind of want to say a nipple and an earring. Or an eyebrow. Eyebrow. Yeah, you got it. One eyebrow, one ear. Both closed over.

Yeah, yeah. Was it the left or right ear? Left. You had to check right there. Thanks, Jess. Awesome, thank you. Sweet as. Thank you.

Bree and Clint. The Drake track, obviously. Drake dropped a whole new album over the weekend. An entire album with Party Next Door on Spotify. And no one cared. There's a song on there called Give Me a Hug as well and I feel like that's yeah, that's

sweet. Cool. Anyway, Claudia's here. Hi, Claudia. Hi. You said that you've discovered a millennial banger that has been erased from the internet. Yeah. So I've stumbled upon a TikTok that brought this to my attention and then I did the research and they're right.

Like, I can't find it anywhere. Okay. But it's a 2010 banger from Alexis Jordan. I knew it was going to be this song. Yeah, called Happiness. Do you know how I know that we're living in a simulation? How? Because I played this song at the Urban Polo in Christchurch on Saturday.

You're kidding. I DJed at the Urban Polo. I played this song. I love this song. Did it go off? Yeah, it always goes off. Yeah, yeah. But it's a random song choice for you to then come to the show and say it's gone.

I feel like this happens to us a lot too. But I saw this TikTok and it was like, hey, this millennial banger has been scrubbed from the internet. And I went looking and I went onto her Spotify profile. Yes. And there's literally one song listed on her profile and nothing else. For Alexis Jordan. Yeah. It's this one called Acid Rain from 2013. But happiness

isn't there. And when you search just that song, the only thing that comes up is this Alexis Jordan party tribute version of the song. It's a Deadmau5 song. Buzzy. So Deadmau5 made the song, but I think he's just the producer of it. Yeah. So it

belongs to Alexis Jordan. But... You know what's even weirder? Why would it have been taken down? I have no idea. And I've looked for like, there's no news stories. There's nothing else around it. Yeah. But you know what's even weirder? I was talking to Ella just before I came in here about this. And she was like, how did you find this out? And I said, I saw it on a TikTok.

I'll find the TikTok and I'll show you. It's gone. The TikTok's gone. The TikTok is gone. What is going on? What's happening? I feel like I've uncovered something. So if I don't turn up to work tomorrow, you know what's happened.

This is such a hidden gem. It's a great Friday jam. Why would it have disappeared? I really don't know. It's kind of like an underground banger. It was never like... Oh, this was big in my world. Yeah, right. It's huge. Buzzy. I'll do some more research.

Why would Alexis Jordan take down her only banger from her Spotify profile? Maybe she's doing a Taylor Swift and she's going to re-record. Oh, Alexis's version. Yeah, Alexis's version. Is she getting sued? Is she getting sued? Oh, maybe Deadmau5 wants it back. Well, no, they did it together, but...

Maybe he just wants it on his own because he's like, actually, this is the best thing I've ever worked on and I need it. Someone texted and they said, you should look into Hating on the Club by Rihanna. Oh, I love that song. Apparently that's gone as well. That's true.

I heard someone playing it recently and I was like, I need to find that. And you're right, that one's gone too. Hating on the Club is a, it's an underground one. I think it was a B-side. It was never properly released. Yeah, but it's so good.

Not as good as this though. No. Well, if you've got a CD single of Alexis Jordan somewhere, hold on to it. That could be worth some money in the future. Millions. Or send it to us because I actually love this song. Is it on iTunes?

Did you check this episode on iTunes? I haven't, no. I'll check now. And I don't have Apple Music, so I couldn't confirm there either. Bree and Clint. I met a man with. I'll check now. And I don't have Apple Music, so I couldn't confirm there either. Brian Clint. I met a man with a really interesting dog today. It was interesting to me.

I'd never seen that sort of dog before, and I drummed up the courage to go, what sort of dog is that? Even though I know that every single person that he sees would ask him about that dog, and he was fine about it, it was an Irish setter. I've had a text from someone who said, in Ireland, they're called red setters, not Irish setters. And you said they're woolly. They're not woolly. They're long-haired, silky balls of sex.

That person is passionate about their Irish setters, or should I say red setters. I've asked, what's the thing that everybody talks to you about? Emily's here. Hi, Emily. Hello. What's your thing? So I to you about. Emily's here. Hi, Emily. Hello. What's your thing? So, I have this top. I got it from Shane

and I just got it kind of like as a cover for summer to cover up my arm tattoo so I don't get sunburn. And it's literally white. It's just a collared shirt and it's got keybears at the bottom of it. Oh yeah, fun. It's actually gotten to the point that me and my partner will keep count of how many compliments I get

because literally without fail, I'd be at least one person and be like, I love your top. Where is it from? And it's just some random Sheen shirt. I bet you can't even find the link for it anymore. It's the Sheen top. You know what? Do you know what?

They do, and if you type into Sheen, Kevier's shirt, it's the first one that comes up. Nah, don't tell people that. You know what you need to do, and it's the, if you type into Shane, Care Bears shirt, it's the first one that comes up. Nah, don't tell people that. You know what you need to do, Emily? You need to reproduce it and start selling the white Care Bears shirt. And it's so comfy. Yeah. Yeah. Mind you, I'm covered in tattoos and got colourful hair, so you know, it kind of just goes with

me, but. But you're approachable. It sounds like you're approachable. People feel like they can talk to you. That's a good thing, right? They're like, I'm a preschool teacher, so the kids love it too. Yeah, nice. Okay. Thanks, Em. That's great.

Someone said, the thing that my partner always has people coming up to talk to him about is the Facebook video of him doing a land speed event where he went 377 kilometres an hour on a motorbike that he built himself. Is your husband Bert Munro the world's fastest Indian? I can tell from that text without even talking to the person that they are sick of hearing their husband talk about the thing. My wife would be the same. They'd be like, oh, shut up about your stupid motorbike thing already.

But strangers want to talk about it. Hunter's here. Hi, Hunter. Hi. How are you going? Good. What's the thing that everyone talks to talk about it. Hunter's here. Hi, Hunter. Hi. How are you going? Good. What's the thing that everyone talks to you about, Hunter? My eyelashes.

Have you got good eyelashes? Yeah. Are they real or are they stick-on ones? They're real. They're real. They're real. And what do people always say to you about your eyelashes? That they're really long.

Okay. And do you like it? And they always... Do you like it when people talk to you about your eyelashes? Yeah, kind of. Yeah. Oh, it's awesome, man. You look after those things because they're your special feature, aren't they?

Yeah. Yeah, good man. Okay, thanks for calling ZM. Someone said, my son's got the most beautiful red hair. People will look me dead in the eye and ask where his hair colour comes from. We have the same hair colour. They don't see it on you though, do they? They only see it on him.

Anna's here. Hi, Anna. Hi. What's the thing that everyone talks to you about, Anna? Well, I'm an above-knee amputee, and I walk with a prosthesis. Okay. And so pretty much everyone, when I'm wearing shorts, not everyone, but a very vast majority of people,

will come and say, hey, what happened to you? What happened? Yeah, what happened? Yeah, what happened to you? Even though I don't know them and they're not even anyone I've ever met before. No. Have you considered having it printed on a t-shirt? Just exactly

what happened? This is what happened? Yeah, yeah. No, I just gotta come up with a really good story every time. My, not comparing at all, but one of my teachers had a really gnarly scar on her leg and she just made up a story about it. She was like, yeah, shark attack.

And it wasn't until years later that we found out she just slipped on the pedal on her push bike, and cut her kneecap open. So yeah, you can make up whatever story you want if it's strangers, right, Anna? Yeah, well, and it's not always bad because we were walking up Mount Manganui this weekend, and everyone was saying, good on

ya, good on ya. So it was really nice. You should just say it back to them. Be like, oh, you're doing so well. With those soft, fleshy legs of yours. Oh, you're doing so well. Oh, good job with those legs. You got it. Thanks, Anna.

Someone said, I come from a relatively well-known rugby family and we all look related. I always get the question, do you play rugby? Yes, I do, but I hate it. I'm not a bad player, but the expectation to be amazing is just so high. I get it, but I also really want to know what rugby family you're from. Like, are you a Spencer? Are you a Carter?

Are you a McCaw? Are you a Shelford? I don't know. But see, I'm doing it to you now as well. Sorry. Someone else said, we asked, what's the thing that you have that everybody talks to you about?

Someone said, I've got bright green eyes that everybody says are so pretty every single day. That sounds hard. That must be, that'd be a hard existence. Someone else said, I have a very cute baby. And not only is he extremely cute, he's also the most social, smiley wee boy ever. It takes us about an hour to get around the supermarket

because all the old ladies want to stop and chat to this cute, smiley baby. That is adorable. That is adorable. And you will not, even if you're in a rush, just know that you, well, your baby, and chat to this cute smiley baby. That is adorable. That is adorable. And you will know, even if you're in a rush, just know that you, well, your baby, but by association you, are making those old people's day because that's a nice thing to have happen.

And you never know, the baby might not be cute forever. So just lap it up while you can, you know? It could be like a reverse ugly duckling situation. It could grow out of it. Just kidding. Brian Clint, we will do a birthday banger. Brian Clint. All I want for my birthday is a birthday banger.

But first, we bang birthdays. The number one song on your 16th, Natalia, is here. Hi, Natalia. Hello. Do you remember being 16, Natalia? Yes. Were you a being 16, Natalia? Yes. Were you a wild child? No.

No, you're a clean teen. Yes, absolutely. Good on you. What date were you born? And then we'll work out your birthday banger. 23rd of December, 1995. Okay. That means that you were 16 in the year 2011. And on the 23rd of December, 1995. Okay, that means that you were 16 in the year 2011.

And on the 23rd of December, this was number one. Rihanna and Calvin Harris, We Found Love. Banger, right? Yeah, banger, yeah. In my opinion, one of the best pop songs of the 2010s. I think you've got an absolute barnstormer there. It's a good one. Right there, we'll do Rebecca's birthday banger.

Hi, Rebecca. Hi. Hi, how are you? How was your weekend? Not too bad, thank you. How was yours? It was delightful, thank you. I was down in Christchurch.

Oh, there you go. It's the best place to be. The best place in the country right now. What is your date of birth, Rebecca? The 4th of April, 1984. Okay. On the 4th of April, 2000, you were 16, and this song was number one. Nice.

It's very 2000, isn't it? Yeah. Were you an NSYNC fan? I was, yeah. Yeah, were you a Backstreet Boys fan? I was. Yeah, and Five and Blue and all the rest. You got it.

Yeah, that's a tune. Do you like it? I would have gone for the one beforehand. Blue and all the rest. You've got it. Yeah. That's a tune. Do you like it? Oh, I would have gone for the one beforehand. Okay, no, fair enough. Just gauging your interest. Wait there. We'll do Jolene's birthday banger.

Hi, Jolene. Hi. How are you going? Good, thank you. Good. Good to have you on the show, Jolene. Better put this on speaker. Oh, yeah. Okay. Oh, yeah, okay.

Oh, that's better. Can you hear us? Yes, I can. Yeah, is this your first time coming on ZM, is it? It is. Oh! Look at you! Where you been, Jolene?

What radio station have you been listening to? I'm always on ZM. Where you been, Jolene? What radio station have you been listening to? I'm always on ZM. Yeah? You're just first time calling us up? Yeah. Oh, you've got to call more often. You've got to get in for secret sound.

Let's do your birthday banger now that you're here. What's your date of birth? 28th of January, 1965. Okay, Jolene. You were 16 in 1981 and on your birthday this was number one. Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene,

I'm begging of you, please don't take my man. Oh, you're so cool, Jolene. Yeah, I'm just pulling your leg, Jolene. You, yeah, I know, that was a bit mean. You got John Lennon. From the Beatles. Oh, I love it.

Yeah, it's nice, eh? Yeah, it's a lovely song. See, if people like you don't call ZM more often, some people wouldn't even know who John Lennon was, Jolene. No, no. Yeah. The Beatles. The Beatles. The Beatles.

Okay, wait there. It's out of John Lennon, Rihanna and NSYNC. What a spread. What a random assortment of songs. I believe this afternoon that I will be voting for NSYNC. Claudia, are we? You know what? NSYNC?

We are NSYNC. Are we? That's exactly? In sync? We are in sync. Are we? That's exactly what I was going to vote for. There we go. From the year 2000. For Rebecca, you just won birthday banger, Bec. Woohoo! Here we go.

Bree and Clint. Here's your birthday banger on ZM Bye bye Bree and Clint Might sound crazy But it ain't no lie Bye bye bye In Sync is the winner of birthday banger Today from Rebecca That song was number one in the year 2000

Which means it's 25 years old This year which means it was number one in the year 2000, which means it's 25 years old this year, which means it was number one a quarter of a century ago. Oh! Brian Clint. I had a shocking realisation about Ubers over the weekend. I caught quite a few Ubers. I was down in Christchurch and a good mix of Ubers. By the way, I know you didn't ask.

Obviously, several Prius and Aqua. But on my way home from the airport yesterday, I got a Tesla. Did you? No. Yeah. Were you good at opening the doors? Nah, I had no idea how to open the door.

It's so embarrassing. And then you finally get in, and then you're like, I don't know how to get out. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It was fancy. And the guy was really, like he was top shelf Uber driver too. When I got in, he goes, would you like a quarter? Ooh. Yeah. B, yeah. It was fancy. And the guy was really, like, he was top shelf Uber driver too.

When I got in, he goes, would you like a quarter? Oh! Yeah. It was like being in an Uber in America. That's cool. Yeah. Five stars. Anyway, before I got in the Uber, I didn't realise that this was a thing.

Because I don't think I pay that much attention. But maybe it's always been there. Maybe it's a new feature. And if it's a new feature, I think everybody needs to be aware of this. When I was waiting for my Uber, on my app, a notification came up that said, your Uber driver may be recording audio for safety. I've never seen that. I've never seen it before either.

And the amount of shit talking I have done in the back of an Uber, whether you're on your way home from town after too many drinks, or you're on the phone to someone having a gossip because you're in the back of the Uber, and you kind of assume privacy, even though there is a literal human being sitting there in the front seat.

I didn't know they would be recording audio. What have you been saying? No, nothing. How much incriminating stuff are you talking to the Uber driver about? Nothing I think. Nothing you can remember. Nothing I can remember. Nothing that comes to mind. But I definitely haven't been guarded about the conversations

that I've had in the back of the Uber. All my audio recordings would have is just me being like, hey, so when do you finish work? Busy today? Oh, so does it work out financially to run an Uber for a Tesla? So do you do this full time or part time?

Do you work Saturdays? But what if it's not? What if you are in an Uber with someone you shouldn't be in the Uber with and the Uber driver's like, I know that person. They're a low level New Zealand celebrity but they've got money and I reckon I can extort them for I'm not talking about myself here, by the way.

This is very specific. Just something to be aware of. Obviously, you should be on your best behaviour when you're in anybody's car anyway. But if you don't know, you don't know, right? I don't know. I saw when I hopped in an Uber recently that it was videoing, like us.

Like a dash cam pointing back. That was a big thing for a while with the taxis. That was a safety thing where they made it law that they would put a camera in there. But yeah, I never really saw those in Ubers. But if I saw a camera, I would assume that I was being recorded.

And I guess you should behave like you're being recorded all the time, shouldn't you? What a way to live. What? Sounds exhausting. But if you don't know. Just don't say anything that you wouldn't say outside of an Uber.

Yeah. What? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Treat the Uber like. Don't say anything you wouldn't want your Uber driver to repeat and or release to the public. Or keep on file for ages and be like, do you reckon they get together, all the Uber drivers?

And they're like, oh, like a podcast? You listen to this salacious conversation that someone has had in the backseat of your Uber? Best of 2024. Anyway, be aware, Ubers are watching.