ZM's Bree & Clint - ZM's Bree & Clint Podcast – July 1st 2020

Episode Date: July 1, 2020

Our first Greymouth callerExpensive sheepdogLatest with Dean McCarthyFoods fast there expire dateHow much ya putting in?State Of Origin is coming to NZThe relationship conversationNickname Origin!What’s the big secret you kept?Birthday Banger!Paula Bennett joins usDid Tui say ‘chicken’?Outsource our captionsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hi everybody and welcome to the Bree and Clint podcast. Oh sorry, I thought we were doing our ad libs. No, well no, we can, but it'll make a pretty weird podcast. Yeah, it'll be pretty boring I think. I don't think people will want to hear us talk about... Well, we should explain what an ad lib is. Good point. Because people will go, what the hell's an ad lib?

An ad lib is an ad... That is read out by us... To sound like a chatty conversation. But, when people realise Boom actually an ad Yeah and you go wow I just can't believe I just enjoyed That whole conversation about lipospheric Vitamin C

That those two friends were having Yeah just a couple of mates Yeah and that's it that's all That's all it is weirdly I've got a feeling I need to go and buy something Now though what do you need to go buy? Metamucil. No.

You said earlier. No, lipospheric vitamin C. You've been. And that would be the power of an ad lib done well, which we are yet to achieve. We're not the best at. No. But, you know, everyone's got to have goals. Should we try and, you know, When we do these ad libs

I'm not going to do it on here Just in case we get in trouble Yeah But we should try and do The most conversational ad lib We've ever done Oh yeah Okay

You pick the product That's a challenge You pick a product Okay And actually Ben Producer Ben will pick a product for us And then you and I Will have 30 seconds

To have a Sell it Casual conversation about it Casual way Yeah cool Okay So the product That we are going to advertise In a casual conversation about it. Casual way. Yeah, cool. Okay. So the product that we are going to advertise in a casual conversation is... 91 Fuel.

91 Fuel. Petrol. Hey, Bree, how are you? Good, mate. How are you? Good. I've just come from the service station. Oh, were you filling up?

I was filling up. And you know what? For the longest time, I've been filling my car up with 95 filling up and you know what for the longest time i've been filling my car up with 95 unleaded mate what are you doing you got to go to the 91 because it's cheaper and i feel just as good yeah but i'm scared that i'm not going to get the same power and performance that i would with filling up on 95 premium well your mate brie me i just talked about myself in third person i'm here here to tell you, not the case. Really?

No. I use it all the time and my car runs beautifully. Wow, that's all I needed to hear. Thanks, Bree. I'm going to go back to the gas station now, ask them to suck out the 91 that I just put in and flush it down the drain to the ocean and then I'm going to put 90. No. No, you stuff.

Shit! 91. 91. We were so close. We stop shit 91 91 so close right okay one more product a4 piece of paper from a stationary place hey brie hey clint i've just come from the printer oh what were you printing well nothing it turns out because the paper that I had in the printer was the wrong size. No, not that A3 bloody stuff. Worse, B3. Oh, I hate it. Yeah.

Such a scoundrel paper category. If only there was a recommended standard size of paper that I knew about that I could put in the printer. Well, have you heard about A4? A what? A4. The most standard and revolutionary This is good shit. Revolutionary

paper category ever made. Tell me more. I mean, it fits in everything including the palms of your hand comfortably. Wow, you seriously changed my life. I don't know what I've been doing up until now, and to think I

spent my entire university education writing on banana skins. I'll be getting some A4 tomorrow. That was fucking good. It was bang on 30 too. Was it? Bang on fucking 30? No, you're bullshit. Clearly not. You're so over. Tomorrow That was fucking good It was bang on 30 too It was What was it?

Bang on fucking 30 No you're bullshit Clearly not You're so over I think You know what We should do all of our ads From

Yeah I don't think I gave us enough credit We're very good at this That was fully off the cuff Believe it or not Hey Google What's the time? It's 3pm, give or take a minute.

Alexa, play ZM on iHeartRadio. Playing ZM on iHeartRadio. Hey, Siri, when are Brie and Clint on? Brie and Clint are on air in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. We're on air right now, everybody. Good afternoon. Brie and Clint, good to be here. G'day, guys.

Yeah, g'day, mate. Sorry, I just had a burp. That's just, yeah, it's gross. Bree just had three pieces of sushi for $5.90. I'm ropeable about it. Like, not big pieces of sushi. Yeah. Like, three pieces of sushi.

Three regular pieces of sushi. And they gave me one soya sauce. Oh, there was a California roll in there, though. Yeah, still. Do you pay extra for a California roll? It's just sushi inside out, isn't it? My thinking also is it's three o'clock and I'm going in there to buy this sushi. Oh, you should be getting bargain sushi.

It's old sushi. Yeah. Like, give it to me for half price. Yeah. What, did you try that? I'm not going to go into the sushi shop and barter with them. I bet they hate people who do that, who go wait till three o'clock and they go in and they go, you're not going to go into the sushi shop and barter with them. I bet they hate people who do that, who go wait till three o'clock and they go in and they go,

you're not going to sell this. You should give it to me for cheap. Two for one, two for one. I sound like that person, don't I? Some people, no, I'm not saying that. I didn't ask them though. I just paid for it. Yeah, you just paid for it and then you complained to me.

Exactly, which I think is totally acceptable. That's totally fine. And I think you're an idiot for paying $5.90 for three pieces of sushi. I didn't realise. But you've left your lunch until 10 minutes before you start work. So really, they can charge what you want because at this stage, you just need convenience. Yeah, but see, it doesn't really work out for me because sometimes I don't think I fit in the mould of breakfast, lunch and dinner. Yeah.

I like to just eat whenever I'm keen for something to eat. Okay. So why should I have to conform to those times? Are you saying you just want to graze all day? Yeah. Or you want an extra meal

added in like a linner or something? Yeah, linner or, I mean, brunch is great. Yeah. I'm just keen to graze all day. Okay, all right. We'll work on that.

Maybe we can get a sushi train running through the studio for you. That's not a dumb idea. It'll cost more than $5.90, though. Today on the show, special guest Paula Bennett joins us, the newly unemployed Paula Benefit. She is. Is she back on the Paula Benefit now that she's resigned from her job?

Is she back on the Paula Benefit? We'll ask her. How many weeks ago was it that Simon Bridges... Called her Paula Benefit? Yeah. The week before he also went on the Paula Benefit. So good. I mean, you couldn't write about it.

She will join us on the show, but next it's a big day for ZM. We've launched in a brand new town. I'm so excited about this. I am too. I'm really excited. You and I have been gunning to get our frequency in this town for years. It's been a big goal of ours, absolutely. It's part of our strategical takeover of the country.

Yep. And next, we welcome new members of the ZM Fano to the team officially. I can't wait. Come on in, guys. I'm so excited. It's like a welcoming ceremony that needs to happen. It's all about you guys today. Yeah, we put down a tarpaulin and you have to be blindfolded.

But other than that, it's all above board and you'll feel good afterwards. Big news today. Nationwide news, actually. So, of course, everybody actually be standing up, upstanding for a moment. Today, the ZM Radio Network is proud to welcome Westport on 91.7 FM

and Greymouth on 89.9 FM. Yes! About bloody time! We are live on the west coast of New Zealand for the first time. This is big. It's momentous. This is actually a big deal. Well, actually, how would anyone know to turn over to us?

Well, this is the issue. Because they're not going to know those frequencies in the first place. No, and I don't think that our billboards, our ZM billboards have gone up on the West Coast yet. And if they have, they're probably blown down by now as well. So, yeah, good point. We've been saying on the radio that we're coming to Westport. And then we realised.

But we weren't actually on. We weren't actually on in Westport. And they wouldn't know anyway. So technically, we probably don't have one person listening on the West Coast right now. We may not. There could be no one. But I would like the honour of our show being the first to make contact.

Like I would like to have the first West Coast listener join us live on the radio. That'd be nice. And I'd like to make a pledge that we open up the phones once a day, every day on this show until we are able to speak to our first ever West Coast

listener. If that is you, if you're listening right now, we would love you to call. This might be the first time you've ever listened to our show. The number is 0800-DIAL-ZM. Yep. And I don't know if we're going to get anyone. The phone lines are open right now. And they will be for the next 60 seconds.

So we're only going to open the phone lines for 60 seconds. Will you be the first person to ever call us from the West Coast? Should we get them a trophy or a medallion or something? Yeah, we can get them a medallion. That would be a good idea. Yeah, no one's calling yet. Come on, Grey Mouth. Grey Mouth. Grey Mouth, come in, Grey M yet. Come on, Greymouth. Greymouth. Greymouth, come in, Greymouth.

Good people of Greymouth. Westport. If you're in Westport, tell your friends. Now's the time. I'll 100 dial ZM. Tell your friends. Anything? Anybody?

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh. Hello. Hello, ZM. Hello. Hello. Hello, who's this? This is Ashley. Hold on. Wait, Ashley, where ZM. Hello. Hello. Hello, who's this? This is Ashley. Hold on.

Wait, Ashley, where are you right now? I am in Greymouth. Yay! Yay! Well, congratulations, Ashley. You are the first person to call ZM live from the west coast of New Zealand. How does that feel? Woohoo!

Woohoo! That's a big achievement. Update your Facebook, Ashley. Yeah, I'll say. I reckon. This is an accolade. So you are officially the newest Zedium listener we have. I've got questions.

What are your thoughts? Oh, it's so good to listen to you as we listen to you on iHeart from work. Oh, right. And the radio on the way home now. Even better. How good, Ashley. I'm so glad to have you on board. Can you call the show more often?

Oh, yeah, definitely. And where did you say you were? Sorry, you're in Westport? I'm in Greymouth. In Greymouth. Is there any big news in Greymouth that you guys need to get out now that you've got the use of a nationwide frequency? Is there anything you'd like to get out there?

Well, the sun's shining and it's a beautiful day, so that's got to be good news. That's big news in Greymouth. Well, now I'm starting to doubt whether you really are in Greymouth, Ashley. You know, now it brings up a lot of questions, to be honest. Welcome to the family. It's good to have you. Yeah, thanks for calling, Ash. Thanks very much. Bree and Clint.

Did you hear about the new record that was set in the dog world? No. Weirdly not up to date with any dog records was set in the dog world? No. Weirdly not up to date with any dog records. Oh, you're not? No. I like to follow, you know. Dog leaderboards.

Dog world records. Dog world records, yeah. You're part of a dog subreddit? Anything dogs, I'm in. I'm on board. Your subreddit group is people without dogs who love dogs. Yes. Dog voyeurs. That is literally me.

That sounds weird. Anyway, I saw this story and it was about a sheepdog over in Wales. Yes. And this particular sheepdog has set a new record. Oh, good for this particular sheepdog. For the most expensive sheepdog ever. I thought you were going to say the longest Welsh sheepdog name. No.

Also a good record to hold. Nah, bad record. Imagine trying to call that dog. I'm not going to attempt to speak Welsh. Well, this one's got quite a long name as well. Okay, let's profile the dog first. What is his name? Anyway, so the dog's name, oh, no, wait, that's the other dog.

So it actually beat out a Border Collie named Elaine Valley Sally, who used to hold the world record for the most expensive work dog. Okay. Which that dog sold for last year for $36,500. For a dog? Yes. $36,000 for a dog? That's correct.

Whoa, get yourself a robot. Wait, hold on to your seat because this sheepdog has now sold for a staggering $37,500. That is mayhem. That's a couple of cars. Yeah. Now, I obviously don't have any dog, let alone a working dog, but I imagine your parents have had working dogs? Yes.

Have they? Yeah, they've had a few working dogs. You never have paid that. Really? But I did some research because I was like, I wonder what the average price of a working dog is. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Because if it's up there, we need to start breeding working dogs. Absolutely. So the average price of a working dog in the UK is about $3,900. Yeah. So these are obviously selling for way more. So this is the Lamborghini of working dogs. Yes, that's exactly right. It's the Ferrari. It's the Ferrari of working

dogs. So is it faster? Is that what it is? Probably. Is it faster? Or it's probably just super intelligent. Super intelligent? Yeah. I mean, I've seen my dad. Full leather interior. There's definitely differences of when you have like a super, super good work dog compared to an average one. Yeah. Like you can get a lot more work done. Oh, I'm sure you can.

I'm sure you can. All the stuff that comes with it. How good if you could have the best of both worlds though and just have a working Cavoodle. So during the day, it's all work. And then at home, it's all work and then at home it's all Instagram and cuddles.

I don't know how many farmers are going yeah I've got a working cavoodle. But if you could if you could would you? That's what I would

like to know from our farming community. No you can't have a cavoodle as a working dog. I said if you could. No but I'm saying

you can't because you couldn't tell the difference between the sheep and the cavoodle. Yeah, good point. Damn it, Dave. You've shorn my cavoodle. Again.

Bree and Clint. Time for the latest. From iHeartRadio. This is the latest live from L.A. with Dean McCarthy. Dean joins us on the phone from LA. Dean, there is huge controversy around Justin Bieber at the moment. Can you give us an update on what's going on with him? Absolutely.

So here's the deal, right? Justin Bieber has been accused by two alleged fans of assault. Okay. He is not taking this lightly, though. You know, he gets accused of all sorts of things. When you're a famous person, rumors, that kind of thing. He has gone on social media and continues to show evidence that he was not where these women said he was at the time of the alleged attack. OK, so, for example, one night, one of the alleged attacks occurred where the alleged victim said that they were assaulted after the Met Gala party, right?

Anyway, so he has posted on social media today a photo of him at Rihanna's after party saying, I was not there. Actually, I was at Rihanna's after party. Last little name drop, actually. Then another instance, he posted a photo of him and Selena Gomez during a night out in Texas. And he was like, no, I wasn't doing anything other than hanging out with my girlfriend, Selena Gomez.

So he's going on and he's really showing everyone where he actually was in his, you know, opinion the night of these attacks. It's really interesting to watch it unfold. So he's literally kind of posting evidence to social media then. Yeah. He's saying, I've got the receipts. So I've seen that he's, look, there's just such complex situations

and it's so hard for anybody who brings accusations like this to be believed in the first place. But the way I've seen him handling it is different to other people. He's saying, he's kind of said that same thing. Look, I know it's hard for people to get believed in assault cases like this, but it legit wasn't me.

Here's even the Airbnb receipt of the place I was staying the night that you say I was doing something else. Yeah, and I totally get that, but he's still airing it all publicly, which doesn't help for people who really are struggling to come forward with this thing in the first place. Yeah, I guess he's turning all of his fans

against these people, right? Yeah, I mean, it's a real tough one because, I mean, I'm sure it'd be very hard to be, you know, as big a celebrity as these people are and you get accused of things quite a lot. Yeah. And it's really difficult. I just don't think it should be done in the public eye.

Yeah, that's a really, really good point that I hadn't even thought about before. Okay, Dean. Hey, thank you for the update. Keep us up to date on this one, will you? Thanks, Dean. Will do. Bye, guys.

So I came across this survey that pretty much was asking people around New Zealand, do they usually snack on foods that are out of date? Anyway, what do you think the poll results were? In New Zealand? Yes. I would say it was heavily in favour of eating it after the expiry date. I think we're pretty chill about that sort of thing. It's a suggestion.

You said it before, it's a suggestion. I take it as a suggestion. I'm like, oh, well, that's what they think. If it smells good, eat it, I think is what we go with. Yeah, I'm going to go with my nose. 74% said yes. I was going to say 75%. Were you?

Yeah. So that means 26% are lying. But you know what? It depends on the – exactly right. But it does depend on the type of food. It does. And this is what you and I were talking about because I said to you, I'm like, for me, there's the risky foods and then the foods that I don't think are risky.

And then there's the foods that I don't believe expire. They just put a date on it because they have to, like they want you to buy a new one. What do you reckon a food like that is? Honey? Oh, honey. No, honey doesn't expire. Honey lasts forever.

Yeah. Well, maybe not forever. Don't eat any of your granddad's honey if you're cleaning his house this weekend. Yeah, probably not a good idea. We have a panel of what we asked for relaxed eaters to call us. People who generally eat food that may be out of date a little bit. Yeah, for a bit of our own survey. So let's get them on.

Sean's here. Hi, Sean. G'day, Sean. Hi, Al. Hey, you're a relaxed eater. Tiff's here as well. G'day, Tiff. Hello, Tiff.

Hi, how's it going? Thanks. And Shelly as well. Hi, Shelly. Hello, Tiff. Hi. How's it going? Okay. Thanks. And Shelly as well. Hi, Shelly. Hi, Shelly. Hi there. Nice to have the ladies well represented in this category.

I thought it would all be hungry men. Shelly, you're someone who is very relaxed about the use by best before dates. Yeah, absolutely. Always have been. I agree with you, Clint. I just, if it smells good and if it tastes good, then it's fine. Sniff test. I don't worry about the numbers. Yeah, okay. We have here a list smells good and if it tastes good, then it's fine. Sniff test. I don't worry about the numbers. Yeah, okay.

We have here a list of foods because it does depend on the food. And we're going to go through each of them and see if you guys would still eat these after the date. Okay, guys. Our relaxed eaters, would you eat cheese if it was out of date? We'll start with Sean. Cheese, is that good to eat after the date? Yeah, as long as it's not dried out. The mouldier, the better for cheese sometimes.

Sometimes. Yeah, blue cheese. Not slimy, though. Bring on the mould. Tef, cheese, your cheese has expired. Are you still going to have a nibble? Yeah, if there's mould, I normally just cut it off, but I'll still eat it.

It's good for you. Good. That's what my nonna always used to say. And Shelley, what about you? Yep, just what Tef said. Yep, I just cut the mould off and go for it anyway. Yep. I think that's a good rule of thumb, ladies.

Do you agree that if there's mould, cut it off and keep going? Yep. Also, why is Mainland allowed to age the cheese, but I'm not allowed to age it in my own fridge? Yeah, well, I've decided. Okay, it's 100% yes on cheese. Give us another food, Bree. What about milk?

Ooh. Ooh. Ooh, milk. Sean, your milk's expired. Are you still going to put it in your tea? If there's nothing else and it's been in a cold fridge. Sean, you meant to ask

how many days is it expired? No, no. If it's cold, Sean's in. It's a yes from Sean. Tiffany. I do the sniff test. If it smells okay, I'll use it. Okay, sweet. Me too, yeah. And Shelly, your milk's in. It's a yes from Sean. Tiffany. I do the sniff test. If it smells okay, I'll use it. Okay, sweet.

Me too, yeah. And Shelly, your milk's expired. Is that still going in your cuppa? Yep, always. Yep, just smell it. If it smells fine, we drink it past the date all the time. I agree. I agree.

Does anyone else, if you can't really tell by smelling, just take a little sip? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, I've done that. That's how you can tell. Wash it around the mouth. Okay, we'll take a little sip. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, I've done that. That's how you can tell. Wash it around the mouth.

Okay, we'll do a couple more. Come on. Okay, what about bread? Short. Is it going in the toaster? Yeah. Definitely. All right, the toast will kill the bugs.

Agreed. Okay, yeah. Tiffany, bread? Yeah, I agree. If there's no mould, we're good. How many of you are toasting it? Would you cut off the mould though, Tiffany? Asking for a hint. I have done that before.

Me too. What, so have like a rinky-dink, half-cut piece of it? Okay, let's find your opinion. It looks like a mouse has just gotten into it. And Shelly, mouldy bread, are you going to eat that? Not if it's real mouldy, but I tend to keep the bread in the freezer, so it doesn't really matter. I don't even ever look at the date.

Life hack, me too. That is smart. Me too. Okay, let's go. We've got time for one more. One more. Now, this is the one food I think is very at risk, and I came across this problem last week when I was on holiday.

Chicken. Chicken. And we're going to say it's one day. One day past expiry. Yes. Okay, Sean, your chicken breast that you purchased from New World is uncooked and it's one day past its expiry, but it's been in the fridge.

Are you going to eat it? Cook it up. No, that's the wrong answer. I don't know. No, cook it up. Okay, Sean's going to cook it up. Tiffany, one day after. I have recently done this and I did cook it up.

And Tiffany's still here. She's fine. This is not health commission sanctioned advice we're giving out. It's just opinion. But Shelly chicken. Cook it up. If it smells fine, it looks fine, then cook it. Eat it.

Good for the immune system. Good for the immune system. Cook it up. There's only raw chicken that's bad for you. And if it smells bad when you're cooking it, well, then maybe not. But you can tell by the smell. If it smells bad, maybe not. You can tell by the smell.

Not definitely not. That's a soft maybe not. Salmonella. Thank you, everybody. Salmonella. Do not take your cooking advice from us. Please search advice from an expert before consuming expired chicken. Brie and Clint.

Brie, I had a realisation the other day. You know, there's little moments in your life where you go, damn, I think I've made it. I think I might finally have this adulting thing locked down. Because, no, what you talked about the other day, no one has any idea what they're doing. No. Well, I did, but...

Because that's a win for me sometimes. I don't give myself too much credit for that. No, I've had a realisation that when I go to the petrol station now, I just push the fill button. Oh, bola, bola, bola, bola. That's it. No longer do I go,

oh, I'll just... I just go, you know what? Screw it. Treat yourself. I'm going to push the fill button and however much gas my car needs, that's how much gas my car's going to get. It does make you feel like you've achieved, you know, that point in your life where you're like, I've got my stuff together.

It's where you get to step back and you should take an Instagram photo of your full tank and you should post that up on Instagram because baby, you know what? You've made it. I, um, for a long time, I remember back in my early twenties, I would be someone who would put a $40 in. $40? That was my standard. That's ballin' actually. 40 bucks.

That's all I could afford. Yeah. And then I would try and get every last bit out of that tank before I put another $40. Oh, yeah. How many days would you go with the guest light on? Oh, as long as it could go. As long as it could go.

But now these days, I feel like I'm the same as you. Are you a full tanker? I'm a full tanker these days. I've crossed over. And I feel like, you know, this is probably one of the proudest moments as I move into my 30s. Yeah, right?

I feel like I should be there. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You've set up your payments to KiwiSaver and you've started putting a full tank of gas in your car. I don't know about the KiwiSaver thing. One thing at a time. Yeah, one thing at a time. So let's just go a little poll around the room.

Let's just see where people are at. Alex is here. Hi, Alex. Hi, Alex. Hi let's just go a little poll around the room. Let's just see where people are at. Alex is here. Hi, Alex. Hi, Alex. Hi, how are you? Good, thanks. Good, how are you? Good, thank you.

So you've just pulled up to the pump, and you've got the option to go 5, 10, 20, 30, 40, or fill. What are you pushing? What button are you pushing to fill your car up? I'm finally pushing fill, but I'm very much like you. It's very satisfactory when you hit that fill, even though I'm in the 98 Toyota Corolla. Doesn't matter.

You're in a 98 Corolla with a full tank. All I do is win, win, win, no matter what. I do need to ask Alex, because I'm someone I haven't moved into the normal fuel yet. I still get the... Oh, that's a really good question too, Alex. Is it a full tank of regular or a full tank of premium? Nah, she's still on the regular.

I'm not even on regular. I'm on the one before that. What? What's it called? 91. 91? Olive oil? 91!

Okay, thank you, Alex. Let's go to Kimberley. Hi, Kimberley. Hi, Kim. Hiya. What are you pushing? When you go to fill up your car, what are you pushing? I'm pushing the 91 full tank.

Oh, girl. My 91 gal. Damn, Kim. And do you remember the moment that your life changed when you became a full tank person? Oh, it was awesome. Yeah, right? Great feeling, isn't it?

Call the family. Let them know. Teresa is here. Hi, Teresa. Hello, mate's awesome. Yeah, right? Great feeling, isn't it? Call the family. Let them know. Teresa is here. Hi, Teresa. Hello, mate. Hi. Let us know. What is it, girl?

91, Paul. I love the 91ers. I think I'll always be a 91. I feel like I'm getting a good deal. Yeah. All right, well, that's refreshing. Let's go one more to Caitlin. Hi, Caitlin.

Hi, Caitlin. Hey, yeah. Okay, you've just pulled up to the gas station. It's gas day. It's your designated day. You need some fuel. You're at mobile. What are you pushing?

91. 91, yeah. Poor student here, so depending on payment, I'm either a full tanker or a $20 deal on that gets me. So it depends on how close you are to student loan day, is that right? Basically, yeah, or

fortnightly payment. Caitlin, I feel like we're here to tell you, because I feel like you were us, like, not that long ago. You will get there, mate. You will get there. Have you ever pushed the fill button before?

Have you ever pushed it? Have you had the experience of pushing it once in your life? So satisfying. That's all you need. All I do is win, win, win. No matter what. I got money on my mind.

Guess what? This week, you're filling her up because we're giving you free mobile fuel, baby. Yay! Yes, Caitlin. Push the fill button for us, okay?

You've earned it. Absolutely. Thank you. No worries. Brie and Clint. This is big news that I know will excite you, Brie, especially because there's no way you can go home and see this over there. So the thing you love the most is coming here to see you,

and that is the state of origin. I don't think I've ever been this excited for something in the last however long. I just am losing my mind over it. News today that the people who organised the rugby league game, State of Origin, are going to move the first one to Auckland instead of Australia and play it at Eden Park because we can have crowds here.

Finally, coronavirus brings something good to the world. Now, I understand that you might not be that excited about State of Origin listing. Maybe it's not your cup of tea. Maybe you've never watched the State of Origin before. Don't say blasphemy like that to me. No, it's true. There's not a New Zealand

team in the State of Origin competition. I get it. I do get it. Also, it's rugby league, not real rugby. It is literally the highest form of rugby league you can watch in a year. I know you're passionate, but I know someone who's more passionate. Why don't we call the world's biggest State of Origin fan,

your mother, and get her to tell us exactly why this is such a big deal. If you're not convinced listening right now, get ready to be convinced because my mum, there's no one that loves it more. We're talking full swearing at the TV. She changes into a different person.

She does. It's crazy. So let's call her. I don't even know if she knows that news. Well, you break the news to her, and then we'll ask her why does this matter for New Zealanders. Okay, great. Why is it important?

Hi, Rana. How are you going? Hi Rana, how you going? Hi mum, Clint's here too. Hi mum. Hi Clint, how you going? Going good, we've got some big news for you. Big news mum. Okay, I hope it's good big news. Well it's good news for us. You might be a bit upset by this news or maybe not, we'll see. So did you hear that they're talking about having the first State of Origin game here in Auckland? No, they're not. No, no, no. We're being full serious.

No, you're G-ing me up. She doesn't believe us. No, we G-you up a lot. I don't believe you. We do bullshit. We G-you up a lot, but this is the truth. Because they need the ticket sales, they're saying, well, why don't we hold... You know how sometimes the first game moves around?

They're saying, why don't we move the first one to New Zealand and play it here in Auckland at Eden Park, just down the road from where Brigham Island is. I'm so excited, Mum. No, no, no, no. Mum. I don't believe you. Mum, listen to me. Listen to me.

You have to believe us because it's true. This is what we need you to do because obviously here in New Zealand, some people don't really know what state of origin is all about or why it matters so much. So we need you to pretty much tell people listening why they should care. Tell New Zealanders why state of origin is important. State of origin is there's just one word that explains it. Passion. It's absolutely the love of the game and the passion that the Queensland team have and they're a family. That's why we've won over that great time

that we won nine out of ten years and we were ripped off the other year, but that's another story. So it's absolutely, yeah, definitely was, Brianna. Absolutely. Okay, that's good. Okay, you've covered off the Queensland side. Now can you cover off some of the passion that the New South Wales team have as well,

the other team in State of Origin? So people might get behind the New South Wales team. Well, why would they get behind the New South Wales? Well, because they're the other team. Really, honestly. No, honestly, you've had New Zealanders playing for Queensland. I mean, come on. I mean, you don't have New South Wales there.

Look, I think New South Wales just don't realise how good they are and that's one thing we don't want to tell them. Okay. Hey, Mum, this is the last question I think that we can convince New Zealanders that this is going to be awesome. Yeah, because I think you've done a good job of conveying the passion that State of Origin is a good competition that New Zealanders should support and we should go and see it when it comes here to New Zealand.

This is the big question, Mum. Obviously, one of the things you love literally probably more than your kids most in the world is Elvis Presley. If you had to pick between listening to Elvis' music or never watching a State of Origin game ever again,

are you picking State of Origin or Elvis? No, I can't do it. It's like picking between the kids. You can't pick a favourite between those two. You just can't do it. It's like picking between the kids. You can't pick a favourite between those two. Yeah, okay. You just can't do it. Yeah, you pick me.

I'm your favourite kid. Okay, well, let's use kids then. If you had to choose between State of Origin coming home to Queensland or Brianna coming home to Queensland, which one would you choose first? Oh, jeez. The fact that you have to think about it is enough, okay? You've done your job.

Sounds like a great competition. We're invested. Mama Di, the world's biggest State of Origin fan. Thank you very much. Go, Queensland! Queenslander! Bree and Clint. I saw that TVNZ are auditioning for The Bachelorette Season 2.

Stop, I'm in a relationship. Oh, yeah, right. I could be the The Bachelorette Season 2. Stop, I'm in a relationship. Oh, yeah, right. I could be the next Bachelorette. No, you couldn't. I was in the top picks last year, thank you very much. For what? To be The Bachelorette. Whose picks?

Didn't you see that article? No. It was me, Lily McManus, who ended up being one of The Bachelorette. Yeah, well, they got one right. I don't mean because I don't think that when you were single, you're an eligible bachelorette. That's not what I mean. Oh, why?

I just mean you're too fussy. You think I'm too fussy? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Oh, no, it's all coming out now, isn't it? I mean it in a nice way. You're selective. I don't think I'm super fussy. Right.

Well, okay, then why don't you apply? If you're that offended by it, why don't you? I'm in a relationship. Then it doesn't matter. Okay? Look, jeez. They're looking for women to apply to be the Bachelorette, and they're also looking for boys to apply to date the Bachelorette.

God, what an impossible task to find another cast of people for that TV show. You be nice. an impossible task to find another cast of people for that TV show. You be nice. You're referring, because I've heard you before, you're referring to eligible bachelors, aren't you? Yeah, I am, yeah. Because, because, because, look, Kiwi males, we're a unique bunch. I think we're a fantastic breed of people. But are we cut out for reality TV?

I don't think so. They should have done The Bachelor again, shouldn't they? Yeah, they should have done The Bachelor. There's heaps of girls out there. Because then you only have to find one guy. You just find one guy. You just ring Art and you go, surely you've got a brother who's single by now. Come on. And that's it. And then the whole season is planned. Art 2.0.

It's such an interesting concept though because if you are going to apply to be The Bachelorette, you need to be able to date multiple people at one time. On camera. On camera. For the whole country to watch. You need to be emotionally available enough that you

are in a position that you could find love but at the same time you have to keep all these people at a safe enough distance that you don't fall for one or two or even three of them. Yeah, but you know I think what makes it the hardest is you can't even kind of allude to people if you're feeling them more than someone else.

No, you can't. You literally can't tell them anything. You can't lead them on because it's not fair because you might have to cut them next week. Yeah. So, and we were talking about this before the show because it's been so long since I have been in the dating game. It's like, what, 20 years?

Excuse me. No, how long has it actually been? long since I have been in the dating game. It's like, what, 20 years? Excuse me. No, how long has it actually been? Less than 10, okay? It's close to 10. No, it's less than 8. Might even be less than 6. I don't know. You should know.

I should. That's not the point, though. So you've been out of the game for a while. I've been out of the game for a while. And I said to you, oh, a bit weird to be dating multiple people, isn't it? And you said, no, that's how it works. I said to you, I think it's kind of relatable to the people, like our generation and, you know, that kind of age group these days

because a lot of people are kind of, you know, dating around and then there's kind of all different types of I think like areas you can be in. So tell me as because you've been dating more recently than me. How long have you been in a relationship? One year? Yes. About one year? Ish. Maybe not even. Oh you should know that.

Would it have been cool when you and your partner were first dating for you? So say you were going out with her on Friday night. Would it be legit for you to go on a date with someone on saturday night i think so right if you haven't had the conversation okay so that brings us to the conversation yes tell me about the conversation so i think it's fair game to be going and dating a few people until you have the conversation, which is, are we exclusive? Okay, oh, that's the conversation. That's the conversation.

And so is that conversation different to the are we a couple conversation? I think it can be if you want it to be. Some people take it as they're the same, but some people can take it as we're dating and we're exclusive, but we're not official. Okay. And when do you... Okay, that's...

Jeez. That sounds so complicated. And when do you have that conversation? I think that's up to you. Some people might think... God, I sound like someone who's never dated before in my life. I'm just curious to know what the accepted rules of engagement are right now. I think it's different for everyone.

Some people might have the rule that if they're intimate on a regular basis with someone, then I want to be exclusive. Okay, but is that not a given if you are? Oh, God, you're so out of touch. No, I don't think so. I think a lot of people, because it's so wishy-washy these days and everyone has different ideas and, you know, it's not as simple as back in the day that we're either going steady

or we're not. Okay. So let me ask you. Yeah. When did you have the conversation? Which one? The conversation. The exclusive conversation.

I'm going to take my Tinder down because I'm exclusive. I want to be exclusive with you. And if you don't want to be exclusive with me, then we should call the whole thing off. I don't think we ever had it. Oh my God, you're not exclusive. You can be the bachelorette. I'm going out tonight.

If you'd like to apply, you can go to TVNZ's website. Kia ora. I'm Simon Bound, and I host Business is Boring, a podcast that reckons it's anything but. Join me each week as I chat with some of the most interesting and inspirational players in the Aotearoa business scene and learn what it takes to make it happen from accidental entrepreneurs to the brains behind some of the country's biggest brands.

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and follow us on iHeartRadio or wherever you get your podcasts. Bree and Clint. Nick, Nick, Nick, Nick, Nick, Nick, Nick, Nick Nickname Origins. Here's our game that we invented called Nickname Origins. That's right. You guys call us up.

You give us your nickname and then we try and guess how you got it. The best origin story wins themselves free mobile fuel. Shana is going to play first. Is that it? Shana? Shania. Shania.

Shania. Shania. Hi. Hi. Hi. Hi. What's your nickname? Shina Jina.

I've got this one. This one's easy for me. Okay. You take it. Shiner Jina. I've got this one. This one's easy for me. Okay, yeah, right. You take it. I think Shania has had full laser hair removal. On her Shiner Jina. And that's why they call her Shiner Jina.

Oh, because she's got a Shiner on her Jina. It's nice and shiny. Yeah. Clear of everything. Okay. Like a sexual slippery dip. You know what? When it comes to women's issues, who am I to go against you?

You need to believe me, I think. So I think I will choose to believe you. Shina Jina, do they call you Shina Jina because you've got a Shina on your Jina? Unfortunately not. What is it? So close. What's the real reason they call you that? So my parents spout my name wrong on the birth certificate.

So it's spelt my name wrong on the birth certificate, so it's spelt Shina. And so now it's just a big joke to call me Shina Jina. Oh, that's not cool. No, no, no. I was worried they'd misspelt it Shina Jina. I think that's what you were going to say. That's a big misspelling. Shina, you should just go get

laser hair removal, I mean, if you want to. Up to you. And then you can say it's because of that. Retro fitness origin story. Yeah, that's a good idea. Let's get Brayden on to play. Hey, Brayden. you want to, up to you. And then you can say it's because of that. Retro fitness origin story. Yeah. That's a good idea. Let's get Brayden on to play. Hey, Brayden. Hi, Brayden. Hello.

Hi. Hit us with your nickname, Brayden. What is it? Margarine Guts. Oh. Margarine Guts. I reckon he was just somewhat, do you reckon one time when he was a kid, he got confused and he just ate a whole tub of margarine?

Oh. And then they called of margarine. Oh. And then they called him Margarine Gus. Yeah, or something to do with sandwiches. I've got visions of piles of white bread. You know how you pre-butter them for a sausage sizzle or something like that. Did you know margarine, here's a fact, margarine's actually black? Yeah, they bleach it to make it look like food. Make it look like butter.

Yeah. It was invented to fatten up geese. It was never meant for human consumption, but geese didn't want it so they fed it to people. Black. As if anyone's eating it if it's black. Anyway, it's bloody margarine guts name. It's not does it too much. I reckon he eats a lot of margarine. Alright, margarine guts. Do they call you margarine guts because you're

a guts for margarine? No. Okay, what is it? So when I was younger, when I would be making sandwiches and toast and stuff for my father, apparently I would put too much margarine on it, and he reckoned it would be like half a tub. So since then, my father and my siblings...

Call you margarine guts. Makes sense. That makes a hell of a lot of sense. Okay, wait there, margarine guts. Chelsea is our last one Hey Chelsea Hi Chelsea Hi What's your nickname Chelsea?

Chucky Chucky Oh this is easy She's got red hair What? Doesn't the Chucky doll Have red hair? Oh yeah okay

I thought easy She does a Chucky At the parties You know you got one mate Who loves to She's a big chunderer She's a big chunderer Yeah

She's a Chucky Right My head yeah. She's a Chucky. Right. My head went straight away to the Chucky doll. To the Chucky doll. Maybe she's short. Is she short, maybe? Could it be anything else? I think those are two really good options.

Could it be anything else? I'll go with you. I'll back you. I think she's a big chunderer. She's a big chunderer. Yep. Okay. Chucky, do they call you Chucky because you're a big chunderer?

Pretty much, yeah. So I had a few too many lemonades one night and I was getting a ride home from my best friend's mum and I got about 200 metres away from my house and the window wouldn't wind down quick enough in the car and I vomited all through her mum's car. Ew, Chucky. What kind of car was it?

A white Suzuki Swift. Ew. Yeah. Okay, Chucky. What kind of car was it? A white Suzuki Swift. Ooh. Yeah. Okay, wait there. God, I feel bad for her. That's the worst feeling. Yeah. When you're in the car and you're like, I need to get out of this car right now. So does she win because we feel bad

for her? Shina Jina's got the wrong name on her birth certificate. I do like Shina Jina. Yeah, my... It's quite funny. I liked Marjorie and Guts too, but my Marjorie and Guts are saying go with Shina Jina. I think my money's with Shina Jina. Shina Jina, you've got free mobile fuel this afternoon. You've won Nickname Origins. Well done.

Thank you. You keep Shina and that Jina. Brie and Clint. So picture this, Clint. There's a married couple. They've been together for five years, happily married. They've got twin baby girls. Yeah. Or actually, I think the girls are about four.

Oh, okay, yeah. So they've got four-year-old twin girls. They're living in Perth over in Australia. Everything's all good. The husband, his name is Mark, and when Karen, that's the wife's name, married Mark, she knew that he had to be away a lot for his job. Okay. Like he'd fly out to places like South Africa or India

and that was just a part of, you know, their life. Yeah, sure. He would fly out for weeks at a time. There was one particular trip when he got back, he went straight to bed because he was exhausted So he's gone to bed All of his luggage is still sitting in the lounge room She's decided that she'd do something nice And she'd sort out the luggage for him

Do his unpacking for him Yeah, you know, wash his clothes Put his stuff away, really nice It wasn't until she found a framed picture of a woman and a young boy in his suitcase that she got very confused. Why would he have a picture of a woman and a framed picture of a woman and a young boy in his suitcase? How strange, right?

Right. Very strange. So at first she thought maybe this is not his luggage. He's picked up someone else's bag. But then she found other things throughout the luggage that confirmed it was his bag. Yeah. She decided she'd...

Like his undies. Yeah. She did a sniff test and she's like... Oh, okay. Well, that's gross. These are definitely his. Stop. Stop talking.

That's gross. Oh, no. I'm married to the stench. I'll smell it anywhere. I know that flavour. Anyway, so she's decided I'm going to sit on it tonight. I'm going to talk to him in the morning. Yep.

Anyway, so she. Oh, I wouldn't be able to do that. I know. She confronts him the next day. I wouldn't be able to let him sleep. I don't think I could either. No. But she thought, you know, maybe there's a reasonable explanation.

I'm just going to keep my cool. Yep. Anyway, so the next morning she said, hey, I was, you know, sorting your suitcase out. Who is this woman and this boy and why is this picture of them in your suitcase? Yeah. Anyway, that's when Mark replied with, I'm so sorry.

I knew you'd find out one day. I've been dreading this moment. She said, what are you talking about? He went on to explain that he had been having an affair with a woman whose name was Belinda. And during the course across the affair, she had gotten pregnant and then they'd had the son and now he had an 18-month-old son.

So he's got a whole other family. A whole other family. So Karen goes, okay, so obviously this is on one of your trips. She's in whatever country she's in. And that's why you go away so much. And that's why you go away so much. He goes, no, she actually lives two suburbs over and I've used me going on trips as an excuse and that's when I go and stay with him.

So was he ever going on trips? There were no trips? Or were the trips like a week shorter than he was saying and he was spending some time at the other house? Yeah. Oh, that would rip your whole life apart. So all the trips were just a cover. Everything in your life to that point would feel like a lie, because it was, essentially, or at least as long as he's been with that other person.

The hardest part is that they were so happy. She was like, we were so happy. And he said as well, he goes, I was really happy. And he kind of explained to her, because I looked further into it, and he was kind of like, he goes, I felt like I got into this position where it was the point of no return. Yeah, and I know that cheating happens for lots and lots of reasons. But to go as far through and to start raising another child,

like you've got to understand that. Own up. Like he said, he knew they were going to find out. Take responsibility. What are you, just biding your time living in a world of stress? Can you imagine, though, the feeling he would have having to keep that secret? Yeah. Like that's a long time.

And they say the truth will set you free. However, I am not sure that he will be feeling particularly free right now. He will eventually, though. Can you imagine? It would be so exhausting to keep that secret. Look at you. Yeah, maybe one day. One day.

The fact that there's kids involved really complicates it. Yeah. Because... And it makes it even more sad. Yeah, it makes it really sad. Because there's obviously nothing to do with it. And for Karen, which I'm sure is not her real name for the purpose of this story. No, they've obviously changed the names.

But you and I have been talking about this for a while and I know this will take a bit of courage from some people. Yeah. But obviously he was sitting on a massive secret for a long time. A secret of his own making. Exactly, though. A secret family. We would like to know from you guys this afternoon on 0800DIALZM,

what's the biggest secret you've ever kept? Yeah. It might not be a secret that you've caused, like this guy. It might be something someone told you and asked you not to tell anyone. Yeah, it might be something you wish you never knew, but you had to keep that secret. Or it might be a really good secret. It might be an exciting secret, like a lotto win or something.

Yeah. And you knew, and you had to keep it a secret for however long. We'd love to know your biggest secret story this afternoon. Yeah, what's the biggest secret you've kept? 0800 dials at M, or you can text us at 9696. We can keep you anonymous. That's fine. Yeah, just love to hear it.

Now we want to talk to you about your secrets. Yeah, what is the biggest secret? Maybe you're still keeping it as we speak, but what's the biggest secret you've ever had to keep? You revealed a story about a man who had a secret family living in Perth, a couple of suburbs over from his real family. For years he had this secret. And I'm worried that that will be quite common, things like that as well.

But let's find out what people have got. Our first caller wants to remain anonymous. Hello. Hello. Hey, how's it going? Good, thanks. Anonymous, are you currently keeping this secret still? Yes, I am.

So my best friend, who's been married for about 20 years, has a girlfriend on the side as well. Oh, no. How long has he had the girlfriend for? About three years. How did you find out? Did he confide in you or did you just stumble upon it? He did.

And what makes it really awkward is we're all a big friend group, so everyone in the group knows, except for his wife. Are you a bit annoyed that he brought you into this mess because then, you know, kind of, you know, makes you in this position where you have to kind of... Yeah, you're compromised. Yeah. 100%.

I would love nothing more than for her to actually find out, you know, because she doesn't deserve this. Will you tell her? No. Would you ever push him to tell her, though, Anonymous? I have been, yes. Yeah, that's all you can do, I think. Okay.

That's rough. Sorry that you're in that position. That's not good. No, someone else has texted through and they said, I slept with my married neighbour for six months and I've kept that secret still 10 years later. Oh, they have stopped doing it though? Yeah, this was a while ago, I think.

Yeah, right. They said they felt horrible and horrendous about it. Yeah. they have stopped doing it though? Yeah, this was a while ago, I think. Yeah, right. They said they felt horrible and horrendous about it. Yeah. Would you get over it when your neighbours moved? You'd be like, oh, well, that's like... Next. You know, like they... Kevin's here.

Hey, Kevin. Hi, Kevin. Hiya. What's the biggest secret you've ever kept? I'm still keeping it. And the secret is my wife has twin girls, two ex-siblings. Whoa. And my family have no idea.

Really? So the kids in your family are not your kids? They're not actually in my family yet. They're still overseas because my wife is from China. Oh, wow. Right, but there's some half-brothers and sisters going on. That's fascinating, Kevin. Thank you. Yeah, crazy. Someone there's some, you know, half brothers and sisters going on. That's fascinating, Kiven. Thank you.

Yeah, crazy. Someone else has texted through. This is quite interesting to me. And they said, my granddad came out as gay after 40 years of marriage. He also had a partner for those 20-something years. See, that one's sad. That makes me, I just feel for all those people, especially in that generation who they didn't really have a choice

and what a crazy secret to keep and not only keep but actually have to act on. Yeah, there would have been a lot more people who were of different sexualities in that time that couldn't be honest about what they were inside. Absolutely. And I always hoped that they were able to at least confide in their partner at some stage.

And you know what? I feel for both people though. Like I feel for the partner. I feel for the person that couldn't be who they were. It sounds like Grandad got that chance eventually though. That's amazing. That story really is quite intense when you think about eventually he did. He came out and said, this is me. So let's lighten the mood and go to a cheating story. Anonymous is here. Hi, quite intense. When you think about, eventually he did. He came out and said, this is me.

So let's lighten the mood and go to a cheating story. Anonymous is here. Hi, Anonymous. Hi. What's the biggest secret you've ever kept? I found out that my sister's husband was having an affair. Oh, how'd you find out? He actually told me.

What? Your sister's husband told you, his wife's sister, that he was having an affair? Is he stupid, though? Why would he tell you? I kind of think he wanted to get caught. Right. Oh. That makes sense.

I don't know. I mean, I said to him, what are you going to do? And he was like, I'm actually going to leave her. And I said, you don't, if you don't want to be with someone, don't be with them. You don't cheat. That's just not the way to do it. But I was so angry. Yeah.

I would have been. So what happened in the end? Did you tell her? Did he tell her? No. I told my other sister because I thought she knew and she didn't know. And she went to me, if ever our other sister finds out, we can't tell her we knew. Oh, God. No. He went on a work trip and his work phoned my sister and said, why is he not at work? Is he sick? And my sister said, what are you talking about? He's on a work trip and his work phone to my sister and said, why is he not at work? Is he sick? And my sister said, what are you talking about?

He's at a work trip. And he wasn't. He had taken this woman away for. And he got, so he got found out. And did you get. He got caught. Did you get like, did you get your actress on? And when you, were you like.

Oh my God. I'm so surprised. And you've never, and you've never told your sister that you knew. Oh my my God. No. Oh, my God. That sucks, though, because you haven't... You didn't do anything wrong.

Yeah, you got involved when you... Oh, God. Yeah, right. Okay. Yeah, I just didn't have the heart to tell her. No, I understand. It's not your fault. I understand.

You didn't do anything. Yeah. Yeah, that sucks, though, that you got brought into it. Thank you, Anonymous. That is some juicy stuff. Thank you for sharing with us. We really appreciate it. You're welcome.

No worries. Okay, cool. All right, here we go. This is where we take your guys' birthdays. We'll figure out what was the number one song when you were 16 and then we'll play the best one out of the three. First person up to play birthday banger is Lisa. Hi, Lisa. Hi, Lisa. Hi. How are you, mate? How are you? Good. That's good.

Alright, let's do your birthday banger. What's your birthday? Half your listeners probably were born when I was 16. They're our favourites, mate. 26th of October 1966. 1966. 1966. You're a bloody hoot. You were 16 in 1982 on the 26th of October. And, Lise, this is your birthday banger.

Oh, bad news, Lisa. There is no record of music from that time. Don't be mean. That's not true. You be nice. It's a great birthday banger, Lisa. It's an awesome one. Eye of the Tiger.

Do you love it? Yeah. Nice. Okay. Lisa's on a phone from 1982 as well, so a little bit broken signal there. You be nice to her. Let's go to Priya. Hi, Priya.

Hi, Priya. Hi, how are you? Good, thanks. How are you, mate? be nice to her. Let's go to Priya. Hi, Priya. Hi, Priya. Hi, how are you? Good, thanks. How are you, mate? Good, thank you. That's good. What's your birthday, Priya? So it's 30 December 1993.

Right, you were 16 in 2009 on the 30th of December. And in 2009, this went to number one. I won't get over it. I won't get revenge. You and me could write a better plan. to number one. Oh, iconic birthday banger, Priya. Do you love Gaga? Love her.

Me too, Priya. Is this a great Gaga song? Because there's good Gaga songs. This is great. And then there's great Gaga songs. Absolutely. Like you say. Yeah, it's iconic. Okay, cool.

What would your favourite be, Priya? Would this be up there? Probably Poker Face. I feel like there was A breakthrough That was a tune Okay one more for Paula Hi Paula Hi Paula

Hello How are you Just checking This isn't Paula Benefit Is it You could benefit A lot from me But no it's not

You're a tough Oh girl You're quick Paula I like you We just checked Because we've got Paula Benener on the show after Birthday Banger. That's the only reason I asked. Yeah, we're celebrating her political retirement. But no, let's focus on you, the real Paula right now.

What's your birthday, Paula? The 28th of May, 1974. All right, you were 16 in 1990 on the 28th of May. And Paula, this is your birthday banger. Talk about iconic. You've got Madonna and Vogue, Paula. Does that sum you up? Love it.

Love it. Yes. I'm still wearing shoulder pads. You're still wearing shoulder pads. I love you, Paula. Can you call again? Wait there, okay? We've got to make a decision between Gaga, Eye of the Tiger, and Vogue.

I feel like it might be Eye of the Tiger. I reckon it's Eye of the Tiger too. Have we ever done that before? I don't know if we have. I don't know if we have. What's that? Whoa, that is not it. That's not it.

He's done another song called Eye of the Tiger. It is. That's Eye of the Tiger by... We'll just pay for time while you find, you know, Survivor, Eye of the Tiger. I wonder if that is a... By Survivor. A cover. What?

That heavy metal stuff? That one we just played, yeah. I'm going to be devastated if we don't have this full song. Yes! Okay, cool. We've got it. one we just played, yeah. I'm going to be devastated if we don't have this full song. Yes! Okay, cool. We've got it. We're under control, everybody. All right, guys.

Halfway through the week, this is for you guys. Lisa, you've won birthday banger. Bring it home, Lisa. Back on the 1982 phone. Love it. Well done. Thanks for calling. Here you go.

Bree and Clint, this is your birthday bangers. It in. Thank you. With the distance now I'm back on my feet Just a man and his will to survive So many times it happens too fast You trade your passion for glory Don't lose your grip on the dreams of the past You must fight just to keep them alive It's the eye of the past, you must fight just to keep them alive. It's the eye of the tiger, it's the thrill of the fight. Rising up to the challenge of our lover.

And the last known survivor starts his prayer in the night. And he's watching us go with the eye of the tiger. Thank you. The Eye of the Tiger With the distance now I'm not gonna stop Just a man and his will to survive Good to see Eye of the Tiger It's the thrill of the fight Passing up to the challenge of our lover And the last known survivor Stops his prey in the night

And he's watching us Now it's the eye Of the Tiger I mean, call it cliche, but it's a very good song. That right there for me is what Birthday Bang is all about. Yeah. Getting a song like that, you hear it on the way home. That's the point of the feature, right? Absolutely.

It was such a popular, massive song, even though, I mean, that band wasn't super... Survivor. You know. It's ironic because they didn't. You know? Massive song, even though, I mean, that band wasn't super... Survivor. Yeah. It's ironic because they didn't. You know? Brie and Clint. Ladies and gentlemen, please be upstanding for the right honourable Paula Bennett. Paula, it's so great to have you back on the show.

Thanks for joining us. I'm loving being back on the show already, just to hear your lovely tone. Oh, it's nice to hear your voice too. I mean, the last time we invited you on, it was for a fight, a physical fight between you and I. Not this time. More, like, lovely circumstances this time, Paula.

We may still scrap it out. Let's not rule it out. No, I hope you guys still do. No, we can talk about that later, Paula. Paula, you've got big news. You've announced that after a very, very successful career in politics, former Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand, you're hanging up your political

thing, you know? I so am. I am leaving politics. It is time, man. Yeah? You know? Yeah, I've been there 15 years. I've done heaps. It's time.

Are you going on a gap year? Yeah, no. You deserve it. Because you know, I know it's not a great time to travel at the moment. No. But I reckon if we pitch this to Contiki and you're like, you're at the head of the Contiki bus, I reckon we could fill like 15 buses.

Yeah. Yeah, yeah. I could probably do a bus trip, couldn't I? And I'd love it. I would definitely get on that ride. Having all those people on the bus. Yeah. And then we could have the songs, we could have the games,

we could have yellow car. Why are you, I've got to ask you Why are you quitting politics Because if anybody Can defeat the evil Jacinda Ardern Surely it's you She's not evil But it's not much

I'm done You're done You're done Yeah yeah You're no fairer Do something else Given it heaps Yeah

I'm 50 You know You've just got to go You are not You are not You are not 50. You know, like, you just gotta go. You are not. You are not. You are not 50. Well done, guys. I was hoping you'd throw that in.

Are you? Girl, literally look incredible, Paula. Congratulations on that. Thanks, mate. And congrats on the glop. That's fine. And I think that's very honourable

what you're doing. You've said, you've had enough. So you're right. It is time to move on. But that's where Brie and I thought, because we consider you a friend now, even though Bree still wants to fight you, we consider you a friend. Still one of my mates, yeah.

We're baked together, me and Bree. Yeah. Absolutely. Did you say you vaped together? No, we baked. Oh, we didn't vape, but we baked it. Oh, you baked together. Yeah, we got baked together.

Yeah. 20. Yeah, we totally got baked together. Oh, 20. Yeah, we totally got baked together. No, Paula, we thought as friends it would only be right if we came up with some potential new career options for you. So you want to hear these? I put a lot of thought into these, Paula, because I care about you. Yeah, and we've tried to make them fit your persona as well.

So first up, you're not going to be in politics anymore. Have you considered being a bar manager at a West Auckland rugby league club? Holy I can pour a really mean white hackery-dackery. Yeah, I bet you can. Okay, let's put that on the maybe pile, shall we? Maybe pile?

Paula, you know, you've retired from politics, you've spent a lot of time in the beehive. What about if you move into beekeeping? Oh, I don't like honey. No, okay. No, good, no good. Have you thought about, because you

had a very successful career in politics, have you considered becoming the leader of the ACT Party? Oh, I did sit down next to David Seymour yesterday and said, you know, thanks for putting your list out. Yeah. And not including me as the deputy leader.

Yeah, right. Hello. He's missing a track. Here I am. I know, right? Yeah, rough. So are you going to say no before you even get off it? You're going to say no to the leader of the acrobaty?

No. No, okay. No, no. Paula, I think this might be the winner, and I heard they're hiring at the moment. What about a subway sandwich artist? An artist? Does that mean you draw the subways or does that mean you make them?

No, you make them but it's an art form. It's an art form to make them. Is it? That's what they're actually called in their profession. Well, I didn't know it took that much work. I can hear a glint in your voice though. I'm going to put that on the maybe pile. You know, I do love my food.

Yeah. Okay. I said it before, Paula, and I absolutely mean it. You are looking fire right now. So have you considered becoming a Les Mills gym instructor? I could totally see that. I don't like exercise that much. No, then that's a definite no.

Yeah, I'm with you on that. There's quite a bit of exercise involved. I think that might knock out my next one as well. I was going to say, what about a UFC cage fighter? Oh. Oh. But that's a bit more mongrelsy. I like the mongrelsy.

I think that's a bit of you, Paula. Okay, that's going on the maybe pile as well. Oh, that's a maybe. Yeah, because then you get the training too, and you could definitely take down Bree. Yeah, absolutely. Okay, we've got the referendum coming up. There's not too many more of these, that's amazing. Yeah, because then you get the training too and you could definitely take down Bree. Yeah, absolutely. Okay, we've got the referendum coming up.

There's not too many more of these, by the way. We won't punish you much longer. Paul's like, I'm over this. We've got the referendum coming up.

Have you considered opening a shop where you sell legal stuff for smoking, you know, stuff, and we could call it

Paula's Bongatorium? Oh, you did put a little bit of work into that name, but I'd want the whole company. You know, you want to grow it, you want to pick it. You want to be a single source. Okay, no, that's fine. You're more ambitious. I know you're moving into business. You're more

ambitious. That's gone. Get rid of that. Get rid of that. Bree's going to hit you with our last option. This is what I'm hoping for Paula And we can help you with this Because we've kind of Done this before I'm thinking What about if you

Move into DJing Oh Oh You Up on the decks Oh You know Spinning that stuff

Oh And then And And you know That I'm a bit old school, so it kind of fits, really, because I always think of DJing, oh, no, you need to do the earphones.

I've got short gear that works. Because you've got to think how you look with the earphones on. Yeah, that's a big part of it. It's all about the look. And you've seen me dancing with Tom Sainsbury, so you know I've got the grooves. Yeah, we know you've got the grooves. Yeah, yeah, yeah, definitely.

So we need to hear if you're cut out for it. All we need is a... This is awkward, isn't it? She's got the job, everybody. That is it. Well done. We found her. I'd be coming to your party, Paula.

Paula. I got to get to the party. Congratulations on an amazing career. And we're looking forward to seeing what you do next. Thanks for taking the time to talk to us this afternoon. Thank you so much. Any time, any place, Paula, the offer's still on the table. Instagramming Paula Bennett.

Oh, yeah, what are you saying? I'm just saying. Sorry? Hey, Paula, so great to have you back on the show. Sorry we're such losers. Yeah, yeah, what are you saying? I'm just saying. Sorry. Hey, Paula, so great to have you back on the show. Sorry we're such losers. Yeah, yeah, yeah. The challenge will always be on the table. Oh, don't back down.

No, I'm not backing down. Yeah, finish with the fight glove emoji. Okay, good. Okay? Yeah, cool, cool. And sent. Cute dad moment. Well, cute baby, not cute dad.

Cute baby. Cute baby doting dad moment. I brought to you guys on the radio the other week when Tui, my daughter, who turns one next week, by the way. Oh, that's exciting. Are you having one of those big elaborate parties and stuff? No, we're having a small intimate party. Oh, good.

I like that. Just family. Yeah. She won't remember it. No, she won't remember it. At all. Lucy was shopping for her present today and we both looked at each other and went, no, does she need a present?

Get her a box or something. She'll play with that for hours. No, we will be getting her a present. And actually we've already got it picked out. But remember I brought to the show when I'm pretty sure I heard her say dad for the first time? Yeah, this was exciting. I think we've got a new word.

I think we've got a new word In the vocab So there's not many words Coming out of My daughter Tui's mouth yet We've got Mum Mum mum mum mum Dada

Dope Shuckabra Lit Oh she says It's lit It's lit Yeah yeah I've heard her say that

And she also says Covid-19 Because it's all Anyone's talking about No there's There's just the usual Couple mum dad Mum dad And pancake weirdly And she also says COVID-19 because it's all anyone's talking about. No, there's just the usual couple, mum, dad. Mum, dad. And pancake, weirdly.

That's my favourite one. I don't have a video of her saying pancake. Her and I are going to get along fine. I do have a video of her new word, though, because she dropped it for the first time while I happened to be filming her while we were out for our morning walk this morning. Okay. So I'm going to play it to you. Are you positive?

I'm positive, but like I said to you last time, I hear what I want to hear. All right, you play it for us and then we'll decide. Yeah, cool. Okay, what word, wait, what word do you think she said? I think she said chicken. Okay, cool. All right.

As in the animal. We saw some chickens and I said, look, Tui, chickens. You have a listen. Okay. Chickens. Do you want to see chickens? Yeah. Hey, chickens.

There they are. Hey, chickens. There they are. Hey, chickens. Hey, chickens. Did you just say, hey, chickens? But right there at the end, did you hear it when she said this? Little bitch. Did you... Did you change my sound effect?

I don't think she said chicken. Did you change the sound effect of my daughter speaking to say little bitch? Because I know you'll enjoy changing sound effects, but that is a step too far. I think she... No, no, no, no, no. I'm distancing myself from this. This is a special moment and you have...

That is disgusting. That is a special moment and you have that is disgusting. That is If I heard correctly, I think she said a swear word. That is too far. Too far. What's the hardest bit about using Instagram? Definitely writing the

captions. Definitely writing the captions. Because you don't want to be try hard but you don't want to be like, you know, too funny. You don't want to be try hard but you don't want to be like you know too funny. You don't want to be too serious but you don't want to be. You want to act like it doesn't really matter. No big thing right? Yeah yeah. These are all the thoughts that go through your head when you're writing. When you're doing a post right? The photos we've decided

they take themselves these days but writing a caption is hard and that's why I think Bree we should take the pressure off each other and today we should write each other's Instagram captions. Oh yeah I see I don't know about this. So I've given you the chance to choose your own photo and I've chosen my own photo. Yeah.

And we'll come up with each other's captions and then the caption that we create has to be posted in the photo. Oh, God. Okay. I can start for you if you like. I'm nervous. You start. You want me to start?

Yeah, you start. So you've supplied me a picture of you I think you're at a wedding And you're wearing a pink Like play suit thing Matching suit Matching suit with shorts Yep

And you are kicking over A set of giant Jenga Yes Now for your caption for this The action shot Okay I've given you options Alright

So you can choose between Okay Caption number one, which is like a body positivity self-love caption. That's the theme for the first one. It goes like this. Hi, I'm Bree, 30, flirty and fighting fit.

Think you can handle me? Come at me, boy. And then it's got a karate emoji. So that's option number one. You can't be Think you can handle me? Come at me, boy. Hey-ya! And then it's got a karate emoji. So that's option number one. You can't be serious. You don't have to choose that one. That's not a serious. You're meant to be doing a serious job.

I am. I think it's self-love and it's body positivity. Second one, motivational. Okay, a motivational caption for your picture of you karate kicking over a giant Jenga set. Okay, catch from number two let's pretend the blocks are 2020 and my foot is pure posi vibes remember no matter what blocks life puts in your way it's your attitude that matters so kick your blues away and always remember to brie leave in yourself. Oh, my God.

Have you ever been on my Instagram? That's caption number two. Yeah, I have. I think I need some work. That's caption number two. And the third option, this is your third one. You need to choose one of these. Third one, funny. Okay, that's another one people go for.

Funny caption. So, caption number three. Want to know how I really knocked these blocks over? I'll give you a clue. It wasn't with my foot. Wind emoji. See, that one I kind of can get on board with. I knew you'd prefer that one.

I'm kind of on board with that one. Okay, so you're going to choose that one? Yeah. Okay, cool. I think that one, yeah. Wonderful, cool. Okay, your caption. Your caption's sorted.

Oh, that's right. I forgot we actually have to post this. Yeah, you're going to post that. Okay, cool. Your turn, your turn. So I'll send you the caption. You forgot we actually have to post this. Yeah, you're going to post that. Okay, your turn, your turn. So I'll send you the caption, you can do the post straight after this. Yeah, I'm so excited. Look, I'm going to give you options as well. Okay, sure.

The first photo that I've decided to pick, it's a photo of you with a horrendous Freddie Mercury moustache, I'd say. Okay, yeah. And you're in a pink shirt. You're in pink glasses. Oh, I'm on another photo. I'm on stage at Friday Jams Live. Yeah, and you're literally shrugging like you're confused. Okay, cool.

So that's the first photo. Yeah. I thought you could put a caption with that. This. When someone says, is that moustache on purpose? Dot, dot, dot. Me. Okay, cool. that's option number one

okay that's number one uh the second one i decided if you want to post a different photo it's a photo of you just standing with a bike oh yep yeah yeah so my bike that i bought and don't ride yeah yeah that way i thought you could put the caption as, Hi, meet my new girlfriend. Her name is Town. No, no, no, no, no, no, no. For the sake of my marriage, I can't do that one. You're one of the lads. No, that's too lads-y.

That's funny, and you're lads, lads, lads, lads. Give me the third option. Give me the third option. So I think this caption can fit for either photo. That's horrific, that other one, by the way. Not a good joke. Keep going. This one can fit for either photo.

Yeah. Guys, it's a fish. I'm a wanker now. Works for mustache or bike. Yeah. Cool. I think I'll go with option three. You are?

You're going to go with option three? Of course not. I'm going with the moustache one. I can't.