ZM's Bree & Clint - ZM's Bree & Clint Podcast – July 8th 2019
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Hi everybody, welcome to the Bree and Clint podcast.
In the show today, you're going to hear us ask a question about
do you know some old people who got married?
And the conversation will quickly digress into
do you know some old people who are still horny?
I want to read you this text.
Where is it? Where is it? Where is it? Where is it?
This is good.
It's about the IRD. What's the IRD chat?
Oh, here we go.
My nana is 90 And she has three boyfriends
Go nana
Yes they all know about each other
And yes
She kisses them all on the lips
In front of each other
Who is this?
Super hot 90 year old nana
Does that mean they're in a rest home
And they're all
Possibly
It doesn't actually state that
It doesn't say that the boyfriends Are 90 year olds
They could be young guys
Imagine that
That's awesome
Oh yeah
What is Nana packing
No no no
Be careful here mate
What has Nana got
Got
Yeah
What's Nana's secret
Yeah
Oh I got it
Oh what's Nana's secret recipe
Yeah
I like it
That's it
Yeah yeah yeah
I text that person
And I said that's awesome
and they go,
I can't even get
one boyfriend.
Ask Nana for one of hers.
If they're old,
they might have money.
That's true.
Here's today's show.
Enjoy.
We'll see you guys,
well,
you'll get the podcast.
See you tomorrow.
You know when to see us.
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I get it
I get it
no no I understand
but it just seems like
she's been in Fiji
for like four months
yeah
like forever
non-stop
what's my point
when do I get to go to Fiji
when is it my turn to be in,
when is it my turn to go to a tropical island?
Oh, are we on?
Yeah, you're on mate.
Are we on?
We're on.
Sorry, I'll call you back Ross.
I'll call you back.
Kia ora everybody.
Welcome to ZM.
This is the Bree and Clint show without Bree.
She's in Fiji.
We all good?
We all good eh?
What was that phone call about?
Annual leave.
Yeah, nothing important.
You deserve it.
Yeah.
Look, hey, new week, new us.
We're here with a great attitude and a great show for you today.
Still no Bree.
She is the host of Celebrity Treasure Island,
and she will be back when all of the contestants have been thrown into the volcano.
Okay?
She can't leave.
She can't leave until Sam Wallace is there to hoist the trophy above his head
just after he throws
Maddie McLean
Into a pit of lava
So
And we don't know
How long that will take
No
We don't know
How long that will take
Just seems like
A different show
You're describing
No
Have you never seen
Celebrity Treasure Island
I've never seen it
Oh yeah
No that's what happened
To Matthew Ridge
Oh
Yeah he was on the last series
And then fell into a volcano
Jesus
Today on the show More chances to get to Sydney for the Lion King special preview.
Just answer your phone with a Lion King sound when we call you.
But next, we spent Friday teaching you how to get better sleep.
There's a Matthew McConaughey app.
I launched my app for how you can get to sleep better as well.
Well, there's another one on the market now.
Seems like the world is flooded with them.
This one may give you hope. One, that you can get to sleep if you have. Well, there's another one on the market now. Seems like the world is flooded with them. This one may give you hope.
One, that you can get to sleep
if you have insomnias at the moment.
And two, that you too can make money
out of making people fall asleep.
If people have called you boring before,
stay listening
because you could make big dollars.
ZM.
ZM, Spree and Clint.
The podcast.
Listen up.
One, if you struggle to sleep or get to sleep,
or two, if you're wondering, how am I going to make some money?
When do I get to be a millionaire?
Well, just for being an average Joe, this might be your turn.
We talked on Friday about sleep apps.
The ones that you put on to help you go to sleep.
They might be audio-based.
Actually, no, they're all just audio-based.
Producer Ellie, you listen to one that plays rain sound effects?
I do, yep.
Double rain or something.
Is that what it is?
I do the rain on the tent.
That's the sound, but it's called Rain Rain.
Rain Rain is the name of the app?
Yeah.
We also listen to Matthew McConaughey for, what was the name of the app he was working for?
Calm.
Calm.
And he reads you a story.
Well, hello there.
I'm Matthew McConaughey and tonight
I'll be reading a special sleep story
called Wonder. Which I maintain
is easy to do. I mean, anyone
can do it.
Well,
hello there.
I'm Clinton Roberts
and tonight
I'll be reading a special sleep
story called Wonder.
A lot of feedback on that personally for me over the weekend.
Oh, yeah?
Saying mine was better than McConaughey's.
Who said that?
A lot of people.
Oh, did they?
A lot of people.
Oh, okay.
I didn't take names.
There was that many people.
There was that many people.
I don't have enough time for that.
There's a new guy on the scene.
Well, he's not actually that new, but since everyone's doing it, he's emerged.
And this is where I mean anybody
could do this. This guy
has
3 million podcast listeners
a month, and they reckon he's
so successful because he is
so boring sounding.
So once you get over the
personal attack, I mean, maybe
there's something in this.
His name is Drew Ackerman.
Like there's 150,000 people in Australia alone who listen to this guy every night to go to sleep.
I've got some audio of him here.
He doesn't have like a deliciously velvety tone
like me and McConaughey do.
He goes down a different route.
He's boring you to sleep.
Have a listen to Drew Ackerman
and see if this would put you to sleep.
Hey, you up all night tossing,
turning, mind racing,
trouble falling asleep.
Welcome, I'm glad you're here
because this is Sleep With Me,
the podcast that puts you to sleep.
And we do it with a bedtime story.
All you need to do is get in bed,
turn out the lights and press play.
We're going to do the rest.
Very nasally.
Yeah, it is, eh?
Like, that's all I would focus on.
Yeah.
But then you're thinking about something else
and then all of a sudden you're,
geez.
I'm Drew Ackerman.
Also, the double entendres that he keeps pulling
about sleeping with him
like there was
two or three of them
in that 24 second clip alone
that's what I felt
a little bit creepy I thought
but hey
I'm not here to judge
whatever gets you to sleep
like whatever gets you to sleep
yeah
so long as it's legal
nah as long as it's healthy
nah so long as you enjoy it
yeah
okay
but if you're interested in that one
what was it called Ben?
Sleep With Me
with Drew Ackerman
good luck everybody
Brie and Clint the podcast ZM how's your power bill New Zealand? interested in that one. What was it called, Ben? Sleep With Me. With Drew Ackerman. Good luck, everybody.
How's your power bill, New Zealand?
How are you coping this winter?
Pretty good.
Oh, okay.
Good to hear from you, mate.
Is your power bill actually good, Ben?
Yeah, it's actually pretty good.
It's stable.
Do you run heaters?
Yeah, now and then.
Yeah, what sort of heater have you got?
You've got a heat pump, don't you? No, just a little mini,
like the bottom of the wall,
wall-mounted heater.
Two of them in-house.
Is it a floor-mounted heat pump
or is it just an electric heater?
No, it's,
I don't know.
Right.
I think it's electric.
No, this is the problem.
This is the problem.
No one knows
how much electricity costs
and no one knows
how much electricity
things use.
Until you get
a really high bill.
Until you get
a really high bill.
But even then,
it's a process of elimination.
Yeah, you don't really know.
You don't know.
No.
You don't know.
You go,
is it my hair straightener? Yeah. Like, it could be anything. Could be anything. then, it's a process of elimination. Yeah, you don't really know. You don't know. No. You don't know. You go, is it my hair straightener?
Yeah.
Like, it could be anything.
Could be anything.
Yeah.
There's a story out
about a Kiwi guy
who has just found out
for the last six years
he has been paying
the power bill
of his house.
Ah.
Ooh, ow.
Sorry, that's my
electricity sound effect.
You have any electricity?
He's been paying
the power bill
for his house
and his neighbour's house.
Oh, ripped off.
How do you not know?
Well, he knew something was up.
But if you've ever had to call the power company, you know,
they'll never believe you.
So his power bill kept going up and up and up.
Just every month it got slightly bigger, slightly bigger, slightly bigger.
And he said he was using no more power.
Like he got like psycho about it.
Right. Anyway, they finally sent someone around after six years. And he said he was using no more power. Like he got like psycho about it.
Right.
Anyway, they finally sent someone around after six years and they looked at the switchboard and they go,
oh yeah, the wire's been crossed.
Oh my gosh.
So his meter was counting the power
because I guess it's like units,
the houses are attached to each other.
And his meter was metering the neighbour's one as well.
So anyway, he's going to win his case
and I think he's getting paid $3,000 or something.
Holy moly.
It's good.
It's good.
Yeah, but it's been six years.
Yeah.
How about the neighbour?
Yeah.
Yeah, they know.
They definitely know.
Now this is where my questions are.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
How did they not know that their power bill wasn't existing?
So say you're in this wonderful position
where your power bill is just not changing.
Because I assume if you're not getting metered
for the power you're using,
you're probably just paying the flat line rental.
There is a base amount that you pay
your electricity company every month to be connected.
And he was probably just paying that.
He's like, man, I'm getting this bang on every month.
And if that's the case, you know,
but I don't think you say anything.
I think you go, oh my God, oh my God,
I have struck it big here.
Just keep your head down.
Don't do anything to draw attention to yourself
because he also doesn't know that his neighbour is paying for it.
No.
I think perhaps the neighbour,
unless the neighbour has rewired it himself,
I think the neighbour is innocent here.
Yeah, right.
And he's just gone, oh, I'm in for a good thing,
I'll just keep going.
As the neighbour, you'd think,
like, how do you never,
like, how do you just not go like,
hey, mate, just going to check on you.
Are you paying the same as this?
Oh, I see.
You're doing real good.
I see.
Even then I'd keep my mouth shut.
Really?
Yeah, 100%.
And then I'd go, oh, no, bro,
that sounds a bit off.
You should talk to someone
and then close the door.
My worry would be that in a few months' time or even in a year,
it's just going to fly up.
You're going to get a big one.
Because something's wrong.
So that's my last question.
Do you think that the neighbour who's been getting a free ride,
do you think he owes any money to the neighbour
who's been paying his power bill the whole time?
Yes.
Do you?
Yeah, I think, yeah.
Do you?
Because technically whoever installed that power,
that's actually their fault. Yeah. It's the power company's fault for not checking up on it after he that power, that's actually their fault.
It's the power company's fault for not checking up on it after he brought it up.
It's their fault.
He didn't know.
He didn't know.
As long as you complete ignorance.
Because also, if your power bill's coming in low,
you go, oh, sweet, check the heaters on,
check the air conditioning on, check the electric blanket on.
Fires don't use electricity, but good example, Ben.
You know, you just go for it.
So I don't believe that he owes us. It's okay, mate. It's okay. Oh, Ben. You know, you just go for it. So I don't believe that he uses.
It's okay, mate.
It's okay.
Oh, Benny.
Electric fires, gas fires.
But yeah, yeah, yeah.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Anyway, stay warm out there, New Zealand.
It's winter.
ZM Spree and Clint, the podcast.
Let's head to LA and get a spy update.
Live from Hollywood with our man on the ground, Z McCarty. Spy.co.nz. Let's head to LA and get a spy update.
He's actually very rapidly getting off the ground, I think.
Dean, you're at LAX at the moment, leaving Los Angeles.
Is that right?
LAX, I'm about to fly on the red-eye to New York City to interview the cast of the new movie called Crawl.
It's scary.
It looks really, really scary.
So I'll know more in the next two days just how scary it is.
But this flight through the night, six hours, sitting
upright in seat 700C,
also scary. Yeah, but also
scary the earthquakes that have been happening in
Los Angeles over the last few days.
I thought maybe that's why you were leaving. I thought you were
getting out of there before you guys have another earthquake.
See, that was a really good idea.
I should have done that. Let me give you the lowdown. So recently
the other night I was at a dinner
and it was a 7.1 on the Richter scale.
It's like one of the biggest earthquakes
I've had in many, many years.
It was 150 miles away from Hollywood.
So where I was, the restaurant,
it rolled back and forward
like the whole restaurant was on rollers.
That's what it felt like.
It was really, really unsettling.
No damage to any of the homes in LA
or anything like that.
But there's a rumor that there's a bigger one coming.
Apparently this means there's a big one on the way.
That's what they're basically saying to us, which is frightening.
It is really scary stuff.
And New Zealand is no stranger to earthquakes.
So when I saw your video on Facebook,
can you tell those people to drop and cover when that happens?
Like nobody was getting under their table.
No one was getting under doorframes.
It's like people in America don't know what to do in an earthquake.
We had no idea.
I ran and grabbed my phone straight away
to do a quick live video podcast update
because that's important.
I was going to say,
that's not best practice either,
but I'm glad I got to see the video.
Hey, tell us,
the big scoop today
is that Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello
might actually be a thing.
Are they dating?
They are a thing.
They are officially dating.
They have not obviously said anything because, you know,
they wouldn't. They always try and keep this as private as they can
for as long as they can. But that's the rumour
in Hollywood that Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello
are actually dating.
He's in LA. I've been seeing him a lot, actually.
He goes to your gym, eh?
He goes to my gym
and he's looking really fit, by the way.
I don't know what he's doing.
He wears, you know what he wears?
He wears, like, you know, in, like, the 90s,
there was that headband that they would wear,
like, with the lycra jumpsuit or whatever.
He wears one of those head sweatband things,
and he pulls it off because he's John Mendes.
He could wear anything.
Do you believe that they're a real couple?
Because I also heard some rumors that they were trying to sex up his image,
like the record label were.
So they're like, go and have lunch with Camila Cabello
and then do a saucy song with her
which he's done with that Senorita song
and now this. Is there any possibility
that this is like a publicity relationship?
Yes, it is.
And let me give you one really good example. When Taylor Swift
dated Taylor Lautner, do you remember
Taylor Lautner was the guy from Twilight?
He was the wolf.
They were specifically set up to date for both of their publicity reasons.
That's exactly what happened.
That is the truth.
I know that for sure.
So that sort of thing does happen?
100%.
Wow.
100%.
Okay.
Yep, definitely.
Go and stalk the Grams then.
See if you can figure out if they're the real deal.
We'll let you catch your flight.
Thank you very much.
That is Dean McCarthy live from LAX.
He's on his way out of there.
Bree and Clint, the podcast.
ZM.
Bree's not here, but that does not mean that the show has relinquished its crown
as the leading show for maritime and aviation news.
I have for you this afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, some aviation news.
No one brings you more aviation news.
In fact, today we're bringing you two lots of it.
Play us at the airport,
because it's what people need to know.
This piece of aviation news comes to you
by way of the Gold Coast,
where an aeroplane, a Jetstar plane, in fact,
bound for Adelaide, Adelaide, Adelaide?
Adelaide.
A Jetstar plane going to Adelaide
had to apply the brakes
after a turtle got too close for comfort
as the plane was taxiing ahead of takeoff on Thursday night.
Oh.
I know, right?
Cute animal story.
Yeah, that's cute.
Annoying if you're a passenger because straight away,
you start blaming the airline.
You go, oh, you guys are bloody useless.
No, the pilot is looking out for the safety of the turtle.
Or so we think. So
I thought, super cute story,
big bad airplane
gives way to a turtle because
protect the turtle.
The story goes on to say
fearing the turtle could be sucked
into the plane's right engine and
disable the aircraft, the pilot
radioed the control tower for help.
So he was more concerned about damage to the plane.
Or so it reads.
I mean, maybe it was a bit of both.
And I don't imagine a turtle shell going through an airplane's engine
does anything good for a plane.
No.
But now the tables have turned again.
It seems like he's more concerned about the plane.
But it's hard to read too much into these things.
And these are the things that we're headed to debate on Aviation News.
Yeah, okay.
Anyway, he radioed the control tower,
and this is where the super cute animal part returns.
They said it was not the critter's first offence.
It was the second time this week that that turtle had caused problems at the airport.
Oh.
That's cute.
Now, I don't have any actual audio of that turtle from the runway that was there, but
I do have some sound effects of turtles making love.
Are you guys keen to hear that?
Okay.
Yeah.
So I just got to hear which one's which first.
This one.
Oh, yeah.
So this is the sound of a turtle making love to a croc.
And this is what it sounds like.
Someone videoed this.
Like a shoe.
Yeah. Oh, yeah. That's important to Someone videoed this. Like a shoe. Yeah.
Oh, yeah, that's important to note.
A shoe, not a crocodile.
Yeah, right.
I was like, what?
No, a turtle making love to a croc shoe.
I mean, they're both reptiles.
True.
And this is, it's quite a small turtle, that one.
Yeah.
And this is the sound of an adult turtle in the throes of passion.
Whoa.
Sounds about right.
Big boy.
Weird deviation for aviation news to take, but here we are.
Yeah, that was weird, but you've got it.
But informative though, right?
Yeah.
Informative.
It is, it is.
And that's what you get here on the Bree and Clint show.
A little bit of everything.
That's aviation news.
ZM's Bree and Clint, the podcast.
Hey, if you are sitting
there and you're single at the moment and you're going, God,
I'm never going to find love. I'm never
going to find the person of my dreams. I'm never
going to settle down. Don't
worry, okay, because there is still time.
We've got a story about
old people love.
This is, and I know it's an overseas
story, okay, but just take
solace in the fact that it can happen.
This is the story of John and Phyllis Cook
from Sylvania in Ohio who have just got married.
They live in a rest home together
and they've just got married.
Check this out.
John is a World War II veteran
that recently turned 100 years old.
Phyllis, originally from West Virginia,
will turn 103 on August 8th. The two had been dating for about a year when they went to get their marriage license on Wednesday. Beautiful, right?
That is a beautiful story.
100 and 103.
So Phyllis, the older lady.
Nice.
Sugar mama.
And John, who is a World War II veteran.
Dating for a year, like it said.
How long do you wait at that age, eh?
How long do you...
Go for it.
A year's probably too long.
Yeah, to be fair, probably, yeah.
But also, why are you...
I mean, they're into it.
It's their thing.
Surely you'd want to, at that age,
maybe keep your options open.
I don't know.
This is John talking about how they headed down
to the registry office to get married.
Wasn't the plan, but we got there and they said, well, we could marry you here.
And I said, well, good.
Let's get it over with.
Straight to the point.
Straight to the point.
Like you said, no mucking around.
He's 100, she's 103.
Time to get things done.
But at the same time, there'd be people who are in their 20s who would have that attitude too.
I know friends who have just got hitched
at the office just to get it out.
In their words, oh, get it out of the way.
Really? No fuss. Yeah, they just want
that legal bond together. They want themselves
to know that they're married. Okay. And so they
just go and tick it off. I think you just pay
for the paperwork. It's kind of like going and getting a
car rego done. Just go in,
prove you are who you are.
You have to take proof of address
or something
or an ID.
I don't know.
Phyllis,
who is the older woman
in this relationship,
she's 103.
I've seen these people,
by the way.
They look fantastic.
Yeah.
They're on their little mobility skis
but they look great.
Yeah.
Like they do not look like
they're on the triple digits.
Yeah. This is Phyllis talking about their bond. Hey, the truth not look like they're in the triple digits. Yeah.
This is Phyllis talking about their bond.
Hey, the truth, we fell in love with each other.
Yeah, I know you think that may be a little bit far-fetched
for somebody our age,
but we fell in love with each other.
Well, we just were compatible in a lot of ways
and found ourselves, you know, enjoying each other's company.
Lovely. Oh, that's so
cute. Absolutely lovely. So if you're in your
20s right now going, I'm not going to find
someone, look, you just might have to wait
another 75 years.
And then someone will come along. I know
what you're thinking and I know what you
want to know.
When it comes to that
age, what's
going on? What's the deal with well, let's ask John, shall we? Oh, that age. Yeah. Like, what's going on? Yeah, what's happening now?
Like, what's the deal with...
Well, let's ask John, shall we?
Tell you the truth.
Oh, that's not John.
Should we ask John?
I asked John what their favourite thing to do together was.
His response?
Well, I probably shouldn't talk about that.
Yes, what a legend.
It's awesome.
I think it's so cool that they're doing that.
They've both been married
twice before
and their most recent
partners have passed away
Yeah
And they've gone
well hell we love each other
so let's go ahead
and do this thing
I wonder if we can take
some calls about it
this afternoon
I wonder if we can take
some old people
marriage stories
And how old's old?
Well this is a very good
qualifying fact to Ellie
Because we've done this before
and someone's called up about people in their 40s.
And it was high-key offensive.
It's still very young.
So what's old?
Okay, you tell me, Ellie, what's old?
Okay, well, my pop got married, remarried again.
I was nine years old.
Yeah.
And he was about 59.
So is that old?
Let's find an age.
Let's find an average.
Ben, what's old?
70.
70?
Okay, so we're going above 70.
I would say 70 would be...
I think you've got to go above...
I think you've got to go 70 and above.
I agree.
Because retirement age is 65.
So you could still be working up to there.
True.
Yeah.
But actually, no, just open it up.
Actually, I don't care.
I don't care.
If anyone that you think is old has got married, we want to hear about it. Actually, I don't care. I don't care. If anyone that you think is old has got married,
we want to hear about it.
Oh, $800 at M.
We actually have a couple of mobile fuel vouchers up for grabs
if your story is super cute or super raunchy, actually.
If you've got a super raunchy old people marriage story,
oh, $800 at M.
Let's see what we get.
What we want to know is old people marriage stories.
You can tell us if they're old or not. That's completely up to you. Oh, $800 at M. We'll see what we get. Br we want to know is old people marriage stories. You can tell us if they're old or not. That's completely
up to you. 0800 dial ZM.
We'll see what we get.
We are celebrating love
at all ages. The news that
John and Phyllis Cook have got married
at 100 and 103
respectively. This is Phyllis
talking about them. Wasn't the plan, but we got there.
Tell you the truth, we fell in love with each other.
I know you think that may be a little bit far-fetched
for somebody our age,
but we fell in love with each other.
Well, we just were compatible in a lot of ways
and found ourselves enjoying each other's company.
Cute, right?
They have both been married twice before. So there's four weddings that have happened between them and then they enjoying each other's company. Cute, right? They have both been married twice before.
So there's four weddings that have happened between them
and then they found each other.
So we want to know, do you have like a cute old people marriage story
that you want to share with us?
And we've left the old bit open-ended and up to you.
Open to interpretation.
Hey, Hannah.
Oh, sorry, are you there?
Hey, Hannah.
Hi.
Hi, okay.
Hit us with your romantic story.
So my grandma, who was 75, married my now-popper, who was 89.
Whoa.
Okay.
Yeah.
And were you around at the time?
Obviously you would have been.
Were you born?
Yeah, I was.
Had they both been?
It was about three years ago.
That is so cute. Are they, oh, I hate to ask those questions. Are they still together? Yeah, they was. Had they both been? Yeah. It was about three years ago. That is so cute.
Are they, oh, I hate to ask those questions.
Are they still together?
They are, yeah.
They're still alive, still together, doing well.
That's so cute.
Yeah.
Okay, cool.
Where did they have their wedding?
Did they have a big wedding?
No, it was just a small one at our family's vineyard.
Okay, interesting.
Good.
Hi, Sarah.
Hello. You got a cute old people wedding story for us?
I don't know if it's cute
My grandmother, who's in her 70s
Just after her 70th birthday
She married a distant relative
Who was in his 80s
Whoa, wait
You mean distant relative of hers? Yeah How distant? relative who was in his 80s. Whoa, wait.
You mean distant relative of hers?
Yeah.
How distant?
They have like mutual grandparents somewhere down the line.
Whoa. I'm not sure exactly how it worked, but yeah.
Whoa.
Okay.
So you go two generations above them and the family tree joins.
Yeah.
They join up somewhere there.
Yeah. How did that go down in the family? joins. Yeah, they join up somewhere there, yeah.
How did that go down in the family?
Like, how did your family react to that?
It was really, like, mixed because they're so old.
Some people were, like, just happy that they had found love again.
Yeah.
Others didn't come to the wedding,
and some people don't even talk to them anymore.
I reckon once you get to that age, though,
it's very hard for anybody to tell you anything.
You're like, look, I'm still here and I've done this my way.
If I want to go and marry my cousin, I'm going to marry my cousin.
That's right.
Okay.
Christmas would be interesting.
Let's keep going.
Mel, hello.
Hi, how are you?
I'm doing really good. Is your old people story as raunchy as that?
Oh, it's even raunchier. It's
sort of based on the fact, do old people
still do it? And
they do. My grandmother
in her 80s had boyfriends
so she never was married
again. Yeah, she was rocking
it. And so she would
it sounds a bit cringy,
but would pose in lingerie for her boyfriends.
Whoa.
And also got busted at the rest time in bed cuddling.
What a cool chick.
She was.
Rest in peace, Nana.
She was in the 90s.
I don't imagine that in your 80s, or she might be,
were the photos she was taking, were they selfies?
Or did she have to get someone else to take the photos?
No, I think maybe, yeah, maybe he might have taken them.
I don't think Nana would have known what a selfie was.
Did you ever see any of the photos?
Yes.
Okay, enough said?
Yeah. Yeah, okay. Thanks, Mel. Last one. Kerry, enough said? Yep.
Yeah, okay.
Thanks, Mel.
Last one.
Kerry, hello.
Yes, hi.
How are you?
Good.
It's gone from cute old people marriage stories
to real raunchy old people stories.
What have you got to take us out?
I think mine's just endearing.
So I met a couple at a party last year
and they had been,
they felt pregnant at the age of 16.
He got sent off to war.
Baby got adopted out.
Fifty-five years later, the daughter traced her father and her mother, and her father said, Oh, I wonder what your mother's up to.
And they had both remarried.
Their partners had died.
They met up, and they remarried.
Oh, my gosh.
So 55 years later, at the age of about 85.
That's beautiful.
And I met them about two days after their wedding,
and they were in love.
Yeah, that's cool.
I mean, like they say, I'm old.
I'm not dead.
My heart, I've still got, I don't know what they say.
Rekindled.
Rekindled.
Rekindled, right?
Something to burn for.
We've got to give this mobile fuel away.
I like all of those stories.
Those are all really good stories this afternoon.
I think maybe the lingerie one.
Are we going to go with the, let's give it to Mel.
Mel, seeing as you had to see those pictures,
we're going to hook you up with some mobile fuel
Well done
Awesome, thank you
Are the pictures still around?
Oh God, I don't know
Hopefully they've got buried with it
ZM Spree and Clint, the podcast
New Stranger Things is out at the moment
You might have tuned in on Netflix and seen some of it already
It's very like
From the start it just gets going.
That second season was a bit like, eh, I thought.
But this one, straight from the start,
and you can tell they have spent some money on it as well.
One of the things I found interesting about it,
and I didn't remember from the first season,
is I think how much smoking there is in the show.
Because you kind of think of Stranger Things
as being kind of for kids a little bit.
But this one is gruesome, it's gory
and it's got a lot of smoking in it.
But when they started the first season they were
really young, right? Yeah.
How old are they now? Teenagers? Teenagers.
The kids aren't smoking.
The adults are smoking.
And the hot guy
is smoking and the cop is smoking.
That sort of thing. But it's 1985.
That's what you've got to remember.
It's set in 1985 in America.
Interestingly, Netflix has come out and said they're going to release a thing on their platform where,
you know how you get like a violence warning, an age restriction, like a recommended PG-13 or whatever.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
There's like a sexual content warning.
They're going to put a smoking warning on.
Okay.
They're going to say,
this content contains smoking,
which, eh,
is it going to make you stop watching something?
I don't think so.
No, but as a parent,
it would stop you from putting that
in front of your kids.
Maybe.
Maybe.
Especially if they'd watched Stranger Things,
which was targeted at early teens and stuff.
Yeah, but then you go,
because part of me goes,
oh, mate, just because I see smoking on TV
doesn't mean I'm going to start smoking.
But then I think about when I was right
into that TV show Mad Men. Did you guys ever
watch Mad Men? No. It's about an ad
agency in the 60s and I
don't smoke, but I have never
wanted to smoke and drink
at work more than watching
that show. Same with Peaky Blinders.
Yeah.
There is science in it that they go well you
see these associations of these characters that you like smoking and it makes you think that
smoking is right and you go oh bull crap but then in the back of mind you go oh yeah what makes them
cool maybe it's true so maybe that's a good thing netflix have also said that uh their future content
from i think next year because stranger things they make stranger things the original it's
original content for Netflix
and some of the Netflix stuff
that's massive for them
yeah yeah
yeah
but some of the stuff
they make is like
and then some of it
is amazing
they've said
all future content
will have no smoking
what?
yeah
they won't show
smoking in their future
stuff that they make
which again
how do you be
historically accurate?
like what if you're making something
about the war
or something like that?
Yeah.
You can't make them vape
because there was no,
you know?
Yeah.
They didn't have vapes.
They didn't.
Like next season
of Stranger Things,
unless they jump to 2019,
Hopper can't start
sucking on like
a watermelon flavoured vape
because it didn't exist.
No.
Oh, that's interesting.
It is interesting, right?
Yeah, so those are your smoking warnings coming to Netflix.
Brie and Clint, the podcast.
ZM.
Trash.
Oh, Trash.
Every week we play this game, it is a pain in our producer Ben's backside
because he has to trawl through hours of old episodes of Antiques Roadshow
to find the footage.
If I had to play this game, I'd be so good.
Oh yeah, because you've listened to so much already.
But that's okay.
He puts in the mahi so you can get the treats.
And today, giving it a go is Eden.
Hey, Eden.
Hey.
You've got a good opportunity here to win some free mobile fuel.
All you have to do is get two out of three correct.
I'm going to play you some audio
that I have done no work to source.
And you just need to guess
whether it's worth under $5,000,
which deems it trash,
so you will say trash,
or over $5,000,
so you'll say treasure.
Understand?
Yeah, sweet, eh?
Here comes your description of item number one.
Good luck.
Is it the Everlasting Gobstopper? Yeah. That's the real
deal? I'm even getting chills holding it. Yeah, that's like the holy grail. When I was seven years
old, that's the one thing I remember was the everlasting gobstopper. With all the different
flavors and it lasts forever. Yes. It's the original everlasting gobststopper. It's in a glass case and it's on a special stand.
Is that trash or treasure?
I'm going to go treasure.
Treasure.
So worth more than $5,000.
Let's find out.
I got to stick with $100,000 for the Gobstopper.
Whoa.
Well done.
$100,000 for a gooby old lolly.
I guess it's everlasting though,
so it doesn't matter how old it is.
Good work.
You're off to a great start.
You just need one more to take the mobile fuel.
Here comes item number two.
I have a Game of Thrones first edition
signed copy by George R.R. Martin.
Signed by the author and by the illustrators.
And it's limited, i.e. there were only 500 copies total.
This is number 257.
And it's a first edition, which I believe,
I don't know a lot about books,
but I believe that's the first print run that they did.
Yeah, the first time they ever printed it out.
It's Game of Thrones and it's signed by George R.R. Martin.
Is that trash or treasure?
I'm going to go trash.
You're going to say, ooh, ooh, controversial.
Someone doesn't like Game of Thrones.
But let's have a listen.
Let's find out.
Copies of this sell for $2,000.
$2,500.
I know you can get that.
Oh, back yourself, girl.
You've absolutely nailed it.
Well done.
Yay, thank you so much.
Two from two.
That's all you need to get.
We won't do the third one because we've got to desperately hold on to this audio.
Thank you.
Because they're so hard to find.
Ben's saying thank you in the background.
You win some mobile fuel.
Congratulations.
Thank you so much.
No worries.
I enjoy this game, mate, so you keep going, okay?
You stay in the audio minds.
We need more.
We need more, damn it!
ZM Spree and Clint, the podcast.
The Inland Revenue of New Zealand, the IRD,
the place that normally takes your money, right?
They normally...
Yes, I literally just got an email again saying I owe more money.
Like, seriously.
More?
Yeah.
I thought you paid what you owed.
No.
Apparently I've got student loan stuff I need to owe now too.
Producer Ellie, because now they've made the tax refunds automatic.
Yeah.
But that also means that the tax bills are automatic.
And you got a letter for how much?
So it was $1,500 in the end.
And I'm now paying that off slowly.
And now apparently there's another $500 that I owe.
So we're up to over $2,000.
You're really not happy about it.
What a kick in the tush.
Yeah, so if Mr. or Mrs. Konami could help me out, that'd be really nice.
This is where it gets really interesting.
Mr. or Mrs. Konami, you are owed $252,000 by the Inland Revenue.
I've been reading about this.
So there is a pile of money, unclaimed,
that belongs to New Zealanders that the Inland Revenue has
that totals $181,337,000.
There's almost $200 million there, unclaimed.
So there is a service that has been set up to return that money to people. Yeah,000. There's almost $200 million there unclaimed. So there is a service that has been set up
to return that money to people.
But I don't think they're in any rush.
No, I wouldn't be if I had all that money.
I don't think any government department is in any rush.
It's not a criticism,
it's just the truth.
It was set up in 1974,
the business that returns your money to you.
And since then they have returned $24 million.
Far out.
$2.2 million has been returned in the last year.
But there are 10 people who have the most money owed to them.
They range from someone called S.H. Love.
If that's your initials, you could be owed $32,000
by the Inland Revenue, all the way up to the top number which is
252 000 150 135 dollars and 88 cents we gave out the name before and asked you to call if you have
that last name it was konami k-o-n oh k-o-N A-M-I. I want to get it right
because I want to get your hopes up. Did anybody call?
No. No one with that last name.
No, unfortunately. Well, we can give out
the details. It is a
Mrs. So it's a married person
or at least someone who has been married.
A Mrs. S.
Konami. Like it doesn't seem
like that common a name. No.
No. Sounds Japanese or something maybe.
It does sound mildly Japanese.
It definitely has an oriental flavour to it.
It does. So if that's you
bloody call man. In fact call if you
are Mr ZW
Zhao. Mrs
SS Hussein. That sounds
like a warship from
the 90s.
Call if you're John Brian Clark.
All these people are owed tens, if not hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Interestingly, though, the 251, they've said it's not a tax refund.
It's not taxes that they've overpaid or anything.
It doesn't say what it is.
And I did say before, it kind of sounds like a trap.
Yeah.
Yeah, it does, eh?
Like if you were trying to catch an international fraudster,
that's a hell of a honey trap, right?
Yeah, true.
So if I can't find them, let's pretend they're out of money.
So if it's not a trap, maybe I should just call them
and just say, hey, do you guys got some money for me?
Yeah, you can do that.
I can, eh?
Everybody listening, you can do that.
Yeah.
You can call.
You'll be on hold for about four to nine days.
Yeah, yeah.
But when you get through,
you might be owed money.
However,
once you've made contact,
if you owe money,
you have to pay.
So for some people,
ignorance is bliss.
Sorry, gotta go.
Bye guys.
Yeah.
By the way,
we're setting up
a give a little for Ellie.
Yes, please,
help me.
Bree and Clint,
the podcast,
ZM.
Some police news.
Do you reckon any police officers listen to ZM in the car?
I hope so.
Can you listen to songs in the police car?
That's a good question.
Surely.
Or are you busy listening to the...
Oh, the radios.
To the comms.
Yeah, the comms.
Yeah, I don't know.
I'd be really interested to know.
If there's any police listening now, can you text us on 9696?
Can you text on the...
God, I have so many things to do.
Oh, yeah.
I haven't caught up on the latest issue of Police News Magazine,
but in Police News Magazine,
there has been a request from some police officers
to make the police fitness test easier.
Interesting.
Which I think is a great tactic.
If anything's too hard...
Just make it easier. just make it easier.
Yeah.
They should do that with heaps of things.
Agreed.
I think there are some good reasons
and some not so good reasons,
but the police commissioner, Mike Bush,
has said,
Narbo, it's got to be hard.
It has to be hard.
Yeah.
You're police officers.
Yes, exactly.
We need you physically fit for things
like what if you've got to chase down a perp?
Yep.
What if you've got to, what if you've got to
swim to a river?
Lots of things.
Save somebody.
Yeah, all sorts.
It's a hugely demanding job.
Yeah.
I've always wondered
if I'm fit enough
to be a police officer.
And talking to you today,
it was interesting to find out
that you, producer Ellie,
have had the same curiosity
in the past.
And you almost became
a police officer.
Yeah, I actually started
doing all the training and stuff
and then my back,
yeah, no, it wasn't going to happen.
I got medical and they're like, no, your back's screwed.
I was like, all right, thanks anyway.
Good day.
If that is a few police tests, you'd fail.
Yeah, probably.
Like, what?
You know?
But yes, yes.
So no, I didn't do that.
That was a short-lived dream.
You've got the details of what it actually takes.
Yeah, so there's the PAT test, which is actually the running and the
swimming, but they're specifically here talking about
the PCT course. What's the difference between a
PAT and a PCT? Now, I should have got the
acronyms right, but the
PAT is the running 2.4k's
in under 12 minutes, for example.
Whoa! And it depends on your age
though, and your gender. And then they have
swimming, where you've got to do 50 metres of freestyle
in a certain time, et cetera, et cetera.
But the PCT
is what they're talking about,
which is the 400 metre obstacle course.
Yeah.
Now in the obstacle course,
there's 13 things you've got to do
and you're being timed.
So the first thing you've got to do
is you've got to push a trailer
past a cone
and then make it stop.
So you're kind of pushing
and then stopping.
That's the hard bit.
Yeah.
Stopping it is the hard bit
because once it gets
its momentum going.
Yeah, you've actually
got to pull back.
Yeah.
I wonder what part
of policing that is for
yeah oh yeah
pushing a vehicle
maybe
and then making it stop
yeah yeah
okay cool
and then you've got to
pull a wheel out of that
like a tyre wheel
and you've got to run
that 10 metres
and then put that
in a square
then you've got to
sprint 200 metres
then you've got to
walk a balance beam
and then land on 2 feet
then you've got to
do a ditch jump
where you're basically
just running
and you've got to
jump 1.8 metres which is just like a big leap really.
It's quite far, 1.8 metres.
Yeah, no, it is.
It is, yeah.
And then there's a one metre hurdle where you've got to go over the top of it, but you've
actually got to put one foot planted on it.
You can't just like fly over it.
You've actually got to do the technique properly.
Yeah.
Then you've got to do an agility run.
That sounds risky.
That sounds like you'll nut yourself on that one.
Yeah, for sure.
Then there's the agility run, which is zigzagging between cones.
Oh, God.
Then there's two low hurdles.
So you've got to go under the hurdles, but keep your back and your head down.
Then you've got to jump through a window, but stay to one side and watch your head.
It's all very technical.
Then you've got to jump over a 1.8-meter wall.
One foot has to be planted on the wall, and then you roll your body off.
Yeah.
Then you do a body drag.
I'm puffed just listening. I know. You do a body drag. So you've got to back straight, feet wide you roll your body off. Yeah. Then you do a body drag. I'm puffed just listening.
I know.
You do a body drag.
So you've got to back straight,
feet wide,
pulling your body.
It doesn't actually say
how long that's for
but it looked about
maybe five metres.
Yeah.
Then you've got a 2.2 high fence
so you've got to get over that
same style,
land on two feet
and the last thing you've got to do
is sprint to the finish.
Yeah.
Now there's time criterias
for age and gender.
Okay.
So let's say Clint, 32. 32. Yeah, 32. You're a for age and gender. Okay. So let's say, Clint, 32.
Two.
Yeah, 32.
You're a male.
You would have to do that course in two minutes, 32 seconds.
No, get out of town.
That's hard, eh?
Get out of town.
That is hard.
Okay, producer Ben is a 26-year-old male.
What is his time?
Peak fitness.
Oh, yeah, all right.
Well, you'd be 220.
Do you think you'd do that?
No, I wouldn't say it on air.
I'd do it.
What about you?
So I'm 26 female.
Yeah.
So I'm 252.
So I've got about 32 seconds of stretch.
So you get an extra 30 seconds.
Yeah, basically.
That's sexism.
Oh, get out.
God, before you...
Oh, that's so fast.
So I had a plan for this.
I was like, producer Ben, get us in for a police test and let's film it.
After hearing that, I don't know if I want to.
Yeah, I'm tired saying it all.
I know.
Maximum respect to our New Zealand police, by the way.
Yeah.
Not just for the work you do, but for also having to do that.
Yeah.
God, I hope they give you a couple of years between just to like blow out.
Yeah, hard out.
And then you only have to get fit every now and then.
We're also getting hundreds of texts.
All the police say we love listening to ZM.
We listen in the car.
Are you serious?
Yeah, I know.
Oh, how good.
Turn your sirens on, guys.
Let's do a nationwide siren.
Yes.
We've just turned off ZM.
Yeah.
ZM's Bree and Clint, the podcast.
That special time of the day
When we get you involved
And find out what was number one on your 16th birthday
And then we play the biggest banger that comes through that day
First up, we asked for it
And it's come through
We do have police officers listening
We do
There are police officers listening all over the country
In police cars
And Jane's here
Hey Jane
Hey, how's it going?
Hey, good, going well
Going well
Are you on the beat at the moment?
No, I'm not.
I'm not.
I've finished work today.
You're off duty.
Do you listen to the radio in the police cars?
Yeah, absolutely.
Is it like an Uber?
Like if you arrest somebody and they're on the back,
can they request like a radio station change?
Can they ask for air conditioning?
Like can they say, hey, you guys mind turning the AC on?
Depends how well they behave.
Yeah, these are all stupid questions that I'm enjoying wasting your time with.
Only because you're off duty, though.
Only because you're off duty.
What's your birthday?
Let's find out what your birthday banger is.
Oh, it's going to be an oldie but a goodie.
24-7-1968.
Okay, Jane, you were 16 on the 24th of July,
1984
and on that day
this topped the charts.
It's Uncle Bob.
That's not a banger.
That's not a banger.
It's a chill one to be honest.
It is very chill.
You wait there because I think we might need to get you involved for the deciding votes.
Kushla's here.
Hey, Kushla.
Hi, how's it going?
Police officer or civilian?
Civilian.
Okay, at ease.
What's your birthday?
30th of April, 1989.
Okay, Kushla, you were 16 on the 30th of April, 2005.
And on that day, this topped the charts.
Savage and Akon Moonshine.
How do you feel about that?
Yeah.
Love Akon.
Love Akon, love Savage.
It's a good combo.
One more, Shane.
Hey, Shane.
How's it going?
Civilian, police officer or criminal?
Civilian.
Civilian.
Okay.
What's your birthday?
June 10, 1991.
Okay, Shane.
You were 16 on the 10th of June, 2007.
And on that day, this topped the charts.
You can stand under my umbrella.
You can stand under my umbrella.
Original RiRi.
Yeah. Umbrella. Thought can stand under my umbrella. Original Riri. Yeah.
Umbrella.
Thoughts, feelings, emotions?
Oh, I'm sure it was a banger back in the day, but not my favourite.
You're a bit disappointed, aren't you?
Nah.
Well, you don't get to choose your birthday banger.
Your birthday banger chooses you.
That's the problem.
I think it would be wrong if we didn't give the decision to Officer James.
Yes, we should.
Do you agree?
Yeah, yeah.
Welcome back, Officer.
Look, how can you not choose Bob Marley?
Like, really?
I thought it wasn't a banger.
No, it's such a banger.
I said, how can you not call that a banger?
I don't mean to argue with a police officer.
Undeniable.
It's just I heard you say that it was a bit of a buzzkill.
Well, go back and listen to the recording because I reckon that's not what I said.
Are you instructing us?
We might have to request that evidence.
Okay.
Are you instructing us to play Bob Marley?
Absolutely.
We will oblige.
Yes, ma'am. One love, one heart.
Let's get together and feel alright.
Hear the children crying.
One love.
Hear the children crying.
One heart.
Saying give thanks and praise to the Lord and I will feel alright.
Saying let's get together and feel alright.
Let them out fast all day, dirty reminds.
One love.
There is one question I'd really love to ask.
One heart.
Is there a place for hope?
For blessed sinners who have heard all mankind.
Just save us all, believe.
One love.
What about a one heart?
One heart.
What about a little?
Let's get together and feel alright.
As it was in the beginning.
One love.
So shall it be in the end.
One heart.
Alright.
Thanks and praise to the Lord.
And I'll feel alright.
Let's get together and feel alright
One more thing
Let's get together to fight as holy as Gideon
One love
So when the man comes, there will be no no doom
One song
Have pity on those whose chances grow ten
There ain't no hiding things Have pity on those whose chances grow ten.
There ain't no hiding things from the Father of creation.
Yeah, yeah.
One love.
What about the one heart?
One heart.
What about the one heart? Let's get together and feel all right.
I'm fleeing to mankind.
One love
One heart
Give thanks and praise to the Lord
And I will feel alright
Let's get together and feel alright
Give thanks and praise to the Lord
And I will feel alright That makes me really happy.
That is the winner of Birthday Banger from Bob Marley.
It's one love for Jane, Officer Jane of the New Zealand Police,
who instructed us that we must play that song.
We did argue with her about the audio.
Now, you've been, as a good detective would be,
and you've gone back and checked the tapes.
Like she said, definitely don't do.
Yeah.
Or did she say, do it?
No, she said, do it.
Well, you're well within your rights to check, Ben.
Yep.
Do we have the tapes here?
We have the tapes.
So this was, because I believe she said, don't play it,
and then she said, do play it.
Yeah.
This is her initial statement, yes?
Yeah, this is her initial statement about Bob Marley.
Okay.
It's Uncle Bob.
That's not a banger.
That's not a banger.
That's not a banger.
Slow down.
Slow it down.
This one here.
That's not a banger.
It's very clear now.
I'd love to see her lawyers argue her way out of that one.
But she changed her story.
Okay.
And it felt good.
It was a great birthday banger.
I'm glad that she did.
I'm really glad that she did.
Great text messages coming in about it too.
So there we go.
Eddie's Officer Jane.
Brie and Clint, the podcast.
ZM.
Are we ready for our second dose
of aviation-based news for the day?
Can we handle our second dose
of aviation-based news for the day?
Yep.
Always ready.
You don't seem ready.
You seem flustered.
Yeah, we were.
That gave me a fright, that sound.
Because it's so stereo, so real.
Because we don't play it every time.
I know.
This is actually fun.
If you've got a good car stereo
and your speakers are actually balanced properly,
it should sound like the plane is flying through your car.
Just listen.
We won't talk over it.
Listen.
Now, if you don't have good car speakers,
that's either just going to sound like...
Or you're not going to hear it for ages,
and then you'll hear it just like leaving your car.
Or it will fly into your car,
and then it will disappear in your car.
You'll go, shit, is that plane still inside my car?
So there's so many different options.
This is news regarding economy flights
that are now going to have cocktail service.
Ooh.
Can you find me some cocktail-based music, please, Ben?
Yep, I can try that.
Yeah, you can find that out for us.
Delta Airlines, which don't currently fly out of New Zealand,
but they do fly out of Sydney,
so you can get a connecting flight and then carry on to America.
Even in economy now, they are going to start serving cocktails.
And by a cocktail, I mean a Bellini, which is champagne with fruit syrup on it.
Yeah.
As you board.
So you get that.
What is this?
Cocktail fancy music.
This is not cocktail.
This is like regal.
This is like royal.
All right, I'll find something else.
Cocktail is like the Copa.
Oh, like Great Gatsby kind of stuff? No. Well, I don't know. I've never been to a cocktail parlor in my life. You find something else Cocktail's like The Copa Copa Oh like Great Gatsby Kind of stuff
No
Well I don't know
I've never been to a cocktail
You've learned something else
You think is cocktail
Ellie and I are going to talk
About Del Tiga
So you get a cocktail
On arrival
Yeah cool
Which is very business class
Yeah
You also get a hot towel
Oh nice
Which is for your hands
And face
I've seen some people
Who are quite nervous about it
Like I don't know
What to do with this
Yeah
But you can give your face
A zhoosh
Or your hands
And they're also changing
There's lots of little things
They're changing out the crockery that you get
To make it more bougie
Because apparently that matters
Apparently what you get served on matters
And so yeah
If you want to get that kind of service
Delta is going to be offering it to you
The big American airline
Okay
Economy
Mean
How are we going with that cocktail music, mate?
No, it's too hard for me to do, mate.
Sorry.
Nothing.
Yeah, I'm sorry, mate.
Nothing.
I reckon I can find something in like 45 seconds.
Okay, well, that's fine.
Oh, bring it on.
And if I do, I am now the announcer and the talent of this show.
Okay, yeah, that's fair enough.
Oh, no.
Don't start a timer.
Oh, yeah.
Yeah, bring it.
Here we go, everybody.
I'm putting my job on the line here. All right, good. Yeah, bring it. Here we go, everybody. I'm putting my job on the line here.
All right, good.
Hey!
Oh, okay.
Cocktail music.
All right.
You know, doesn't this make you feel like a peanut killer?
Oh, it's finished already.
ZM Spree and Clint, the podcast.
Producer Ellie's here, though.
Hi.
Hello.
We were talking before.
There is a festival that is under fire for offering differing ticket prices to different people.
Now, I've prefaced this with this is going to get some people pretty fired up.
Yeah, I think it might.
Yeah.
Give us the details.
So basically, there's a music festival in Detroit that's happening in just under a month in August.
It's called Afro Future Fest.
Yes.
And they are offering different prices for tickets depending on your skin colour.
Ooh, that is a spicy taco to tackle.
Yeah.
Okay.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Give us some details.
So basically, it's for the 3rd to 4th of August.
Sorry.
Yeah.
There's different tickets for people of colour
and then non-people of colour. Okay. there's different tickets for people of colour and then people
non-people of colour
so early bird tickets
for people of colour
was $10
and it was $20
so double the price
for people of non-colour
but not that much more
yeah
okay yeah
just $10 more yeah
well I guess double
but it's double
yeah exactly
and those are early birds
so you can only imagine
it would go up further
yeah
then oh
then it goes up to 20 and 40.
So it's always going to be 50% more if you are non-color.
If you're a non-person of color.
Okay.
Now, I don't know how, it was never really clear how you identify yourself, right?
Oh, true.
How do you just come up to the gate and they go, oh, yep, you're of color?
Yeah.
What if you technically do have color in your skin but it's not clearly obvious
to the eye
like Love Island
how they're so tanned
but most of them are just
pommies
yes exactly
like there's no real
or me
the whitest Maori
you've ever seen
exactly right
you are technically of colour
but you might not look like it
but it's called
Afro Future Festival
so I imagine it's
African American
yes I think so
and they've basically said they've come out and they've said imagine it's African-American. Yes, I think so.
They've basically said, they've come out and they've said,
sorry, they've said equity, so they've called it equity,
which is weird.
Equity is ensuring everyone has what they need to be successful.
Our ticket structure was built to ensure that the most marginalised communities, people of colour,
are provided with an equitable chance at enjoying events
in their own community.
I get it.
They're talking about white privilege and stuff.
Yeah.
Which is, I actually, I think it's a fine conversation and I'm actually for that conversation
as well.
It's just, it gets tricky because what do you deem as a person of colour?
That's the thing.
That's where it starts to.
It's very ambiguous.
Very ambiguous.
One of the artists has actually pulled out because of it.
Yeah.
Because he just doesn't want to be associated with that sort of, I guess.
Also, you know what you risk
people who don't have
money for a full ticket
doing blackface
oh my god
that's so true
it's just not a laughing matter
oh my god
but if it happens
yeah it's just
dude might just be
trying to get a cheap ticket
yeah it's just interesting
I just found it very interesting
but it still happens
good publicity
yeah
there you go
alright
can you imagine
if they did that
anyway anyway yeah like Good publicity Yeah There you go Alright Can you imagine If they did that Anyway
Anyway
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