ZM's Bree & Clint - ZMs Bree & Clint Podcast – March 23rd 2020

Episode Date: March 23, 2020

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Hello everybody and welcome to a very unique Bree and Clint podcast. Look, we don't know where you're listening from in the world right now to this, but there was some big things that happened here in New Zealand today, re-COVID-19. And I'm sure everyone, no matter where you are in the world, is going through similar things to what we are. Yeah, just to give you an idea of where our head's at while we've been making this podcast. An hour before we went on air, our Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, went on TV and said that we're moving from,

because we've got a ranking level of seriousness for COVID-19 in New Zealand, one, two, three, four, four being the highest and one being the lowest. We've been at two since Saturday when they invented the scheme. Yes. And then this afternoon we found out that we're going to level three. And then in 48 hours it will be a level four. Yeah. We went from.

Which is complete lockdown. Yeah. We got 36 more cases of confirmed COVID-19 in New Zealand today, which took our numbers to 103-ish. And I think the biggest thing that happened is community transmission was confirmed, and that's what they were really worried about. If you don't know what that is, it's where obviously someone has – No, well, it's not even that.

It's where you've been out in the community, and maybe you don't even know someone, but you've transferred it just out in the community? They said that the modelling they've done, that if they don't put this in place now, the lockdown that we're getting on Wednesday, the cases will double every three days. So 36 cases today, and then in three days' time, 64 new cases,

and then after that 120, then 240 new cases a day. And that's when, you know, it just gets out of control doesn't it? That's when you get to Italy levels. Yeah. So yeah. Look, it's a fairly somber start to the podcast. Things pick up. Things do pick up if you bear with us. Also. But what

you will hear is some real Kiwis on the podcast today who are going through this news at the same time as us. It is a very different podcast, though, today. Just giving you a pre-warning. But there's two birthday bangers, isn't it? There is two birthday bangers, which was fun. One I particularly loved.

You can tell that from our Instagram story, I think. Damn it. All right, let's do it. Anyway, guys, also we are going to continue to do the show, so we will be on air. The podcast will go up. Yeah, those aren't going away. Yeah, if you've been wondering about that.

Yeah, we're not stopping. We're not stopping. I'm not leaving. You're going to need a wrecking ball to take me out. I'm not leaving. I'm not fucking leaving. I'm not fucking leaving. Unless we have to, in which case we'll definitely leave.

Then we will do that. Here's the podcast. Have it with your dinner. From nzherald.co.nz Good afternoon, William Teresi here with your update at three. New Zealand has increased its COVID-19 status to a level

three nationwide and moving to Level 4 48 hours later. The Prime Minister has just spoken to the country announcing the new conditions. Effective immediately, we will move to Alert Level 3 nationwide. After 48 hours, the time required to ensure essential services are in place, we will move to Level 4. When New Zealand goes to Level 4 on Wednesday, healthcare services will be reprioritised. 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 Bree and Clint on? Bree and Clint are on air in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. Hello, everybody. G'day. Afternoon, New Zealand.

Good afternoon, everybody. Brie and Clint. That's right. We're still here. And hopefully we can provide you with a bit of light this afternoon and also any information you do need. Yeah. Right? That's our job today.

It's all good, by the way. I don't know if you watched the full press conference with the Prime Minister and the Minister of Finance, Grant Robertson, just before from Parliament, but it's all good. They're moving now before it's a major issue. So we're doing things now to prevent a catastrophic situation breaking out. So it's all good.

We're just doing the right things that we need to do right now. I said to you off air, unfortunately for other countries, but fortunately for New Zealand, we have had the example of, you know, what is the best thing to do. And as Jacinda said, it's go hard, go early. And that's what they're doing now, which is good from obviously Jacinda and the government. And no more going out on Courtney Place on Saturday night

when you were told to stay home. And no more organising drinks at your mate's house, even though it's just a couple of you. And you go, oh, we're not touching, it's okay. That stuff is gone now. Now we're doing what we need to do to keep everybody safe, and that's staying home, which can be a hell of a lot of fun, by the way. Home can be great.

And I know that obviously everyone has their own opinions about this or whatever, but try and do the most that you can do. I know that, you know, you might think, oh, well, what's that going to do? You know, if I don't go to that gathering of 10 people, it will probably help in this situation. There's an incredible graphic on what you, just not attending a couple of things, can do, which is up on the spin-off website.

And you break the chain of transmission in that way. It's quite incredible. Anyway, you've been bombarded with this stuff on your Instagram story all weekend. In case you missed the news for whatever reason, we have gone up to level three, and within 48 hours we will be in level 4, which

means all New Zealanders will be required to stay home and all businesses barring non-essential services which include supermarkets, they will still be open and you can still shop as normal, will be closing in 48 hours. You don't need to panic buy, you'll be able to get all your food and all your essential items

and go buy some board games. Monopoly Deal's my pick. I played it all weekend. Yeah. I had a great time. Well, I wonder, do they still have their Scrabble app

where we can play Scrabble together via our phones in different houses? Do you guys remember the game on your phone? It was called Draw With Friends. I remember Words With Friends.

Yeah, so Draw With Friends is you had to draw the picture, like the word. Are those games going to come back now? Yeah, I'm going to download it right now. Draw with friends, or word with friends. Okay, we've got two jobs for you this afternoon, bring you updates and also distract you a little bit with a bit of fun,

and Bree's going to do that next with a happy cat story. Yeah, I'm also going to do all my own sound effects, so look forward to that. Cool. We're also doing the show with no clothes on, just to lift our own spirits. Just for fun. Yeah, I'm also going to do all my own sound effects, so look forward to that. Cool. We're also doing the show with no clothes on, just to lift our own spirits. Just for fun. Yeah. Bree and Clint, ZM. Bree and Clint.

Alright, where are we at everybody? What's going on with New Zealanders right now? It's a hell of a moment in our history. We've just taken a call from Ross Boss just to get across from him what he wants from us. And what we're going to do today is we're going to try and connect with you guys

and see what is happening in your life at the moment. If you missed it, just to give you some facts, Jacinda Ardern about an hour ago gave an announcement that as far as the warning system is concerned, we have moved to level three. Should we go through what level three means just briefly? So that means at level three that travel in areas is restricted. It means that affected educational facilities will be closed.

That's facilities who have contact with the COVID-19 virus at the moment. Public venues, all public venues are closed. That's libraries, museums, cinemas, food courts, gyms, pools. Yeah, amusement parks, any public place like that. And everybody is required, effective immediately, to look at alternative ways of working. And within 48 hours, we're going to move to level four. Yeah, so I guess being an Australian,

I'm looking at obviously my country back home and kind of where they're at and what they're doing. Because I know for a fact, New South Wales pretty much put in, they're not calling it the stages, but New South Wales essentially said that they'd gone to a stage three, essentially. Right. Where they were closing all public venues and stuff like that.

And kids were going to go to school today. And then obviously, I'm pretty sure the New South Wales Premier said from Tuesday, they were going to close all schools as well. Wait a second. Are you telling me that ScoMo beat Jacinda Ardern to an announcement for once? Well, technically it was the New South Wales premiere, so... I thought we had an accolade for him for a moment.

So I'm kind of just looking at, obviously Australia and New Zealand were very similar what they're doing, what we're kind of doing. I'm looking at Jacinda and New Zealand and I feel comfortable that at least we've got a good jump on things and I feel like they're doing the right thing, but you just need to really listen and take it seriously

to the point where you're like, what can I do to help? I can stay home. Great, that's what I'm going to do. Have you talked to your mum yet? I have talked to my mum. She's probably the most calmest person I've ever met in my life. She's very, you know, she would be able to talk her way out of anything. She's positive.

Yeah. Because she's in rural Queensland, isn't she? Yeah. She was a bit stressed out the other day and she never gets stressed, my mum, but she hasn't been able to buy toilet paper for two weeks. She hasn't been able to buy meat for two weeks. And she said, oh, well. Because of the panic buying?

Because of the panic buying. And I think the thing you need to remember is that some people have nothing. So if you're buying everything, you know, just think about maybe those people that don't have anything, the people with the young kids like your family, Clint, or the older people, the pensioners who actually don't have enough money to bulk buy. So just try and remember, Jacinda, all the supermarkets are going to stay open. Yeah.

You'll be able to buy food. You'll be able to get things. Every time I've gone to the supermarket, I've been able to buy things. I think your mum is a perfect example that we can extrapolate over New Zealand too because she's in a rural area, so they come able to buy things. I think your mum is a perfect example that we can extrapolate out over New Zealand too because she's in a rural area so they come in to do their shopping. Absolutely. And lots of New Zealanders live remotely and

you come in to do your shopping and if in that moment that you have come in to do your shopping for the week likely and people have panic-buied bought all the toilet paper or all the canned food as I witnessed yesterday. It makes it very difficult for them. Yeah, and like supermarkets are saying, they have the stock

but that people are not allowing them the time to restock the shelves or for the trucks to come in with more stock, which is just at the warehouses. So if you are not taking just what you need, the ripple effect affects people like your mum, like elderly people who can only go in, who are not actually going to be able to move out of their house for extended periods of time when we move to level four. So there are those considerations that need to happen, right?

Be selfless. Try not to be selfish and just think of other people. Get the stuff that you need, of course, but just think about those others. We're going to try and connect with you guys this afternoon. So whatever you're doing this afternoon, if there's something that you think we should know about, send us a text message. Our text line is going to remain permanently open as it always does. It's 9696 and we'd love to hear from you guys.

Bree and Clint. Bree and Clint. We've just put the call out to you guys to say our text machine is open and we want to hear what's going on with you guys at the moment. Big news that within 48 hours, New Zealand will essentially be on lockdown.

So what does that mean for you guys? What is your number one concern right now? Overwhelmingly, something that I wasn't expecting us to get sent through from people is where they can stockpile alcohol from. Yeah, well, I mean, I know I had quite a few beers over the weekend, that's for sure. Did you make a dent on your stockpile? I did. Did you? I definitely did. And, you know, sometimes people, you know, need a drink or two.

Yeah. That's fair enough. Someone said, can you guys please let me know where I can buy vodka from? All my stores are sold out. Oh, people are panic buying vodka now. I hate vodka. And someone said, spare a thought for the people of Southland who can't buy booze from their supermarket right now.

Yeah, right. Okay, we're all going to face our own issues in this situation. I think that is probably... Shout out to Southland and your inability to buy beer from the supermarket. The least of their worries at the moment. We hear you guys. I want to talk about, obviously, to be honest,

the people I feel for the most are people with small businesses and obviously people who just don't have the money or the capacity to cope with something like shutdown for four weeks, you know. I come from a family of small business. My dad and his uncle, I've never seen people work harder to keep a business afloat. Yeah. And it is a very hard thing on its own. But to go through something like this is obviously devastating for people who run a small business. Especially when you're responsible for paying other families' wages.

Absolutely. Like if you've got people on your books that you're not going to have to lay off. So I was listening to a thing with the Prime Minister on the way into work and they said that today is the day to have those conversations with your workplace and say, hey what can we do to support you and what are you guys going to do to support us? Because there may be a version

of something where you guys can keep some form of a workplace going if your workplace has just found out you're going to have to shut down. It's huge. The announcement is huge. Just helping out people and, you know, doing your best to support those local businesses in any way you can. Someone else on the text machine said,

it's not just about panic buying food. I work in a pharmacy. People are trying to do the same thing, stockpiling medicines. Yeah, I went to Kimmas Warehouse on Saturday and there was a queue out the door. Yeah. Yeah. It says here if you have three to four months worth and someone else may need it.

I'm literally going through the same thing myself this morning. I'm trying to buy a preventative puffer and I'm trying to buy a Ventolin puffer because I'm an aspanic. Yeah. And I'm panicking. Yeah. So do you have asthma right now? Yeah.

You do have asthma currently? I've been asthmatic my whole life. Are you experiencing sort of asthmatic symptoms at the moment? No, I'm not. But a preventative is obviously something that can help an asthmatic because it prevents. Yeah, yeah. And how much do you have

at home right now? I have one puffer. Which is long enough for how long? So a Ventolin puffer is like a band bandaid. It doesn't actually, you know, prevent anything. And I have no preventative at the moment. Yeah, right. So if you are someone, and this is raw, this is raw shit. So if you are someone who is stockpiling stuff at the moment, then this is what you're causing. Because I'm not a panicker. No. And I wasn't panicking. Yeah. But this is obviously put stress on me because I need that, you know.

And I don't want many. I just want one. Yeah. And when other people panic, it forces other people to panic, right? Absolutely. And I'm not saying, you know, you should panic. And I'm not panicking. It just makes me emotional because obviously I am more susceptible having asthma and I'm not saying, you know, you should panic and I'm not panicking. It just makes me emotional because obviously I am more susceptible having asthma

and I'm just trying to take precautions to give myself obviously, you know, the best kind of platform for my health. And it's hard to do when people are buying everything. And there's people who will be doing that for their loved ones as well. Yeah, absolutely. So there's an important message in this in that the next 48 hours in particular, as everyone gets ready to lock their own doors at their houses, well, lock is the wrong word.

Just close the doors and stay home for a bit. Help people where you can. There's going to be some fricking turmoil, okay? And we possibly, hopefully not, we might see flare-ups where people, stressed people, anxious people, desperate people um get desperate and that's what we need to avoid and that's what we need to take into consideration in our dealings with each other yeah and help your neighbors do do your best to if you can spare something you know give something to someone and they'll give stuff to you and do you know how many people have just text us offering you a preventer

that's so nice. Thank you. We'll be back in a minute. Please keep your messages coming in and letting us know where you're at. 9696. Bree and Clint. Bree and Clint. Yeah.

Bree's okay, by the way. Yeah, I'm okay. Thank you to everybody who's texting us. Actually, to be honest, yeah, thank you so much for people texting through and saying that they've got some that they can give me. That actually makes me, yeah, that warms my heart. Brain needed an inhaler. Yeah. And things really

escalated. Sorry, I just panicked because I've been trying to get one all morning. I'm not panicking about the whole situation. We all just need to, everything's fine. I was just panicking because I was trying so hard to get one. I couldn't find one. Can I just say that we've been through not this, but things like this before as a country.

We experienced this, like a real need to pull together around the earthquakes. We experienced this around the mosque shootings last year. And the same messages are true at the moment, especially when it comes to communication. There is issues at the moment, just patchy things coming through where the phone systems are overloaded because this news is just broke, right? Yeah.

And everybody wants to call their mum or their dad or their partner and go, holy F, what are we going to do? So if you're panicking and wondering why your phone is playing up a little bit, it is because we think that they're being overloaded. It's like when you used to try and call What Now on Sunday morning to get through to the tally ops. You'd never get through. So that you could win a What Now t-shirt from Props Boy

and you would get that message that went, your call cannot be connected at present because of overloading. Please try again later. But then as soon as What Now was over, the phones worked perfectly. This is like a really, really big version of that. So the advice is the same and we always go through this guys we always do this at the same time if it can be a text message it needs to be a text message at the moment yeah send some texts um send as many texts as you want uh you can communicate

with people obviously like that um but also just try and yeah try and help people out and um just that some of the text messages coming through. I love living in a country like this and I love doing this show with you because I just feel a sense of, you know, love from people that listen to this show and I feel like we can all help each other out and you and I are going to figure it out as best way we can as to how we can help as many people as we can. Just remember that the ramp up that happened just after 2 o'clock today

that came down from Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, it's not much like your inhaler. It's a preventative. Yes. Okay? We haven't done this because we've dropped off a cliff. We haven't done this because things have gotten out of control. We're doing this early so that things don't get out of control.

And at its guts, all you need to do is make sure that you have somewhere to go home and stay home for a bit. That's what it comes down to. And try and do your bit in all of this and be kind to people. I think that's the main thing to remember. You know, everyone's obviously in the same boat and do your best to help each other out. There you go. We're trying to connect with you guys at the moment around the country just to check in and see how you're feeling.

Yeah, maybe you just need to talk to someone. Maybe you're feeling alone. We're here. You can talk to us anytime, 0800-DIAL-ZM. Adriana, good afternoon. Hi. Good afternoon. Hi, guys.

How are you? To be honest, I'm a little bit shook right now. Yeah, that's totally fine. What's going on in your world? Tell us. I'm a primary school teacher. So after lunchtime today, we're kind of listening to Jacinda's announcement with the children. I only had like nine children in my class today. And yeah, we just heard that we're shutting down basically.

Did you watch the announcement with the kids in the classroom or did you do it after the kids had gone? I was, they were busy working because I had so few kids. So they were doing their own thing and I was kind of listening in the background to Jacinda trying to figure out what was happening. How are they feeling? How are the kids handling it? Because you've got what, a producer said you

teach seven and eight year olds, is that right? Yeah, I teach seven and eight year olds at a South Auckland school and at first they were really excited. They were like yay, still holding! As you would be as a seven or eight year old. Because that's all they would have heard, Jacinda's brought the holidays forward. Yeah, but then when they kind of realised it,

they kind of were like, but Miss, we're going to miss you. But Miss, what are we going to do at home? And that's the kind of thing that kind of makes me a little bit sad about this. Obviously, I'm so happy with what is happening at the moment. Yeah.

But I am worried about like just the education for the kids and have access to a lot of devices and things. So I'm just hoping that they live life normally at home and they've got to, and they can still kind of catch up with things and, you know, not get too worried. Adriana, at the least of it, hopefully, you know, parents will have an even bigger appreciation for you guys after they realize how hard it is,

you know? For sure. I've been seeing those Twitter feeds, yeah. Thank you for calling us and being honest with us. Megan's here. Hey, Megan. Hi, Megan. Hey, how are you going? Good. Whereabouts are you? I'm in Christchurch at the moment. And what's the feeling down there in Christchurch? What do you do for a job? Well, I can't really specify too much, but I'm in the medical field. Okay. So it's absolutely crazy at the moment. So we're all doing like 12-hour days.

So shout out to anyone else who's in the same boat. Big time. Yeah, but no, everyone's going nuts. Supermarkets are crazy. It's just panic mode. Yeah, you said that in the last hour and a half since that announcement came out, you've seen the roads in Christchurch jam up?

Yeah, yeah, big time. More so than a regular four o'clock on a Monday? Yeah, so I think it's more like parents trying to get their kids from school. Obviously, that's around this time anyway. Businesses closing down early. People just trying to get to the supermarket, stock up before everybody else gets in there.

And it's just, yeah. What do you want to say to people who are listening to ZM right now as someone who's in the medical field? What's the one message you'd like to get across to everybody? Keep doing what you're doing. You're doing. You're doing bloody amazing. And really, that's all I can say is look after yourselves first as well because if you guys are sick, then we can't look after anybody else that's sick.

Absolutely, Megan. I just want to talk about for a second just the people that are working in the medical field. My girlfriend, she is a nurse, and I see firsthand, you know, obviously there's a lot of people that have to stay home and they get to be with their families and they get to, you know, and there's hard parts about that. But you need to think about these people that are on the front line. They don't get to be with their loved ones.

They're literally in the line of fire. Bree's talking about not being able to pass her missus for the foreseeable future. You thought she was crying about the inhaler before. She was crying that she's not going to get any for a bit. That's just as bad. Me too, girl. I'm with you. Megan, you're a great New Zealander.

Thank you for checking in with us. Thank you. Take care. Bye. Keep your calls coming in, please. That's what we're going to do. We're going to talk to Jackson in Masterton soon. And if you want to talk to us too, our phones are open. 0800-DI800 dial ZM. Crazy times, man. And during crazy times,

I do funny voices to make myself feel less nervous. Is that meant to be South African? I don't know at this stage. I don't. I don't know what that was. What we're doing is a bit of a whip around the country

just to check in and see how people are doing. There are some people calling us at the moment and we're going to talk to Jackson who's in Masterton. Hey, Jackson. Hi, Jackson.

Hey, guys. How are we going? Not too bad. How are you feeling? Yeah, I'm all right, eh? What's on your mind at the moment? What's your number one concern? Well, I've just seen a lot of people packed up at the supermarkets

and at the gas station. And what are you doing in all this? Are you stocking up on food or are you just taking what you need? What's your vibe? Well, I've just finished work and I guess we're shutting down for a bit. So, yeah, I don't know. I don't think there's no kind of rush to go grab pizza stuff and freak out about anything. Yeah.

What do you do for work? Floorlaying. Have they said, like, do you know if your job is safe? Obviously, that's a non-essential service, not to... Yeah, yeah. At the moment. Yeah, at the moment. So you'll have to close.

But has your boss given you any sort of indication on what your job looks like long term? Not really sure at this stage. Right. And that's, I mean, that's rough. It's really hard, especially when you have to spend, you know, it's the uncertainty in it all. Are you all right, Jackson?

Yeah. Yeah, cool. All right, man. Thank you for calling us. Thanks for calling, Jackson. We appreciate it. The list of essential services is being sent out by the government, which the reason that's important is because in 48 hours

when we go into lockdown, it's only essential services that will be allowed to stay open. We as a radio station and as a broadcaster have been deemed an essential service. So people asking that on level four, will we still be on air? Yes, we will in some form. Yeah, we don't know exactly what that means or how we're going to bring the show to you,

but we're going to do our best. We may be from a little, maybe from my bedroom. Maybe from Bree's bedroom. We may be from the sleepout in my house, which means you may hear a baby in the background of quite a bit. Some outdoor noise. Yeah, which could be nicer. It could be even more stressful for you.

Michelle's here. Hey, Michelle. Hi, Michelle. Hey, how's it going, guys? Good. Whereabouts are you in New Zealand? I'm in Auckland. You are in a job that is staying open. What do you do for a job? So I'm working at a bakery. Right. Okay.

And bakeries have been deemed essential services? Well, the one that we're working at is the Bread Bakery. So, yeah, we just kind of slide into it. So, luckily, we're just staying open. But it's also a little bit unlucky, if you know what I mean, because everybody's just gone so crazy lately. Like, for example, within the past couple weeks of working,

because I'm a full-timer there, so I'm always there. And it's just absolutely nuts. Like, we've sold out of the store almost, like, five times. Yeah. And that's, like, almost $7,000 worth of product. Yeah, that's crazy. And people are just obviously buying anything they can, overbuying. Yeah, it's not even, they don't even need it most of the time.

And the stress it puts on the workers, just from a worker's perspective, it's insane. You're constantly, and I get quite a lot of people getting upset because there's nothing left or, you know, why do you let them buy so much? And it's not even that. Unfortunately, we can't really do that. Are you thinking about putting limitations on people or are your bosses thinking about that?

Like I know a lot of supermarkets only that you get two items at the moment of each thing. Is that something you guys are thinking about doing? Yeah, definitely. It's something that we've started putting in place a couple of days ago just because it's been getting more and more out of hand as things have progressed. Yeah, okay.

And just off the back of that, just think about people who are working in supermarkets and just before you get angry at someone, before you try and take everything, just think about the stress and how full on it would be for those people who are working in those supermarkets and just be kind to them. People who make and sell food at the moment, like Michelle, are the new firefighters. Isn't that a crazy situation that we're living in? You're doing an important job, Michelle,

and I can hear in your voice that you're stressed and worried. So thank you for calling us. We appreciate it. And thanks for staying open. You're going to help a lot of people, okay? No worries. You guys take care as well. So you guys will be, in some form, staying open as well.

Yeah. And we'll try and do our part, and obviously we're going to try and take the measures to be safe as well. Honestly, we will play as much Dua Lipa as required to get us through these tough times. That is a ZM guarantee. But no Happy by Pharrell. We will not play that song.

Brie and Clint. It's a big day. You're in for a treat. Yeah. We thought, you know, we need a bit of fun, we need a bit of light in one of our favourite segments. That we do at 5.30 every day and Ross Boss would not be impressed. But we're going to do it again today for a second time at 4.30.

Just for you guys. It's Birthday Banger. It's my birthday, it's my birthday. Three and Clint's Birthday Banger. That's right. It's a bit of fun. Two Birthday Bangers for a Monday. Why not, hey? Why not?

These are unprecedented times and we are taking unprecedented measures. This is where we take your birthdays, we figure out what was number one on each person's 16th and then we play our favourite one. Stuart's here first. Stuart, before we do your birthday banger, how are you going mate? Are you okay?

Yeah, I'm all good. All things considered. Whereabouts in New Zealand are you, Stu? Wellington. Okay, how's the vibe down there? A lot of people walking around with masks on and the roads are getting a little bit hectic, everyone

is getting home from work already. Yeah, the announcement literally came like three hours before rush hour anyway, but that's okay, this is where we're at. Let's pick it up. Stuart, the announcement literally came like three hours before rush hour anyway. But that's okay. This is where we're at. Let's pick it up. Stuart, what's your birthday? 12th of July, 1993.

Right. You were 16 in 2009 on the 12th of July. And on that day, this topped the charts. Oh, the black eyed peas. That's a good one for the moment. Yeah, let's see where we go with that. Mark's here. Hi, Mark.

G'day, Mark. Hey, guys. How's it going? Good. How are you feeling, Mark? It's been one of those days. My wife works in the medical industry and I work for Flight Centre and I just told some of my staff they had to go home today.

Flight Centre had to lay a lot of people off today, didn't they? Yeah, I had to tell three of my amazing colleagues that they won't come back to work tomorrow. That is... Tough day, but we will come back stronger from this. We will be fine. We'll fight through it, so yeah. Great attitude, mate.

Yeah, really, really great attitudes considering, you know, obviously you guys are the ones doing it probably the toughest. Yeah. One of the industries doing it the toughest. We just want to get everyone safe and get them back home

and get people back. And that's our main objective. So as a company, we've worked cool together and we've been doing that the last few days and it's been pretty amazing. Good man. That's awesome, objective. So as a company, we've worked cool together, and we've been doing that the last few days, and it's been pretty amazing. Good man. That's awesome, Mark.

Yeah. Okay, let's find out your birthday, Bangor, then. What's your birthday? 29th of March, 1985. All right, you were 16, Mark, in 2001 on the 29th of March, and this was Topping the Charts. You can try to resist, try to hide from my kiss, but you know, but you know, Mark, it's a pearl. This was top of the charts. Was this Coyote Ugly?

This was Coyote Ugly. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Leanne Rimes. Oh, Mark knows it well. Bree pointed out to me that when we first started doing this feature, this is one of the first songs that I freaked out about playing on the radio. I was like, you can't play Leanne Rimes on ZM. I was like, we're playing that song. We can play that song. That's a good one, Mark.

Oh, times have changed. Let's get one more on for Rebecca. Hey, Rebecca. Becca. Hi, Becca. Hey. How are you? I'm alright. Whereabouts in New Zealand are you? I live in. Right, and what do you do for a job? It sounds like you're quite, like,

um, sounds like you're pretty, like, upset. Oh, I'm not that upset, I guess. I'm on maternity leave at the moment. Right. What's that feeling like? Oh. I don't really know how to explain it. I guess just with everything going on

and then it's another stress on top of being pregnant. It's a lot of uncertainty, right? And that's what's freaky. Yeah, I guess because no one's really, there's not a lot of insight on what happens if someone that's pregnant contracts a virus, I guess. Yeah, and Becca, can I say, I was talking to my sister who is about seven and a half months and she's

literally has the same kind of vibe as you. It's just that uncertainty and not knowing and it just adds to obviously the stress that you already have. These measures that have happened today though are designed to keep people like you safe. That's why these things are happening. So there's a positive in that. Let's get your birthday banger on. Becca, what's your birthday? 1st of May, 1997. Right, you were 16 in 2013 on the 1st of May. And on that day, this was number one.

Pharrell and Daft Punk. Do you like that song? Do you like your birthday banger, Becca? Yeah, I guess it's alright. The one before me was better though. You like the Can't Fight the Moonlight? Yeah. Well, you know what, Becca, for you, I feel like...

I think we should do it, right? And I feel like Mark would be on the same page and probably Stu. Yeah. But it can't fight the moonlight. Oh, yeah. Mark, you've won birthday banger. Congratulations, mate. Yeah, boys. That song got us all the flashes now and yeah, just stay strong, guys. Mark, you've won birthday beer. Congratulations, mate.

Yeah, boys. That song goes to all the flights now. And, yeah, just stay strong, guys. We'll get stronger. Good man. Cheers, Mark. Big love to you. Cheers.

And no one's gonna be around If you think that you won't fall We'll just wait and tear Till the sun goes down. Underneath the starlight, starlight, there's a magical feeling so right. It will steal your heart tonight. You can try to resist, try to hide from my kiss But you know, but you know that you Can't fight the moonlight deep in the dark

You'll surrender your heart But you know, but you know that you Can't fight the moonlight, no You can't fight it It's gonna get to your heart There's no escape from love Once the gentle breeze Waves will spell upon your heart

No matter what you think It won't be too long Till you're in my arms Underneath the starlight, starlight We'll be lost in a rhythm so right Feel it steal your heart tonight You can try to resist, try to hide from my kiss But you know, but you know that you

Can't fight the moonlight deep in the dark You'll surrender your heart But you know, but you know that you Can't fight the moonlight, no You can't fight it No, no No matter what you do The night is gonna get to you

So try your best Underneath the starlight, starlight There's a magical feeling so bright It will steal your heart tonight You can try to pretend That you're not in love again But you know But you know

You know that you Can fight the moonlight deep in the dark You surrender your heart But you know that you can't fight the moonlight Deep in the dark, you surrender your heart But you know, but you know that you can't fight the moonlight No, you can't fight it You can try to resist, but there's no escape But you know, don't you know that you can't Can't fight the moonlight deep in the dark You'll surrender, but you know, but you know that you

Can't fight the moonlight, no You can't fight it Gonna get to your heart Zeddy and Bree and Clay, next, the winner of Birthday Banger from Leigh-Anne Rimes. You know, just makes you,

music, I feel like, for me, just changes my whole mood and just gives me that nice feeling. Especially like old school music where I think about, you know,

watching that movie when I was younger and I just love that movie. Are you suggesting that Leigh-Anne Rimes and Coyote Ugly have the power to heal us in this situation? I have the suggestion that maybe people should text us on 9696 if they've got a song that they would really love to hear. What, are you...

Dude, it's day one. Are you ready to take requests already? Yeah, why not? Why not? Hey, we're here to obviously, you know to take requests already? Yeah, why not? Why not? Hey, we're here to obviously, you know, try and bring up the spirits. Yeah. Fine.

We can do that. Yep. Why not? Text us. 9696. The best. Okay, let's do it this way. The best request.

Yes. And reason why we should play that song. Okay. If you can make it topical, timely, something like that on 9696. Done. We'll play that request after this. Sounds good to me. 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.

If you're into business or want to be, then make sure you follow Business is Boring wherever you get your podcasts. Brought to you by the Spinoff Podcast Network in partnership with Sparklab. Welcome to unprecedented times, New Zealand. in partnership with Spark Lab. Bree and Clint. Welcome to unprecedented times, New Zealand. We are in uncharted water, but we're okay. All right, we're okay. We have clear instructions from our Prime Minister on what we're going to do.

And when we do that together over the next couple of days, it's going to make all the difference. Absolutely. And we're here to obviously provide you any of the information you must know, only stuff that is fact. And obviously also provide a any of the information you must know, only stuff that is fact, and obviously also provide a bit of, you know, relief and a bit of fun. And what's better than taking song requests, Clint?

Nothing. We love it. Nothing, unless, of course, you're the boss of a radio station who's like, they better not be taking requests. But we are, because the mood requires lifting. And Ross Boss is in here. He's working from home, like he should be. We said to you, tell us what the song is Because the mood requires lifting. And Ross Boss is in here. He's working from home, like he should be.

We said to you, tell us what the song is that's going to lift your mood right now and why. Let's play a request with a reason. Yes. I'm going to go through some of the options that have come through. What have we got? And together we'll pick the best one. A really obvious one that's come through for a feel better request right now. Particularly topical, Fifth Harmony's Work From Home.

You know how much I love this song. Fun fact, not about doing work. But also something probably a lot of people could be doing right now. They could be, yeah, yeah, yeah. Don't do it on a Skype call though. We've had a couple of requests for some 660. In particular,

Rise Up 2.0 you know a motivational message I love this song from some Kiwi icons I've got a text here that I'm going to read verbatim what song should you play? Darude, Sandstorm, name a better song plus the results will speak for themselves.

Is Sandstorm the right song to play right now? Is it the Babysitter's Circus and Everything's Gonna Be Alright? So many good songs. Is it the late, great Kenny Rogers? You got to know when the horse... The gambler. Who passed away yesterday, yeah. He wasn't even very old. He was in his 80s.

Yeah. Is it that Kenny song or is it this Kenny song? We ride it together, ah-ah Making love with each other, ah-ah Islands in the stream And the final potential song is, of course, the New Zealand Kiwi icon, Poor Year. Poor Year. Which one of those songs is the right song right now,

considering we need a morale boost? There's nothing like this song right here that I feel like it brings people together. Correct. And I feel like it just lifts people. Are we talking about Poirier? That's the one I'm talking about. Is that the one we're talking about?

That's my choice. Okay, let's do it. It feels, as soon as it starts playing, you're like, yep. To all the people who suggested this, thank you very much. We appreciate it. This is for you guys in the car right now. We'll go to a full news

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マーヴィカマイラガクボエボラテキガクボイエ Thank you. Oh, yeah. Thank you. Tōro yuri yuri mai, i te kōne ki te chi, mai ma mai. Kao mare pare la, pio iori la, panga ike eke, i te aori kōni. Te ki maka runa la, māmi kamae, taku ko e pōre kiki, taku ko ie. Thank you. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. ¡Oye! ¡Oye! ¡Oye! Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, Turn this last bit up, New Zealand. There you go. That is the song that you requested

to boost the mood of the nation right now. Narrowly beating out the likes of 660 and Kenny Rogers. This is such a great song as well. Which in general, as a show, but especially in times like this, we're not afraid to play. No. We're not.

We'll do it. I'm sorry, we're not. We're not afraid. No, I'm sorry, I'm not. We're not. to play. No. We're not. We'll do it. I'm sorry, we're not. We're not afraid. No, I'm sorry, I'm not. We're not. And I refuse to apologise. No. Maybe we can get a bit more of that on and we'll get some facts out there next.

So what we're trying to do at the moment is bring facts, connect with you guys and raise the mood if we can. So we'll go to a full news update next, okay? Full news update and if our phone lines are constantly open, if you want to call us, if you want to talk to someone, we're here. 0800 dials it in.

For any of our frontline services at the moment, anybody preparing to go to war against COVID-19, that's doctors, police, any emergency services. Nurses. Nurses. And all of a sudden, people who work in super a sudden people who work in supermarkets. People who work in supermarkets who are having to obviously literally work around the clock to pretty much help people.

Yeah. We here at ZM are just checking in with you guys this afternoon. This is a rapid pace of change. Like the amount of things changing within a day at the moment is really, really hard to keep up with. What we do know is that in 48 hours New Zealand will be at level 4, which is the highest level that the government

has for the COVID-19 pandemic to fight it. Yeah, to unite together and obviously do everything we possibly can to not have a situation like other countries have ended up in. Yeah, that's right.

And it's going to be like that for four weeks, minimum. It will be reassessed after four weeks. I just saw a really interesting tweet from Maddie McLean from TVNZ who said, this might be a stupid question, but how do we walk our dogs? And I thought, oh my God, there's so many things that we haven't thought about in this situation. I'm pretty sure you're still allowed to go outside for a walk, right? I checked. You can do it in isolation. So you need to not meet up with friends for a

walk. Right. You can just take your dog for a walk. You can take your dog for a walk and then you go home. You can exercise in isolation. Okay. That's the advice at the moment. Of course, that'll continue to change and we'll bring you those changes. Let's talk to some people. Yeah, let's go to Oliver. He's in Hamilton. Hi, Oliver. Hiya, how's it going?

Good. How are you feeling? Oh, yeah, it's a bit of a wake-up call to what's actually happening. Yeah, I mean, it's some pretty full-on information that we've all gotten today. You wanted to give a shout-out to your sisters. Yeah, both nurses and Hamilton,

and one of them's going to be on the front line when it all hits. So, yeah, just a massive shout-out to everyone who's putting themselves out there, who's going to help us get through this whole situation. Are you and your family worried for your sisters? Yeah, absolutely. out there who's going to help us get through this whole situation. Are you and your family worried for your sisters? Yeah, absolutely. Once it hits, I won't see her for quite a few days or weeks or months just because of the isolation. It is crazy to think that, you know, obviously there is people,

there's so many people that are going to do it tough and already are doing it tough and there's people who have to stay at home. And I just think about, obviously, just think before you really complain about having to be at home because there's people like nurses and doctors and people who work in the medical field who have to put themselves in that firing line and who can't be with their family, you know.

So thank you so much for calling. And it's a great message to obviously, yeah, just think about those people who are obviously helping everyone. It's an amazing time because the most helpful thing Oliver can do for his sisters is to not see them. Yeah. That is what it's going to come down to in this situation. Tanya.

Hi, Tanya. Hi. Hey, how are you? Good. How are you feeling? Pretty stressed out. I work at a supermarket, so I'm seeing all the crazy panic shopping. Yeah.

What message would you like to send people, Tanya? We're not running out of food, people, so just calm it. Just calm the farm. You're in Christchurch, right? Yeah, yeah, I'm in Christchurch. Okay. And have you been in the supermarket today? Are you working today?

Yeah, I've just finished. Did you see things intensify after Jacinda Ardern's announcement at 2 o'clock? Definitely. We had a queue out the door because we're only allowing 100 people in at a time now. Right. Yeah, so there was a long queue.

But people, like the team is just working together so well. Yeah. So proud of them all. Yeah, that's awesome. Are you aware with what happens, and I don't know the answer to this, and someone might, if you know the actual answer, please let us know.

What happens with people who do online shopping now? Does this mean that online shopping is finished for the time being? I'm not 100%, but I know that, I'm not sure if our store stops or not, but we sometimes deliver, especially to the elderly, and I'm sure some of our team will still be doing that. Yeah. Because some of them don't have family members or anything like that to help them out. Yeah, right.

So we've got to give it to each their own. Yeah. Yeah. And also just a shout out to obviously those people, the delivery drivers and the truck drivers. I was just reading on the text machine, you know, people who are making these deliveries and putting themselves, you know, obviously in that light of fire as well.

Someone's still going to have to pick up the rubbish. Yeah. You know, like there are things that are going to have to continue and to do that people are going to have to leave their own houses and put themselves potentially in harm's way in this situation. So, yeah, those shout-outs are important and those people are important and your feelings are important at the moment. So we're going to do one more round of your calls next.

You can call us 0800-DIAL-ZM with anything, whatever you want to talk about, we're here. It's okay if you're stressed. We can talk about that with you. Yeah, we want to hear from you. Bree and Clint, ZM. Bree and Clint. These are stressful times.

Yes, these are scary times. Yes, these are uncertain times. But remember, no matter how bad it gets, no matter how you're feeling, we've always got the clip of Bree that's been isolated and amplified from the moment we gave away Secret Sound last week. And this clip will live forever. Nothing, nothing this virus does can take that away from us.

Hopefully that's brought someone a little smile. I know I sure am not smiling. What's going on with you? Where you are and you're part of New Zealand right now. We want to hear from you and Belinda's here. Hey Belinda. Hi Bill. Hi.

Hi. Hi. Hi. Good to have you on the show friend. What's going on with you? So strange. My business is shut down obviously for a month or so. I've got, hi, hi. Good to have you on the show, friend. What's going on with you? So straight. It's like my business is shut down, obviously, for a month or so. I've got a home cleaning business, my friend. Oh, that makes it so tough. What are you feeling like? Do you have any ideas of other things you could do, like,

over the next four weeks? Well, no, I've just looked after my children. Yeah, right, because then they're also not going to be in school probably, yeah. What about the government package? The day was the last day. What about the subsidies and stuff? Is that going to mean that you will get money from the government? Well, we're going through that process at the moment to apply for that.

Yeah, right. Okay. Yeah, stressful. I mean, on the upside, you get to see lots of your kids. Is that a good thing for you? Well, of course. They're beautiful children. For small amounts of time, right, Bill?

Small doses. On my way up to see my mum, she had surgery this morning on her hip. Yeah. So I'm taking two of my children up there. So hopefully I'll be able to go and see her. Oh, well, we're thinking of you, Belle. We appreciate you calling. Cassie's here.

You're a mum of two as well. Hi, Cassie. Hi, Cassie. Hey, how's it going? Oh, you're a part-time cleaner as well. You're in the exact same situation as Belinda. What's going on with you? What are you feeling?

I'm all good. I've had to come off work to look after my young ones. One of them is asthmatic and I have autoimmune disease. But, yeah, we're all good. I've had to come off work to look after my young ones. One of them is a medic and I have autoimmune disease. Yeah. But, yeah, we're all good. We're staying positive, having fun, being crazy at home. My house is trashed. Yeah.

Yeah, I bet. How old are your little ones, Cassie? One and one's four. Oh, wow. You're going to be a full-time cleaner now. Just at your own house. Not already, right? Part-time cleaner.

No one's going to pay you for it. That's the problem. You've got a great attitude to this, mate. You have your hands full like you've just described to us, but all you can do is stay positive and everybody around the country needs to do their bit, not just for themselves, but for people like you and for your

kids, right? Well, yeah, for everyone. There's people that have got it harder than me. I'm quite fortunate. I do have the I am blessed enough to be able to stay at home with my kids. I love your attitude, Cassie. This is so great. This is what we need, Cassie, and we need it from you. And this is your chance to step up as a New Zealander

actually. Alright. I want a message from you as a mum to people who still think that it's okay to go out and socialise at this time. Can you give us a mum message, please? Come on, guys. Stay home because some of us actually have serious illnesses or have people around us that have serious illnesses,

and this could have huge impacts on our lives, you know. So everyone just needs to do their bit. Stay at home. Try and stay positive. And Steve is a blessing, you know. So crazy. Paint your face and put on tutus And can you

Can you chuck in a If you don't I'll take away the power cord To the PlayStation Oh absolutely If you don't I'll come I'll come and cut your power cord

I'm cool with that Even worse Say you'll take away the Wi-Fi Oh yeah Thank you Cassie That's awesome Let's talk to Lisa as well Hey Lisa

Hi Lisa G'day How you guys Not bad. How are you guys? Not bad, mate. How are you going? I'm feeling numb. Yeah, right? It's weird, isn't it?

You know that feeling when you actually don't know? Yeah. And it's like you're just numb. Yeah. It's a weird feeling, isn't it? I've got this weird out-of-body experience going on where you're sort of watching everything happen and you're like, huh, none of that seems real.

Yeah. Yeah, I mean, and I'm a payroll manager, so I'm getting a lot of phone calls from the team going, okay, what's happening and how are we going about this? So it adds to that. Can I get back to you when I know more? Yeah, right. Yeah, absolutely.

You're copping it from everyone. Where are you in New Zealand? I'm Christchurch. Okay, cool. What does your home situation look like? Who are you going to quarantine yourself with? Hubby, oldest, and my youngest, and then maybe my middle one with his partner and their two kids.

Oh, my God. You're going to have a full house. Yeah. I know they're telling people not to stockpile food, but it sounds like you need a whole supermarket just for yourself, Lisa. Jesus. That's going to be like family Christmas for the next however long. Well, in a way, that's how we could actually all treat it.

We can actually just take these four weeks and look on the positive side that, okay, yeah, just take the stress away a little by your spending time with your loved ones. Yeah. The weather is still nice. Okay, yes, we can't all go to the beach as a family, but, hey, we can all go out for an individual walk. Absolutely, and we should all count our blessings that if you can spend time with your family and if you get to do that

because there's a lot of people who aren't going to see their family for a long time. Yeah, Bree's not going to get to see her family until this whole thing's over. I don't know when I'll get to see my family again. So just cherish it and actually just be grateful that you get to spend time with those loved ones. Don't treat it too much like Christmas, though,

because most family Christmases end up with everyone getting real drunk and then there's a fight. Yeah, so don't do that. Maybe designate one day a week where it's family Christmas. I'm keen for all the lasagnas, though. I'm keen for that. Did a double birthday banger today Well, we're about to

Yeah, if you think you're hearing repeats You're not We just thought that the mood called for two birthday bangers today So we did one at 4.30 as well Yep, we're just doing whatever we want So we've already played Leigh-Anne Rimes' Can't Fight The Moonlight Which was a great song We're going to be able to beat that today with Ruby.

Hey, Ruby. Hi, Ruby. Hi. You going okay, mate? Yeah, I'm doing fine. That's all right. Yeah, good. We're going to do a birthday banger for you.

What's your birthday? 28th of November, 97. All right. You were 16 in 2013 on the 28th of November. And back in 2013, this went to number one. Iconic birthday banger, Ruby. Do you love Lorde? Unpopular opinion, but no.

Hey, that's her unpopular opinion. She's allowed to have it. Yeah, controversial opinion, though. Hey, I absolutely respect you for having the balls to say it on air, though. Right? It's not something you'd be able to say in public very often, but that's okay, Ruby. Thank you.

Wait there. Let's talk to Samantha. Hey. Hi, Sam. Hi, how's it going? Good. How are you feeling, Sam? Sorry?

How are you feeling? How are you doing? I'm good. I'm in the McDonald's dry food to get our last takeaway. It's before it all shuts down. Yes. What a boss move. Oh, man. What are you going to order for your last Mecca's for at least a month? Chicken bacon deluxe.

Yum. Hello. Okay, cool. Let's do your birthday banger. What is that? Fifth of the 3rd, 87. All right. You were 16 in 2003 on the 5th of March. And back in the early 2000s, this went to number one. Powerful. I love it.

Also with a food reference in it. Samantha, how do you feel about Eminem, Lose Yourself as a Birthday Banger? I love it and it's actually a really important song for my husband, so it's perfect. Why is it important for him? Just a really big event in his life at the time, so yeah. Interesting. Well, that means something to you.

I think it's a great birthday banger. I didn't even think about not having McDonald's or takeaways for four weeks. I might swing past one tonight, actually. No panic buying, though. We've got to be careful. Lisa, hi. Hi, Lisa. Hi.

How are you doing, Lisa? Whereabouts are you? By church. Oh, yes, we just spoke to you, Lisa. Yep. Love it. Back on for birthday banger. Why not?

What's your birthday, Lisa? My birthday's 17th of March, 1970. All right, Lisa, you were 16 in 1986 on the 17th of March. And, Lisa, this is your birthday banger. I'm in the middle of a chain reaction. You give me all the after- Diana Ross. 1986 is finest.

How do you feel about Diana Ross as a birthday banger, Lisa? It is impact. That is actually a very good birthday banger. Who are you trying to convince, Lisa? An icon. Diana Ross. And you, Lisa, too. You're an icon.

Wait there, Lisa. Okay, we've got three good songs. We've got Lord Royals. We've got Diana Ross, Chain Reaction. We've got Eminem, Lise. Okay, we've got three good songs. We've got Lord Royals, we've got Diana Ross, Chain Reaction, and we've got Eminem, Lose Yourself. I think I want to throw up a bit of Lose Yourself. A bit of Mom's Spaghetti. I think so, just because it's got that fighter spirit vibe.

Lise, Samantha, have you got your meccas yet? No, not yet. I'm still waiting to pay. Still waiting. All right, well, let's see how much of this you can blast out before you hit the window. You've won birthday mega. Congratulations. Thank you Still waiting. All right, well, let's see how much of this you can blast out before you hit the window. You've won birthday, baby. Congratulations.

Thank you so much. Get it, girl. Bree and Clint. Enjoy that chicken bacon deluxe. I will. Savor every last bite. This is Birthday Banger on ZM. One opportunity to seize everything you ever wanted

in one moment to you capture it? Or just let it slip? Yo His palms are sweaty Knees weak, arms are heavy There's vomit on his sweater already Mom's spaghetti He's nervous, but on the surface

He looks calm and ready to drop bombs But he keeps on forgetting what he wrote down The whole crowd goes so loud He opens his mouth, but the words won't come out. He's choking how? Everybody's choking now. The clock's run out. Time's up.

Over. Plow. Snap back to reality. Oh, there goes gravity. Oh, there goes rabbit. He choked. He's so mad, but he won't give up that. Is he?

No, he won't have it. He knows. His whole back's at his ropes. It don't matter. He's dope. He knows that, but he's broke. He's so stagnant. He knows. When he goes back to this mobile home, that's. His whole back city's roast. It don't matter, he's dope. He knows that, but he's broke. He's so stacked that he knows. When he goes back to this mobile home, that's when it's back to the lab again, yo.

This whole rap city better go capture this moment and hope it don't pass. You better lose yourself in the music the moment you own it. You better never let it go. You only get one shot. Do not miss your chance to blow. This opportunity comes once in a lifetime. You better lose yourself in the music The moment you own it

You better never let it go You only get one shot Do not miss your chance to blow This opportunity comes once in a lifetime You better Souls escaping Through this hole that is gaping This world is mine for the taking

Make me king As we move toward a new world order Our normal life is boring But superstardom's close to post-mortem It only grows harder, homie grows hotter He blows us all over, these losses all on him Coast to coast shows he's known as the Globetrotter Lonely roads, God only knows he's grown farther

From home, he's no father He goes home and barely knows his own daughter But hold your nose, cause here goes the cold water These losses don't want him no more, he goes home and barely knows his own daughter But hold your nose cause here goes the cold water These bosses don't want him no more, he's co-prodder They moved on to the next moe who flows, he knows Dove and so not a And so this soap opera is told, it unfolds, I suppose it's so partner But the beat goes on, da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da Use yourself in the music, the moment you own it

You better never let it go, you only one shot, do not miss your chance to blow This opportunity comes once in a lifetime You better lose yourself in the music the moment you own it You better never let it go You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow This opportunity comes once in a lifetime You better no more games, I'ma change what you call rage Tear this motherf***ing roof off like two dogs caged I was playing in the beginning, the mood all changed Once in a lifetime Amplified by the fact that I can't get by with my nine to five And I can't provide the right type of life for my family

Cause man, these goddamn food stamps don't buy diapers And there's no movie, there's no Macai Pfeiffer This is my life and these times are so hard And it's getting even harder trying to feed and water my seed Plus, see, that's what I caught up between being a father and a prima donna Baby mama drama screaming on her too much for me to wanna stand one spot Another damn monotony's got me To the point I'm like a snail

I've got to formulate a plot Or I end up in jail or shot Success is my only motherfucking option Failure's not Mama love you but this trail has got to go I cannot glow old in Salem's light So here I go it's my shot Feet fail me not

This may be the only opportunity that I got You better lose yourself in the music I'm out. ZM, Brie and Clint, that's the winner of Birthday Banger from Eminem, which actually has some really timely lyrics in there for us right now for the situation that we're in. You have one chance, one opportunity to do your bit for our country, and you're going to get asked to do that basically from today, legally from two days home. And the thing you to get asked to do that basically from today, legally from two days home. And the thing you're being asked to do is stay at home. Stay at home.

Yeah, just stay at home and we need to do this together. If there's people that aren't doing that, that's when things are really going to get, you know, obviously out of control. So do your bit. Listen to what Jacinda Ardern and our government is saying and stay at home. If some people don't do it,

it makes everybody else's sacrifice pointless. Absolutely. And just think about others. You might not be at risk. You might be fit and healthy, but guess what? You could be passing it on to someone that isn't. God, weird time for me to put this real sensual Eminem song on in the background.

They call me Superman. I'm here to rescue youem song on in the background. Wasn't really the mood. Like, it didn't really fit the mood of what we were saying. Yeah, you missed it on that one, didn't you? Also, we're going to be here too. Oh, yeah, we're not going anywhere. If you're wondering, we're going to be here to provide you with the information you need and also just someone to talk to.

You can call us anytime. 0800 dials it in. Bree and Clint. The next four weeks of being stuck in our own houses means we're going to have to find new ways to entertain ourselves. That's right. We're going to have to find all new methods of fun. Board games are the best.

They actually are so much fun. Blow off the dust. But know if you're a board game person before you play. Who's not a board game person? People who take them too seriously and cause fights. What are you talking about? Not pointing the fingers at anybody in particular. I've just invented a game that we can play with people listening,

but only if they're following the rules and they're at home right now. Okay. Welcome to the first ever Quarantine Cluedo. All right. I do love this game. I know that you need to be able to pick who did it, what item, and what room

of the mansion. That's the bit we're focusing on today. In your mansion, Bree and I are going to ask you one question each, and we're going to try and figure out what room of the house you're in. We're going to play with Khan first. Khan, welcome to Quarantine Cluedo. Hello, Khan.

Hi, how's it going? Or as I like to call you, Colonel Mustard. Colonial Mustard, I think it was. I think it was Colonel Mustard. Colonel Mustard. Colonial Mustard? Fat-free mustard.

Colonial Mustard, have you entered the room that you would like to play Quarantine Cluedo from? Yes. You're in that room right now? I'm actually thinking about changing rooms. Okay, you can do it now. You can do it now, but you need to stay in that room, okay?

Tell us when you're there. Right. Are you in the room? Now I am. Okay, great. This is so fun. Brie, you can ask... No, go back to the other? Now I am. Okay, great. This is so fun. Brie, you can ask... Now go back to the other room.

Just kidding. You can ask Colonel Clink one question and I'll ask him one question. Okay, my question for you, Colonial Khan, is what's the smell like in the room that you're in? Well, you're kind of close because you can probably hear the echo. Oh, he's absolutely in the bathroom. I knew as soon as I heard that echo where he was, he gave himself away.

Is it bathroom or is it toilet? But you may not get it. You may not get it because there is absolutely nothing smelling in there. And it actually smells good. It doesn't word anywhere else. His shit might not stink though. This is true.

So he's in the bathroom, the toilet or the laundry. Yeah. So I need to be very careful with my question. Khan, what's the temperature of the room right now?

Would you say it's room temperature, warmer than average or cooler than average? Okay. There's actually a gauge on the wall that tells me how hot it is in here. I know where he is. It's the bathroom.

I know where he is. 22.5 degrees. I'm not going to say what that is, though. Can you? Can you in the bathroom? Yeah. Okay, yeah. I'm in the bathroom.

You did it, Colonial Can. We can prove it. I was trying to show you. Yeah, well, you did. I didn't get away from the echo. Yeah, you didn Khan. We can prove it. I was trying to throw you. Yeah, well, you did it. To get away from the echo. Yeah, you did it. It was the most. He did it in the bathroom with a number two on the toilet.

One more game of Coronation Quarantine. What? You've thrown me now. Quarantine Cluedo. Ben, hi. Hello, Ben. Hello. Or as I like to call you, Mr. Plum.

For no reason at all. Yeah, he had no reaction to that whatsoever. Are you in the room that you want to be in for Quarantine Cluedo, Ben? Yeah, for sure. Okay. I want to ask, I've got a question. Ben, how much time do you spend in the room that you're in? Legitimately about 30 seconds, if I'm trying to be fast.

I know where he is. Okay. Ben, if you wanted to right now, could you comfortably lie down? No. No, he's in the toilet. You're in the toilet. Bang on. Yeah!

Oh, Brianna. Give us a challenge, people. Ben, you should know that I know my toilets. Congratulations, Ben. Thank you for being one of the first contestants on Quarantine Cluedo. And that's it. That's how the stupid game works. Oh, I like it.

Thanks for playing, Ben. Now we'll leave you to do your business in the toilet. Yeah, we'll leave you to whatever you've got left to do in there. The story I'm about to tell you, cheaters beware, although this is probably a one in a million chance of getting caught out. Okay. So there's this girl. Her name is Brianna Alexis.

She lives in Florida over in the States. Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. Yeah. You mean where you lived? Yes. Right. And you worked in bars? Yes.

Is Brianna Alexis your dancer name? No. Really? No, it's not. Because the dots seem to join up a little bit too easily. It's very close, isn't it? Right. She spells her name differently to me. And she parts her hair on the right, not the left. Because the dots seem to join up a little bit too easily. It's very close, isn't it? She spells her name differently to me. And she parts her hair on the right, not the left.

Yeah, differently. She's an Uber driver and she actually caught her boyfriend cheating. But the way she caught him is so one in a million, it's ridiculous. Okay, how did she do it? So the story is she's 24, she's an Uber driver. Her boyfriend said that his mum had gotten ill so he needed to catch a flight to New York to visit her. Right.

So she picked him up from his home and dropped him at the airport. She was obviously feeling, you know, very sympathetic towards him. Did she charge him for the fare? No, she didn't. She just dropped him at the airport. Free was obviously feeling, you know, very sympathetic towards him. Did she charge him for the fare? No, she didn't. She just dropped him at the airport. Free Uber. I know. Anyway, so she dropped him at the airport and she was heading back

into the city and bing, she's got like another job. So she's went around, she's picked up this girl and who she noticed looked very similar to her, similar age, and so they started talking about, you know, all different types of things, life, and Brianna said to this girl, that's so weird, like the address that you've put in, I literally was just there because that's where my boyfriend lives. Right.

Anyway, no joke, Brianna has then said, what are you doing at the address? Because it was a big apartment building. So it could have been anyone, but just coincidence, right? Yeah, right, okay, yeah. Could have been coincidence. The girl then responded that she was going over to see a guy that just recently started dating.

Yeah. And you wouldn't believe it, same name as Brianna's boyfriend. So was the ride to the airport that the boyfriend took a diversion? It was fake. So he would then have to get a ride back from the airport so that his girlfriend would think he was out of town.

That's exactly what he did and when she dropped her off, she also dropped herself off and went up to the apartment. Wow. I mean if she hadn't got caught which you said is a one in a million, pretty good plan from the boyfriends. Diversion? I'm going to the airport. There are so many times you can use a sick relative as an excuse.

Obviously, we are going to be changing the way we're living in the next couple of days because for four weeks from Wednesday, we're all being asked to stay at home. No, we're being told to stay at home. You need to stay at home. You need to stay at home. Otherwise, you'll get arrested. Did you know that? Absolutely.

They're bringing in the police that if you're not going to a supermarket, like a doctor, or to work, you'll get arrested. Buzzy G. So we're going to have to do things like changing the way we work and also changing the way we eat Because I rearranged my pantry yesterday So did I

You did? Yeah It felt so good too Doesn't it just? Yeah And how much random shit did you find there? So much Do you know what I found?

Four jars of honey and five jars of chocolate peanut butter I don't eat either of those things So who's are they? Oh your wife was pregnant Yeah right Could have been a craving I was like who's are they? It's like stockpiled for so long. Oh, your wife was pregnant. Yeah, right. Could have been a craving. I was like, who's are these? Anyway, I went to get rid of it and then I was like,

no, I can't get rid of it at the moment. We need to wrap everything we've got. That's what I did. Yeah. And I was like, I need to save everything. It's actually the worst time to clean out your pantry because you end up throwing nothing away. I rearranged.

I didn't clean out. Oh, what? You just shuffled things around? Yeah, made it look all like tidy so I could fit more in. Oh, that doesn't count. So did producer Ellie. Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. Absolutely that counts.

Wait, wait, wait, wait. Did you guys take stuff out and wipe the shelves down? Yeah. You take everything out and then you rearrange everything, right? Yes, but I didn't throw a lot out. No. It was a bit I threw out, but not a lot. It was more of a rearranging situation.

Did you check the expiry date on things? Oh. Yeah. What a half-assed pantry job you lot have done. Canned tomatoes don't go off. Yes, agreed. No, they don't, no. No, so they're good to go. And what else? I had some weird stuff in my pantry.

Like just times where I've been like really kind of like. Lots of half packets of pasta and shit, eh? Yes, exactly what I found. Oh my God, Better living, everybody. Look up Jamie Oliver's leftover pasta minestrone recipe. Is it good? That's what I made last night. You just chuck in random bits of pasta in there.

That's literally... It's exciting. You got some bow ties, some pennies, some macaroni. I mean, well, don't get too crazy. No, that's... You know, that's how... You just put all your half bags in. Being Italian, you know how that's how minestrone came about?

Just random leftovers. So minestrone, because obviously people in Italy, when they were quite, you know, doing it really tough, at the end of a week they would go, right, what have we got left? Okay, we've got some tomatoes, we've got some carrots, bit of this, bit of that, and they'd throw it all in the pot and then they'd go, do we have any leftover pastas? And then they'd just put that in.

There you go. That's how it came about, yeah. Right. That's how pork bones and puha came about as well. What have we got? Chuck it in the pot. There we go. I've got some quick rules that someone has published

on pantry rules that could help us in this moment. Oh, what are the rules? So this has gone viral. A mum has put this notice on her pantry while we are in uncertain times and these are the rules for her pantry. One, no one goes into the pantry for food or snacks without asking me first.

No willy-nilly pantry visits allowed. She's made herself chief commissioner of the pantry. Putting her foot down. Number two, do not open a new box of cereal until the old opened boxes are easily gone. Fair enough. That is smart. Right.

But what if you really want Nutri-Grain and there's only a week mix? Oh, how good is Nutri-Grain? I've eaten so much Nutri-Grain in the last three days. You too, produce early. Are you company eating Nutri-Grain? Yeah. Number three, you better have eaten a piece of fruit, a vegetable, or a yoghurt before you reach for anything in here.

How annoying is it when your parents tell you to have a piece of fruit when you're hungry? A piece of fruit? No, it would always go like this. Mum, I'm so hungry. Oh, well, there's a piece of fruit. Have that. No, I don't want that. You stupid woman.

Mum, I don't want it. Oh, well, I think there's some rice in the fridge. No. And the final pantry rule, which I think everybody needs to have on the pantry. I think we just need to respect each other's boundaries with a rule like this At the moment

If anyone touches My Cadbury cream eggs I'm going to kill you I have the same rule In my house Funnily enough ZM's Free and Clint The podcast

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