ZM's Bree & Clint - ZMs Bree & Clint Podcast – March 30th 2020

Episode Date: March 30, 2020

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Hey everybody, how you going? Welcome to the Brie and Clint podcast, the first of our podcasts being done by distance, Brie. G'day, we're in long distance now, Clint, you and I. We've decided to take our relationship to that level. We've had to start sexting. It's going pretty well so far. Some of the stuff you're writing is pretty dirty. Should we try this? Because I've never been a sexter and I don't think I'd be very good at it. And Ellie, you can be on on this. Let's pretend that we're sexting each other. And let's not go

too far too fast, okay? Brie, I want you to initiate the sext. No, I'm not starting. You start it. No, I can't start it. Send me something sexy. Go on. You can use text language if you want. Like GTG, got to jizz.

I have never ever sent one of these. I probably started off with like... What caption did you put with those nudes that you sent that time? Shut the fuck up. Hey, hey, no F words, mate. Keep it clean, keep it clean. We're just sexting here. This is just the foreplay bit.

I'd probably say something like, oh, I had a dream about you last night. Oh, yeah, and I go, ooh, what happened? Yeah, perfect. And then you're like, oh, well, I kind of ran into you in a hallway and I pushed you up against the wall and then I grabbed you around the wall. All right, all right, all right, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, that's enough, yeah, you get the hang of this. You get the hang of this, that's fine.

I'm uncomfortable. I've just decided that my phone's gone flat, so that was a fun experiment. See, this is why I don't do this. Yeah, I know. It makes people awkward. The whole time my wife and I were doing long distance from Sydney

We didn't do it once either It's just uncomfortable to me It's unnatural I found out my partner has done What's it called when you're on the video Oh yep Skype Skype

Skype Skype Anyway I probably should not be talking about this So I will be quiet from now on That's fine And Ellie has been strategically quiet Throughout this whole thing as well Yes Ellie

Have you been known to send The random sext No I can't say I have What about a nude Nah not even a nude I'm too scared about leaks and things Same Yeah I'm scared about the photo getting out as even a nude. I'm too scared about leaks and things, you know?

Same, yeah, yeah. I'm scared about the photo getting out as well. You know what I'm scared about? Remember that time I told you that? Yeah, right. Remember that time I told you that story about how I cut my butthole shaving? Yes, charming. And then I took a picture of it on my phone just to see what the damage was.

I'm afraid that that picture's now on the cloud. It is on the cloud. Well, it will be, yeah. No, I deleted it afraid that that picture's now on the cloud. It is on the cloud. No, I deleted it. Doesn't matter, it's the cloud. No one knows how the cloud works. You just pay $1.69 a month to stop the cloud from sending you notifications, and you have no idea what's in there. I don't even have a frickin' iPhone anymore,

and I still pay Apple $1.69 for the cloud. I don't know what's in it. I don't know how to get into cloud. I don't know what's in it. I don't know how to get into it. I don't know what I'm paying for. But I feel like I'm too scared if I stop this $1.69, I'll lose all my photos that I don't even know how to access. Yeah, right. $1.69.

Yeah, nice. Nice. Hey, should we ask my flatmates, because obviously I'm broadcasting from home, Big Gay Al, who I live with. Alan, have you ever... When was the last time you sent a sext? Don't ask.

Can we already know what that answer is? Like a video or a photo? Oh, God. Let's say, when was the last time you sent someone a nude? Probably last week. And Annabelle, Iron Gut Annabelle, who ate the old pasta that one time, when was the last time you sent someone a nude?

I actually can't remember. Have you though? I don't know. Have you? Yeah. Yeah. There you go. She answered it straight away. Definitely have Normal for some people

But for us three Just too I don't know To be honest I envy those people That send them I think good for you You go get it

Yeah go Why not You go girl You share your body I'm going to try and send My wife a nude Tonight She'll be in the lounge

Do it And I'll be in the kitchen And I'll send her a nude From the kitchen have you guys seen that trend into the dishwasher you know what you you laugh but have you seen that video um there's the trend on tiktok that's going viral where people uh get naked fully naked and then they walk into and then they just film their partner's reaction when their partner sees that they're naked. I'm so keen for that. I actually want to do it.

I want to do it. I'm going to do it tonight. Do it, Bree. Any chance I've got to show my wife my junk, I'll take it. Oh, lucky loose people. I feel like I feel really bad for your wife in this situation. Sometimes I'll just whip it out and go, hey, did you lose this? Anyway, that's a disgusting conversation to start today's podcast.

By the way, just one last thing. I reckon nudes are going to boom over this isolation period. Oh, yeah. There'll be people who are distant from each other. I've already said sex as we were talking about them. Yeah, right. Straight to the cloud.

Enjoy today's, enjoy today's, enjoy today's. Enjoy today's podcast. There it is. I need to go home. Bye. Bye, guys. Hey, Google, what's the time? It's 3 p.m.

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 Good afternoon New Zealand G'day everyone Welcome to the all new Brie and Clint show

One of us is in the studio and one of us is at home See if you can guess who it is Hey flatmates Well you've got to be louder than that, guys. You may, during today's broadcast, hear the sound of a dishwasher being stacked, a espresso machine being run, even the sound of like a toasty machine sizzling away. That's because Bree's broadcasting out of her lounge.

I did just pop on a slow ragu, so I'm just going to have to duck off to tend to that every now and then. Wonderful, wonderful. Can you tell us why you are now coming live from your home? I made the decision, my partner is a nurse and obviously working at the hospital and, you know, dealing with all that stuff and I didn't want to put anyone else at kind of jeopardy for anything and didn't want to take any chances,

but I made the decision that I need that support from her and she needs the support from me more than ever now. So I made the decision that I will be in self-isolation with her, hence why I am broadcasting from home. Yeah, cool. You know there's a real downside to this that you haven't thought about, right? What's that? You have to use your own toilet paper 24-7.

No longer can you nip to the ZM toilets and wipe as freely as you want to. You're now on your own personal supply, and every sheet is one sheet closer to you having to go back to the supermarket. It's all right. I stole a roll from work last week, so it's all good. One of those real big industrial rolls, eh? Yeah, the massive one. Yeah.

Hey, we're still here until 7 o'clock every afternoon for this week at least. And things have moved around a bit. So if you love Birthday Banger, it now happens in the show at 4.30 instead of 5.30. Yep. And we'll be doing cliffhangers at 3.30 instead of 4.30 today. Yeah, just moved a few things around because obviously people aren't in their cars. So we just wanted to cater to you guys a bit better while you're still at work working from home.

We're going to be here for that. You could be in your car by the way if you want a bit of normality. Just don't go anywhere. Just go hop in the driveway turn the car on. It's a good opportunity to turn the car over so your battery doesn't go flat during this month. It's a good idea and for Aucklanders just sit still and it's like you're in

Auckland traffic so it's great Jump on the horn every now and then And yell at your neighbour And go What the bloody hell are you doing? The cops might be called The neighbours will think you've gone nuts Yeah it'll just be like

You're being pulled over by a cop It'll be fun Whatever your normal looks like We're here to help that happen this afternoon And next There is an important conversation That we need to have That involves

People who are isolated With their significant other at the moment, which is now you, Bree. It is now me, so I'm now in this boat. And I think we need to get down to the nitty gritty of this self-isolation. Yeah, I had a very, very enlightening conversation with my wife, Lucy, today,

who has informed me of several work-ons. Let's put it that way. Only seven. Yeah, only seven. Only seven? Yeah. Only seven. I'm just kidding. She rattled them off like nothing. Anyway, we'll talk about what you're doing

that pisses your partner off in self-isolation next. Bree and Clint, live from Bree's in Ponsonby and I'm in the city. You're in the studio. You're wherever you are. Bree and Clint. It is day five of our isolation. I'm in the studio and you're wherever you are. It is day five of our isolation. I'm in the studio. Bree is now isolated at her home studio.

Let's call it the home studio, shall we, Bree? Yeah, let's call it the home studio. It looks like one. I've got like six laptops, a camera, microphones, headphones. It's a full-on setup here. We're up and running. It's fantastic. If you are self-isolating by yourself at the moment,

you might think that you have it pretty rough because, I mean, you're by yourself. You could be lonely. Spare a thought for those of us who are self-isolating with our partner at the moment. I want to read you this. Hear me out. Is your wife listening right now?

I've texted her to tune in, so yes, she is listening. This is a post we got on our Bree and Clint podcast family page. It's from Liz Fuare. Fuari. Fuari. Liz, from Liz. She said, guys, can you please do a segment on small stuff our partners are doing that annoy us in isolation?

She needs a chance to vent, and I think that maybe a lot of people need this chance to vent. I feel like it'll be good for everyone to do this. I took this topic to my wife, Lucy, and I said, huh, what do you think about this? Oh, that's dangerous, mate. She unloaded on me. Yeah, it's giving her a platform to finally say all the things that are annoying about

you. That's what it is. I didn't realize there was so much pent- aggression in this woman. And she gave me a list of work ons of things that I can do in this situation. Do you want to hear them? Oh, great. I'd love to hear them because I want to see if I can relate. So actually, it's you and her. You spend the most time with me out of anybody else. Yeah, literally. So I might be able to relate on a lot of things. I'll let you know. Some of them I don't think you will, but some of them maybe you can. Here are the list of things.

And remember, they're small things. I hope they're small things that my wife says is annoying her while we're in isolation together. All right, let's hear them. One, I put the lids on the jars too tight. Oh, yeah, that can be annoying, but I haven't experienced that with you yet. No, you wouldn't have. I would have thought it's a pretty minor thing,

but it's come up three times in 24 hours that I put the jars lids on too tight. Yeah, why do you do that? My brother used to do that when I lived with him. Number two, the thing that I'm doing that annoys my wife and I need to know about it, I hold my knife and fork in the wrong hands. Yeah, that's weird, mate. No, but is it a major thing? Like, is it a major bone of contentious?

No, I don't think so, because it doesn't directly affect her. The jar thing does, but the, you know, the knife and fork thing doesn't. So I think you're clear on that one. Let's keep going through the list, then. Things that I'm doing that annoy my partner in isolation. The way my face looks when I have to write something on paper by hand. God, she's really picking tiny things out, isn't she? She says I look pained and it looks uncomfortable when I have to write.

Maybe because you're using the knife and fork in the wrong hand, so you've sprained one of your wrists. Let's keep going because we're not through the list yet. When I ruin her perfectly organised shopping list by adding things to it. Oh, yeah, so you've got to step away from the shopping list. I'm just trying to help. These are things that I've thought of.

What do you want from me? Do you want me to tell you to go to the shopping list every time I think of something that we need? I thought I'm helping the situation here. What were you putting on there? Just things we needed, like chocolate and bread. Petroleum jelly? No, excuse me.

There's only a couple more things. The way I turn over and bead, and she said, make sure you include this wording like a big oaf. Yeah. But see, you know the thing I don't understand about all of these things is that this is not self-isolation things. These are just all the time things.

No, exactly right. And this is the moment that she's decided that it's a good time to let me know about them. Like these are things that you should have brought up before or after. You know, we're in very close quarters with each other, one. And the final one is how I walk around the house, and this is a quote as well, like, your feet are made of big concrete flippers.

So that's kind of similar to the bed one? You're like the big friendly giant, the BFG. I feel like she's picking on me for things that I can't control, but I understand that things are heightened at the moment, and the smallest thing is going to be pissing people off, right?

Absolutely. Like tiny little things that wouldn't normally worry you, but then when you spend 24 hours with someone all day every day, oh, God, it'll get on your nerves. You've spent two days isolated with your partner now. What do you want to say really pisses you off about her? I really wish I had something, but she cooks for me. She's already tidied the room. There really isn't anything, but it's only been two days. And even if there was, you're smart

enough not to say what they are, aren't you? Yeah, she's listening right now. I'm in the exact same position. Like I'm going to say anything because at the moment I'm getting dinner cooked for me. I'm getting the baby looked after during the day, like I'm going to rock that boat. But she knows that she's in the position of power, so she goes, cool, while I have this, here's all the things that I need you to fix about you. See, she's smart, your wife. I've always said that about Lucy, very smart woman. We're going to open the phone lines.

We want to know from you guys, what's the thing that your partner does that maybe you've just learned about it while you guys are in isolation together that you realise is really starting to piss you off? Yeah, maybe it's that they stack the dishwasher in the wrong way. It could be something as simple as that. Yeah, and just because you're living on top of each other, now it's a major deal. We'd love to hear from them. 0800 DIAL ZM or you can text them to us too on 9696. Bree and Clint.racts Project and

relax. Which is what I think a lot of partners around the country need to do at the moment. Relax, okay? We're not even past one week of this isolation thing and there are some tetchy, tetchy relationships going on. I have thought of one thing that annoys me about my partner.

Yeah, go on then. If you want to hear it. When she uses the shower, she turns the shower head away from the door because she likes to turn it on, obviously and then wait for it to heat up. But then when I get in the shower, she never puts it back. Yeah, I've had

the exact same complaint from Lucy that I don't put the shower head in the right position. And I'm like, come on. You don't touch the head in the right position. And I'm like, come on. You don't touch the shower head. You leave it. I'm like, come on. These are such minor things that we need, as a people, we need to be bigger than this right now, right?

We need to let some things go through to the keeper and just let things go. Breathe through it. Woosah! Let me let you into the female psyche for a minute. There is no little things for us. When there's no big things, we make the little things into big things, okay? I left the toilet seat up before I came to work.

Oh, hell no. Honestly, I'm wondering whether it's worth going home tonight. Yeah, I would it. We're asking you guys, what is your partner doing in isolation that is really grinding your gears at the moment? Zoe's here. Hey, Zoe. Hi, Zoe. Heyo. What is at the moment? Zoe's here. Hey, Zoe. Hi, Zoe.

Heyo. What is it for you? What's your partner doing? Oh, mate, literally. We're on day five and it's come down to the fact that he just, he's breathing. Oh, my God, Zoe. He's in my space.

Wait, wait, wait. Is he breathing loudly? Is he snoring? What do you mean? No, no, he's literally just breathing. You are savage and I love it. You're like, stop breathing. You guys aren't going to make it.

You know that, eh? You're not going to make it to the end of this. I've got used to the fact that one of us isn't coming out of it. You need to get a piece of masking tape that runs the length of the house and split it in two. Go, this is my side of the house, this is your side of the house, and just go like that. I'm definitely making sure the three kids are on his side then.

Zoe, you're a cracker. All right, Kia kaha, Zoe. Good luck. I love it. Annie's here as well. Hey, Annie. Hi, Annie. Hi.

What's the thing that's really grinding your gears about your partner in isolation? It only happened once, but it happened on day one. I was out hanging out the washing and hubby was so bored he came out to help. But he started hanging it from the front of the line instead of the back. And I said, hey, could you just hang it from the back because I've got more washing. And, yeah, we had a few terse words, but it all blew over pretty quick. I just didn't want his undies in my face when I was hanging out the rest of the washing. I was going to say, he's helping though, Annie.

Shouldn't that be, you know, something on the board? Yeah, I did appreciate it, but yeah, it's funny how pretty things can escalate, eh? It's the little things, right? And that's what I'm saying about letting things go. We've got to breathe through these things. They're not important. Alicia's here. Hey, Alicia.

Hi, Alicia. What is it for you? My husband keeps coughing and sneezing, but it's not anything bad. It's just a bit of hay fever and stuff. I was going to say, whoa, this sounds concerning in this current climate, but it's nothing concerning? No, not at all. It's just, yeah, he has to make the most of any cough or sneeze,

and he does it like he's some sort of 1856 historic steam engine that's going on its life. Oh, yeah. My mum's one of those people, Alicia, who drives me insane, so I'm people, Alicia, that drives me insane. So I'm guessing, Alicia, there's no... Yeah, don't sit in bed beside me and do that. I'm guessing there's no bless shoes coming from you then.

No, none at all. Right, okay. Well, keep the elbow chat going. Into the elbow with the 1856 historic steam engine. And one last one. JJ, you want to flip this conversation on its head. There's nothing that's pissing you off about your partner, is there? No, well, as I actually said in the message, it's ex-partner.

Oh, see, that's the difference, I think, JJ. Being stuck together, it's actually bloody working out pretty well, eh? Wait a minute. So you've moved your ex-partner back into your house for isolation? No, no, no. I was moving houses, and it all sort of turned to slush pretty quick. So I've ended up staying at her place, and then the isolation kicked in. So now we're here with all of us in the same house.

Wait a minute. JJ, could this mean that isolation, is there a potential to get back together? I don't think so. Well, you don't know. It's only day five. What's your common ground? Why are you living together?

Do you have kids together or something? Oh, you know, we've got two daughters together, so that's the main thing. Yeah, right. It worked out really well with co-parenting. Everyone can have a break at the same time instead of one of us being stuck with them for four weeks. It's a little bit

personal, but is it separate bedrooms or? Oh yeah, I'm in the garage. Of course it's separate bedrooms, Clint. I don't know. There might not be a spare bed for JJ. They might be top and tailing. You never know. But no, you're in the garage. Top and tailing. No, I probably sleep with the kids.

Yeah, right. Okay. Yeah, fair enough. Oh, well, that's awesome news,

JJ. So good to hear. Well, everyone else sounds like they were having a bloody terrible time whinging about people and, you know.

God, if JJ. You just gotta let things go, eh? JJ, if you can do it with your ex,

then we all need to just suck it up a bit, I think. I reckon, yeah. Thanks for the perspective, man.

We really appreciate it. Brian Clint. Oh, my God. What? No way. I can. I reckon you. Thanks for the perspective, man. We really appreciate it. Bree and Clint. Oh, my God. What? No way. I can't believe that happened. Oh, my God, no. Are you f***ing kidding me? Bree and Clint's Cliffhanger.

This is our segment where you call us and tell us three quarters of a story. We will then give you three alternate endings. One's the real one. One Bree wrote, and one I wrote. And then you listening get the chance to try and guess the correct ending to the story. Yes, and if you do, you will be taking home that fuel voucher to mobile. Thanks, mobile.

Not 100% sure people have got stories to share from the last five days, which is understandable. So today, Bree, we're getting a story from your flatmate, Annabelle. Yeah, I mean, I'm at home. I'm in self-isolation. So I thought, use what I've got. And flatmate Annabelle is here. She's ready.

She's raring to go. She's got a story from her childhood that she's going to share on Cliffhangers this afternoon. Okay, Annabelle, please, can we have three quarters of your story? So, when I was young, I had this really, really big crush on a boy. And it was huge, it was massive, it went on for ages.

And we were away at camp at Blue Skies for all of you South Islanders out there from Kaipoi. It's a thing that everyone does if you're from Canterbury, you go to Blue Skies for camp. Yeah. And I was like, you know what? I'm going to do something. I'm going to do a massive gesture, and I'm going to show him, you know,

how I feel about him. And so then I decided to... Producer Ellie. All right, ending A. Oh, saucy. As we were all headed to the hall for dinner, I ran up next to him and held his hand. He then looked at me and said,

what are you doing? I then didn't know what to do, so I responded awkwardly, pulling my hand to the ground and then awkwardly pulling his hand towards the concrete before running off in sheer mortification. Is it ending B? So I snuck into his cabin at night

and went over to the bunk that I thought was his as I leant in to whisper, I love you. I felt a prickly beard brush my face and realised I was in the camp leader's cabin. I immediately wet my pants. Or is it ending C, so I decided to write a song for him which I would perform in front of the entire camp at the talent show.

The chorus was something about how his pupils are as big as oceans and his hair was as silky as a chestnut horse. It didn't go down well. Okay. The person with a chance to guess the correct cliffhanger is Colleen. Hi, Colleen. Hi, Colleen. Hi. Hi.

It's not my mum, is it? That's what I thought. Hi, Mrs. Roberts. Are you my mum? Colleen, we've talked about this. Hang on, she's very evasive about answering the question. Yeah, you can't call up and win prizes on our show, Clint's mum. Colleen, are you my mum?

No, I'm not. Oh. I'm disappointed now. Well, you never know. There's still time, Colleen. What is the correct ending to Annabelle's cliffhanger? The correct ending is C. C.

C, which was? So I decided to write a song for him, which I would perform in front of the entire camp at the talent show. Yes. Annabelle, what's the correct ending to your cliffhanger? The correct ending is A. Oh! I held his hand and he said, what are you doing?

I love how the big gesture is holding his hand. She goes, I was eight. I was really hoping to hear the song about the chestnut horse, to be honest. Can you just do a little bit about the chestnut horse anyway, Annabelle? His hair was like chestnut Like a horse flowing near the window Sorry, Colleen, that's not the correct answer. But you know what? Seeing as Annabelle lives with Brie

and she's ineligible for prizes, you win! Yay! Thank you. You're very welcome, Mum. Thanks for playing, Colleen. I mean, Colleen. Brie and Clint. Brie's coming to us live from her apartment today.

She's now self-isolating, which means she's there and I'm in the studio and the show's still working. I think we're going okay. I think it's going all right. I've got like a million computers here set up at home. It's like a home studio. The advice from our supermarkets is to shop normal. That's what they want us to do, and that's the right thing to do at the moment.

And that means still going and doing your weekly shop and just buying the stuff that you need shopping normal also means not popping down to the shops all the time to grab one or two things I think and on the weekend I did my first full shop I went to the new world down the road from my house and man it was a weird experience have you been to the supermarket yet Brie? Yeah I've been trying to avoid it because I don't want to be one of those people that just goes every second day. So I was like, no, I've got food in the house that I can

cook. So today was the first day where I was like, oh, I actually need a few things. So I went this morning for the first time. It's a real experience in looking at the stuff you've got and getting creative about the meals you can make. You go, I could make a tuna lasagna with mayonnaise.

That doesn't sound too bad actually. I'd eat that. Here's what you can expect if you are planning on doing some grocery shopping this week, which you should. It's totally fine to go and do your groceries and buy them as normal, but it is a bit different. I went in to do a normal shop. It took me two hours to get the shop done. They're only

allowing 100 people in the store, and there was a queue of about 50 people outside the store to get in. And that queue, everybody's doing their two metres, but people are being overly generous with the two metres, so everyone was spaced by about four metres. So the queue was about 200 metres long

but it moved. You know, you got in and then you could go around doing your shopping. It was just like a quiet day at the supermarket. Did they put tape on the ground to mark out the two metre rule? No, but there was tape on the ground once you were in there when you had to queue for a checkout because you couldn't just go and jump in a checkout queue anymore. There had to be a queue for checkout queues

and then someone marshalling you through to go through the checkout. And then you had to stand at the very back of the conveyor belt and place your cans on and your stuff on from a distance as far away from the operator as possible. Right. Okay, that's interesting. I went to Countdown this morning and they had tape for the line. So they had taped out the two metres so where everyone should stand.

Yeah. And then when you went in there, because I was like, oh, surely the self-service checkout will be closed. Yeah. But it was actually open, but they closed every second self-service checkout. Yeah. So that there was obviously that, you know, that space in between. I think they want you self-servicing because, that's a funny thing to say, I think they

want you self-serving because it's one less interaction, you know. The checkout girls, there was a full Perspex screen that they'd installed between me and them. Yeah, yeah, so that you can't get any, like, spit on them or anything like that. Okay. So I got it done. Did you get your shopping done okay? Yeah, to be honest, I was in and out. I didn't get, you know, tons of things.

I just got, you know, stuff that I, like, more meat because last week when I went, there wasn't any meat. So I was like, okay, I can buy, you know, a bit of meat and I can freeze that so then I can just make my dinners. So yeah, I was in and out. It didn't take me very long. The line took about 10, 15 minutes. I thought, oh, this is all fine. I can handle this. We're all going to be okay in this situation.

Then that afternoon yesterday, me, my wife Lucy, and our baby Tui were out for our walk, our socially distant walk. And we saw a lady on the corner opposite the dairy. And she was clearly an elderly lady. And she sort of said to us, hey, do you think it's okay for me to go into the dairy and buy some milk? And I was like, yeah, you'll be fine.

Yeah, why don't you just go in? And then she said, oh, it's just that I don't know if I should be, this is across the street she was saying to us. I don't know if I should be, this is across the street she was saying to us. I don't know if I should be interacting with someone. I'm too scared to go to the supermarket. And I suddenly realised that there's a whole group of people that while you can go to the supermarket, they're too scared to even do that in the situation because the advice for them is to stay home. And she lived alone. Anyway, I said, do you want me to go over and buy you a litre of milk from the dairy? And she said, honestly, I would love that.

Please, can you do that? And she gave me some coins in her little reusable bag, and I went in and bought the milk because she just needed some milk to make her cup of teas until her kids are able to get her online shopping on Thursday. Right, delivered. Yeah, and I hadn't even thought about people like her. I hadn't even thought that there's people who are currently too scared to go to the supermarket, even when it is socially distanced and spaced out like her. I hadn't even thought that there's people who are currently too scared to go to the supermarket, even when it is like socially distanced and spaced out like that. Yeah. And that's why I

think it's important to, you know, reach out to people. You don't have to talk to them, but you can, you know, you can ask people, neighbours or people who you know might be in that category that if they need any help, like if you're going to the supermarket, like not a big deal, you can pick up a few things. And I mean, that's going to mean the world to someone and save someone like her so much stress you can shout to someone over the fence without going into the bubble you know i read a really really lovely story actually it was an aussie story and it was this lady who she has two young boys and she said her neighbours were two elderly people and she'd been meaning to go over and introduce herself

and, you know, ask if they needed anything and she finally did and she found out that it was two elderly people. His wife had had a stroke so they actually, she couldn't drive anymore and they couldn't go to the supermarket and he was too scared to go on his own. Yeah. And she just reached out to them and she said, every time I'll go to the supermarket and he was too scared to go on his own and she just reached out to them and she said, every time I'll go to the supermarket I'll just get the stuff that you need

and they were like, this has helped us so much because they can go without worry then. They won't be on Facebook either, so this is your job when you get home. You need to go over to your fence. Yeah, they won't be. You've got to go to the fence and you've got to go, hey lady! Lady! I'm going to the supermarket, do you

want anything? And obviously she won't be able to yell as loud back, but you'll know that you've done your bit, right? Yeah, exactly. Has everyone started doing the TikTok dance when that song comes on now? Oh, I've tried and failed miserably. But shout out to all of the dads and the mums learning it. They're killing it. Shout out to all the dads and and the mums learning it. They're killing it.

Shout out to all the dads and mums that are taking up TikTok at this time too. Because there's people out there who are running a hot TikTok game, but there's no one else to put in there. So this is mum and dad's time to shine. It's also the family dog's time to shine. It's everyone's time to shine. It's time to step up and TikTok together, New Zealand. The world is watching at this point.

And speaking of mums and dads, you and I were having a conversation the other day and I asked you the question. And I feel like you can ask most people this question and they'll know what you mean. Yeah. And I said to you, what was your dad's one go-to meal that he used to bring out?

Yeah, when it's his turn to wow the family with his culinary expertise, the meal that he chooses to bring out. Yeah, when it's his turn to wow the family with his culinary expertise, the meal that he chooses to flex on, right? Yeah, exactly. He goes, I got this, I got this. So most of the time, whoever it is in your family, generally, but we don't want to generalise, but generally, it is the dad that doesn't do much cooking. Let's be real.

In my family, that's how it is. My mum cooks three meals a day, except for on special occasions when my dad has the one go-to that he whips out. My dad always worked night shift at the gas station. Right. He wasn't around to cook dinner. But when he was, he would flex on us. What would he do?

Well, what he would do is he'd cook a roast chicken, he'd boil some cabbage, he'd boil the shit out of some carrots, like basically until they weren't orange anymore. Translucent. Yeah, and he'd leave the cheese sauce to mum to make, because that was her specialty. She'd make the cheese sauce. Well, that's pretty good, a roast chicken

dinner. We'd have dad's go-to roast dinner, yeah. The chicken wasn't seasoned with anything, because dad doesn't like any sort of flavour whatsoever. So it was a plain roast chicken. He hates condiments. He hates condiments. This is the man that hates condiments.

Hates condiments. Hates them with a passion, like is physically grossed out by them. So anytime it was Dad's turn to cook, we would have plain roast chicken with boiled vegetables. There you go. Not roast vegetables, boiled vegetables. Boiled vegetables. Even better. And I can still taste it.

And Dad, I love you for the meals that you did make. But I think we can both agree that your recipe book is not that big. No, no. And I feel like most people will be able to relate. And there'll be a few people going, yeah, that's me. I've got my one go-to. What's your dad's go-to? My dad, because my mum cooks a lot.

We lived in the country. They still live in the country. She cooks three meals a day. She slaves over that kitchen. But there's two times a year where my dad comes out and it's his time to shine. What's your dad's specialty? Easter Sunday morning, Christmas

Day morning, my dad will cook up the biggest big breakfast cook-up you've ever seen, and he does it bloody well. Yeah, that's a dad meal. Big breakfast. Anything that could either be cooked in the kitchen or on the barbecue is a dad meal.

He likes to change it up. Sometimes it's kitchen, sometimes it's barbecue, and you know what his secret to the eggs are? What? You salt and pepper the eggs when they're on the pan and they're on the heat. That's when you salt and pepper the eggs are. Uh, what? You salt and pepper the eggs when they're on the pan and they're on the heat. That's when you salt and pepper the eggs. All dads have got

some bullshit cooking hack which actually does nothing but they're like, no, no, this is the secret, guys. This is the secret that makes it really good. Absolutely.

And let me guess, once he's cooked the big breakfast, he stands back, he serves himself last and he's like, uh, what do you, what do you think?

What do you think? Every time. Yeah, right? Every time. And he goes, God, I did a good job at that. Or I killed it. We've already got Devin through on 0800.ZM.

Devin, what's your dad's go-to meal? My dad's is stir fry. It's just always stir fry. And let me guess. Different types? Is it like chicken or beef or just one particular type? Yeah, sometimes chicken, sometimes beef, whatever's in the fridge. Can I have a go at guessing your dad's secret recipe?

Does it go like this? It's some meat that he slices up and fries in the pan and then a bag of Wattie's frozen vegetables from the freezer and then a bag of that wok stir-fry sauce just poured straight over the top? Yep, some stir-fry sauce, mostly soy sauce. Ah, McCain, you've done it again. And does he have like a cooking hack? Is there one thing that he goes,

Devon, this is the secret, mate. When you're living on your own, here's the trick to a really good stir-fry. You get takeout. Yep. I love that you can relate, Devon. That get takeout. Yes. I love that you can relate, Devin. That's spot on. 0800 dials it in. What's your dad's go-to meal?

He's probably busting it out right now. If you're staying with your parents, like we said, this is dad's time to shine. He's time to step up, bring out his one go-to. We want to know. You can text us on 9696 or you can call us on 0800 dial ZM. Look, with everyone in lockdown at the moment, you know, obviously the dads are going to

be home, the mums are going to be home and, you know, the cook that's not usually the cook in the family is actually going to have to do some cooking. Yeah, right. It's their time to step up and go, I got this family. I'm going to get us through this crisis. I'm going to cook some mee garang noodles. Dad's here, and he's going to make some cheese on toast, and we're going to get through this thing together.

No, Mum, put your feet up. Watch Coronation Street. I got this under control, okay? Don't you worry about it. You and I were talking about this, and I feel like a lot of people can relate when, and most of the time it's the dad. Sometimes it's not,

but they usually have one go-to meal that they bring out on special occasions. Natalie's called through. Hey, Natalie. Hi, Natalie. Hi. Hi. What's your dad's go-to meal? My dad's go-to meal is a fried egg on toast with cheese and tomato sauce.

Delicious, Natalie. No salt, no pepper. No salt or pepper? No. Right. Why no salt or pepper? I don't know. That's just the traditional dad egg. Is it a breakfast dish? A lunch dish?

What's the... I think it's an all-round dish. Breakfast, lunch, dinner. Okay, as a multi-purpose dish. And I feel like dads generally pull out the eggs as an all-rounder dish. I feel like that's a out the eggs as an all-rounder dish. Yeah, right.

I feel like that's a go-to for the dads, yeah. Okay, well, good to hear, Natalie, that your dad has everything under control. Thank you. Natalie, do you guys actually call it the dad egg? Is that what you call it in your family? A dad's egg. Even though my kids have never had a traditional dad's egg, that's what they call it.

Where does the cheese come into it, by the way? It's toast, cheese, egg, sauce. Toast, cheese. Is the cheese melted on the toast? No, just a slab of cheese. Just a slab of cheese underneath the egg. Which stops the yolk from soaking into the bread. It's a bizarre dish, but hey, who am I to criticise?

Hey, sounds all right to me. I'll take what I can get at this point. Yeah, totally. Let's get Jennifer on. Hey, Jennifer. Hi, Jen. Hello, how are you going? Good, how are you?

Oh, not too bad. I've just finished work, so I'm just getting home to make some dinner. Sounds good. Jennifer, are you the go-to cook or is someone else? What are they cooking? So I am cooking tonight, but what my dad was really good at when I was younger was he would make a good steak, some good homemade wedges,

but he always topped it off with carving flowers out of vegetables. Oh, yeah. Fancy. I know. So he was good with that. He was always the go-to for a flower tomato. Wait, was it a real flower tomato or was it just one of those tomatoes

where it was cut like jagged around the side like monster teeth? Came out, like don't put it down. Don't be hating on the flour tomato. Was it a fried tomato or was it just like a raw tomato that he'd cut up? It was a fish tomato. He would do it with cucumber now. Jennifer, I love that obviously when it was your dad's time to step up, he's like, right, I've really got to impress here.

What do I got to do? I'm going to cut a flower out of a tomato. That'll really blow him away. 10 out of 10 for X Factor for Jennifer's dad. Thank you. I like that. That's good. Catherine's here.

Hey, Catherine. Hi, Catherine. Hi, guys. Good. What's the go-to meal that your dad would serve up in your family? So he was really into chicken surprise. That's what he called it. So it was basically like a whole lot of crap thrown in the slow cooker.

It was disgusting. Yeah. And he'd even put an apron on and swan around the kitchen he was a single dad so he didn't you know like we just had takeaways every other

night like once a week chicken surprise good on him what was the surprise I don't even know one time he put like fish in the chicken surprise and he What was the surprise? I don't even know. One time he put, like, fish in the chicken surprise and he didn't even take the bones out. Surprise. That's a surprise?

Surprise. Catherine was the surprise whether or not you'd get food poisoning. Yeah, pretty much. It's lovely, though. It's lovely that he's, especially because you said he's a single dad, he's putting in the effort. Yeah, true. Got to give him credit.

And while most kids in your situation would, they would relish a home-cooked meal, you guys are probably like, no, Dad, we're good with Domino's. Honestly, we'll have pizza again. That's totally fine. Definitely. We used to shudder at the idea. I just love that he gave it a cool name, Chicken Surprise,

just to sell it a bit more. Shout out to all the mums and dads who are doing it tough at the idea. I just love that he gave it a cool name, Chicken Surprise, just to sell it a bit more. Shout out to all the mums and dads who are doing it tough at the moment and having to come up with different meals every single day. There's not even Friday takeaway night to get you through this anymore, is there? Yeah, I know. Shout out to all the kids that have to eat it.

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Listen to The Front Page at nzherald.co.nz slash podcasts and follow us on iHeartRadio or wherever you get your podcasts. Bree and Clint. Yeah. Hey. It's my birthday. It's my birthday. Bree and Clint's Birthday Banger.

All right, this is where we take your birthdays and we figure out what was the number one song on each of your 16th birthdays. Hi, Jasmine. Hi. Hi, Jazz. What's your birthday?th birthdays. Hi, Jasmine. Hi. Hi, Jazz. What's your birthday? Hey.

June 6, 1993. All right, Jazz. You were 16 in 2009 on the 6th of June, and this is your birthday banger. It's time, baby. I'll be believe-proof. What happened to LaRue? This was a banger.

Yeah, she was huge for a little bit, wasn't she? Do you like your birthday bang and jazz, LaRue Bulletproof? Oh, it's okay. Pretty good. Yeah, no, all right. Yep, no, fair enough. It's totally fine. Wait there.

Let's get another one on for Courtney. Hey, Court. Hi, Courtney. Good. How are you feeling? Great. That's good. Let's do a birthday banger. How are you feeling? Great. That's good. Let's do a birthday banger.

It might make you feel better depending on the song. I definitely believed you just then, Courtney, by the way. I'm glad. What's your birthday, Courtney? 29 December, 93. All right. You were 16 in 2009 also. But on the 29th of December, this was the song top of the chart.

Yes. Miley Cyrus and the climb. The amount of times, Courtney, I've played this through a breakup, it's unbelievable. Right. I'm going to say I'm not feeling so great now. Oh, you're not feeling so great? Oh, you don't like your birthday banger?

Not particularly. Oh, no. I love that song. It is a banger. It's a motivational banger too, which may actually get it across the line today in the current climate. But let's get one more on for Sandra. Hi, Sandra.

Hi. How are you? Good, how are you? Good one more on for Sandra. Hi, Sandra. Hi. How are you? Good, how are you? Good, thank you. Good. That's good. Let's do your birthday banger. What's your birthday?

14th of the 2nd, 1962. On Valentine's Day, you were 16 in 1978 on the 14th of Feb. And, Sandra, this is your birthday banger. Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, And Sandra, this is your birthday banger. Oh, how appropriate, Sandra. Insane. That's amazing. That is amazing.

Do you love it? Oh, I love it. Love it, love it. How good are the Bee Gees? Oh, crazy. Done a lot of dancing to them, I can tell you. To be honest, one of my favourites And one of my mum's All time favourites

She will kill me If I don't vote for that Oh I have to You've got to vote for it Look All songs I think Have got a good message today We've got the Bee Gees

Stayin' Alive And that's what we're trying to do By staying home at the moment We've got Miley Cyrus The Climb It's a motivational Emotive banger You know

To uplift everybody And say it's not about How fast we get there It's the climb It's not a It's not a sprint It's a motivational, emotive banger, you know, to uplift everybody and say it's not about how fast we get there. It's the climb. It's not a sprint. It's a jog. Yeah, and then we've got LaRue saying to us, hey, you're not bulletproof.

Stay home. Stay at home. Stay at home. Yeah. So what do we play? I have to. I know my mum's listening. I would never vote for anything other than the Bee Gees.

Do you want to vote for the Bee Gees or do you want to vote for Miley Cyrus? No, if I had to pick, I would probably pick the Bee Gees. Do you want to vote for the Bee Gees or do you want to vote for Miley Cyrus? No, if I had to pick, I would probably pick the Bee Gees. I am that big of a fan. Convince me that the Bee Gees are a better option than Miley Cyrus right now because I am hugely favouring the Miley song. You are? Yeah.

I do love that song, The Climb. I just think the Bee Gees is something you would never ever hear on ZM and a bit of disco sometimes goes a long way. I believe that's the same argument you used last time we played the Bee Gees. You said you'd never hear them on ZM. You would never hear them. I don't have many arguments for them, all right?

We never play them, ever. And that's why, Sandra, you've won birthday bangers. Congratulations. Yes, Sandy. Yay. Great song. There you go, New Zealand. birthday bangers. Congratulations. Yes, Sandy. Great song. There you go, New Zealand. This is your birthday banger on ZM. And you may look the other way But we can't try to understand The New York Times are back on me

Whether you're a brother or a wife You're a nothing Stayin' alive, stayin' alive Feel the city breakin' and everybody shakin' But we're stayin' alive, stayin' alive Ah, ah, ah, ah Stayin' alive, stayin' alive Ah, ah, ah, ah

Stayin' alive Staying alive Oh, baby, come on But now I get low, but now I get high And if I can't get enough, I better try Got the wings all panned, but on my shoes I'm a dancer, man. Thank you. I'm going nowhere Somebody help me Somebody help me, yeah

I'm going nowhere Somebody help me, yeah Well, you can tell by the way I use my walk I'm a woman's man, no time to talk Using love, we met, walked, we kicked around Since I was born Now it's alright, it's okay You may love me the other way But we can try to understand

The New York times are made for men Whether you're a brother or a friend You're a mother, you're staying alive Staying alive Feel the city breaking and everything But it's shaking when you're staying alive Staying alive Ah, ah, ah, ah

Staying alive Staying alive Ah, ah, ah, ah Staying alive One of the all-time greats. That's the winner of Birthday Banger today from the Bee Gees. Oh, shout out to the boys. Well, actually, Barry's the only one left. They grew up in Redcliffe near Brisbane.

Yeah, that's the weirdest thing to me, that the Bee Gees are from Brisbane. You know there's a highway named after them up to Redcliffe? Really? Is it called Bee Gees Highway? I think it's called Bee Gees Way. Bee Gees Way. Have you had a called BG's Highway? I think it's called BG's Way. BG's Way. Have you had a text from your mum yet? I have. She said you've made my quarantine. I'm shaking my boom

boom. Which I didn't need that image. Your mum has a delightful boom boom too. Oh, excuse you. If we could get a video for that for our Instagram story that'd be fantastic when we die. It's okay if you need to shoot it in the mirror too, or get Big Steve to do it. I'm sure Dad would love that. I hear he's a bit

of a tripod anyway. Oh, shut up! You idiot. Have you know what I mean? Brie and Clint. Brie, we're very lucky on the show this afternoon to be joined by a New Zealander who has contracted and recovered from COVID-19.

Speaking to us from Northland, Joshua Drent. G'day, Josh. Hi, Josh. Hey, how's it going? Not too bad. We should be asking you, how are you feeling? So much better. So much better than how I was feeling. Yeah. So tell us, how did you get coronavirus? I decided to, you know, go over to London to go see my friend and just picked it up while I was over there having a little tiki tour around.

So do you know where you got COVID-19? Where did you contract it? They've traced it back to London itself. I did manage to go to Paris too, but the dates work for London. Josh, can I ask, when was your first inkling like you might have COVID-19? And what were the symptoms that kind of alerted you to the fact of like, oh shit, I might have this? On my third flight on the way back, I started to get a little bit of a headache, but I thought that might've just been from flying for so long coming home.

Jet lag. Yeah, that's what I thought. And once I got to my car and started driving home It's a four hour drive home to where I live from Auckland And about two hours in I started getting a runny nose And then a cough and then sore throat By the time I'd gotten home everything just kind of started Got a fever and shortness of breath, achy arms And the thing that surprised me the most I guess Was I can't eat tomato sauce

Because tomato sauce now tastes horrendous. Right. Really? That's a side effect that no one talks about. Josh, that thing there might be the one scariest detail that you can give New Zealanders. Yeah, I can't have... I almost lost all of my kawaii ana at once.

I can't not have tomato sauce, Josh, because I did read, were you one of these people, they're saying one of the symptoms for some people is that you actually lose taste and smell. Yeah, so my smell was perfectly fine, but it was just the taste of tomato sauce. Thankfully, now I've recovered. Thank God. The flavor's come back and we're sweet. That was my next question. I was like, please tell me it's come back.

The first thing I had was a sizzle with some bread and tomato sauce this is the most kiwi COVID-19 story ever okay so the government have said that they think a lot of New Zealanders over time will catch COVID-19 can you tell us like on a scale of one to ten how bad was it and have you had a sickness that has felt like this before so i would say my sickness is probably about a seven yeah but you can see with the shortness of breath why it's an issue for the elderly and people with you know compromised immune systems and things like that because even though i'm young and semi-fit you know and sexy it was quite an easy one for me to beat but you can definitely see the problems it would pose for other people.

Josh I want to know if have you got a message for anyone because you're doing a bit of work now with people who do contract COVID-19 and just kind of being that support person for them? Yeah so for anyone that does contract this virus, I just want you to reach out to me if you feel comfortable. I don't want you to be by yourself having to fight this. Just talk to someone that knows what you've gone through. Let's have a laugh. Let's build ourselves a little community,

and let's fight this together. How do people talk to you? Joshua Dent on Facebook, Joshua P. Dent on Instagram. Josh, I'm just going to add you just for some fun, just for some pen pal chats. Yeah, go for it. I'm going to be here. Yeah, right.

You're fully recovered now, right? Fully recovered now. They're keeping me in isolation until April the 8th, just giving me a bit of extra time because I was the first case in Northland. Yeah. You're with your family. What's the first thing you want to do come April 8th? I just want to go for a walk.

And I have never said that in my entire life. And I can say that I just want to go for a walk. And feel free. Josh, one last thing. If I just want you to give a message to anyone who might not be taking, you know, self-isolation as serious as probably what they should. What's the message you would give to those people? This is such a big thing and your input can, you know, help save lives. When they say, you know, stay home, you save lives, they quite literally mean it

because we don't want to be the carriers for this to, you know, hurt other people. You've got to start thinking about other people too. Josh Dent, he's a Kiwi who has contracted and recovered from COVID-19 and he's still in self-isolation at his parents' place in Northland. Thanks so much for talking to us today, Josh. Thanks, Josh. Bye. Thanks so much, guys. Enjoy that walk soon, okay?

I will. I'm going to go straight to get some boysenberry ice cream from the supermarket as well. We're live from two different places, Bree's in self-isolation at her house, and I'm here in the ZDM studios. Yeah, if you can hear that noise, my flatmate, Iron Gut Annabelle, has just put on the kettle.

So that's what that little murmuring in the background is. What does she think that is, like a flat or something? Annabelle, what do you think this is? Not a radio studio in here in a kitchen or something. What are you doing to me? What are you cooking for dinner? Potatoes. Kumbara potato mash she's cooking, guys.

What, just mash for dinner? Is that all? Yeah, no. She's got chicken fillets on the way too, apparently. Yeah, cool. I would have thought the mash was more of a side dish't have chicken fillets. She's got chicken fillets on the way too, apparently. Good, yeah, cool. I would have thought the mash was more of a side dish to the chicken fillets. That's what I thought. I would have led with the chicken fillets.

Yeah, I agree. But I mean, potatoes are a priority, so good for you. Each to your own. You know what? I thought it was about time that I stood up and I brought some good-feeling news stories to the table. Yes! I get a good feeling.

This is the segment that, I mean, I've been carrying through the show for the last week where your job is to find three good news stories because there's not a lot of good news stories out there and you want to be the Hilary Barry of good-feeling news today. I'm rooting for this. Absolutely. Cool.

Look, I feel like I've already done a wrong by Good Feeling News because I've only got two stories, but they're really good. Okay. So does that count? Oh, well, let's see. Go for it. Okay. Give us one.

The first story I want to bring to the table for Good Feeling News is a post on Facebook that I saw, and it was from a lady named Joan Smulders, and she posted a picture of an envelope to her Facebook with this written in the caption. I'm sitting here crying. I found this in my letterbox today. Why me?

There are so many people and families out there who need this. I was wondering how I was going to get through next week with no income for another week and a half. Whoever you are, thank you so much from the bottom of my heart. I will never ever forget this and I will find myself in a better financial position. And when I find myself in a better financial position, I will definitely pay it forward. Someone literally had put in her letterbox a couple of hundred dollars and it said, hopefully you can pay it forward to someone else at some point in your life. That's so cool.

Isn't that awesome? Yeah. There are people in this situation who are more equipped to help than others. And if you are able to, like imagine the good feeling, like Joan obviously will feel good about this because it'll take some of the pressure off. But you imagine the feeling the person who got to give that, especially anonymously, has.

Yeah, right. That's so cool. And they didn't wait around. They didn't have to, you know, get any praise. The temptation to put your own name on it and phone number. It is big, isn't it? You know, like it's definitely there. And there's definitely a culture at the moment where some people,

not all people, would film themselves for Instagram doing it and go, hey, guys. I get a good feeling. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I want to do this for somebody else. I mean, I want to film myself doing it so I get some of the kudos. Yeah, absolutely. I mean, it's not about me right now.

It's time to help everybody else. And they didn't do that. That's wonderful. They didn't. So that's a really lovely good feeling news story. I get a good feeling. Well done. You've got the hang of this. Thank you, a really lovely good feeling news story. Well done. You've got the hang of this.

Thank you, mate. I've got another one. This is probably even bigger and better in my opinion. Okay. There's a guy in Melbourne that's being dubbed Pete the Generous. That's what they're calling this guy. Yeah. After he decided that he drove past a Centrelink in Box Hill,

which is a suburb in Melbourne, and Centrelink is kind of like, what's it called over here? Oh, Wynn's. Wynn's, yeah, kind of the exact same thing. It's where you get the doll. The benefit, yeah, where people get, you know, obviously some help. And he drove past there and there was hundreds and hundreds of people lined up out the

front of Centrelink because obviously you know people have lost their jobs and people are doing it tough so there was people who normally wouldn't be there who were queued up at Centrelink and so Pete the generous decided he's a cafe owner 62 year old he drove to his local bank and he withdrew $10,000 in $100 notes and he handed them out, $100 to every person standing in that line. Wow. Isn't that incredible? That's massive. And if you are at the point where you need to queue up there, $100 is probably going to get you through. It might only get you through the day, but if it gets you through the rest of the week.

Ten grand out of your own pocket is huge. Isn't that amazing? Yeah. And he didn't have to do that. He just decided he, you know, he could help a little bit and this was his time, the way he could actually do something. It's a funny situation because unlike when, remember when Christchurch happened and there was a give a little page set up straight away,

which raised something like five or six million dollars. Yeah. This is a different situation where people are as if not more in need of money. But people aren't sure of where their own money is going to come from yet. Well, that's the thing. The ground is still moving underneath people's feet financially. But I think as we get a clearer picture of this thing and what it's going to look like in the next couple of months, I do feel that we're going to see more stories like that

where you see charitable people step up who can help and do their bit, right? Yeah. Like we said, the Foodstuffs guys announced today that they're giving all of their workers a 10% pay rise. All the guys who are working in the Foodstuffs supermarkets are going to get an instant 10% pay rise because they are out there risking their own health for the situation, right? Which it's those stories that have come out of all of this that really, yeah, just make you feel good. And that's why they're good feeling news stories.

Don't get a good feeling. Damn, she's got it. I've nailed it. Bree and Clint. I'm about to say something and I don't want you to change the station just she's got it. I've nailed it. Bree and Clint. I'm about to say something, and I don't want you to change the station just because I say it. I want to talk about alcohol-free days. Well, I'm out.

See ya. Days. Days over this time in isolation where we don't get on the chop at 4 o'clock every afternoon. And the reason I say that is I haven't committed to this. This isn't something that I've decided to do. But I wanted to discuss with you, Bree, the merits of it. I've got this group of mates that I know since I used to live in Rotorua.

And since this thing started, we've been doing 5 o'clock beers. We're at 5 o'clock, we get the Facebook chat going, and we all get around and we have a beer over Facebook Live. You know, it's quite a nice thing to do. And to be fair, we've been keeping in touch with each other more than we were before this whole thing started. Yeah, it's actually really nice getting on that house party app. I talked to one of my friends who I haven't talked to in months the other night.

We had a good convo, not over any beers or anything. I drank those before I chatted to her. But yeah, it is really nice just being able to yeah, there's just so much time to catch up with people. I haven't talked to a single person on House Party yet without a beer in my hand. Or without them having a beer in their hand.

It seems like that's the way you socialise on that app, right? No, you know just because it's called House Party doesn't mean it has to be a house party every time you're on there. But that's the vibe. Anyway, the group chat I've got with those guys, my friend David messaged through today and goes, because someone goes, five o'clock beers today?

And David goes, well, actually, guys, I'm going to have no beers until Friday and try and do a regular working week. He's working from home. He set up his office in the garage. Stupidly, he set up his desk next to the beer fridge, which is in the garage. Yeah, rookie error. Yeah, it's going to add some real temptation to the situation. But he's going to go to Friday without beers. So you, Bree, it's a Monday today.

What are your feelings towards it? Hold on, I'm just going to have a sip of my beer. Yeah, I know you're going to have a sip of your beer because I can see you on the camera. Sorry. Yeah, look, to be honest, I'm not someone, I will put my hand up and say I'm not someone who usually has any drinks through the week. Like when I get home from work, I'm not someone who has even a casual one or two. Yeah.

I know there is a lot of people that do and I think that's fine. You know, do what works for you if it's a healthy amount for yourself. Yeah. do what works for you if it's a healthy amount for yourself. I have found that I've had probably more casual drinks through the week in the last week or so. Me too. As I'm saying this, my flatmates are laughing at me. Yeah. You shush, big gay owl.

You're the alcoholic here. Is that because you're understating the casualness of your casual drinks? And it's okay. Because I'm the same. Like this situation I've found that I've been having one or two pretty much every night. Which, you know what, I don't

think one or two is terrible. I mean, when's the next time we're going to have a pandemic? Yeah. But do you think that you, because everything's out of whack too. Like Monday isn't Monday anymore. I know you're working from home, but do you think that you Because everything's out of whack too Like Monday isn't Monday anymore I know you're working from home

But everything is completely out of whack Because Saturday and Sunday aren't Saturday and Sunday anymore either Well, I treated Saturday like it was Saturday I'm not going to lie I saw some people on Instagram who still had their regular hangover on Sunday And that's fine too But do you think that you'll go any days without any booze throughout this thing? Yeah, for sure.

I'm definitely like, I mean, I've got bad influences around me at the moment. But, you know, I definitely don't think I want to drink every night. And just because you're at home, I don't think it's a good excuse. I think, you know, treat yourself. Friday, Saturday, maybe even Sunday. Because we could all come out of this raging alcoholics by the end of it. Like how new normal could be slamming three or four drinks a night and that'd be a weird thing to transition to.

The other way to look at it is a scarcity thing. Like where I live, you actually can't buy booze from the supermarket. Yeah, it's harder for you. And you can't travel out of your neighbourhood. So once you exhaust your supply, you're out. So maybe you need to treat this thing like you're marooned on an island and you need to ration them out. And you go, okay, here's my supply that will get me through this week

and next week and the week after that and shit, half the week after that as well. Yeah, like is alcohol an essential item? That's what you've got to ask yourself. I think the answer to this is everything in moderation, right? Absolutely. Look, I don't know what the answer is. That's why I'm going to have my third piece of lasagna today.

We're about to do a morale boosting request. Bree, tell them why we do a morale boosting request. Because we feel like, you know, music can change the way you feel. It can bring up your mood. And it's all about what song does it for you. So that's why we're asking you guys on 9696, what song do you want on the radio right now? Yeah, maybe Post Malone's Circles wasn't quite the song

to epitomise your mood right now. Great song, but not the mood for right now. So we've got some suggestions. We get you guys to text them to us, and we're going to run through them now, and then you and I, Bree, will pick what we think is the best one for today, yeah? All right, sounds good.

What have we got on the text machine this afternoon? First up, a classic slice of Kiwiana from Dave Dobbin. Her love shines over my horizon. She's a slice of heaven. Iconic. What a tune. The alternative New Zealand anthem, Slice of Heaven. Iconic. What a tune. The alternative New Zealand anthem, Slice of Heaven.

What a man. One right up your alley, Brie. What about Katy Perry and Roar? I got the eye of the tiger, the fighter, dancing through the fire. Not a Katy Perry song you hear that often anymore either. Yeah, I do love Katy Perry. I love nearly all of her songs. This song just got played quite a lot. Yeah, okay, that's fine.

On radio. Someone has texted and said, we think the song we need right now is We Are The World. We are the world. We are children. We are children. We are the world. This is one of those global megastars all unites like a Bono and Michael Jackson and everybody type situation. Was it to get rid of

AIDS back in the day? Was that what it was for? Yeah. Or was it for world hunger? Oh, great question. I don't know. It was before my time. Yeah, but it was huge. It was massive. It was a fundraiser song, that's for sure. I will point out that that song is seven minutes long.

Whoa! That is a mammoth. Keep that in mind. A classic three minute thirty pop banger that's been suggested is S Club 7. Bang! Is this the song we need this afternoon? Or is it... Absolute tune.

Is it the song that... Brie actually has the lyrics to this song printed on the back of her laptop? John Lennon in Imagine. Imagine all the people living for today. I mean, it could be a bit melodramatic. I don't know.

It is quite sombre, that song. But, I mean, one of the best songs ever written, in my opinion. Yeah. I do love that song. Is it the right mood booster, though, Clint? Yeah, is it the right mood booster for now? And is John Lennon... No, actually, no, I'm not going to say it.

No, I'm not going to say that at all. The only other option we've got is from a true musical visionary by the name of Akon. For our solo isolators right now. called Visionary by the name of Akon. For our solo isolators right now, is Akon Lonely the right song to play this afternoon? It's not a morale boosting request, is it? I wouldn't say.

It's very relevant. I'd say it's a relevant request. Yeah. Okay, well, let's do that. Let's write off Akon Lonely. Yeah, no, it's gone. Let's write off Akon Lonely. Yeah, no, it's gone. Let's write off John Lennon. I'm gonna say it's too slow. Yeah, let's write off Katy Perry. Yeah, and if you're gonna

write off John Lennon, then you have to write off the We Are The People. We Are The World. We Are The World. Okay, that just leaves us with Dave Dobbin. And S Club 7. Which one of those, for this afternoon, for the mood we're in this afternoon, and it's not a particularly, like, massive day today, it's just day five,

which is the right one for us to play? Look, I mean, I feel like in times like this, you've got to go for the Kiwiana. Yeah. That's what I feel. The patriotic option. The patriotic, which is Dave Dobbin. I was tempted to hold off with Dave Dobbin

until there was a more important moment that that song could come in for. But there's no guarantee that it's going to get requested on that day. So maybe we've got to play the cards we dealt right now, right? You know the saying, Clint. There's no time like the present to play Dave Dobbins. I have to agree with you, absolutely. I think we've got to go for it. If you're not having an alcohol-free day,

then please raise your 5 o'clock beverage, stand up, put one hand over your heart, put on an All Blacks jersey, and enjoy your Morale Boosting Request New Zealand. Bree and Clint. Da-da-da, da-da-da, da-da-da Hey, I got a lot of faith in you I'll stick with you, kid, that's the bottom line Yeah, you have a lot of fun, don't you?

And living with you is a ball of a time Hey, beauty, when the mood gets you down You bother me, it's a fear dragging on the ground It's when I gotta play the clown for you Black humor made you kick your boots Howdy angel Where did you hide your wings? Her love shines over my horizon

She's a slice of heaven Warm moonlight over my horizon She's a slice of heaven Heaven Heaven Hey, I got a lot of faith in you. I'll stick with you, kid, that's the bottom line. Yeah, we have a lot of fun, don't we? Heaven has to be with you all the time.

Hey, beauty, when the moon gets you down, you're part of this, yeah, drag it on the ground. That's when I gotta play the clown for ya. Black you up, baby, kick my boots. Howdy

angel. Where did you hide your wings? Her love shines over my horizon She's a slice of heaven Warm moonlight over my horizon She's a slice of heaven Her love shines over my horizon Bye. Da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da Bye. ZM, Brian Clint, Dave Dobbin. The man who rocked 30,000 people on New Year's Eve at Rhythm and Vines just last year,

which I'm sure feels like a lifetime ago now. And if you want to see him on that stage again, it's completely up to you and how you handle this lockdown situation. Things like R&V can only go ahead if we beat COVID-19 by then and we're allowed out of our houses. So maybe R&V is the motivation that people need to pull their heads in. That could be it. If you want to have your New Year's bender, you bloody stay at home, New Zealand.

You have a breather, right? Bree and Clint. Every evening about this time, we're encouraging you guys to go and make yourself a cup of tea, grab a biscuit and just slow down. Bree, are you having a cup of tea or a Heineken? I'm having a Heineken in a tea mug. Thank you for your honesty. I can see you on the webcam.

That's okay. I would have just believed that that was tea. I mean, I'm having a tea. Yeah, all right. Producer Ellie, are you having a tea with us? Have you got a cup of tea for this? Yeah, all right. Well, chin, chin, everybody.

Cheers. Here I am. Cheers. Cheers, everyone. Not too hot today. And biscuit-wise, what are we having for a biscuit? Biscuit. We're still going through our chocolate Afghans.

We are, yeah. Brie, what's your biscuit of choice? Another Heineken. You're so shit at a cup of tea and a biscuit. I'm just kidding. I've got a biscuit somewhere. No, you don't. That's fine.

It's our chance just to check in with each other and see that everything's okay. Is everybody in our bubble, first of all? You, me, Ellie, are we feeling okay? How are you guys going? How's everyone going? Yeah, good. I'm feeling all right.

I've been doing more exercise than I ever have, to be honest. Me too. We're privileged in the sense that our work is still happening. So financial-wise, things haven't changed for us three. And Ellie and I were talking about the fact that we're actually quite enjoying the slower pace of life. Like it was nice staying home all weekend. That was right up my alley at the moment.

Yeah, it's the first weekend, so just chill out for a sec. That's a very, very good point. How are you going, Brie? You all good? Yeah, I'm actually really good after the weekend. I made the hard decision of my partner obviously is a nurse and I had to make the decision of whether I would spend self-isolation with her or whether I would continue coming into work.

And I made the decision finally that I needed to be there for her and to be honest, I would always, you know, like her to be there for me. So after this weekend, I'm feeling really good, really positive. You've made the tough decision that you're going to work from home. You know what I mean? It makes our job, like in all seriousness,

like me being here and you being in the studio, it does make things a little bit harder. But we're, you know, we're pressing on and we're doing it. I feel faced with that decision as well. Ellie, I hope you. I feel faced with such a with that decision as well Ellie I hope you and I would have the courage to work from home as well. Yes we've got to find that system. Oh shut up No we do, we've got to find that system where we're all

doing it but yeah no no I absolutely and good on you for supporting your partner as well who's a frontline service because not everybody who does that job is receiving the same support from their home network at the moment. So it's good that you can do that for her. And I hope that people listening can kind of see that those people

are the ones that probably need it the most right now. And just to remember what sacrifices they're giving up for us. Let's get some ZM listeners on for a cup of tea and a biscuit. Francesca's here from Dunedin. Hi, Francesca. Hi. Hi, ZM. Hi. How are you, Francesca's here from Dunedin. Hi, Francesca. Hi. Hi, Zedem. Hi. How are you, Francesca?

I'm very good today. How are you, Zedem? We're good. Have you got a cup of tea and a biscuit? Yeah, I have some of my French cookies. They're very, very good. French cookies. Oh, right. Are you French? Yeah, yeah, I'm French.

And what are you doing in Dunedin? What does your lockdown look like? I work in a dairy. Yeah, but my dairy is closed for this week because, yeah, because we're doing very well. And so the owner said we can have a break. Oh, nice. Oh, that's nice of them.

So you're just staying at home? That's lovely. Yeah. And then will you go back into the dairy? Will you have to work in the dairy before this thing's over? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Are you away from your family at the moment? Yeah, my family is in France with my boyfriend.

Wait, your boyfriend's over in France as well? Yeah, yeah, visiting my mom. Oh, that must be so hard for you, Francesca. Oh, I'm okay. I have my pet turtle, Veronica. Yeah, I love Veronica. Wait, your pet turtle's name is Veronica? Yeah.

I love that. That's so awesome. What part of France are you from, Francesca? I'm Paris. You're from awesome. What part of France are you from, Francesca? Paris. You're from Paris. Oh, wow. Paris. Yes.

I should stop trying to be French. No, don't you try and be French. Can you speak some French for us, Francesca? I love that language. Oh, no. I'm too embarrassed, sorry. Right. Okay.

And just can you really narrow down on the part of Paris that you're from? I love Paris. Yeah. Name one other place in France. Francesca, there is no turtle, is there? Who is this? Are they taking the piss? I fully bought it.

So did I at the start. And then slowly but surely, the wheel started to fall off. Francesca, good work. You've got through for a cup of tea and a biscuit. You've made a joke of the whole damn thing. Thanks a lot. Hey, Francesca, which means up yours in New Zealand.

Does it? No, it doesn't. Bree and Clint. Look, everyone's obviously home in self-isolation at the moment, and you and I, Clint, are trying to come up with, you know, stuff that we think's helpful, games you can play, ways you can connect with people, things you can watch on Netflix. And I saw something that could be quite good if you're a big Cards Against Humanity fan.

Oh, this is a great game. It is a great game. It's awesome. But obviously, I think it's the best when you play with quite a few people. Yeah, because you need different personalities in there, right? Yeah, absolutely, because everyone's got different senses of humour, so it makes it interesting. So I think this is a great way that you can play Cards Against Humanity

with other friends in self-isolation without seeing them. Yeah, cool. Hit me. What's the idea? So you can head to a website. It's called playingcards.io, and essentially they offer Cards Against Humanity on that website where you can pretty much start a game.

You can invite other people to the website. And it's pretty much an online version of Cards Against Humanity. That's cool. That's a fun way to do it. So I thought this afternoon, I've got a real game here, Cards Against Humanity. Yeah. And I thought this afternoon i would test you

know to see if i would want you as a part of my isolation cards against humanity team okay i don't particularly remember the rules but um talk me through it how do i talk you through it yeah so essentially i'm gonna grab a card right now um and you're gonna have to usually you would have a bunch of answers that are already pre-written for you yeah but in this case you're going to have to, usually you would have a bunch of answers that are already pre-written for you. Yeah. But in this case, you're going to have to come up with your own answer off the top of your head.

Go on then, help me. Yeah. All right. So the first one is blank, kid tested and mother approved. Blank what tested? So blank, which is the word or the phrase you have to come up with yeah kid tested and mother approved blank kid tested and mother approved

is anything coming to mind just blind i don't know why i'm getting blind i'm just getting blind kid tested what would the mother approve of i don't get this one sorry i don't know why I'm getting blind. I'm just getting blind kid tested. What would the mother approve of? I don't get this one. Sorry, I can't get this one. It could be something like... Horny. No, that's not something you say about a kid. Shit.

Let's try another one. Let's try another one. You'll understand this one. I feel flustered. That's good. That's what it's meant to do. All right. You need an answer for what gets better

with age uh oh see my brain straight away goes six um um um pizza that's true i will pay that one very very true okay uh let's do one more i'm just gonna see if this is radio appropriate because some of these cards aren't yeah right I will pay that one. Very, very true. Okay, let's do one more. I'm just going to see if this is radio appropriate because some of these cards aren't. Yeah, right. This is live Cards Against Humanity where I have no cards, by the way. Okay, cool. Are you ready?

Here comes the last one. Today on Dr. Phil, help. My son is... An eggplant. An eggplant. Why is it always to do with sex or penises? No, it's not what I meant by eggplant. Oh, you dirty boy.

Brian Clint. Do you recall that really small song? It was for kids and it was called Baby Shark. Yeah, every part of me is grateful that I didn't have kids when this song was a thing. I love that producer Ellie has her fingers in her ears. She hates it that much. Well, this will be bringing, it'll be inducing PTSD for a lot of parents out there. Just hearing this now, right?

Look, I'm not going to lie. It's definitely an earworm. It got stuck in my head for a long time. so I'm so glad we're playing it now. But this is quite interesting, actually, because that band that released that song, you know they released that in 2007? Wait, the bit that fascinates me even more is they're a band. That's a band who made that song. Yeah, it's a South Korean educational band.

Oh, I guess it was like the South Korean Wiggles or something. I would have thought it was just like it just came off a TV show or something. But right. Well, I think there's a band behind it. What's the band called? That's a great question. Pink Fong, I think. Yeah, okay.

Is the name. Anyway, they've come out. Parents will know. Don't worry, they'll be familiar. It'll be their number one. When they did that Spotify year in review thing, that would have been the number one song on their Spotify. They'll know who it is.

They'll be up to date with all the latest Pinkfong news. But this is the latest thing that's come from them and they've done another song. And I'm sure it's going to be just as catchy. Oh, wonderful. But it's about personal hygiene and washing your hands when you're in self-isolation. Are we debuting the new Ping Fong song this afternoon?

We are. This is a big get for us. This is huge. So off the back of their massive hit, Baby Shark, here's their new one. Wash your hands. Wash your hands. Wash your hands. Do-do-do-do-do. Wash your hands.

Do-do-do-do-do. Wash your hands. Do-do-do-do-do. Wash your hands. Grab some soap. Do-do-do-do-do. Grab some soap. Do-do-do-do-do.

Grab some soap. Do-do-do-do-do. Grab some soap. Rub your hands. Do-do-do-do-do. Rub your hands. Yeah, I get the gist. Yeah, cool.

Do you want to listen to a bit more? It might be... Rinse your hands. Do-do-do-do-do-do. Rub your hands. Yeah, right. I get the gist. Yeah, cool. Do you want to listen to a bit more? It might be... Rinse your hands. Do-do-do-do-do. Oh, no. I've got it. Don't worry. I've got it.

Yeah, no, it's the same. Yeah, no, it's the same. Rub your hands. Do-do-do-do-do-do. Look, correct me if I'm wrong, but I think it kind of sounds a little bit like Baby Shark. I never thought I'd say this, but I prefer Baby Shark. That's big. Yeah. That's big. Yeah.

That's big from you. I found a song that I like less than the Baby Shark song.