ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley - Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley Podcast - 9th September 2022

Episode Date: September 8, 2022

The passing of Queen Elizabeth II   Secret Sound Debut!!Top 6: Shows we aren't ready for  Lewis Capaldi!  Silly Little Poll!Coterie!And Special thanks to our Queen Correspondents:Bad News Brad Olsen!Rachel Jackson-Lees!Peter Anderson!  Ruth Wynn-Williams!  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The ZM Podcast Network. We've been doing all this late night talking. Hello, welcome to the Fletch, Vaughan and Hayley podcast. It's thanks to McCafe. Download, scan and play the Monopoly game at Maccas to be in to win. A weird show today. Weird show. Weird show.

And not in a wacky, weird and wonderful way. No, obviously the Queen. This will not be news to you now, but the Queen has passed away. And when we started the show this morning at 6am, we'd only just kind of got the news, hadn't we? Yeah, it was 30 minutes before we started the show, basically, that she had passed,

or the news broke that she had passed. And so the run sheet... You have to throw a bit of the show away. We threw it out the window. It feels kind of wrong just kind of talking or having a laugh about anything else. Do you know what you missed? Men more likely to believe fortune tellers. Missed that.

Well, let's do that on Monday. Should we do that on Monday? Let's do that on Monday. What about top ways to zhoosh up your dating app? Because it just didn't feel right. Your profile. It didn't feel right. Yeah, to get your profile popping off.

We'll see what you'll find that on Monday. You'll save that for next week. Yeah, exactly. What about final rankings gravy yeah we really we had to put that to the side

yeah we felt that discussing at length our favourite gravies when the queen had passed was not was not ideal if we could for a moment now what gravy

would the queen have liked a rich brown rich brown onion maybe like me she likes a roast chicken gravy a roast chicken gravy. A roast chicken gravy. Maybe when she'd have lamb, she would have a mint sauce gravy.

She'd definitely be a mint saucer. She'd love a mint sauce. Let's save this gold for next week's Friday final rankings. It's up there with you. We've done a few of these shows now where the big news, like I remember when Steve Irwin died, we were on air. Michael Jackson kind of mid-show there. shows now where the big new like i remember when steve irwin died we were on air michael jackson um kind of mid-show there yeah it is it's just weird well it kind of just comes out of nowhere and then everything else feels weird yeah because then you're like and now we're throwing to

doja cat now we're throwing to britney yeah it's weird it is is. Here's a song by Doja Cat where she, in explicit detail, explains her vagina. What about ZM? What about, do you reckon Elton's going to jump on the piano? A candle in the wind? Oh, well, no, that was Diana's song. Yeah, I know, but it was Marilyn Monroe's song. Your song.

He could redo your song. Yeah. Yeah. If he needs to go or redo Daniel. Queenie, my mother, you were older than me. Were you still? No, she was. What a banger.

Yeah. What a banger. All right. Yeah. Wow. Well, stay tuned for Elton John's response. Hopefully we hear something from Elton. Play Zed-In, Splidge, Vaughn and Hayley. Well, stay tuned for Elton John's response. Hopefully we hear something from Elton.

Hello, good morning. Welcome to the show, Fletch, Vaughan and Hayley. It's a sombre start to the show this morning. It is indeed. Like, shocking news. We were just sitting here, what, 20 minutes ago and the news alerts started pinging off. The Queen is dead.

Buckingham Palace has announced the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. The Queen died peacefully at Balmoral this afternoon. The King, that is Charles, and the Queen Consort will remain at Balmoral this evening and will return to London tomorrow.

Her Majesty was 96 years old. She became Queen on the 6th of February 1952, on the death of her father, King George VI. She was married to Prince Philip for 73 years until his death in April of 2021. And Charles, their first child, was born in 1948. He now becomes the new king. Mummy. Got it. We've talked about it.

I've seen the notifications. Not until you hear The BBC announcer Yeah Read it And that sombre British tone Really That really goosebumps That hit home

We were talking earlier Like you'll always remember Where you were The moment Yep Something like this happens Something happens We were reflecting on the moment

That Princess Diana passed Where were you And in two days It's going to be The 21st anniversary Of the Twin Towers. Everybody that was, you know, around remembers where they were when that happened. There's those moments.

Yeah, you always remember where you were, like Princess Di? Yeah. Yeah, when Princess Di died, I was just a kid and I remember hearing, I was listening to the radio. It's always been my favourite medium. You know what, Thank you on behalf of a couple of lifelong radios. My pleasure. But I remember I ran

upstairs as a confused young kid and I yelled to my mum, the Queen is dead. And my mum being like... No, Princess Diana. Yeah, I know. But I yelled, the Queen is dead. Oh, you yelled the Queen is dead. As a kid. And my mum was like, what? And then she turned into the radio and was like, oh, Princess Diana. Not any better, but now that's why I just messaged my mum

and I said, remember when I said the Queen is dead? When Princess Diana died, your most immediate source of news was teletext. That's right. Like, yeah. That was how my friend Chris, and he rang, and he was like, oh, my God, Princess Diana's been in the car accident, and then he rang me back and said, teletext says she's dead. So now, like, the internet, push notifications.

Yeah. Crazy. They've told us that, yeah, Queen Elizabeth II. Well, we'll cross to England throughout the morning. I was just reading an article from The Herald about like what happens next. Because it's like, I mean, it's very sad, right? It's a loss for a family above anything else.

But with the Queen, there's like protocol. I mean, I know very sad, right? It's a loss for a family above anything else. But with the Queen, there's protocol. I know I've shared before, I have a few friends in the Scots Guard who have been practising her funeral for decades because you don't have time now to be on the phone being like, what songs shall we play? What shall we do? There's all this protocol now about Prince Charles. Prince Charles now, not only has he lost mommy,

but he has to get ready to be the king. Well, they already called him the king. They've got to change the coins. Yeah, change the coins, the notes.

Hold up the notes. It's going to be him now. Well, if you've got some Kiwi notes with the queen on the back, don't spend them. Hold on to them. Because, you know,

they might be bloody getting changed. And the anthem, God save our gracious king. And the anthem? God save our gracious king. And now it goes to king. Yeah, it just changes back to king. But you think about it, what did she say? Her 70th jubilee this year?

Yeah. At least she got to enjoy a nice party. She got to enjoy the 70th jubilee. But that means there are people who are in their 70s who in their entire life have never been through the changing of a British monarch. Yeah, because she's been there that long. Yeah, like people lived and died in shorter time than, you know, she was the reigning monarch.

So that's, yeah, it'll be interesting to see all that unfold. All right, well, we'll cross to the UK throughout the morning for the latest. Play. ZM's Fletchvorn and Hayley. As well, the Queen, Queen Elizabeth II, has died. Officially, the statement has been released from Buckingham Palace. Yeah.

News agencies breaking this throughout the morning, which is like half an hour ago. But the stories this morning when we woke up were all pretty grim, weren't they? Yeah, yeah. It was kind of like under medical, constant medical examination stuff. I just remember the Queen has a big old collection of Land Rovers and that old bird was not afraid to give them assholes.

Have you seen the footage of her driving on a Scottish estate? Like, just pins it. Yeah. And she was riding horses, like, what was it? After Prince Philip died, wasn't she spotted going for a horse ride? Yeah, she's an absolute shit-kicker. Yeah, yeah. She was like, yeah, she's a tough old bird.

That's for absolutely sure. But, yeah, today the day. Well, the first week in the job, the UK Prime Minister has made a statement. We are all devastated by the news that we have just heard from Balmoral. The death of Her Majesty the Queen is a huge shock to the nation and to the world. Queen Elizabeth II was the rock on which modern Britain was built. Our country has grown and flourished under her reign britain is the great country it is today because of her she ascended the throne just after the second world war she championed the development of the commonwealth from a small

group of seven countries to a family of 56 nations spanning every continent of the world. So apparently they did meet. You know how when there's a new prime minister? Yes. That they, him, her, whatever, they meet the queen. And apparently they did. So that would have only been a few days ago that they had their little sit down and chit chat.

Yes. She usually comes to Parliament, right, and meets them. Yeah. I'm just basing all of this on The Crown. Yeah, movies I've seen. Movies in The Crown, yeah. Yeah, so they would have met

and then I think it was after that that her next engagement, they have advised that she rest so she wouldn't have been well and then I guess this is just all kind of escalated quickly. Is there like a cause or is it just old age? Oh they haven't

released the cause or even what her main ailment was when they said bed rest at this stage. She's just old. She's 96. Yeah. When you're 96. Yeah. A my're 96. Yeah. A myriad of things happen. Play ZM's Fletch, Vaughn and Hayley.

Obviously a very sad start to the day with the Queen passing. But we do want to take a moment to acknowledge that tomorrow is World Suicide Prevention Day. And we are lucky enough to be joined in studio by Tiana Watkins from LeVar to chat about that. Kia ora, Tiana Watkins from LeVar to chat about that. Kia ora, Tiana. Kia ora. Thank you for coming in this morning and talking with us about something that, yeah, it's not a nice topic, is it? No, no, not typically, no. No, every year, obviously, New Zealand's got a massive mental health, what do you call it? Problem. Problem, dilemma. Every year we see the numbers, the stats, and we think it's unbelievable. How can this be happening? How is this happening? Why is this happening? Oh God, I think there are many contributing factors. And when we think about how they interplay with suicide, every single one of

those is a risk factor, right? So we have people that are experiencing depression, experiencing anxiety, just two of many examples. A lot of the time too for our whānau, there's a lot of shame that people carry, which can typically mean that people won't necessarily engage with the right supports. I think one of the really interesting things in that space is we always look too far down the track.

So we look to a mental health professional. But do you know what? We actually, every single one of us, any person in Aotearoa in New Zealand has a role to play in supporting people with mental health issues. And I know we hear it more frequently. One of the most easy

and I suppose hard things as well that people can do is just literally reach out. We actually all intuitively, you know when people go, oh, I can just tell something's not right. Yeah. And sometimes you don't actually know why. You just have that puku or that gut feeling.

That is sometimes all you need to compel you to engage with someone. That is sometimes all we need is someone just to reach out and say, hey, mate, I've noticed A, B, C, and D. Are you all good? When you say, you know, you might say to someone, oh, I've noticed A, B, C, D, what you all good? When you say, you know, you might say to someone, I've noticed ABCD, what are those things? What are the things that you might notice in someone that could be a sign that they're struggling? Well, we were just having this conversation earlier. So it's interesting,

actually. So firstly, just to say, it's noticing when there are changes in a person's behaviour. So it's really complex. So for just a really loose example, if you have someone that's typically quite an introvert, quite a quiet person, and you notice, oh, well, they seem to be really sort of out the gate for them, more noisy than usual, so on and so forth. And on the opposite side, someone who's typically, you know, an extrovert, really out there,

and then they suddenly isolate or retreat. Things like giving away their most prized possession. So if you're a guitar player, for example, giving away their guitar. So those are things, right, that you notice. You go, raise an eyebrow and go, that's out of it. Why would you do that? Why would you do that? That's a warning sign.

Like, that is all you need to check in with that person. And, hey, mate, I noticed that you gave away your guitar the other day. What's that about? Yeah. So what makes New Zealand, because we're amongst the worst countries in the world for suicide and of course the mental health issues that lead to it. So why New Zealand? What makes it so bad? Within Aotearoa New Zealand we have far more

robust reporting mechanisms for suicide in particular. That's not something that's done as well in other countries. That is not to minimise or say that we don't have a massive issue here in Aotearoa, but we certainly have far more robust measuring or reporting mechanisms here in Aotearoa. Tomorrow is World Suicide Prevention Day. What can we specifically do tomorrow to start a journey,

to start down a road of, you know? I mean, ideally, the dream is zero, right? That's right. Zero suicide, 100%. I think it's a really good opportunity to, A, absolutely acknowledge the whānau and the families who have lost people to suicide. Honestly, it's such a massive thing that people can do for themselves

and for other people is to practice forgiveness, remove blame. If you have lost someone to suicide, it's so important that we're not holding any blame in that space. One of the other things that we can do, and I'm going to make a plug here, is to train yourself up. It's actually a really easy thing. So at Leval, we have Life Keepers, which is New Zealand's national suicide prevention training programme

that is for all day, everyday New Zealanders right across Aotearoa. So we will literally go through what are the warning signs for suicide look like? How is it that we can reach it? How do we even have this conversation? Like do I just roll up to someone and say, hey, are you thinking of taking your own life? But the most important thing

in that space is knowing that then what? Because people are so fearful of, but what if they say yes? Yeah, right. So that's what our training does is we literally will take you through that process, how you connect that person with the right supports. And sometimes the right supports are your natural supports. So the other things easily available to you in your own whānau, in your own community. And yet sometimes they are the community supports, like a referral to a GP, so on and so forth. So training, we also have Flo Talanoa,

which is our Pasifika-specific suicide prevention training programme as well. But that's such a massive thing. I would say or encourage people to absolutely train up in this space. It's something that we offer for free for everyday people. It's a day out of your time. You know what? It absolutely could save somebody's life. Just saving one would make it all worth it.

So if somebody was interested in training up, how do they get in touch? So just through our website, www.levar.co.nz. L-E-V-A, that is, Levar. Tiana, thank you so much for coming in. That's really interesting and informative, and we really appreciate it. Thank you so much for coming in. That's really interesting and informative, and we really appreciate it. Thank you.

Play ZM's Fletch Vaughan and Hayley. Play ZM. Well, if you've just woken up, sad news. If you don't have push notifications on your phone, you probably already saw it on there, but Queen Elizabeth has passed. The second Queen Elizabeth has passed, the second Queen Elizabeth, has passed away at the age of 96 after 70 years on the throne. A hell of an innings.

I was just messaging my mum and she said for as long as she's been alive, and this would be the case for most people, she's been the queen. You've just revealed your mother's age. Unless you're over 70. Yeah, I know. I know. It's age. Unless you're over 70. Yeah, I know. I know. It's wild. Yeah.

A lot of people were just absolutely upset this morning. And we then learnt that someone who we used to work with who now lives in the Middle East

but used to read our news, Rachel Jackson-Lees, once went to a tea party at the Queen's house. So we were like, well, we've got to talk to Rachel about what that was like.

Good morning from Doha, Rachel. Good morning. So nice to talk to you guys. Yeah, we miss you, mate. But how did you end up at a tea party at Buckingham Palace? It's extremely random. So I was living in London doing my OE in my mid-twenties a wee while ago now. And they had, I'm not sure if they still do it, but they had this system where if you were part of the Commonwealth

and you had a passport from a Commonwealth country, you could enter a ballot. And so all my friends did this and my name got drawn. And so I got to go to Buckingham Palace to a garden party and nobody else I knew got drawn. And I thought, well, I can't not do this. So I borrowed a dress off someone and I got glammed up and I went to this tea party. There's no record of it because they take the phones. You can't take photos. And I wandered around the gardens of Buckingham Palace

eating their little club sandwiches and their pastries. And then all of a sudden I realised that a line was forming and I thought, well, I'll stand in the line as well. And the Queen just walks past, like I'm making eye contact with her. She's right in front of me. She stops and waves at everybody at the garden party. She just happened to stop exactly where I was positioned in this line. Wow. It's one of those things where you're like, if the queen physically was in front of me, I wouldn't believe it.

You know, like it wouldn't feel real. It would feel like a dream or a character. Yeah, well, she looked, it was like a dream because she's so beautiful. Like, I just remember looking at her skin and it was like porcelain. Like, she's just flawless and dainty, and you get this vibe from her smile that she's just kind and lovely, and it was just one of those really surreal moments. I'm glad you brought up the skin.

Especially now after the events of today. I feel like a lot of people today are going to be talking about her reign and the things she did and didn't do, whatever. We've got to talk more about that skin. She was the original moisturiser. That skin was, oh, whatever she did, it was absolutely flawless. Like, especially for someone who was older at that time, you just, you couldn't see a wrinkle.

It was so perfect. I mean, I hate to sort of reference, but, you know, when King Philip was, not King Philip, Prince Philip, sorry, was passing, you knew it, right? I mean, he was looking rough. He was looking rough for a while. Whereas the Queen has always looked, I mean, I know she wears a face of makeup, but she always looked so good and sort of healthy and well. And even two days ago, there's that photo that's around of her appointing the new British Prime Minister.

And she looked beautiful there as well. Like, who would have thought that was just two days ago? Did you think about when you were in this line and the Queen was standing right in front of you, did you think about saying something to her? Kia ora, Queenie. I think, no, I was too nervous. And it wasn't really appropriate, you know? Like, you probably would have been removed.

It was, and all I thought was, am I supposed to curtsy? And people were. And so I think I sort of tried. We're not a nation of curtsiers, are we? No. No, and I hadn't practised it. And my form wouldn't have been great. But, yeah, you certainly couldn't have called anything out

that you would have been totally removed for that. Wow. I can't believe you've been in the same room as the Queen. It blows my mind. Yeah, that's amazing. To me, she's on the back of the coin, not in the same room as me. And there were no cell phones to be seen. You know, you'd take a photo

of everything these days. There was not one, I mean, I don't even think, to be honest, at that time my phone would have had a camera on it, but it wasn't allowed in there anyway. There was not one, not one, I mean, I don't even think, to be honest, at that time my phone would have had a camera on it, but it wasn't allowed in there anyway. Like it was, you just have to rely on your memory for it. Do you remember recently that soldier, that young guard took a selfie?

Do you remember that? This was recently when she was coming through for something, some big event, and he just went, and she walked around the corner. It was a big no-no, wasn't it? And everyone, I mean, he got fired. Yeah, yeah. He's out of the military. But, yeah, I mean, you couldn't exactly take a selfie with the Queen,

could you? No. Well, amazing. No, no, no. They actually took them off you, yeah, and you went through a scanner, so it was not possible. Wow. What a cool experience.

Yeah. And thank you so much for sharing that this morning, Rachel. Oh, you're welcome. Yeah, it's lovely to think about it. Because as I say, it was just one of those really lucky moments in life. And at the time, I thought, oh, should I do it? Because no one else got drawn from the ballot. And I'm so pleased I did.

Yeah. Well, you'll always have that amazing memory, won't you? Yeah, absolutely. Oh, well, Rachel, thank you so much for talking to us all the way from Doha. An absolute pleasure. Thanks, guys. And I'm cur Rachel, thank you so much for talking to us all the way from Doha. An absolute pleasure. Thanks, guys. I'm curtsying you. Curtsy.

We're curtsy. We're curtsy. Curtsy. Play ZM's Fletchford and Hayley from the bustling ZM Think Tank. This is the Top Six. Hello there. Uh-oh. That was my tele-dance. That was pretty good. That was pretty good. Uh-oh. That was my Teletubbies.

That was pretty good. That was pretty good. Which Teletubbies did you most relate to? Was it Yellow Lala? Yeah, Lala was my favourite. Was it Tinky Winky? Tinky Winky, the purple one with the triangle. And the handbag.

Yes. Was it Poe, the red one with the circle on the top, or was it Dipsy, the green one with the cow hide hat? I'm going to say it. Dipsy sucks. Dipsy was my boy. Lala's number one. Dipsy sucks.

Dipsy. It's coming back. Dipsy. Lala. Yeah. Dipsy Right Well it's coming back Dipsy La la Yeah And With a New Narrator

Titus Burgess Who you all know From the Unbreakable Commissioner Yes Gotta love that show Actor Singer

So yeah They're bringing The Teletubbies back But you know Are kids these days Ready For the trippy world That is the Teletubbies?

That vacuum cleaner, those huge Flemish rabbits. Snooty? Snooty the vacuum cleaner. Yeah, what was it? A little bit terrifying. Yeah. And the face in the sun. Yeah.

Boop. That went up. That baby was like. That baby's now a kid. Like an adult. Like an adult. An adult. Yeah, like an adult.

Adding a little bit of diversity. Yeah. Nunu, sorry. Nunu was the vacuum cleaner. Was An adult. Yeah, like an adult. Adding a little bit of diversity. Yeah. Noo-noo, sorry. Noo-noo was the vet complainer. Was the vet kid. Yeah. Noo-noo was the vet. I thought you were saying when Vaughn said adding some diversity,

you were like, no, no, no. Noo-noo. Noo-noo. Noo-noo. No, I'm pro-diversity at all times. Well, Titus is African-American. Yeah. And the baby in the sun is going to be Asian.

Oh, fantastic. And the Teletubbies, they've definitely like, you know how they had slightly different coloured faces? Yeah. They've definitely like made a very different colour palette. Oh, right. Of Teletubby face colours. Right. Although the Teletubbies' faces now look hard.

Like that hard plastic. You know when you were a kid and you get a freaky doll with like a hard head but then a soft body? Yes. Yuck. They were my least favourite dolls. They have a hard face.

So I've got the top six weird ass 90s TV kids show that kids these days aren't ready for. Number six on the list, Rocco's Modern Life. Oh my God. I love Rocco's Modern Life.

Mr. and Mrs. Big Head were toads. It was, he was, Rocco was a wallaby, so I assumed everything was Australian. The whole entire thing was very, very weird. There was racy moments, which now if you watch back as an adult, you're like wildly inappropriate. Rocco's Modern Life.

Number five on the list of the top six weird-ass 90s kids shows that kids these days aren't ready for. Animorphs. This Number five on the list of the top six weird-ass 90s kids shows that kids these days aren't ready for, Animorphs. This was based on the books. Do you remember Animorphs? Yeah. Books, the covers,

they slowly morphed into some weird creature. Dolphin? Every book was a different, well, the TV show only focused around five kids who met an alien called Alfardno.

And then they offered the power to morph into various animals. So then they would morph into animals and it was really terrible special effects but kids these days wouldn't know what to do with it. Speaking of which, number four on the list of 90

shows that kids these days aren't ready for, Ren and Stimpy. If you remember Ren and Stimpy, if you remember Ren and Stimpy, there's no further explanation required. Stimpy, you idiot! What are they going to do, Ren? I remember I had all their albums.

They had albums of songs. It was the weirdest. Buttered Toast Man, and he had this big glorious butt. He used to catch things between his butt. The whole... Watch some Ren and Stimpy on YouTube. They were on drugs, the makers of that show. I can't explain how weird it was.

The Canadian Yaksman or whatever. Oh, it was wild, wild. The whole thing. Number three on the list of the top six weird 90s kids shows that kids these days aren't ready for, Ghostwriter. Do you remember Ghostwriter? No. Ghostwriter was a mysterious series.

This is a breakdown of the line. Ghostwriter is a mysterious series that revolves around a group of kids in Brooklyn, New York, who get together to solve crimes and mysteries in their neighborhood. They're aided in their detective work by a ghost called Ghost Rider. The ghost is able to communicate with the children by finding letters and texts, which you can use to form words and sentences that they understand. That vaguely rings a bell. Yeah.

And this little dot would float around the screen. I think in the end they solved it. He was like a detective that had died that right number two on the list of the top six weird 90s kids shows that kids these days

aren't ready for I would put it up there with Rocco's Modern Life Courage the Cowardly Dog I loved Courage it was again just the weirdest show like what

he was terrified of everything but always rightly so everybody else was wildly ignorant to the dangers that they were facing. And number one on the list of the top six kids shows from the 90s that kids these days are simply not ready for,

Lamb Chops Play Along. This is the song that never ends. And you could literally see her hand in Lamb Chop. Yeah. She was Sherry Lewis. She was not even trying to hide the fact that she had a hand in all of the puppets. It was insanity. And I don't think kids these days are ready for it.

No. And that is today's top six. Play. ZM's Fletchvorn and Hayley. Queen Elizabeth II has passed away. If you've just woken up, sorry to break that news to you. We've been dealing with it, you know, for a couple of hours now. Kind of got confirmed at around 5 o'clock this morning.

Now, we usually have him on the show to talk economics. Yeah. But after the passing of the Queen, this popped up on his socials, and I was like, what? Yeah. I knew he was referred to as the boy wonder. Whether he, I don't know, it might be a slightly condescending title. We usually have him on and call him Bad News Brad.

Today he's on because of bad news, but he isn't bringing us the bad news. Good morning, Brad Olsen. Good morning, team. Now, dude, I knew you were a bit of a boy wonder when someone told me, when you first popped up. I think when we first started talking to you, what were you being, 24? Something like that, yep. This blows my mind.

I've only known you for a short time, Brad, and so learning these things about you, I was like, what? But you have met the Queen three times. Indeed, yes. I was lucky enough in 2016 to be named as New Zealand's Queen Chang Leader and so was flown off to the UK to receive a medal from Her Majesty at Buckingham Palace, and what probably will still remain, you know,

until forever, one of the weirdest and most incredible experiences of my life. And so that was 2016. In 2017 and 2018, I was asked back to the palace to help coordinate and lead part of the awards again. So, you know, pretty special to be able to meet her once, get a medal. Incredible to do it three times.

Brad, to kind of show you where I was at at 16, I didn't even know that was a thing. I was drinking a vodka and orange out of a box under a bridge in Wellington when I was 16. When Hayley was 16, she was a troll. I was a little troll under a bridge in Wellington when I was 16. When Hayley was 16, she was a troll. I was a little troll under a bridge. A literal old school meaning of a troll under a bridge. A goth troll.

A goth troll trying to eat billy goats. Now. I don't know that we would have been friends, Brad, but my mum would have wanted me to be your friend. Definitely. Brad. I was going to say, this sort of sounds like the rest of high school where everyone was sort of like, you know, he's interesting,

it's not interesting in multiple versions of the word sort of guy, but I don't know if he's exactly my friend. Because, look, Hayley, I wasn't drinking, you know, out of a box or similar under the bridge at many stages of any of my life, unfortunately. But I'm not going to lie, it sounds like an interesting way to go about it. I'm doing all to lie, it sounds like an interesting way to go about it. I'm doing alright. We're all right.

We're all doing okay. The photos that you put up on your Instagram, there's a photo of you shaking the Queen's hand and in the background Prince Harry is like looking at you. Eyeballing you and smiling. This is what I want to ask, what did you say to her? Because in all three photos of you with the Queen,

she is delighted by you. Her smile. Oh, look, it was a fun conversation. Look, I'm not going to lie. This is probably one of my most embarrassing moments. We got our protocol briefing when we went in 2016. This is when we got the medal. And we got told that we only had about 30 seconds or so to converse with her.

But protocol was that... No, no. Brady, no. Brad Brad, you just got caught, you're back We got protocol was and then it was like the royals themselves were cutting you off I was going to say, someone scared me sharing state secrets We got told we only had about

half a minute to talk to Her Majesty but she was speaking first. That's the way the protocol goes. And so I went up there and, long story short, basically interrupted her, which was an awful moment, you know, to try and go through. Whoops. But what was incredible was the next year she was coming out of the ballroom.

I was just there to help and coordinate the background. But she recognised me and another of the quenching leaders from the year before, came over and had a conversation. It was fantastic. And what really came through to me was she was a lady for 70 years of incredible, incredible service, but importantly she

made sure that not only service happened but service was seen to happen. The fact that she always wore very bright, colourful dresses was to make sure that people could see her and that she was visible. So I think that was a really special moment to have those sort of conversations. Brad, you're like Forrest Gump.

You are. You're just everywhere doing everything. You know, Forrest Gump just found himself like, you're amazing, man. Something's going to happen in the economy, house prices or something, and we'd be like, we need to talk to Brad. Bad news, Brad would be like,

he's running a marathon in the desert. For God's talk to Brad. Bad news, Brad would be like, he's running a marathon in the desert. We're like, what's that, Brad? I was real worried when you said Forrest Gump. I was saying, which of his traits are you going to use? But honestly, if you ever think that, if you ever find me running a marathon anywhere in my life,

both congratulate me, but also ask some serious questions. Are you okay? Yeah, okay. What a delight, Brad. This is so fascinating to me because she's so far removed from us. She's held

in such high regard. The idea of not only grabbing her hand but having a delightful conversation with her. And then her coming to you to be like, hello. Wow. It was incredibly special and I think what's interesting is you're right. She would meet goodness knows how many people each year and has done that for 70-odd years of her life.

But what got me was that she was, and this is a conversation I've had with others who have met her, she was genuinely interested. Once she found out that you were from New Zealand, she wanted to have a chat. She talked about what local things she might have heard at the time. She mentioned the likes of the Christchurch earthquakes.

She mentioned the likes of the Kaikoura earthquakes the year after. I feel like she obviously knew about that one. But, you know, she cared, she was interested, she was willing to have the conversation. And I think what got me was that as, you know,

as much pomp and officialdom and similar there always is in these situations, she did genuinely care. She was incredibly interested in what was happening on the ground, what was happening in people's lives. And look, as a young person, getting that sort of recognition from that level was absolutely incredible and I think really set me up for the sort of work that I continue to try and do to this day. What a beautiful tale. Brad, you rule. You're a good boy.

Even though you bring such bad news. Now what are we doing about KiwiSaver? We don't have time today. Not today. This is the first time I think we can say warm fuzzies, Brad. I'll take it. I'll take it. I'll take it. Warm fuzzies Brad.

Brad Olsen, thank you so much for sharing your moments with the Queen with us. Really appreciate it this morning. Thanks for having me. Play ZM's Fletch, Vaughn and Hayley. It's Lewis Capaldi, Forget Me, his brand new song on ZM. And we've only gone and got him on the phone. Lewis Capaldi, hello. Hello, how are you all doing?

Really good. Really good. Is, really good. Is that your hotel room that you're in? I am in my hotel room. I'm just lounging, just vibing out my hotel room. It'd be a bit weird if that was his home with a sort of sign on the door

and an exit, you know? I really don't want my mum coming in. Is that an exercise bike or a treadmill? It is. It's a Peloton. I'm trying to be less of a fat bastard these days. I invested in Peloton on the share market and then HBO killed off Mr Big on Sex and City by a heart attack on a Peloton and it crashed.

Maybe you could single-handedly try to get me some Peloton back. Listen, guys, it's Peloton. I mean, I don't think an overweight guy in his mid-20s is going to really boost the sales. I think you're going to need someone a bit more athletically gifted. But I appreciate that you think I can revive Peloton on the stock market. Now, the new single out today, I saw an article, an interview recently where you said you're too lazy to do a new album.

Is there a new album or it's just a single? So it's a single. There is an album. There's an album finished. Whether or not I release it has a lot to do with how well this single does. Because if the single bombs, I'll be like, do you know what?

I don't need to do it. I'm out of here. I don't need the embarrassment. Is that because the new single you reckon is the best song on the album? So if we don't like the new song, then the rest of the album is going to be shot? Yeah, if you don't like this, you won't like it. Listen, if you don't like the last album, you're not going to like this album. I've done the exact same thing again.

Very much straight down the middle. We've done the same thing. If it ain't broke, don't fix it, I'm not reinventing the wheel there's no time changes but I love it, I love what I've made and I'm happy about it but yeah, I said that too lazy thing on stage

at a festival as a joke and then I had to cancel a couple of gigs last week because I was vomiting and I had diarrhea and people took that and were like, see he's too lazy that's why he's not playing the gig because I was vomiting and I had diarrhea. People took that and were like, he's too lazy, that's why he's not playing the gig. I was like, no, I'm firing out at both ends of my

body. Molten hot vomit and molten hot shit. I often wonder when you're on stage for a long time, you can't just go to the toilet, can you? Some artists have, remember Fergie? She just went for it.

Yeah, I mean, years ago she said, when you're on stage, they don't give you a little toilet break. And she was busting and it came out. Up in the sky. Yeah. She's soiling herself. Yeah. I think there's a

video of it too, isn't there? Like, it was at the time, it was quite big news. Oh, look, she wants to forget it. Let's let her. Speaking of pissing herself, have you Googled Liam Neeson pissing himself? There are so many pictures of that guy coming out of nightclubs and there's like pee on him.

Liam Neeson, the actor. Google it. I'm telling you, Liam Neeson. Did he not shake enough, do you think? Oh, he has. He's pissed himself, isn't he? You've heard the Liam Neeson rumour, though, right, that he's absolutely packing.

Hung like a damn horse. Yeah. Hung like a hungry horse. Well, it's clearly pushing too close to the jeans. Oh, my God. There's so many photos in and every one of them he looks quite boozed. So I'm wondering, has he just had a little... Wow.

Should we do an exchange? You tell us about Liam Neeson pissing himself in photos. We'll give you Ryan Phillippe's intimate photo. You can look that up. Oh, yeah, please. Please. Oh, yeah, absolutely. That's Googleable.

All of these things. This interview is just a list of things we're all going to Google later. Yeah. So you're playing Quite a few festivals At the moment Do you enjoy the festivals Or your own shows? Sorry I'm just looking

At Ryan Phillips' penis It's quite impressive isn't it? Jesus It's scary that there are Men out there like that It's aesthetically Aesthetically near perfect That is outrageous Imagine you find The woman of your dreams It's aesthetically near perfect.

That's outrageous. Imagine you find the woman of your dreams and you're like, oh, I love you so much. You're the perfect woman. You're such a beautiful, delicate flower. I'll just cradle you in my arms forever. Oh, by the way, what's your body count? She says, well, I've only slept with one person. And you're like, oh, my God, you innocent little thing.

And she says, and I say, who was it, perchance me ask? And she says, Ryan I say, who was it, perchance may I ask? And she says, Ryan Felipe. You'd be absolutely gawky. How about a sorry? I can't. So festivals, or

solo shows, or we can talk about Ryan Felipe's. Festivals are nice just because there's less pressure, I feel like. It's like people have kind of rocked up and they might want to watch you. They probably don't. They probably hate you. So it's like, I feel like when you're playing a headline show,

people have paid those tickets. They want to see you and they want to see you perform. And you can make or break someone's night. Whereas at a festival, don't worry about it because, you know, Zedd or someone will be on after you and they'll smash it and it'll be great. Yeah. Who's the night? We talked to you a couple of years ago

and a lot's happened since then. Pandemics and such. Who have you met since then that has surprised you with how lovely they were? I don't know if anyone's surprised with how lovely they are, but I wrote a couple of songs with Matty Healy from the 1975 on this record. I mean they didn't make it onto the album but he was a legend. I really enjoyed working with him. He was a great guy. I'm a big fan of theirs.

So yeah, that was like a really cool thing. I'm trying to think who else. I haven't really been out and about enough to meet people, to be honest with you. No one has, have they? So it's all dependent on people liking the single,

whether or not the album you made gets released or chucked in the recycling bin. Yeah, it's either I release the album

if it goes well or if it goes really well, I'd take a picture like Ryan Felipe. Yeah. Okay, how many units, how many streams have to happen for that?

If we do a million week one, you can see my member. All right, well, put it on loop all day and maybe you'll get to see it. I don't know. What more incentive do you need to listen to the track? Yeah, Lois Capaldi, always fun. Thank you so much for chatting to us this morning.

This was an interesting one, Vannick. Good morning, New Zealand. We got somewhat distracted in there. A little bit. Yeah, yeah. Cheers, guys. I like you, I do. Play ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Hayley.

Play ZM. Coming up on the show, Flashback Friday. Friday Flashback. And today we've decided with the sad passing today of the Queen, Queen Elizabeth II, we would play a Queen song. Not one of her tracks, I believe. She had a pretty fire mixtape back in 1994. Under lock and key. The Queen, of course, the band.

Any... Not allowed Bohemian Rhapsody. That's been done before. That's been done. That's the only Queen song we've done, Bohemian Rhapsody. So we're open to Queen gestures. Certainly not be playing another one by Sadaf Song. That would be inappropriate. That's inappropriate.

Who wants to live forever? Not that one. Yeah. But if you have a suggestion, what Queen song do you want us to play for Flashback Friday today? I'm pumped. Send us a message, 9696.

My favourite band. Let's do it. I'm thinking maybe Radio Gaga. Radio Gaga. I want to break free somebody to love. Under pressure. Don't stop me now. Don't stop me now.

All right. Well, your message is 9696. Let's see. Crazy Little Thing Called Love. Is that your choice? There are a lot. Okay. It's good.

I'm reading the text machine for your suggestions. There's also another song we won't be doing. Killer Queen. Oh, no, not that one. Oh, no, no, no. Not that one. That one's off the table. Our Silly Little Pole today.

Well, it's never felt sillier to do a Silly Little Pole while the big news is the passing of the Queen. But Gherkin's in a burger. Silly. That must go on. I mean, we asked before, you know. Yeah. while the big news is the passing of the Queen, but gherkins in a burger. Shall we? I mean, we asked before, you know. Yeah. Gherkins in a burger, keep them or get rid of them. Keep them 70%.

30% of people, give me your pickles. Give me your gherkins. I want a gherkin burger. Because I used to always take out the gherkins out of like my quarter pounder or my cheeseburger. Same. Why? And I don't know why. It was like when I was younger, but now I love them. I ask for like

double gherkins. Oh, really? Because I'm the same. I used to get cheeseburgers from McDonald's and then I would always say one cheeseburger, no gherkin. And it would always take longer. It would take longer because they were like, what are you up to? And now when I became a gherkin lover.

Extra gherkins. Gherk me up. Gherk me up, baby. 30% of people said, yeah, get rid of them, yuck. Oh, okay. Bex writes, that's all I order at my McDonald's burger. Hamburger, no meat, no onion, extra sauce and times three pickles. Gherkin sauce and bun.

She's having a gherkin sandwich. No, yuck. No, they'd be yum, actually. Dill says, this is where you separate the boys from the men. Well, good on you, Dill, boy. Get out there and have a bloody great time on the bloody building site today. Oh, the Dillster's here. Hey, Dilly.

Dill, monster vina pie is a Dill classic, Dilly. Dill, oh, Monster Viena Pie is a dill classic, dill. Come on, mate. Let's bloody lay some concrete, dill. He's all about the gherk, though, isn't he? The Dillmeister. Yeah, the Dillmeister. He'll have your gherks. He probably takes the gherks off the apprentice.

Yeah, he probably does. Give us your gherk. But I like the gherk. You're the bloody hairy, mate, so you'll give me your gherk. Rhiannon says, if you're removing them, it's time to grow up. It is. It's a mature palate. It is.

Yeah. It is. Leanne says, those buggers have to go. I don't even like sauce on my burger. What? I order my Big Mac with no sauce at all. No. Because that's the secret sauce on the burger.

On the Big Mac. Now you can buy. No! Because that's the secret sauce on the burger, on the Big Mac. Now you can buy that delicious Waddy's burger sauce. Crikey dick, my house goes through some of that. Yeah. We all love a burger sauce. The only additionals other than meat and cheese are lettuce and onion. Try old Leanne. Oh, try Leanne.

Try as a bone. What is she up to? She's got a dry mouth, that's for sure. Yeah. Yuck. She's probably slurping down, she probably gets a large drink because her mouth's so dry. Ollie says, at 7.20pm you have just posted this silly little poll

and I can already hear Fletch saying, I'll grow up, which you literally just said. As I started to read Ollie's feedback on the old dry old Leanne, Erin, if you don't have a gherkin in every bite, are you even eating a burger? Yeah. That's dead right, Erin. You've got to cut through the sort of fatty density of a beautiful beef.

With an acid tank. Your dish needs more acid. Acid tank. Your dish needs more acid. Melissa says, I like the flavour they leave behind. It's just the texture I don't do. So slime, maybe the slimy pickle. Okay.

Maybe the slimy, she likes a crisp and crunchy pickle more than a slimy pickle. More of a diced up kind of crunch. Loves the flavour though. And Anthony Wiggle recently liked your reel. Oh, that's just the next thing on the screen cap that Carmen sent through. That was just a little bit of a brag. Anthony Wiggle recently liked your reel. Oh, that's just the next thing on the screen cap that Carmen sent through. That was just a little bit of a brag. Anthony Wiggle.

Anthony from the Wiggles follows us on Instagram. He is a huge fan of the show. He liked one of our videos. Okay, cool. That's all. That silly little poem. Play. ZM's Fletch Vaughan and Hayley.

I feel like we're saying this a lot, but if you've missed it this morning, you're just joining us now. You're just waking up. The sad news announced this morning, the Queen has died. Queen Elizabeth II has passed. And we're crossing over now to London to our London-based journalist, Peter Anderson. Good morning or good evening to you, Peter.

Good evening and good morning. And, yes, obviously a hugely sad day. I think the UK in a state of shock. There was an inevitability. The monarch, she had been 96 years old. Everyone knew she would not live forever and she had been in failing health in recent weeks and months.

But still, after 70 years on the throne, the Queen has been there for most people all of their lives. And I think that has led to solemnity, shock and also an outpouring of grief here in the UK. Not only the head of state in the UK, but also the head of state in 14 Commonwealth countries across the world.

Her influence has been huge. And I think for many people, her family, obviously uppermost, she will be such a sad, sad loss. That's right, because we're talking about her as the queen, this kind of figure, but she is, she's a mummy, she's grandma to her family. Great grandma. Great grandma, of course. Whereabouts are you exactly, Peter?

Well, I'm just in London, and obviously London now is thronging with people. The weather here has been atrocious, but within minutes of the announcement, just a couple of hours ago, the gates of Buckingham Palace were crowded with people, people going to pay their respects, to show their tribute to the Queen. And you used the phrase, the mother. It was interesting that Prince Charles, or now should I say King Charles III, as he officially became just a couple of hours ago, in his comments a short time after the death was confirmed, he said,

we mourn profoundly the passing of a cherished sovereign and a much-loved mother. And I think it was her motherhood, the fact she had four children, she had eight grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren. She was a huge family woman, and family was so important to her. But also, so was the nation, so were her responsibilities that she carried out dutifully over seven decades, not just here, but in New Zealand and around the world. Peter, what does the grief look like publicly? We can all imagine what it's like inside a family, having experienced it on that scale. But what does grief look like on the public scale in London at the moment?

Well, it was interesting when the official notice was placed at the gates of Buckingham Palace. And this is a tradition that goes back many generations. Anytime there has been a birth, a death or a marriage is expected, there will be a simple notice put on the gate of Buckingham Palace. On this occasion, it was just two lines. It said, the Queen died peacefully at Balmoral this afternoon. The King and the Queen Consort will remain at Balmoral this evening and will return to London tomorrow. And by that, the King and the Queen Consort talking about Charles and Camilla. But as soon as that bulletin,

as soon as that was placed, tied to the gates of Buckingham Palace, you could see people visibly move. There were people in front of Buckingham Palace in tears. All flags here in the UK, in Downing Street, Buckingham Palace, other royal residences, they are all flying at half-mast.

And even though it is pouring at the moment, people outside Buckingham Palace huddled together under umbrellas, a huge outpouring of grief. And I think people just devastated, tears, just people being stunned at a day that we all knew was coming. But very few people can believe it actually arrived. Yeah, yeah. Well, Peter Henderson, live from London, thank you so much for not only adding a sense of legitimacy just from your accent alone,

but for joining us and sharing your insights. Thank you very much. Guys, thank you so much. All right, it's three minutes away from eight. Coming up on the show, we will have the very first listen to the $100,000 secret sound.

One listen. One play. You better One listen. One play. You better be listening. One play. And also next for Flashback Friday, you've all voted, you've all messaged in. We said we're going to play a Queen song with the passing of the Queen.

A lot of suggestions in, but I think there's a pretty clear consensus on what we're going to play. Play. ZM's Fletchvorn and Hayley. Friday Flashback. But with the passing of the Queen, Queen Elizabeth II, we've decided to play a Queen song. They loved the Queen.

They're a proudly British band. They used to always play God Save the Queen at the end of their concerts. Brian May shredding. Queen is like the most British band. I know the Beatles are from Britain, but there was something more worldwide about the Beatles. Well, Freddie used to walk around the stage with the cape, the sector and the crown. Yeah. You know?

Scepter. Scepter. Scepter, not sector. Not the sort of education sector. That's a private sector. Yeah. You know? Scepter. Scepter. Scepter, not sector. Not the sort of education sector. That's a private sector. Yeah, it's a different sector. Primary industry sector.

We asked you what Queen song you want us to play and this was overwhelming. The winner. It was the winner by far, wasn't it? Yeah, there were some

poor suggestions and we won't name those. Yeah, like we're not playing another one Bites of Dust. Or Kill a Queen. Too soon. Too soon, guys.

We skipped through a whole bunch of Queen songs to listen to the start of them, didn't we? And we found this one also, like, kicks off. It really does. So today, your flashback Friday is Don't Stop Me Now from Queen. On to them. I have myself a real good time. I feel alive. And the world, I'm turning inside out. I'm floating around in ecstasy. So don't stop me now.

Don't stop me. Cause I'm having a good time, having a good time. I'm a shooting star leaping through the sky like a tiger defying the laws of gravity. I'm a racing car passing by like Lady Godiva. I'm gonna go, go, go There's no stopping me I'm running through the sky 200 degrees, that's why they call me Mr. Fire and Pine

I'm chomping at the speed of light I wanna make a supersonic man out of you Don't stop me now I'm having such a good time I'm having a ball Don't stop me now I'm having such a good time I'm having a ball Don't stop me now If you wanna have a good time Just give me a call

Don't stop me now I'm having a good time Don't stop me now I'm having a good time I don't wanna stop at all It's your Friday flashback. It's Queen, Don't Stop Me. We thought, how could we not play Queen? Do you know when I took this job,

it was my one bucket list for my time on radio was to get Queen on the Top 40 Radio Station. It's happened. It's happened. It's taken the Queen passing, sadly, overnight. We'll go to the UK soon for the latest there. Any feedback? We're not doing feedback.

Are we doing feedback for that? We don't need. Someone messaged saying, I skipped getting gas so I could sit in my car and listen to Queen with you. This is so good. Play it twice. All I can think about

listening to this song is a scene from Shaun of the Dead. I'd forgotten about that since Shaun of the Dead where they fight back. Isn't that song in a Powerball ad as well?

Big Wednesday. There was a split screen of the dude's life before and then after he won Big Wednesday. Oh, right. Yeah. Big Night Conversations Electric Emotion of the dude's life before and then after he won Big Wednesday. Oh, right. Yeah. Day-night conversations, electric emotion.

Play ZM's Fletch Vaughan and Hayley. Play ZM. Tribute. ZM's $100,000 secret sound. Oh, my gosh. Well, it is back. ZM's $100,000 secret sound. $100,000 from Monday.

We've got a brand new soundkeeper, Georgia. Good morning. Hello. She joins us in. Now, you can sign up now. It's all thanks to Neon. You can sign up now for your seven-day free trial at neontv.co.nz. T's and C's apply. Now, from Monday, we will be giving you the chance to call through

at 7, 8, and 3, 4, and 5. At 9 o'clock each morning, we will be giving you the chance to have a guest, but through the iHeartRadio app. So you can actually get amongst that pretty much after we finish this, because it's going to be the podcast up, which is the only other place you'll be able to hear the sound over the weekend. So the iHeartRadio app

for those that don't know has a little microphone button when you're listening to ZM and you can send us a message. Yes. And then it will be randomly selected and then you guys

will call them back. Yeah, because I know it's very hard to get through on the phones. That's the whole path of the game, isn't it? So this is another way as well for you to have a guess.

So throughout the day 7, 8, 9, 3, 4, and 5, we'll be taking the very first guesses from Monday at 7. How are you feeling, Georgia? We're about to debut your sound. It's your first time as a soundkeeper. I'm nervous. Same! And I'm just like, had to look at my phone.

I'm like, don't touch it accidentally. Make sure that switch's fade is down. Don't tap it. So what's the file called on your phone? I don't, I can't tell you. I can't disclose any info. What do you mean? It would be classic. Georgia Burt to have the file

named what is making the sound. Just to keep all things in order. Yes, it would be, but I haven't. SS hole punch. Yeah. How did you know? All right. So the secret sound is so secret that Georgia has got it on her phone.

We've plugged in the USB. We're not even allowed to file on the computer. Yeah. And we're ready. We're ready? We're ready. I'm just going to turn this down. I'm going to turn this up.

Are you nervous? All right. Now, we're only allowed one listen. Yes. And then after that, you've got to go straight to the iHeartRadio app to listen to the podcast. Now, this is a podcast that you've made. Are you talking about previous Soundkeepers, previous winners? Yep.

Getting some sort of tips. Haven't listened to any of them because most things go in one ear and out the other, which is also great to know for Secret Sound, right? All right. So people will be able to loop it and play the podcast to listen to the sound to work it out before Monday. Yes. Okay.

And you have a chance to actually start guessing through ZM Online as well to win $1,000. So you can pretty much get to it not for $100,000, but $1,000 through the weekend. Will this be making our podcast? I was just thinking it could be good for ours. Oh, no, you're going to have to take it out. No, it's gone. It could be good for our downloads. No, just thinking, could be good for ours. Oh, no, you're going to have to take it out. No, it's gone.

Could be good for our downloads. No, no, it'll be good for us. No, this is good for my podcast. Yeah, but you'll just... What about me? But ours is doing so well. Yeah, ours is doing all right.

Like, if you want to piggyback on a successful podcast, I'm saying... I'm saying, give me some warning and jump on board. Get a ticket, join the train.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Like, if you want to hook your carriage to a... What about sharing the load away, but you know. Yeah, we'll tell you, Trolley. All right, let's have a listen to the secret sound. Oh, you're not going to be able to hear the sound, unfortunately. Soundkeeper Georgia butting in here.

Producer Gerard was going to play it, but I said, na-na-na-na-na, the only way that you can hear it is jumping to the Secret Sound podcast. Off you go, iHeartRadio. All right, back to it, FVH. Oh! It sounded like someone standing on a stick in a forest. What?

No, I need to hear it again. You can't. Hold on, but I really want to, but I can't. Should I? No, I can't. It's your song, people. No, no, but I really want to, but I can't. But should I? No, I can't. It's your soundkeeper? No, because I'll get in trouble. One.

Oh, my God. What? Hang on. It's like nothing you've heard before, is it? It truly is like nothing I've heard before. Wow. All right, well, you can download the podcast. What do people search to find the podcast, Georgia?

Oh, you can. You can actually just text SECRET9696, and we'll send you the direct link to today's that has the sound in it. Okay. Otherwise, Secret's like, what? Don't look at me. No, because I'm not. Georgia, give us a person.

I can't. I can't. I can't even give you anything. Woman to woman here. Georgia. What? I'm trying to break her. Day one.

It's also like I'm a bit sensy because it's the first day of that time of the month as well. So like you can crack me. Georgia. Georgia. For anybody tracking Georgia's menstrual cycle. Day one. Mark that one down. Day one.

Day one. Wait for day two. Oh, thank God it's over the weekend. Could that be our first clue? Could it? Could it have been the unwrapping? I'm only speaking clues now. What?

What? All right. Well, you've got some homework over the weekend. It's back Monday. We'll take your first guesses. ZM's $100,000 secret sound, all thanks to Neon. Good luck. Good luck. $100,000 is a life-changing amount of money.

You'll be dancing around like the Don't Stop Me Now guy from the Big Wednesday ad. Clay, ZM's Fletch, Vaughn and Hayley. Well, the Queen, Queen Elizabeth II has passed away. Sad news. Seeing, you know, the reports come in early this morning when we're, even before we got to work, Fletch. Yeah. You were like, is that looking good, guys?

Well, yeah, a lot of the media was saying it's not looking good today. And now I guess the planning begins of a massive state funeral, kind of getting a mood of the nation. We're joined on, well, I've just plugged my laptop into an auxiliary cord and we're talking via Facebook Messenger. But we've been trying phones in the UK. Yeah, lots of different phones in the UK. Are overloaded. It's saying due to international congestion,

we can't connect to call at present. So here we are on Facebook Messenger with Kiwi, who just happens to be over there on holiday, but also a journalist. So that ticks enough boxes for us to talk to her. Ruth Gwynne-Williams, hello. Hello. What a time to be in London. Oh, look, you guys, it's crazy here. Look, I was at Buckingham Palace as the news came in this afternoon. It is completely bonkers down there this evening. Everyone in London seems to be heading down to pay their respects.

It is just a full house down there. It's insane. When the news came in this afternoon, it went thousands of people around. They lowered the flag and it went completely quiet and everyone just looked towards the palace. It was a really amazing moment to be there. And it's quite incredible around here.

You know, the pubs are full. Yeah. In a true London spirit. Yeah. And people genuinely seem quite shocked. She was out and about earlier this week. We saw her on the telly meeting the new Prime Minister a couple of days ago and we saw her and I'm not going to lie to you guys, there were a few weekend at Bernie kind of comments a couple of days ago when she was on the box here

and people saw her meeting the new Prime Minister, but I don't think anyone realised that the end was this imminent two days ago. But certainly today in London, all day really, when they started putting those comments out this morning. I think you know when official sources are tweeting the way they did this morning. They don't do that very often and they, I mean, they don't,

the Queen only dies once, but they don't tweet like that unless it's incredibly serious and they're trying to pressure people for something. So we kind of knew earlier today that it wasn't looking good. And certainly by around sort of 4.30 this afternoon, the messages that I was getting from people was that, yeah, it was pretty imminent. So quite an astounding night in London, really.

And I think people are out and about. People are heading to the palace. They're all taking it in, and it's really surreal to be here. I feel like the city will be alive tonight. Like, there wouldn't be much. You wouldn't just go to bed, would you, on Thursday night? Thursday night in London right now? Yeah, yeah, Hayley, you're so right.

Like, I just went to the pub and when I was... And when I was... Oh, sorry, guys. Hold on. No, you're good now. You're back. Yeah, I think you're back.

You're back. Just move closer to the router. I went to the pub earlier because I'd, you know, pour a sip for Her Majesty and I took some money out of my wallet and her face is all over the money here, obviously. Oh, yeah. And just the bloke next to me was, he'd been at work and he just said to me, he's like,

oh, that'll change soon. And I just sort of struck up a conversation with him and he was like, oh, we just all came down because we didn't know what else to do. And I just said, oh, it's really weird here right now. And he said, oh, we just all came down because we didn't know what else to do. And I just said, oh, it's really weird here right now. And he said, yeah, it's really weird. It's an ending that everyone thought was inevitable, but no one really thought was ever going to come.

Well, we found out about 5am so we didn't go to the pub, but we did have a cup of tea, which we thought was equally as appropriate for me. Yeah. Yeah, I think that's quite appropriate and I think there'll be a lot of households across Britain doing the same thing.

They had a plan in Britain behind the scenes. There was a plan called Operation London Bridge and I understand that sort of rolled into action a couple of hours ago. I'm told by some pretty good sources that she died around 4.30 this afternoon here in London. And we didn't hear officially for two more hours. And so I was hearing from about 4.30 this afternoon that it had happened. I was actually at a hotel and the manager of the hotel came out and she was in tears.

And I was in the lobby of the hotel around five o'clock. And I said, do you mind me asking what's happened? And she said, my sister works at the Palace and she's told me that this has happened and they're all looking for their black armbands and ties. And it was in an area where, you know, I could tell that this woman was quite credible and knew what she was talking about.

And from that point, right across London, people are really touched by this. You know, bus showers have already, there are posters up on all the buses across London right now. You know, we've lost you. We've lost her. Get back. Get back.

Everybody, I think Wordle just came out and everybody's on their phone in the pub. Probably slowing down now. Yeah. Ruth, yeah, we've just got a bad connection there. Ruth. It's really touching, everyone. And, yeah, the pubs, they are full and it's going to be a really big night. Yeah.

Okay. Ruth, thank you so much for joining us this morning or this evening. Your time. Go to the pub. Shut the laptop on her. You just hung up on her. I don't know what I was to do. You shut the laptop.

You shut the laptop on Ruth. That was pretty good. Ruth Wynne-Williams. That was pretty good. Well, I hope she heads to the pub and pours one for the Queenie and for us. One thing I was going to ask Ruth, and I guess we'll see,

is I remember... Donna, you shut the laptop. As well as a breaky line. Maybe she wouldn't have an answer because it was very dark in the back room. Yeah, see. As I remember... Donna, you shut the laptop. As well as a breaky line. Maybe she wouldn't have an answer because it was very dark in the background. But one thing I remember as a teenager when Princess Diana died was just the insane amount of flowers

that got taken down to Buckingham Palace. Yes. They had to say like, these are the areas because we still need to get in and out of this gate. Like, these are the areas and I'm just thinking the Queen's, you know, the flowers shops in Britain

are just going to be doing an absolute bloody... Bustling trade. Yeah, of flowers that are going to be, you know, taken down to Buckingham Palace. Play ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Hayley. Fact of the day, text messaged in. Thank you so much for saving me. With a Queen fact. I've done a Google.

It checks out. Okay. True to population breakdown by age. Yep. 96% of the world's population have not known any other British monarch in their lifetime than Queen Elizabeth II What an impact 96% of people If you're 70 or under, she's been the queen

while you've been alive And if you're dead you're dead So you don't count in the stats In my laboratory at home I'm practising alchemy and necromancy. I'll bring her back.

All I need is 1.21 gigawatts of power. Let her rest. Yeah, she's into it. Let her rest. I've also found an article called The Numbers Defining the Queen's Reign. Okay. 70 years spent on the throne. We all know that.

15 British prime ministers have served under her reign. Wow. 12 men, 3 women. 150 million people living in countries that recognise the British monarch as head of state. Us included. Please tell me you've got a number of corgis. At least 30. Corgis owned

by the Queen over a lifetime. All descendants from her first ever corgi, Susan. That's right. Susan. So they've all been bred from... Susan ever corgi, Susan. That's right. Susan. So they've all been bred from... Susan the corgi. Hello, Susan. Hello, here she is. Here she is with her fat little bum.

Hello, Susan the corgi. I can't stand corgis. Oh, my God, we want a corgi. I had a friend growing up, they had corgis, yappy, bloody things. I know they are yappy, but how cute. Is that another dog breed we've ruined? Yeah, maybe. They're on the way.

Not as bad as your smushed face French Bulldog pugs and stuff. Yeah, they're cute as puppies, but then they're just cute. We made them too rumbly-tumbly. Yeah, we did. And we keep docking their tails off. Yeah. For no reason. Although I have seen a Corgi-Husky cross, and that was real cute.

Corkski. Yeah, Corkski. Corkski. Yeah, corkski. Corkski. Yeah. Four. I'm going to keep on with these numbers. Four publicly known attempts to assassinate the Queen, including the most recent event on Christmas Day 2021.

What? Is that when someone tried to climb the gates with a knife? Maybe. Yeah. And they had intentions. Yeah. 31% are the percentage of Britons who have reportedly seen

or met the Queen in person. 312 million pounds. That's the Crown's estate reported net profit of 2021 to 2022. Up 15% on the previous year. I mean,

the pandemic hit everybody in the pocket. Sure. 18,481 hectares of land in England and Wales that make up the Duchy of Lancaster, an estate which comprises a large part of the Queen's private assets along with two private residents of the Sandringham House

and Balmoral Castle. 285. The official overseas royal tour is undertaken by the Queen and her reign. Imagine her frequent flyer points. Oh my God, she'd have so many air points. Yeah. She'd have so many. Do you reckon she's got a quarter club membership?

I reckon that'd let her in. Do you reckon she's got enough points? I reckon that'd let her in. She'd be like, hello. Oh my God, but she'd scan her ticket and we'd go, beep. She'd be like, hello. Would it be okay if Philip and I came in?

I would like to have some free wine. And a tea. Oh, we should have talked about her drinking. She loved a whiskey, didn't she? She loved a drink. And a gin? Gin. She had a gin, she had a cocktail before she had a champers. She had a martini at lunch.

Great woman. R.I.P. So today's fact of the day is 96% of people currently living on Earth have never known another British monarch other than Queen Elizabeth II. Fact of the day, day, day, day, day. Yeah. Do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do.

Thousands of miles away. Play. Of course, it's Waiata Anthems Week. A lot of artists are taking their great hits and translating them into te reo Māori. And one of those bands is Kotori, and they join us in studio this morning. Morena, guys. Morena. We've got a wonderful selection of hats here. We've got everything. And one of those bands is Kotori, and they join us in studio this morning. Morning, guys. Morning. What's going on?

We've got a wonderful selection of hats here. We've got everything. We've got a beanie. We've got a backwards cap. We've got a, why would you call this sort of a Fleetwood Mac? A bit of a sailor's cap. Yeah, a bit of a, maybe possibly branching into train driving. A little bit of a train driving hat.

And what a bucket hat. A bucket hat. A toweling bucket hat. A bucket hat. Fantastic. Yeah, great hats. The man knows his hats. Are you a hat family? This is the Losing Hair Club, so.

Wait, am I the only one? Welcome. Wow, founding members. Captain. The leader. I'm also in the family of losing my hair, but I am not wearing a hat today. Now, you guys landed in New Zealand without your bags. Yeah, no, we love Qantas.

What are you talking about? Yeah, shout out to Qantas. I didn't want my guitar anyway. It's getting old. Who needs undies? So you're just going to be acapella for the rest of your trip here. Acapella and commando by the sounds of it.

And commando, there it is. Well, maybe a little Kmart trip just to get some cheap knickers until you can get your bags back. That's what I needed to hear in the morning. Cheap knickers. Do a tin bag. But you That's what I needed to hear in the morning. Cheap knickers. Do a tin bag. But you guys came over from Perth.

Yeah. Where you live. Yeah, we live in Perth on a place called West Coast Drive. But you're originally from? Born in Auckland. From Tauranga. And yeah, we moved over to Oz when we were young because the weather was real nice.

Yeah, it's really good. Was it always Western Australia that you lived in or other parts of? Our folks were musos and they were travelling Australia and then they got to WA and just the stretch of beaches were way too nice. It's sunny all year. Yeah.

So, yeah, then we kind of stayed. Dude, you're like a Kiwi Matthew McConaughey. I was trying to, when you started talking, I was like, who does his voice sound like? All right, all right, all right. All right, all right, all right. Yeah voice sound like? Alright, alright, alright. Alright, alright, alright. Alright, alright, alright. So it is, of course,

White Anthems Week. I love it. We've been listening to your song, Pudia, which is, of course, your take on Cool It Down. How fun was it for you guys to do that? Or was it daunting? Because I know for a lot of artists it is. No, it was an honour, really. It was an unbelievable experience, you know, to kind of release something that's in our passion. It was an unbelievable experience, you know, to kind

of release something that's in our passion, just music. And then, you know, our language is a huge part of who we are and that journey of bringing our language back is, yeah, you know, it was a really fun experience. A little bit daunting because, you know, there's kind of a weight that comes with that. But yeah, it was cool. A responsibility. Did you guys grow up speaking Te Reo Māori in your house? No, we grew up where mother spoke and we should have listened.

Would have made this experience way easier. Yeah, I bet. Sometimes even trying is hard. But you guys have nailed it. Thank you. We're definitely trying to be part of that movement where even though it's daunting, we just give it a shot anyway. Yeah.

Just giving it a shot, right? Yeah. That's what does my head in about the Whittaker's chocolate. No, the Whittaker's chocolate was a great example of it. There is absolutely zero ill effect to today being on the front of a chocolate bar. It's still the same chocolate. It still has the English words on the front. Oh, and people wouldn't eat it.

And people would be paying a huge shit about it. Me like a kiddie me for creamy milk chocolate. Yeah, and people would lose their minds about it. I'm not supporting this company. It's like, what is like, you've got to look in the mirror at some stage. You don't need that chocolate anyway, bro. Yeah.

Yeah. Do you feel like now, outside of Waiata Anthems week and outside of doing this project, will you guys want to perform that? Like, instead of Cool It Down or alongside Cool It Down? Yeah, like, we just finished the headline tour of Australia. And I don't want to give away too much, but kind of halfway through the song,

we switch into today. Go switch a room. Oh, wow, cool. It's kind of nice. I think we'll probably do that on tour with 660 around New Zealand as well

but yeah it's a bit of an experience for us because you know you grew up in Australia and the indigenous people are treated hectically so for us to kind of

be able to stand up over there it's cool inspires them a bit very cool indeed and new single Wesker's Drive Wesker's Drive

let's go love this song Yeah Do you have a favourite Like when you write a song And you're like This is gonna be good Or you're like

We'll just chuck this out Yeah it's the one We're promoing Yeah Yeah Please listen It's the new hot song Yeah

Best song we've ever written Yeah Until the next song We release Yeah Then it will be that one. But yeah, West Coast Drive, just being able to play that all over New Zealand is going

to be a bit of a vibe as well. Pretty vibey tune. Vibey. What's the vibes backstage at a concert between you guys and all the amazing artists that are there? Ooh, good times. Pretty relaxed. Couple beers. Couple zeros. You guys are so chill. Like, what is it? A crazy rockstar party? No, a couple beers. Yeah beers. Couple zeros. You guys are so chill. Like what is it?

A crazy rockstar party? No. Couple beers. 2022. Put some incense on. Yeah. Incense. That's like yoga.

Yeah. It is. It's good. Do you guys find it helpful or hurtful that you are all related? When you're touring so much and you're on the road so much. Oh, it's helpful for sure. Yes. There's no filter.

You know, we just straight to it. You suck at this, you're terrible at this. That was bad. That was itchy. It's easy to go flat. And then you just move on. Someone will tell you.

Just shoot from the hip. Yeah. It's just straight up. It's good. Yeah, nice. No vicious brotherly fights on the road. No heaps. I was going to say,

what part of that said peace and love? That was like, I tell you, you suck. You punch me. I punch you back. We don't talk for a week. Someone that said peace and love? That was like, I tell you, you suck, you punch me, I punch you back. We don't talk for a week. Someone gets mum on the phone, mum screaming, stop.

It's definitely easier for us because, you know, other bands, they kind of break up but we don't really have that luxury. Luxury. Well, you do.

Trust me, we want you to. We try to. We'll see you at dinner, eh? Alright. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You can break up for like an hour and then you're like, who's cooking kai tonight?

Well, love Poodie, you guys. Well done on that. And looking forward to the new single. Thank you. Thanks for chatting to us. Thanks for having us. Thanks for having us. Play ZM's Fletch, Vaughn and Hayley.

Monday Maestros. Well, this is a segment of the show where we learn something over the weekend and come Monday morning. We should be maestros at it. We should be. Well, this is a segment of the show where we learn something over the weekend. And come Monday morning. We should be maestros at it. We should be. A shocking moment in our first rendition of Monday Maestros. People assumed I, a classically trained musician, would have been the winner.

The clear winner. Yeah, of the recorder challenge for My Heart Will Go On. But Vaughan Smith, hitting it out of the park. Please leave the recorder in your bag. Oh. For everyone that missed it. Oh, far out. He's lost it. Stop.

It's got to go. Why are recorders like this? It's because you're not putting enough pressure on the holes. Do you not? That's why, because air gets in. No, I'm slamming the hole. Well, just be gentle, please. Okay, stop.

I'm turning your mic off. Recorders was last Monday, maestro. We're leaving that in the past. We've got a brand new one. We are... This is a memory test rather than a learning of a new skill. This, over the weekend, we are going to try to memorise as much of Pi as is possible.

So this is the number that starts with... 3.1415. That's all I've ever remembered. And then literally goes on forever. For pages and pages, we've got one page. 3.14152653589793203. So this is what we're going to do is try to recite it on Monday. If this helps you, pi is an irrational number.

Meaning that its decimal form never ends. Nor becomes repetitive. It's a never ending decimal number. It doesn't become repetitive. And I may be wrong, but I remember that there's no discernible pattern to it. No patterns, no repeat. There's no, you know, like with maths, there's always patterns or like little tricks and stuff. Nothing here. I saw four nines in a row here.

If you got to that, that'd be handy. Nine, nine, nine. It is the mathematical number for the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter. Okay. How many times you go around a circle if you go straight across it, basically. Now, when you learn lines for like something. I have an advantage again. Because how do you do that?

How do you remember lines when you're, say, doing something for a TV show or a movie? I've always had incredible memory, and I think it's because I did play piano, and you were never allowed to sheet music, so I'm a visual, like I can see the visual, and then you take it away, and I still have the vision in my head of what the notes are. And then so I'm good at learning scripts too, but numbers I've never tried to learn. I guess I'm just really talented. Do you know what I mean? Like it's just all these years of being talented. Yeah, yeah. And they're still

continuing. Talk up a big game because the winner will be who can remember the most numbers. Correctly. That sheet in front of us, we've got the same sheet in front of us. If you like roll your eyes around it, like not, do you see letters? No. Oh my god, Rain Man. That's not a good sign.

Again, you need to go back, you need to go to the optometrist and get your glasses. But if I look around, all of a sudden I'll see out of the corner of my eye, I'll see an F or an E and I'll go and look, but there's no F and the E's there. I suggest there's an S. I've seen a 69 down the page. Nice!

Well, Monday Maestros, join us on Monday. I just saw a B. Please go to the optometrist. Monday Maestros, join us on Monday to see who can win this challenge. Will it be two in a row? Will it be two in a row for the old Vaughan Smithy? Oh, another one in the bag. It's a Versace bag as well.

If you enjoyed that, give us a rating and a review and be sure to tell your mates. You don't sound sincere there, Vaughan. I'm just reading what's written here.