ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley - Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley's Big Pod - September 12th 2025

Episode Date: September 11, 2025

On today's episode of the Fletch Vaughan & Hayley Podcast Bad News Brad joins us to answer all your burning questions and we talk secret codes for cheating. All that and more. Haylien News Codes for cheating Top 6 - Things to do with your cheap avos Penetrated by the media SLP - Do you take sports supplements How bad was first day work? Bad News Brad Jeff Wilson Interview How would you be described on Police Ten 7 Fact if the day Patsy has a bone to pick with Fletch The new Sims expansion pack See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

From the ZM Podcast Network. This is Fleshwinning Haley's Big Pod. Brought to you by Chemist Warehouse. The biggest brands at the lowest prices. Hit it. Hey, jeer. It's cliche. No, no, no, no, no, no.

Now listen, sometimes with Haley and News, and welcome, if you've just joined the show for the first time, this is where I share with you news of alien life. And sometimes I will say the stories are far-fetched. They're silly. And they have no backing. Someone saw a UFO. Sure.

Okay, I know it can be a bit tongue and cheek. Right. Listen to this. Okay. No, listen to this. Listen, you're already being cynical. This is from Nassar. Nassar.

Nassar. Okay. The National Academy of Space End. They, NASA scientists, have seen unusual spots on Mars for quite some time on Martian rock. Leopard spots, they're calling them. Not a sign of leopards. There are no leopids on Mars. Don't tune out now and start telling all your workmates

these leopards on Mars. The discovery was made last month by the Perseverance Rover who goes their collecting rock samples. The sample they've called it the Sapphire Canyon. They've drilled rock from there and, you know, taken it, brought it back for some study.

At NASA. Okay. The National Academy of Science and. That's it. They just couldn't think of the last one. They were like, oh, just leave it. Just leave it. National Academy of Science and...

North American Space Academy. agency. No, it's the National Academy of Science and. Space hand. They couldn't do the rest, yeah. Yeah. So NASA was looking at this and they, breaking down the rock that had these spots on it. And they said, NASA has said they cannot find another explanation for the markings on this rock,

calling it potentially, quote, and I quote, the clearest sign of life on Mars. But what do they mean? like someone's taking, like some animals taking a dump on it or something. Or like some, like ages and ages and ages and ages and ages ago. That's like, like it's like microscopic life. Like how life started out on earth.

You know, little alien dudes with big foreheads are hanging up there. But they're saying like, this is life. How we started, unless you believe, the Garden of Eden story, which is a lovely story. We're naked and we bite an apple and now we can see each other naked. Yeah. But it's like how we started.

Just little, um, microbial organisms that then evolved into this, then evolved of the fish, then then crawled out, and then they'd burn life? Did they reckon that started because of an asteroid or lightning? That it's, it's, they say it's because of the water that they have there on Mars, which is why we keep looking at it, because they're like, oh, there's water on Mars. Okay.

So it's, I don't know, happen in there. It suggests biological processes. More researchers needed to confirm. Can't wait till they find an old skyscraper, you know, because the sand comes away, and they're like, what's this? Oh, it's a roof. It was Earth all alone. It was our damn dirty apes.

Damn dirty apes. Anyway, I think that's pretty cool coming out of NASA. The National Academy of Space and, yeah, great. Play, ZDM's, Fletch, Vaughn and Haley. I am always curious, I guess, surprised at how people get caught cheating because sometimes you're like that, it's so dumb. So obvious. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Yeah. A private investigator from the UK has revealed a trick that a lot of cheaters use to have affairs without raising much suspicion. And it's something to look out for, I guess, if you had access to your suspected cheetah's calendar. Now, if you were looking at my calendar, I mean, I run a tight calendar.

That's a mess. If anyone was looking at your calendar, they'd say she's really burning the candle at both ends and the middle. What candle? The candle is... Do you know what the candle's melted? It's a puddle.

She's a puddle of wax. She works hard. She works hard for the money. Anyway, so you would probably look at this and be like, she's busy. You know, I've got, what have I got here? Nails. Yeah, got my nails done yesterday. Extension check, wax.

God, that's a real grooming week there. There's a lot of maintenance on this, isn't there? Tell you what, she's a hairy lady. She's a fuzzy gal. There's a lot of upkeep. Yeah, except for on the hair. It's like she's a villa. Yeah, I am.

I'm a real Reno project. Constant maintenance. Yeah. We're getting into Bora season too. Yep. Give me a little. bomb. Happy birthday on October 8th.

We've all got that in our calendar, so we're going to make a fuss. Producers, remember we're making a fuss? Is there a fuss to be made? See what I'm doing. We'll be at work with me. It's Wednesday. God damn, I'm okay.

Trip to Melbourne. It's busy, right? So if I was having an affair and you were my partner and you looked at this, you probably wouldn't notice any kind of reoccurring appointment that I would have in there, such as GP or dentist, something that shouldn't be as often how to often do you go the dentist twice a year maybe or never yeah this is this is what this um uh detective said to look out for shrewd adulteres they called they called up people

shrewd adulteres would be a lovely rockway spanish we are the shrewd adulteres hiding their infidelity in a playing site with their uh from their partners so basically if you're looking at this and you see this reoccurring appointment you would have a look, and it would say like dentists, but if you opened it, it would be a joint calendar. See, dentists would be the worst excuse to use. You'd want to go something like a yoga or physio, yeah. Physio. Oh, yoga, spin class, that might work.

Yeah, so one of these, spin class, and you see it every Thursday, and then you would double click it, and you'd go, that's a joint event. And then you'd be able to see who we've got the shared calendar invite. Nobody is joint eventing. This PI says it's a real common thing. that he's uncovering. The same slot used every week, always in a different location, never with a trace of genuine work behind it.

So it'll just be like, work meeting. Yeah. Double-click it. It's just you and the person that you are ever going to feel. That's some really organised cheating, isn't it? That's the modern cheating. I like to calendar my infidelities.

You know what I mean? Do you? Put them in the park. Yeah. Even just calendaring fun times. Yeah, totally. It's like 3 o'clock next Wednesday. I hope we're all horny enough.

Well, it's good to know. You can send them. including travel time and a two-hour buffer and you can start getting yourself horny if you're not horny. 2pm reminder, start getting horny. Because we're meeting at 4

every Wednesday. But not too horny. Not too horny. You've got to wait. You've got to make it to 4. Ease into the horny if you go too horny at 2. You don't be able to keep your hands off yourself and then you're not going to be horny at 4.

How many couples do you think do joint or have access to each other's calendars? Because I know a lot do because it makes planning things a lot easier? Yeah, and kids, right? like calendar and kids stuff and both have access or connected via the cloud.

Madness. I wouldn't be put in my cheating in there if I were you. Play. ZM's Fletchbourne and Haley. From the unmoderated comment section this is the top six.

Yo, what a dog. Z? No. You got to try these things? You've got to try it or you'll never know. Jesse Mulligan's not working. Legendary broadcaster and stall one of the industry

Jesse Mulligan once told me you've got to try these things you'll never know. Yep, fair call. You can't die wondering. Nope. You can't die wondering. But it's a no. It's a no.

Yeah. We live and we learn. Avocados are going to be cheap. 79 cents I paid the other day. So. Not mad at that. No, I'm not mad at that either. So avocados are going to be acquireable.

Cheap. Affordable. Which is lovely. I love avocado. Oh, they're a superfood too. Love it. You're so good for the brain. If you can, you should try to have it every day.

Mm. I mean, I think we've done well. Like, I remember. remember you used to be in winter you could never get your hands on them and you used to wait till summer and now we import them and they're readily available also i've we're all in new zealand we said to be all in on the traditional avocado but there's the other the reed avocado is the round one eh yeah yeah even when it's green it's ripe i did those ones i got this real nutty taste mind blind and there's a new one as well did you see there's a new one no stop it

i saw it online no i just saw it was a new one it's orange hey it's orange no it's not yeah you may orange guacamole it's not orange it's bright orange i'd be down for that i'm actually looking at types of avocado there is a red avocado here the thompson red okay but it's still green on the inside right uh i don't know there's not a dissected there's not a dissected picture but it looks man i love avocados so i got the top six uses for avocados that might not be your usual guac amooliq guac a moolet number six on the list see you later butter butter so expensive avocado is the better butter yeah maybe not for like rubbing rubbing in a pan

Just put a pancake in. But if you can have a sandwich, if you can have a sandwich, butter both sides or butter just if you're having toast. Yeah. It's perfect. Avocado it up. Yeah, yum.

Avocado on toast with like marmite and tomato and chili flakes. Oh, yum, yeah. That's what I'm having for breakfast today. Number five on the list. I found this recipe using avocado. Top six uses to cheap avocados. Number five, eggboats. You've had an avocado on half.

half, and you take the stone out and you crack an egg into the avocado and you bake it. I don't like hot avocado. Neither. Neither. I've seen that when people crack the bloody egg and you're like, hot an cold. Could you leave it? Cool, but then the egg's going to be cold. You could soft boil an egg

and then pop it in the whole. Half of the half of the... Oh yeah. Like an egg cup. Yeah. Not going to be very stable though. You might need to take out a little bit more avocado. Real estate. A little bit more real estate. But then put that on the toast that you're out undoubtedly going to put the avocado and the egg on. I mean, we're solving

problems here. We're creating them and then solving them immediately. Number four on the list of the top six uses for cheap avocados, let's get into some beauty. Face mask, hair mask, all the masks, masks, masks. Very good. The avocado oil is just great for the bod. Hand and foot moisturiser, under-eye treatment, a base if you're making

your own lip balm, if you mix it with beeswax? Wow. Are you better just to get the oil, the avocado oil from the supermarket, or can you just rub on avocado? I don't know. For a face mask, mashed avocado hydrates the skin. A hair mask, blend it with olive oil for shine and softness. And then would you eat it afterwards?

Just pick it off your face and... Just like get your tongue going on. Yeah, I'd get a spatula or scrape it all off and get it on some toast. Straight off the face. You're getting rid of... You're not doing any dishes. Yes, I love that. My face is the dishes.

Your face is the dishes. Number four on... Three on the list of the top successes for cheap avocados. Did you know that avocado is a natural leather polish and wood replenisher? I had no idea. If you would, like, you're wood, like, you're... Maybe you've got wooden kitchen implements. I do.

Or a wooden chopping board that's looking a little dry. Or a leather armchair. The avocado's got a natural replenisher on it. I might smash them into my deadly ponies this afternoon. She's getting a bit dry. You know? Even then your deadly ponies is going to smell like avocado. And then that dog at the airport's going to sniff it.

Sniff for deadly pony. Yeah, yeah, yeah. He's going to have a sniff of it all. Number two on the list of the top is accuses for cheap avocados. Apparently, you can carve the pit into dry. jewelry. No, thanks. You let it dry for a bit and then it can be carved.

I'll take gold and silver, thanks. Do you know what I mean? Yeah. Oh, you could carve a lovely wooden drink. And number one in the list of the top six years is for cheap avocados. Avocado chocolate moose. Have ever had it? Yeah, yum.

It's actually really yum. It's really yum. Just don't tell people it's avocado and I don't reckon they'll leave a note. Yeah. That's the trick. ZM's Fletchbourne and Haley. We're about to get Courtney Pierce from Mango PR a little. I don't know if she's going to have to shout up.

morning tea because she's sent a PR release to a media out later, and they're talking about it. My gosh, she's penetrated the media. She's penetrated us. She's caught us on a Friday and we're being penetrated. And we're being penetrated. Because I don't only delete these emails. No, I know. They want us to mention things. They'll say something, the opening line will be something. Here's something I think your listeners would love to hear about. Yes, absolutely. And then it's about some.

And Uber's lost items. Yeah, or a new type of polystyrene that's good for the environment. And you're like, I don't think it's good to. Here's something they do give two-toots about Courtney Pes of Mango in New Zealand. I just want more free stuff from Courtney Pescentration. Congratulations, Courtney. Courtney, on penetrating the media. Congratulations. You did it.

You did it. You penetrated the media. Consider us penetrated. Shiver me timbers. I'm just going to read her email. Shiver me timbers. It's official. Rambo's End.

Today announces it will officially welcome aboard the new pirate ship Pacifica at 10 a.m. on Friday the 24th of October. Wow. So in 2017, the old pirate ship was decommissioned. We were some of the last people to ride on it, Fletch. We were. I remember this. We went out there.

I worked at the time with Arch Nemesis's Johnno and Ben, and they did a day on it. And that was, I was involved in the writing of that. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Too much. Yeah, Jono threw up quite a lot. Yeah, too much. It's really.

It was not fun watching, actually. A couple of times I was like, that'll do. Yeah. So it's New Zealand's most puked ride. That's another fact that Courtney Pear's from Mango. New Zealand is put forward. Courtney has penetrated us again. Ow!

With another... Here's some other facts about it. On the 24th of October, the gates will fly open at 10am and welcome older new pirates alike. Pacifica is the name of the pirate ship because it sailed across the Pacific Ocean to get here.

It seats up to 50 passengers per ride, the largest capacity of any ride at Rainbow's End. Wow. And if you're in the back row, which by the way sounds like the best road to be in, there'll be a thrilling moment of weightlessness when you're over 20 meters in the air

And the ship starts to swing down. I love that. I love it. I love that. The weight is... The same ago... Yeah, the old pirate ship was New Zealand's most spewed ride. So is it exactly the same-ish looking? So it does look a lot like, but it's new.

It's a brand-new pirate ship. The old one is decommissioned just because it was so hard to keep getting parts for it because it was one of the oldest rides as well. Right. So this is a swinging one and it looks similar. It's the same premise. But it's new and it's got all the... all the bells and whistles of a new one.

Hell yeah. Okay, great. That's great. Everyone was devastated when the Pirateship left. It's just an icon of Rambo's End. I remember it from the 90s. I can't see here in Courtney Pester and Mango, New Zealand's email. Right.

Penetrated once again. Once again. Because I can't see if it's in the same spot as the old Pirateship. Right. We have received another request to penetrate the show with a media release. Have we? Please go ahead. From Air New Zealand.

Penetrate me. I want to get myself penetrated No, no, no, I don't think we do. No, they're, they've got a job. They're putting out a press release today that you could win a job tasting their new ice cream. Who sent this to us? Claudia Cameron.

From New Zealand. Wow. Internal media tracing department. Yeah. What's her name again? Claudia. Who's your favourite, Courtney or Claudia? I was team Courtney, but now Claudia's here.

Well, Claudia's, what are we doing for, in New Zealand tasting their ice cream? Well, yeah, they're looking for ice cream tasters. They'll be flown to Nelson for a special tasting day. Oh, yep. At Appleby Farms. And their feedback will basically pick the flavor that will be on board. For how long?

That's a lot. I don't know. Oh, my God, I want to go to Appleby Farms. Well, yeah, well, I mean, maybe you can. Well, there you go. That's all the media penetration emails we've received overnight. I think enough penetration. Take a break.

Fantastic. We've all earned a nice post-penetration. cigarette. Play Z-M's Fletch, Vaughn and Haley. Fletch Vaughan and Haley, silly little pole, silly little pole. It is so silly, silly, silly, silly that a silly little pole, silly little pole, silly little pole, silly little pole. Today's silly little poll is do you take sports supplements or just, uh, supplement protein,

creatine. Yeah, and we're not talking like a multivitamin and a... No, no, no. And a probiotic. Like sports. Like, are we...

Because creatate... Dude, I'll tell you, someone's just around the corner I'm not gonna get jacked. I'm thinking about taking anabolic steroids. Are you giving us a warning that you're going to get really hot?

Because I would also like to jump on this morning. I'm going to get really hot. I'm going to get really hot. My moods are going to be crazy. They're going to swing around. My testicles are going to shrink to the size of raisins. I'm going to have a lot of acne.

Well, what did we say yesterday is 140. Four days until Christmas. Yeah. Still summer holidays. And I'm getting hot for Santa. Yeah. Because this is my first single Christmas.

Santa might want to... No, I'm off to... I'm off to Rhythm and Alps. You'll see me in a sort of a mesh tank top. Fantastic. Just four on his own? Yeah. Just rage.

Because you've run away with Shannon. Yeah, me and Shannon, we're in the bush. Okay, so today's poll results. So there's a massive uptake in... I can never say to strike. Creatine. Creatitin. Creotene.

Yeah. Parentet's really good. I was reading a study. It's really good for people that don't get a lot of sleep if you take it in the morning. That's great because I don't get a lot of sleep. It can actually kind of help you with your cognitive ability. I need to get back on the creatine. Yeah.

But yeah, it's exploded. The use of it has exploded in the last couple of years. Benefits increases strength and power, enhances muscle growth, improves recovery, boosts endurance, supports brain energy, neuroprotective effects, may reduce mental fatigue, muscle preservation, there's some bone health. this is a lot of maize may improve bone health yeah metabolic support maybe maybe maybe maybe maybe

maybe maybe maybe maybe um it's better take because you know you can you get the spoon loads of the powder it's better taken with glucose that's right but a shugs with some carbohydrates so with some maybe some like if you're trying to be banana smoothie or something

or like maybe um coconut water would be good oh yeah or like just a big chocolate book or like a Jack Daniels and Coke Jack Daniels and Coke Because he's your sugar. A Coat E Coat's.

A Coaties. A Coatis, but I'm going to be full show of co-dies. Potential downsides. Initial water, weight gain, not fat, just water. Because that's why it kind of hydrates the muscles, right? I think I read once. I put on 30Ks of water once. Oh, so you'd...

Wasn't fat. It was the cretine. You put on 30 kilograms of water. Yeah, yeah. What are you? A camel? I definitely didn't put on 30 kgs of weight. No, yeah.

It was just water and it just took a couple of years to get rid of. Needs consistent data intake for best effects, mild digestive discomfort. taken in high doses all at once. That's your warning, but lots of people are taking it. So we asked you, are you taking any sports supplements? 73% of you said no. 27% said yes.

Let's read from the Jim Brabib Bible. Zara says, does a C4 pre-workout count? What's she watching that old TV series? No, I know what she's, it's a brand of pre-workout. I can't do pre-workout. I did it once. I nearly had a heart attack. Yeah, it got you a bit funny, didn't it?

Yeah. We've got a free sample once of one of them. I'll take a nice hit of diagnosed. Okay, so Zahar is not even really using it for the pre-workout. Sometimes I'll just take it for the 200 microgram caffeine hit. No! Okay. Do you know we can get C4 pre-workout?

Chemist Warehouse. Shemise Warehouse. Yeah, yeah. Fantastic. Show sponsor there. API work, yeah. And creatine. Creeteen is the most proven from science and actually does support activity.

That's from Lorna. Yeah. Calce. Lorna Jane. that's from the sportswear brand, so she will know. Caffeine is good enough for most people unless you're an elite athlete's, Kelsey. Which we are looking at three athletes. We're elite athletes.

Two of us are doctors and elite athletes. If we did a triathlon, who would do what? Fletcher'd swim? Well, I can't, no, you bike at the moment. Oh no, I can't run. I'll run. I'm useless. You bike?

I'll march. And I'll march. Everybody thinks the cycling is the easy part of the triathlon, eh? God no. I reckon cycling would be the... E-bike. No, but not everybody can see. swim? No, I think the swimming is the hardest part. The running's a mental game.

And I think the cycling would surprise you. Can I swim? I'm quite good. I'm an all right swimmer. I could do the cycling. I'll do the cycling. She's, how, how, how, okay, I couldn't imagine. Well, no, remember she said she put on 30 kages of water. She is water. I am water. I'm very buoyant. She'll move. Yeah. Your power is water. Yeah. And I have a green sparkly bikini that looks super cute. No, you don't do a triathlon in a green spot. It is so cute. It's from Italy. You can't tell you. You actually can't tell a woman what. to whiff. Oh, my

235 and he's coming again, again. You've got nipples? Why are your nipples out on the bike? If your baps pop out at the try, don't blame me. With a bap or flat. Bat, more buoyancy

because of my bamps. Demi said, in this economy, no sir. Yeah. Mel said my 15 year old son just started at the gym and has been going three days a week and once creatine. Why?

I think that's okay, right? Isn't it proven as good for the old mental gain for the kids at that age? I wouldn't be putting... Fifteen at a gym. It's crazy, eh. Times have changed. I was just fat when I was 15.

I'd just discovered my penis and boy, that thing was getting a workout. Getting a bloody workout. There's something. My penis would need some creatine and a bloody pre-workout, I tell you what. And a rest day. Okay. And a rest. Never got one of those.

That's a myth. Doesn't it a rest day? Yes. Says Kate, I'm an athlete. A.k.a. I'm a below par lifter and a subpar runner. Shoot, I said no, but I take magnesium, says Rebecca. No. No.

No. No. No. That's on a sports. Technically, a sports supplementation is good. It's a recovery thing, right? Hannah said creatine, but the legit doctor-recommended stuff, not the heavily marketed gummies.

Gaines bra and also great meal replacements, said Daniel. Lauren said, aren't I just going to pay it all out anyway? You've got to drink lots of water, Lauren. That's a trick. Cheers, cheers, everybody. A bit of water. The special ones, said Carl that give me big muscles, and hopefully, oh, wow, I'm doing those special ones

that give me big muscles in a small willie. Oh, no. Oh, we've got an anabolic steroid user. Oh, no. I mean, you do you, boo, jack it up. Yeah. Is it illegal? I don't know.

I mean, some of us don't have much to, you know, much to, you don't want much more. I can't know, yeah. You don't want much to me. Well, I just previously mentioned I wore it down in my teens. To a nub. To a nubolic steroids would just absolutely disappear that thing. Oh, it would turn into a vagina. It could go, it could go to her vagina.

We asked that you're taking sports, I'm on today for silly a little poll, and 73% of you are not. ZM's Fletchbourne and Haley Play ZM's Fletchborn and Haley Just before we get into the first Shannon bought a lava lamp Do you know how much she paid for that lava lamp $17.50?

You would never have got a lava lamp in my youth for $17.50. No, they were so expensive. They were a luxury item in the 1990s. O'S was that? Shannon's is black. So, I've been wanting one for a while because someone on TikTok restores them

they go to op shops and they fix them. And so I've been wanting one. You have to buy special chemicals and stuff. Really? You have to go to a volcano and go to a lamp into the lava. But no, so I've been wanting one for ages, and Carwin was like, you deserve a lava lamp and I was like, no, it's a frivolous purchase.

See, I do think. But then yesterday, they were 50% off, so I bought two. Oh, my God. Where from? But you did a business. Yeah, no, I bought one for my. Oh, she's listening. Sorry.

Oh, yeah, okay. Well, no, I have said she. for my she's listening for me it's for me it's for carlin yeah right okay but how cool so briskos has got lava lamps yeah lava lamps are back baby

they're everywhere do I wanted to give a shout out to briskos because the CEO came out yesterday and said they're struggling well they're struggling isn't it it's a tough it's never it's never it's been tough and tough time for business

they're welcome I bought two lava lamps they're welcome I want to hit up that Smith City sale oh yeah because they're reopening to sell everything they've got because they've had to shut that's tough times Talking to bad news Bradson about the economy

and we've got all your questions for him but right now we're discussing somebody's terrible first day This video made me laugh And I shouldn't laugh And I thought we maybe could take some calls What like how bad was your first day At a new job?

Did you really mess something up? Yeah Did you say the wrong thing to something Did you puke? Did you puke? Did you break something? Yes. Did you cause a lot of money or cost or something, wrong order or something. All 800 dials at M. 9696 is a number.

And we asked this because the new health minister for Sweden had a really bad first day. So I'll translate the first half of this audio clip for you. I'm very much looking forward to working in the government.

And then... Oh, oh. She faint. the podium, she's like, it falls off the stage. I feel like if you faint, you kind of want to go backwards, away from things. She forward faints. Oh my God.

Do you think it was just like, it was a busy day she hadn't eaten? Very much looking forward to. I reckon going forwards they'd be a faint because you're going to get an arm up. If you go backwards, it could just be head straight on them. But like, into a podium is so funny. Also the irony that it's the health minister, like you should be healthy. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It was a blood sugar issue apparently.

Yeah. Very much looking for it. It sounds like somebody skipped breakfast, you know. Yeah, she's a bit busy, big day. Big day. But, like, her first day as the health minister. Down she goes. Down she goes.

So, 0,800 dials at him. We want to take your calls now. Now, how bad was your first day at work? Do we want to hear the lady... First day on the job. collapsing again? So this is the Swedish health minister. Here she goes.

Oh, oh, my... That's a tumble, in it? Yeah. So she's giving a speech about how excited she is for her new job. as the health minister of Sweden and then just hits the deck. First day. How bad was your first day at work?

Oh no. The nurse I was working with on my first day gave me suppositories and said go put them in patient too, patient in bed too. So in the first day I had to roll over an old man and shove pills up his box. That's a bit of a bad day. Oh no.

I mean, but you'll get used to it. You're a nurse. Mike, can I just say, Puckie, aren't they amazing? Give them all payrises. Give them what they want. Give them what they need. Oh, my payrises, but all pucky, pucky.

Yeah. Give them what they need. And I'm willing to throw in two thoughts in praise. That's for free. That's a freebie. Not me, but one of my new hires on her first day, she got stuck in the lift for four hours at work. She was traumatised.

Oh my God, four hours. I'd pee, I'd pee, I'd pee, I'd pee in the lift. And that would be my first day at work. And then you'd be known as, um, where would you pee, girl? Yeah. It would be harder for you to pee. Back right corner.

See, I was a guy, I'd be, I'd be peeing on the door. Hopefully it went down the crack. Go in your bag. I'd piss in my handbag. I'd piss in my deadly punnies. Oh, no. It would leak through. It would leak through.

No, it wouldn't. No, no, it's leather. It is absorbed. You're telling me your water is... No, because then your purse is going to forever sing like this. A lot of the bank statements will soak it up. Yeah, yeah, and I've got tissues, rack, all sorts in there. No.

Horrible. Yeah, I'd pee in the handbag. I reversed a work van into a moving bus on my first day. I was on trial. I thought that was the end of it. But ended up working there for another 10 years. Oh, that's good. Oh, that's good.

On my first day of my first job after high school, I moved to Wellington from Taranaki. and I was walking to work a big gust of wind blow a bunch of dust in my face that got stuck in there and my whole eye puffed up and by the time I got to work I had to go home early because of an eye infection.

That's the thing about Wellington. Wellington's either wet and dribbly or very dusty. Very dusty and dry. Shannon just said pissed in my deadly ponies as my Rock West band name. Good, yeah. It's more of a single.

More of a single from the band. Yeah. My first day teaching on my own without a mentor after graduation, a child got explosive diarrhea in the pool changing ruins. That are carpeted? What?

I'm thinking like a garage carpet. One of those really... Yeah, very thin. Easy to clean. Well, not when it's diarrhea. Literally a very shitty start to my teaching crew. As a teenager, I worked as a laborer building concrete swimming pools. First day, boss said, you got this and I said,

yup, five minutes after he left, I slipped and fell into a 14-foot hole deep hole between a pool and a returning wall and I couldn't get out and I was down there for the next hour. Six hours down there How are they You're just like, what? How? Oh my God, that makes you feel sad It'd be horrible.

Yuck. My first day didn't happen. I got COVID and had to delay for two weeks When I did start, I've been there for two days And got two weeks COVID pay. Oh, shout out. Yeah, bonus pay, yeah. Oh my God, work and accounting

In my first day of my internship, I accidentally transferred $20,000. Oh, no. Rather than 2,000. He, he, he, he, oops. So, I mean, you see the mistake. It's an X zero, isn't it? Heroes. Zeros everywhere.

Someone I worked with their first day, we worked for a car company. They had to move a very expensive car. They really wanted to do it. Drove straight out of the building onto the road and got smashed into it by another car. Far out. I was sick before I started my new job

and on my first day of work, I collapsed and ended up in hospital. Another faint. Oh, wow, okay. I don't know if I can read that one out. My first day working in operating theater, there were the two arrests, which happened simultaneously.

I had nothing to do with them just to be clear but for four weeks I was seen as a bad luck charm every time everyone was hesitant to get me arrest them in cardiac arrests by the way Oh right okay

See I was like How do you arrest someone In an operating theater Like wouldn't you wait until the operation was finished? Not if it was urgent enough Yeah You're probably a good time to cuff them actually

Little resistance when they are completely under My two cardiac arrests I was sorry I'll just finish If you could just shut up I just got excited about the top text That made me laugh You could just shut up

Everyone was very hesitant to get me on working cases because everybody was like every time you've been in the theatre, you've been to cardiac arrest. You may now speak, woman. Permission received. My first day, I fell in front of a full restaurant of guests and I just got up and walked straight out and went home and quit.

I'm too embarrassed. I've got to leave. That's that. Play ZM's Fletchborn and Haley. Principal CEO economist at Infometrics. I'll take that given that I've been called a lot of other mean things in my life, including recently. I saw on your story yesterday that someone was bagging you in Parliament.

Yeah, the acting prime minister. Yeah, yeah. David Seymour. What have he called you? No, that's a shit, well, that dork thing. Well, he told me that I was talking down New Zealand. Now, I know that I've got the nickname Bad News, Brad, but I am not talking down New Zealand. Sometimes we've got to confront some difficult economic news.

I get that. But we've got to look at how we do better out the other side rather than just bagging everything. You're also a facts, man. This is not your... I'm so glad it was facts there for a second. sounded a bit different. Oh, you're a fact. No, you're a facts, Guy.

This is not your just sort of personal, lovely opinion. You are a very well-informed man who makes... Anyway, whatever. Anyway, we've put up a question box for your questions. Yes. And here they are, Brad. Hi, I have $16,000 in savings and I'm 26. What's the normal amount of savings for this age?

Well, so I haven't been able to find savings numbers by age, but I have found general savings accounts. And it looks like this person's pretty well bang on the money. Last year, the Banking Association here in New Zealand said that the average savings account had about $15,800 in it. Now, your Kiwi Saver generally has a bit more because, again, you can't touch that

unless you're buying a house. We don't get to include our Kiwi Saber now. Well, I mean... When you're talking about 15,000 in the green? Mine's far more in the red. I was going to say, yours is negative values, right? I'm with David Seymour Bradshaw. Hey, hey, hey, as...

Someone who, you know, was thinking about trying to help you out of the red. Now that opportunity is completely gone, my friend. Oh, damn, but in terms of Kiwi Savers, if you're looking at sort of, this is data from last year, 18 to 25-year-olds had an average of around $9,000, $26 to 30-year-olds had around $17,000 in their Kiwi-saber. And side note, how good is it that finally, in New Zealand, we have our money guaranteed now in savings accounts? Yeah, the deposit a savings scheme is important, right? I mean, we should never need to use it. It shouldn't all go that bad.

But if it does, you've now got that protection up to, I think, $100,000 per institution that you're with. So if you have more, you would be best to spread it between your institutions, between the mental institution. Well, given what you've just told me before, Vaughn, I don't know if that's a worry you have right to second, my pal. But yes, and I think that's one of the really interesting things, right? I think a lot of people, when they get their bank account when they're younger, mom and dad sets it up for them. How many times do you actually move away from that? You generally stick with the same bank for your entire life. I've had the same bank since my paper right.

Oh, no, I slut it around. I've slutted around. I slut my mortgage around. Yeah, no, no, I slut around with the mortgage. But my actual banking has been the same bank account since I was a baby and little child. But I think it's an increasing option. We're talking a lot more about open banking. I think people will start to spread themselves around a bit more just because sometimes you get different deals, you get different accounts.

I mean, when I was a student, I think if you signed up with a particular bank, you got like some free McDonald's chips every week than you used to pick up. The perks are gone out of the days. We were talking about power company perks the other day and the power company perks are gone on too. So if you're taking notes during our session with Bad News Brad, slut around.

Is that the first one? Slut around you put. Well, one of the other questions that came through, I believe, was apart from OnlyFans, what's one of the other options that you can do in terms of a side hustle? Which are relevant to the conversation. Well, I wouldn't discount OnlyFans.

Some people make a lot of money off that. Mate, wear some socks and write a man's name on them, send them off. just heard from a friend. I saw a thing on Reddit and someone was just writing the men's names on their feet. Yeah, and just wearing the socks or like, yeah, on their feet

and then sitting in the phone and being like, here you go, Donald. Yeah. Surely though at that point, you can just sort of like, you can write a whole bunch of people's names and just spend the weekend doing all the common names. Basically.

You'd keep the socks with the common names. Yeah, yeah. It's like when you go to one of those, you know, visitor shops and it's got like the keychains with your name on her, you just sort of like select a sock. My name is never one. No. April asks, interest rate in OCR predictions coming into Christmas?

Yeah, look, I mean, that one has changed from when we last chatted. Reserve Bank recently, they're thinking the economy is certainly not going as well as expected, needs a bit more support and stimulus. So they've now got the official cash rate heading down to around 2.5%. It's currently at three, so another sort of half a percentage point locked off. When's that happening? Well, so we're expecting October and November for further cuts to come through. So I think by the end of the year, you'll have a pretty good idea of where interest rate

are going to land. But for the next couple months, I can definitely understand people being or asking the right questions around do I want to lock in long or do I want to lock in short because I'm looking at that sort of interest rates potentially coming back. Again, not personal advice. Go on and talk to your advisor. Literally have mine open now.

But it's always the most common question we get when you come in. What should they do with my mortgage? Guys, this is all I talk to people on the street about. Honestly, my life is just people being like, hey, what should I do with my mortgage? Important disclaimer, I have a rental. I rent. I don't have a house. I don't have a mortgage. So you're saying sell it all up. Well, I'm saying I do not necessarily have God's gift when it comes to mortgage rates because I don't think about them for myself.

But it's most people's biggest expense, right? So that's why. By a country margin. Absolutely. And I think at the moment, look, there are a lot more questions than before, you know. And normally at points, certainly before COVID, when interest rates were generally just always falling. People were like, well, I'll just fix for sort of a year and then I'll get a better rate in a year's time. Now there is quite a lot of questions over, what do I do? What is because? becoming way more popular, talking to a lot of people in the sector, is people splitting their mortgages. So you're no longer just going, look, I'm putting it all on this one, this term. I'm sort of going to put half on this and half on another term, maybe a little bit shorter, a little bit longer to sort of split the difference. I'm going to put mine all on red tonight, you know, and just see. No. When you're splitting and I'm like, well, what are we're roulette? Yeah. No, you two are awful. I'm going to gamble my way out of this debt.

So we're slutted around the banks and we put a roll in. Caitlin says, my partner owns the house. If I moved in, should I pay rent, i.e. paying off his mortgage, but not actually owning it, or is there an alternative idea? Sounds like someone needs a pre-up also. I was going to say, I mean, it depends because, look, after you've been in a relationship with a couple of years, even if you're not married, technically, it's relationship property. Got him. So, you know, you might be paying the rent and not paying off the mortgage directly, but if you're there with them long enough, eventually, you're going to take half that house, maybe. I don't actually let anyone into my apartment without a pre-up.

I went to visit. I'm just being careful, you know. I'm just being careful. I'm just thinking on your front counter Have you just got like a bunch of pre-pintered forms? Yeah, I've got a lovely little antique desk It's got an ink well He burns through them though Yeah, it's nice

So many guests Well yeah, I had the electrician came around Just to fix the lights And he had to sign a pre-num as well I don't want anyone accidentally getting their hands on it, Brad Oh no that's good Fair look what I would do One, I mean obviously chat to your partner about it

But you could sort of figure out a way That you're contributing all into the account But also then at the if something were to happen You have an agreement that look we'll look at how much someone's contributed and then sort of split the difference or make some sort of out the other side. But I wouldn't just blindly go into it and you assume as the person paying rent that you're paying off the mortgage and your partner going, well, they're paying rent, not the mortgage and therefore it's all still mine. If you do that without talking, I think you're probably going to be in a bad place.

Communication. How much did your mountaintop Pavlova cost? But this was just random. I didn't go to the... Was this about Christopher Luxon when he went to the top of Queenstown and did the Pave with the Australian Prime Minister recently? Do people think you're the Prime Minister of New Zealand, Brad? I don't know if that's a good or a bad thing. You look nothing like the Prime Minister.

I wouldn't shave my head yet. Maybe I should. How much do you reckon I could make from like a charity fundraiser if I shaved my head off? Shaved your head off? That's all right, Isis. David Seema might give you 100 grand. I don't know. Insider trading tips.

Don't do it. I'm only partially joking. Don't do it. Clearly don't do it. because you're going to get found out and, man, the authorities in New Zealand do not take kindly to that. That's if you have a knowledge of,

what, a company that's listed on the stock exchange? Yeah, it's like if I went out and I somehow, like, you know, got soundkeeper Brooke to tell me the secret sound and then came, you know, called up and was like, I know what it is. That would be inside of trading. That's not legit. That's why they don't tell us, Brad, what the secret sound is.

Because we'd make our friends rich. And then take a little slice. Our food price is going to drop one day It depends on what you're buying At the moment the old dairy and meat Still pretty expensive Butter has come back a touch In the last sort of week or two

Or last couple of weeks The likes of olive oil as well Coming down a little bit From the very high levels it was at What I always find surprising Is how affordable broccoli away seems to be at the moment Now not saying that's the favourite part of a meal But like in terms of a good stable green

Cabbage is mind-blowingly expensive Yeah that has gone up a lot No one's eating cabbage. Who's buying cabbage? Who's buying cabbage? I'm a bit of a poke-bow, buzz. Oh, yeah, okay. I'm going to have a bit of cabbage.

But also, I had cabbage and tacos last night. Don't discount the humble cabbage. You know what I've been getting into? Not that it's necessarily any less expensive than other ones, but I've been trying a bit more venison in the old, in the diet recently. I had a venison tart here last night. Absolutely delicious. Don't even have to cook it.

I just have mints. It's a lot more cost-effective. What I will say, on the food price front, though, at the moment, the likes of your lamb and your bread, beef has really gone up quite a lot. The likes of chicken and pork, though, hasn't really gone up. In fact, sometimes they've gone down in the last year. So, terms of affordability.

For me, because I love sweet as I'm out pork. I just don't pork. And chicken. Yeah. Fantastic. Brad Olsen, thank you so much, as always, for coming in. Lovely to see you friends. And spreading the good slash bad news.

Realistic. Play ZM's Fletchbourne and Haley. Play ZM's Fletchbourne and Haley. This weekend, the All Blacks play the Springbox. coverage is from 5.30 on SkySport 1 and SkySport now. Kick off at 7pm and as a South African. It always holds for me to decide who I'll support, the Motherland or where I currently reside. But, no, it's the A-Bs all the way.

So what you don't know, Jeff, is I do a fantastic South African-Axway. I do now. Yeah, he's just witnessed it. Jeff Wilson joins us. Good morning. Morning, how we're going? Good. Good. Good. Pretty good. Pumped.

There's a lot of rugby going on at the moment, the Black Ferns. Yeah, how good. So we've got a double-headed this weekend. We've got a triple header because let's not forget the Warriors. Yeah, the Wazer on. The Wazer on. That's your second screen. Let's be that.

That's your second screen. Just come on. I think this is the great, like, polarising point at the moment in this country is the All-Blacks and the Warriors shouldn't be on at the same time. You can support. They shouldn't be, but that's the NRL's fault. Is that? It's always their fault. We've been at 7.05, the All-Blacks since last year.

Yeah. They know this is just them. This is just the Australia. and it's just being niggly and gay, you know? I reckon there's a little bit of bledderslow cup undertone and do it, the whole thing, right? So ultimately, no, this is the second screen thing, you can do that, you can watch both. Go for it. Okay.

Is there still picture and picture? You remember that? There's not. There's a question. They should be picture in picture. Someone needs to, I work for a TV company. Can we bring that back? I just, just split screen.

Sell a tape and iPad to the corner. I was going to say, probably got an iPad, laptop, phone, TV. Then you're standing right next to the TV as you're looking at the iPad. Yeah. Everyone's jumping on the Waz bandwagon, but everyone has loved the All Blacks the whole time. Yeah, people have sort of been on and off the bandwagon, but this is the time to get back on. 100%. Look, knocking out Penrith and home, that would be...

I mean, it's not going to happen, but we can only hope! When are we the Warriors? I say we the Warriors at our best, when we're the 100% the underdog. 100%? No one expects us. We're talking that out. People leaving a Warriors game earlier because the Warriors are down 48 points. I'm like, the only team that can stay.

They just come back from the hair as the Warriors. Yeah. This weekend, though, the Allblakes, what can we expect? Because last weekend it was a great game. Yeah. This is just as important, though. I mean, the Freedom Cup, it's more important because the trophy's now on the line

between South Africa and New Zealand. Taking hold of the rugby championship. And then just around the corner, we've got the Wallabies at Eden Park. You know, the next three weeks are massive for the All Blacks. And if you want to make last week really count, you win this week. Yeah, yeah.

And that's what they did to us last year in South Africa. So now, and if you're the number one team in the world, to prove it, do it back-to-back weeks. Pure and simple. So made a few little subtle changes. Lerok Carter's on the wing getting his debut, which is really exciting for the young man. I sort of can't wait for this one because last week, Saturday would have won at their best. Probably didn't play as well as they could have. No, I thought the same actually, Jeff.

I was quite disappointed, you know? Have you got a couple of split personalities going on? No, there's a lot going on there. I was watching the game. I thought, screw this, I walked my car and I was out of there, you know. I couldn't stand it, watching the boys play it horribly. Whereas my boys, the all-blacks, man, they're special. We should get you in a commentary.

That would be amazing. Y'all, sides are you to keep costs down? Yeah. One person doing it. You can pay me far less. You know what I mean? Now we're cutting money here, Jeff. This is great.

I just called me a job. Brilliant. Jeff, do you ever, can you ever watch a game from a neutral, like just as a fan? as opposed to as a rugby player but are you always analysing being like oh you know looking ahead even on the casual game at home that I'm watching it's not

the family tend to just vacate the room yeah I feel like watching it all next game with a former all black would not be fun I ride the waves of emotion as a former player you do and I from the hucker-on I imagine and I analyse the game

as it's going on you know and when you know what these players are capable of and they don't quite deliver as much as you'd like to. We know that they can. Sometimes I get a sense of frustration, but I'm incredibly grateful and fortunate at the job I have now. Like, I've got one of the best seats in the house.

You know, sitting sideline, get to feel all the atmosphere. You get to see the ebbs and flows. You feel the waves. At the same time, you get to talk about the game and help people hopefully understand what's going on because it's complicated, but it's a great ride. Last week was a great ride. It was a great test match.

I'm hoping the same thing at Sky Stadium. in Wellington. Well, after the all blacks beat the South Africans this weekend, the Black Ferns play South Africa at midnight at the start of Sunday. Yeah, in the quarterfinal. After thrashing Spain, Japan and Ireland. So they win this game and then they go through to the semis. Semis. And then reality is that they've really started to hit their straps. They played really well against Ireland. Like Ireland beat us last time we played. Yeah. So 40 unanswered points on them. Yeah, played really well. So I think there's a really good feeling now that they're building some momentum. We know England is around the corner. They've been unbeaten for like 40 odd

games. But our Black Ferns are looking like the team that won the last Ruggy World Cup. You can start to see that. You start to sense it. So it's just a matter of us now. Stay out that little bit later. Yeah. You know, kick on after the All Black's test. Find a big screen somewhere. You don't have to worry about pitcher and pitcher. You don't have to worry about a second screen. Nothing else at that time. And celebrate, hopefully, we'll It's going to be a great quarter-final as they kick on. And catch it all on SkySport this weekend, Jeff Wilson. Thank you so much for coming in.

Play ZM's Fletchbourne and Haley. Next on the show, we want to talk about how, if you were on Police 10-7, they would describe it. The suspect was seen walking along, so-and-so road. With glasses and a trench coat. She was wearing a trench coat, unsure if anything underneath.

No, but my eyes would be the first thing they'd see anyway. But guyling, twinkling blue eyes. Yeah, yeah, yeah. A wreck, you couldn't mistake. or misplained. Now, someone has already texted in, so let's move along because they said, Police 107 would describe me as a small whale in hivirs. Now, have some respect for yourself.

You know people to be mean. Unless it is a whale texting in and you are small, then why are you wearing a hivis? We won't turn any mammals away from the show. Absolutely not. We haven't chosen... I don't even know how we got onto this, but we just started discussing what we would be described as.

It's just always that guy's voice. The male suspect was seen walking through a thing. He's described as, medium build with a something or rather and we... Heavy set? Yeah, heavy set. If I was a criminal and they described me as heavy set

I'd be like, for a start, ouch, that's just not a good camera angle. Athletic build, you're like, oh my God, cute. Stop flirting with me. And there's also that meme where they're like when you're running away from the cops and they describe you as... And people say real mean things. No, and they describe you as like slim build and the girls

like, stop and they're like, stop it. So we started doing this to ourselves. Like the woman was described as having, you know, legs worthy of an organ. black scrum. That would be me. Strong in the thigh. We want you to text in right now. If you were on Police 107

and you were the suspect being described, how would they describe you? Using the Police 107 language. Oh, Police 107 would describe me as a little chubby and tired looking. The suspect is a little chubby and tired looking. If you were so

tired looking that that was how they identified you, that would be rough. Just a quick idea. I don't even know if this is possible because he's busy in the newsroom, but could Bryn read these out? Because you know his voice is musy. Yeah. Should we see if he can come in? That would be fun. Jeff Wilson's got a bloody good voice.

Oh, he's got a great voice, isn't he? He's got a great voice, isn't he? Yeah. He should have come in and done that. Well, if we can get Brin, we'll do it. Otherwise, give us your describe. Text in, if you were on Police 107 as a suspect, how would they describe you? How would they describe you on Police 107? Suspect is

described as insert description here. News The suspect is very professional and well put together until he opens his mouth That's good Oh, Brinny! That's good.

Brin, come in. Brin doesn't know. I've just said Studio A immediately plays Brin in the news department. Now we're reading, people are self-describing themselves as how police tens of everyone would describe. But there's these new glasses and mustache combo, Brin, you look at you look.

Bring, get on that. Let's talk about your new look first. You've got a champion jersey on. Yes. You've got big sports dad energy. Guys, Bryn looks hot. Basketball coach. He's coaching his son's basketball team. The eyes?

We've got a case of lovely tan skin bright eyes. Oh no. Oh no, no, that makes it. Now, so we've asked people, how would you be described on the news or by Police 107? Yeah, and the suspect is described as. We thought, if you reading out some of these descriptions, with a news theme in the background would be quite good.

Right, well, bad news because I actually have a throat infection today, so I don't know if I'm at my full... Maybe tell us that before you come near us. Yeah, I have a studio place. I've got a big weekend and I'm... Throats an essential part of it. And what Vaughn means by that is he's eating

and he's talking. I'm the throat. I'm going to... Stop. No, I'm attending this weekend. I'm attending a go-bring. calling conference and I need my throat because I am the throat goat. Listen

that, listen stop. Just make it stop. If I get a throat infection, I can't be the throat goat. I think just clip that out and make that go viral on TikTok. Well, you'll need this visual accompaniment. No, no. Oh no. We don't need that. It's disgusting.

Okay, Bryn, some text messages. How would you be described on police seven? Sussex is described as Well, someone's text, and photo of Brin required, please. Okay, we'll get that up. Also, just maybe pre-read-haired, Bryn. Are there any that Brin shouldn't be reading? Yeah. It simply can't be worse than what I've said in the last two minutes.

So, Bryn, you absolutely go ahead. Can I say, oh, no, I'm just going to avoid that one. Okay, here we go. Gingerhead male who has incidentally grown past his hair with muscular, reflective white calf muscles, was last thing, leaving the gym, avoiding arm and chesto. Muscular reflective. I think also bring it in with

the suspect. Yeah, the suspect is described as. Okay. This suspect would be described as tallish. Thinks she can pull off red hair, but can't. Oh, yes, you can, hon. Everyone can. Everyone can.

Where did it go? I've never used the text machine before. How does this work? You're doing well. You are continuing to give big dad energy. I know. How does this bloody thing work? Okay, here we go.

This suspect is female. six foot and heavy set wouldn't be great at hide and seek No, there's a Looks like she can carry All the groceries inside in one go Oh my God, imagine Suspect looks like

Oh, that's so good Okay, suspect is described As a small petite frame With a set of loose lips Okay Are they hanging out the bottom? Yeah Haley

Do we have a couple more? Want a couple more? Yeah, absolutely. This suspect is tall enough that men would point it out as a conversation starter. Oh. And it's estimated to be a millennial due to her side hair part and commitment to skinny jeans. Oh. Yes, good.

Okay, good description. Very good description. Well, you find some more I'm going to read. Somebody messaged and say, my friend Liz was knocked off her bike by a car who did a hit and run. The local beat cop was kneeling down on the road beside her radioing it in and described her as a 29-year-old female lying there on the road with what turned out to be a broken pelvis, all Liz could think was, oh my God, he thinks I'm 29.

That's so good. She's like in her 40s and she's like, best day ever. Oh my God, cute. Say it again. Oh. Tell them how old is going to look again. My pelvis hurts so much, but thank you. Can I say paint? Oh, yeah, you guess. Okay, yes. I can say pale.

Suspect, big frame, small penis and an attitude of a 50-year-old Karen. Don't read out that top one, Brun. warn you, that one is not to be real. I want to know why the police have seen the suspect's penis. You know what I mean? He's clearly naked. I assume he's out.

Yeah. Okay, one more. How would you be described on police 10-7? Okay. Really struggling with the text machine? Because we've got so many coming in. Oh, yeah. Moves and jolts it down.

It moves, yeah, it's hard. Thank you everyone for texting in. The suspect is male. Average athletic build with dazzling hazel eyes and a moustache worthy of the village people. Oh, that's nice. Great stuff. We don't have enough time, but thank you, Bryn, for coming in.

And hopefully this throat infection clears up. Yeah. Maybe, could I recommend show-sponsor chemist warehouse for some... Some syrup and some lozenges, maybe, and some syrups. An iodine gargle. Yeah. From the bedadine range. Yes, love.

Good for you, Vaugh. Love it. You look after yourself. And don't you be taking part in this throat goat competition this weekend? Couldn't imagine that. That's actually a really good point. It's actually a top notch goat. Play.

ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Haley. Fact of the day, day, day, day, day. All this week, we've been looking at companies that had different names when they started. And today we finish With a very well-known brand Okay In 1913, Carl Rapp Founded Rapp

Motorwerk and Jembent In Munich, Germany Making aircraft engines Oh, okay Volkswagen Very very close Very close I know nothing

I see nothing BM Wabuio That's correct In 1916 Financia Camilla Gasoliano, an industrialist. Franz Joseph Pop, restructured the failing company

into a new one called Bayerais to Flewiskin-Vagan-A-G-Gid. Which translates to Bavarian Aircraft Works. Okay. We've got B-A-W. Oh. And nearly the same time, another group with Gustav Otto,

which might be the best German name of it. Gustav Otto. The inventor of the four-stroke. You would come with me. You would come with me and you'll answer my questions. It was also making planes and merged into the max in 1917. and it was renamed Bayerslap the Motowin Works.

Later, um, AG. Yeah. And then it translated to Bavarian Motor Works, which is what we get. BMW, not, not big man's Willie. No, hey. He, he, he. So it reflected what they were doing because they had moved away from planes. You've been very naughty this hour.

You've been very naughty. Please. How on earth am I supposed to explain this to my kids? Big man's Willie. Haley, you've been very naughty this hour. Please. I think you misheard me. I said big man Willie. We all know of William who's a little larger than life.

Oh, like Big Willie styles. Yeah. Will Smith's a great example of Big Man Willie. Right. Okay. So the famous BMW logo, yes, was registered. And people thought it was due to the spinning propeller. And it was supposed to look like the propeller of a plane that was spinning.

Oh, okay. And white being the propeller. However, that is simply a myth, my friends. It's actually based on the Bavarian State flag, which is blue and white checkered pattern. but the propeller interpretation apparently got caught on in some like 1930s ads for BMW and BMW were like, that's actually a bad story

and it's just passed off the flag but it is indeed based off the flag so you might be thinking there we go World War I, they made some aircraft and that's probably the last involvement that BMW had in the war I'm gonna be honest my thinking and thought has turned to Sarali

Bavarian chocolate cake I also went there and I'm still there Bavarian dessert a while ago when you said Bavarian? You keep saying Bavarian, and all I can think of was desserts. Lovely, rippling chocolates. Yeah, yeah.

Yeah. What else is the area of Bavaria known for? Beer? Is it South, Southeast Germany? The Bavarian state? I know people who aren't Bavarian, don't like to be called Bavirian.

It's Bavaria is known for its picturesque alpine landscapes. Ferrytale, Ferrytale castles. Lovely. Is this where the Montrapsleth and Bear Gardens? Yeah, Bear Garden. Did see it. Oh, okay, so it's got that Disney, I've been there, it's got that Disney castle, that man made.

Wow. And everyone was like, he just wanted a Disney castle, and he was totally gay. Oh, no, well, oh, I'm not back in the day. But I feel sorry for him that he maybe couldn't have been, he expressed his homosexuality. He basically made a Disney castle and make himself a Disney princess rather than just getting to kiss me in public. Yeah, wanted to be a Disney princess.

Ah, okay. Oh, the Von Traps lived in Austria. Right. Yes, they were Austrian. And that was a Disney princess. castle that was the inspiration for Sleeping Beauty Castle and Disney. It's incredible. Like if you ever in Munich. When did he build it? So his castle came before the Disney castle. Yeah, yeah. That was the, like the inspiration for it. But if you're

ever in Munich in Germany, it's like an hour by train or not. Because you know what was weird here? I was about to touch on when they did in World War II and you kind of like took it away from that. It feels like you're a World War II deflector. I'm actually giving that as well. No, it feels like not. Not a Nazi sympathizer. Let's talk Hugo Boss Universe. Oh, the nicest uniforms. During World War II BMW made aircraft engines for the Luftwaffe and used forced labour. And they have since said, obviously, this is a dark part of our history that we are acknowledging. And after World War II, BMW was forbidden to make motor engines until 1947.

Oh, okay. Because of the restrictions put on Germany post-war. Because obviously they're like, hey, last time we had a war with you guys and you were acting or cool. And then you weren't cool all of a sudden. It wasn't cool. So they were banned on producing certain things. So they stayed afloat by making kitchen wearing bicycles and they're already factories.

So the company really went bankrupt into the 1950s as well, bounced back with the BMW 700, which apparently saved the company. You know, one of the most well-known car companies. But they didn't start out as BMW. Today's fact of the day is BMW was originally known as B-A-W. Fact of the day, day, day, day, day. 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 do do do do do do do

play ZM's Fletchborn and Haley Play ZM's Fletchborn and Haley My mother who listens on the IHeart radio app overseas from Italy every morning Ding Oh it's a KPI. Sorry I'm slipping on my KPI. It's a company KPI of course. We can stream ZM in many radio stations and music all over the world and anywhere you go with the IHart Radio app.

Take us with you wherever you want to be. Thank you. Now, so my mum listens from Italy. It is their evening. Oh, what have I said? I've put my foot in it, have I? Well, in order to tell you why my mum's upset with you, I have to admit something that I've been doing, a fraud of sorts.

Oh, my goodness. Can I play, I'm sorry to interrupt. Can I play an Italian song in the background? Because Patsy's living in Italy. Yeah, absolutely. She'll love that. Is that that shit? This feels Russian.

Recognise it yet, Fletch? No, what is it? This is just for you. This was just a sweet little love note to you that I've been listening to you. And I adore everything you say. What's happening? It's from Money Heist. That's the song they sing on Money Heist.

Oh, it is! Yes, it is. Okay, oh my God, I'm loving Money Heist. I know I'm like, years late to money heist. Well, my Myrtle is in, yes, she's in Italy. And we were chatting this morning about X, Y, Z. A papilliana. Oh, bala, chow, bala, chow, chow.

It's very good. So, and my mum said, now, what's the deal with Fletch popping up on our Netflix? And when she says our Netflix, She means my Netflix She said ever since I'm just going to go to an instrumental version Well how am I going to watch Money Heist If I'm not on Haley's Netflix

What a coincidence Ever since Fletch's little face little logo popped up as Fletch on my profile My mother and father Have not been able to enjoy their Netflix They've been booted off my account Oh no! No! He's taken their spot

No! What are you doing on her Netflix? No, I'm not, I don't want to boot Patsy and Craig up the Netflix. One account too many. You weren't like, hmm. How are you on Dr. Shawnee's due lingo? Haley's Netflix. I know.

Because then I saved money. He's like just off to Christ Josh's just weekend on a whim. I know. I'm saving money. He's nailed his mortgage. I know. This is how he's rich. This is how he's rich.

This is how the rich get rich. My mum. They mooch off the working class. They went in to, they don't watch a lot of it, but they like to enjoy a film together my mum and dad in bed. It's very lovely, part of their ritual. You know, Netflix and shit with Patsy and Craig.

Patsy and Craig settle into the bedroom? Yeah, you should go into their profile and see how many half-watched movies they're on. You see how far they get into these movies before they get a little handsy. My mum just takes off with a glass of red wine and a piece of slice of pizza. Oh.

So ever since your little Fletch profile popped on, but my Netflix, Patsy and Craig can no longer go on. So I only needed it because we were flying. Travelling. We were travelling. And so Haley's like, look, just log in and then you can download some ebbs. I don't need it now.

Well, so you can kick me off. I'm birding you off. I feel terrible. Wait, I thought you were allowed multiple people to. Yeah, but there's, I've hit the number of multiples. Well, get someone else off. So, that's me, and then there's mum and dad, and then there's kids. No, that's a profile of yours that stops on watching, like, R-18. Manage profiles.

No, but you're not paying for enough people. This is a problem. Oh no, you're not paying for any of that. She needs one of those Netflix plans where you get like five viewers. Delete profile. Deleted. Wow. And now he won't know where he's in and money heist.

I'm up to the box. This is a heist on itself. This is unbelievable. This is unbelievable. I just heisted your Netflix access, sir. Wow. Wow. Okay. Blocked. Band. Patsy.

It's us. We're back. It's so rude that you'd choose your mother over me. Is it? Play ZM's Fletchhorn and Haley. Okay, so apparently you can get an expansion. So Sims 4, right? The great computer game, we build worlds and make them all gay and then have affairs, and then pull the ladders out of the swimming pool.

Just put them in a room without a door. Yeah, doorless thing, watch them. How good, Drew Gendow! Sims was off the back of SimCity. Yeah. SimCity was the original simulation game. I just had a little bit of a hankering for a bit of come on and conquer, Red Alert or Age of Empires

or SimCity I feel like I never played SimCity I played SimCity I played like I never played Sims I played Age of Empires though Yeah age of Empires and I picked up the Sims Sims in like Sims 3 Right Like I didn't play the early early ones

You think early Sims was super best Sims 3 was the big step up How many people do you reckon still play Sims? Heaps I reckon Heaps Heaps Heaps So the reason we're talking about Sims

Is not just because we're all hanging for a sim We're going for a little video game. It's because... Okay, wait, I've got a stat. While there are no precise real-time numbers for the total number of people still playing the Sims, the latest available data from the Sims 4 indicates over 85 million players worldwide as of early 2025.

Wow. Well, in about three weeks' time, you can get the new Adventure Awaits pack for your Sims 4 game. Right. That is almost definitely set in New Zealand. What? I've seen this. The trailer's narrated by none other than bloody Reese Darby. It includes cabbage trees, Nico Palms, fairy bread and hot poles.

Isn't the logo for it got a Kia? Is it a Kia? It is a Kia. Yeah, there's like a shield for it and the key is in the middle of the shield. They're saying rumours circulating. This is New Zealand. A bioluminescent bay, unusual caves of crystals, the world's largest geyser, volcanoes. I mean, everything that we're known for.

The Sims 4 thing. It's called Aweacher. Adventure awaits Ghibi Island. It's a taka hair. It's a tarka hair. Sorry, I do apologize. Right, okay. And is a taka here. Yeah, this is definitely New Zealand.

We're in New York. We're in the Sims world. This just feels like a really proud moment for New Zealand as a country. We've got a lot of proud achievements. But having a whole world in the Sims is pretty bloody cool. We get excited when New Zealand gets mentioned or featured in anything. We get put on a map. Now there's a whole game.

Yeah. Can you do more Sims voice? People really like it when you do your Sims way. Scoot and Radin'Rat and Scoot and Chugatow. Can you know when Katie Perry re-recorded that entire album is so much? I would put that as her career peak. And all honestly, it was downhill for the Katie Perry after that. What song was it?

Skug and dogging how. Let me find it. Katie Perry, Sim song. Do you know who did also do this, which would be perfect? for this. Kimbra. Kimbra did a song in Simlish. Did she?

Yeah. Oh, hold on. That's just, I've just got some... You've got Italian music still playing. This is... This is Teddy Pier

doing live. Last Friday night in Simlish. You'll see me kissing me for good. Last boogie new. Yeah. Pretty good for her. Do you know?

That was actually uploaded by iHeart radio on the 7th of August 2025. Fantastic. Another great play from iHeart Radio there. If you like today's podcast, tell your friends, you could send them the link. And if you don't have any friends, just pretend you did. Yeah, great. And rate and review.

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