ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley - Fletch, Vaughan & Megan Podcast - 2nd October 2020

Episode Date: October 4, 2020

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Hello, welcome to the Fleeche Morning Megan podcast. It's thanks to McCafe Coffee for great tasting barista made coffee on the go. I'm just going through, you know, with you use Google Chrome on your phone. Yeah. Yet if you click on any sort of link, its default is to open Safari and it opens another window on Safari. And then you look at what you're looking at. You can change that now. Can you? Can you?

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Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. Good morning. Just testing mics here, Vaughan. One, two. One, two. One, two. Three. Four. Good boy. That's good counting. Good from you. Aye, bye, say, do.

This morning coming to you live from our crush at Garden City Studios after our bangers bingo quiz last night, which was fantastic. Thank you to the Carlton for hosting us. A lovely dinner beforehand, didn't we? Can we give a shout out to those toilets? They were so nice. I didn't use them. They were nice toilets.

I can't. They were tiled and there was like an individual speaker in my cubicle. Oh, that's nice. Oh, la, la. So nice. I'd like to give a shout out to their cabinet for aging meats. Right. I saw you standing there taking a photo.

There's a sirloin that's been aging since February. Wow. That's going to be nice. That T-bone I had had been really nicely aged and I had it rare, which is my new thing. I eat rare steaks now. I've dropped a grade from medium. Red meat. You eat so much uncooked meat.

It was 500 grams of meat. And bone. I had a good show on the bone, too. Oh, nom, nom, nom, nom. Good stuff. Always good. Good morning to all of our vegans listening. Don't worry, guys.

I got them. On the show this morning, the Prime Minister at 10 to 8. Yeah. Yep. She joins us. What do we want to chat to her about today? What's on the agenda?

Well, I mean, obviously, there's the whole, for Aucklanders, the level two thing. Is that going to go to one next week? Yeah. I mean, she'll probably say something that we can't say at the moment. Maybe we can really put the pinch on her

because people are trying to get out of her what she's going to vote in the referendum for legalisation of cannabis. Yeah. Right. Maybe, you know. She doesn't want to swing the votes. We could push.

Get that. We could get an exclusive, a world exclusive. I'm sure she'll appreciate that. She's definitely not sick of people asking. Even though she's clearly stated time and time again that she's going to let New Zealand decide. Yeah.

Flesh, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast, ZM. The National Aquarium of New Zealand in Napier on the waterfront there. I was going to say, I didn't know we had one of those. Yeah, we do. It used to have dolphins and seals. Okay. But I think they've backed off those a little bit. Famously don't like being in captivity. Yeah, they're not huge fans of it. The dolphins especially. You may be familiar. These are the, they do the penguin, the good penguin and the bad penguin awards.

Okay. And they have a little like if a penguin's done something naughty, like pushed another penguin and eaten its anchovy. Or robbed a bank. Yep. I mean, that would definitely get you bad penguin of the week. That sort of carry on. Well, they're running their Penguin of the Year competition for the third year in a row. Right. And voting is open.

Next Wednesday, preliminary voting closes and that's where the three finalists will be announced and from there you get to vote how many penguins are

there's the yellow eyed oh no no no this isn't breed of penguin this is specific blue little blue penguins yeah

individual penguins oh I thought it was like bird of the year and like this is a different kind a very specific branch of bird of the year no you got Betty Bernie Captain Dora Dave Draco Flip Lulu I thought it was like bird of the year and like there's a different kind. A very specific branch of bird of the year.

No, you got Betty, Bernie, Captain, Dora, Dave, Draco, Flip, Lulu, Moe, Mr. Mac, Pepper, Timmy, Martin and Tux. God, how many penguins do they have? They've got a good little selection. So last year there were three finalists. Moe, Elmo, who has since passed. Oh. RIP.

Rest in power, Elmo. Did Elmo win last year? No. Draco won last year and Timmy won the year before. Right. So who will be next? You can vote. Do we get an update on their general personality and stuff? You click on their

thing, you can go through. I mean we don't have time to go through all 9, 12. Do Draco then. He's the one I remember. We absolutely do have time to go through every single penguin go through. I mean, we don't have time to go through all 9, 12. Do Draco then. He's the one I remember. Okay, Draco. We absolutely do have time to go through every single penguin's backstory. I mean, I'm keen for it. Draco won last year though. Our fellow Slytherin flesh. Oh, okay. I want the love

shed around a little bit more. I don't want Draco to win again. Right, okay. What does it have? What some of them have done? Yeah. Which one do you want to know? I'm not going for Draco. Okay, I'll go for Bernie. Okay, what's Bernie done? Bernie is three years done. Yeah. Which one do you want to know? I'm not going for Draco. Okay, I'll go for Bernie. Okay, what's Bernie done? Bernie is three years old. Yep.

The reason that Bernie is at the National Aquarium is arrived with burns on the soles of her feet. Oh, Bernie. As a fire on the beach wasn't extinguished properly and the sand got heated

and Bernie walked on it. Isn't that sad? Yeah. I thought like Bernie Sanders, not like Bernie. No, no, Bernie Feet. Yeah, Bernie Feet. Captain's 10 years old.

Captain's missing an eye. That's why he's called Captain because he looks like a pirate. Right. He had an altercation with another seabird. He's one of our nicest penguins and is a real gentleman. See, I don't know if this is enough for me. If it's like New Zealander of the Year, I want to see what they've done for the community, how much charity work they've done.

Well, Captain's also a good dad to Dave. Oh, okay. And he shares a burrow with Flip. Now, let me just tell you about Flip. Okay. Eight. Yep. And lost a left flipper, so a left wing.

Yep. Is a really good role model. Right. Stands up for her boyfriend, Captain, when the younger birds are picking on him. Aw. She knows how to penguin very well. Well, it's going to be tough for this year's Bird of the Year. They all sound very deserving.

She did, however, last year abandon her boyfriend, Captain, and their baby, Dave. So she's got like... Okay, so flips out. You're not voting for flips. No. A couple of things. Lulu's blind in one eye. Oh. That was a birth defect. That didn't happen. Right. not voting for Flo. A couple of things. Lulu's blind in one eye. That was a birth defect. That didn't happen.

Mo was abandoned and it has been an abandoned chick so like an orphan. Has been finalist of Penguin of the Year before. It sounds like they've all got their hardships, you know? Well, that's why they're there. Because they have suffered some hardships. Okay. Well, you can

vote for Penguin of the Year if you feel that way inclined. We've got the top six coming up. Yeah, the top six other things you'll get when you buy the company, My Food Bag. Not just a weekly subscription. It's for sale. The whole company's for sale, yes. I've got the top six things that come with it. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast.

Surf Lifesaving New Zealand is calling for The Rock to help them out. They'll be ramping up again, Surf Lifesaving, because we're approaching Labor Weekend. That's generally where they're at and about, right? And let's not forget Hayward's and Baywatch. Yes. The remake, when they did the remake movie. So they know who'll look good in the shorts.

Yeah. Well, that's probably why they're ramping this up, because 89% of beach and coastal drowning victims over the last 10 years were male. Wow. So they want to bring awareness to this. Right. And drownings have increased by 37% over the past five years. They've increased?

Yeah. I remember as many people drown over summer as die on the roads all year. Maybe even more drown. Drowning statistics always shock me. Yeah. Whenever it gets to the summer year and they start talking about water safety and the importance of teaching kids to swim. Yeah, it always shocks me how many people drown in New Zealand.

We love to get out and about. We're surrounded by water everywhere. This is rivers and lakes and the ocean. But they said they're asking for Kiwis to get through to him on social media, so Facebook, Instagram, however, to grab his attention and get him to talk to our nation's

males. So, because they wouldn't be able, no one could really afford him because doesn't he have like 131 million followers or something? He's one of the most followed, yeah. So you would never be able to pay him to do a campaign for you, even if it's like a nice message like this.

Yeah. And so why not just kind of hijack him? Yeah. Get everyone to be like, come on, man. He does have a New Zealand connection. He's got family here and stuff. And they said, well, everyone's like, well, why The Rock? They said they needed someone with mana who transcends age, ethnic, and gender demographics

to talk to our males. Everybody likes him. Yeah. So what, they're just hoping that someone, enough people will... Bombard The Rock. Bombard him. He'll be like, oh my God, I'm so sick of this. Yeah, that's the thing.

He'll get sick of it. And then he'll be like, all right, New Zealand, come on. He'll be angry. Swim between the flags. Yeah. Be safe this summer. But he's doing lots of recorded messages about politics and stuff. Yeah.

So what's one more? Yeah. This is for a good cause. It might happen. It's not like everyone's asking for a shout out for auntie's birthday. The auntie's birthday. They're probably asking for that as well though. Remember, Graylin Primary.

We went to school in the 80s. Come on, shout out to my auntie for her birthday. All right, well, I'm sure if you want to help out, you can tag them in. Bombard them on. What do you even see though? Would you even like with a hundred odd million followers? I am an absolute mess. Yeah. Would he even see, though? Would you even, like, with a hundred-odd million followers? IMH says DMs must be an absolute mess.

Yeah. Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast, ZM. From the ZM think tank, this is the top six. Hello there. My food bags may be going to be for sale. There's an IPO. They're talking about the IPO. That's where it gets listed on the share market. Publically listed.

Initial public offering. So does that mean we could buy shares? Yeah. Oh, okay. Everyone's getting into sharesies. I'll open up the sharesies in a minute. I'll get in on the ground floor. That's what you call it when you're a day one investor. Oh, is that? Okay. Guys, come on.

I just learnt what amortization means. What does that mean? Because it said there was some information about my food bag, and it said that it makes about $25 million a year in earnings. What? Before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization. Who owns that now? Kevin Bowler,

chief executive of the Auckland-based milk company, said the company is gearing up for the IPO. I know Nadia's got a stake, right? Nadia Lum. She's the face of it. She's the face of it. So they've been talking about listing on the NZX for about three years.

That's probably why she's got that really nice central Otago farm. Oh, my God. Every time she posts a photo, I'm like, I love her looking spot. Living the absolute dream. Good on her, too.

So here's the breakdown. Okay. My food bag currently is 70% owned by a private company investor, Waterman Fund. Okay. Co-founders Celia and James Robinson. Teresa Gatting. Oh, yeah.

Okay. I didn't know Mary Isabel. Why? She used to be the Spark telecom lady. Yeah, yeah. They got 11%. And Nadia and her husband, Carlos, own 5. Okay. That name rings a bell. Why? She used to be the Spark telecom lady. Yeah, yeah. They got 11%, and Nadia and her husband, Carlos, own 5.4, and then some others. Oh, okay. But, yeah, so...

So they might be... I guess, is that what they mean, selling it at just shares? Or selling it to someone else? No, they could sell it to someone who will then list it. Right, okay. On the share market. I've been watching a bit of Succession, guys, so I'm pretty down with big business terms. Such a good show. Oh my god.

We need to talk about that more. So I've got today's top six, the top six things that also come with the company, if you were to buy my food bag. Okay. Number six, as many packing boxes as you could ever want for the next time you move house. Yes. They are a good packing box. There's no denying that.

If you're getting the weekly thing Fold them flat If you've got to move on the horizon Or save them and give them to people who are moving Number five on the list of the top six things You'll also get when you buy my food bag The company Way too much rice

There's always leftover rice You cook all the rice and then you check how many people they've sent it for You're like is this for two people? This always a lot of rice. You cook all the rice and then you check how many people they've sent it for. You're like, is this for two people? This is a lot of rice. And then you get freaked out because apparently rice is one of the things you shouldn't eat too much later. Isn't rice always got like, you put it in the fridge for a couple of days,

aren't people always like, you'll get bloody rice-ola or what? Rice-teria. Rice-teria, but a rice-coli. Yeah. Number four on the list of the top six things

you'll also get when you buy my food bag, the company. Targeted advertising to also buy Whoop, HelloFresh and BargainBox companies. Yeah.

The minute you're on one, everybody else is targeting you. Yeah. Number three on the list of the top six things you'll get when you buy the company for MyFoodBag, that fluffy compostable insulation stuff. Oh, yeah.

And they pick it up the next time, but then you forget to put it out. Yeah, and then you've just got a garage full of it. And pretty much similar to number two on the list of the top six things you'll get when you buy MyFoodBag, the company, thousands and thousands of those ice packs that end up just filling up your freezer. There's no room for actual frozen stuff. Yeah, I did that. I was like, these will be so great in summer. I'll need them when I hurt myself or something.

If you're a parent, you're like, this will be a great ice pack for next time there's an injury. Yeah. Because kids just learn at kindy that ice packs fix everything. Yeah. Put an ice pack on it. And number one on the list of the top six things you'll also get when you buy my food bag at the company, your very own Nadia Lim. Oh, okay.

Amazing. To actually make the meals nice. Yes, yes. Like the pictures. Not just slopped on the plate. It's like a cookout, but my presentation's never good. No. You'll get your own Nadia.

That is today's top six. ZM's Fletch, Va You'll get your own Nadia. That is today's top six. Geographically, where we sit right now, we are the closest we have been to a sighting of the Canterbury Black Panther. You mean the three of us physically? Physically, geographically. We're in Christchurch Studios. We're eight and a half kilometres via road. Yep.

I don't know how far, because usually that says we're so-and-so as the crow flies, which is a straight line, but I can't get a straight line to work on Google Maps. But I've done it. We're eight and a half kilometres. There's been a new sighting at the Hallswall Quarry. I'm glad I don't live down here, because I think this would obsess me. I'd need to go hunting. The Canterbury Hunter. I'd be out hunting today in the quarry. I'm glad I don't live down here because I think this would this would obsess me. I'd need to go hunting. I'd be out hunting today in the quarry.

Because we talked a few weeks ago, there was a hunter that shot a big feral cat. A big feral cat and that was humongous. It was like a metre something long, wasn't it? After we talked about that, we actually heard from people who live down here whose parents, family or whatever had shot feral cats.

Because feral cats are a massive problem. Like to native birds and everything. And they're not like your friendly little puss puss that crawls up onto your lap, curls up and prrt, prrt, prrt. They wouldn't prrt, prrt, prrt you. They'd rip, snatch. Rip your face off, yeah. Stab you. And some of them were massive.

Yeah. They'd caughtive bloody things. So do you think that's all the Black Panther, the Canterbury Panther is? Just a big black feral cat? Or multiple cats? But anyway, this one, apparently there was a report,

someone called Talkback saying they saw it at the Hallswell Quarry. Now where they saw it, they then went and stood in by the grass that they saw it in and the grass waswell Quarry. Now, where they saw it, they then went and stood by the grass that they saw it in, and the grass was a metre tall. And they're like, a standard-sized cat, I wouldn't have been able to see the cat in the grass. Wow.

So that's an indication as to how big it was. I could see it in the grass. Because the rumours over the year were that a big cat might have escaped from circuses or a ship back in the day. Or when you're allowed to get big cats as pets. It may have been released and has since reproduced. Yeah. But generally black and colour these

reports. Oh, they need to catch one of these and figure out what it is. It downs my head in every time there's one of these. I don't know about big cats. Like, territory wise. Like, would it roam as far as you know, there was, the last time, wasn't it on a road between?

Yeah, they're normally rural, so you don't normally hear of them coming, you know, this close to the city. Well, it's not massively built up out there, it's kind of, you know, outside of the Port Hills. Play Seagull Helicopter out on this. Yeah. Get that thing that you see on the movies. The thermal.

The thermal, yeah. Yeah. Get that out that you see on the movies. Do they have the thermal? The thermal, yeah. Get that out there. Yeah. Could they see you in your house, like, sleeping and stuff? No, they can't see through the roof. The pink bats, the insulation. Are you sure? It masks it.

Like, could they see if you were, like, in bed, you know, like... If you were outside doing it, they could. But they can't inside. Because you'd be producing heat. Oh, yeah, bro. Why would they be hovering above your house wanting, like, to check you out? Because you'd be bored up there. What else would you do?

You'd be like, oh, I'm going to see if these people are in bed or on the couch. Yeah, well, if we were going to do anyone's house, I'd go over yours. Or there's, like, quite a few floors above me. What happens in there? Yeah, they'd be like, oh, God, this building, they all seem to be congregated in one area on all the different floors. It looks like there's six people in that. Oh, no, there is. There is.

There is. There's a lot of people all in the one room. We need to fly along. That would be fun. Yeah. Fly along and get the thermal vision out. That would be great. Hunt the Black Panther.

Anyway, that's the latest sightings of it. Oh, okay. All right. Well, yeah. Go ahead. Keep those coming in. Keep your eyes peeled if you're in Canterbury. Imagine going out the back with your whiskeys and you're like,

whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, shake the box and this thing goes, over the fence. Flesh, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast, ZM. Yesterday, we flew from Auckland to Christchurch with our face masks on. Yeah. Which is an odd feeling, isn't it? Yeah.

Because I had to eat a muffin and then I was like, mask down, muffin in, mask up, down, a little bit more muffin. Oh, really? Yeah. And then, uh, now this is a, this following is a scathing review for the cafeteria at the Auckland airport that sold me this muffin. Very little white chocolate or raspberry in the muffin. Even though it was promised in the title of the muffin.

It was, yeah. I mean, there was certainly some residual raspberry. Yeah. Well, my spinach, feta, bacon was light on the bacon. Yeah, right. It didn't have bacon in it. I had the same one. There was no bacon.

Are you sure there was? Are you sure it was bacon? Spinach, feta, and cream cheese. There was no bacon. Well, that's why it didn't't have bacon in it. I had the same one. There was no bacon. Are you sure there was... Are you sure it was bacon? Minced feta and cream cheese. There was no bacon. Well, that's why it didn't have much bacon in it. So your scathing review is actually... It's an unfair... It's an unfair scathing review.

A wildly unjustified review. But it was... Because we're all sat in different areas of the plane on this Jetstar flight, and I sat down in row 30 in seat 30C, which is an I and Izzle seat. And then next to me was a couple.

And in the seat pocket in front of the man in the middle seat, in 30B, was a large roll box of Essentials cling film. Not Glad Wrap, because that's a trademark to the glad wrap people Isn't it

Yeah it is Discuss By the way The box Because I put this On my Instagram story Yeah Flee TNZ

If you'd like to see it It'll still be out For a few hours The It's one of those boxes With a serrated Long Cutter

And a lot of It's the box It's not like a refill You pull down on it Over the serrated And it cuts the Kling film And it cuts the Kling film And a lot of you pull down on it over the serrated and it cuts the cling film. And a lot of people were like, hang on a second, I couldn't take my giant tube of toothpaste on the flight, but this guy's technically

got a blade. A hacksaw. A hacksaw blade. That strip can come off the box easily. Yeah, exactly. And you use like a flexi blade. I mean, I don't know if you're going to cut anyone's head off with a or an arm or a hand off. Well, it's still a weapon though. Yeah.

Technically. Well, it's probably quite flimsy. Or you'd maybe just, would you leave it on the box and attack someone with the box? Probably with the backing of the cardboard, it'd make it slightly harder. Just odd that, I was like, why is there gland wrap? Why carry on? Why, and why in the seat? Did they use it in the flight?

No, they fell asleep the entire flight. Because some people also suggested that maybe their germ freaks, because of what's happening with COVID, and if there was going to be a food, maybe they didn't know what Jetstar was about, you don't get a free meal, unless they were going to pay for one,

they would wrap their table, their tray table, in glad wrap or cling film. That's not good for the environment, is it? No. Nah. But then it's like, yeah, I don't know. Do you find it manky when you use an FPOS machine at a dairy or something and they've wrapped it in glad wrap? But that's to

protect their terminal so when they take it back, they get their bond back. Yeah. Because if all your numbers and stuff are scrubbed off, someone was saying your numbers are scrubbed off, you don't get all your bond back because technically you don't own the machine, you're borrowing it, it remains property of whoever does it. But that's on the EFTPOS company for not making better buttons.

For having shabby buttons. So you need to stop peeling off the plastic of people's EFTPOS machines, please. Because they don't get their bond back. At least if you're going to wrap your F-Pos terminal in Glad Wrap, renew the Glad Wrap weekly. But then as you said, that's bad for the environment.

I would say at the moment, ever since I talked about peeling off protective stickers on anything, I would get every two to three days somebody peeling off a sticker of something. Very satisfying. Is that a complaint or are you loving it? No, I'm loving it because it's very satisfying

to watch people remove the plastic film. Did you see somebody recently they took one off and there was another one below it and they ended up, their microwave had three different peely bits. Three different peely bits over the same part of the screen. It's like if you've ever opened a new MacBook

charger, they've got a lot of protective plastic on one layer and then another. Yeah, you're like, oh, this is lovely. And the environment's like, please, no. Stop. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. Broadcasting this morning from our Christchurch studios. Last night we had our bangers bingo at the Charlton. Carlton?

Carlton. The Charlton. We did the Charlton. That's why I got bingo at the Charlton. Carlton? Carlton. The Charlton. We did the Charlton. That's why I got confused. At the Carlton. At the Carlton. And delicious meat selection. Steaks were had.

I had a lovely T-bone steak. What did you have, Megan? You had? The salad was delicious. It's a lovely halloumi salad. Salad. You always order the boringoumi salad. Salad. You always order the boring things. Okay.

Salad. And Executive Intern, you got tucked into a lovely ribeye steak, didn't you? Yeah, that was beautiful. That was beautiful. Now, it was when you were eating that steak that your sister arrived, and she said, oh, I see that your pescatarian lifestyle is going well. And we were like, huh? And she's like, pescatarian, you know where you only eat fish?

And we're like, huh? And she said, yeah, Anya told me that she was going to try out this pescatarian lifestyle. So I see that's going well as you're eating a big steak. Yeah. So the boyfriend's family have a farm. And we went down there a couple of weeks ago, and I was playing with the baby lambs and the baby calves. Big mistake. Yeah. So the boyfriend's family have a farm. And we went down there a couple of weeks ago and I was playing with the baby lambs and the baby calves.

And I was like, oh my gosh, I must make a change. But don't know if I can commit to full vegetarianism yet. I'll start with pescatarianism, see how that goes. Because fish aren't very cuddly. And they're not cute, hey? Yeah. Yeah. And then, spoiler alert, it did not go well.

Because I just ate prawns for every meal. After about eight days, it was very... Do you not like fish? Yeah, I love fish. Why did you eat prawns every day? Oh, I had lots of fish, though. I basically was just eating seafood for every meal. It was very expensive. Yeah, right.

Okay. Yeah. So we took a break. It was teriyaki chicken that broke me. And then I thought, well, here... Okay Yeah So We took a break Okay It was teriyaki chicken That broke me And then I thought Well Pete

I don't get why you Wrote chicken out of the equation Because you weren't playing With chickens At the farm Because pescaterian Sounds cool Is there a name

For pescaterian That eat chicken Like you don't eat red meat There must be right I don't know I'm going to have a google There must be A dietary term There must be yeah For someone who doesn't eat eat red meat? There must be, right? I don't know. I'm going to have a Google. There must be a dietary term for someone who doesn't eat just red meat

but will still eat chicken. Yeah. So how many days did this pescatarian fad last? Like a soft six. Five and a half. Five and a half. Or if we're rounding, it's five days. You lasted five days.

Yeah, but if we're rounding up to a week, oh, that's pretty good. Now, add this to the list. What are the other ones? The other fads? Stand-up paddle boarding. Yep. Salsa dancing. You went stand-up paddle boarding, you bought one, and then only went three times.

Keto. Oh, God. But that lasted longer, right? Yeah, that was a good month, I reckon. You did a month. That was a good effort. And then I was just eating bloody cheese all the time. You need to research these diets and expand.

Keto's no carbs, eh? Yeah. Is paleo carbs? Not really. No. Not a lot because it's a lot of meat and nuts and stuff. Okay. So a polo pescatarian is a pescatarian that can eat fish.

A chicken and seafood. A polo pescatarian. That could be for me. You just need something that's got a label so that when people ask, you've got a name for it. Exactly. So you can be annoying at cafes and restaurants. Yeah, they love that. So we thought now

we would open up the phone lines and ask how long your fad lasted. It doesn't have to be a dietary fad. It could be any sort of fad. And maybe you lasted five days or five and a half. Five to six. We're kissing set. Yeah, or maybe it was only a day or an hour.

Why? If it only lasted an hour, it's more of a thought than a fad. What if it lasted a day? Well, isn't that most of us when we're like, I'm going to eat healthy on Monday and then by Tuesday. Yeah. Because do you remember when I did that lemon detox diet? Oh, my God.

I was unpleasant. When I was doing the lemon detox diet, what a terrible idea. I was unpleasant to be around. And I need to go to the toilet all the time. Everyone's like, oh, it's great. I've lost three kilos. Oh, my God. I've got to shut this up again.

Oh, my God. I'm going to pass out. I can't control my emotions. Oh, my heaven. Wasn't that just lemon juice and, like, cane pepper? Yeah. And maple. Yeah.

A little bit of maple syrup. You guys were like, please eat something. It was ridiculous. All right, so how long did your fad last? Bonus points if it wasn't very long. We're talking about fads. How long did they last? Executive intern Anya's pescatarian

lifestyle. Four or five days? Five days. I like how before you were like, I was just eating shrimp for every, prawns for every meal. But how many meals can you have in that many days? You made it sound like was just eating shrimp for every, prawns for every meal. But how many meals can you have in that many days? You made it sound like you'd been living on nothing but prawns for years.

How do you do breakfast prawns? With a scrambled egg on top. I put the scrambled egg underneath. I'd use the egg as the base with the prawns on top. Eggs don't go with prawns. Oh, it smokes them on. Oh, right. Yeah, okay.

No, the eggs do go with prawns. My wife does a lovely egg fried rice with prawns in it. Okay, you're fair call. Very heavy on the egg. Yeah, you're right. Okay, they do go with prawns. I'll issue an apology. Yeah.

We'd like to know how long. No, I'll issue your apology. You can't just say, I will issue an apology without issuing an apology. I oppose. Say, I apologize. I, Fletch, apologize for saying that prawns do not go with egg. I'm, in fact, incorrect. They do.

Very nicely and very deliciously. There we go. That's an apology. That's an apology. All right, let's take some calls on this. Sarah, I believe, is on the line. Sarah, how long did your fad last? Oh, look, it's only just started.

It's been a long three nights and two days. Okay, and... But you're still going strong. Oh, I think I know what this fad might be. Is it the fad lots of people are getting into at the moment after watching a certain Netflix documentary? Yes, that is very true. Do you watch The Social Dilemma?

Yes, I tried to get my whole family to watch it. We're a family of four. I was the only one that stayed awake and completed the whole documentary, but it's worked for me. Wow, because everyone else was on their phones and then they just drifted off to sleep. I had a friend that did this last day.

He messaged because we were chatting about something. He's like, oh, hey, I'm just jumping off Instagram chat. You can reach me on text. I'm getting rid of Instagram and Facebook because I've just seen the social dilemma. Two days later

was messaging back on Instagram. Right. So I think that last, I didn't say anything but in my head I laughed. Yeah. I was like,

ha, you lasted two days. You didn't say anything. No. Unlike you. Unlike you. I know. Sarah, thanks. You're cool. Isaac. No. Unlike you. Unlike you. I know. Sarah, thanks.

You call Isaac. You're king of the fads? Oh, yeah, man. It's terrible. Okay. Run us through a list of some of your recents. All right.

So over lockdown, I had like five different ones that lasted a few different, like a few days. Okay. Got really into archery, so made my own bows and arrows with PVC pipe. That's not what I thought you were going to say.

No. Wow. How far does an arrow go shot from a PVC pipe bow? Yeah, well, they're pretty powerful. They're pretty powerful. And then my backyard realized was too small to be shooting things. Dude. Okay, so it's probably good that that fad didn't last long week one of lockdown and uh i had a switch i was playing animal crossing and then

you know like love that like 24 hours a day and then got sick of that within three days wow do you have like a long-term relationship or do you get sick of most people after three or four days? No, I'm actually engaged with a baby on the way, you know, last four years so far. Wow. Wow. That's brilliant. Yeah.

Well, she puts up with archery in the backyard. Yeah. She's a keeper. I think she was just watching Netflix, and I was, like, bored out of my mind being inside. Brilliant. Isaac, thanks for your call. Rachel, what was your fad?

How long did it last? I bought a fishing kayak, and I still haven't managed to take it out yet. How long ago did you buy it? Probably about six months ago. But it didn't occur to me that you buy the fishing kayak and then you have to buy the life jacket and then you have to buy everything else that goes along with fishing.

And it kind of just peeps it out a little bit. Were you out in your kayak and you're like, all right, I guess the fish will just jump in. Probably fill it themselves, I'd imagine. This will be good. I'll just sit. This is quite nice. It's cold.

It's the middle of winter. But no, hang in there. Thanks. You call some text messages. Somebody said, it was carbohydrates for me. I was like, I am giving up carbs. There's no more bread for me. I'm knocking bread on the head.

Breakfast time, halfway through a bowl of Weet-Bix, someone was like, you know that's carbs. I was like, well, that's the end of that. It'll be carbs for me because I can't give up the grains. You need carbs, though. You need a few. It's good for your brain. Yep.

It grows the brain, right? A little bit of chocolate. It grows the brain, the tummy. It grows everything. The moods. Yeah. Somebody else messaged in, Grows the brain, right? A little bit of chocolate. Fills the brain, the tummy, the... Grows everything. The moods. Yeah. Somebody else messaged in,

my fad lasted a very long time, 24 years. Oh, okay. 24 years of trying to be straight before I was finally like, oh no, this is definitely... This is not for me. Requiring far too much energy and I'm not liking it at all. And it embraced it and came out. Good. So that's good.

Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast, ZM. Last night at the Carlton in Christchurch, we had our Bangers Bingo event. And next Thursday, this Thursday, we'll be in Tauranga at the Freeport Tavern. If you'd like to read us to you and three mates, go to ZM Online Cash and Prizes up for grabs. There's one thing that you do as a couple

that is the most stressful. And it's not getting divorced. It's not even raising kids. Apparently, one of the most stressful things you can do is move house. Really? Moving house sucks, but it's not as bad as... Well, no, no, I don't want to say bad, but raising kids is stressful because you're constantly like, what if I'm doing this wrong?

And especially the first one. That's like a constant stress, isn't it? Yeah, what if I've, and then you'll be like, you'll lose your temper and then you'll be like, what have I done? What if this is the thing they talk to a therapist about one day? They grow up to be a monster. Yeah. Or what if they burn the house down?

Yeah. So what if, yeah, you see a kid misbehaving, you're like, what if my kids do that when I'm not around? Well, you can speak for thebehaving, you're like, what if my kids do that when I'm not around? Well, you can speak for the kids' side, and you can speak from the divorce side, Megan. And we've both moved. And you've both moved. Multiple times.

I am moving. It's a pain in the ass, but it's kind of like done, and then there's some boxes that don't get unpacked for years. Oh, no. God, no. All my boxes are unpacked straight away. I can't chill until that's done.

You're a hoarder, so did you just leave hoarding? Well, that's how Sade's like, it's been in the box for over a year and you haven't used it. I'd be like, yes, but you never know when.

And I guess that's where the arguments come in, right? Like, when you're packing, do you need this? No, no, no, no, you're a hoarder. Like, all that kind of stuff. I reckon the most stressful thing,

and I hate it, buying a car. Oh, really? Buying a car. I hate really? Buying a car. I hate buying a car. When people, you know, Because you don't like spending money.

Intern Anya and Mr Boon Boons, they love, Her boyfriend, yeah. He loves cars but they just buy, like, did you get a new car?

She's like, oh yeah, did this. And he's like, hey, how many cars? He had three cars this year. It stresses me out no end that people buy cars

willy nnilly. Oh, God, it terrifies me. I think we put more thought into when we bought a car than we did when we bought our first house. What? Because you go into a house and you're like, oh, yeah, well, this is a house. It's nice.

And it's not leaky, and a builder's like, nice. And you're like, cool. And then you're like, well, this is my debt for 30 years. But when you buy a car, you're like, it could break down next week. Like, I don't know. I find car buying is way so stressful. Well, what about you've moved and been divorced. Yeah.

And you moved with your first husband. Yes. So what was more stressful? The divorce. Yeah. I think anyone who's been through, I don't know how you can compare the two. There's so many aspects to a divorce. Yeah. And think anyone who's been through, I don't know how you can compare the two. There's so many aspects to a divorce. Yeah, and there's

always arguing. Whereas you can move house and while it's like annoying and stressful you know, it's not going to tear your relationship apart. You can always see the light at the end of the tunnel. Yeah, exactly. And then at the end of the divorce you've got to move anyway because presumably we're moving out of the house. And when you move house all your friends

don't like take sides and stuff. Yeah, true. There's that. They take the side of being like, oh, no, I'm busy, that working side. That's a classic move. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. Get started. Get started.

Get started. Don't get Fletch started. Don't get Fletch started in here. Don't get Fletch started. Don't get Fletch started in here. Don't get Fletch started. Don't get Fletch started in here. Yeah. Oh, just before we get started at Don't Get Fletch Started, Megan, when you sign into like a hotel when they want your details and everything,

you've obviously got no problem with giving them your name. Is Megan's microphone on? Jeez, Fletch. I didn't turn it off. Megan's microphone on? Jeez, flesh, gender equality. I didn't turn it off. Megan's got a button. No, I didn't turn it off. Well, I didn't turn it off. Oh, yeah, okay.

Don't get me started on switching the buttons. It was me. It was the one person who has absolutely no control over Megan's microphone. It was me that did it. Let's move on. It's blameable. So you fill it out, obviously. Yeah.

Important, especially in these days where contact tracing. They ask you for your details, so I just, I don't know, put it in there. Fletch, I've got a real issue with it. I witnessed this yesterday. Yeah, I was like, that doesn't say anything. I hate when you check into a motel or a hotel and they're like, fill out all your details. I'll put my phone number. That's fine.

But email addresses, I never, ever put my real email address. And yesterday, I didn't even put a real one. I just squiggled. You wrote cow and... Squiggled and gradually got into nonsensical. It's because you know why? They spam the hell out of you.

Even if you tick that box, I don't want to sign up for your offers. All the time. It gets into their system. All the time I get emails like. You can just unsubscribe. Yeah. Or do you want 5% off a hotel in Barcelona? It's like, no.

I didn't even. No. But I always fill in the email and I don't feel like I get spammed. Sometimes they get your email if you book online from whoever you book from. Right. So I'll get spammed that way and I'll unsubscribe straight away and I'm just like, oh. The problem is when the company that owns the hotel branch also has many other subsidiaries and so you start getting weird emails and you're like, I don't even remember.

I've never dealt with this. I've never stayed in this hotel. Yeah. Chase that trail a couple of times and it leads back to the same company that owns like a hotel chain. Yeah. So does that mean you don't fill in your email either? Well, no.

Yesterday when I went to fill in, none of the details were mine. It was another Vaughan Smith that must have stayed there once and they just auto-filled. You should have done it. And then V and someone Smith at extra.co.nz. I was like, that's not mine. She's like, is that your phone number? I was like, that's not mine I was like, that's not mine. She's like, is that your phone number? I was like, that's not mine.

Address, that's not mine. She's like, what do you want to do? I was like, well, I don't care. So I just stayed as this other Vaughan Smith. And did you take anything up on the minibar? All of it. Oh, great. It's all in my bag.

What I couldn't finish is in my bag. Yeah, and then just leave and they'll email those people. The other Vaughans was from. They sound like boomers if they've got an extra.co.nz. Yeah, I was going to say, extra.co.nz is a wild thing to see written down. Yeah. Like at yahoo.com. At yahoo.com email address.

But that's why I don't do it because they spam you. You just sound like a boomer with all of these. It's just a real punishment, isn't it? It did bite me in the ass one day because I realised that I'd left my headphones at a hotel and I rang them up and they said, oh, well, you didn't give us your email address. We couldn't contact you. I was like, because you would have spammed me.

So I guess, yeah. No, you haven't looted your leasing. No, not at all. Six of one, half a dozen of the other. Keeping up to date with the news just became a little easier. As at Herald's new podcast, the front page is your short, sharp daily news podcast. Join me, Damien Venuto, every weekday morning as I chat with journalists and newsmakers going behind the headlines to break down what you need to know on the biggest news stories of the day.

Listen to The Front Page at nzherald.co.nz slash podcasts and follow us on iHeartRadio or wherever you get your podcasts. Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. ZM. Ah, we're joined on the phone by the Prime Minister of New Zealand, Jacinda Ardern. We're not. Fletch just said to you, can you hear what Harry's saying? I can hear Harry.

We weren't listening then. I can hear when Fletch said, can you hear Harry? That was when I was like, yeah, I can hear him right now. The Prime Minister calls us. We don't call her because we have to get numbers and stuff. I thought they said she was on the phone. No, he said, I will tell you when she's on the phone. So sometimes we have to pass.

I thought he said, I can tell you she's on the phone. No. And that's why I was like, oh, that's good. Today, broadcasting from our Crush It studio. Because usually I can see. There's a little phone line that blanks and it'll have her name on it. Yeah. Usually you can see.

And so we're going to do some padding now, do we? We've just got to slightly pad for a few seconds until the Prime Minister calls us. One who she's talking to before us that's gone over their allocated time slot. Hosking. Oh, yeah, he loves chatting. He loves it, yeah.

He loves a bit of light and bright chat. He's the Prime Minister, doesn't he? Well known for it. What are you guys doing later? Unfortunately, dealing with you two for another few hours. I think we need a weekend, don't we?

Big weekend plans? Big weekend plans? I do. Big weekend plans? Yeah. What are you doing? Someone else's baby shower. Do you want to come, Fletch? Absolutely not.

Fletch loves all baby related. Did you invite me to your baby shower? She hasn't had a baby shower yet. Last night I did. Yeah, she did. Did you get an invite? Nope. No, you went there.

You were going to do a sound check. I'll invite you too. It's for boys and girls. Is it? Everyone can come. You just want more presents. Look at F do a sound check. I'll invite you too. It's for boys and girls. Is it? Everyone can come. You just want more presents. This fucking pleases me. She just wants more presents.

No, you don't have to bring a present. No presents required. Your presence is present enough. Yeah, but I said, this is your out. You don't have to come. And you didn't say anything. Do you have a list of things that you want? Like when people say no presents, there's always presents.

Yeah, she's there, Vaughan, you can do it now. He's like, shut up, we're the baby chat. That was great padding. Now I can say it and I know it's true. Joined on the phone by the Prime Minister of New Zealand, Jacinda Ardern. Good morning. Good morning. Sorry, I feel like my tardiness may have caused an awkward moment.

There was two minutes of awkward filling in time. It was professional chat. It's okay. Filling time. Did someone go over or have you been busy? I was trying to find another room. Oh, okay. That's fair enough. I mean, you're Prime Minister, it's all good.

Are you still in Nelson? No, no. I got back last night. I'm in Auckland for the day today. Okay. Now, we've done the Picks Peanut Butter Factory Tour. It's great, isn't it? Yeah, also, I mean, amazing to know Picks started from his garage roasting peanuts in a concrete mixer.

It's a very key story. He made the roaster too. Yeah, out of a concrete mixer. Yeah. See, if my neighbours started doing that, I'd report them to the police because I'd think they were up to no good. But now he's turned into a business.

So, here you go, next time. I imagine the smell was probably a giveaway that it wasn't anything dodgy. Yeah. Yeah, but it's like people who burn incense. What are they covering up? What smell are they covering up? Which leads us nicely along.

I'm really from Morrinsville. Yeah, exactly. I know the smells. Do you get, like, free peanut butter and did you have to declare it on your gifts list? He gave me a two-kg jar of peanut butter, which was a signed favourite. Oh, wow.

That's so cool. Did you get one of those wooden spoons? No. Peanut butter spoons. Ha! I did. I did. I did. That's your one-off

from the Prime Minister. The one you've been waiting for. Yes! Take that! Oh, you know, you should look into getting one. They're great. This is sort of a wooden,

crafted... Well, I've got to sell it now, Megan. I've made a big deal about how great the spoon is. So where to next on the pre-election tour of New Zealand? Well, tomorrow, voting

starts. So, which in some ways feels like it's been a long time coming and in some ways feels like it's come around really quick. So, for the next two weeks from Saturday, people can start voting. So, on Saturday, I'll be at a voting booth as a way to remind people of that.

Then Sunday, Auckland Monday, Christchurch. And then, yeah, a bit all over the show from there, actually. Wellington. Right. Yeah. We're in Christchurch in the moment, and I believe you know about this because I think they put a picture of you up on their Instagram. There's a gelato store, Rollick and Gelato,

who are doing the different flavours for all the different leaders of the parties and they're kind of running a poll with the different flavours. Most importantly, regardless of the poll, if the leader of the party they're representing goes in,

they then give it away for an hour. So who was I to say no to that? I didn't know about that because when we went last night to pay full price. But you did buy Jacinda's ice cream. I got the cheesecake with

red velvet cupcake that other people got it for free for an hour. So ice cream for the people. What flavour did you get? The David Seymour. No, I didn't get Seymour. I didn't get S'more.

David S'more. Okay. Which is the Act one. I got Cookie Crusher Collins. Ouch. And this was the moment it was over. The honeymoon's over. I just had to bring balance.

Every time we talk, people are like, oh, I was born your left wing mouthpiece. But now my mouthpiece has been on the right wing. I think the green's got a hard deal. That had the potential to be really nice. I love a pistachio flavoured ice cream. But I don't know if it was the hemp brownie because a brownie would have been great. I'm a bit of a, and I prefer, here's a good question.

What do you prefer? Ice cream or gelato? Oh, God. Oh, I mean... They're similar, right? They taste pretty similar to me. Wow, someone just lost. Whoever was voting for them in Marlowe's bubble.

You can charge a lot more for gelato. That's true. Which is weird because it's got a lower cream content. Yeah, it does. It should be more for gelato. That's true. Which is weird because it's got a lower cream content. Yeah, it does. It should be more for ice cream. It's a higher cream, a higher quality product, my humble opinion. Definitely winning some votes with this chat. Oh, God.

One thing I would like to know, you haven't said, and maybe people would like to know why you haven't said, which way you'll vote in the legalisation of cannabis referendum. Because that's kind of, well, it's one of the two referendums that's happening. Yeah, it is one of the two referendums. And it's one where everyone's vote is exactly the same. Labour doesn't, as a party, have a position on it. Every single one of our MPs is voting with their own conscience.

And my vote has the same amount of power as your vote. And I don't want it to be decided on politics. These things are so easily turned into party political issues. I want everyone to make up their own mind, look at the evidence and the research that we've been putting out there, have faith that they can trust it because we're not out there advocating for one side and making their own decision and then have faith that no matter what they decide,

I'll implement it. Okay. But then what, like, end of life, the end of life choice? That one was never intended to be a referendum. That one went before Parliament and we were all voting on it going to make it lawful. And then, fortunately, it didn't get through and so instead it was turned into a referendum. Okay, right, fortunately, it didn't get through.

And so instead, it was turned into a referendum. Okay, right. Okay, okay. That's interesting. Yeah, I guess a lot of people just wanted to know everybody's opinion on it. It's kind of like a hot topic.

But you don't want your opinion to sway people. No, I've always, yeah, I want people to make their own decision. And one of the things we've said is no matter what, we will implement the decision.

And we want people to have faith that we will. Whereas the entire National Party are all voting no, I'm not sure whether they will implement the referendum outcome if people vote yes or not because they haven't said but we certainly will.

So the politician doesn't want to sway people's votes with their own agenda. Yes, that's pretty much it. I want people to decide for themselves. Yeah. Right, and before we go, level two, what's happening there? A decision on Monday and then maybe Wednesday Auckland could be? You're constantly going for the early announcement here.

Yeah, I know. Every time we talk to you, Flick is like, what's happening? You might just slip up and let it out, I think, I hope. Yeah, so we decide Monday. So announcement's Monday, but things are obviously tracking really well. Yes. So you bloody wait. Yes, patience.

Yeah, patience. Patience is key and everybody doing their part. We can't rush it. Yes, exactly. Thanks. Hold on, I just want to know, would you be casting your vote on election day or will you be casting an early vote?

Because it's pretty traditional, right? You're going early. Yeah, I'm going early. I used to be big about voting on the day just because I like the ceremony of it. But I also want to remind people that they can vote early, particularly those who might be worried about their own health and wellbeing. You know, we've got two weeks where people can vote.

They can vote in the middle of the day or, you know, on a weekday, any time of their choosing. It's good to just remind people of that. So that's why I'm voting tomorrow. And you can enrol on the same day that you vote? Yes, this is a big change that we made. You know, previously you could enrol any day except on voting day and that never made sense to us.

You know, roughly 20,000 people's votes didn't count because they hadn't correctly had an up-to-date enrolment form. Right. And that's just not right. People have made the effort to vote. We've said now, if you get to the polling booth and you find that you weren't correctly enrolled, you can fix that on the day.

But really good to do it in advance so you don't have problems. Cool. Sweet as. Thanks for the chat. Okay, thanks, guys. Have a great day. Flesh, Vaughan and Megan. The podcast.

ZM. Friday Flashbacks. Okay. I felt a lot of pressure following last week's ABBA extravaganza. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. A lot of good feedback from ABBA feedback. One of the biggest Friday flashbacks ever. I offered you what would have been the ultimate ABBA follow-up this week.

Fletch said no. Real stern no. Yeah, Fletch said no to ABBA. Fletch says no to all the good ones. Also, I don't actually think we have that song. Yeah, we could find it. We could definitely have... No, it's not happening.

The people will never know what song you wanted to play. I don't say that. They will in three weeks' time. So we are in Christchurch and we did our Bang and Spingo at the Carlton last night. Yes. There was a Green Day song, a rock song came on and everyone was like really into it. So I was like, do you know what?

We haven't done rock for a while. Okay. There's not a lot of new rock music. So I was looking for a bit of a banger. Okay. This song did only get to number 12 in New Zealand,

but It was everywhere. It was everywhere. And this band has a hottie as the lead singer. Better actor than he is a singer. Fair call. What was the... No.

Pretty great actor. Really good at both. I was in love with him in my emo days. There were, like, this... The fringe and the eyeliner. I was like, yeah. He was, like, second in the emo crush behind Gerard Way from My Chemical Romance? Or would you say?

For you. Or for me. No, no. I was just saying in general. Who were your top three emo hotties? Pete Wentz. Four out of four. Pete Wentz.

And it placed three. And it placed three. Two would be the guy from Panic! At The Disco. Oh, yeah. You forgot about him. Brendan Urie. Brendan Urie. Brendan Urie.

Lead singer of Panic! at the Disco. And number one, oh, Emo Crush. He came in, what, a year ago and still looks the same. Yeah. Doesn't age. Does not age. Mormon.

Is that it? It's a Mormon lifestyle. Oh, right, okay. We're counting Brandon Flowers from... The Killers? He's not Emo. Not Emo. Not E emo enough.

Well, he's definitely up there from this band. Okay. So, it's a little bit thrashy. Yeah. But it's a banger. Jared Leto and 30 Seconds to Mars. Remember? Remember.

Some of the most epic music videos of all time. Were they on Iceberg or something for this? Yeah. Okay. Kings and Queens. It or something for this? Yeah, okay. Kings and Queens. It's your Friday flashback. All right, see you then. See you then. Desperate and broken The sound of a fight Father has spoken

We were the kings and queens of promise We were the best of those that were best Maybe the children of a master god Between heaven and hell Heaven and hell Into your lies Hopeless and taken We stole our new lives

Forgotten day In defense Of our dreams In defense Of our dreams We were the kings and claimed the promise We were defectors of ourselves Maybe the children

of a lesser God Between heaven and hell Heaven and hell Heaven and hell The Age of Man This comes at dawn These lessons that we've learned here I've only just begun We were the kings and queens and prophets We were the victims of ourselves And maybe the children of our master God.

To heaven and hell. We are the change. We are the change. We are the twins. We are the twins. We are the twins. Yep. 30 seconds to Mars Kings and Queens A Friday flashback today

Megan's pick And good response I think everyone needed it It's just a bit of a thrash Yeah It's got us reminiscing Of the top emo stars Of the day

Of the 2000s I believe we Called our list Emo hotties yeah and I just googled it and yeah there's some there's some

but maybe best just to like remember them as they were we're all we're all getting a bit older Jared Leto's still just he's got it going on the rock and roll lifestyle

is in kind Jared Leto's a beautiful man though he's a a rarity don't get me wrong Worst joker of all time In that brief appearance In Suicide Squad

But That's right He's a timeless man He's He's gorgeous I'll say it He's a gorgeous man Your feedback

Here we go Love 30 Seconds to Mars But you could have played One of their earlier songs Yeah we did It's a positive Positive Bit of a management sandwich there They It's a positive. Oh, okay. Positive.

Bit of a management sandwich there. They gave you a positive and then a negative. They've got to fill it up with another positive. I was going for a hit. Love it. My emo, my inner emo is rocking out. This takes me back to high school days. I'm getting U2 vibes from this song. And somebody said,

I vote to add a third referendum to this year's general election and it's that Vaughan picks Friday Flashback every week. But the workshop was cranking out. Somebody else said, you're winning with this banger. Yeah, there you go. Good feedback. Yeah.

And they did that amazing documentary as well a few years back. Where they sued, their music company sued them. Yeah. And it was a really fascinating insight into the music industry. And then since you've heard Taylor Swift and Kanye kind of suck up for musicians. And yeah, it's a pretty crazy industry. Good movie, Docco.

All right. Want to discuss now a couple. Yeah, they live in Dunedin. And you may have seen lots of election hoardings. Those are the little billboards. Core flutes stuck into people's lawns and nailed onto fences. I know people get really into supporting their parties, but I don't think if I had a front fence or a garden,

I would ever put up any political sign. You're just asking for people to be throwing stuff in, to be ripping it down. Don't you reckon? They have to ask and get permission and be like, yeah, I'm happy with it to be on my lawn kind of thing, right? Yeah. If you're going to have it on your fence or property.

But what's the deal with like berms? I don't know. I think that's just anyone's land, isn't it? Because then what if outside your house, your absolute, like the opposite of your political opinion was stabbed into your lawn and into your front bit and they're like, well, that's the council boom. You'd be like,

well, actually, I know that, so it's coming out. Well, a Dunedin couple, Peter and Adrian, they're a couple, but they have different political opinions. Okay. Yeah.

Spicy. Peter is a national supporter and Adrian is a Labour lady. And so they've put up a different billboard for each one. At opposite ends of this section there's one national billboard and there's one Labour billboard at the other end.

Do you think they watched the leaders debate or disagreed to have it off? Well maybe it's their thing how they spice up the relationship. He comes home and he's like, oh. They have an argument and then they're like, crap. You dirty little communist. She's like, you fascist right-wing creep.

Yeah, that's hot in the bedroom. Yeah, why don't you tax me? Yeah, oh, yeah. No, why don't you give me a tax cut? You love taxing so much. Take my reform. Okay, careful. Could you imagine if your partner was vastly,

like that's different ends of the spectrum. And like you said, regardless of how passionate you are about politics, you don't want a sign up. So how passionate do you have to be to put a sign up? Yeah. And then you've got two people really passionate. And different... Opposite ends. Yeah. I just, I can't see how you'd get around an argument put a sign up and then you've got two people really passionate and different

opposite ends. Yeah. I just, I can't see how you'd get around an argument at some point. But you hear about it, I remember last

US election there were the couples that the husband was a Trump supporter. Weirdly, always the dudes. Yeah. The husband was

a Trump supporter. Good guys. He's a good guy. Good guys. And they, the wife wasn't. And they interviewed a whole bunch of people

about it. I'd love to see them go back and talk to those people. Yeah, see how they're still together. See how their divorce went. Yeah. Four years down the track.

But I mean, it's quite divisive over there, but I mean, yeah, I just couldn't imagine being with someone and disagreeing with them that much.

Yeah. I'd like to know this morning. Oh, $800 anywhere. You can text 9696. Is there something you and your partner fiercely disagree on or have completely polar opinions on? And how do you navigate that space? Like, I guess it doesn't need to be political. No, no, definitely.

Yeah. But there might be certain things you're... I mean, could, like, if your partner was a vegan and you're a meat eater. Yeah. Oh, we've talked about... Lots of people seem to make that work. Yeah. Because, like, I could understand a vegetarian and a meat eater,

but, like, vegan is very much... Yeah. You know? Yeah. But, yeah, maybe you've got different opinions on different things, but it still works. What are you and your partner disagree on? We're talking about how you and your partner disagree on? We're talking about

how you and your partner... You've laughed at me twice when I've started today. I'm sorry. You're just tired. I feel out of my comfort zone. I'm in an uncomfortable chair. I had a bit of a rough sleep. I had a scary dream.

A really scary dream. Yeah, there was a timer and I didn't know what it was counting down to. Or it could have been the new year. No, it wasn't the new year. It was quite a daunting time. Like a bomb or something. Because before you went to bed, Fleet was like, this is when you have to get up on the dot.

You have to be downstairs. Yeah, and it added stress to my time sensibilities. And I had a giant timer. I'm sorry that asked you to wake up just past your normal wake up time. And then just like when it was getting towards like the lower numbers, everybody around me started like disappearing.

And then I was like, oh, okay. It's a countdown to like the end of the rapture. And now I'm all gone. Where am I going? Did you read the free hotel Bible before bed? I took in a few pages of Revelations in the kitchen's Bible. Yes. Talking about those times when you and your partner disagree.

And if you're in one of those partnerships or couples that you have different opinions, like vastly different on different ends of the spectrum. How do you make a balance? Because a Dunedin couple, one's a national supporter, one's a Labour supporter. And they're like, oh, yeah, we put up a billboard each. Let's go to Alicia. Alicia, how are you and your partner vastly different? I love dogs, and I really, really, really want one,

and he hates them and won't agree to it. I never thought about that, the difference. Because some people, like Megan and I, we couldn't be together because you hate cats. I'm allergic. And you're allergic. I have a stupid dog. Yeah, that's never going to work. You always hear of dads, especially who are like, no, I'm not getting a bloody dog.

And then they get it and they love them. So maybe you should just bring it home and see how you go. He'll fall in love with it. You don't think that would go down well with him, Alicia? No, definitely not. He has said so many times, you better not just bring one home one day because I've done that before with cats.

You've got a history. Hey, thanks for your call, Alicia. Charlie, are you and your partner vastly different? Yeah, she's a little bit different. She's a bit of a hard right-wing supporter, a bit of a crusher fan. Okay. She's called the Raji Pranan Commune in Australia.

So, you know, the orange people, the wild, wild country documentary off Netflix. Yeah. What? Oh, my God. When you said the name, I was like, is that the same? Because they had branches all over the world, right? Yeah, that's correct.

They're a very unique group of people. But, you know, best intentions. That's what I see when they shut down my cult too. Best intentions. Best intentions. Oh, wow. And so you'd be obviously like lift-wing and a lot more like socialist? Look, I would definitely be voting yes in some of the referendums coming up,

but it's everyone's choice and you've just got to kind of respect it and try and manipulate them towards the right. Now that's a cult, can you? That's passive manipulation. Yeah, that's day three. You you? That's passive manipulation. Yeah, that's day three. You started that so diplomatically.

How did you guys meet? We met in Sydney in Bondi. She was around the corner. Yeah, it's an anomaly, Bondi.

Many, many people come together that wouldn't usually. What an interesting situation. But yeah, and so do you have lots of arguments over different things politically?

We just kind of avoid the subject or I try and, you know, introduce new facts that she could possibly see. And, you know, some people just don't like facts. They don't like me. You are so good at this. You'd be hard to argue with, though, because you're calm and passive-aggressive. But it's fine, though, because you just know that you're the better person, eh?

I try not to let that, you know, be the thing that she thinks. But you know deep down. Charlie, thanks to you, called Siobhan. You and your partner, vastly different in what regard? It's kind of a bit more trivial than what other people have been talking about. But my husband loves potato chip sandwiches, which I'm not a polyester fan. Yeah.

But then he puts tomato sauce on top of potato chips in his sandwich. He puts tomato sauce. Oh, yeah. Okay. Yeah, now sauce... Oh, yeah, okay, yeah. Now, that is disgusting. Whoa, whoa, whoa. No, I'm on his team. What flavoured chip is he having on the sandwich?

Just like salt and vinegar or chicken or something. And then he puts tomato sauce on top. It's so terrible. But you're not... He's not making them for you, right? Like, you don't have to eat them?

No, but... No, every time he does it, I'm like, ugh, yuck, and then he's always like, you've got to try it, you've got to try it, and he's always nagging me to try it. It's just so not happening. He's not wrong, because with the salt and vinegar and the sweetness of tomato sauce,

it's a bit of a sweet and tangy combo. I'm all for it. Reminds me of picnics on the lawn with Nana. Get a bit of sauce on your chip sandwich. Really, hey, Siobhan, thanks for your call. Some text messages. Someone said, we are disagreeing at the moment on weed in the referendum. Oh, yeah.

I understand his arguments, and he thinks I'm just wrong. At the end of the day, he can still have a smoke sometimes, and I don't have to smoke. I can't ask him not to do it. It would be like him asking me to do it. I only ask that when he does, he doesn't lie about it and we're all good. But at the moment, we are disagreeing on it. My partner and I, it's over religion. He

wasn't overly religious when we started seeing each other 10 years ago. We've been married for 7 and he's become extremely religious over that time. I'd probably burst into flames if I set foot in a church. Same. We don't talk about it much because it always leads to arguments.

How is that? That's like leading a different life, though. Yeah, true. Because if you're getting... Because that's not an opinion, eh? It's like your whole existence. Yeah, it's... And like if he's really involved in his church, you know, it takes up extracurriculars and

stuff. Yeah. Ooh, how do you navigate that? And then you're all judgy and stuff. Yeah. Ooh, how do you navigate that? And then we were judging and stuff. Somebody said, my husband and I have only, we've been together five years and we only disagree on two things. Capital gains tax

and whether pineapple should go on pizza. You think about it, those are two big issues in New Zealand. Remember the last election where Bill English put the spaghetti and the pineapple on the pizza and everyone's like, well, I don't know how I feel about that, Bill.

My partner and I disagree on having our dog inside. He thinks dogs are outside creatures. You're the same, aren't you? I totally think dogs are outside creatures. But if it's a little shih tzu, it's not going to be right outside just because I look at you shivering. It was a wolf once, so they used to find it's in a wolf and survive. My husband is almost aggressively pro-national.

And I've actually been really impressed with how Jacinda and her government have been over the last three years. It does not work well for us. But the thing is, they don't see who you're voting for, do they? No one sees who you're voting for. I'm not sure we'll see our 2020 together. Oh, wow. Really? Because of it.

I used to just lie about who I voted for to whoever I was with to appease the group. Because it doesn't change what you take in the polling booth. It stops the argument. Early election voting starts tomorrow,

by the way, too. Vote.nz for all the info. Yep. Yeah, so many people dealing with... My partner always wants the chaser to win on the chase. Oh, why not? I want the people to win always wants the chaser to win on the chase. Oh, why not?

I want the people to win. I want the contestants to win. I don't want them to disagree on it. It could break us. They need to do a personality test because that's messed up. Yeah, yeah. Are they a monster? Because it's not the chaser's money.

It's the TV production company's money. You're always going for the underdog, too. Yeah. It'd be different if they told us the Chaser gets a nice bonus every time they... No, even that. Even that. I wouldn't want them to win too many times in a row.

Too much bonus. Yeah, that's divorce material. But I can understand wanting the Cineman to win. Why? I like the Cineman. And I like the Vixen. Yeah, she's my favorite.

And the Governess has got a bit of spunk. Yeah. Okay, the Destroyer, I can see him, but the Beast, no one wants the Beast to win. He's a smug asshole. Yeah, he is. Everyone wants can see him, but the Beast, no one wants the Beast to win. He's a smug arsehole.

Everyone wants to see him, not from his ivory tower of pop quiz knowledge. Fleshfawner Megan, the podcast, ZM. Fact of the day, about the selling of baked potatoes Okay Megan, if you spun your head around too much quick You would have burned your neck Baked potatoes are underrated I love a jacket potato

Yeah Where you hollow out the inside Mush it up It's a stuffed potato Is it a stuffed? Are we talking about that? Or just a jacket potato. Yeah. Where you hollow out the inside, mush it up. It's a stuffed potato. Is it a stuffed? Are we talking about that or just a jacket potato in the oven? Well, a jacket potato is, yeah. Well, a baked potato can be either.

Okay. You can buy a stuffed baked potato. Okay. There used to be a cart in Hamilton, a garden place. I'd loved enough, it's still there. Christ, I used to buy them, they were molten lava hot. You'd take them and let them sit for a bit before you could eat them, otherwise it would melt you.

But there was nothing inside. No, you could get a variety. You could get a bit before you could eat them, otherwise it would melt you. But there was nothing inside. No, we could get a variety. You could get a stuffed. You could get pretty much plain. Okay. And it would be a lovely little hot tato. And jacket potatoes, you just give them a scrub, right, and you just chuck them in the oven.

And some tinfoil. Leave them for as long as you can. Prick them with fork. You were in a whole food court going to that place. No, it wasn't a food court. It was a cart in the middle of a garden place. Oh, right. Okay.

It was just like out there. It was like this historic spot. You'd walk past all the time and the smell of like the cheese and the- Historic jacket potatoes. The spring onions and- Okay. Yeah. I always assumed when I was like, not a kid, but like young, I always assumed it had been

there for like a hundred years because it was made to look really old. But then it occurred to me that it definitely wouldn't have been. Yeah. It was made to look like an old, then it occurred to me that it definitely wouldn't have been. It was made to look like an old, like, middle-time-ies wagon. Right. But it wasn't. But anyway, this is about potatoes being sold in Victorian England. Okay.

Because they were marketed, and not as just a lovely hot meal on the go, but mobile hand warmers. Yes. What a good idea. In fact, there were some people who didn't even eat them. They'd give them later on to a person struggling, but they would buy a hot potato and put it between their hands

to warm their hands on their walk to wherever they were going, work or home, and then give it to somebody else to eat. Well, you'd have to hand sanitise that now. Well, no, it would probably be wrapped in... Do they have foil in Victorian times? Don't believe so. They had it wrapped in a different cloth.

Oh, I read before what the cloth was called. It sounded a bit like hessian, to be totally honest. Flannels. They've been around for ages, flannels. Flannels? You took it like a face cloth. It was called a green baize, a coarse woolen cloth. It was now used to cover pool and billiard tables.

Oh, right. Imagine that stuff. But wrapped around a whole potato. So these potato sellers and mobile hand warmer sellers, there'd be a base and they'd cook the potatoes and then they would take them out and wrap them in the baize and then put them in this little carry cart that had foldable legs and then they'd walk carrying all their little baked potatoes

and then they'd flick the legs out and stand them there. They'd be like, taties! Taters, taters! And there was coals in the bottom that heated water and the water's steam just kept the potatoes hot. Wow! And the steam kept them from drying out so they could be there for a long time. And they'd go out and sell it.

And then they'd often be used for just hand warmers. So today's fact of the day is, and maybe you want to try this, I don't know, live a little this weekend, you know, bake a potato and then use it as a hand warmer. But be careful not to give yourself third degree palm burns. Yeah. That very serious issue.

Today's fact of the day is that baked potatoes were once also marketed as mobile hand warmers. Fact of the day, day, day, day, day. The car that sells potatoes is still in Garden Place in Hamilton. Is it? They've advanced the menu and now sell kumara as well. Oh, delicious. I love a kumara.

Love a kumara. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. Benny Glitter on ZM played last night her first show, her Sold Out New Zealand tour, and apparently some new songs. We were busy with our Bangers Bingo tour, but yeah, new songs at the Crush It show last night as she makes her way around the country. Why don't you guys not go to the Benny after party

afterward? Why don't you go to bed? You didn't go. I like how it wasn't even believable for a second that I would go to a party, let alone an after party. Well, it's after something. That's bedtime, isn't it? The minute you say something's happening after something, I assume the

after thing is definitely beat. Yeah. Of course, we're in Christchurch for the Bangers Bingo tour. Our next one will be in Tauranga and we'll be there on Thursday and we are going to be at the Freeport Tavern. So if you'd like to come along, you and three friends register. Producer Jared,

you're on tour with us. Come over to Megan's microphone here. Last night was your first time in a flash hotel yeah it was so cool I had a bathtub but that's good I didn't have a bathtub

I had one of those showers that you can get a wheelchair into should you need to accessibility shower. Yeah, right. Those are good having a seat. Yeah, I had a fold-down seat. I had a set.

I had a sit. And I put the water on the back of my neck. And it was, yeah, that was nice. But this is just new. Where do you not, have you just been away, just stayed in like hostels or something? Yeah, or in a caravan or... My favourite part was, he's like,

oh, it took me ages to figure out, you put the card in that slot to make the power go? I was walking around a dark hotel room for like 10 minutes.

Yeah, or you plug your phone in and you, because you arrive at daytime and you plug your phone into charge and you come back and you're like,

it hasn't even charged. You're like, oh, I haven't put the card in the thing. Yeah. Wow. And a nice bed as well. Oh, it was huge.

It was like double the size of my bed at home. Cute. Wow. It was lush. We've just been having the cutest things it was huge. It was like double the size of my bed at home. Cute. Wow. It was lush. We've just been having the cutest things in group chat.

Jared's like, oh my God. Yep. Free little coffee sachets. I made a DIY bubble bath by pouring half the shower gel they give you in there.

Yeah, you've got to pour it right under where the water comes in to get that real good fluff from the shower gel. But that's okay. Did you take anything? Because I took a box of tissues. Because you've got to put it right under where the water comes in to get that real good fluff from a shower gel. But that's okay. Did you take anything? Because I took a box of tissues.

Because you're allowed to. Oh, did you? I may have taken a face cloth. You can't take that! You can't! No, no, no! The mattress distains! You can't take that!

Oh, no! Oh, no! I've got to put it back. No, you're allowed the sachets of coffee, the little shampoos. No, I thought that was the minibar. Jared, you're allowed the sachets of coffee, the little shampoos. No, I thought that was the minibar. Jared, the linen is the hotel property. Oh, we're going to have to go back. I thought the coffee and tea was the minibar.

Yeah, well, it's not free, is it? Oh, my God. No, Jared, not the face cloths. Yeah, it's not like your entire gym towel collection came from a series of hotel sachets. Oh, bless. I got rung and arsed once. I took a towel. I got rung and asked once. I took a towel.

I got rung and asked, and they said, oh, there's a towel missing. And I said, you probably don't want that towel back. And they didn't answer any more questions. I don't think it was even wrong with the towel. I think I accidentally took it. It was just with all my dirty clothes. I was like, as a joke, oh, you do not want that towel back. And they're like, okay, thank you.

Flesh, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast not want that tailback. I'm like, okay, thank you. Fleshfauna Megan, the podcast. ZM. Well, the trailer. Woke up this morning and the trailer was out for the sequel to Borat. Now, this is, there are a few little reports this year that he

was filming. Yeah, he, but people thought it might have been a different situation. They thought it might have been a different situation. They thought it might have been the sequel series to... This is America that he did. This is America that he did, which was really in your face. But apparently, no, it's with Borat. And the times we've seen Sacha Baron Cohen dressed as characters other than Borat,

that's Borat as characters. Right. And the trailer kind of explains that he's become so famous that people recognise him when he goes to America. Which is true. Yeah. And the title is, Borat, gift of pornographic monkey to Vice Premier Mikhail Pence to make benefit recently diminished nation of Kazakhstan,

as confirmed by the Writers Guild of America. And on Twitter, it looks like the country of Kazakhstan's official Twitter, but it's been set up to release trailer clips. Yeah. So there's been a clip there about Trump and how great he is. And the trailer came out today. So this is going to be on Amazon Prime and only weeks away. Did you have the release date?

October 23rd. Wow. So that's a week before the November election in America. So there's various things that have been reported since this came out in June. Apparently, because it says in the trailer that it was filmed during COVID lockdown. There's a lot of quarantining and everything. Apparently, he went dressed as a hillbilly to the Washington State Three Percenters, which is a right-wing militia group

quite intensely Trump-supporting. He got on stage as a country western singer and led them in a whole lot of sing-alongs that were intensely controversial. I cannot wait for this. The trailer is out. Fourteen years ago I released a movie film which brought

great shame to Kazakhstan. But now I was instructed to return to Yankee land to carry out secret missions. I go to America! America! What did you say? No, it's not me.

People make recognize my face. I would need What did you say? No, it's not me. People make recognise my face. I would need disguises. Is this a sex criminal? No, no sex criminal. He's in a costume store and it's like a Harry Potter costume. It's the guy who played Harry Potter in one of those parody movies, like Scary Movie. Yeah.

When they did all the, what was it called? Epic movie or something. Yeah. And there was a guy who dressed up as Harry Potter. So it's a rip-off Harry Potter on a rip-off Harry Potter costume. Yeah. Great trailer. The trailer's about two minutes long.

You can check it out online. It will upset some people. Oh, yeah. There's apparently one US politician likely to end their career. That's how bad it was. Do they need to release it sooner than a week before the elections? I think they've got to edit it and finish it. That's the other thing. He was

filming not that long ago. There was a camera set up on a car and he was filming his board ride drive and that was only a month or so ago. Yeah, so a quick turnaround and you're coming to Amazon Prime. Super excited.