ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley - ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Megan Podcast - June 10 2019

Episode Date: June 9, 2019

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ZM. Head music lives here. Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. Thanks, Ash. Good morning. Welcome to the show. Fletch, Vaughan and Megan. Minus Vaughan today, who's swanned off to Melbourne. He's in Melbourne. You may have seen that he's announced he's going to be on TV again. Have you been paying attention? New TV show that he's a part of. Yes. So they're in Melbourne seeing how, because it's an Australian show. Yeah. They're going to a part of. So they're in Melbourne seeing how, because it's an Australian show. Yeah.

They're going to do it here, so they're in Melbourne seeing how that films, plays out. Oh, that's lovely. And we're also short one Anya, intern Anya. Oh, she's in front of the Eiffel Tower. She's gone to Paris. Show me. That annoys me because the Eiffel Tower. She's gone to Paris. Show me. That annoys me

because the Eiffel Tower is not straight. I mean, no. She doesn't use the right... The Eiffel Tower is straight. Her head's on a wee bit of a tilt. No, the Eiffel Tower is crooked. What do you mean?

Caitlin, is the Eiffel Tower crooked? Oh, slightly. Like, put a piece of paper against that. But... Yeah. No, it's on a lean.

I mean, she's only in charge of our social media. Maybe she wanted it slightly crooked. Oh, no. She's got to repost that. Oh, my gosh. You can't put up the Eiffel Tower and it's on a lean. Of all the things you could get from that photo, you just see that it's like ever so slightly crooked.

I'm calling her. What time is it in Paris? What's real? Wait, what time is it in Paris? You haven't checked. What are we, like 6.30? Why do they have a fancy ring? Hello.

Anya, just a little problem with your Eiffel Tower picture. The Eiffel Tower's on a lane. Has that gone on your goat? Yeah, because it should be straight. You can use the rotate tool. Sorry about that. What are you currently doing in Paris? What am I doing?

Yeah. Oh, I'm just having a snooze. Okay. Yeah, I'm sorry to call you on holiday, but you're going to have to take that down and repost it because the Eiffel Tower's crooked, aren't you? It's like the Leaning Tower of Pisa. No, that's the Leaning Tower of Pisa. This is

the Eiffel Tower. It's the Leaning Tower of Eiffel. Yeah, you've got their own country though. You were too busy looking at yourself in that photo, weren't you? You're damn right. I look wonderful. You do look wonderful. It's a great picture of you, but I'm sorry, you are going to have to repost that before people wake up and see it.

I appreciate the air check on my Instagram. Okay, no, you're welcome. Sorry to call you on holiday, Anya. No problem. Have a great time. Okay. As you were. Here we go. I can't believe you did that. It gets me so upset when people put wonky photos up.

There's a tool to literally make them unwonky. Okay. She's on holiday. She's literally in Paris. I bet she misses me now even more. Yeah, I bet she does. All right, you lot, listen up. It's story time.

Well, with Born Away, Megan, you'll pick three news headlines, quirky, odd, unusual news stories. Three headlines. Pick one of the following three. Okay. Headline one, struggling to make hens meet. Headline two, Alexa fatally wounded. And headline three, tingling sensation at Waterpark.

I feel like Vaughn would have guessed what failing to make hens meet was. Okay. Well, he's not here, so. Tingling at Waterpark. Is it anything to do with electricity? Yes. Okay. So someone's got a wee bit of a zap

because there was electricity in the Waterpark where it shouldn't have been. Maybe. Okay. Along those lines. I feel like I want

failing to make hen's meat. You want that one? Yeah. Alright, we go to China where a wealthy farmer from China's Sichuan province has been arrested for allegedly stealing chickens and ducks from several villages.

Okay. In order to buy gas for his thirsty $290,000 BMW. Do they even get that expensive? What kind of BMW? Here's a photo of it, but that's Do they even get that expensive? What kind of BMW? Here's a photo of it, but that's not... In New Zealand, wouldn't that be like $100,000? I mean, it kind of just looks like your stock standard. I mean, like a late model Beamer, but...

Yeah, but not like $200,000. I mean, maybe they're really expensive there, or maybe that's not the photo. So apparently police were getting reports of chicken and ducks being stolen in several villages since April. And they never expected the culprit to be one of the richest farmers in the area. A man who lives in a multi-story villa, drives a two million yuan luxury BMW. So that'd be yuan, not dollars.

Yeah, right. Even though they used the dollar sign. And yeah, apparently it was him. And apparently, underneath it all, financial woes. And he said the BMW was thirsty on the gas, so he needed to steal people's chickens

to sell them for gas money. Wow. So he's like trying to keep up the facade of being a wealthy ass. Well, exactly, like many people do. And as the headline said, he was struggling to make hens mate. But is he putting the chickens in his fancy pants beamer? Or did he have another car that he was stealing them with?

Well, apparently he'd get them on a motorbike. So I guess he'd just have a cage. You know, because if you've been to like... Oh, a cage. A cage. I thought you were just holding a chicken, like dubbing a chicken. Oh, you could. You could do that.

Yeah. Put it on the handle, one on the handlebars, one on the back of the seat. You just hold on to you. Put its legs around you. Don't go too fast or they'll go flying. A little chicken helmet. Oh, my God. Cute.

Wow. Should have got a better car. I'm still maintaining. Yeah, well probably could. You wouldn't want the crap all over your beamer. No, you wouldn't. The pose in the back seat. Yeah. Flesh, Vaughan and Megan. The Podcast. ZM. Chernobyl

is a mini-series that everyone is talking about. It's got five episodes. The highest rated on IMDB. 9.7 average score out of 10. Highest rated TV show. Which is huge.

Yeah. So it's five parts. You can watch it on Neone. Yeah, Neone New Zealand. Yeah. So we all loved it. It's great. It's about the nuclear

reactor meltdown in the Ukraine. But there is one country that is not a fan, and it's Russia. So Russia are, in fact, making their own version of Chernobyl. Because back in the day, they were part of the, Ukraine was part of the Soviet Union. Yeah. And, of course, that's what this TV show deals with,

the fact that they tried to cover it up, didn't believe it was a big deal. Gives you, just as a side note, it gives you lots of scary insights into what the Soviet Union was like. Yeah. And the control that Russia has or had. But they watch it now and apparently they are in post-production. So it's been like, they've been filming it. Right.

It's good to go. And it implicates the United States as having a hand in the disaster. I don't know how. Wow. But they have put 30 million, the government's put 30 million rubles into this for the production, which seems weird. What are they going to say that the US had secret agents that came in and melted it down and caused an explosion or something? I don't know.

And then tried to cover it? Ridiculous. Because it was user error. Did you like the show now that you've finished it? So good, eh? The ending was just so good. Because I went into the last episode and I was like, how are they going to wrap this up and finish it off?

It was so good. And because I don't know anything, I'm not scientific at all, I feel like it explains everything so well. So you do understand, basically, all the nuclear stuff going down. If you haven't watched it, you simply must. Yeah, right.

Apparently, people that have seen it in the Ukraine and Russia and stuff, the general people, not politicians and the government, they apparently really liked it as well. Right. So just not Russia, the politicians and the government. They apparently really liked it as well. Right. So just not Russia. Just not the actual. Sure.

So I don't know if we'll get that version. I'd be keen to watch it though, just to see what kind of spin they chuck on it. For the lols. Yeah. Flesh, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast, ZM. If you're like me and at concerts, after concerts, if I'm in like the mosh pit or down on the floor, I always get a sore back because you're like arching your back to after concerts, if I'm in like the mosh pit or down on the floor, I always get a sore back because you're like arching your back to like be a little bit taller to see.

Right. There's a solution. Can't relate. I can't relate. I know because you're one of those people that like would stand in front of me and then like I literally have to try and like peer over your shoulder. But I'm just average height. I'm like 185.

And you've never had to like crane. Man, I'm so short though. Oh, yeah, sometimes on a really tall person, I guess that would be how I can relate. When a really tall person, they should just have to stand at the back like photos, like school photos. Yeah.

Back row, tall people. But I literally see a sea of shoulders in a mosh pit. So what do you do then? Just kind of stand to the side or to the back a little bit? Yeah, or you try and get in between shoulders or like a tippy toe for a bit. Because I could wear heels, but then you can't, if you're going to be on the floor standing up that whole time.

Or even flat shoes sometimes standing in GA. The one time I wore heels to a concert because I was like, this will help me heaps. I lost my toenails. Oh. You could bring your stilts back from your stilt days as a Nelson stilter. Yeah, I'd probably get knocked off those. But someone's created, this inventor has solved the problem. Okay.

There's one downside. So these are periscope glasses. What it looks like is you've got a pair of glasses with like, you know, those people that have clip on bits and then it's like is you've got a pair of glasses with like, you know those people that have clip-on bits and then it's like angled down? So it has another pair that's angled down in front of the pair that you're wearing. Okay. With a big pole. Yeah.

That goes 30 centimetres up into the air. And then it looks like a rear view mirror. So it's like a periscope. Yeah. A glasses periscope. So, I mean, you'll see. You'll look like an absolute penis. Yes.

But at least you're able to see. How are these staying on your face? Well, so, it's glasses. So they're attached to the rims? Yeah. A pole. A pole, is it on the bridge of your nose? It's top heavy.

There's no headband or anything. There's no... No, but it goes behind your ears like normal glasses. You'd need a strap. You'd need a tight strap, like, you know, like a head torch. To look even more chic. Yeah, I mean, they're not cute. You're not going to hook up with anyone.

Yeah, no. But you'll see. Yeah. ZM's Fletch Warner Megan, the podcast. I've got some bad news. I don't want to start Monday on a bad footing, but an asteroid half the size of a rugby field could slam into Earth, according to the

European Space Agency in September. Oh, okay. Wait, does that mean we're, is that the end of us? Is that like going to push us off our axis? Well, I don't think so. They're saying it's going to zip relatively safely past us

at a distance of 6.7 million kilometres. Oh, okay. There is a 1 in 7,299 that it will hit us. Does it say where it will hit? Because, like, can we maybe put it on Russia or something? The big area. Yeah. Russia. Some of that vast land. It takes The big area. Yeah. Russia.

Some of that vast land. It takes up the biggest. Yeah, exactly. Landmass, yeah. So apparently, yeah, it would. It's small though compared to the asteroid that they say wiped out the dinosaurs. That was at least 10 kilometres across. Okay.

So compared to half a football field. Probably wouldn't do much. Be like a small bomb Going off somewhere Oh yeah Just a small bomb Mmm But Six million

That's apparently close Six million miles away Zooming past us But there's a chance It could hit us Yeah but a small chance But then The way I look at it

Is if someone told you You had a one in 7,299 Chance of winning lotto Powerball You'd buy 400 tickets Wouldn't you? Yeah. That's not a good way to look at it.

Well, no, it's a horrible way of looking at it. But it's certainly more chances of that than winning Lotto, Powerball. Wait, there's more chances of being hit by that asteroid than winning Lotto? Of course, yeah. Oh, that's horrible. Chances of winning Lotto. Is it like a million to one to win Lotto?

New Zealand. So more likely to get hit by an asteroid. The odds of any one six number line winning first division is about one in 3.8. What? One in 3.8 million. Oh, okay. Yeah. Not one in 3.8.

Oh yeah, left out the million. That's important, isn't it? The odds of getting a six line plus a Powerball is one in 38 million. So the odds of this crashing into us are one in... 7,000. 299. Okay. Wow.

September. So we've got a couple of months. I'm going to go tick up a loan today that I'm not going to pay back. I'm not going to have to start doing repayments until like, what's after September? October. And then if this asteroid hits us, I'm not paying it back. Yeah, right. Because I'll be dead anyway, won't I?

ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. Now, I have a list of 10 signs that you have met your soulmate. Now, this is from people. It's not a study or anything. It's from actual people who believe that they've found their soulmate. They were asked how they think they know. And they've collated the 10 most popular. Producer Caitlin, five months in with the boyfriend.

Let's see how we go with this list. Have we said... No, we're not. His name, no. No, not his name. I know what Megan's going to say. Oh, have we said the L word? Have you said you love each other?

No. I'm going to keep that private. Okay. Right, okay. Well, that's the first one. No, it's not. Is that not? Okay, right.

The first one. Being around this person gives you a sense of peace and comfort even very early in the relationship. So on Saturday night, we ate two pizzas and a pasta in his bed and watched a movie. That's comfort. That's comfort, yeah.

That's real comfortable. And I literally had no qualms about it. I was like, don't eat that last piece. Were you in your jammies? Yeah, I always wear my jammies around him. You know it's love when you're in your jammies

eating in bed and you slop it down your front and they're all good with it. Totally fine. Yeah. Eating in bed and you slop it down your front and they're all good with it. Totally fine. Yeah. Yeah. Eating in bed. No, there's crumbs.

Do you not eat in bed? No. Oh my God, that's my most favourite thing to do. Same. You live by yourself. You can eat on the couch or the table. But you eat at the table by yourself. That's like the same thing.

No, I'm just saying that you've got a whole house. You don't need to eat in the bedroom. No, but it's nice. I don't know. Watch the TV in bed, eat something. Oh, Fletch, live a little. Okay, number two.

You may be very different, but you balance each other out. Oh, yeah. Yep. Because I'm like real high maintenance, stressy. High maintenance, stressful.

He's super chill. And he's really chill. Yeah. Okay, good. You get this gut feeling That you've met your match Oh my god Do you? I don't know

We'll need an answer It's just girl chat Do you? I don't know Pass No you can't pass I don't know No you didn't answer

She didn't say no. No, that's a ding. That's a really big question. Okay, that's a ding. Your values are in total alignment. Yes. Okay, ding. We're both very family oriented.

And what about his, he doesn't eat meat sometimes. Yeah, he's vegetarian three days a week. And he gets it. And he knows he has to get a keep cup to save the dolphins. So that's good. Little steps. Yeah. You've seen this person at their worst and you love them anyway.

Oh, my God. Oh, he's definitely seen me. No doubt he's seen you at your worst. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Okay, so signs you've met your soulmate. You're doing pretty well. Oh, my God. We're halfway. We're halfway. We're halfway. Okay. Okay, so signs you've met your soul, mate. You're doing pretty well.

We're halfway. We're halfway. Okay. You care so deeply about each other that at times you feel each other's pain. When he was

overseas and he had really bad... Hemorrhoids. Barley belly. Barley belly. Oh my God, we all heard about his barley belly.

I know, I really fell for him. Okay, thanks. You feel a kind of electricity when you touch. Oh my God. That's ridiculous. Yeah, there we go. No, no, no, no, no, no.

I don't know. Do you feel an electricity? I don't feel electricity. It's just like static. Fine, that's static. That's electricity. Are you talking about the supermarket trolley when you touch the nettle with?

Yeah. Clothes out of the dryer? Yes, I've had that before. That's the only static? Okay, well that's still... We've got three more. So three more signs that you've met your soulmate. Your relationship may be rocky at times,

but rough patches help you grow. You had your argument. Yes, at the airport. What was your argument about? Because I said that we were late because of him and then he said that we were late because of me. He said it wasn't an argument, but I tried to make it into one. So that she could tell everyone they had their first argument.

Yeah. Right, okay. You feel like you can let your guard down and be 100% yourself when you're with him. Yeah, pizza and bet. Yeah. And lastly, the last sign you've met your soulmate, you recognise that this person came into your life to teach you

an important lesson. Oh, okay. To like chill out. To chill out. To chill out. No, he does. He's so smart guys. He always teaches me things every day because he likes learning and he tells me these things that I don't even need to

know. Like he was telling me all these facts about beer the other day and I don't need to know that, but it was like I appreciated it. Yeah. I mean, I don't think they're talking about like facts about beer. Oh, okay. Like life lessons. Life lessons. Well, to keep learning.

That's a good one. Hey, this sounds pretty good. I think you've done pretty well, Caitlin. You have met your soulmate. Oh, my God. Everyone calm down. And still haven't said the L word, though. Well, we might have.

We don't. We're just not talking about it. Well, when did it happen? No, I'm not talking to you about it. When did this thing we're not talking about happen? No, no, it didn't. Who said it first? No, we haven't.

Caitlin, we're not moving on until you answer. No, well, that's bullying and I'll tell you in my own time. Thank you. Flesh, Vaughan and Megan. The Podcast. ZM. There is a new movie coming out. It's in production and

I'm sure that it's going to make you cry. So, it's from the creators of Marley and Me. Oh God. Which I didn't cry in. What is wrong with you? On that movie. Everybody cried in that. Not me.

I don't know why. When that came out, it was like folding our stars. Like everyone that went to it was just like, nah. The song was going on and on about it. And then I saw it and I was like, oh, yeah, okay. Well, I saw that on a plane. Because that was ages ago. And I don't know what it is about planes

Always just make you a little bit more emotional It's the same as alcohol, makes you more drunk The movies make you more emo Has anyone done a study on that? I'm going to have to google this Do you get more emotional? I watched that on a plane and I didn't think it was going to get me And then all of a sudden

Did you cry? Did you cry Fletch? Do you get more. Did you actually shed a tear? On a plane. Did water come out of your eyeballs? It was like, it was like just a drop. Wow.

Okay. Well, this movie is called The Art of Racing in the Rain. Oh my God. Okay. So can I just pause you there just to give me some solace in the fact that I sometimes get emotional on planes only, not on ground level. This is from Time.com, Time magazine. Altitude levels in the air conditions of planes

can affect people's emotional and physical states, much like the way cabin pressure and sounds can impact taste on flights. Some people have difficulty self-regulating their emotions. The prevalence of people who say they cry on airplanes is largely anecdotal though. Wow. Wait, so does altitude

and cabin pressure and everything make the food taste crap? Like on the ground does it taste good? So a study has seen into the study 55% of respondents

agreed that their emotions became heightened when on a flight. Yeah. And 41% of men surveyed said they had under blankets to hide their tears. Oh. Unless you're on one of those airlines that doesn't do blankies. You can cry out in the open.

I watched 12 Years a Slave on the plane and I was inconsolable. The rest of the flight, I was like, the world is ending. It was horrible. On ground sea level? I would have cried, but not as much. I was devoured. It's definitely a thing. So the creators of Marley and Me

they're bringing out this film. It's called The Art of Racing in the Rain. It follows a dog named Enzo. He evaluates his life through the lessons he's learned from his human owner, a race car driver. It's going to die at the end, isn't it? They're going to kill the dog off again and we'll be crying all over again.

And I'll tell you what, I'm watching that film on land. Yeah, don't watch it on the plane. Don't. What was the last film that made you cry? Would Marley and Me be the last one? I've never seen you cry. Do you know, and this is again flying. Okay.

Yeah, this is coming back after the long weekend. I was watching that How They See Us, the Netflix show. Oh. That is so sad. And that got me a little bit. Did it? It was like a welling. And this is flying.

I was like, damn you flying. Wow. Yeah, I've got to just stick to comedies on planes. That's a glowing endorsement for that TV show. No, it's some amazing acting. It's so sad. The whole Central Park 5 case, really sad. But that would be kind of the last time.

So I watched John Wick. What's Last Son 3? 4? Where did you cry in John Wick 3? I don't want to spoil it, but there's a part in there where you think someone died. And I was like, oh my God. And I had a wee cry.

Who did you think was going to die? No, they make you think he's dead. And I was like, oh no, okay. He's gone. And John Wick 3? It's not Keanu Reeves. Jeez. Producer Caitlin, you're crying non-stop. You're crying at anything. Didn't you cry in Secret Life of

Pets 2? Yeah, I did. At the end. Because it was really, so I am more when people are happy. So like when families get reunited, like any of those, like even TV ads, I'm just like, oh my God. Like just really gets me. But I love a good cry. And that's what you do.

You watch a movie. If you go to the movies with Caitlin or Anya, like, honestly, every movie we go to, you suddenly all hear, I'm like, really? Like, Caitlin, stop crying. It's a documentary. About the planet.

Oh, so sad. Someone will say, I love you. And she's like, oh my God, they're in love. Okay, I think we should take some calls this morning. And maybe it was a movie that unexpectedly made you cry. Like John Wick. Just right in the middle, all that fighting. I was like, oh my God.

Or maybe you had an emotional moment on a plane. Because like I said, you cry more on planes. It's a thing. But maybe, I don't know, maybe you're with some people. You're watching a movie on the couch with the flight mates, the family. And especially if you're the only one that it's gotten. And you just start like... Having a cry.

Uncontrollably crying. 0800-DARZATM, when did you just have a cry to a good old movie? And what movie was it? Yeah, that's what we want to know really, if it was embarrassing. Fleshforn and Megan, the podcast. ZM. Coming up before 8 o'clock, we've seen producer Caitlin to Sydney on Friday to interview

Kevin Hart, Tiffany Haddish, Secret Life of Pets 2. That interview is coming up before 8 o'clock and maybe Secret Life of Pets, the original, was a movie that made you cry. Yeah, we want to know movies that have made you cry and maybe they're a little bit different. Well, the creators of Marley and Me are making another movie about a dog,

and I'm guessing the dog dies as well. We don't know that. Oh, see how they got us the first time? The dog's journey in his life. You know what? Maybe that'll be the twist. Someone else will die. Yeah, maybe.

Like some old couple at the same time, like The Notebook. So we would like to know what movie has made you cry. Maddie, which movie? Yesterday, when I was feeling very sorry for myself, I watched How to Train Your Dragon. Now, when you say yesterday you were feeling sorry for yourself, were you hungover? I'm very tired.

Okay. And you were like, I just want an animated movie. Oh, it's so cute though, How to Train Your Dragon, isn't it? So cute. I didn't think I'd like it, so I've avoided watching it for so long. And I was like, my God, why is it taking me so long to see this? So why, what part made you cry? Maybe when the girl found him in the dragon.

And then at the end when we didn't know if he died or not. So you cried a couple It's an emotional rollercoaster. Yeah, you cried a couple of times in that movie, Maddie. Yeah, and maybe when he just found out

that you just have to be friends with him. Oh my God, Maddie. God, you must have had a huge weekend. I think you need to get your serotonin levels back up. No. Hey, Maddie, thanks God, Les. God, you must have had a huge weekend. I think you need to get your serotonin levels back up. No.

Hey, Maddy, thanks for your call. Thank you. Mark, what movie got you? Oh, it was Collateral Beauty on a Plane. What's Collateral Beauty about, Mark? Give us the synopsis. It's about a guy who loses a child, and he's trying to deal with the grief of it,

and he's visited by four ghosts, theoretically, and it's his journey through it. It was just horrendous. Jeez. And you watched that on the plane. Yeah, and the problem was it was an absolute blubbering mess. And when the stewardess came up to me and asked me what I wanted for a meal, all I could do was cry and look at the screen

and the wife just sitting there laughing her head off. I don't know. I don't know what I was thinking. Probably with a chicken, one of them. Oh, Mark. I feel you. Like I said, I don't know if we've got actual studies and hard evidence, but a lot of

people saying the planes make you very emotional. They do. Nino, this wasn't a movie, it was a TV show, but you'd like to share? Yes, it's a TV series called Undercover Boss. Yeah, I know it. Where the CEO goes undercover as one of the lowly paid

workers. That's the one, that's the one. That's the part where they give back. Yeah, right. So give us. Yeah. Right. So give us an example. When did you cry at Undercover Boss last?

I don't really have a big cry about it. It just kind of gets to the heart, the little soft spots. Yeah. My wife thinks it's the biggest load of shite. Yeah. She looks at me like, are you kidding? This is just rubbish. Yeah.

But it really gets you. Okay. All right, Nino. Thanks for your call. That's is just rubbish. Yeah. But it really gets you. Okay, all right, Nino, thanks you, Cole. That's kind of sweet. I like that. Text messages in. Someone said, I'm on board with this. I'm not ready to see Simba try and wake up Mufasa again.

I'm just not ready. Oh, yeah. I wonder if people will avoid it because they know what's coming. Yeah, don't wear mascara. God, someone said, God, Guardians of the Galaxy got me last night when Groot sacrificed himself to save the rest of them. Cry for us. Every time I think about noons

wanting to dance with Dustin at the snowball on Stranger Things, I well write up. I'm a 32-year-old bearded male. Lake Placid got me when the old woman feeds the cow to the crocodile. And then Jurassic Park 2 when the T-Rex eats the dog. I just can't handle it.

Right, can't handle big livestock being sacrificed there in movies. I've never once seen my dad cry until he watched Frozen. Elsa and Anna reunion was just too much for him. So good. And then watching, oh, another one, watching Will Smith in Collateral Beauty. That's right, it was Will Smith. Right. A beautiful movie.

The movie Babe, I was banned at four from watching it when I would, because I would cry unconsolably. I watched it when I was 16 again.

I cried like there was no tomorrow. Now all I have to do is think of the scenes where there are two scenes in Babe when Ma dies and when the farmer

does a jig to cheer up Babe. It's just that sometimes they hit you in just the right spot at the right time. You can't explain it. No. Or you're on a plane. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. A study has been done, this is a government study,

into consumer habits. It's found that 60% of New Zealanders, that's us, rely on online reviews most or all of the time to make a shopping decision. So if you're going to buy something, you're going to go to a cafe like your cafe, Megan. Right. You'll Google it, I guess. You might TripAdvisor it, whatever you're doing.

And 60%, at least. And I think I'm like that. So, yeah. I never write them though. So, like, I always look up. And here's the other thing. A lot of Amazon, because they've also done studies into, like, tech reviews and shopping websites,

Amazon estimated that 90% of reviews were fake and computer generated. They've got AI intelligence to try and analyse reviews and block or remove fake ones. A study was done in Britain with tech products for sale on Amazon. 12,000 reviews displayed on

the first page for headphones. The vast majority were for unverified purchases or had suspiciously high five-star ratings. What? So I would probably delve a bit deeper if you're going to buy a $300 pair of noise-cancelling headphones. Did you say that was on Amazon?

That was Amazon, yeah. I always look at the Amazon reviews. You're telling me that most of them are just rubbish. Well, I mean, they say that they try to weed them out. They're trying to verify them. They're trying to, but yeah, I'd be pretty careful. If you're buying on Amazon and it's tech you can go to like tech websites we'll do like the top headphones and you know they're probably a bit more believable than yeah amazon probably in this case but yeah interesting that yeah and i think on the same like if i'm going if i'm looking at a

cafe or something or a product and i see that it's got good reviews, like four or five stars, I'm like, sweet. I mean, I don't even normally click on the reviews. Maybe a couple. I'm not a reviewer either, but you obviously rely on them. But when you've got a business through Google, they tell you how many people are viewing your reviews. So you get stats of the people that are...

So you've got your cafe. Thousands. Thousands of people look at the views. No. Look at the reviews. Look at the reviews. But we obviously don't get thousands of reviews. But the few people that are writing them, thousands of people view those.

Wow. Because I've got a friend who's really into this. He's on a Samsung. So he's all in with Google. And it's like a game for him. He'll just go around reviewing things. So do you get like achievements? Because you get achievements. Yeah, I think he said, oh, I've got to

do so many and then I get this. So he is actively, no, it's not money. It's like a waste of time. I don't know why he does it, but then I don't know why he has people do lots of things. Yeah, well, I guess it is just like a game. Some people get off on, you know, being the reviewer. I'll trip

advise hotels and tourist attractions, but I've never written one. I think I might have written two in my life. Yeah. And even when, even when like someone rips me off or like a hotel is really bad and there's like, I don't know, bed bugs or whatever, I'm like, I'm going to write

a review. And then I'm like, I can't be bothered. And I just don't bother. Because we got, we've done pretty well so far, but we got a three-star review. And I was like. If I Google your business, what is your review? Like, what is the average? Yeah. 4.7 out of 5, maybe?

Oh, 4.8. Oh, 4.8. So both of them go 4.8, and you've had 26 Google reviews. So one was a three-star that's brought our rating down. But that's because someone ordered a side of mushrooms, but they failed to read that it's actually one portobello mushroom. So the review was a side of mushrooms is actually only one mushroom. That makes it sound terrible.

But it's actually just one. Because that's on them being stupid. Yeah. I can say that. I can say this. But that's the thing. Like, I would much rather people come and talk to you, now that I have a business,

come and talk to you about something so you can explain or rectify so they don't go away and write, like, a review about it and make it sound bad. Because once it's up there, you can't delete it. Yeah, yeah. And if you try and explain it, you look like a douchebag. Yeah, $4 side of mushrooms is actually one mushroom. Yeah, yeah. But then they put a picture of it, $4 side of mushrooms is actually one mushroom. Yeah.

But then they put a picture of it and it looks lovely. Thank you. The food looks great. So, yeah. God, I couldn't do what you do because if someone gave me a three-star review, I'd hunt them down. I'd go knock on their door. I'd say, look, what's your problem? It said one mushroom.

I know. That ruined me for the day. I was so angry. I'd say, look, I'll just come in and I'll watch you edit that review because you're actually wrong. Come on, let's do it now. That's probably a bit aggressive, Fletch. Yeah, and then I get a restraining order.

They write another Google review. My business goes down the tube, all because I'm quite aggressive. Yeah. Yeah. What a great podcast so far. Wouldn't you agree, Fletch? Yes. And it's all thanks to Spark.

Get one gig of bonus data with the Spark U25 pack. Now, back to the podcast. There is something that men do faster than women, and it goes against everything we know. Right. So apparently, men fall in love faster than women do. There's a study that's been done. I would call this the Lewis Capaldi and the Ed Sheeran syndrome.

Why would you call it that? Look at their interviews. They're like casual wares. They swear like sailors. They're like just straight up dudes. And then they write these beautiful love songs that show they have these emotions and feelings, but you just would never know.

You'd never know, right. So apparently guys do, in fact, fall in love faster than women. So a study has been done of college students and the perception is, so everyone said, perception-wise, that women fall in love faster. They're emotional, sometimes overly so, and very rash. How are you liking that description? Not great.

And that women are generally greater fools for love. Right. But. You'd say that would be the stereotype or the perception. Definitely. Yeah. If you look at like movies and TV shows and how we're, you know, taught to think. But the greater number of guys had reported that they fell in love earlier

and they did express it earlier than women. So they got each person to say the perception of who falls in love faster. Everyone said women. Yeah. But then how long did it take for you to say I love you, for you to feel like you loved them in a relationship and to express it? Yeah. And it was men that said it and felt it earlier.

Well, did Mr. Toyboy say that to you first? Well, it's hard because I was like, I'm not going to say it until he says it. Because that's just the way I am. Do you think that's why this has happened, this study? Because women are stubborn. No, but you didn't say who said it first. You had to say who felt it. Who felt it first.

How quickly did you feel it? Right. I should ask him that actually because he did say it first but I don't know at what point he started to feel it. It could have been before me. But do you remember the day you felt it?

Like you didn't mark it down on the calendar? Yeah, I, yeah. But I remember this moment and I was like, oh, I want to tell him and I was like, no, I'm not telling him because I don't want to tell him first

and I don't want to get rejected just because he doesn't say it. And then how long did you have to wait for him to say it after that? About three weeks. Oh, okay. But apparently I told him that. I told him at that moment, I was like, I'm going to tell, I wanted to tell you that.

Well, you're just into a relationship, Caitlin, so it might be too early to ask you, but what about you, producer James? I got, yeah. James is unprepared. Well, let's throw James under the bus because how long have you been going out with your girlfriend? be too early to ask you, but what about you, producer James? I got, yes! Let's throw James under the bus. How long have you been going out with your girlfriend? Six years.

So who said it first? I mean, you only work with him every day, you should know that. I knew it was six years. I was just asking him for the radio. You didn't know? No, it was definitely my girlfriend first. Definitely my girlfriend. But did you feel it?

She said it first, but did you... Did she say it first? Yeah, 100%. And what did you... Because I can imagine you just thought, oh, yep. No, I... Cool. No, I think I would have said...

I think I said it at the... Not at the same time, but after she told me, I was like, oh yeah, like, I love you too. Right. Sort of thing. But I would never, I'm never going to come out and like be the first person to say that, I don't think. But you guys don't say it like every day, eh? Yeah. Oh, you do?

Yeah. Just not around you like you can. I know. I want, I tell James every day that I love him and he doesn't tell it to me. Right. Okay. How long did it take? Oh, that would have been over a year.

What? Yeah. Are you kidding me? Well, you've got to know for certain, don't you, James? Oh, yeah. She just got sick of waiting. I'm sure it would have been that, for sure. Yeah, well, I feel like that's normal, isn't it?

Is that not normal? We were three months. Maybe we're just like... How long have you been going on your boyfriend, Caitlin? Five months. Wow, okay. But like we... Any news?

No. Okay. Look at this ring on my face. Nah, jokes. Oh my God, yesterday, real quickly. Yesterday I was in the car and we were with my mum and mum was with her friends and I had them on speaker and they were like,

oh, we looked at your Instagram photos the other day and it looked like you had an engagement ring on and I was like, calm down, haha. And I looked over at my boyfriend and he was like, oh my God. Like, it was so awkward. Could you see the panic in his face? And then they were just like, they were like, haha.

And they were like, no, but then I realised it wasn't a big enough ring for you. And then I was just like, oh, my God. He's there. He's right there. Oh, my God. Yeah, I'm sorry. So, yeah.

ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. Producer Caitlin got to go to Sydney on Friday to meet the stars of Secret Life of Pets 2, which is out in New Zealand June 20. That's right, yeah. And the first one was very funny. It was very cute. The second one's just as good. Just as good.

I loved it. Okay, so we don't have long to wait. Only 10 days to wait till this movie comes out. But a couple of the voices, Kevin Hart, Tiffany Haddish, made it to Sydney. So we sent producer Caitlin. And we never learn do we

we because enough time passes where we're like well it'll be alright we'll send producer Caitlin again no but things are scary

do you know what they are scary so to set the scene you get put in this room where there's always a bunch of people there's a couple of cameras you're sitting in front

of two major stars and then like everyone's watching lights are on you. You've got five minutes. They're like, go, ask questions. And they give you a countdown from fingers, wave it in your peripheral.

It's very intimidating. I was really lucky because I had a little chance to chat to them before we started because they were putting all the sound together. And they were so nice and like just made me feel really comfortable. But I was still like, oh my God, these are like the funniest people in the world.

But were you really nervous still? I was so was so nervous like you know how your face shakes oh yeah so oh i hope that's not in the video and i was quite sweaty but anyway yeah so well caitlyn sat down with kevin hart and tiffany haddish hello guys hello hi tiffany haddish kevin hart i'm so excited to be here. I'll actually start with some questions. That might be a good place to start. You guys are just like two of the funniest people in the world. So I'm just overwhelmed.

Tiffany, you're the cutest little Shih Tzu, Daisy. Thank you. And Kevin, you're obviously Snowball, because you were Snowball in the first movie as well. Would you guys pick these animals to play? The bunny and the Shih Tzu. Like if you could be an animal in real life would these be the animals you'd be? In real life I would be a unicorn let's just be honest. Oh of course, because that's what I am. The last black unicorn.

Can't keep saying the last black unicorn. We don't know where the first one was. I do. Well you can't be the first and the last. But I didn't say I was the first. I said I know where the first one is. Where's the first one at, Tiffany? That first one passed away. It was Eartha Kitt. Okay. Alright. Alright. But what animal would you be? I don't know, Tiffany. You gonna

be a mongoose? I don't want to be a mongoose. I keep telling you that. Why not? They take square poops. I don't want to take a square poop. If I could be an animal, I would be a snowball because that's who I'm comfortable with. I don't want to be nobody else. Okay, cool. And I tell you the first thing I would do, the first thing I would do is kick that damn unicorn in the face because I don't know where the rest of them

at. Alright, well, you're going to get stabbed with a horn. Well, that's my point. Tiffany, you keep on talking about this unicorn mess, but where the rest of them at? Where they at? One day I'm going to show you where the unicorn is. I just want to go. Take me to the unicorn farm. First off, there's no such thing as a

unicorn farm. We are free. There's got to be a place where they're getting developed or born or something. They are being born naturally, like horses. Well, how they... Who's doing the do to make the unicorn? That's what I want to know. Other unicorns. From where?

I'm the last one. Where do they live? They live in Unicornia. Oh, my God. I'll take you there. I need to go. Let's go. I will take you there.

Fine. Let's get on your jet. Can I come? Fine. I wouldn to go. Let's go. I will take you there. Fine. Let's get on your jet. Can I come? Fine. I want to come to you. The tickets are expensive.

Oh, okay. The tickets are expensive. Oh, like, I'll get you half price. The best part to all of that is after that, her going, I want to come. Can I come? Okay. Okay. So, I was just wondering with being voices and doing animated movies,

is the pressure off? Like, can you just show up in your pajamas? You can show up in your pajamas and you don't have to wear makeup, but the pressure of being able to deliver the essence of the character and the emotion is still on. Exactly, exactly. That doesn't go anywhere. But being comfortable within your work environment is definitely a bonus.

And I think when you are as comfortable as you can be, it just helps you elevate your performances and have more fun within a setting created. You were in New Zealand. I'm from New Zealand. Oh, wow. Oh, you're a Kiwi. I'm a Kiwi.

Yay. And you were in New Zealand last year, end of last year for your comedy show. Tiffany, have you been to New Zealand before? You gotta go You gotta go I didn't say I didn't I saw a photo on Instagram Like I scrolled

Sorry, that sounds really stalkerish I scrolled way, way, way back You flew for Air New Zealand? I did customer service for Air New Zealand At the ticket counter at LAX Airport. That's what you call it. And there I met some very interesting characters, and through that I did see parts of the world. But not New Zealand?

I didn't say that. I didn't see New Zealand. Oh, you didn't? Okay. Oh, so you don't like New Zealand? Oh, no. I love New Zealand. Oh, okay, good. But I haven't really seen it. Right. I just know how to get to somebody's house. Okay, good. And you'll come back? Oh, I'm definitely coming back to New Zealand. Oh, okay, good. But I haven't really seen it. Right. I just know how to get to somebody's house.

Okay, good. And you'll come back? Oh, I'm definitely coming back to New Zealand. New Zealand was amazing. The crowd was unbelievable. The town within itself is a very welcoming town full of great energy. Definitely look forward to seeing back. I'm coming back.

Well, you'll be in our cinemas on the 20th of June. I'm so excited. Yes. Just one final last question. Ask him if we're going to go on tour together. Do a stand-up. Are you going to go on tour together? No.

Do a stand-up? No, we're not. Why not? Because I'm funnier than him. I don't like Tiffany. What do you not like? I do not like her. He loved me.

Okay. But he said he's scared to follow me on stage. That's what that is. I don't like Tiffany. Oh, my God. I'm really scared okay she smells

she smells really good yes life success I just want to say thank you so much for making this beautiful movie I cried at the end

of it I loved it thank you I just get so involved in the characters and I just yeah and the kids thank you so much

that's sweet thank you yeah so nice to meet. Thank you so much. Oh, I love you for that. Thank you. That's sweet. Thank you. Yeah, so nice to meet you. Thank you so much. I appreciate you. Thank you. Thank you. That's my thanks so much.

Aw. I rambled at the end. I rambled at the end. Yeah. Yeah. Sorry. Well, Kevin Hart, Tiffany Hart, starring in Secret Life of Pets 2, and it is in New Zealand cinemas June 20.

ZM's Fletch Warner Megan, the podcast. So I had a front seat to something quite awkward and in the end, I found quite hilarious. I was helping a friend at the weekend

because I have a ladder, by the way. Like a personal, you own a ladder? I own a ladder. When did you buy a ladder? Well, ages ago because I've got,

you know how I've got real high ceilings and I was like, I have a ladder. Don't laugh. I ladder? Well, ages ago because I've got, you know how I've got real high ceilings and I was like, I have a ladder. Don't laugh. I've got a hammer. I've got two drills. I've got a drill set. I love that you can list off your.

And a little tiny hacksaw. It's all in the drawer. What have you got a hacksaw for? Well, I needed to cut something but I didn't want a big saw. Anyway, so I've got this, no, but I've got this cute ladder. It's real cute. It's like this high, but then it like telescopes.

It's like one of those ones you see on the infomercials. Yeah, I got it from like Bunnings or Mitre 10 or something ages ago. Wow. Anyway, it's a real mask and I leave it in the wardrobe. It hides away.

It folds down. It's so cute and little. It's real heavy though. And my friend at the weekend was like, can I borrow your ladder? I was like, yes. Cause you know, you've got to get your money's worth.

I need to remember that you've got a ladder. I've used it two times. That's so cool. So I was like, bring your car around and I'll come over. I'll help you. That's fine. I ended up driving for some reason. I think because he was going to run.

That's a terrible trip. Well, he lives right downtown in the city. So he was going to run it up. So I was like, I'll drive and we can double park. Okay. Anyway, so that was later in the day. We went to drop the ladder back at mine. He was loading. I parked in a bus stop, double parked. Okay. He was waiting. I messaged him. I said, I'm two minutes away. Be waiting.

Let's pack it up and go. Cause you know, you've got to be quick in the city. Pull into a bus stop. No buses. We're fine. Open the boot. He's jamming the ladder in the back seat. When this taxi comes up and is like, beep, beep, beep. And I'm just like, and I'm quite calm about it. Which is odd. Which is odd. Yeah. Because I'm just like, and I'm like, it's weird he's beeping incessantly.

There's lots of room in front of me and behind. It was a bus stop. And it's a bus stop. Big enough for two people. Not a taxi stop. No, right. And my friend's like feeling the pressure because this guy's like, beep, beep,

this taxi driver. And then he's like, chucks it in, shuts it, but gets in the front seat. He's like, effing taxi driver. Like, it's not even a taxi.

Why is he going off? And then he pulls up and I'm like, oh, I wind down my window and I'm like waiting for him to unload on us. He pulls up beside you.

And my friend is about to absolutely go him because he's like, we've literally been 20 seconds in this bus stop. By the way, not a taxi stand. Not a taxi stand. They get enough taxi stands. You know when you're trying to find a park and you're like, found one. Oh, taxi. Taxi stand.

Taxi stand. Everyone's getting Ubers anyway. And I wind down the window and my friend is just about to let this guy have it when the taxi driver's like, hey, mate, you dropped your wallet. Oh, my gosh. So my friend, like, when he was putting the ladder and dropped his wallet and, like, the taxi driver was meep, meep, meep because he'd stopped. He wasn't even going to park there to tell him.

He'd gone out of his way to be a nice guy and say, hey mate you've dropped your wallet. And my free was literally had already slagged him off, like not to his face, but was literally about to unload on her and let him have it. And the guy was just trying to be a nice guy. What kind of toot was it? Because there's a difference. It's like a

It was like I need that park. It was a definitely I need that park, like what are you doing here toot? Like, yeah, okay. Yeah. It should have been more of a happier Toot. Like, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, you know? Like a meep, meep, meep. No, but it was, oh, because it was a precious situation

trying to load the ladder in the car quickly because I've got a ladder. But yeah, oh God, it was funny. Because, you know, those moments, have you ever had a moment? This is what I wanted to ask this morning. Have you ever had a moment where you've gone off at somebody? I don't know.

They're just trying to help you. You're just a bit grumpy. And they're just trying to help you. And you didn't realise. So I've had that happen on the motorway where someone, and I don't know if it was the hubcap or whether it was the actual wheel, but it was like, it looked like it was wobbling. But also I don't like it when you lose a hubcap because you're never getting that back.

So I was, like, pulled up beside them on the motorway and was like, down there, down there. Hey, there's, like, look at your wheel kind of signal. And they just pulled the fingers at me and drove off. So I was like, all right. Okay, well, fine. I don't care that much about your wheel. But, like, they obviously thought I was abusing them for something.

Producer Caitlin, you've had that as well? Yeah, well, it happened to me and it wasn't, if I'd seen Megan saying it, I probably would have been like, oh, okay. But I was on the motorway and this guy was tooting at me and I looked over at him with the nastiest, evilest stare. And he was like, wind your window down. I was like, no.

We had this little on and off for a bit and he was getting aggro i was like oh my god like so stressed out so i wound it down he was like you look your tie is flat and i was like and that was when like i hadn't felt i know i probably should listen to my car or whatever my tire was about to like fall off like it was dangerous like I went, like, he could have saved my life, like, just by saying that my tyre was flat.

Yeah, right. And you were like, go away! I wonder when you first gave me that look, I just sort of

sped ahead of you to avoid any collision when your car tyre blew out. Yeah. And just leave you on your own

with that attitude. I wanted to follow him and say thanks, but I had to deal with my tyre, so, yeah.

Alright, well, I want to take some calls now. 0800 DARS at M 9696, because it's awkward. It's awkwardly hilarious. When did you go off at someone

who was trying to help you? You thought they were going in for a use, but actually they just wanted to help you out. 0800 DARS at M 9696 ZM's Fletch Warner Megan The Podcast. So I mentioned the story Just moments ago About my friend

Borrowing my ladder Because I have a ladder You have a ladder That I've used twice And now three times actually I should actually do A side business Like if you need a ladder

In the city Yeah Because do you have a ladder No I don't Yeah five dollars Actually I needed a ladder recently Ten dollars And I was like

Who's got a ladder Ten dollars a day What No I'm your friend I'm just going to borrow it for free. Well, someone should start giving me discounts at her cafe. I'll give you a free coffee if I can borrow your letter.

That's a cost of $2 to you. Yeah. But it saves you $5. True. We might have a deal. So anyway, so we double parked and this taxi driver's beeping and my friend had kind of got in the car and started going off at me about the

taxi driver. The taxi driver kept beeping, wound the window down, he was about to unload and the guy's like, you've dropped your wallet. He was just being a good Samaritan. When did you go off at someone that was trying to help you? Sarah, what happened? Hey, so about a week prior, I had done a self-defense class

because I walk home quite a lot and I have to walk over a bridge and it's kind of dark. Okay. So I was walking home from work and I was just walking home and it was coming on dusk and then this guy started walking towards me with quite an intent look on his face, like staring straight at me like oh my god you have to use my tactics like i was really trying to avoid him and i kept walking faster he's like miss and i just kept walking and i was like oh my god don't engage him and then he was like miss miss your fly is down wow wow. And you're about to take him out. Yeah, I was literally about to, like, cut throat him.

Like, seriously. He was about to go down on this bridge. And, yeah, I was just walking home and my whole pants were undone. Imagine if you'd, like, given him, like, an absolute chop to the throat and then he gets his voice back and he's like, your voice is down. I'm just telling you. Oh, that's brilliant.

Sarah, thanks for your call. Some text messages in. I used to be a store manager in retail. Good net. Like, the stuff that they would have to put up with. After the most difficult customer left, she came back and she asked to talk to the manager. I would, by this stage, I'd just lose it.

Here we go So out I go, I prepared to get an earful I talked to the manager, I'm like trying to explain what this customer was like and it turns out that she wanted to compliment me on my customer service All of the signs are pointing to she's going to complain Yeah, yeah, especially if she's got to speak

to the manager here, Kat. Yeah. I had some guy trailing quite close to me, tailgating me. I assumed he was being annoying. He started flashing his lights. He was tooting. I pulled the fingers and then I realised I'd left my shoes on the roof of my car. So many people

realise like what? You were driving in BFA? But I guess in summer you do, don't you? Yeah. Always drive in BFE. Yeah. We'll catch up with Vaughan soon, who's in Melbourne today. So it's going to be just a duo for the Fact of the Day intro jingle.

I feel vulnerable when it's a duo. Same. We're exposed. Ready? It's time for... Fact of the Day, day, day, not the same. Still missing something. It's a three-part harmony. Today's fact of the day is the origin of calling shotgun. So when you want to get in the... It's the passenger seat, right?

So calling shotgun... I just get in the front seat when we go somewhere, don't we? Or like when someone calls shotgun and you're like, piss off, you're not five, and you just get in anyway. And you try to call shotgun. All the time. She's the last person to get the front seat. The last. Once I just ignore you and get in the front seat She's the last person to get the front seat. The last. Once I just ignore you and get in the front seat, what are you going to do about it?

Yeah, exactly. What, are you going to remove me? To be a grown-up and just get in the front seat? I've locked the front door. You're not getting in. Yeah. I always give you the front seat because otherwise Fletch just like whinges and moans about it. So I'll just give it to you now.

Well, you know that the middle seat belt, it digs in. I don't like it. Oh, does it? So the origin of calling shotgun when riding in cars comes from the term shotgun messenger,

which was used to refer to the guard who sat next to a stagecoach driver. Oh, yeah. So the guards would use a shotgun to keep robbers and criminals away. So the person in the passenger seat of the stagecoach would always have a shotgun, and they were the shotgun messenger. So it's made its way into society after, like, the Western films and stuff.

They had shotgun messengers, and so people would just start calling to get in that seat. Shotgun. Yeah, right. And now instead of a shotgun, we've just got party mix and in charge of the music. seat. Shotgun. Yeah, right. And now instead of a shotgun we're just got party mix and in charge of the music. Yeah, and directions. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Easy. So today's fact of the day is

calling shotgun comes from the term shotgun messenger. Fact! Wait, go. Fact! Oh boy, okay, well you've mucked up the ending. No, we'll just do the last three words of the day. Oh, wait. Okay, well, you've mucked up the ending. Three, two. No, we'll just do the last three words of the last sentence.

Well, I have to say the sentence again? Yeah. Okay. So today's fact of the day is calling shotgun comes from the term shotgun messenger. Fact of the day, day, day, day, day. There's some not great news for Instagram feeds worldwide. We are going to get more sponsored advertisements from influencers. More ads in your feed.

Do you know what's annoying me at the moment is, and do you know I read that this is what they want to do, is because I love a bit of a YouTube while I'm eating. That's my go-to. I'll YouTube and eat. I'm a laffy. I'll catch up with some, you know, some of my faves. What are you YouTubing?

Well, I'll always watch, like, I love a bit of Stephen Colby, the late show. I'll always watch, like, his kind of opening monologues, some of his interviews. I thought you were going to say there's just, like, one YouTuber you really dig. Cats. Oh, the cats. So, obviously, the ad, the pre-roll ads.

Yeah. They've actually said, I was reading an article, that they want you to pay to go ad-free, and they are going to put up so many ads, it drives you to do that. On Instagram, on YouTube. On YouTube. That's their strategy,

is putting up so many annoying ads that start before all the videos, that you have to, or you just want to pay per month to go ad-free. That's like their strategy. I won't use it. Because I'm too much of a tie-dye. Or what are you going to watch videos on then?

Oh, I don't know. I'm just trying to think of something else that's not YouTube. Do you know what's so annoying? Is when you're watching a video and it's like you have to go keep watching. Or when you're watching a video and then it's like halfway through there's an ad and you've got to wait for the ad. And that's why they're doing it. I know.

And then you're like, how badly do I want to see the rest of this? Yeah, I know. So there is're like, how badly do I want to see the rest of this? Yeah, I know. So there is going to be more ads in your feed and these are influencers and they're not necessarily people you follow, which is,

so I put up a post once and I got so much abuse because it got sponsored and so it goes onto people's feeds who don't follow you. So they're not as nice feeds who don't follow you. So they're not as nice as the people that follow you. So they're not as nice as your own followers and they say nasty things like, why the hell is this

showing up? Who is this girl? I don't even care. I'm like, okay, calm down. I didn't put it there. Someone else put it there. Yeah, but there's going to be more of that. Oh God, okay, yeah. I'm still going to use it though but I'm not going to pay. I'm still going to use it, though. But I'm not going to pay. I'm not going to pay.

If they start making us pay for something. I can't imagine that they're going to make us pay to use Instagram. No. We'll just have to put up with ads, I think. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. Special guest joining us on the phone this morning, instead of actually being in the show where he's supposed to be, because he's part of a new TV show now, is all fancy pants.

Vaughan Smith is joining us from Melbourne. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning to you all. You'll come crawling back when they cancel this TV show. Back to you. Hey, we've all been there. We've all experienced well, actually I've experienced two now.

Yeah, two cancellations. We had one cancellation. You come crawling back to the sweet radio teat because it's always there. The supple, succulent teat of radio. Always there. Mother's delicious colostrum full of nutrients. Until it's not, but you know.

You know, it withers up. No, it's there. Let's be positive. Great news. So this is a show that's been on in Australia and been very successful. Have You Been Paying Attention is what it's your Lesbian Positive. Great news. So this is a show that's been on in Australia and been very successful. Have You Been Paying Attention is what it's called. Yes, I went to a filming of it last night

to see how it all worked. And yeah, it's awesome. It's by an Australian production of him called Working Dog who have done so many Australian TV shows. And yeah, we're going to do a New Zealand version. And there's heaps of funny comedians on the show in Australia, eh? Like it's real

good. Oh no, I wasn't implying it. Just from the clips I've seen of the Aussie show, I'm like, oh, this will be great. Yeah, yeah, they've got heaps of contacts and we're just hoping to steal their phone for five minutes and screen cap and steal all their contacts and then hopefully get them on the New Zealand version as well.

Yeah, because I saw that guy. Who was the guy in Kath and Kim? Yeah, Glenn. Yeah, he was funny. Very funny. Very funny, man. Have you seen any in real life? Who was on the one that you saw?

Did you see anyone famous? Last night, Australian, it's a lady called Denise, and she hosts like the equivalent of like the cafe, you know that show? Yeah. But she's like this old lady, and she's actually got quite a mouth on her. I was taken aback. Right. Calling herself the S-word and all sorts of awful things. But no, she was great.

But you know, they kind of just get... Australian and heaps of New Zealanders, Melanie Bracewell and stuff have been across to it. And Ursula's been on it heaps. And of course, she's going to be on the New Zealand version as well. Yeah, my favourite comedian, Ursula. And what's the hot take on her? Is it Ursula or Ursula?

Because it's a Z, isn't it? You're working with her. You should find out. You're married to a South African, so can you ask? But it's hard when you already have spoken to someone to then ask them to clarify their name. Yeah. So many times, too.

And she mentions it in her stand-up, so it might actually be a bit of a sore point, so maybe don't ask. Okay, I'll just keep calling her Ursula. Come up with a cute nickname so you can avoid saying her name. Yeah, but the problem is, what would be the cute name for Ursula? It would be like Ursy. It always includes that sound.

Scylla. Yeah. Scylla. Scylla or Scylla. Yeah. Okay, well, so when... I could just lisp it. I could lisp through it.

Yeah, all right. Ursula. Ursula. So you'll be back on the show tomorrow I could lisp through it. Yeah. All right. So you'll be back on the show tomorrow? Are you coming back to your radio roots? Maybe. I don't know. Okay.

All right. Yeah, we'll see. We'll see. I've got some high demands now. Yeah, right. Okay. Do you have a rider now at work? Yes. That's the guy I ride to work.

He's carried upstairs in some sort of like festive saddle. Brilliant. Okay. So when is this show going to be on TV on our TVNZ screens? Yeah, because we got a press release

but all I saw on there was my name and I was like, yeah, I got a mention because I'm part of the name of your show on the radio station. That's what I read.

Oh, right. Oh, I thought they'd booked you for the first episode. No. And I thought, you want to start strong, don't you? You want to you for the first episode. No. And I thought, you want to start strong, don't you? You want to start scraping the bottom of the barrel.

But you can probably get on maybe episode 10 onwards. You'll be scraping the bottom of the barrel by episode 10, yeah. You'll see if you make it to episode 10. Yeah, but it starts in a few weeks. It's going to be on Wednesday night at 7.30. So I'm really looking forward to old people hating us. Oh, yeah, they do. Yeah, old people don't like things on TV, do they? Anything.

No, they don't. I don't know why they just don't turn it off, but that's up to them. That's totally up to them. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. If you enjoyed this podcast, why not give ZM's Bree and Clint a listen too? Subscribe on the iHeartRadio app

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