Kate, Tim & Marty

Merrick Watts comes in to celebrate Nova's 25th birthday as one of the original breakfast hosts and immediately starts throwing hand grenades. His standout memory from the early days: being told he wasn't allowed to ride the station scooter, so he went downstairs, got his 1000cc Ducati, brought it up in the lift and rode it full pelt down the corridor tearing up the carpet at 7:30 in the morning. He also reveals there is a scroll sealed inside the studio wall with the names of every on-air host from day one. His name is in there. He is not allowed back in the building.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Wednesday's show had it all. A woman in the US escaped from the back of a police car while handcuffed by squeezing through a tiny gap in the window while the cops were getting takeaway. We spun the wheel and played Can I Have The First Line. Bruce Isaacs stopped by with his weekly Whatcha Watching recommendations. The fuel excise is sending Aussies over the edge and callers had plenty to say about it. Tim's exclusive chat with Sam Fender revealed the most unhinged 48 hours in LA history involving Paul McCartney, Elton John, Al Pacino and Disneyland, plus a long overdue apology to Sydney about Olivia Dean. And Merrick Watts came in to celebrate Nova's 25th birthday as one of the original breakfast hosts, which felt like a full circle moment for everyone.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tim catches up with Sam Fender live from LA where the last 48 hours have been completely unhinged. In that time he saw Paul McCartney at an intimate 1,000 cap venue, had dinner with Elton John, got introduced to Al Pacino and somehow held himself together without mentioning they share the same birthday, and flew the Millennium Falcon at Disneyland. Rein Me In has been number one in the UK for five weeks and he spent the last three months playing PlayStation and eating pizza. A true artist. He also apologises to Sydney for not bringing Olivia Dean on stage at his ARIA show, which is all Tim wanted from this interview.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A woman in the US was arrested, cuffed, put in the back of a police car and somehow squeezed her way out through a tiny gap in the window while the cops were inside getting takeaway. Listeners call in with their own MacGyver moments: Tim once pried open a pitch black lift with his bare hands after being stuck for an hour with 10% battery during a flood, and a bloke ran out of petrol on the highway and fashioned a leaf into a funnel to pour petrol from a Tupperware container into his car. Absolute heroes the lot of them.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Samantha Jade stops by to chat about her new banger and ends up revealing the story she has never told before: on the 100th show of Pretty Woman, mid performance, in full costume, wig, hat and microphone, she got the cold sweats, the salivary mouth and had to run offstage to be sick while the cover stepped in. An absolute professional. She also plays the women's edition of Sing and holds her own against Ricki, which is no small feat.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tuesday's show packed a lot in. We broke down the jobs most vulnerable to AI and reassured the nurses and chefs that they are safe for now. Australians are spending an average of seven hours a day on their phones and our team has absolutely smashed that number. Listeners called in with their celebrity flight neighbour stories which delivered. We got into the minor inconveniences that completely ruin your day. Misheard lyrics caused chaos as always. The Harry Potter reboot is happening and the new trio's salaries got revealed in today's Glossys which raised some eyebrows. And Samantha Jade came in, dropped a banger, played the women's edition of Sing, and told the story of the time she nearly threw up on stage at her 100th Pretty Woman show in full costume and microphone. Never been told before. We were honoured.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The average Aussie spends seven hours a day on their phone and we have absolutely smashed that benchmark. Ricki clocks in at seven hours and 34 minutes, down from eight and a half the week before. Jermaine is at eight hours and 42 minutes and is not apologising. Tim is a very smug four hours and 43 minutes but his phone is apparently so boring it would rather be a brick. Speaking of, there is an actual physical lock box you can buy to stop yourself picking up your phone and we think it sounds like torture.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A new list of the ten jobs most exposed to AI is out and it's almost entirely tech roles: web designers, database architects, financial risk specialists and information security analysts. The executive chef and the nurse who called in can relax. Also: Tim learned Younger You on piano and wants to perform it with Ricky, which is brave given she once told him his guitar playing was "too strummy" mid song at a party. He has not forgotten.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Beyoncé and Jay-Z left their $400 million superyacht staff a $630,000 tip, which is either the most generous thing we've ever heard or just a completely different planet to the rest of us. Also in today's Glossys: Andrew Garfield has secret burner accounts for doomscrolling and calls them his creeper accounts, Mariah Carey was spotted doing her own groceries in full glam and sunnies which nobody believes for a second, and Paul McCartney dropped a new song with possibly the most stacked guest list in history.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Monday's show was a big one. Trump was caught on camera rambling about a Sharpie for an uncomfortably long time while a war was happening, and we have the footage. We spun the wheel and played the Emoji game. Office air is apparently making us all ugly and haggard by 4pm. Ricky recapped last night's Australian Idol which delivered as always. Tim went on a genuinely hectic bush walk and lived to tell the tale. We broke down Australia's unwritten rules including the thank you wave, the middle urinal and always going to bed at the same time as your partner. Beyoncé and Jay-Z tipped $630,000 on a superyacht and we are not okay. A man went viral for somehow holding down an unhinged number of jobs at once. And Ricki-Leaks landed with some very hot Sydney gossip that we cannot stop thinking about.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Thank you wave in traffic. Walk on the left. Click your tongs before the barbie. Let the person with two items go ahead of you at the checkout. Never use the middle urinal. Always go to bed at the same time as your partner. These are not suggestions. A Swiss woman moving to Australia needed all of this explained to her, including the fact that "bring a plate" does not mean bring an actual plate. We are a complex country.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A woman on TikTok says office air is making her ugly, comparing her 9am glow to her haggard 4pm reality. We relate. Downlights also copped a serve because whoever invented them clearly hates us. But the real bombshell came from a listener whose Botox lady told her that running destroys the fat pockets in your cheeks and she can spot a runner the second they lie down. We quit running in under two seconds and have no regrets.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Office behaviour is unhinged. One woman got fired for converting her work cubicle into a DIY sauna with four space heaters and a personal thermometer labelled "trust issues." Another bloke got fired for cooking a full breakfast on an electric fry pan at his desk. Listeners call in with their own: a colleague who takes a Bluetooth speaker into the bathroom and does full karaoke, and someone who photocopied a dog in colour and handed the printout to a child. Also: the unwritten rules of urinal etiquette got a full breakdown and nobody asked for it but here we are.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We debated the correct way to make packet noodles and Ricky's method was a lot. Listeners called in with their barista flirting stories, including one woman who kept going back every day until he finally put his number on a receipt and they've been together four years. A man in Florida sold his house in five days using only ChatGPT and made $100,000 more than his agent estimated. TSA lines in the US have gotten so long that people are now doing live entertainment to pass the time. We got into the weird things people do at work, including a woman fired for turning her cubicle into a sauna and a bloke who cooked a full fry up at his desk. And in the biggest news of the day, Ricky's husband Rich made her dinner for the very first time. We need details, we need answers, and we need to know if it was egg pizza.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A man in Florida skipped the real estate agent entirely, used ChatGPT to build his entire selling strategy, priced the house, figured out which rooms to repaint, wrote all the marketing copy and listed it himself. The house sold in five days for $100,000 above what an agent had estimated. Real estate agents are not having a great week.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A woman in the States got a coffee cup that said "you're extremely hot" and never went back to Starbucks. We think she's overreacting. Listeners call in with their barista flirting stories: one woman shot her shot at a customer named Brad who turned out to be married, and one very patient woman kept going back to her local cafe every single day until the barista finally put his number on a receipt. Four years later they're still together. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Lawrence Mooney stops by ahead of his Full Moon Party shows in Sydney for Comedy Fest. He breaks down the characters: a very confused Malcolm Turnbull discovering beer for the first time, a slick AFL mindset coach who only works with winners and takes all the credit, and a toothless Port Power tragic who has absolutely nothing else going on in his life. No monologues, just all the characters talking to each other on stage. Then we play Quick Draw!  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Thursday's show was packed. Gen Z have officially turned on influencers and are trusting customer reviews instead, which is either very smart or very boring. We spun the wheel for Tim's Top 5 and it was one of the best rounds yet. Ricky got caught lying about her Flybys card at Coles while a stranger tried to steal her points at the checkout. We find out that too many compliments early in dating is apparently a red flag, which is confusing for everyone involved. Rob Irwin may have a new girlfriend according to today's Glossys. And Lawrence Mooney came in to plug his Full Moon Party Sydney shows, played Quick DrawSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Grocery shopping has hit a new low. A woman at Coles tried to scan her Flybuys card on someone else's order at the checkout to steal their points. Ricky panicked, said she didn't have Flybys, immediately regretted it, then had to confess she did. The cost of living crisis has officially made us all criminals.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.