• The ol' Burn-of-the-sock (12 June 2025)
    Jun 12 2025

    Marcus talks Brian Wilson, the poisonous mushroom case from Australia, and covers a tragic plane crash in India.

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    1 hr and 22 mins
  • Flexible but not movable (11 June 2025)
    Jun 11 2025

    Marcus talks about the new road opening from Ashurst to Woodville (seeing as no one else seems to have mentioned it!), North Islanders have moved to the South Island in droves over the last few years, and how the Newstalk ZB newsreaders end the news comes up for debate.

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    1 hr and 56 mins
  • Where would you keep it (10 June 2025)
    Jun 10 2025

    Marcus gets advice on how to stop (or remove) frost on your windscreen, discusses the poor road planning of Tauranga, and gets into the history of cars with crank handles.

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    2 hrs and 1 min
  • Just a lot of people these days are intolerant (4 June 2025)
    Jun 4 2025

    While struggling with a croaky voice, Marcus talks nose bleeds, cheese, POW marches, and covers the band of very heavy rain sweeping down the North Island.

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    1 hr and 30 mins
  • Just a sprinkling of the bagpipes (3 June 2025)
    Jun 3 2025

    After a week off from illness, Marcus returns to talk the upcoming military tattoo event at Eden Park, 65 years of TV broadcasting in NZ, and whether cash use is back on the rise.

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    2 hrs and 13 mins
  • No Known Anecdote (23 May 2025)
    May 23 2025

    Marcus embarks on another great sweepstake, investigates the price of scones, and hears about the sinking of the HMS Hood.

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    1 hr and 58 mins
  • If you want a mango, get a mango (22 May 2025)
    May 22 2025

    Would you encourage your child to get into the same career you did? And who ever heard of putting curry sauce on chips?

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    1 hr and 50 mins
  • The Lamson Cash Rail System (21 May 2025)
    May 21 2025

    Smith & Caughey's has confirmed it will close after 145 years of business. In a retail nostalgia hit, Marcus learns about the novel way money was delivered from customers to store accounts. Also, George Wendt, who portrayed Norm on Cheers has died.

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    2 hrs
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