The Real Pod

For the final episode of 2021, Jane and Duncan try to remember all the reality TV they’ve talked about on The Real Pod this year. From Sam and Gonzo going at it across the MAFS AU dinner table all the way to Alby’s matcha-fuelled GKBO win, including Popstars, The Bachelor/ette, The Apprentice Aotearoa, Drag Race Down Under, The Block and Celebrity Treasure Island – what moments have lingered in the memory? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In a truly X-rated episode of The Real Pod, Duncan and Jane try out a Rude delivery and spend many minutes dissecting a naughty mug. Elsewhere, two people on Twitter are cross about the Great Kiwi Bake Off finale and an old friend reclaims his corner of the pod. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Would you rather get snowed in at a Danish Ikea or a British pub with an Oasis cover band? Does the Briscoes Lady have the perfect work-life balance? And what happened when Jane tried to do a Great Kiwi Bake Off technical challenge at home? All this and more with Jane and Duncan on your home of real news, real life and really good times. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jane and Duncan are counting down the hours until they can eat cheesy garlic pita again. Also on the agenda this week: the cast of this year’s Great Kiwi Bake Off celebrity special has been revealed, a rude bouncy castle has been unveiled, a hairdresser has gone rogue and much more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Duncan and Jane dip their toes in TVNZ’s show lineup for 2022, try to figure out how the government’s Covid policy applies to sex with strangers and offer some style advice for all that extra lockdown hair you’ve been growing. There’s also crypto chat, a new caking-meets-sports show and some as-it-happens literal breaking news. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Jane and Duncan as they celebrate an almost win at the NZ Podcast Awards, debrief on The Block NZ auctions and reveal what their very first in-store purchases were at level three, step two. Plus there’s a terrorist possum on the loose in Dunedin, a duck has run a marathon in New York and Taylor Swift has her fans seeing red. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In a very special The Fold / The Real Pod crossover episode, Jane and Duncan delve into the first ever Discovery upfronts, in which Three’s new owner just announced a bunch of new shows, two new channels and a very reality TV-heavy new direction. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Camilla Parker Bowles won’t stop talking about Joe Biden’s "long fart", it’s raining cats and logs in Windsor, lady condors are birthing chicks without gentleman condors and a journalist reckons you can cook a steak in a dishwasher. Join Duncan and Jane as they discuss all these stories, along with a tale of mistaken hand sanitiser identity that will have you looking twice before your next squirt. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Fresh from watching the final episode, Jane and Duncan recap the last week of Celebrity Treasure Island – before being joined by Chris Parker for a truly emotional kōrero. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Jane and Duncan for a flick through the realest of Real News, including some whopping big veg and some second-rate Dunedin Bird News. They also face a Real Conundrum surrounding the Celebrity Treasure Island finale. Brought to you by Nando's! Vote for The Real Pod in the NZ Podcast Awards! Visit nzpodcastawards.com to vote. Nominations close this Friday, November 5! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Meet Jane and Duncan on the beach at dawn as they form an alliance to recap week eight of Celebrity Treasure Island! It’s strategy city this week as the remaining celebs manoeuvre to make it to the final. Vote for The Real Pod in the NZ Podcast Awards! Visit nzpodcastawards.com to vote. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jane (cross-legged on the floor) is joined by guest host Chris Parker (lying on bed) to trawl through the week’s Real News and everything else. We’ve got tiny villages of vegetables and spoons popping up on Auckland berms, The Wiggles are playing R18 bar gigs now, there's peacocks on the loose in Johnsonville and more. Vote for The Real Pod in the NZ Podcast Awards! Visit nzpodcastawards.com to vote. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gather up your pirate gold and smash an egg on your forehead, it’s time to recap another week of Celebrity Treasure Island. Join Jane, Alex and Duncan as the treasure hunt continues and we farewell another celeb. Vote for The Real Pod in the Listener's Choice category at the NZ Podcast Awards! Visit nzpodcastawards.com to cast your vote 💕 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Jane, Alex and Duncan as they continue to lose their grip on reality. Also this week: big MAFS baby news, illegal sprinkles, cat refuses to flush the toilet, more Dunedin bird news, The Blocktion, a corny easter egg in The Great Kiwi Bake Off, Barkley Manor and more. Vote for The Real Pod in the NZ Podcast Awards! Visit nzpodcastawards.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The CTI-heads pore over the increasingly complex web of alliances and farewell some major celebs as Celebrity Treasure Island enters its sixth week. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jane’s back from sick leave this week and – word of warning – begins the episode with a disgusting big phlegmy snort! It gets better from there, but only marginally, with Real News featuring a classic grody combo of fart-proof sheets, fart-positive ancestors, flushed undies, slug chat, an abominable rendition of ‘Happy Birthday’ and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Alex ‘Candy’ Casey and Duncan ‘Buck’ Greive as they revel in all the tactics and subterfuge of this week’s Celebrity Treasure Island, spend their pirate gold at the Pirate Market and chuck around some grapes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Confusion reigns on The Real Pod this week. How do Alex and Duncan record the pod without Jane? How are the new outdoor catch-up rules going to work in practice? Who’s the latest Masked Mountaineer? Plus all the usual real news and real bits, from a chicken who went for a walk to the logistics of Hilary Barry’s choccy fish bribe. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s another corker of a week on Celebrity Treasure Island – Richie’s gone rogue, Angela’s playing four dimensional strategic chess and the battle braids are down. Join Jane, Alex and Duncan as they recap all the action from sunny Northland. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lockdown delirium has struck The Real Pod in a big way this week. Join Jane, Duncan and Alex for a Zoom chat covering the mysterious new dating show TVNZ is casting, The AM Show’s musical chairs, the rude leggings of LulaRich and some real talk about lockdown mental health. Plus: Alex reveals the results of last week’s Masked Mountaineer! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on New Zealand’s most upstanding Celebrity Treasure Island recap podcast, Jane, Alex and Duncan discuss undie longevity, consider never using toilet paper again, anticipate a potential Worksafe reckoning for New Zealand’s reality TV and relive all the latest action from the latest set of celebrity challenges as three teams became two. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s all about the numbers this week on The Real Pod. Join Alex and Jane as they do the maths on one Covid test, two grey hairs, three lightning strikes, four masked mountaineers and many many scrotum frogs. Plus someone’s flushing their unmentionables and breakfast telly takes yet another weird turn. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Week two on Treasure Island sees our celebs hungry, tired and jonesing for the win. Honu find themselves in the middle of an alliance tug-of-war, Katipo’s desperation for some kai reaches fever pitch, and a forced leadership change rattles the usually unflappable team Repo. Deals are been brokered, toes are being broken, fish are being caught and dances are being taught. Join Duncan and Jane as they get into the seaweeds of this ridiculously watchable wee telly show. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Big reveals on The Real Pod this week as Duncan and Jane go under the Real News sheets to find all sorts of alarming matter. Which celebrity is 'gramming their Covid journey from MIQ? Why has an unearthed recording of a duck from 1987 hit the headlines? And where the hell is Alex Casey? In Real Life Jane enjoys a significant Big Wash and Duncan's wife drops a filthy bombshell that leaves hime reeling. Plus we chat Real Bits – the most interesting moments of the week on our screens. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We’re three episodes into Celebrity Treasure Island and there’s already tears, vomit, a self-elimination and a poo cave. Needless to say Jane, Alex and Duncan are all-in. Join them for a full recap of the first week as the legends, bosses and jokers aggressively jostle for the early advantage. For more CTI, read Tara Ward's weekly power rankings at The Spinoff Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A whole episode of real news, real life, real bits and real reviews? Welcome to the new Real Pod! We’ve got phallic veg, an Apprentice Aotearoa bombshell, googly eyes spotted in the wild, a tiny little bit of The Block NZ... it’s just the same old Real Pod with new stings. Stay tuned for the first Real Recap episode after Celebrity Treasure Island on Wednesday night 🏝️ LINKS - The Apprentice Aotearoa was nearly a very different show - Politicians holding things up, ranked and reviewed Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex, Jane and Duncan regroup after a momentous inaugural Real Pod Instagram live, which featured Cassie Roma and Mike from The Apprentice Aotearoa and a couple of real-life cornies. If you missed out, you can watch the whole thing on The Spinoff Podcast Network Instagram. Also, it’s outdoors week on The Block NZ. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In another lockdown bonus edition of The Real Pod, Alex and Jane beam in from their bedrooms to discuss the extended Celebrity Treasure Island trailer, the dangers of IRL grocery shopping and Alex’s big 30th birthday plans (spoiler alert: she’s going to have a shower). Plus the economy of Little Shops, a round up of Love Island UK and an announcement about changes to your favourite silly podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As we traverse into another leg of lockdown Alex, Jane and Duncan contemplate what the animals are up to while the humans are hunkering down, weep at the postponement of the Celebrity Treasure Island launch party and unanimously decide on the funniest food. Meanwhile, on The Block NZ, it’s garage and laundry week featuring a very naked Tim and a very luxe sauna just for clothes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Jane, Alex and Duncan from their respective beds for a special (and especially shambolic) day three lockdown check-in, brought to you by Big Hummus, Big Tortoise and of course Big Covid 😷 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A hi-viz chicken is doing the rounds, a walrus has been spotted driving a boat West Cork and an F-bomb got dropped on Breakfast. Plus another week of The Block NZ. Lots of swearing in this episode, please be careful where you listen to it. Join Rec Room – a free weekly newsletter from The Spinoff full of all our videos and podcasts, plus other recommendations. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you're a regular listener of The Real Pod you might know Duncan has another podcast, The Fold, where he gets in-depth and nerdy about the NZ media landscape. The latest episode is a bit of a Real Pod crossover, so we wanted to share it here so you don't miss out! It's a chat with Jon Wild, series producer and director of some of our favourite reality series of all time, including The Apprentice Aotearoa, The Bachelor and New Zealand's Next Top Model. He tells Duncan about making all these shows, the importance of casting, the way the New Zealand character feeds into our reality TV and more. If you enjoy this episode, hop over and give The Fold a follow wherever you're listening to this. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

That is the question. Extensive shower chat this week, plus celebrity phone messages, a big birthday, hair ties. Hallway / entrance / stairs / spare toilet week on The Block NZ #ScruteTheBlock Join Rec Room – a free weekly newsletter from The Spinoff full of all our videos and podcasts, plus other recommendations. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex and Jane dive back into the New Zealand talent pool to see which other famous fish have washed up on Celebrity Treasure Island and who’s left to go on Dancing With the Stars. Also in this episode: hairdresser heartbreak, house moving horror stories and all the action from family room week on The Block NZ. Join Rec Room – a free weekly newsletter from The Spinoff full of all our videos and podcasts, plus other recommendations. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex, Jane and Duncan pore over the first list of celebrities to be stranded in Northland for the hotly-anticipated Celebrity Treasure Island 2021 (coming September) before rolling up their sleeves for kitchen week on The Block NZ. Also in this episode: famous butts, a very small horse, wool care. Join Rec Room – a free weekly newsletter from The Spinoff full of all our videos and podcasts, plus other recommendations. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Team Real Pod report back from the cast screening of The Apprentice Aotearoa finale and talk about what made this one of the best seasons of reality TV New Zealand has ever seen. Then the bougie lifestyle queen herself Vanessa Goodson aka OMGNESS pops in for a chat! 🎈 Join Rec Room – a free weekly newsletter from The Spinoff full of all our videos and podcasts, plus other recommendations. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Apprentice Aotearoa's iconic trio of Mike, Ness and Stephen took the plunge into the shark tank to present their business plans to three titans of industry on Monday night – but who avoided Pero’s finger of fate to make it to the final? Also this week: living room week on The Block NZ and a bedroom redo for Alex. Stay tuned for a special Apprentice Aotearoa finale episode of The Real Pod on Wednesday! Join Rec Room – a free weekly newsletter from The Spinoff full of all our videos and podcasts, plus other recommendations. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we dive into the weeds of a gardening challenge and unearth a truly iconic mowing mishap on The Apprentice Aotearoa. The hard labour continues on The Block NZ where the florals are dry, the headboards are high and our teams are battling through master bedroom and ensuite week. Finally, in Married at First Sight Australia news, you’ll never believe what Bryce and Melissa are getting for Christmas 👶👶 Join Rec Room – a free weekly newsletter from The Spinoff full of all our videos and podcasts, plus other recommendations. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s family bathroom week on The Block NZ and the cracks are starting to show – actual cracks in Dylan and Keegan’s bathroom and figurative ones in Connie and Rach’s friendship. Meanwhile, on The Apprentice Aotearoa, Teams Tahi and Mana are tasked with giving a gaggle of oldies a terrible bus tour and getting them sozzled in a challenge flog the most plonk. It's a lifestyle! Join Rec Room – a weekly newsletter from The Spinoff full of recommendations of things to watch, read, listen to and eat. Sign up now at thespinoffrecroom.substack.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jane and Alex (no Duncan this week) have a lot of telly to talk about – there’s pre-Covid kids' bedroom reveals on The Block NZ, a potent auction night on The Apprentice Aotearoa and horny indiscretions on Alex’s new obsession Too Hot To Handle. Also, which reality TV icon visited Jane’s house this morning? That’s a story for Real News. Join Rec Room – a weekly newsletter from The Spinoff full of recommendations of things to watch, read, listen to and eat. Sign up now at thespinoffrecroom.substack.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Entrepreneur, star of The Apprentice Aotearoa and secret The Real Pod listener Cassie Roma is in the studio! She shares some sensational behind-the-scenes scoops from the season’s greatest moments, including Mally the Mallard, Josie the busy mum and the cinematography of Mike Pero’s iconic “you’re fired” point. Team Real Pod then pitches some of our best/worst business ideas – are we hired or fired? Join Rec Room – a weekly newsletter from The Spinoff full of recommendations of things to watch, read, listen to and eat. Sign up now at thespinoffrecroom.substack.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Grab a six inch sub and get cosy because this week Alex, Jane and Duncan are setting up camp in Point Chev to recap all the tones, textures and tantrums of The Block NZ. Meanwhile, The Apprentice Aotearoa contestants are flogging other people’s wares at a green expo and a brand-new-without-tags coffin pops up on the Community Noticeboard. Join Rec Room – a weekly newsletter from The Spinoff full of recommendations of things to watch, read, listen to and eat. Sign up now at thespinoffrecroom.substack.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We did it! After eight long weeks, Drag Race Down Under has a winner – and she’s joining us in the studio for a very special final episode of Drag Race Down Under the Covers! Chris and Eli try on Kita Mean's crown and get some behind-the-scenes scoops, but not before sharing some of their hottest takes of the season. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Patron saint of The Real Pod Colin Mathura-Jeffree joins us in the studio for a very special episode celebrating Gossip Week on The Spinoff. Colin tells us some of the wildest gossip he’s heard about himself, explains why influencers will never be celebrities and regales us with stories from the red carpet. Join Rec Room – a weekly newsletter from The Spinoff full of recommendations of things to watch, read, listen to and eat. Sign up now at thespinoffrecroom.substack.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The last three Masked Singers have been unmasked in a finale where the biggest shock was probably how good Jason Kerrison’s hair looked. Great barnet! Meanwhile on The Apprentice Aotearoa, the teams were sent on a cryptic shopping scavenger hunt in what everybody agrees was the best challenge of the season so far. Join Rec Room – a weekly newsletter from The Spinoff full of recommendations of things to watch, read, listen to and eat. Sign up now at thespinoffrecroom.substack.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris and Eli are back to recap a talent show that showcased many talents and one balloon, and get very deep and personal with this week's special guest, the amazing Elektra Shock! Plus, a dog is in studio AND we pick our winner for next week. Join Rec Room – a weekly newsletter from The Spinoff full of recommendations of things to watch, read, listen to and eat. Sign up now at thespinoffrecroom.substack.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

While Mare of Easttown has been investigating who did a murder, Jane of Podtown has been investigating who donned a Pavlova. But did she find out before all was revealed on this week’s episode of The Masked Singer NZ? In The Apprentice Aotearoa news, Alex is seeing ghosts of Mally past and Duncan reveals a Greive family hygiene tradition that will probably not surprise you at all. Join Rec Room – a weekly newsletter from The Spinoff full of recommendations of things to watch, read, listen to and eat. Sign up now at thespinoffrecroom.substack.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s makeover challenge week on RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under! Chris and Eli are joined by special guest Bionica (House of Drag season two) to recap the episode’s best and worst looks, before catching up with the eliminated queen. Join Rec Room – a weekly newsletter from The Spinoff full of recommendations of things to watch, read, listen to and eat. Sign up now at thespinoffrecroom.substack.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Team Real Pod is joined in the studio this week by special guest Pavlova from The Masked Singer NZ! Just the costume, which we’re swabbing for DNA because we still haven’t figured out who it is underneath the mask. Or has it been Jane all along? Also, The Apprentice Aotearoa went to the French Market. Join Rec Room – a weekly newsletter from The Spinoff full of recommendations of things to watch, read, listen to and eat. Sign up now at thespinoffrecroom.substack.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris and Eli recap the branding challenge with Rhys Nicholson, the self proclaimed “Santino of Down Under”. Rhys reveals all the behind the scenes goss about filming in a fridge while the trio honour the true queen of NZ: Suzanne Paul. Rounding up this truly revealing episode is a gorgeous and insightful chat with the eliminated queen! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices