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Hashtag Team Real Pod recap another brilliantly bonkers episode of The Apprentice Aotearoa in which Hamilton gets a cinematic rebrand and Mally the Mallard gets the stink eye from the mayor. Meanwhile, on The Masked Singer NZ, Orange Roughy and Possum lose their heads to reveal a news-breaking superstar and a Shortland Street sensation. 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 Parker and Eli Matthewson are backing up from a big closing night at the Comedy Festival (where Eli won the Fred award!) to recap this week’s episode of RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under. There’s a construction challenge to critique, the return of a fan favourite to discuss and very special guest Anita Wigl'it to welcome to the studio! 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, Alex and Duncan are left with more questions than answers from this week's The Apprentice Aotearoa and The Masked Singer NZ episodes. How short is too short when it comes to luxury robes, for example, and could it be Mike McRoberts underneath the (orange roughy) mask? The confusion continues as they speculate on what’s really going on between Lexie and Jack, while a reported sighting of Max Key has them backed into a corner. 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

Get ready to have your mouth scalded because this week's guest is serving her tea piping hot. Chris Parker and Eli Matthewson are joined by House of Drag star (for four episodes) Medulla Oblongata to decide once and for all if the original music created on Drag Race is actually any good? Plus, the pair catch up with the eliminated queen and deliver some hot off the presses breaking 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

Both The Masked Singer and The Apprentice Aotearoa landed this week and team Real Pod couldn’t possibly be more excited. Join Alex, Duncan and Jane in the boardroom as they discuss the very serious business of mostly moot points, then join them onstage as they throw around wild guesses as to who might be behind the masks on our latest reality singing competition. 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 Parker and Eli Matthewson are joined by the ICONIC Lady Trenyce this week to get stuck into the Drag Race Down Under Snatch Game, where truly only one queen did well. Lady Trenyce has some actual behind the scenes goss to share (spoiler alert: it’s about Murder She Wrote), and we hear from the eliminated queen, who got in full, fabulous drag just for the pod. 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, Alex and Duncan polish off the flog-heavy final reunion episodes of Married at First Sight Australia before picking over the rest of the reality buffet. Popstars, RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under, The Masked Singer NZ, The Apprentice Aotearoa… what will we gorge ourselves on next? Speaking of, Alex also reports back after living out her Pods-as-cereal fantasy. ––––– https://givealittle.co.nz/cause/remembering-tavita-karika Need to talk? Free call or text 1737 any time for support from a trained counsellor. Lifeline – 0800 543 354 Samaritans – 0800 726 666. Suicide Crisis Helpline – 0508 828 865 (0508 TAUTOKO). Depression Helpline – 0800 111 757 or free text 4202. Healthline – 0800 611 116 Youthline – 0800 376 633, free text 234 or email [email protected] or online chat Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Parker and Eli Matthewson are here to recap the first episode of Drag Race Down Under with a very special guest: local legend and star of House of Drag Miss Geena. There's superhero shenanigans, nude illusions and the first drag queen All Black to talk about – plus we get the tea on the behind-the-scenes Caluzzi drama and have an exclusive chat with the eliminated queen! Get under the covers with us, let's talk drag xo 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

This week, Alex and Jane mourn the death of an unappreciated snack, speculate on Moses Mackay’s brunch date, unmask the guessing panel for The Masked Singer NZ and decide if they’re ready to step into statement Crocs. Plus final vows on Married at First Sight Australia send our hosts into a spin and a surprise visit to Colin’s Cranny asks some serious questions of the funeral industry. Sign up to Rec Room – a weekly newsletter from The Spinoff full of recommendations of things to watch, read, listen to and eat. Subscribe now: thespinoffrecroom.substack.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Exciting news: The Real Pod is hosting a new pop-up podcast for the upcoming season of RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under! It’s called Drag Race Down Under the Covers and it's hosted by our good friends Chris Parker and Eli Mathewson, who'll be joined by an extra special guest from the local drag scene each week to recap the latest episode. In this preview episode, Chris and Eli look at what we can expect when the season premieres on TVNZ on May 1 – to hear more, just stay subscribed to The Real Pod and check back after the first episode! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Shirley Casey and Shirley Yee as they plot to infiltrate the Christchurch Shirley Club, before recapping a week of girls on the outside, girls with glam sides and girls with kaleidoscope eyes on Married at First Sight Australia. The Spinoff's TV editor Sam Brooks also drops in to let us know if we've missed anything good on Popstars. Sign up to Rec Room – a weekly newsletter from The Spinoff full of recommendations of things to watch, read, listen to and eat. Subscribe now: thespinoffrecroom.substack.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Novelty coffins, a singing tuatara and a Facebook page dedicated to dog poo crimes – it’s a humdinger of a Real Pod this week. All hell breaks loose as Alex, Duncan and Jane struggle to find the words to describe the reboot of Popstars, and they’re left reeling after a week of truly revealing final dates on Married at First Sight. Make sure you subscribe to get new episodes hot out of The Real Pod oven! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Jane and Alex as they discuss the post-final rose (but pre-afterparty) Bachelor(ette) NZ gossip, then get stuck into a simply outstanding week of Married at First Sight Australia as the couples head off on a deeply hectic retreat. Sign up to Rec Room – a weekly newsletter from The Spinoff full of recommendations of things to watch, read, listen to and eat. Subscribe now: thespinoffrecroom.substack.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Jane and Alex as they receive a sex arse shipping update in Real News, and recap the bleakness of feedback week on Married at First Sight Australia. Sign up to Rec Room – a weekly newsletter from The Spinoff full of recommendations of things to watch, read, listen to and eat. Subscribe now: thespinoffrecroom.substack.com 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 sit with their emotions after watching Moses decide between Shenae, Annie and hot favourite 'no one' in the finale of a whirlwind season of The Bachelor NZ. Sign up to Rec Room – a weekly newsletter from The Spinoff full of recommendations of things to watch, read, listen to and eat. Subscribe now: thespinoffrecroom.substack.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The whole gang's back together again as Duncan joins Alex and Jane in the studio for this week's Married at First Sight Australia recap. Together the trio welcome three new couples to the experiment, find out how to avoid being a dirty grot (use soap) and workshop a new hit single ‘Girlfriend on the Outside’. Pour yourself a quarter-strength cappuccino and settle in. Sign up to Rec Room – a weekly newsletter from The Spinoff full of recommendations of things to watch, read, listen to and eat. Subscribe now: thespinoffrecroom.substack.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Jane, Duncan and special guest Stewart Sowman-Lund as they relive the past week on The Bachelor NZ, including even more water-based dates, tragic back-stories, self-eliminations, a nightmare-inducing talent show, pottery, pole dancing… and at long last, the season’s first pash. There’s also some Real News courtesy of bachelorette Sam, two separate mentions of the Champagne Lady and a Community Noticeboard update from Upper Hutt. Sign up to Rec Room – a weekly newsletter from The Spinoff full of recommendations of things to watch, read, listen to and eat. Subscribe now: thespinoffrecroom.substack.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Alex Casey and Jane Yee as they gaze into the eyeballs of Married at First Sight Australia for intimacy week. It’s all limbs akimbo and cupping of unmentionables as some couples draw closer and others fall apart ahead of a truly dramatic dinner party. Sign up to Rec Room – a weekly newsletter from The Spinoff full of recommendations of things to watch, read, listen to and eat. Subscribe now: 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 Duncan are joined by Gone By Lunchtime’s Ben Thomas to recap another week of what might be the least horny season of The Bachelor ever made. In this episode: Real News reports on a mass Bachelorette sighting in New Plymouth at the weekend, Colin Mathura-Jeffree recounts a hair-raising encounter in Colin’s Cranny and Reality Check relives all the big moments from The Bachelor NZ this week as Annie fake phone calls her way into pole position for the long-awaited first kiss of the season. Sign up to Rec Room – a weekly newsletter from The Spinoff full of recommendations of things to watch, read, listen to and eat. Subscribe now: thespinoffrecroom.substack.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Jane and Alex as they try to decide if the final two couples on Married at First Sight Australia are Hot or Not Hot. In this episode we discover the results of Alex’s C19 test (2:18) before moving into the marital apartments with Belinda and Patrick (3:55), Rusty and Beth (19:54), Jason and Alana (30:14), Melissa and Bryce (32:38), Booka and Brett (42:47), Jake and Bec (43:07), James and Jo (47:17), Sam and Cam (50:11) and Coco and Sam (54:57). We’ve got our first dinner party of the year, a sky-high pile of Honesty Boxes, Hot or Not Hot rankings galore... and a huge amount of carrots and peanut butter to get through. Sign up to Rec Room – a weekly newsletter from The Spinoff full of recommendations of things to watch, read, listen to and eat. Subscribe now: thespinoffrecroom.substack.com 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 form a cacao circle and say everything they’re grateful for in week two of The Bachelor NZ. In this episode we learn what Patrick (aka Hamish) and Lexie got up to during their secret double life summer in Real News (2:12), recap all the shots that have been shot and not shot at The Bachelor NZ mansion in Reality Check (7:00), then check in on patron saint of The Real Pod Colin Mathura-Jeffree in Colin’s Cranny (40:45) and receive some exciting Max Key news (42:40). Sign up to Rec Room – a weekly newsletter from The Spinoff full of recommendations of things to watch, read, listen to and eat. Subscribe now: thespinoffrecroom.substack.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Married At First Sight Australia has hurtled back onto our screens like a glass of wine at a dinner party, and The Real Pod's MAFS-perts Alex Casey and Jane Yee have committed to watching every ep. Crack open your honesty box, settle in with a salad box and join two very excited women in the commentary box for week one, where much like Sam's ankles, the cracks are already beginning to show. Sign up to Rec Room – a weekly newsletter from The Spinoff full of recommendations of things to watch, read, listen to and eat. Subscribe now: thespinoffrecroom.substack.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After a decades-long four-year hiatus, The Bachelor NZ is back! Jane and Duncan discuss their first impressions of new Bachelor Moses Mackay (6:30), meet the ladies who’ll be competing for his heart as they arrive on the red carpet (12:10) then analyse the first set of dates from Tuesday night’s episode (30:45). Sign up to Rec Room – a weekly newsletter from The Spinoff full of recommendations of things to watch, read, listen to and eat. Subscribe now: thespinoffrecroom.substack.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Whaaat just happened? Join Duncan and Jane as they try to make sense of life, the universe and the Donkey Bay Inn after watching Lexie give out her final rose. Sign up to The Spinoff Rec Room – a weekly newsletter with staff recommendations of what to watch, read, eat and listen to. Subscribe now: https://thespinoffrecroom.substack.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With her suitors dropping like flies Jane, Duncan and special guest Ben Thomas break down the last week of The Bachelorette NZ before Lexie hands out her final rose. From broken boats to broken hearts, team Real Pod leave no stone unturned as they reflect and dissect Lexie's journey to love. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Alex and Jane as they recap the second part of the MAFS Australia reunion special. This week everybody hits the couches for a lovely calm post-dinner party chat with the experts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join The Real Pod over Zoom this week as we learn the fate of That Vegan Teacher, discover a shocking fact about MAFS' Nasser and find out the truth about Michelle Visage’s L&P in Real News (3:48). Jane drops a bombshell about Squiggles in this week’s edition of Wayne’s World (12:18), Alex thinks Critter Corner (15:10) might need to find a new name, and we check in on Colin’s Cranny (17:34), the Community Noticeboard (20:12) and Max Key Corner (22:22) before Alex gets muted so the grown-ups can talk The Bachelorette NZ (24:10). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this bonus episode of the The Real Pod, Alex and Jane recap part one of the MAFS Australia reunion. Dinner is served and so is the drama as Nasser delivers his final speech, Cyrell loses her cool and her drink (all over Jessika's face) and Troy makes a play for Ashley with the frizzy hair. Join team Real Pod as they unpack it all and make a phone call that leaves them reeling. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Team Real Pod gather around the pod table to bring you the latest in New Zealand reality telly and the stories that didn’t make the 6pm news. This week: Cats gone wild! Mittens gets kidnapped, Nero rides a train and Milo’s stealing fingerless gloves. In non-cat news, scientists work on the pressing need for veges to send emails, the powers that be in Texas send accidental alerts to the entire state population about a knife-wielding doll, and we finally get to the bottom (sorry) of why Wombats do square poos. Plus we recap a week of lads lad lads on The Bachelorette NZ with our New Plymouth correspondent Tara Reid-Ward. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We’re back, baby! Jane, Alex and Duncan return to the studio to revive all the classic segments of yore – and review the brand new season of The Bachelorette NZ. This week: the first Real News in ages includes a furious sex arse tycoon, a tempting sausage, a boy who found $5 in the sea and sold it for $500 and Duncan recalling a Trade Me lemon nightmare. We consider the case for Tourism NZ to reunite Jay Jay and Minou, do a Real Review, return to Colin’s Cranny, check in with Max Key and check out the Community Noticeboard. Then live updates editor Stewart Sowman-Lund joins Jane and Duncan to discuss first impressions of the new season of The Bachelorette NZ. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Pour yourself some eggnog and join the hosts of The Spinoff’s podcast network for our annual Superpod round up of the year that was. Representing Gone By Lunchtime, Dietary Requirements, The Real Pod, Papercuts, The Fold and On The Rag our hosts dive into the key events, issues, heroes and villains of 2020. From National’s botched election campaign to Ben Thomas’ take on TikTok, via the collapse of Bauer, the rise of oat milk, with a detour through controversial frozen grapes and Simon’s Sausage Spot, there’s something for everyone in this year’s Superpod. Featuring special guests producer T and Covid-19. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After more than a year of social distancing for Alex, Jane and Duncan, the Real Pod trio are back in the same room for an emotional reunion and the long-awaited analysis of a cinematic masterpiece. Approximately a thousand years ago, the idea of The Real Pod maybe, possibly, perhaps one day recapping the Twilight movie was floated. The people heard the rally cry, and a small but incredibly insistent movement began. The comments on Facebook asking “Twilight pod?” kept trickling in, and after the sixth or seventh one, we finally relented. As if we could outrun it... as if we could fight it off. So here we are in Forks, Washington, diving deep into all the mystery and wonder of an unstoppable love between vampire and human. Join us as we talk 2000s fashion, terrible hair, fast cars, mushroom risotto, twenty-three year old doctor dads and that scene in the parking lot. Plus Alex drops a bombshell about R-Patz that none of us smelt coming. It’s The Real Pod, and it’s really, really long. What a stupid pod… What sick, masochistic podcasters. – Sign up to The Spinoff's newsletter Rec Room for weekly recommendations along with all our latest videos and podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Real Pod assembles one more time to dissect the final week of The Bachelorette NZ, with special thanks to Nando’s. We've reached the end of our love journey in more ways than one, as this season of The Bachelorette NZ coincides with end of The Real Pod in it's current form. Lesina chose nobody, Lily chose Richie and Alex, Duncan and Jane have a lot of questions. Why did AMOG wear those shoes on the beach? Why is Lesina's mum a crown prosecutor? And who on Earth is Chad? Stay tuned to the end for some virtual goodbyes, as well as 12 minutes of Duncan and Alex recapping After the Final Rose in the Uber home from the filming. It’s The Real Pod, and it's been real. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Real Pod assembles (virtually) to dissect the penultimate week of The Bachelorette NZ, except this time we are in a national lockdown. The lads on The Bachelorette NZ knew all about what it was like to be in lockdown, so in a lot of ways we should have been prepared for this. Coming at you via our individual houses on day one of national lockdown, we have no choice to return to doing what we do best: recapping reality television. It was hometown week on The Bachelorette NZ, back when domestic travel was encouraged and hugging was a normal way of greeting people. Logan's Mum was incredible, AMOG's Dad spilled all and Jesse's brother seemed to be gunning for The Bachelor NZ in 2021. Join us for a little bit of normalcy in a weird, weird world. And remember: stay inside and watch telly. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Real Pod reassembles to dissect the seventh week of The Bachelorette NZ, with special thanks to Nando’s. The good news is that we are all back in the same country for the first time in a long time, the bad news is that it is definitely not because of The Right Reasons. In a snap decision, Jane left LAX for New Zealand 48 hours ago and recaps her journey home for us in these freaky times of Covid-19. It's a better time than ever to travel to our alternate reality in Argentina, where the boys are still pulling down pants and popping grapes willy-nilly. Mike and Michael decided they were done with Lesina's grilling, Logan had a revealing session with his notebook and AMOG has come completely loose at the seams. It's The Real Pod, and it's still real. For now. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Real Pod reassembles to dissect the sixth week of The Bachelorette NZ, with special thanks to Nando’s. In this trying times of global chaos and social distancing, we welcome you to join our digital gratitude circle and recap the last week on The Bachelorette NZ. These were happier times when the swimming was synchronised, the chicken nibbles were realistic looking and Michael's root vegetable was hanging out for all the world to see. AMOG has completely come undone, Jesse is permanently rarked and Liam is officially veto-ed. In real news, Duncan played Alex's Mum at Scrabble and got caned, Jane is in the thick of California Coronavirus chaos and Alex is wearing a wig. We also desperately have to talk about whatever the hell is going on with MAFS AU. It's The Real Pod, and it's real as hell. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Real Pod reassembles to dissect the fifth week of The Bachelorette NZ, with special thanks to Nando’s. The boys have escaped jail for the Argentinian countryside this week, complete with rabbit hunting and a whole lot of prickles. Steve tries to serenade his way to a kiss, Liam goes on a jean short journey and Mike finally lets down those handsome walls. Logan is writing a rom-com, Jesse is writing poetry and Michael is still trying to write the perfect cake recipe. On the pod, things are evolving too. Duncan has changed his mind (again) about Richie, Jane needs to go to hospitable with a chronic case of missing Tavita-itis and Alex has some more feelings about eggs. It's The Real Pod and it's about as real as it gets. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Real Pod reassembles to dissect the cultured fourth week of The Bachelorette NZ with special thanks to Nando’s. This week on The Bachelorette NZ, a burrito bust-up ends in anaphylaxis, Steve chows down on some one ply and the Buenos Aires hostel goes full Lord of the Flies. It's become abundantly clear that that the show is less about two women finding love, and more about a bunch of blokes slowly losing their mind over a talking bottle. Also Duncan makes a formal apology to Richie, Jane reveals her drop crotch truth and there is a fierce debate about visible farts vs poop burps. Oh, there's also a bit of a bombshell from Alex. It's The Real Pod and, today, it's real as hell. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Real Pod reassembles to dissect the fourth week of The Bachelorette NZ with special thanks to Nando’s. Oi oi me homies, it's intruder week on The Bachelorette NZ and we are about as shook as a humble kūmara being wrenched from Dargaville's finest soil. Michael! Mac! Mike! Richie! Elliott (again)! The lad culture in the mansion is officially ruined, the cat has been set amongst the pigeons and all Aaron can do is sing his favourite Lonestar tune. Lesina took Elliott out for a danger cruise, Lily made gelato with Liam and the boys pranked each other till the stars turned cold. Will Steve ever forgive Aaron for interrupting him? Will Logan's kissing ever get better? And how long until Tavita's hernia explodes all over the Buenos Aires?? All that, and a quick round-up of MAFS AU and Love is Blind. It's The Real Pod! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Real Pod reassembles to dissect the nude and rude third week of The Bachelorette NZ with special thanks to Nando’s. Two wonderful women and a mixed bag of lads jetted off to Argentina this week, one which saw a serious culling of the meek set of the herd. Conor, Flynn and Mr Wedge all departed, nearly joined by Tavita, who was only saved after his hernia was given a double shaka down at the hospitable. The big change at the 'actually plausible winners' end of the competition was Aaron disintegrating before our wide eyes. First he snitched on Steve for his hobby of the odd sly dart, then he did a diary cam in maybe the worst possible location in their mansion/prison, then he fell apart in ways which we found either endearing or terrifying. Alex, Jane and Duncan recount every wild moment, with a little recap of the first few MAFS AU weddings for dessert. Delicious, like a block of fresh gouda. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Real Pod reassembles to dissect the second week of The Bachelorette NZ with special thanks to Nando’s. The dramatic second week began with Lily walking in to the mansion and ended with The Mole revealing his true moley self to the bewildered men. Will the twists ever stop? Maybe everyone is a mole! The only thing we're sure of is that Glenn has continued to be weird and Aaron has continued to showcase a range of hats. In the mansion, things are starting to get interesting and strong feelings are starting to form. Tavita has declared he would "go to war" with Marc, Liam has a gratitude circle for his birthday and Logan, Kurt and Jonathan compose an original song together. Oh yeah, and Lily and Lesina are there too. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Real Pod reassembles to dissect the first week of The Bachelorette NZ with special thanks to Nando’s. Blow your air horns and distress your jeans, the very first week of The Bachelorette NZ is over and we are absolutely amping. Join us as we recap the Tough Mudder group date, the romantic single dates up trees and on seas, and all the ways this season is throwing convention to the wind. Two Bachelorettes? No date cards? Live-in host? We love to see it. It's not all roses though as the podcast is torn apart on several issues. Team Glenn or Team Marc? Is Tavita here for the right reasons? And who went crazy on the Roman blinds? It's The Real Pod, and it is real as hell. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this very special episode of The Real Pod, Art Green joins us to yarn about The Bachelorette NZ premiere. Brought to you by our friends at Nandos. It's been five years in the making, but we finally got Art Green on our podcast. Joining us fresh out of episode one of The Bachelorette NZ, we recap every inch of the premiere from first arrivals to cocktail tensions. He tells us just how cold it was when Lesina met the lads, which guys were full-blown pick-up artists and flags some extreme nudity coming down the pipe. He also answers the big questions: Who is there for the right reasons? What is Elliott like in real life? And how's the extreme alpha dog energy? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Real Pod assembles to dissect the summer in reality television and real life, with special thanks to Nando’s. We're ba-ack! After a long cruel summer full of Jay Jay and Minou heartbreak, The Bachelorette NZ reveals and a mild case of ring worm, there is much to discuss. Why has Breakfast returned more sexed-up than ever? Will we ever see Minou again? And will Alex deliver on her shooey promises? Beyond that, there's also the much-anticipated finale of New Zealand's Next Top Model from 2009. We're not going to say it's an anti-climax, but we are going to say that the highlight is definitely Colin Mathura-Jeffree pelting young models with lamingtons for no reason. That's The Real Pod way. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Spend your relaxing Boxing Day unboxing the Great Kiwi Bake Off finale with us. It was a Christmas-themed episode stacked with surprises, meringues and exploding tarts. But of course, most important of all is the fact that our ex-Navy ironman Trev came away with the trotie. There's also the penultimate episode of New Zealand's Next Top Model, where Wendyl Nissen drags the models to filth, a Nivea challenge brings out some performance blemishes and Michael Hill's boat makes a cameo appearance. It's The Real Pod, and we'll see you in 2020. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Real Pod assembles to dissect the week in reality television and real life, with special thanks to Nando’s. It's the second to last week on Great Kiwi Bake Off and utterances of "don' like jelleh?" are ringing through the land. Booze jellies, udder jellies and ancient Egyptian jellies abound, our final four bakers pulled out all the stops just as Sue Fleischl pulled out her finest pair of denim jeans. There's also a lot of Real News this week including a very lovely Corny Christmas experience, thousands of penis fish washing up at Jane's place and an exciting new trailer for The Bachelorette NZ. Also, Max Key made a dog look sad and Colin donated a cardboard cut-out of himself to our cause. It's The Real Pod, really. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join various hosts of The Spinoff podcasts Gone by Lunchtime, On The Rag, The Real Pod, Paper Cuts, The Offspin, and Dietary Requirements as we look back at the car crash that was 2019. In this special end of year podcast hosted by Leonie Hayden, we dissect the country's response to national disasters, the highs and lows of MAFS, international literary scandals, the madness and tragedy of the 2019 Cricket World Cup, Mad Chapman's Pulitzer Prize-winning chip ranking and more, plus we add our entries to the official The Spinoff 2019 Honours and Dishonours board. Pour yourself a Baileys and settle in. Check out more of our podcasts here including the pop up pod The Spinoff Book Out Loud (The Spinoff Book is available in stores now). If you want to continue to support the work we do, behind the mic or on the site, check out The Spinoff Members, where you can support independent media for as a little as a dollar a week! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Real Pod assembles to dissect the week in reality television and real life, with special thanks to Nando’s. Sometimes you are just doing a podcast as usual and then Colin Mathura-Jeffree gives you a call and throws your world off its axis. In a very special edition of Colin's Cranny: Live, the man himself gives us a harrowing update on his rotten dumplings situation, one that put Mike Puru's McChicken story to shame. There's also the latest from Great Kiwi Bake Off, where Heather falls apart for the first time and Trev reveals more from his bottomless depths. There is a lot of ball chat, stunning showstoppers and Stage Dads. We also recap episode nine of New Zealand's Next Top Model C1, featuring a Covergirl challenge and Nigel Barker from the real American telly. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Real Pod assembles to dissect the week in reality television and real life, with special thanks to Nando’s. Are top sheets good or bad? Who is leaving giant dog poo piles everywhere? And why did Max Key delete his last Instagram post? Our investigative journalism continues as we try and get to the bottom of Trev from Bake Off's back story. He refers to himself in the third person, he definitely fought in 'Nam and he just can't stop making different breads. There's also some TradeMe chat, a brief Carly Rae Jepsen review and a live unwrapping of a gorgeous Christmas Corny gift. And don't forget episode eight of New Zealand's Next Top Model, where the photoshoots are brought to you by Smokefree and the couture is brought to you by Save Mart. It's the Real Pod, and we are for real. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Real Pod assembles to dissect the week in reality television and real life, with special thanks to Nando’s. Join us in the church of reality television for our latest sermon, including some great goss about Zac and Erin’s wedding rings, Alex and Duncan getting owned at the TV awards and Naz getting called out on Facebook. Why are people sunning their bums? What has Matty McLean gone and done now? And how much Nando’s is too much Nando’s? There’s also the latest episode of Great Kiwi Bake Off, where the tarts were soggy and the nuns were towering. Naomi charmed us all, Trev revealed his history with Block Doris plums and Ethan made a chocolate pizza. Plus, there’s a conspiracy theory about Max Key that will make your brain melt. It’s the Real Pod!!! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices