The Real Pod

The Real Pod assembles to dissect the week in reality television and real life, with special thanks to Nando’s. We are still buzzing after the rip-roaring success of the Corny Christmas party this week and we won't even let a rogue earwig in the studio dampen our spirits. There's a lot of exciting Real News including the secret location of The Bachelorette NZ, the celebrity break-up of the decade and Jacinda Arden's cameo on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. There's also a great holiday-themed week on Great Kiwi Bake Off, where the contestants made ANZAC biscuits, glossy buns and spooky Halloween cakes. Trev took it to the max, Ana made a disgusting brain cake and Dean was in a grumpy mood. Also, New Zealand's Next Top Model had its worst episode yet and we're not even talking about the toilet paper challenge. 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

In the days after Rustic Kitchen's historic win on My Restaurant Rules NZ, Duncan and Alex got on the blower with Tyson and Denise. Then we forgot about the interview completely. Join us now as we talk roadkill paté, Daniel's lemon-based meltdown and how Tyson can make the gods cry. Thank you to Nando's. 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. This week on the Great Kiwi Bake Off is all about weird biscuits. Savoury biscuits. Mushroomy biscuits. Biscuits about cross fit. Who had the best biscuit art of them all? Why is Trev so good? And how cool is Louise's secret ramen shop? All this, and the key to the perfect macaron (it's all in the feet). Beyond that, we've got a lot of Real News to get through. The Spinoff Book launch was a huge hit and basically became an all-night Colin's Cranny, Duncan ate a lot of wasabi in front of Jack Tame at the TVNZ launch and Art Green is posting many mysterious instagrams from very mysterious locations. It's The Real Pod: 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. Another week, another new reality show to pour into our gullets like a jug of mirror glaze over a too-warm cake. The Great Kiwi Bake Off is back for another season, returning to the original 90-minute format that fans know and love. There's Trev with the delicate lamington balls, Sue with the "moist" feedback and Ana with a fridge horror show. There's also no Extra Slice, which makes us very sad because we love Chris Parker. Beyond that, there's also a lot of Real News. Erin and Zac tied the knot, Lily McManus has been spotted on Instagram in heavy TV makeup (ahem) and we have all the great new announcements for TVNZ's 2020 season (Art Green as The Bachelorette NZ host?!?!?). Oh, and the worst episode of New Zealand's Next Top Model yet. 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

The Real Pod assembles to dissect the week in reality television and real life, with special thanks to Nando’s. It is the end of My Restaurant Rules NZ and gods everywhere are weeping. Tyson and Denise from Rustic Kitchen left tiny tractor tyre marks over their opponents at Moxie, Julia got a Bachelorette makeover and Raf was delighted by the colourful meals. Speaking of The Bachelorette NZ, Alex has sworn to do a shooey if Lily McManus isn't involved. Beyond that, we recap episode three of New Zealand's Next Top Model, an episode of bold makeup, bold hip-hop moves and extremely bold hairstyles. There's also some great Colin content, heated debates about both eggs and rhubarb, and some horrific news about Andy Serkis. 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 assembles to dissect the week in reality television and real life, with special thanks to Nando’s. We're back and we're tired and we're sorry. There's too much real news to keep up with, what with all the big media announcements, MAFSNZ break-ups and the return of New Zealand's greatest comedy show. Plus, Jane has a Halloween fair to organise, Alex has an appointment and Duncan, you guessed it, has a meeting. Nevertheless, we persist. The rubber hit the road on My Restaurant Rules NZ this week, and when we say rubber we mean plastic tractor tyres and when we say road we mean paté. Tyson made gods sigh, Daniel went full Daniel and Raf continued to win over our hearts. Oh, and NZNTM is cancelled but that's not going to stop us recapping episode two. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Due to unprecedented demand (read: 3-4 comments in Real Pod Corner), but mainly because he's extremely into the media and no one wants to talk to him about it, Duncan does a 29 minute monopod on today's MediaWorks revelations. Features how he heard the news, who might buy it, the implications for the rest of the media and NZ on Air and some very earnest reminiscing about the medium of television and TV3 in its prime. 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. We’re back for another week after a horrible week of reality television, where MAFSNZ showed its true, toxic colours and Daniel went full Daniel on My Restaurant Rules NZ. To try and forget it all and return to a happier, more Colin-filled time, we have decided to go back and watch New Zealand’s Next Top Model from the very start. Find the link to episode one on Youtube, and join us on the runway. Bring Nando’s. 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. The holy trinity is finally reunited on the holiest of days, Duncan's birthday, to discuss the highs and lows of the week in reality. Married at First Sight NZ came crawling to an end with the final vows, after a week of jet ski drama, tired old boys and the return of Ling and Zing. Jono and Ray had a huge fight at a café, Anna wore an interesting bat tie during an emotional scene and Jordan showed off his many, many troties. There's also My Restaurant Rules NZ, which too us to Lyttleton by way of Birkenhead for some more classic Kiwi dinner party banter. Tyson continued to be the shabbiest chic around, Daniel had a lemon-based meltdown and PJ and Rob proved to be the biggest sweethearts at the table. Pity their salsa was so salty. All this, and a Baga Chipz on Drag Race UK. 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 another duo pod this week and we've pulled out all the stops. Stings. Segments. Crannies. Grannies. Join us as we traverse the week in news, from Hobsonville Point residents furious about undies to an Elvis lookalike stealing sex toys. Big week for ex-MAFSNZ stars too, with Samuel Levi getting his own radio show and Brett and Angel building a grandstand in their lounge. There's also a huge week in reality television, where Ray and Jono's relationship completely exploded, Christopher and Rose's relationship completely exploded, and Vicky and Stefaan's relationship completely exploded. At least there's a shining light on the horizon in My Restaurant Rules NZ, the most true blue Kiwi show of all time with what could be the country's first televised emo. Just make sure you don't mess up the terrine. 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. Jane is away, so the mice will play. Call the coppers, its a chaos pod this week no with proper doc, no proper stings and no proper adults. It's been a great week of reality television, with the dramatic conclusion of Celebrity Treasure Island seeing Shane Cameron use his head wheat, The Wiz lose his marbles and Sam Wallace take home the bacon. There's also Married at First Sight NZ, which had a boozy dinner party to end all dinner parties. Tequila shots were had, sex questions were asked, and paid actor accusations were made. Rose and Christopher went to a crystal healer, James and Carmen poled danced, Jono and Ray had many, many fights. It's The Real Pod, and we promise we'll do better next time. 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.\ With Duncan enjoying a MAFS-style beach holiday in Bali, Alex and Jane are left to cover another crazy week in reality television. Shannon Ryan has gone full beast-mode in Celebrity Treasure Island, Married At First Sight NZ revealed that two of the contestants have already slept together and TVNZ is about to dish up a brand new cooking competition that nobody asked for. There's also a boatload of Real News, including the truth about the Loch Ness monster, some extremely rude embroidery and an exciting eye witness account of the Briscoes Lady. It's The Real Pod, for real this time. 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. Ever wondered what happens when the Cornies make the Real Pod doc? If you thought absolute unbridled chaos, then you'd be absolutely right. Because it has been a stonker of week in New Zealand reality TV, with the flubbed auctions of The Block NZ, the premiere of Married at First Sight NZ and the undoing of Matty McLean on Celebrity Treasure Island. There's also some incredible real news, including the birth of the new royal baby Milo Green, a harrowing tale of ants in a toilet and a new kind of hybrid chocolate that absolutely nobody asked for. Also: Colin Mathura-Jeffree has lost his weedeater. It's The Real Pod and, just like the moon landing, it's really 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. Dress us up in shit-covered clothing and send us to Disneyland with Richie McCaw, The Real Pod is back for another stonker week of real life in this foolish corner of the globe. In real news, influencers have paired up with Dettol to punk us all, celebrities are listening to our podcast and MAFSNZ is facing the edit job of a lifetime. There's also reality check, where we recap a truly terrible week on The Block NZ and a really wonderful time on Celebrity Treasure Island. The Whizz is the captain now, Shannon Ryan is an absolute vision and Matty McLean has lost his goddamn mind. But at least he listens to 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 team assemble to discuss the brilliant Celebrity Treasure Island, The Block's descent and worrying signs for the upcoming season of Married at First Sight NZ. It's the show we didn't know we needed, good-natured family entertainment that doesn't forget the absolute drama. Shane Cameron nearly tore Jodie Molloy apart just because she said 'yum', the entry-point to a very talkable week in Fiji for Celebrity Treasure Island. Just up the road from The Spinoff offices, The Block has stalled. We discuss the shocking revelation regarding the just-announced cast of MAFS NZ, and head to Wayne's World to discover things they never told you about being an adult, as a kid. Then, as always, Duncan has to leave early. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sound the alarm, because it's time for another absolute chaos pod. We're talking haunted dolls in Waipu, we're talking giant hands taking over Wellington, we're talking soft serve cones dipped in powdered Milo. If you can keep up with the exciting scooter getaway chase in Timaru, then you might be able to keep up with us. 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 a galaxy brain episode of The Real Pod this week and we're not just talking about the new Australian Bachelor who is trying to find another Earth. 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. Have a listen to the pod cause ya girl don't got a blur for ya. xoxo gossip girl Love Producer Tina Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the most dramatic season of The Block NZ yet, two boys from Te Kuiti aren’t taking the bait. It was Master Bedroom week on The Block NZ when judge Jason Bonham opened the door and collapsed into a fit of laughter at apartment three’s latest offering. Sure, it was an extremely blue room with weirdly-placed receding shelves, but it wasn’t really funny. It wasn’t funny as Lisa’s “Eat Her Right” sign she tried to hang in in week one, it wasn’t as funny as Mikaere’s Jeepers Creepers hat and it certainly wasn’t as funny as James Reid from The Feelers. “She’s a bit of a kick in the guts eh, it’s very hard,” says Sam, one half of ‘the boys’ from Te Kuiti, who are slowly turning Apartment three into Jason Bonham’s chuckle factory on this season of The Block NZ . “We work our guts out and so do our builders, so for them to just come in and giggle and laugh at our efforts is pretty disheartening.” His teammate Ethan is struggling to find the words to describe the judges, wary of being impolite. “I wanna say… they’re rude.” Read the full post : https://wp.me/p532R6-QxF 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. Light a candle and say a prayer, for Love Island NZ is no longer coming to our screens in 2020. At least the Celebrity Treasure Island NZ promo is out, and Matty McLean's shins are in it for about three seconds. There's also a shocking revelation about the spelling of remuneration, baby news for Mona Dot Com and the premiere of Have You Been Paying Attention NZ. We also drag our way through the rapidly-setting cement of The Block NZ, where the boys are making us very sad and the judges are making us very mad. Why does nobody even look tired? What's with all the glass on brick? And what does oregano taste like, really? All that, and some extremely exciting Nando's new 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 a whacky, whacky week on The Real Pod this week. But is it whackier than the fact that Gilda Kirkpatrick saw a literal ghost in Jamaica? Whackier than the fact that Hilary Barry visited The Spinoff studios? Whackier than Nasser returning to Alex's DMs after weeks of silence? Is it Mercury's fault? Can it be saved by an ice cold taurine fizz? How about a square morsel of cheesy bread from Nando's? There's also the wild west of Dinner Wars on The Block NZ. Stacy and Adam mispronounced many Mexican words during their fiesta, Ribz potentially exposed himself on national television while doing a toilet joke and Ethan and Sam sampled their very first cup of piping hot Auckland java. And who can forget James Reid of course. 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

The Real Pod assembles to dissect the week in reality television and real life, with special thanks to Nando’s. Breaking news: Bigfoot is back baby and the Real News bulletin is bursting with many more hot scoops. Who killed Jacinda Ardern's cat and why is he choosing to speak out now? Why are there so many turtles on the loose? And how on Earth did Jane Yee survive the terrifying California quake? There's also The Block NZ, where bathroom week left us all (especially Duncan) as stony-faced as a marble infinity sink. Lisa and Ribs have enlisted the help of some futuristic paint, Stacey and Adam are being passive-aggressive and Wolf is howling at the health and safety moon. 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

The Real Pod assembles to dissect the week in reality television and real life, with special thanks to Nando’s. There's a lot of Real News to get through this week, as bakeries around the country have lost their marbles completely. From the shouty pie women in the south and skimpy ham sammies in the north, our team do their best to bring you the essential facts from the evolving situation. Also this week, a scandal hits the Real Pod Corner and Jane is left disappointed after her co-hosts ate Perky Nana lumps without her. There's also the trials and tribulations of The Block NZ, which was rocked this week by an intruder team that nobody saw coming. With Gizzy Hard returning to stir the paint pot, the season has already turned deliciously shouty. Who will win bathroom week? Which Kingsland establishment will they eat at next? And what the hell were the boys thinking with those bunks? 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

The Real Pod assembles to dissect the week in reality television and real life, with special thanks to Nando’s. We've got a whole litre of taurine fizz cranking through the studio this week as The Real Pod Collective convenes to recap another hectic week in reality TV land. The Celebrity Treasure Island cast have been announced, Claire from MAFSNZ S1 is selling her Christmas dinner set on Facebook and Laura Daniel is back with a brand new zombie survival show. There's also the chaos of The Block NZ, where Jason Bonham threw down (and basically threw up) on the first room reveals, Sophie and Mikaere revealed some controversial plans to bulldoze their guest bedroom and Ribz did some bad cross-dressing because of something about a pink toilet. It's The Real Pod, realistically. 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. The team is back to give it a good old Kiwi try across the seas this week, perhaps one of the biggest reality TV weeks of the year. Dancing With the Stars NZ had one explosive finale, complete with rugby balls and Julz Tocker doing a rambunctious jive, with Manu Vatuvei being crowned the winner of the glitter ball trophy. There was also the premiere of The Block NZ: Firehouse, set a stone's throw away in Kingsland. If the extremely rude sign and caricature millennials are anything to go by, it's going to be a cracker of a season. We also ruminate on what it means to be mindful in the latest edition of Colin's Cranny, and spend too long looking at Max Key's bum. It's The Real Pod, really sorry. 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. This week the pod has been cursed with an almighty stench, but that won't stop us recording our first full-length international podcast. It was an explosive semi-final week on Dancing With the Stars NZ, containing everything from smooth sax, non-consensual bum-drumming and a terrible cover of 'Timber'. There's also some extremely exciting Real News about Brussels sprouts, dogs on trains and Jane's first celebrity sighting in LA (lady who was an extra on C.S.I). Also, you won't believe what Colin Mathura-Jeffree bought at the supermarket this week. 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

The Real Pod assembles to dissect the week in reality television and real life, with special thanks to Nando’s. This week on The Real Pod, we've absolutely Real Pod-ed it. It was throuple week on Dancing With the Stars NZ, but we were struck with a nightmare trio of our own: technical difficulties, geographical changes and a series of unfortunate events. The result? This micro-pod below. We are sorry. 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 an extremely emotional episode of The Real Pod, as Jane farewells her podmates Duncan and Alex for a life of glitz and glamour in Los Angeles, USA. Never fear, though, your weekly dose of reality TV and real news will continue via video link across the ocean. Besides, someone's got to keep tabs on Max Key's international shenanigans, so it might as well be Jane. We also recap the past week on Dancing With the Stars NZ, where Laura Daniel ended up in the bottom two despite being at the top of the leaderboard, Clinton Randall didn't wear shoes and the judges wore many, many sets of funny glasses. There's also some real news about tattoos, websites and jingles, because we are a serious current events podcast. It's The Real Pod, baby! 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 Jane's second to last podcast in New Zealand and we have pulled out all the stops: a fire hazard, a cheesy bread cake from Nando's and some incredibly interesting analysis of everyone's favourite dancing show. There's an injury sustained live on pod, there's a brief monopod about beauty Youtubers that nobody asked for, and there's ice cold taurine fizz. We also run you through the news of the week, including an organic Nando's celebrity sighting, The Spinoff's big award winning evening, and Laura Daniel's new zombie programme. 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

The Real Pod assembles to dissect the week in reality television and real life, with special thanks to Nando’s. This week on the pod we are absolutely snowed under with exciting news from the reality TV world, the real world, and the Nando's world. There's a 24 year-old sheep knocking around, the old Milo formula is the new Milo formula and Jane accidentally bought Andrew Jury's vacant tattoo space. There's also Dancing With the Stars NZ, which Duncan has singlehandedly ruined via one sacred eight minute monopod. Mike McRoberts sashayed away, Randall ripped off his shirt and K'Lee sand a beautiful song. Also: we review some corn lollies because it is our civic duty. 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 assembles to dissect the week in reality television and real life, with special thanks to Nando’s. You asked for it: we're all back in the same room, at the same time. Kind of. Alex is 20 minutes late and Jane got the time wrong, so Duncan starts an eight minute monopod. There's much to cover in the news this week, from the dog that lived for 51 weeks in the wild to the woman who thinks prunes should be handed out on planes. There's also drama of Dancing With the Stars NZ, which 2/3 of the podmates are still enjoying very much. K'Lee pinched her nerve and made breaking news on The Project NZ, our heavenly father Colin Mathura-Jeffree was in the audience on Monday night, and Mike McRoberts needs to do some hot yoga STAT. It's The Real Pod, and it's your new reality. 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. With Duncan in Thailand, Alex and Jane (and occasionally Tina) shoulder the burden of recapping the past week in reality TV and extremely real news. There's a bloody big cat on the loose in the South Island, there's a goat in the supermarket and there's Mi Goreng in bougie toasties now. Beyond that, there's all the thrills and spills of Dancing With the Stars NZ. Randall and his partner did a crazy cartwheel thing, Glen Osbourne made everyone cry, and Carolyn Taylor was gone much too soon. There's also a tantalising chat about dreams. It’s the Real Pod, and it’s as real as they come. 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. This week Duncan is cavorting around Melbourne so Jane and Alex meet at the dining room table to talk about another hot week on this dance floor we call life. Need all the celebrity goss from the Avengers premiere? We've got you covered. Want to know how bad Cadbury Buttons eggs are now? No worries. Want some dance analysis from two complete amateurs? Boy, are you in luck. Dancing With the Stars NZ continues to be bloody great. Carolyn Taylor kicked so high that she's inspired our latest #viral challenge, Clinton Randell has swooped in and stolen our hearts and Jude (and our beloved cornie Matt Tatton-Brown) are gone to soon. Also: a cracker week for Colin's Cranny. It's the Real Pod, and it's as real as they come. 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. In the hangover of Married at First Sight Australia, we are overjoyed to shimmy onto the shiny lino of Dancing With the Stars NZ. Well, two of us are. Duncan only watched Laura's dance on Instagram. Which celebrity is the frontrunner? Why wasn't Jude allowed to whip Matt? And what in the world is Walter Neilands? Beyond that, we review a Marie Kondo experience gone awry, check in with Max Key's globe trotting adventures and experience some technical difficulty that will push the podmates to their absolute limit. It's The Real Pod, and it's 100% 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 assembles to dissect the final week of Married at First Sight Australia, with special thanks to Nando’s. It's been a long and emotional journey full of highs, lows, onesies and toaster pizzas, but Married at First Sight Australia is finally over. Join us as we try to make sense of the final explosive dinner party, and the reunion to end all reunions. Why is Sam such a coward? Are Ines and Elizabeth friends now? And why is Mike the worst guy to ever walk planet Earth? Beyond that, we review a fun size Milky Way bar, have some discourse about the merits of Twitter and watch a hippo fart video. There's also Dancing With the Stars NZ to get excited about. It's The Real Pod, and it's too 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 Married at First Sight Australia and the Dancing With the Stars NZ cast, with special thanks to Nando’s. We know we've said this before, but this episode is a proper chaos pod. Fuelled by lollies and the promise of Nando's, your friendly podmates plough through the final single dates on MAFSAU. Heidi and Mike hit choppy waters in more ways than one, Mark makes a ham and cheese croissant and Cam nearly proposes to Jules with a fake diamond bracelet. Beyond that, we are also limbering up for Dancing With the Stars NZ. Will Nadia's involvement have an impact on Alex's My Food Bag? Will Duncan ever find out who Walter from Sticky TV is? And you won't believe who has beef with Jude Dobson. It's The Real Pod, and it's only getting realer by the week. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on The Real Pod, we've got two weeks of MAFS madness to recap. Billy and Susie went to hell and back again, and then Billy had to come back one more time to get his fish oil. Ivan the Terrible was the nail in the coffin for Nic and Cyrell, Michael is rocking his long hair like Fabio and Ines is saying some truly outrageous things in her Instagram stories. There's also Jessika and Dan's ever-growing web of lies, Cam's big old emotional dump and Ning and Mark's sexploits (or lack thereof). Just like Mike's eyeliner, The Real Pod is absolutely here to stay. Stick to your knitting and have a listen. 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 sixth week on Married at First Sight Australia, with special thanks to Nando’s. If we told you this wasn't a rude pod, we'd be lying. What more can you expect from such a rude week on MAFS AU, complete with naked calendar shoots, brazen buttcracks and passionate party pashing? Jessika has finally dumped mucky Mick, Suzy has exploded at Billy over a Splenda nightmare, and Heidi and Mike are fizzling out on the Goldie. Beyond that, we have some exciting updates from Nasser/NASA, a deep dive investigation into the role of mesh in boardies, and a live production meeting about when our Nando's lunch is going to arrive. Yet again, i’s the realest pod there is. 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 fifth week on Married at First Sight Australia, with special thanks to Nando’s. It's another chaotic week on the pod, complete with phone calls to Nasser from the last season of MAFS, Duncan getting cancelled live on air and many, many Haribo lollies. Why is Jessika trying to sleep with everyone's husbands? Why has Mike tattooed his bald head? Why is Dino recording everything? Why has Nic grown a tiny moustache? So many questions, so few answers. Beyond that, there are some exciting celebrity sightings, news about Love Island NZ and a heated debate about feijoas. It's the realest pod there is. 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 fourth week on Married at First Sight Australia, with special thanks to Nando’s. Your favourite Married at First Sight Australia experts are back to look at a week on MAFS that may or may not have gone too far. Innes and Sam have gone full steam ahead in the sauna (allegedly), Heidi and Mike are starting to crumble and Ning and Mark are absolutely miserable. Also, Bronson went on a treadmill for four hours because he was loving watching TV so much. Beyond that, we recap Jane's lovely wedding (complete with a certified Real Pod moment for the ages), take a quick look at the week on Heartbreak Island and talk about a new innovation in Nando's cheesy bread tessellation. It’s The Real Pod, baby. 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 third week on Married at First Sight Australia, with special thanks to Nando’s. The real Married at First Sight Australia experts are back recap a truly diseased week on the good show. There were waxed buttholes, there was a cheating scandal, there were many, many chicken pox. Sam and Ines have finally gone to the dark side, Nic and Cyrell are serving us Punk’d realness and where the hell are Melissa and Dino??? Beyond that, there’s a scientific investigation into the fluidity of Australian Nutella, the team recounting their night out with the Heartbreak Island cast, and an intricate description of a “wide-on” that absolutely nobody asked for. It’s The Real Pod, baby. 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 second week on Married at First Sight Australia, with special thanks to Nando’s. Your friendly podmates zip up their Australia onesies and dive into the tumultuous second week of Married at First Sight Australia. This week we met the last of our hopeful newlyweds, including a 29 year old virgin, a jillionaire stripper and a Kim Kardashian clone. There's a dinner party, a parasailing trip from hell and some mysterious floating objects known by some as "ducks". After that, there's the dinner party. How wild is Sam's gaslighting? How big are Mick's hands? And why has Sam stopped blinking so much? Also: Ines. There is much to discuss. 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 on Married at First Sight Australia, with special thanks to Nando’s. Join us as we recap the first explosive week on Married at First Sight Australia, objectively the greatest show on Earth. Jules and Cam are the love story of a generation, Jessika and Cyrell have the scariest brothers this side of Underbelly, and Ning has so many walls up she might as well be Fort Knox. How bad does the water look in New Zealand? Why do all the Aussie blokes wear boardies to bed? And which Best Man is the Worst Man? Please listen, please like, please subscribe. 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 last few weeks in New Zealand pop culture and real life, with special thanks to Nando’s. The dream team is back together to cover all the breaking news topics you need to know this week. Which Aladdin star was spotted at Laneway? Which of our favourite celebrities made cameos in Jane Yee's 40th birthday video? And what the hell have Cadbury done to their bloody marshmallow eggs. Beyond that, we recap an intense week on both The Bachelor US and The Casketeers, do some furniture shopping with Pordy and break down the Sue Nicholson stoush of the decade. Oh, and we are so excited for Married at First Sight Australia that we can hardly breathe. Tune in next week for the full rundown of four nights of mayhem. 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 last few weeks in New Zealand pop culture and real life, with special thanks to Nando’s. This week on the podcast, Duncan returns from the wilderness with a Jersey Shore tan and having watched zero television like the useless co-host he is. This, coupled with Alex's absence doing real, important work, meant Jane carried a very heavy load, recapping five shows essentially alone. By way of penance Duncan ate three squares of the 6.7m Scoville chilli chocolate and promptly went into a full body sweat while waves of nausea pitched across him. Pod highlights include the fearful recounting of new pods from Sam Levi and Art and Matilda, doubtless the beginning of the end for the #realpod, and extremely long looks into the continuing unreal lives of the Real Housewives of Auckland through Michelle Blanchard's Instagram stories. It's The Real Pod and we're really sorry. 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 last few weeks in New Zealand pop culture and real life, with special thanks to Nando’s. With Duncan still basking somewhere on a desert island, Alex and Jane reconvene in The Spinoff studio to pick apart the past week in local weird news, pop culture and reality TV. We had a glittering evening at the premiere of Aladdin with every New Zealand celebrity ever, before the entire nation was thrown into disarray at the arrival of the unruly tourists onto our newsfeeds. Beyond the Primo robbery, the Christmas tree robbery and the bloody Mission Bay rubbish, there's somehow still more news to talk about. What does season two of Heartbreak Island have in store? Why is Max Key playing coy on Celebrity Treasure Island NZ? And which podcast host sold their bra on TradeMe to a cornie? OH, AND WE EAT SOME OF THE HOTTEST CHILLI CHOCOLATE IN THE WORLD. 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 last few weeks in New Zealand pop culture and real life, with special thanks to Nando’s. We're back for 2019! Well, Jane and Alex are. Join us for a sprawling chat about this summer in celebrity news, sightings and scandals. Sam and Tayler's MAFS journey has come to an end, press release and all. Mike Puru had a chicken burger nightmare, the Fiji Water girl is a sham and we've seen so many celebs over the holidays that we hardly know what to do with ourselves. Beyond that, we look at some personal failures. Jane flubbed her wedding invites, Alex has been crying while Kondo-ing and Tina's phone died when she met Cardi B at Piha. There's also a small amount of reality TV news, including an extremely exciting Celebrity Treasure Island rumour and the mad return of The Bachelor US. 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 2018 in New Zealand pop culture and real life, with special thanks to Nando’s. Happy New Year! Before you get started on those resolutions, why not join us in looking back at 2018 in reality TV? It's time for the beloved* annual** Real Pod awards, where everything's made up and the categories don't necessarily matter. Why will take out the gong for eyes of 2018 What was the best local reality show of the year? Best influencer? And, most crucially, who will win the coveted prize for best poo? You'll simply have to listen to find out. 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 New Zealand pop culture and real life, with special thanks to Nando’s. Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night, for The Real Pod has stumbled upon a Christmas miracle: a full-length podcast with the King of the Cranny himself, Colin Mathura-Jeffree. Joining Jane, Duncan and Alex for a Christmas extravaganza, Colin brings a swag of gifts and hot gossip about his life in television and on the influencer scene. Who got the drunkest on the set of New Zealand's Next Top Model? How did he accidentally score the gig on New Zealand's Hottest Home Baker? And does he believe in aliens or ghosts or what? 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 New Zealand pop culture and real life, with special thanks to Nando’s. THIS EPISODE CONTAINS MAJOR REALITY TV SPOILERS, TAKE HEED It's our last proper episode of The Real Pod for the year, nicely timed with the end of every reality TV show ever. Join us as we dissect the glorious finales of Project Runway NZ, The Great Kiwi Bake Off and House of Drag. Who takes home the almighty cake plate? Which reality TV contestant is the youngest baby ever to walk the Earth? And which shows do we think will return in 2019? Beyond that, we've got all the Real News you could ever want. A goose is on the loose in Dunedin, Shania Twain's show was overrun with merch hawkers and all the potato chips have holes in them. We also drink a quart of hot sauce because why wouldn't you? It’s The Real Pod, and it's real as heck. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices