Thoughts on a Run

Yah girls went bananas at Round the Bridges and got some good numbers for the 12km race. Best mate Hannah Mooney even got a personal best! First up and fresh off the course, Hannah’s “just gonna talk about bananas” while Missy has a wee bit of a chat about the bridges of Kirikiriroa Hamilton (topical). We have some reflections, a bunch of laughs, Missy throws shade at Hannah’s ‘fun facts’, and of...

What do Hannah falling over and the hit late-90s children’s tv show Teletubbies have in common? They’re both trippy! This week we really raise(in) the bar as Hannah regales us with the harrowing tale of the recent tumble she took while out for a run. While raisins, sultanas, and currents are dried grapes, Hannah’s chat is far from dry as she gives a quick rundown (or should I say runner down) on t...

Will-o-the-wisp is latin for ‘foolish flame’ and your fave fools and twin flames are back at it. In this gourd-geous episode Missy gets pumped about pumpkins as she lights the way through the history of Jack-o’-lanterns. Hannah gets going on the true MVP of our time: the humble traffic light drink. Served with a side of too many Sound of Music references.

Rock, paper, scissors. Scissors, paper, stone - however you wanna say it, we’re down to play it. Hannah gives the 1,2,3 on the history of paper, scissors, rock. Speaking of rock, Missy gets down with everyone’s favourite slab (the Rosetta Stone) as she barely scratches the surface on ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics. Served with a side of Jacket Potato chat that no one asked for and Missy would like...

Sneeze safety is no joke but this podcast sure is. Missy has a corking good time waffling on about messages in bottles. Hannah puts the rock and roll in Rolling Stone as she tries (and fails several times) to correctly say ‘Rolling Stone’s The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time’. Feat some singing and SO MANY side bars! Moo deng, sneezing, historic royals, and potatoes, what more do you want from us?

Listen up kids - whether you’re a fighter, flighter, freezer, fawner, filmer or faller, this week’s episode of Thoughts on a Run has got something for you! Hannah gets into the nooks and crannies of jump scares and startle responses. Missy makes a 90 degree turn and lays out the parallel and perpendicular past of knolling (your favourite Instagram trend that you’ve never heard of).

Shiver me jinkies! Your scallywag besties are back. Missy gets down into the deep, dark, briny depths of shipwrecks. Hannah gets the collywobbles and gives a shimmy for the shammy as she dives into the origin of why divers use shammy cloths. And yes, every time we say ‘ship’ it sounds like ‘s**t’...perhaps it’s funnier that way? Anyway, make sure to pop your ‘p’s kids.

Is that a fresh snag sizzling on the barby or is Missy wearing a smelly top? (Spoiler alert, it’s Missy). This episode is a banger. Hannah explains the differences between street classifications, why is a street not a road…because it’s a crescent? Missy really gets cooking with the legend of the great Kiwi pastime - the humble sausage sizzle. Sorry the audio is a bit shit…but do you really expect...

Like the intertwining helix stripes of a barber’s pole, Hannah and Missy’s thoughts are in sync this week. Missy gets into the grisly origin story of barber’s poles and Hannah gets to the root (or should we say follicle) of grey hairs. Do it for the biscuits (save lives, give blood) and stay curious about all these random things!

What’s black and white and read all over? This weeks episode! Hannah tries to settle the “is black a colour or a shade?” debate, which (for some reason makes Missy angry). Missy tells a haunting tale about Goosebumps, not the physical phenomenon but R.L Stines’ literary sensation! Plus did you know we’re an Olivani household?

“What does operate a cow mean?” Your guess is as good as ours. Hannah has a clucking good time trying to figure out which came first, the chicken, the egg, or the dinosaur? While Missy relays some weird laws and how many times does Missy say “it’s interesting” - many, many times.

Can you name all the colours of the rainbow? Hannah almost can. This week you get TMI, we’re talking eye discharge, farting, spitting, and phlegm with a side of weather chat. Hannah gets down and dirty in the world of ‘sleepy dust’ while Missy (figuratively) gets to the bottom of the double rainbow. Served, as always, with a big old side of silliness.

“Anyway, so I’m just gonna tell you some stuff about tin cans” (M. Mooney, 2024). If this direct quote doesn’t have you hooked nothing will! For some reason Missy pops the tab on some drink can/tin facts. Hannah goes deep underground in search of the secrets of the tunnels under Disneyland *insert spooky The X-Files theme music*.

Guilt, sympathy, scones, judgement, intensity, projection, cruelty, Raygun, objective and subjective interpretations of art, we really cover a lot of ground in this episode and work through some stuff. Plus Hannah attempts to shed some light on the paralympics (leessshhh go) and Missy gets down and dirty in the auditory world of misophonia. Feat H Money’s first singing solo on the pod.

All the worlds a stage, so never say Macbeth. In a blistering episode Hannah talks theatre superstitions and Missy pops off with some blister chat. To pop or not to pop, that is the question.

The Mooney’s get myth-y with it. Hannah sings a siren song with a deep dive on mermaids (feat backup vocals by Missy) and still can’t say abdomen. Missy spouts off some stone-hard facts about gargoyles. The chat is magic, mediaeval, fishy and grotesque - what more could you ask for?

Missy gives her hot take on the the Olympic Torch Relay while Hannah-coluthon (a word Missy made up) weaves together a tale about runner’s stitch - the burning, stabbing pain kind, not the sewing kind. We are a cauldron of chaos and just like the Olympic flame, our passion for singing badly cannot be extinguished.

Is ‘tit’ a swear word? Your fave blowhards spend far too long blathering on about this. Served with a side of alchemy and the origin story of the megaphone. I mean who doesn’t love a good ear trumpet?

“You’re not going to have a small squid with a huge mouth.” Catch up with your favourite big mouths as Missy gives you the the skinny on giant squidies and Hannah brings the buzz on spelling bees. Ps. we’re defs guna open a pub call “the squid's arms”

Your favourite dummies are back. We’re talking heads, shoulders, knees, toes and running with the same arm and leg. Ever wondered when, why, and where mannequins were invented? Neither, but here you go.

Ghost lights, brain freeze, Hannah and Missy getting way too intense and having a little fight about efficiency - this episode has it all. It’s illuminating. It’s frosty. It’s straight up the episode no one asked for. Yet, here we are. Get amongst it, because you are kind, you are smart, and you are important!

Hey, hey! We made it to the shortest day. Hannah han-splains daylight savings and Missy talks twin-handedness. This episode gets righty-fighty because Missy throws shade on tunes on a run. But we also get lefty-loosey-goosey and sing waaaay to much.

This week's episode is the one you didn’t know you were weighting for. No pressure, but Missy gets heavy and gets under some of the benefits of weighted blankets. Hannah changes pace and offers a speedy yet scintillating overview of roller derby. It’s a blast, it’s a riot, it’s a jam. So come on, get your skates on and get this in your ear holes!

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush, and woohoo don’t we have two for you! Hannah’s full of beans as she goes through different types of coffee (yes that’s she, Espresso). While Missy tells you what materials NOT to supply birds with to construct their nests…I know, it’s bizarre, even for us!

What do autobiographies and dishwashers have in common? Nothing. But you can tell a lot about a person by how they load the dishwasher. This week it’s a how-to episode in which Missy tells you how to load your dishwasher and Hannah lays down the steps to writing an autobiography.