The Real Pod

Charge your shoey and join Alex, Jane and Duncan as they toast the end of another season of Married at First Sight Australia. While dinner is served to the participants one last time, we discover that Ella and Mitch have rekindled their relationship, just as Dom and Jack have called it quits. The following night, the gang gather on the couches to watch some incriminating footage and learn that Cod...

We’ve finally reached the business end of Married at First Sight Australia as our participants come face to face for final vows. Ahead of the big decision, Cody breaks his mother-in-law’s trust (and teacup), Mitch and Ella fall apart at the seams, and Jack is collateral damage in Liv’s vendetta against Dom. Join the unholy throuple of Alex, Jane, and Duncan as they say “I do” to the penultimate we...

If you like high-octane supermarket delivery drama, we have the podcast episode for you. In a Real Pod first, we take calls from delivery men and pick-up packages live on pod. All that, and the exciting Dancing With the Stars line-up, a woman who went to hospital for farts, and a paper plane competition. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices....

With final vows fast approaching, Reflections Week saw the Married at First Sight Australia participants thinking ahead to life on the outside. Hard questions were asked on final dates and unwanted guests caused a stir at the girls’ and boys’ nights. We raised a shoey to farewell Al and Sam, and raised our eyebrows at Selin’s demands for drama. Join Alex, Duncan and Jane for an extremely scientifi...

This week on The Real Pod we're dreaming of a better world; a world of retro papercuts, plentiful chicken noodles and Toyota Corollas from 1993. Alex and Jane recap all the important news of the week, including the launch of the Real Love Boat and a shirtless Zoom snafu for the ages. What’s the difference between a raisin and a sultana? What is the best prickle to get? All that, and a bombshell ab...

Forget dinner; nothing but drama was served on Married at First Sight Australia this week, and not a single one of us was left hungry. We said goodbye to the last of our new couples as Carolina and Danny turned the commitment ceremony on its head before being turfed from the experiment. Liv continued her crusade to become the most villainous MAFS participant since time began. The revelation of an...

First things first, does gum REALLY sit in your stomach for years and years?? The trio turn news-reading into mythbusting, raising the important q’s. As well as important q’s, Duncan reveals he’s a notebook hoarder and wants to giveaway archive Spinoff secrets, Alex relays her trip to the rattery, and (breaking news) the queen sorta looks like a watery stain. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy...

It was a smashing week of drama on Married at First Sight Australia as our grooms partied hard and our brides locked horns during Retreat Week. Join Jane and Alex as they walk on broken glass to bring you their (armchair) expert commentary on Liv unleashing her petty bitch side, Carolina running 347 laps of the tennis court and Matt getting nearly as much action with Kate as Al did with Dion’s tra...

Some serious breaking news: Dug the Potato is not who he says he is. A shell-shocked Alex and Jane process the news that Dug is, in fact, a gourd, before exploring the other big news of the week. Dancing With the Stars is coming back (again), cardboard cutout sales are going ballistic and a crafty scammer is stuffing tobacco pouches with mouldy bread. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mor...

It’s off to the movies as the families beam in for Feedback Week on Married at First Sight Australia. Al flexes his gaming skills to his father in law, Nona’s about to learn Domenica has period sex and Brent’s dad isn’t a fan of his new daughter-in-law’s filthy mouth. Meanwhile, Matt is hoping some perfume will spark joy in ice-cold Kate and Carolina definitely does not want to go to Bondi. Hosted...

It’s an all Jane and Alex extravaganza for The Real Pod this International Women’s Day (aka Duncan had a meeting). New Zealanders are dreaming about teeth, Kate Hawkesby has been catfished and a platypus has been revived with CPR. Jane doesn’t have Covid, Alex might have fleas, but everything can change in an instant on The Real Pod. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Lea...

As the death knell tolls for Andrew and Holly's relationship, wedding bells are ringing for three new couples joining the experiment. We meet Kate, who has only ever wanted to be loved, just not by her new husband Matt. Carolina, whose make up meltdown delayed her nuptials to Dion by three hours. And Daniel, whose doomed marriage to Jessica already has him eyeing up Carolina. Turn up the air con –...

Taika Waititi got a tattoo of Jane, a bull floated 80km down a river and we are really working our anxiety night shifts at the moment. In other news, Jane has had not one but two police interactions this week, Alex is starting a national conversation about "bumples" and Duncan is buying a chainsaw. It's fine, everything's fine. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn mor...

Grab some expired milk and drag your chair over for pashes aplenty as we embark on a recap of intimacy week on Married at First Sight Australia, in which some couples make a fresh start while others fall completely apart. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Queen has Covid, a Finnish skier has a frozen penis and a Kiwi has been promoted to Chief Stew on the upcoming season of Below Deck: Down Under. If you thought that was all the important news you could handle, we’ve also got an update on Jane’s cleaning project, a review of the Covid-19 spit test and a Coke-based revelation that will shock and divide the nation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/...

Take two weddings, one dinner party, three gross looking cupcakes, approximately 350 sexual partners and the dregs of a dinner party shoey. Mix them all together, bake for four nights and voila! You’ve got week two on Married at First Sight Australia. Join Alex, Jane and Duncan as they recap the best, worst and most problematic moments of confession week. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for...

Like three yolks crammed into an egg, the trio are back for the another week of unusual news and real life humiliations. What would your 60 second talent be? How cool is it to draw eyes on a piece of art? And do monkeys really need Marvin Gaye to 'get it on'? All that, and one pod member admits they've been involved in a long Irish con. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

To paraphrase the romantic poets Savage Garden, we knew we loved the new MAFS AU couples before we met them. Relive all the bungled cake cuts, clay-on-face clangers and honesty box horrors of week one as Anthony and Selin, Tamara and Brent, Domenica and Jack, Ella and Mitch, Andrew and Holly and Selina and Cody tie the knot. [This recap covers things that happened up to and including the episode a...

Lots of horny happenings in the news this week, plus some highly covetable crockery hits the collectibles market as the Queen celebrates a lovely milestone, two celebrity Pauls are spotted in one weekend and a member of the pod stands accused of pug smuggling. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Masterchef NZ is looking for a dishwasher, there’s a new Bach baby on the way and you’ll never guess who’s in the bridal party at The Block NZ wedding. Also this week: Alex receives a lovely gift, Jane has a birthday sulk and Duncan needs to do better.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The dream team's back together! Join Jane, Duncan and Alex for a long overdue catch-up covering Zerin’s exciting baby news, Jay Jay’s secret boyfriend, an assortment of bungled interactions, Alex’s celebrity sightings of the summer and much more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Real Pod is taking a short break over summer. We'll be back with new episodes soon, but until then here's one of our favourites from 2021. From November: Fresh from watching the final episode, Jane and Duncan recap the final week of Celebrity Treasure Island – before being joined by the winner(!) for a truly emotional kōrero. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn m...

The Real Pod is taking a short break over summer. We'll be back with new episodes soon, but until then here's one of our favourites from 2021. From July: 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 OMG Nes...

The Real Pod is taking a short break over summer. We'll be back with new episodes soon, but until then here's one of our favourites from 2021. In June, entrepreneur, The Apprentice Aotearoa star and secret The Real Pod listener Cassie Roma joined us in the studio to share some sensational behind-the-scenes scoops on Mally the Mallard, Josie the busy mum, the cinematography of Mike Pero’s iconic “y...

The Real Pod is taking a short break over summer. We'll be back with new episodes soon, but until then here's one of our favourites from 2021. In June, patron saint of The Real Pod Colin Mathura-Jeffree joined us in the studio for a very special episode celebrating Gossip Week on The Spinoff. Colin told us some of the wildest gossip he’s heard about himself, explained why influencers will never be...