Mike Hosking

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128,494 appearances 929 recordings 4 series first heard Jan 2026 last heard yesterday

Mike Hosking’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 929 in all, peaking in Aug 2026 with 202.

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The Mike Hosking Breakfast · Wrapping the Week with Kate Hawkesby and Tim Wilson: Critiquing Mike, school holidays, ageing · 24 Sep 2026 podcast

What was this some private joke? voice-verified

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No, it's just I I I become fascinated. voice-verified

I think I I was G'd up by the one hundredth birthday thing the other night with ZB and and we met old Bill Francis who's well into his seventies, ex boss here, just just just such an uplifting example of old age and how well you can do it. voice-verified

And Don McKinnon, well into his eighties, I don't want to dud him, but I think he's eighty-eight or eighty nine, just like next level inspiration. voice-verified

So I'm I'm always interested in how people handle age and aging and stuff like that. voice-verified

it could be the new forty or fifty. voice-verified

My great grandmother played tennis until she was ninety six. voice-verified

Actually my great grandmother might have died when she was ninety six. voice-verified

She might have played tennis till she was eighty nine. voice-verified

She w she played tennis at her funeral. voice-verified

She voice-verified

Can I just put that out there? voice-verified

That's an interesting now that's probably now I'd tend to disagree with that because I mean you've got what you've got. voice-verified

So yes, you cherish and relish what you've got left, I get that part of it, but I don't think you can overcome the the the moroseness of having l lost a faculty that you particularly liked. voice-verified

So for example, my my rapier wit, if I lost that, I'd be really upset. voice-verified

Exactly. voice-verified

While we're in this room together. voice-verified

While we're in this room together with our special pump dare, we're happy. voice-verified

And that's all that really counts. voice-verified

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