Wrapping the Week with Kate Hawkesby and Tim Wilson: Commonwealth Games, Stuart Nash, Paul Henry
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What quirky breakfast debate opens the show about bacon jam and rollers jeans?
Mike, we need more information about this pie that Ryan Fox is reportedly in a rush to get steak, bacon, jam and cheese. Question mark. I did the same thing. It's a bacon jam. Don't think jam isn't raspberry jam. It's bacon jam. It's apparently it's a thing. He's done it for a while. It's at some Northcote bakery. Rollers. Rollers bakery. Rollers jeans. You've got some rollers jeans, haven't you, Katie?
Sure do. You don't like them because they've got a bit of a flare.
Yeah, big flare. There's nothing, everything, every flare should have been banned a long time ago. Tim, good morning to you. Katie, good morning to you.
Good morning.
Good morning.
Yeah, I'm about the straight legs too, Mike. Couldn't agree more. Flares. No. 70s are over. Thank goodness.
It's a hard time for us women because they got rid of the skinny jean. And for those of us who have grown up addicted to the skinny jean, suddenly we have to get into all these high-waisted, big, wide-leg mom jeans, and it's been horrific. That and having to ditch ankle socks and wear crew socks that go halfway up our calves, it's a tough time to be – A woman of a certain age can tell you that.
Hey, Kate, how are you going with the death pants? Have you heard of the death pants?
How do the hosts react to fashion trends like flares, mom jeans and ‘death pants’?
Yeah, I have. I've actually got a pair of those. Oh, no, no, no.
Mike, you have to intervene.
Yes. Because they're so wide.
You put your foot through the front and you just go forwards. And it's just, Mike, you've got to take them off. It's health and safety.
I don't go anywhere near her choice in clothing, Tim, because I've learned that in the 15 years of marriage, there are certain areas we don't dabble in. Katie, were you happy with the answer from the Electoral Commission and our good friend Amelia?
No, I mean, good on her for being forthcoming, yes. But I do question when she says we assess political neutrality. I know for a fact, I would love to know how they think they do that. Because Louis Davis, for one of the examples, has said countless times his favourite person in the whole world is Jacinda Ardern. And he's, I would say, you don't need to be a rocket scientist to work out his politics at all. So I think the political neutrality thing is a bit dodgy. I don't know who the other...
You've never heard of the others. Tim, have you heard of Raniera and Courtney and Makere?
No, no, I haven't. But I mean, you just think social media is not about neutrality. It's not a place of neutrality. You take a position, that's how you get rewarded.
So what about the likes? What about the argument about the likes? You know, if you get the likes, I mean, that's not a metric. I mean, that's just crap.
You know what they should say is like, okay, I'll support people who love Jacinda Ardern and I'll support people who like Hayek, the economist. People who have, you know, although I can't see a lot of Instagram traction.
Okay, so I need to ring Amelia back because she's keen to hear feedback because she's that sort of person.
Is she though?
Well, she won't work. She'll work from home Friday, so she's presumably not in the office. On a scale of 1 to 10, 10, she satisfied every craving you had vis-a-vis the influences on the electric. Where do you score it?
Well, did she say how much they're paying them?
Well, I gave you the numbers on the program. I dedicated the bloody program to you. 2.17 on the Maori roll. Now, she didn't say specifically on the influencers, but it was 2.17 million for the Maori roll. How much are they giving each? Right.
How much are they getting each to peddle it? And what sort of work do they do around finding their political neutrality? Because I would argue that's impossible for them.
I'm going to set Sammy on that. He's going back to Amelia on that and we'll report back Monday. So that should work out well.
Could Katie apply to the Electoral Commission for a bit of funding?
Yeah. Well, see, what's wrong? Why don't I go, like, next time we do a Warriors video, which gets literally, was it tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of views, right? Yep. So those would be influencer-type views.
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Chapters
4 chapters
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What quirky breakfast debate opens the show about bacon jam and rollers jeans?
0:00–1:06
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How do the hosts react to fashion trends like flares, mom jeans and ‘death pants’?
1:06–3:43
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What questions do they raise about Electoral Commission social media neutrality and influencer payments?
3:43–8:17
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How do the hosts propose using influencer-style content for voter enrolment?
8:17–11:02
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