Wrapping the Week with Kate Hawkesby and Tim Wilson: Critiquing Mike, school holidays, ageing
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Why are Kate and Tim critiquing Mike’s on‑air performance this week?
Kate Hawksby, good morning.
Good morning.
Health check.
I'm feeling a hundred. I'm just wondering if we could address a couple of issues from this week, given this is called the week in review. Can I just put you on hold? Wait, what? Can I just put you on hold?
And Tim Wilson, good morning to you. Good good morning, Mike. Hope you're well. I am well. Right, Caddy. Problems?
Well, no, I d I know that the weekend review is not necessarily us reviewing your performance, but a couple of things I just wanted to pick up on. Um, one was earlier in the week, oh well, actually let's start with yesterday. You confused your audience, me included, because you pride yourself and say very often and famously that you're not on social media, which I know for a fact you're not. Then you interview someone yesterday and say to her, Now I've been following you on Facebook, and then you're surprised that the text Lights up, including me, and then you gaslight us, your audience, and go, Why are you guys so worried? I sit there. Why is what are you worried about? It's just research. When I do research.
Facebook posts pop up. That is entirely different and facts matter. That is entirely different. When you're when you're researching and Google gives you feeds you Facebook posts, that is different to you following someone on Facebook. So your audience, including me, were right in saying, What's going on, Mike? Right. So you might wanna Let me Let me
okay, let me come in here on my own programme and just offer up a little bit of something. So I'll accept that you're correct, but what I mean by following you is when you produce stuff on you and I'm about to interview you know, I'm following what you've done. So that's what I'm saying. I'm following what you've done. I saw you on Facebook, I've s I've followed what you've done. That's what I'm saying. You'd understand that as a boomer, wouldn't you, Tim?
Hey, hey, hey, listen, listen. Now steady on, steady on. I'm not uh I I'm Gen X, uh not Gen X, Gen Z yeah, Gen X. There we go. I'm confused. I stand between the boomers and the millennials, judging both. So pardon me. Fair enough. What's your second point, Katie?
When you say following on Facebook, anyone who's on social media knows following means you have an account and you're following someone.
Yeah.
Just to interrupt once again, Tim Tim, Katie's under the weather. She's having a second round of flu. It's hard to believe that she's actually laid down, isn't it? I mean for all I know she's in traction in a hospital bed at the moment. Imagine what she's like at full health. Anyway, sorry, point number two. This
is this is like the gaslight
Olympics. I love it. Keep going. Who who's gonna get the gold? I'm getting torched at the moment. I can feel the heat. I think I
think it was Tuesday. I'm just bringing justice for the people. I'm just here to bring justice for the people. And I want justice for Dale. Now Dale was a texter, I think, on Tuesday morning, who said to you, Mike, you know, you talk of a game about how the economy's turning and everything's feeling good. I don't feel good. I've got three kids, a business, I've been crying, I just feel terrible. And instead of instead of and this this this also links to you you're outing yourself as being on the spectrum, which we highly suspect you are probably As Burgers. Instead of showing any empathy and going, Dale, I hear you, you're in the trenches, you're doing it tough.
How does the panel explain the ‘gaslight Olympics’ around Mike’s Facebook comment?
I'm sorry to hear that. You went No, Dale, you're wrong. And I imagine Dale just burst into tears for a second time. I just can't believe you did that. Oh dear. I feel like the economy is turning. You need to validate and acknowledge Dale's feelings. They are doing it tough. I felt very sorry for them. And you just said, No, Dale, you're wrong and then carried on with the show. Oh
dear.
So justice for jail.
So so so here's here's the apology. For whatever I've done this
week.
Mike. For whatever
I've done this week to whoever I've done it to Who feel aggrieved, upset, angry, furious, ropeable or let down. I'm sorry. How's that?
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
Why are Kate and Tim critiquing Mike’s on‑air performance this week?
0:00–3:03
2
How does the panel explain the ‘gaslight Olympics’ around Mike’s Facebook comment?
3:03–5:34
3
What apology does the team give to listeners and guests for the week’s mishaps?
5:34–9:18
4
Are school holidays causing a travel exodus and how are the hosts coping?
9:18–10:45
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