Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley's Big Pod - 24th September 2026
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What weather updates and early show banter kick off the episode?
from the ZM
Podcast
Network.
Welcome to the show, Fleach, Vaughan and Hayley.
Nip check, nip check around the nation. That's a stiff nip morning. Surprisingly chilly morning.
Yeah, I was really shocked when they left my house. Quick look around the country. Minus two in Christchurch at the moment. It's three in Wellington, two Hamilton, five Auckland. The coldest place in the country right now, minus 5.8, Waiouru.
Ah, that's always cold, eh? Yeah, desert road. Yeah, that's
wild. Mountainous.
One of my favourite petrol stations, though, to have a good stop, pre or post desert.
Yeah.
I prefer to
stop there post-desert. Yeah, nice.
Because you
really feel like you've earned it. Yeah, yeah. But I can see why you'd stop pre on the way north because you're like... Well, you don't want to run
out
of fuel in
the desert. Run out of fuel or... Snacks. Snacks.
Well, speaking of fuel... Get a subway.
Speaking of fuel, BP, we've got your chance to win at seven this morning. Listen out for the activator to play. Call through and play BP Rewards Rush. The rewards will start counting up. You say stop at any moment to lock in that fuel amount. What did we give away yesterday? $290-odd?
Yeah. Yeah. And then tomorrow?
Yeah, tomorrow, Free Fuel Friday. Every caller that gets on the show gets $500 fuel. I just feel like we just need a triple, quadruple, centuple
check
that.
No. It seems ridiculous. I know. It's
wild. When I think about how many people we talk to in the morning, I'm like...
I'm a tired old broadcaster. Nothing much shakes me. No.
$500 to each person
that gets on air with a show that predominantly relies on callers to do the heavy lifting. I mean, whoopsie. Did I say that out loud? You said that bit out loud, Vaughn. Did I say that out loud?
No, no, no. It's us. We're the magic talent. Like,
sometimes we do them call-ins. And we'll have four people on in a break.
I know. Yeah. That's
$2,000. Sometimes they might
have two.
You don't have to cough up
the
money.
It's not your
cash. Calm down, Vaughn.
I'm just saying. Well, make sure you're listening to Borrow to Win and Free Fuel coming up soon at 7. Next on the show.
Everybody, well, well, well. Well, well, well. Look who's come crawling back. What, the cool kids? The cool kids have come crawling back. They're like, man, we want to be nerds now. And the nerds are like, tough. We're the
nerds. Do
they? Do we? Apparently.
Totally.
Apparently everybody wants to be a nerd.
Yeah.
They don't.
They do. I've seen this and you're like, okay, we're doing that.
Yeah. Really? And the best part is, cool people are terrible at being nerds.
I don't. I believe you might be correct.
Well, how to be a nerd next.
Play ZM's Flesh, Fawn and Hayley.
Now as someone that is dating a nerd, Hayley. Yes. You yourself could really say you've come around to being a nerd.
Or being with a nerd. I accept the things that
he's into. I feel like you were accidentally trapped by a nerd.
Yeah, yeah. He wasn't
nerd presenting. He's got pretty blue eyes. He wasn't. Excuse. No, but you're
right. Excuse
you. Hayley was entrapped,
basically. Just sort of like vibes. I'm going to Google
Hollywood's
hottest nerds.
Yeah, so my version of nerd is Batman.
Yeah.
Through and through Batman with a touch of Spider-Man and a kiss of the Wolverine. That's what he's into. With a penchant for PlayStation and a bit of tis for Grand Theft Auto.
That's
where the nerd... He's playing down
his Grand Theft Auto 2's until November release and then he'll be like...
And then he'll amp it up. And then he's got layers of UFO and aliens.
Right. I did not know this.
What,
believes in them?
Yeah, like, you know when I like scroll reels, you know when you're like scrolling reels, he just reads and reads and reads about aliens.
Okay.
Now, so the nerd is back. The nerd is back. Why is the nerd...
Who's saying the nerd
is back? Everybody
wants to be a nerd.
Why do the hosts claim “everyone wants to be a nerd” and how do they explore nerd culture?
Says who? Everybody. Everybody.
Gen Z, millennials, it's like the cool thing. It's kind of like, and we've touched on this before, you know, like our version of cool was like, we're going out, we're partying, we're going to a rave, we're going to do shots, shots, shots.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What weather updates and early show banter kick off the episode?
0:00–3:49
2
Why do the hosts claim “everyone wants to be a nerd” and how do they explore nerd culture?
3:49–19:02
3
How does the podcast break down New Zealand’s fast‑food preferences and the rise of Maccas?
19:02–40:32
4
Who is Troy Hawke and why is he on the show?
40:32–54:41
5
What family drama unfolded after a grandmother’s death?
54:41–1:06:18
6
Why do people knock on wood and where does the tradition come from?
1:06:18–1:16:34
7
Should parents get priority when booking annual leave?
1:16:34–1:28:25
Speakers
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