Acceptable Company

• Mat and Z discuss what led to the end of the Acceptable Company era
• Mat and Z respond to some listener mail and reflect on their favourite podcast topics from the past
• Rapid-fire Acceptable, or not? Bisexual teen sleepovers, Keeping your ex-husband's surname for your new kids, Paying for items your dog has damaged, non-Japanese staff at Japanese restaurants, Using coupons on a first date

• Z shares some tips on what makes a good pub trivia, and the best recipe for a pub trivia team
• Mat shares his discoveries on apartment living
• Leisure time, pleasure time: Prey (Predator movie), Questacon as an adult, Digimon Survive
• Acceptable, or not? Calling out your friend for not paying back money they owe you...

• Mat is in awe of the new images released from the James Webb telescope
• Z takes one for the team and watches '2 Girls 1 Cup' for the first time
• Leisure time, Pleasure time: The Boys, Indian Matchmaking and Tunic
• Acceptable, or not? Asking friends to do your housework instead of bringing a gift, Traveling without your partner

• Z reflects on how much technology has advanced in our lifetime and the hilarious things we used to do to get by
• Mat shares his experience with his parents meeting his girlfriend's parents for the first time
• Mat and Z share what they've been watching in 'Leisure time, pleasure time': Netflix Comedy Specials, Moulin Rouge The Musical, The Elvis Movie
• Acceptable or not? Leaving your partner due to mismatched libidos, and Not wanting to teach your kid to drive

• Mat and Z return after a bit of a hiatus even better and even more voluptuous, with a new intro and a new segment!
• Z shares her experience with making friends using the Bumble BFF app
• Mat has some qualms with his favourite Sydney festival, Vivid
• Mat & Z share what they've been doing in their Leisure time, Pleasure time: Obi-Wan Kenobi, Top Gun: Maverick, Elden Ring
• Acceptable or not? Keeping photos of your ex on social media and Dating a friend's ex...

• Mat shares his tales of selling stuff on Marketplace for the first time, and the different characters he encountered
• Z vents about getting ripped off by her awful choir experience
• Mat admits to his addiction to Facebook Reels
• Acceptable or not? Having a controversial dying wish and Not giving up your seat on the train

***We experienced some sound and recording quality issues this episode - apologies for the poor sound***

It's been one year of Acceptable Company!

• Mat and Z take popular personality tests and guess each others' Myers Briggs and Enneagram types
• Mat shares his house hunting tales
• Z reads out some listener mail for the one year anniversary of Acceptable Company
• Rapid fire 'Acceptable, or not?'

• Mat reviews The Witcher Season 2 and questions the purpose of adaptations deviating from the source material
• Z requests we read our embarrassing Facebook 'on this day' memories for mutual cringe
• Mat ponders the rights of workplaces to influence your personal social media activity
• Acceptable, or not? Cutting your toenails on the beach and Sending back your steak when it's not cooked the way you requested

• Mat provides his glowing review of Spiderman: No Way Home
• Z complains about her moving house experience, including dodgy Airtasker removalists and weird housemate antics
• Mat discusses the idea of Cameo celebrity videos
• Acceptable, or not? Breaking naming traditions

• Mat gets excited about seeing various musicals
• Z tries to sell in the idea of float tanks / sensory deprivation chambers
• Mat worries for the future when thinking about how reliant children are on screens
• Acceptable, or not? Having a racial preference when dating, that isn't your own race and Making loud sex noises when living in a share-house