Emma is away this week with a fake sickness, so Nick decides to invite fan favourite, John Taggart, back onto the show to talk about how to be a wonderful theatre and cinema-goer. The pair share their personal experiences both at home and abroad when it comes to nightmare patrons and angelic patrons!

Are you one of these good people or evil people? It's time to find out!

Articles:
How to be a Great Audience Member - OnStage

The UK is entering a draconian era of porn prohibition - The NewStatesmen

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Nick is BACK as Emma is backed up and sad about Trump getting elected as president. The pair share their extremely brief thoughts on his rise to power before moving into a list of weird, funny and good news.

And to top it all off, the show invites David Attenborough on board to commentate alongside Nick and Emma as they watch an iguana make a daring escape from a bunch of snakes!

Articles / Video:
Iguana vs. Snakes (Video) - BBC Earth

Witches Allegedly Stole Penises and Kept Them as Pets in the Middle Ages - Broadly

Russell Coight is Coming Back - Buzzfeed

Buy Snag And Put In Bag - Yahoo News

Deborra-Lee Furness says she tried to stop Hugh from playing Wolverine - Daily Mail

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Nick is ABSENT(!) this week but Emma has called upon the excellent regular guest, Sampson Smith, to co-host the show as the two unpack the new findings from a male birth control study in which men experienced the same side effects as women on contraception.

Stay til' the end because Nick has crafted a bonus bit with classic Vine memes!

Articles from episode:

Mariah Carey 'demands $50m' from billionaire ex James Packer - Daily Mail

Men Pull Out Of Male Birth Control Trial After Experiencing Side Effects - BuzzFeed

Vine to be Shut Down - The Guardian

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Are millennials lazy TV viewers?

"No" is the the answer, as Nick and Emma divulge their current TV obsessions and argue over whether you should hit your growing TV backlog or just stick with what you know after polling the Facebook fans before the show. 

Note: there's a brief segment we recorded last minute in the wake of the Dreamworld Tragedy on the Gold Coast on Tuesday.

Articles from the episode:

Taylor Swift Covers Calvin Harris at First Concert in 2016 - US Weekly

Half of Millennials Drop Shows They Think Aren’t Easy Enough to Watch - Variety

The UN Is Under Fire After Naming Wonder Woman Honorary Ambassador For The Empowerment Of Women - Junkee

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Are young people wasting their money on smashed avo rather than saving their cash?

Emma has a profund realisation as she tries to answer the question: are us cah-razy youth spending money on things we don't need?

Nick thinks we can do what we like, but Emma thinks the author makes sense in that we should probably be trying to save our money. Is this a case of "old man yells at cloud"? It's time to find out!

Articles from the episode:
Leonardo DiCaprio Is Making a 'Captain Planet' Movie - Complex
Moralisers, we need you! - The Australian
"We Have Sex On Tuesdays and Fridays" - Daily Mail AU

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Has social media ruined your 10 year reunion?

That question runs the main topic for this week as John and Sampson join the show to discuss their past and future reunion experiences at their respective schools. It's a frank discussion as the gang opens up about their pasts as they try to look forward.

Nick and Emma also discuss the bananas clown deal that's going down around the world and why it's dumb to sue Dominos for not delivering three pizzas.

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Can men and women have platonic relationships?

That's the question that the news asked on Tuesday evening and Nick and Emma dive head first into the fray to discuss it as they both draw from personal experience to answer the big question.

Also, the two talk about the Kardashian hold up and the demise of streaming service, Presto.

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On the very first episode of Listen Up, Idiots, Nick and Emma invite John onto the show to debate the first presidential debate in the United States. The pair also talk briefly about the death of José Fernández and the split of Brangelina. 

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