Marcus Lush Nights

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Marcus Lush Nights episodes

June 24, 2025 It is dirge-like (24 June 2025)
In this episode, Marcus covers Noel Edmonds, the national anthem, boy racers, and an angry US President.

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2 hr 1 min
June 19, 2025 The most bored you've ever been (19 June 2025)
The night before a long weekend has Marcus talking about being bored, and having red hair.

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2 hr 1 min
June 18, 2025 Like wind chimes but with more bass (18 June 2025)
There's continued backlash to the banning of the cowbell from the Super Rugby final this weekend, and Marcus talks about taking melatonin tablets to aid sleep.

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1 hr 53 min
June 17, 2025 I'll be all sharked up (17 June 2025)
This weekend marks 50 years since the release of Jaws in the United States, and Marcus hasn't ever seen it!

Plus a "health and safety" decision has some people outraged...

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2 hr 10 min
June 16, 2025 There were seven options (16 June 2025)
Marcus gauges where New Zealand is at with its love or hate for self-service checkouts.

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1 hr 59 min
June 12, 2025 The ol' Burn-of-the-sock (12 June 2025)
Marcus talks Brian Wilson, the poisonous mushroom case from Australia, and covers a tragic plane crash in India.

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1 hr 22 min
June 11, 2025 Flexible but not movable (11 June 2025)
Marcus talks about the new road opening from Ashurst to Woodville (seeing as no one else seems to have mentioned it!), North Islanders have moved to the South Island in droves over the last few years, and how the Newstalk ZB newsreaders end the news comes up for debate.

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1 hr 57 min
June 10, 2025 Where would you keep it (10 June 2025)
Marcus gets advice on how to stop (or remove) frost on your windscreen, discusses the poor road planning of Tauranga, and gets into the history of cars with crank handles.

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2 hr 1 min
June 04, 2025 Just a lot of people these days are intolerant (4 June 2025)
While struggling with a croaky voice, Marcus talks nose bleeds, cheese, POW marches, and covers the band of very heavy rain sweeping down the North Island.

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1 hr 31 min
June 03, 2025 Just a sprinkling of the bagpipes (3 June 2025)
After a week off from illness, Marcus returns to talk the upcoming military tattoo event at Eden Park, 65 years of TV broadcasting in NZ, and whether cash use is back on the rise.

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2 hr 13 min