Marcus Lush Nights

By Newstalk ZBNews

Marcus Lush Nights episodes

July 15 They go to bed early (15 July 2026)
Marcus gets some updates from some listeners, and then gets into banning phones, banning racing, and NZ's first case of bird flu.

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2 hr 15 min
July 14 Tick tick, I'm in (14 July 2026)
Marcus wonders if Paul Henry joining politics changes anything, and offers to help get promotional stickers for a listener.

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2 hr 2 min
July 13 You can't have chicken for breakfast (13 July 2026)
Marcus remembers Sam Neill, gets previews of the FIFA World Cup semi-finals, talks feral cat eridication, and is shocked at a glaring ommission from a New Zealand song countdown.

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2 hr 10 min
July 09 Just for the mothers (9 July 2026)
It's Matariki-eve, so a Thursday free-for-all is in order.

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2 hr 8 min
July 08 Pretending to be a human (8 July 2026)
Marcus got cold-called by AI and it took a couple minutes to figure it out - should non-human callers have to identify as such?

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1 hr 47 min
July 07 A bit like marble run (7 July 2026)
Marcus keeps across the weather, and talks toll roads, bread, and previews the quarter finals of the football world cup.

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2 hr 13 min
July 06 The oven of regret (6 July 2026)
Marcus talks the wild weather hitting the country, cleaning the oven, and seeks some help for a listener with a frozen shoulder.

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2 hr 16 min
July 03 Lean into the cliché (3 July 2026)
Marcus admits the importance of the day, and talks about hip replacement sagas.

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2 hr 20 min
July 02 Very informal towards the end (2 July 2026)
Marcus talks odd motel etiquette, how England will fare at the World Cup, whether the Christchurch rugby crowd will (or should) boo Ardie Savea on Saturday, and what right you have to make someone take a hat off.

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2 hr 14 min
July 01 Soon to be called the walkperson (1 July 2026)
Marcus gets into the controversy around data centres, and discusses the best arm spelling song of all time.

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2 hr 4 min