The Edge Breakfast

Here is this weeks greatest eight, including Svens politics report and CMD's rap it or scrap it.

What happens when an off-air brainstorm for a radio promo goes completely off the rails? Dan, Clint, and Meg take things way too far on The Overthinkers after Boss Jack puts a hypothetical $1,000 on the table to find out each host's lowest price for a mutual naked curtain-reveal with their own mum. Naturally, they pick up the phone and cold-call Julie, Christine, and Philippa live on the podcast to compare numbers, costing one mum an actual retail sale in the process.

Clint, Meg and Dan kick off Edge Breakfast on Canterbury Anniversary Day, tease their attempt to add a rap verse to Jamie Miller’s “Baby Doll,” and Meg reveals her past as the Spotify ad voice—still being used years later without a contract and amid fears of AI voice cloning. They debate how long Christmas ham is safe to eat, take calls, and check a new teaser for the final season of Emily in Paris. Laura McGoldrick joins for a packed sport weekend, including Black Caps vs India, All Blacks vs Wales, the Rugby League World Cup finals, and Liam Lawson’s F1 contract. They play Easy Money, discuss a major CEO cheating scandal, hear breakup-loss stories, cover small-town Blenheim “Park Free Fridays,” recap weekly highlights, and announce a GTA VI overnight cinema livestream event.

02:01 Meg Spotify Voice Drama

04:49 First Caller Mixup

09:58 Christmas Ham Debate

19:00 Sport Chat With Laura

23:09 Easy Money 

28:35 What You Lost Breakup

33:24 Producer Diary Highlights

37:38 Small Town News Blenheim

40:45 NCEA Glitch Fallout

44:23 Weekend Radar Stories

48:02 Easy Money 

50:13 Rap It Or Scrap It

56:17 GTA VI All Nighter

01:00:25 Africa Bingo Recap

Dan attempts to secure his official "Cool Uncle" status after catching a former babysitting client smoking on the street and getting dapped up in exchange for his silence. Then, Meg unleashes a fiery rant about a viral groom who sent an Excel invoice to a guest demanding $15 to cover their own dinner plate, sparking a debate on whether destination weddings have completely ruined common sense.

Clint, Meg, and Dan kick off Thursday with post-exam anxiety after sitting NCEA Level 1 tests against The Edge Arvos, with a wager that the losing show must host a live Christmas Day broadcast. They chat Muffin Break nostalgia, Meg performs a slam poem for the NZ Slam Poetry Championships, and Scandal headlines cover a Coachella lineup and Katseye criticism after Megan performs concussed. The team launches “Rap it or Scrap it,” taking listener words to add a rap verse to Jamie Miller’s “Baby Doll.” Calls include a first-time caller winning $100, debate over uninviting guests after sending save-the-dates, Rolleston’s pronunciation, cheating stories, Bruno Mars “risk” challenges, and unique parenting rules about swearing and tantrums. They reveal the exam results: the breakfast team wins, forcing Arvos to do the Christmas show.

02:16 Coffee Catch Up Chaos

05:37 Slam Poetry Surprise

09:38 Scandal 

13:56 First Call of The Day

16:50 Rap It Or Scrap It

24:48 Easy Money 

28:11 Wedding Uninvite Drama

36:18 Bruno Mars Risk List

40:16 Rolleston Name Debate

49:46 Cheating Stories Callers

52:38 Easy Money 

55:13 Edgezam results

01:09:07 Kids Swearing Allowance

Clint, Meg and Dan kick off the morning with Clint’s “dangerous” 12-hour nap, preview an interview with Kate Tulloh’s $2.6M women’s health self-experiment, and reflect on the death of comedian Dai Henwood with tributes and audio from his career. The team revisits the “Damn Daniel” viral moment and debates what a “lifetime supply” really means, hearing from listeners who won yearly supplies of V and Red Bull. They settle whether arriving early or late to someone’s house is ruder, discuss a 100-day intimacy challenge and listener streaks, play Easy Money, argue about sharing friends’ secrets with partners, quiz a SailGP “fake fan,” cover Airbnb’s new cleaning rules plus horror stories, play millennial hoarding bingo, talk smack ahead of an “Edge exam,” and line up Clint vs Olympic swimmer Hazel Ouwehand in a breath-hold pool challenge.

01:56 Damn Daniel Lifetime Vans

04:49 Year Supply Giveaway Debate

10:46 Scandal Headlines 

13:13 Lets Settle This 10 mins Early or Late

17:48 Naughty 640 Challenge Talk

26:44 Easy Money 

28:53 Secret Sharing Debate

36:55 Dai Henwood Tribute

41:24 Fake Fan SailGP Quiz

48:23 Airbnb Horror Stories

53:54 Easy Money 

56:18 Kate Tolo

01:04:21 Millennial Hoarding Bingo

01:08:28 NCEA Edge Exam Trash Talk

01:12:59 Olympian Vs Clint Breath Hold

We sat down with Kate Tolo, who is literally turning herself into the most researched woman in the world, and honestly, the science will blow your mind. Between tracking nearly 2,000 biomarkers, spending millions a year, and living with a partner trying to live forever, she is lifting the lid on everything medicine has ignored about female bodies. 

Clint returns from Africa, questioning why anyone sits in a safari jeep for 10 hours when Auckland Zoo is right down the road. Meanwhile, Dan faces a moral dilemma after Susann, the 35-year-old co-star from his 21-year-old musical theatre dry-humping past, slides into his DMs via a joint Facebook account. Add in Clint's pitch to his wife for a viral 100-day sex challenge (which exposes Dan's 90% missionary habits) and a panic-written ChatGPT poem for Meg that brings up an infamous bed-shitting incident, and it's total studio chaos.

Clint is back from Africa with jet lag, safari stories, and reflections on wealth and poverty, including raising over $3,500 for local families he met and updates on how they spent it. The team dives into a study comparing sitting vs standing to pee, plays a Homegrown one-second song game, and attempts Easy Money. Dan admits confronting neighbors for setting off fireworks late, while Meg performs a chaotic “Marketing Monday” jingle for The Copy Center. They debate A/B/C-listers, swap “bad parent” confessions, and plan a risky underwater breath-hold challenge against Olympic swimmer Hazel Hourigan.

01:38 Africa Safari Stories

03:09 Bidet Talk Serengeti

04:03 Resort Wealth Contrast

05:47 First Call of the Day

09:03 Scandal And Skims

16:25 Naughty 640 

18:53 Homegrown One Second Win

20:50 Easy Money 

27:04 Calling Out Fake Fans

32:27 Firework Neighbor Showdown

40:16 Clint Africa Wedding Recap

47:11 NCEA Exams Pep Talk

55:33 EZ Money

58:00 Marketing Monday Returns

01:01:50 A Lister 

01:08:59 Bad Dad Mandarin Joke

01:12:32 Kids Learned Too Much

01:17:24 Breath Hold Challenge

Maya Jama’s sudden Love Island exit, the nightmare of almost being cast as an undercover "Nice Guy" on FBoy Island, and why Kiwi reality TV is so painful to watch. Plus, unearned 20s confidence, learning Adele in three days, and a master plan to flex on strangers at the Christchurch Airport piano.