Thoughts on a Run

Lock in, cash up, and cheque out this week's (safe)cracking episode. TOAR has often been called ‘the Swiss Army Knife of podcasts’ (that’s a lie, no one calls it that), and this episode is no different.Key points:

• Special bank vault concrete has zero slump, and this episode is equally solid.

• Nothing is more trustworthy than a round door, BUT you don’t want a saggy vault door.

• Hannah can’t say the word ‘submarine’ correctly.

Missy gives some gold goss on Bank Vaults, unlocking a wealth of facts that you can bank for later. Hannah excels herself and explains IT poorly…Just kidding, she has a jolly good go at celling the value of Microsoft Excel - the GOAT of all spreadsheet programmes. It’s a sheeting good time. Steal a few minutes and give it a listen!

We ran… and ran… and ran. Six hours and 50 kilometres later, the hooning Mooneys are officially ultramarathoners! In this episode, Hannah and Missy unpack the absolute scenes from Laps at the Lakes—their biggest running challenge yet! There were highs, lows, and some serious character-building moments. Along the way, they tackle the age-old question: is a hotdog a sandwich? (Spoiler alert: Hannah gives it a go, but Missy has strong, possibly unchangeable, opinions.) Somehow, things spiral from sandwiches to golf, with Missy swinging hard into some golf chat. From club sammies to golf clubs, this episode really has it all. Smash it in your ear holes, it’s a hole in one.

The beacons are lit! On the brink of their longest run yet, Hannah gets vulnerable, and Missy goes full therapist mode, she quotes Tina Fey from Mean Girls, but is unable to say ‘insubstantive.’ This episode is all that and a half as Missy talks at length about the Great Wall of China. Hannah gets moo-ey with it, and she rings on about cow bells (the ding-a-ling kind). “Up the Chiefs!!!” And “Up the Mooney’s!!” as they gear up for a 6-hour running event! See you on the other side. 

This week, Missy sounds gross, looks gross, and feels gross. Hannah tries not to say ‘like’, but instead proclaims “mime!” around 6:38 minutes into the episode for no clear reason?? There’s a passionate ode to the GOAT of every Kiwi kitchen: the humble kettle. Hannah pours forth some ‘fun sentences’ and steamy chat. Feat the rendition of ‘I’m a little teapot’ you’ve all been bubbling for. Then it’s a hop, skip, and a jump into Missy’s triple jump chat. Does she foul or does she fly? We’ll let you decide. Missy doesn’t edit real life, but thank goodness she edits this podcast, because wow. It’s a loose kettle of fish.

This week, Missy and Hannah take a hop, skip, and a jump into the curious corners of the mind. Missy explores one of psychology’s most iconic methods—the Rorschach test—and how our brains find meaning in inkblots (callback to the pareidolia ep). Meanwhile, Hannah brings the riddles, the enigmas, and the conundrums, challenging us to think sideways - “If I say pineapple, what’s the first thing that comes to mind?” This episode is far from perfect bilateral symmetry and just like the Rorschach test, it lacks reliability and objectivity, but go on, give it a listen. It might just tickle your fancy. (Feet a sneaky toe update at the top).

It’s a dressing gown situation served with yet another side of foul foot chat. These sasspots are in full swing (what the quokka is going on) as Hannah meanderthals her way through some left-handed chat, prompting important questions such as do platypuses have hands? And could a cat throw a punch?Never mind the gasbagging, this episode is gaslamping because Missy lamps it rip on the ever silent sentinel that is the street lamp. Is it gasbagging or gaslighting? Either way, it’s lit.A bulbous episode brimming with chaotic babble and nonsense. Irreverent. Illuminating. Questionable. Just how we like it.

“When I think boa, I think Britney Spears” - I mean, who doesn’t? Buckle up and knuckle down for some supreme side-chat this week. Hannah’s got a dongle, and Missy (severely invested in a documentary theatre tangent) eventually gets to the point. First, Missy has a hoon at the Rhyme as Reason Effect, and Hannah says “brain” 200 hundred times as she wiggles her way through the mystery of being ticklish. If one contends that truth is related to coherence, probs best not to believe a word of this podcast. However, what goes around comes around, and sure as Hannah will get the giggles at 2:30 pm, Thoughts on a Run always has something to tickle your fancy.

This episode is a tip-top, top-tier, tea-rific tea time. Hannah flippers, floppers, and flappers her way through the surprisingly rich history of swim fins, ending up in a side quest involving pinball flippers. Missy can’t quite remember her point, but rain or shine, she’s got plenty to say about umbrellas, including the classic superstition that opening one indoors supposedly invites bad luck. And somehow (miraculously) we make it through the whole chinwag without breaking into Rihanna’s Umbrella (ella, ella... you know the rest).Also featuring: the update absolutely no one was waiting for—Hannah’s toe.

Kia ora x6 this week because apparently our memories are shorter than a goldfish’s. Never mind ‘Hot to go,’ this episode is Croc to go. Switch those bad boys to sport mode and lock in as Missy gives the goods on the world’s most popular “plastic hoof”. You can’t spell Mooney without moo, and the steaks are high as Hannah claims to deliver a “real brief” history of chocolate milk. You heard it here first! The post-run choccy milk is udderly amazing. As per, we’re milkin’ it till we’re making it.

A mate you don’t know is just a mate yet to be! (but you gotta earn it). It’s happy Fridays all round! Hannah tries to read her notes and turns her spotlight to the Hollywood Walk of Fame. That’s right, “you’re gonna be a star kid.” Missy brings us back down to earth as she pontificates about Pareidolia. Have you ever thought that your heat pump, a house, a wall socket, or a tap looks like a face? That’s Pareidolia, which is a very common phenomenon and doesn’t really mean anything. This episode, there’s lists, legends, laughs, and looking for faces in inanimate objects, buckle up! PSA: for the record, Hannah’s market-going toe doesn’t have a foot fungus.