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Earworms, Mugshots and Scams Aug 31, 2023

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On today's episode of The Shit Show podcast:

All the new and crazy scams we're seeing lately
A woman had a LIVE WORM extracted from her brain
The aftermath of Trump's mugshot
The NZ green party, explained

Today’s sponsored segment was brought to you by our mates at One New Zealand, who are helping New Zealanders stay safe online!!

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Prigozhin crash, Fukushima splash Aug 24, 2023

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This week on the shit show:

Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin was in a plane crash with no survivors
Japan to release treated water from the Fukushima nuclear disaster into the ocean
The NZ National party, explained

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Zepotha: How Gen Z created an entire fake movie Aug 17, 2023

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This week on The Shit Show

Zepotha, explained
An update on the soldier that crossed the border into North Korea
The mother of the six-year-old who shot his teacher in Virginia has pleaded guilty to a charge of felony child neglect
The NZ labour party, explained

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Mushroom Poisoning & Cellphone Bans Aug 10, 2023

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This week on The Shit Show

• The Australian mushroom poisoning case that’s got everyone talking

• National’s policy on banning cellphones

• Zoom requiring people to be in the office

• An explainer on load shedding

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Orbs, Superconductors, & Free Sandwiches for Life! Aug 03, 2023

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This week on The Shit Show:

Trader Joe’s Recalls Cookies and Falafel Because They ‘May Contain Rocks’
Hangzhou Zoo confirms their Sun bears are real, not humans in disguise
A Kansas farmer surprised his wife by planting 80 acres of sunflowers for their 50th wedding anniversary
Explaining the new charges against Trump
Have you heard of Worldcoin and the ORB?
Subway offers free sandwiches for life contest if you legally change your name

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Elon And His X's Jul 27, 2023

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In today's episode we chat about:

The British man who stole hundreds of thousands of Cadbury Creme Eggs and has now been sentenced to 18 months jail
The story behind that Albert Einstein photo where he's poking his tongue out
Singapore is executing a woman for first time in almost 20 years
Elon rebranding Twitter to X
Americans leaning into NZ culture by becoming obsessed with real fruit ice creams
Taco John's letting go of their trademark on 'Taco Tuesday's'

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Own The Feels: Own The Lessons From Your First Break-up Jul 24, 2023

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Listen to the full episode of Own The Feels on Apple Podcasts here.

Or on Spotify here.

Welcome back to our last episode of Own The Feels - brought to you in partnership with Love Better - where we’re doing our damnedest to help us break up better - which means owning whatever we’re feeling and learning how to deal with it.

This episode was built on all the things YOU’D sent in that you’d learnt from your first break up and all the things WE learnt while helping you own all these confusing feelings.

A huge thank you to Love Better, and everyone who gave us their stories to make these podcasts possible. If you want to know more about how to break-up better head to https://www.vice.com/en/topic/love-better.

If anything you've heard in this podcast makes you think you should reach out for a little more help, please do!

Here are some spots to head to:

For peer support: https://1737.org.nz/
To talk about sexual harm: https://safetotalk.nz/
or for other advice on how to deal with a breakup you can email lovebetter@youthline.co.nz or text lovebetter to 234

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Neopets & North Korea Jul 20, 2023

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This week Squish and Luce try to track down the person who wrote about her in the bathrooms at her high school, before discussing the soldier who crossed into North Korea, and the Neopets renaissance! Listen wherever you get your pods!

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Own The Feels: Own Breaking-up With Shameful Feelings Jul 17, 2023

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Listen to the full episode of Own The Feels on Apple Podcasts here.

Or on Spotify here.

Welcome back to Own The Feels - brought to you in partnership with Love Better - where we’re doing our damnedest to help us break up better - which means owning whatever we’re feeling and learning how to deal with it.

Break-ups are very rarely happy occasions - and often we can feel things like guilt and shame, even when we know we did the right thing. In this episode, we help you navigate and alleviate these feelings of shame, with tips on how to feel content with the decisions you made.

A huge thank you to Love Better, and everyone who gave us their stories to make these podcasts possible. If you want to know more about how to break-up better, listen to next week's episode, and head to https://www.vice.com/en/topic/love-better.

If anything you've heard in this podcast makes you think you should reach out for a little more help, please do!

Here are some spots to head to:

For peer support: https://1737.org.nz/
To talk about sexual harm: https://safetotalk.nz/
or for other advice on how to deal with a breakup you can email lovebetter@youthline.co.nz or text lovebetter to 234

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Welcome Back Danny Ric! Jul 13, 2023

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BBC dramas, a burger with nothing but 20 SLICES OF CHEESE, Sweden joining NATO and Danny Ric is coming back to the grid - what a week!

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