The Edge Breakfast

We are finally back together as a full crew, and things completely devolved from the start. Between Dan revealing his very unsettling dream utensil hands and Clint confessing to an impromptu mating ritual on a cruise ship stage, you are definitely not ready for this episode!

Clint, Megan and Dan reunite for a packed Friday show, hyping Long Distance Bestie Island (tickets on sale and details at bestieisland.co.nz) and the return of Hit The Spot. Dan declares he’s giving up sugar, then proves his new game “The Reverend” by identifying vehicles from live revs. The team crowns Sebastian as Canadian Club’s Biggest Crush, plays Easy Money for $1,000, and chats sport with Laura McGoldrick about the Commonwealth Games and Warriors. Meg reveals an Oxford MBA student is writing a paper on the show. They discuss side hustles, a controversial Zuru “Mini Mum & Baby Surprise” doll, a viral bird-call kid, and a Spanish-speaking pilot prank translation.
00:32 Show Return Banter
01:10 Bestie Island Update
02:11 G-String Debate
05:31 Dan Quits Sugar
08:31 Scandal
11:02 First Caller of the day
14:08 The Reverend Game
19:11 Biggest Crush Winner
22:42 EZ Money
25:10 Sports With Laura
31:33 Oxford MBA Study
38:59 Side Hustles
42:26 EZ Money
44:26 Bestie Island Fiji Details
50:47 Controversial Mum Doll
54:21 Bird Call Guessing Game
57:09 Pilot World Cup Prank

We’re back, and Dan has already spiraled after five mini doughnuts and banoffee pie. Between reading the exact same Cars book every single night and a major sugar overload, he’s officially had enough. Dan is drawing a line in the sand and quitting sugar live on air. Wait until you hear us try ringing Clint to break the news

Meg returns as Clint stays sick, sharing her daughter Miller’s first birthday and a brutal holiday week that included norovirus and Miller’s pneumonia hospitalization. The team launches “The Rev Rend,” guessing cars by their engine revs, correctly identifying a Toyota Estima and a Nissan Navara. They debate stinky workplace lunches after a Sealord campaign about eating fish at work, then attempt a viral Oreo-stacking-in-the-mouth challenge, where Cal fits nine. The show also promotes Long Distance Bestie Island in Fiji (from $2,900 with a $500 deposit, on sale Friday 8am) and hears callers’ “put your foot in it” moments plus extreme stories of what people did soon after giving birth.
00:00 Welcome Back Roll Call
00:30 Clint Sick After Holidays
01:31 Meg Returns New Fringe
02:21 Birthday Gift Chaos
04:18 Celebrity Scandal Chat
06:00 First Caller Paul Splashbacks
08:20 Reverend Guessing Game
15:16 Quickfire Word Game
17:31 Bestie Island details
21:53 Fish Lunch Office Debate
25:10 Oreo Challenge Begins
28:28 Meg Rough Leave Story
32:24 Foot In It Calls
37:53 Ez Money
40:19 Bestie Island Deal
44:20 Postpartum Daredevils

When a news story broke about amateur freestyle rap blowing up in Europe, Dan and Producer Carl took it as their personal invitation to spit bars live on air. It turns out that improvising over a beat is way harder than it looks, and the attempt spiraled into absolute chaos, absurd lyrics, and uncontrolled laughter ridiculously fast. You are definitely not ready for how off-the-rails this attempt gets.