The Edge Breakfast

We are officially losing our minds this Friday. You are not ready for the sheer chaos of Dan admitting he once spent a four-hour dinner party pretending to be a blind man using a cattle prod as a cane just to win a bet. It gets weirder, it gets smellier, and we completely spiral.

Clint, Meg, and Dan kick off an unplanned Friday show while racing toward opening night of “Hook the Musical,” recording new tracks, going off-book on lines, and worrying about Bella’s prep. They chat about darts at Auckland’s Viaduct and a flight attendant’s heavily discounted travel perks, debate whether perks affect friendships, and share Scandal highlights including praise for Ariana Grande’s live vocals and Niall Horan’s Live Lounge cover. A caller road-tripping to Dannevirke spills small-town drama, then the team react to a viral “drunk husband gave his number” apology using AI Winnie the Pooh. Marco gives away 50 free coffees in Christchurch, they cover weekend sport, roast “ex as a store” jokes, discuss “dopamine shopping,” and attempt “Cart Busters” to pay for listeners’ online carts—until the call goes wrong.
02:00 Pizza Night Banter
02:21 Coffee Catch Up Darts
02:50 Flight Perks Debate
06:58 Scandal Ariana And Niall
09:51 First Caller Small Town Tea
13:04 Naughty 640
16:53 Free Coffees Christchurch
19:03 Hook Musical Cringe Preview
24:04 Weekend Sport Chat
25:22 Mum Oracle Retires
28:17 Ex as a Store Game
31:35 Dopamine Shopping Trend
35:13 Cart Busters Calls
37:44 Winner Call Fails

I am in absolute shock that we just attempted to run a full theater rehearsal live on the podcast. Dan wrote a musical when he was 15 called Hook: The Musical, and we are performing it to a real, paying audience in a week and a half. We haven't practiced once.

Clint, Meg and Dan banter through a rough-sleep week, parenting stories (a toddler calling a pharmacist “old” and a dad learning his son’s Battleships tells), and a “more or less” game comparing the cheapest Briscoes appliances. They cover celebrity headlines about Olivia Wilde, chat with listeners about owning irons, and use Meg’s mum as a FIFA World Cup “oracle” after correctly picking Argentina. The team interviews Paul Hapman after his bull sells for a record $168,000 and discusses breeding value and semen collection. They debate a proposed New Zealand social media ban for under-16s, share workplace email-hijacking pranks, give $300 to a listener for flights to her brother’s wedding, and preview Hook: The Musical, including Dan’s pirate rap parody and Meg’s Charlie Puth interview highlights.
00:00 Sleepy Show Kickoff
00:43 Mystery Gin Delivery
01:28 Pharmacy Kid Honesty
03:05 Battleships Dad Tactics
05:24 Briscoes Price Game
08:52 Sparkling Water Teeth Talk
10:49 Scandal Headlines Olivia Wilde
13:31 First Caller Iron Debate
17:05 World Cup Oracle Mum
23:04 Record Bull Sale Interview
28:32 Social Media Ban Under 16
29:39 Millennial Screen Time Struggle
30:14 Parenting Under 16 Ban
31:05 Sleepovers And Online Risks
32:07 Voting On The Ban
33:29 Parents Versus Policing
35:05 Brick Phones And Chromebooks
36:30 Email Hijack Prank War
40:50 Best Workplace Pranks
44:20 Wedding Flights Cash Stress
47:14 Charlie Puth Interview Awkwardness
52:32 Hook Musical Kiss Debate
56:19 Pirate Rap Song Debut
01:01:39 Wrap Up And Throwbacks

Meg returns to find Clint and Dan mocking Clint’s emotional reaction to Lewis Hamilton’s Formula 1 win, before Dan reveals his daily “pie guy” habit and being given a free mince-and-cheese pie. The trio play a rapid-fire quiz, react to a Shrek 5 teaser and Tom Holland confirming he and Zendaya are married, and prepare for their upcoming Hook musical—now featuring a controversial Meg-and-Dan kiss approved (mostly) by their partners, including a live call with Guy. They give away “take the edge off my life” cash to listeners, discuss New Zealand’s 2–2 World Cup draw with Elijah Just’s two goals and Christine’s Oracle picks, cover news like a $168k bull sale, the UK under-16 social media ban, and Elon Musk’s wealth, share relationship low points, and swap stories of what people did soon after giving birth, including moving house, netball, and motocross racing post–C-section.
00:00 Meg Returns Chaos
00:24 F1 Tears Debate
01:38 Dan Pie Guy Confession
04:34 Snack Vices Shapes
05:05 Un Themed Trivia Quiz
08:04 Shrek 5 Teaser Talk
09:16 Secret Wedding Rumors
10:08 Musical Kiss Pitch
12:55 Take the Edge Off
16:01 NZ Football World Cup
20:17 Charlie Puth Birth Note
22:55 News Radar Bulls Ban
28:20 Sinus Rinse Disaster
30:50 Relationship Low Points
34:02 Take the edge off call
37:24 Hook Musical Kiss
45:58 World Cup Oracles
50:27 Postpartum Bounce Back
52:29 Kiwi Mum Legends