Problemz

A Year 7 writes in because a girl at school won’t stop laughing at them… and they genuinely don’t know if it’s bullying, flirting, or just their face.

So obviously we handle it with maturity and restraint.

This episode spirals from a very real school dilemma into talent quest stand-up revolutions, failed Peter Pan auditions, intense Berlin theatre training, Otago flat inspections, choir nationals, ram raids (contextually), and the emotional damage of never getting cast in the school play.

As always, we solve listener problems using pure, unfiltered improv. No prep. No plan. Just chaos and occasional accidental wisdom.

If you’ve ever been laughed at in class, failed a drama audition, lost your bond in Dunedin, or thought about confronting someone with “why are you laughing?” — this one’s for you.
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This week on Problemz, Lana Walters is our special guest and to the surprise of no one she has an incredible Problem to present to the group.

Also featured in this week's ep- has the team been pranked?? Or are these gnomes up to no good! The team also helps a listener decide when and how to resign from their job, even when boss seems to be pretty decent.
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Guest Tom Clarke and the problems team try to solve issues with new relationships, old relationships, group dynamics and Warhammer.

As usual, through the power of improv, the team solve nothing. But they do discover the true meaning of life: Knowing what season to dress in.

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This week on Problemz, the gang is joined by comedian, actor and all-round legend Kura Forrester (Taskmaster NZ, Brunch, Golden Boy) while Bailey is off galivanting overseas.

We tackle some truly unresolvable issues, including:
- Whether a relationship can survive when one person insists on using a top sheet and the other absolutely refuses
- How to deal with a astronomical water bill.

As always, the problems are real, the advice is questionable, and the solutions may create more problems than they solve.
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This week on Problemz, Catherine is joined by a very special guest: comedian, improviser, actor, writer, clown, and all-round icon Kara Forrester.

Kara arrives with a problem of her own: she’s 25 weeks pregnant, it’s summer, and she is running hotter than the Titanic’s furnace room. Together, the girls unpack the perils of pregnancy overheating, emotional combustion, and the urgent search for an iceberg-shaped fridge.

Plus: a listener writes in with a truly baffling issue - why does their cat insist on dragging them into the bathroom every time it wants attention? What secrets does the bathroom hold? What trauma does the cat have? And can love survive a cat named Mouthwash?

Expect improvised scenes, exes at the pub quiz, evil stepmothers with opinions about New Zealand, and a surprising amount of toast-based evacuation planning.

As always: send us your problems. We’ll solve them. Probably.
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