Greg Evans, the host of Perfect Match, tells Luke how Reg Grundy's dating show let Channel Ten charge prime-time rates at 5:30, and about the contestant who chose number three but couldn't stop thinking about number one. He went through the phone book to find her. Greg also reveals where Dexter the robot lives now, and he and Luke swap the songs from the 3XY and 2SM days they reckon you need to hear.

Trevor Long from EFTM introduces Darren, the AI agent that reads his emails and keeps his diary straight, and explains how he built an app without knowing how to code. In the Man Cave, Adam McDonald brings taxidermy from the auction house, and Luke wants your shopping centre Santa stories. Luke and Kelsey also take on NSW's coffee cup rules and your feedback on taxpayer-owned supermarkets.

Guests: Greg Evans, Trevor Long, Adam McDonald

This episode contains coarse language and adult themes. It discusses the alleged attack on federal MP Helen Haines. It also mentions the Bondi terror attack and the 1994 murder of NSW MP John Newman.

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00:00:00 Episode 147 with Greg Evans and Trevor Long

00:03:04 Helen Haines: the charges so far

00:07:11 NSW's proposed rules for takeaway coffee cups

00:14:53 The kangaroo rescued 3km out to sea

00:17:30 Kyle Sandilands gives Bonafide a mention

00:19:45 Noel's free coffee and BLT

00:21:11 Your Queensland split poll results

00:22:37 Should taxpayers buy supermarkets?

00:27:32 Trevor Long on Disney World

00:32:00 What is an AI agent? Meet Darren

00:38:51 Trevor built an app with AI

00:41:36 Is the iPhone Duo worth it?

00:43:10 Greg Evans and Perfect Match

00:48:41 The couple who met through the phone book

00:53:52 Greg Evans, marriage celebrant

00:58:09 Where is Dexter now?

01:01:04 3XY and Rocktober

01:06:53 The radio ban and Fable Records

01:13:26 The future of free-to-air TV and radio

01:21:54 Was Stairway to Heaven ever a hit?

01:26:14 Man Cave 147: Jervis Bay and Batemans Bay

01:36:42 Should players have to sing the anthem?

01:37:37 The haka, and Fiji's hymn

01:45:25 Your votes: who gets your bus seat?

01:47:04 The school Christmas row, an update

01:50:30 A freezer full of 531 cane toads

01:51:03 Adam's taxidermy: a lizard and an Arctic fox

01:53:55 Would you taxidermy your dog?

01:57:16 Could we live without computers?

01:58:55 Did an AI wipe a TV season?

02:00:53 Your shark comments

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If you heard our full episode on 9 October, you have already had this one. This is the Man Cave with Dr Graham Wild on its own, for anyone who just wants the space talk.

Adam McDonald from Aussie Pickers still isn't convinced we went to the Moon, and the Van Allen radiation belts are his sticking point. So Luke brings in Dr Graham Wild, a senior lecturer in aviation science and technology at UNSW Canberra, to take him on.

Graham explains why NASA lost so much of its Apollo know-how, why nobody has landed there since 1972, and how a camera filmed Neil Armstrong's first step. Before that, he busts a Hollywood myth: a small hole in a plane won't suck you out. Plus air marshals, the Jetsons flying car we never got, and the G.I. Joe jet from Graham's childhood.

Guests: Dr Graham Wild, Adam McDonald

This interview contains strong language.

00:00 Adam's moon landing problem

01:25 An aviation scientist joins the Man Cave

02:40 Are there air marshals on Australian flights?

03:40 What a hole in the cabin really does

04:19 Why you won't get sucked out of an airlock

05:59 A finger over a hole in the space station

06:40 The moon landing goes to an expert

07:23 How many teeth in a horse's mouth?

08:20 Adam's sticking point: the Van Allen belts

10:23 Why hasn't anyone landed since Apollo?

12:42 Was Apollo 11 a fluke?

14:07 The Apollo slides Adam nearly sold

15:02 Why did the Soviets give up?

17:15 Will we have to leave Earth one day?

19:11 Where's our Jetsons flying car?

20:37 A flying car that earns money while you work

21:38 Star Wars, Star Trek and Jar Jar

22:28 The G.I. Joe jet from Graham's childhood

24:52 Is Adam coming round?

25:59 Who filmed the first step on the Moon?

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If you heard our full episode on 9 October, you have already had this one. This is Luke's chat with Jim Penman on its own, for anyone who just wants Jim.

When nobody would back his ideas as an academic, Jim went back to mowing lawns full-time, about $35,000 in debt, he says, and by his own account terrible at managing his first subcontractors. He tells Luke how he turned it around, from selling lawn rounds to ringing the big Adelaide franchise and being told no thanks, and why he drew up a contract he wouldn't mind signing as a franchisee.

Jim also explains the $700 contract fee he could have set far higher, why the business was his way of paying for his research into why civilisations rise and fall, and the argument in his new book with Andrea Pearson, Birth-Rate Crisis. Plus pass the parcel, cold showers, and why he doesn't expect to win Northcote at the Victorian election.

Guests: Jim Penman

Birth-Rate Crisis by Jim Penman and Andrea Pearson: https://birthratecrisisbook.com/

This interview contains strong language and mentions suicide.

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00:00 The man behind Jim's Mowing

00:59 How Jim's Mowing started

02:05 A burned-out academic with a mower

03:23 When he tried to join his biggest rival

04:37 A contract he'd want to sign

06:03 What he learned from Ray Kroc

07:24 The list that won over franchisees

08:40 Why so many franchises come and go

09:29 $700 for a contract, not $5,000

10:32 How Jim's keeps an eye on quality

12:00 Long-term thinking, and a franchisee veto

14:35 $5 pizzas and franchisees who can't sell

16:09 Before you buy a franchise

17:22 When a division doesn't take off

18:33 The brush cutter and a neat edge

21:01 More jobs than franchisees

21:55 Birth-Rate Crisis, Jim's new book

23:22 The rise and fall of civilisations

25:17 Is it money, or priorities?

27:23 The dopamine theory

28:20 Why he says hard times bring baby booms

30:22 Everybody wins a ribbon

31:43 Pass the parcel, with a prize in every layer

33:26 Cold showers, and a seat he doesn't expect to win

34:08 Two-stroke, electric or push mower?

35:14 Advice for 12-year-old Jim

35:48 In trouble at school

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If you heard Tuesday's full episode, you have already had this one. This is the Truckie Tuesday on its own, for anyone who just wants the truck stuff.

A driver tells Rod Hannifey he was refused a shower at a truck stop because he hadn't bought fuel, even after offering to buy food. Rod knows of only one truck stop with showers on his run to Adelaide, and he found a key-tag block he couldn't use because he doesn't cart livestock.

Luke and Rod work through your mail, from radiator fixes with a raw egg or pepper to why caravans on the Nullarbor should leave gaps and show their UHF channel front and back. There's also a question for next week about EWD phones in compliance mode.

Belinda Hughes from Hughes Law updates Danny's case, and her win of the week is an appeal she says cut a Transport for NSW registration suspension after a tunnel incident. Hughes Law sponsors Truckie Tuesday.

Guests: Rod Hannifey (Truckie Tuesday co-host), Belinda Hughes (Hughes Law)

00:00:00 Where Was Rod Last Tuesday?

00:03:45 Where's Rod Next? A Truck Stop With A Shower

00:06:30 A Raw Egg In The Radiator?

00:09:58 Grass In A Tyre To Get You Home?

00:11:10 Wombat's Two Rules On Fatigue

00:13:06 Fuel Excise: Who Got The Savings?

00:14:48 Caravans On The Nullarbor, And UHF 40

00:19:07 Green Reflector Bays On The Mildura Road

00:21:02 Windscreens And A Thicker Kenworth Screen

00:25:06 Should Truckies Get Free Meals And Coffee?

00:28:01 Can An Officer Walk Off With Your Phone?

00:30:10 Key-Tag Showers For Stock Carriers Only

00:32:24 No Fuel, No Shower

00:33:53 Belinda Hughes: What's Next For Danny

00:35:21 Is The NHVR Changing How It Enforces?

00:38:47 Win Of The Week: A Tunnel Suspension Cut On Appeal

00:41:17 Where's Rod Headed Next?

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This segment is general information only and is not legal advice. Laws differ between states. If you have a matter of your own, speak to a lawyer.

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Robbie Katter, the Member for Traeger and leader of Katter's Australian Party, tells Luke why he and his dad Bob want North Queensland to become Australia's seventh state, and why he thinks city people lose out while the north's metals stay in the ground. He also covers shark and crocodile culling, and the case for nuclear power.

Jonathan Kearsley, News24's Washington correspondent, unpacks Katie Zacharia's five days as White House press secretary and Kimberly Guilfoyle's exit as ambassador to Greece, which follows a report she denies. Ben Downie from Seven in London covers the limit on Ukraine's Starshield service and the riots in France. Young farmer Jacob Wright talks farm workers and apprentices, and what diesel and urea now cost.

On Truckie Tuesday, Rod Hannifey goes looking for a truck stop shower and asks whether free meals would change where drivers stop. Belinda Hughes from Hughes Law follows up Danny's grounding and shares her win of the week. Hughes Law sponsors Truckie Tuesday. Luke and Kelsey also take on NSW's truancy fines and your voicemails.

Guests: Robbie Katter, Jonathan Kearsley, Ben Downie, Jacob Wright, Rod Hannifey, Belinda Hughes

This episode contains coarse language and adult themes. It discusses alleged sexual offences against women and girls, and fatal animal attacks.

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00:00:00 Episode 146, and Trump's week

00:10:22 Charges over the Narrabeen Lagoon incidents

00:12:44 Truancy fines of up to $11,000

00:16:19 Your voicemails: roosters and mine gas

00:20:13 Ben Downie: Ukraine and Starshield

00:25:55 Riots across France

00:29:03 Pope Leo after lung surgery

00:31:56 Robbie Katter on a seventh state

00:40:03 From 1852 to the Brisbane Line

00:45:30 Should sharks and crocs be culled?

00:53:03 One Nation and Pauline Hanson

00:55:44 Uranium and the case for nuclear

01:01:11 Jonathan Kearsley: five days at the podium

01:10:02 Kimberly Guilfoyle and the Amex bill

01:18:25 Jacob Wright, young farmer

01:23:13 Farm workers and migration cuts

01:27:51 Who will drive the trucks?

01:33:11 The pros and cons of farming

01:42:42 Truckie Tuesday 146: where was Rod?

01:46:43 The truck stop with a shower

01:49:15 A raw egg in the radiator

01:58:53 Caravans and UHF on the Nullarbor

02:05:44 Windscreens and stone guards

02:10:12 Free meals for truckies?

02:13:06 Can they walk off with your phone?

02:15:15 Key-tag showers, and no fuel, no shower

02:18:49 Belinda Hughes on Danny and the NHVR

02:23:57 Win of the week: a tunnel suspension

02:26:22 Where's Rod headed next?

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If you heard our full episode on 2 October, you have already had this one. This is Luke's chat with Nick on its own, for anyone who just wants the prison stories.

Nick was a NSW prison officer for 15 years, at Lithgow and at the women's jail at Emu Plains. In B unit, he watched an inmate crack the perspex with a pool ball, and he tells Luke why he says three months of training was mostly about paperwork.

He explains why officers walk the yard unarmed and why he says they couldn't properly search visitors' prams. Then there's the inmate who threatened his family. Nick's view is that most prisoners don't want to be rehabilitated. The ones who do, like the woman who left jail a qualified chef, get there because they want the help, he says.

This interview contains strong language. It discusses sexual assault in prison, domestic violence and the death of a prison officer.

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00:00 Should prisoners get a second chance?

01:46 Why the inmates called Nick Chief

02:45 Why he swapped his own business for a prison job

04:45 Trapped in B unit when the perspex cracked

07:14 Three months of training, signed off on paper

08:02 The officer who died at Silverwater

09:00 Double shifts and big overtime

10:31 His sister, assaulted at Parramatta Gaol

11:06 Unarmed in a yard of 30 inmates

13:40 Why officers couldn't search prams

14:48 Who really controls a jail?

16:22 Case management with no training

17:45 The inmates who care for injured wildlife

18:53 Should prisoners be paid $25 an hour?

19:30 The kiss that smuggled drugs into Lithgow

21:35 Corrupt officers: blue, not green

22:22 Why lifers are the easiest to manage

23:53 Why he'd rather work with maximum security men

25:10 What men fear most about going to jail

26:26 The inmate who walked out a chef

28:12 Knives in the kitchen and a Shawshank moment

29:55 Why are Indigenous Australians over-represented?

32:21 Do prisoners want to be rehabilitated?

34:08 The inmate who threatened his family

36:32 Seen as weak, or called a dog

38:30 The prisoners who come back for the security

40:16 Should prisoners have to work?

41:29 Get out of the job or I'm divorcing you

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Our first live show. Nick, a former NSW prison officer, comes back for part two and takes Luke through a first-timer's day in prison, from the strip search to the cellmate you don't get to choose. He also explains how new inmates get pushed into carrying contraband for someone else, and how they can say no.

Rob McKnight from McKnight Tonight reviews the calls he made in September about Nine's Today show and The Voice, and talks about 4BH's rise in Brisbane and Sam Armytage's run-in with Michael Usher's son. David Littleproud, in a chat recorded before the show, takes on the card surcharge ban and the trust tax, and says drivers who don't own an EV shouldn't help pay for new chargers.

In the Man Cave, Adam McDonald turns 50 and Granny Sue calls from Yorkeys Knob to back a seventh state for North Queensland. They also argue about a Tasmanian school taking Christmas out of the name of its end-of-year raffle, and whether an Australian astronaut is worth $100 million.

Guests: Rob McKnight, David Littleproud, Nick, Adam McDonald, Granny Sue

Recorded live on Thursday 15 October 2026.

This episode contains strong language and adult themes. It discusses violence in prisons and deaths in custody, including suicide watch.

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00:00:00 Episode 145, our first live show

00:05:49 Should North Queensland be the seventh state?

00:10:01 Rob McKnight on the old tonight shows

00:13:23 Kyle and Jackie O, and Sam Armytage

00:20:29 Rob's report card: who got the Today show

00:27:33 How 4BH became number one in Brisbane

00:33:40 Is The Voice finished?

00:36:53 Rob at Luna Park, and Skippy

00:41:03 David Littleproud on One Nation

00:42:55 Card surcharges and paying tax by credit card

00:47:08 A 30% tax on family trusts

00:49:39 Who should pay for EV chargers?

00:57:07 Nick, part two: your first day in prison

01:07:35 The strip search

01:12:35 Cellmates, and the rules inmates set

01:18:09 Who can you trust inside?

01:20:18 Deaths in custody

01:26:22 Drugs passed in a kiss, and Billy in the airlock

01:30:34 The inmate who threatened his family

01:33:23 How contraband gets in, and saying no

01:36:40 Where offenders rank inside

01:41:01 The inmate Nick took to her son's wedding

01:41:59 Man Cave: Adam turns 50

01:47:17 Granny Sue on splitting Queensland

01:49:31 Who gets your seat on the bus?

01:53:05 When does falling over become a fall?

01:59:07 Should schools still call it Christmas?

02:07:30 The grand final and the World Cup

02:13:44 Bathurst's last-lap fuel-out

02:14:44 Woolies' bachelor's handbag

02:16:43 The moon landing, and a $100 million astronaut

02:19:59 Should we cull sharks and crocs?

02:24:47 Finders keepers, and Kerry Packer's gold

02:30:55 Should the suburbs ban roosters?

02:35:48 Adam's clocks, and what we learned

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Shark fisherman Joel Nancarrow says the great white that killed a swimmer at Sorrento Beach in Perth should have been hunted down. Adam McDonald's view is that it's the risk you take when you swim, and the Man Cave gets heated. Then Luke asks about dangerous dogs, and Adam comes round, as long as it's the right shark.

Joel runs Hunter Shark Jaw Restoration in Newcastle. He explains how a jaw is restored, why he buys jaws from commercial fishermen rather than selling what he catches, and why every bull shark he lands dies. A bite-resistant wetsuit surprised him more than anything else he's tested, though he says nothing would stop a shark the size of the one at Sorrento.

Joel's views on shark numbers and behaviour are his own, from years on the water. Some of them aren't backed by published research.

Joel's first interview with Luke: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsX3Aq_UYqs

Should a shark that attacks someone be hunted down? Tell us what you think in the comments.

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