Kate, Tim & Marty

Bondi’s still recovering after a huge overnight house party, and somehow the fallout from tensions in Iran has now reached Australian supermarkets with a possible Diet Coke shortage on the horizon. We realised Tim is basically the human embodiment of Inner West Sydney, except for one detail that completely throws the stereotype out the window. There’s also a fascinating private investigator story that had us asking way too many questions, plus Tim Ross aka Rosso drops by for a very competitive game of Quick Draw.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Private investigator Cassie Crofts from Venus Investigations goes viral for spotting the same pattern every time: men heading to a car wash right before meeting their affair partner. Not to cover their tracks, but to impress. We are both appalled and unsurprised. Cassie also reveals that cheaters are getting caught via Amazon Alexa voice history, a secret password protected shared note in the iPhone Notes app that nobody thinks to check, and suddenly developing new hobbies and taste in music that have clearly been influenced by someone else. If your Apple Pay guy is suddenly paying cash for everything, that is also a red flag. Three quarters of people who call a PI turn out to be right. Trust your gut.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Young drivers have been bedazzling their L and P plates and Transport NSW has issued a major warning to stop immediately. We think they look kind of cute but rules are rules. This opens up a trip down memory lane: Ricki had a crazy bitch sticker and fluffy dice on her VT Commodore station wagon which also had a PA system in the boot for gigs, the Oakley sticker above the rear view mirror was peak early 2000s energy, and a listener in Camden puts reindeer ears on her car every Christmas and wraps tinsel around the mirrors. Car personalisation is a human right and we stand by that.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A viral Reddit thread about working for billionaires delivered: a cactus terrarium penthouse, Karl Lagerfeld's two identical apartments and a Sydney fur coat room above a Fendi store. Bruce Isaacs stopped by with his weekly Watcha Watching picks. Ricki and Tim got into their love languages and discovered they are more similar than expected. A 14-year-old St John's Ambulance volunteer named Charlie Morrison came in after saving a man's life at the NBL Grand Final with CPR and a defibrillator, and listeners called in with their own hero moments. And The Veronicas stopped by with a Big Muff guitar pedal, an Alexander McQueen guitar, a matching club jacket and a possibly cursed 19th century witch's mirror, all going up on eBay at 7pm tonight. They are also heading back to the US to write album seven and Jess's favourite song they have ever written has not been released yet.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Veronicas come in with an armful of iconic items they are auctioning on eBay, including a 1974 Big Muff guitar pedal, an Alexander McQueen guitar from 2006, a matching club jacket and a 19th century scryer's witch's mirror that Lisa has packed away and never looked at again after doing her makeup in it once. The mirror may or may not show someone standing behind you. Do not look around if it does. They are also heading back to the US to write their seventh studio album, and Jess reveals her favourite song they have ever written has not been released yet. Twenty one years in and they are still going. Every day is a celebration apparently.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A Sydney Kings fan suffered a cardiac arrest during the NBL Grand Final and was saved by St John's Ambulance volunteers, including 14-year-old Charlie Morrison who arrived on scene, started CPR and got a defibrillator on the patient within seconds. Charlie sounds more calm and composed describing the incident than most adults do ordering a coffee. It is his fourth year with St John's and his second cardiac arrest save. Listeners call in with their own hero moments: a woman checked on her elderly neighbour after not hearing from him for two days and found him unconscious on the floor with broken hips, a student choked on chips watching reality TV alone in her dorm, and a man and his now wife jumped into the Figure Eight Pools to save four or five tourists who got washed in. Heroes everywhere.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tuesday's show was a big one. Kylie Minogue called in ahead of her Netflix documentary dropping today and opened up about the singing budgie years, why she finally said yes to the documentary after years of being asked, and what she is most proud of. We celebrated the greatest saxophone solos in music history after a man survived seven days lost in Taiwan because rescuers heard him playing his sax. Men are now voluntarily getting surgery to give themselves cauliflower ear to look tougher, like UFC fighters, which is a choice. A real flight attendant called in to tell us what actually happens behind the curtain when passengers get drunk or disorderly and it was very illuminating. Ricki came in with a stunning girthy stick she found on Macquarie Street as a gift, because Tim and Sarah's boys are obsessed with sticks and she is a thoughtful friend. And Kita Alexander joined us for a game of Sing which was a very good time.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Kylie Minogue calls in ahead of her Netflix documentary dropping tomorrow and it is everything. She talks about why it took years to say yes, how she finally felt okay enough in herself to let people behind the curtain, and what it was like reliving decades of archive footage. She is proud of her resilience above everything else, proud of taking risks even when they didn't work, and deeply done with the singing budgie era. The press back then was brutal and she had no platform to push back. Now she does. Her defining song: Love at First Sight because it has her DNA in it. We played it immediately.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A man had an argument with his wife, ran into the mountains of Taiwan with thongs, a Bible and a saxophone, and was found alive after seven days because rescuers heard him playing. We celebrate this by going sax for sax with the greatest saxophone moments in music history.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Last week we discovered that Tim and Sarah's boys are both absolutely obsessed with sticks, which turns out to be a universal child experience. Tim has two in the car, ten in the backyard and potentially four in the kids' room. The stick selection process is very scientific: test durability by hitting it on the ground, assess length and girth, sharpen the end if possible. Ricki came in this Monday with a stunning girthy city stick she found stumbling home from dinner on Macquarie Street and presented it as a gift. There was only one perfect stick. Choices had to be made.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Men with beards apparently make better long-term partners and we unpacked that claim. Harry Styles kicked off his new tour in Amsterdam and is heading to Australia in December which is very exciting news. A Qantas flight was diverted after a drunk passenger bit a cabin crew member which is a new low even by airline passenger standards. Hyper-independent kids who grew up eating cereal alone and fending for themselves are apparently struggling in adulthood and we had thoughts. Ricki opened up about her three unexplained ailments including sore hair, randomly muffled ears and tiny patches of skin that hurt for no reason and Sydney called in with their own weird body mysteries. And Tim took his daughter to the Billie Eilish documentary in 3D and came in genuinely emotional about what a good role model she is. We were not expecting to tear up on a Monday but here we are.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tim spent the afternoon at the Hayden Orpheum watching the Billie Eilish documentary in 3D with his daughter and came in genuinely moved. Watching his daughter watch Billie on screen the same way he watched her watch the live show last year confirmed everything: Billie Eilish is exactly the kind of role model you want for your kid. No pressure to look a certain way, no performance of sexiness, just an unapologetic songwriter who wants to be the artist she'd want to be a fan of. Listeners call in with their own role model stories and one mum of a 14 year old has to break the news that her son's idol is Barney Stinson from How I Met Your Mother. We wish her well.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ricki has three unexplained ailments she needs answers on: sore hair where the follicles ache if she doesn't blow dry immediately, randomly muffled ears despite having clinically perfect hearing, and tiny patches of skin that hurt for no reason and then disappear. We open the phones and Sydney delivers: a listener gets intensely itchy feet and scalp when stressed, Tim scratches his face in meetings which apparently means he wants to leave, and a man's ears turn bright red when he's happy. Nobody has any answers. A doctor has not been consulted. We are all fine.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Friday's show wrapped the week in style. Spotify turned 20 and our first songs ever played said everything about us. Motorbike riders are being caught doing absolutely reckless speeds through the M5 tunnel and Sydney is not happy. New Music Friday delivered as always. A 109 year old letter in a bottle was found which is an incredible story. There is apparently a laziest person in the world competition being held and we have questions about how you even enter. Sarah and Tim's kids are obsessed with the exact same thing which is either a coincidence or a sign. Reuben from Peking Duk stopped by for a chat. Delta Goodrem made it through to the Eurovision final in Vienna wearing a gown made by Sydney designer Nikki Villani who spent 500 hours and 7,000 Swarovski crystals making it happen. And a fan mistook Ricki for Paulini which was deeply awkward for everyone involved.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Delta Goodrem made it through to the Eurovision final in Vienna and the woman who made it happen is Sydney designer Nicky Velani from Five Dock, who spent 500 hours hand-crafting Delta's gown featuring 7,000 Swarovski crystals. We caught up with Nicky watching from home and she had literally just stopped crying. An absolute pinch me moment for a very deserving talent. We love you, Nikki.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spotify celebrated its 20th anniversary and you can now deep dive your entire listening history. We go around the room: Ricki joined in March 2012 after Spotify came to her record label and basically begged artists to get on board, Tim joined in 2014 when his daughter was under one, and Sarah joined in 2020 which we did not see coming.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Thursday's show delivered. Callan Boys stopped by with his weekly Sydney eats picks. A mum accidentally gifted a seven year old a pair of women's cheeky undies for his birthday after forgetting to take them out of the present bag, which opened the phones for everyone's most mortifying moments. Exercise snacking is the new fitness trend where you do short bursts of movement throughout the day instead of one long workout, and we discussed whether that counts. A woman caught her cheating husband via their smart bathroom scale which recorded a mystery 120 pound weigh-in at 12.25am while she was away, and Sydney called in with their own caught out stories. And Tom Gleeson came in to play Quick Draw and was exactly as ruthless as you would expect.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A woman discovered her husband was cheating by checking the memory on their digital bathroom scale, which recorded two unassigned weigh-ins at 120 pounds at 12.25am and 12.26am while she was away. We open the phones for how people caught others out: Ricki got busted secret eating a sausage roll in the rain by Rich who had gone to buy her a sausage roll as a reward for running in the rain, Sarah's son was faking toilet training by dribbling water from a cup into the toilet to get the lollipop, a listener's housemate had been stealing her entire wardrobe, and someone dumped illegal rubbish next to a bin with their name, address and phone number still on the stickers. Criminal masterminds, every one of themSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A mum accidentally gave a seven year old boy a monster truck and a pair of women's cheeky undies for his birthday after forgetting to take them out of the present bag before wrapping. We open the phones for Sydney's most mortifying moments: a retail worker asked a very fit woman when her baby was due and she was not pregnant, and a dad pulled over on the way home from a nightclub to offer a lift to the boy his daughter had been crushing on for weeks, then got in the van and told him everything. The boy was right there. There was nowhere to go. There was nothing to do but sit there and cop it.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Wednesday's show had a lot going on. We asked Sydney what their favourite Aussie saying is now that nobody says G'day anymore. We played Whisper Challenge with Jermaine. Bruce Isaacs stopped by with his Watcha Watching picks. A man is suing a hotel because sun loungers weren't available which is a level of audacity we respect. Joe Hildebrand decoded the federal budget in plain English and the short version is everyone gets $250 but not yet and it's already been spent on bracket creep. Raye's new album hit over one billion streams in today's Glossys. A listener from Blacktown shared her workplace ghost story which opened the floodgates and Sydney had a lot of haunted experiences to share. And Ricki discovered sandal socks are a major fashion trend in Japan and we have thoughts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Joe Hildebrand stops by in a denim jacket to break down last night's federal budget in plain English. Everyone gets $250, except you won't get it until next year, and you've probably already lost twice that in bracket creep. The $1,000 instant tax deduction sounds great until you realise it's a deduction not a payment, so you actually get about $244. The negative gearing and capital gains tax changes are meant to help first home buyers but the government's own numbers say it will result in 35,000 fewer houses being built. What good luck. What bad luck. Also the entire budget was leaked before it was delivered, which raises questions about why journalists get locked in a room for six hours with no phones to process it.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A man going for his morning swim at Tamarama Beach had absolutely no idea he had walked straight into a Fashion Week runway show and ended up in everyone's footage doing his stretches while models walked past him. We open the phones for Sydney's best walked-in-on moments: an 11 year old walked in on her mum, someone walked in on their grandparents, and a listener in the States nearly walked into an active bank robbery with police guns drawn before realising what was happening and quietly backing away to watch from a safe distance.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tuesday's show was unhinged from the start. Rats the size of small dogs have taken over the Westfield Bondi Junction food court and there are apparently between 500 million and one billion of them in Greater Sydney at any time. Nikki Osborne stopped by in a full greyhound dress to chat about her new roast show Bush Deep launching today on YouTube and the Nova Player. Jermaine casually revealed he has an extra bone in his body and we had follow up questions. Americans cannot say the word crayon and we went down that rabbit hole. Benedict Cumberbatch got into a fight with a cyclist which is very on brand. Today's Glossys covered the roast of Kevin Hart. Aussies called in to expose their most bludgy jobs and it got competitive. And Anthony from The Wiggles came in with his daughter Lucia to play Sing, which was an absolutely lovely moment.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rats the size of small dogs have been filmed running through the Westfield Bondi Junction food court after construction above it shook them out of the walls. This opens up the rat stat nobody asked for: there are between 500 million and one billion rats in Greater Sydney at any given time. Nobody knows who counted them. They are chewing through car wires in underground car parks, they survived the plague, and they will absolutely outlast all of us. Sydney may need a rat czar. We are not okay.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Nikki Osborne stops by in a full greyhound dress to chat about her brand new show Bush Deep, launching today on YouTube and the Nova Player. It's a roast disguised as a chat show filmed in parks, on beaches and apparently on Larry Emdur's boat, which he described as a hut and turned out to be a three storey bunker palace. First guest is Larry Emdur and Nikki came out swinging. She also reveals that since launching the show, Prime Minister Albanese started following her on Instagram with a follow back notification, and she is absolutely going to slide into his DMs and invite him on.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A woman found her boyfriend's ChatGPT history full of questions like "should I be in love after three and a half months" and "what about her three cats" and ended the relationship immediately. ChatGPT had already told him to break up with her anyway. We share our own recent ChatGPT searches: Ricki asked if she should still be friends with someone who vomits in a DJ's glass, Tim looked up the name of the smell of wet cement which is petrichor, and Sarah asked if her runners were men's shoes (they are, a US 10) and whether there is a dog breed that doesn't live beyond eight years. Listeners call in with theirs and nobody is normal and we love it.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Monday's show had it all. Tim vomited somewhere on the weekend and listeners called in to guess the location, which is not how most shows start the week but here we are. Australia voted on its top 10 Cadbury bars and there were strong opinions. A woman found her boyfriend's ChatGPT history asking if he should still be in love after three and a half months and ended it on the spot. The night versus morning shower debate was settled by hygiene experts and night showering won, Tim is unconvinced and has agreed to try it this week. A listener's friend secretly recorded some girls confessing to stealing money which opened up the eavesdropping debate. And apparently you should be replacing your underwear every six months which is news to everyone in this studio.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The morning vs night shower debate from last week has been settled by external experts and the verdict is in: night showers win. You spend the whole day collecting commute grime, office air and general life on your body, then wash it all off before getting into your clean bed. A morning shower just means you marinated in all of that overnight. Tim remains unconvinced and is committed to his morning shower for the wake-up factor alone. He has agreed to try a night shower this week.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sarah shared a beautiful message about her kids for Mother's Day. New Music Friday delivered as always. Katseye stopped by fresh from Taronga Zoo and 12 hours of sleep to chat Coachella, their upcoming EP Wild, and the fact that they are genuinely terrible at short answers. Angus and Julia Stone came in to perform their brand new song live, accidentally named our brand new segment Karaoke Bar Fridays in the process, and confirmed an Australian tour for 2027. Caller of the Week wrapped things up. Happy Mother's Day to all the mums listening.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Angus and Julia Stone come in to perform their brand new song live, making them the very first guests on Karaoke Bar Fridays, a segment that didn't have a name until they walked in and accidentally suggested it. The song was written in a stunning Paris studio about a year and a half ago and they hadn't actually rehearsed it together before coming in because Angus had been in Japan. We also find out Julia does Jagged Little Pill at karaoke for the catharsis, Angus does Wicked Games because of course he does, and an Australian tour is being planned for 2027. We are not angry about it. Okay we are a little.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Katseye stop by fresh from a day off at Taronga Zoo, 12 hours of sleep and the kind of reset that touring life never usually allows. They talk Coachella, where they rehearsed 12 hours a day until every moment was second nature, cried watching Carol G, and finally got to have that holy shit I'm really here moment on the actual stage. They also reveal they are terrible at short answers, which tracks given the entire interview. A new EP is coming in August and an Australian tour is being manifested in real time. Also Tim cannot dance and Katseye prescribed yoga and not looking in a mirror. We are taking notes.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rove McManus stops by ahead of his show Tomorrow Night at the Grand Electric, a celebration of 25 years on Australian television featuring clips, stories and audience questions. He reveals he used to handwrite thank you cards to every single guest who appeared on Rove Live, and Ricki found hers in a box of memories while moving house. Beyoncé did not get one. He also tells the story of going backstage after her concert expecting VIP access and being turned away at the door, which is deeply relatable. Taskmaster is also on Channel 10 tonight featuring Rove and Joel Creasey, who Rove describes as watching a newborn duckling waddle around every single day.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Billie Eilish joins us for a chat when she was here for her Hit Me Hard And Soft Tour in Australia. She opens up about being sure of herself from a young age (even if teenage Billie didn’t have it all figured out), her hyperfixation on music and visuals, and the weirdness of playing Sydney clubs at 15 — too young to be in the audience, but old enough to be on stage. Plus, Billie gets a sweet gift from Tim’s daughter!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The 2026 Met Gala delivered chaos: Kendall, Kylie, Hailey Bieber and Kim K were all apparently doing a nip slip and we watched the whole thing unfold on the big screen. Bruce Isaacs stopped by with his Watcha Watching picks and Apex is at the top of the list right now. Listeners called in with their best life hacks including dressing the kids in tomorrow's clothes before bed, buying everything on The Iconic on Afterpay and returning what you don't like, and pouring sand on the yellow line at the beach. Today's Glossys revealed Stevie Nicks did a duet with Sabrina Carpenter which is the crossover nobody saw coming. We debated whether kids actually have to share their things with strangers at the park, a mum influencer said absolutely not, and an eight year old named Jasmine called in to say she shares everything except her sandwich. And scientists have found that men who gift flowers don't go bald, which is either very convenient or a conspiracy by the floral industry.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A mum influencer in the States has gone viral for saying she will never force her kids to share their toys or snacks with strangers at the park and honestly the argument has some merit. We get into it: brand new scooter at the park, back off. Special prized possession, also back off. But shared spaces, turn taking and swings, different story entirely. Sarah Harris points out that sharing teaches kids how to exist in a society and delayed gratification builds the kind of grit that clocking Sonic the Hedgehog on three lives also builds. An eight year old named Jasmine calls in to say she shares everything except her sandwich. Respectable line to draw.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Listeners call in with their best life hacks: dress the kids in tomorrow's clothes before bed, buy everything from The Iconic on Afterpay, try it all on at home and return what you don't like without spending a cent, pour sand on the yellow line at the beach so the parking inspector can't see it, and take exhausted kids to the movies so you can sleep while they watch. Also: sardines are apparently the new skincare trend replacing salmon sperm facials, which is an upgrade. And Ricki says vampire in a way that is completely normal and we will not be relitigating this.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We found out Prime Minister Albanese watches Married at First Sight and we have so many questions. The friendship breakup conversation hit close to home with Ricki revealing she wrote Ghost about a friend who vanished without explanation and listeners calling in with their own brutal stories. A man asked a woman to transfer her half of a $38 breakfast bill after she politely said no to a second date, which opened up the whole who pays on a first date debate. Today's Glossys covered the 2026 Met Gala looks and there was a lot to discuss. And Sam Fischer came in to play Sing and told the story of finding out Kelly Clarkson covered his song on her talk show, which is the kind of moment that changes everything.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sydney dating is rough and this story proves it. A man took a woman out for breakfast, she politely declined a second date, and he immediately asked her to transfer her half of the $38 bill. We get into the real question: who pays on a first date and what does it mean? Jermaine's theory is that whoever covers the bill is signalling there will be a next time. Listeners call in with their dating rules and one woman in Camden is absolutely eliminating men based on sunglass choice alone. Thin gold frames after dark? You are done before you started.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A woman at an airport chugged an entire bottle of tequila after security wouldn't let her take it on the flight, which opened up Ricki's own chug stories. Ricki had words for a certain someone about car park 76 and she came with a tape measure and photographic evidence. Kate Ceberano stopped by ahead of her ARIA Hall of Fame induction and was pure sunshine at an ungodly hour. Ricki-Leaks dropped a very spicy one: there is a global sports star in Sydney who is allegedly cheating on his wife with men, and we cannot say more than that. And people are getting caught shoplifting on CCTV in increasingly chaotic ways.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ricki has been stewing for weeks. New team member Lauren is parking 60 centimetres from the pillar on her side and 11 centimetres from Ricki's car. There are photos. There is a tape measure. There is now a resolution.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Kate Ceberano comes in at the crack of dawn, sunglasses on, makeup off, full rock star energy, to chat about being inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame this year at a standalone event alongside more female inductees than ever before. She has been signed and dropped by every major label in the world and every single one of them has people who were quietly in her corner the whole time. She wants to use the platform to thank all the people behind the scenes who never get a mention. Forty years in and she is still the most joyous performer going.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Friday's show wrapped the week in style. Gen Z has declared Speedos unacceptable and Tim, a man who does laps in them, pushed back hard. Australia voted AFL the most overrated sport and Tim watched Hawthorn draw with Collingwood in the most nail-biting finish of the season the night before, so the timing was rough. New Music Friday delivered as always. Ricki spoke on behalf of all eldest daughters everywhere and a nine year old called in to represent the eldest daughter burnout club, which was both adorable and deeply relatable. Tim had a Tim Factwell for us that nobody asked for and everyone needed. And we wrapped the week with Caller of the Week and the Week in Review.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.