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Marcus Lush engages Kiwis from all walks of life, discussing the issues that matter most on Newstalk ZB.

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    • Jun 3, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
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    Just a sprinkling of the bagpipes (3 June 2025)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2025 132:47 Transcription Available


    After a week off from illness, Marcus returns to talk the upcoming military tattoo event at Eden Park, 65 years of TV broadcasting in NZ, and whether cash use is back on the rise. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    No Known Anecdote (23 May 2025)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2025 118:06 Transcription Available


    Marcus embarks on another great sweepstake, investigates the price of scones, and hears about the sinking of the HMS Hood. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    If you want a mango, get a mango (22 May 2025)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2025 109:45 Transcription Available


    Would you encourage your child to get into the same career you did? And who ever heard of putting curry sauce on chips? LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    The Lamson Cash Rail System (21 May 2025)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2025 120:05 Transcription Available


    Smith & Caughey's has confirmed it will close after 145 years of business. In a retail nostalgia hit, Marcus learns about the novel way money was delivered from customers to store accounts. Also, George Wendt, who portrayed Norm on Cheers has died. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    That's a power move (20 May 2025)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2025 105:18 Transcription Available


    Marcus enquires about the special skill or talent you have, and boy... did you come through! Oh, and how long can you hold your breath for? LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    It does sound remarkably stupid (

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2025 126:23 Transcription Available


    Caller Heather tells Marcus she's concerned about a new sport she's seen on the news, and Caller Suzy reckons she's got an answer for that high price of butter! LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    You better hide it (16 May 2025)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2025 106:23 Transcription Available


    A Friday free-for-all that covers electricity prices, billeting overseas students, expandable homes, and butter raffles. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    We haven't had a ram raid in a while (15 May 2025)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2025 113:54 Transcription Available


    Marcus wants to know what would necessitate having a helicopter on your front lawn, and how on Earth butter getting even MORE expensive? LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Literally running it up the flagpole (14 May 2025)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2025 119:39 Transcription Available


    Ten years on from the referendum that divided a nation, Marcus checks in on whether there's still any appetite for change. Plus bringing back the commuter train service from Auckland to Tauranga seems like a no brainer, right? LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    I'd look like Shrek (13 May 2025)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2025 130:38 Transcription Available


    Marcus has a theory about New Zealand's trend of footwear favouritism, and wants to know if you can still get turned away from places for not being dressed up enough. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    The sandwich would be better with bread (12 May 2025)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2025 119:32 Transcription Available


    Marcus talks burgers, whether New Zealand has the ratio of pubs to golf courses right, chipped windscreens, and disposing batteries. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Fresh air fortnight (9 May 2025)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2025 87:24 Transcription Available


    With Mother's Day this weekend, Marcus collects cryptic (and often threatening) lines your mother would say, and keeps a close eye on a band of heavy rainstorms heading down the North Island. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    That's snails for you (8 May 2025)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2025 110:22 Transcription Available


    It's World Donkey Day, Marcus is either lazy or a psychopath, a Russian satellite is falling out of orbit (and might land in Ashburton again), and a brand new country music station is coming on air in New Zealand! LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Love the french press (7 May 2025)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2025 116:41 Transcription Available


    What is the most dangerous appliance at your place? And what household item does Marcus hate the most? LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Good luck, Sven! (6 May 2025)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2025 113:00 Transcription Available


    Marcus is very much in favour of a proposed under-16 social media ban, and wants to know if anyone's ever won anything of note from a claw machine. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Plastic in your head (5 May 2025)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2025 103:04 Transcription Available


    Marcus talks the proposed reopening of an infamous prison, and gets advice on in-home help. Then Kathy has the mother of all questions about fences.... LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    He's big on cloves (2 May 2025)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2025 114:25 Transcription Available


    Marcus talks slow cookers, duck shooting, and getting your eyebrows tattooed. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    I'm quite versatile in the family home (1 May 2025)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2025 84:11 Transcription Available


    More weather coverage (this time focusing on Wellington and Christchurch), plus what can you use when you've run out of laundry soap? LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    What about washing woollens (29 April 2025)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2025 126:26 Transcription Available


    Marcus has a question about swanndri, and also talks ice-skating tours and the sinking of of the Titanic. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    One long day on the Inter City (28 April 2025)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2025 120:03 Transcription Available


    Marcus neighbours who feed birds, expensive domestic flights, and even more expensive airport parking! LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    A bedding abomination (23 April 2025)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2025 120:23 Transcription Available


    Marcus talks table tennis, terrible bed sheets, cooking in an air fryer, and what to do when council keeps shifting bin day around! LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    It's laden with moisture (22 April 2025)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2025 113:51 Transcription Available


    In this weird 'inbetween two long weekends' week, Marcus covers the upcoming funeral of Pope Francis, cleaning lawn mowers, and getting your Dangerous Goods license. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    She could hide in the empty spa pool (17 April 2025)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2025 113:57 Transcription Available


    The Waitotara Pub has been destroyed by fire, there's talk of a possible snap election in NZ, and Jason's not a fan of the road cones! LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    What do you need a passcode for (16 April 2025)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2025 95:12 Transcription Available


    Marcus gets reports as ex-tropical cyclone Tam starts to impact the upper North Island, and makes sure that everyone has their TV connected after last night's satellite switchover special. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    They're all taupe aren't they (15 April 2025)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2025 134:26 Transcription Available


    Marcus helps people impacted by the Sky TV satellite switch over, and talks about why you'd get bullied for having a certain colour of hair. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    The wildest scam call in a long time (14 April 2025)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2025 84:07 Transcription Available


    Glenn starts off the night with a call about mushrooms, but things take a quick wild turn... Plus, Marcus is all okay with the proposed changes to how NZers get their driver's license. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Just a pile of mess (11 April 2025)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2025 135:18 Transcription Available


    A Friday free-for-all edition of Marcus Lush Nights, that covers chip scoops, the new road through the Manawatu Gorge, and 8-track tapes. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    The gadgets of shame (10 April 2025)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2025 128:14 Transcription Available


    Marcus talks the useless gadget you thought was going to be amazing, leaf blowers, and marks the anniversary of the Wahine disaster in 1968. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    I think we've reached peak pillow (9 April 2025)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2025 134:27 Transcription Available


    Big news for folks who've always wanted to be on our favourite quiz show, and some excellent tips on how to get to sleep if that's something you struggle with. And Marcus tries to give George a phone number. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    I'm terrified of that (8 April 2025)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2025 111:33 Transcription Available


    What extinct creature would you want to see brought back to modern times? And can you answer Marcus' out-of-the-blender interview question? LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    No apple for me either (7 April 2025)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2025 124:31 Transcription Available


    Marcus reckons we ought to keep Daylight Saving Time on permanently when we switch it back on in September. Also, what do you 'see' when you close your eyes? LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Up goes the giant dish (4 April 2025)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2025 110:07 Transcription Available


    A classic Friday free-for-all show that covers chocolate milk, daylight saving ending, wasps, Norway, and the 100th anniversary of the opening of the Monowai Hydro Station. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    An hour darker (3 April 2025)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2025 117:10 Transcription Available


    We're about to switch back to regular time, people are taking photos with things other than phones, and Marcus finally hears from folks who've actually seen the new Snow White remake! LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Love a saucy base (2 April 2025)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2025 102:55 Transcription Available


    What do you do with the free power slot you get from your electricity provider? And was Val Kilmer a better actor than Richard Chamberlain? LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Who can we sue (1 April 2025)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2025 115:51 Transcription Available


    Marcus farewells a much-loved mascot, has a question about a new sky dish, and gets to why high school students don't like reading the books they're told they have to read. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Make yourself a vest or something (31 March 2025)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2025 113:52 Transcription Available


    The government is looking to create a hotline to enable reporting of overzealous road cone use, so Marcus tries to gauge how that would go. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    What if the ducks start naming us (28 March 2025)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2025 115:07 Transcription Available


    If a hotel cancels or "loses" your booking, can they charge you more to rebook it for the same time? Also, who's got a duck story?! Plus, Marcus covers the 7.7 magnitude quake in south-east Asia. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Raewyn fractured spine (27 March 2025)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2025 125:51 Transcription Available


    Auckland Council has made their decision on a stadium, and Marcus acknowledges the arrival in 1883 of the first Salvation Army officers to our shores. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    They appear to be fairly laid back (26 March 2024)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2025 115:06 Transcription Available


    Should Auckland's second harbour crossing be a bridge or a tunnel? Should Napier open 'Pandaland'? And will you boycott Red Bull if they drop Liam Lawson? LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    There's always a quake in Seddon (25 March 2025)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2025 114:36 Transcription Available


    Plenty of songs have lyrics you've misunderstood or misheard, Marcus thinks the stadium conversation isn't worth having, and mascots really shouldn't be pushing kids over. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Everything seems like a good idea, doesn't it (24 March 2025)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2025 114:59 Transcription Available


    Something pretty significant happened on this day four years ago, something very significant happened at Eden Park tonight, and Marcus talks about knives for a bit. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    It'll never give up on you (21 March 2025)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2025 101:44 Transcription Available


    What food isn't worth the effort? Plus a TON of sport on tonight, and people are still giving up on movies at the cinema part way through! LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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