Nathan, Nat & Shaun

Melbourne Cup Day was a banger full of tips and tricks from Shaun McManus – which means no wins obviously. Bruce McAvaney called through to get us pumped up for the big event and to pass on his tips – if only he could have had Winx in there he would have been the happiest man alive. Shaun’s Mum Sue McManus once won half a million bucks on the big race – so we made sure to get her on with her tips in case we could get in on the money! Except turns out she wasn’t great at narrowing it down to one or two horses…. And a quick cross to Steve Butler who was in Melbourne where it was absolutely pouring down before the meet– we thought the race might not even go ahead! Luckily it did in the end, and Steve stayed relatively dry. Plus – if you’re not into hose racing, there’s trains! We heard stories of runaway vehicles after the train derailment in the Pilbara. But more importantly, we tried to recall train movies. Turns out there’s heaps.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Katie Hill is filling in for Ellie while she’s away this week – and Katie decided to walk to work from West Perth this morning. Suffice to say something murder-y happened, it being 4am and dark. She’s not the only one who thought she was going to die – Louise thought some bikies had it in for her and Jordan had an interesting reaction on a flight. Shaun’s mate got his currency mixed up in the Czech republic and thought the large coins were 10c worth – they were actually worth about $5! Jane got stitched up in Morocco when she accidentally paid $28 for a small bag of spices, and Michelle forked out for a hotel room without really understanding just how much it would cost… And the race that stops the nation is on tomorrow! To preview and offer up tips for the Melbourne Cup were Jason Richardson from Channel Seven and our very own Steve Butler. Both agree to never listen to Shaun.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It finally happened... a popcorn chicken truck rolled and we like to think there was a feast! We wanted to know what you found on the road - Steven found some decor for his new house, and Tanya’s Mum found something pretty tasty! Adam Gilchrist called through to chat about the review of Cricket Australia and this weekend One Day International, he also copped some flak from Nathan about his lack of knowledge of a certain TV show starting with B and ending with ‘uffy The Vampire Slayer’. And when Greg Hire from the Perth Wildcats dropped by to preview this weeks game, he also told us a story about a bloke he saw accidentally hit a child in the head with a broomstick but no one noticed and he totally got away with it! We heard more stories about getting away with it, from never paying for lounge suites to faking school camps.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today’s show started in Brazil, where a guy at bar was playing on his phone and was completely oblivious to a robbery taking place directly in front of him! Bridie called in to tell about the time she went swimming in the pool and had no clue that a not-so-friendly creepy crawly had joined her. Yesterday was Halloween and Nathan had a bit of an experience with some trick-or-treaters. And Shaun’s street went off! Vanessa called through and explained what happened to her decorations, and Jennifer’s son was given an interesting treat.... And fellow Nova employee and now renowned children’s book author Kate Ritchie dropped in to tell us all her her new book, and defend herself from the guys telling her how easy it is to write kids books. Also possibly the only book Nathan has read in its entirety all year...  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It’s super spooky dooky Halloween! And one lady got a really big scare when the creepy fake teeth she used for a costume got completely stuck in her mouth. Other scary costume dramas include a mankini exposure situation, and a cape choking incident. Beware of costumes! Even scarier is Nathan on Breakfast club...luckily this week Marlene/Brian stepped in and the one and only Matt Preston approved! He’s got a new book out with recipes from around the world so he made everyone extremely jealous of his travels and dining. Plus some gossip on George’s very Greek wedding... And perhaps the most terrifying of all...parenthood! Luckily Maggie Dent dropped by to offer some advice on ‘Mothering our Boys’, which coincidentally is the title of her new and final book. So many parenting gems of advice, what a woman!  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Narelda Jacobs dropped by the studio to bask in the glory of ten whole years with her Channel Ten news team! In true Anchorman-style, she reckons she could take on one Perth newsreader in a fight – but would she win? Australia’s not-so-sweet hearts Sara & Hayden won The Block last night, much to many viewer’s disappointment. What wasn’t disappointing was the length of Sara’s answer….the longest answer EVER! We even timed it. You can check out the Nathan, Nat & Shaun Facebook page for confirmation. And last week Leah from Falcon won our Homecoming competition…except she completely forgot about it immediately after. Turns out she has this thing called Global Transient Amnesia. We heard some other stories about unique conditions, including Samantha who suffers from emotional blindness, and Chris who is legit allergic to exercise.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

There was a Royal Faux Par! Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex was photographed with a tag attached to her dress – Nathan reckons it was the price tag so she could return it after she’d worn it. AS IF! Turns out there were plenty of stories about people using something and returning it! The Wildcats went down to the Brisbane Bullets last night so we caught up with our Wildcat Greg Hire to discuss what happened and what they need to do to beat Melbourne United at home plus hang about for Greg’s “dad jokes” at the end… One of Nat’s friends posted on Facebook that she was 3 weeks behind with putting up her Christmas Tree – what tha! Well we found out that she is not the only one, apparently putting up your tree in October is totally normal to some people. The guys think it’s illegal.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

EGG-GATE 2018 will be forever etched into our minds as Shaun couldn’t possibly go on without his breakfast of eggs which he left at home. Lucky for him there was a saviour on the streets of Perth, and this brave woman set out to make things right in the world. Basically, Shaun made someone go get him eggs. Jamie Lee Curtis managed to get the guys of the topic of eggs for a few minutes – the 2nd instalment of Halloween is in cinemas today and she told the guys all about how her life has changed since the first one came out many years ago. And she doesn’t actually watch horror movies at all! And turns out there was some serious meddling going in in the relationship of James Packer and Mariah Carey – one of Packer’s mates was particularly keen to stop the wedding from happening. A few relationship meddlers called through including Nicole who told a work colleague about her wayward partner – and then she proceeded to have a bit of meltdown involving head shaving Britney-style.  See omnystudio.com/l

Today we kicked off with some stories of unfortunate miscalculation, after a jockey got the number of laps wrong in his horse race and finished an entire lap early. David and his Navy mates miscalculated the order for an amount of a certain biscuit....he will likely never eat an Oreo again! Daniel Garb joined us to chat all things A-League including an update on Usain Bolt’s contract with the Mariners.... And in keeping with the sport theme we spoke to the Sheike of Tweak himself, Shane Warne! He’s got a new book out and he certainly didn’t shy away from any questions about his career, his misbehaving and Nathan’s favourite bit - his relationship with Liz Hurley. Only proving he’s even more of a legend than we already thought!  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today the guys wanted to explore the world of UberEats…and turns out some random stuff goes on, including deliveries on subway trains and to the top levels of construction sites! Surely that’s some sort of decent delivery fee…. Chris Hemsworth and a mate picked up a hitchhiker to take to Byron Bay…in a helicopter. The bloke had no clue who he was riding with either! Plenty more hitchhiking stories like Mel who copped a lecture from her driver and Martin who gave a guy a ride…and found out later that said guy was rather murdery. Terrifying. And Shaun produced some top parenting last night when he and Meegan made the kids try some chicken they thought was a bit pongy. Obviously they’re not the only iffy parents around, from testing electric fences to going first down really high snow slopes, loads of people use their kids for stuff. So Shaun felt better.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On Friday night Nathan took Brain & Marlene to Taylor Swift, and Brian proceeded to spend the entire concert with some people who he considered his ‘fans’ - leaving Marlene totally alone watching Swifty! We heard other stories of partner abandonment, including poor Narelle who’s partner abandoned her in their garage and took off – while she was going into labour! Oops. Hans & Courtney from The Block dropped into the studio to chat about last night’s episode, and to tell us what Sara & Hayden are REALLY like….well, as close as they could get without being too mean. Not long till auction time team! And over in the US the lotto has jackpotted to $2.2 billion…but a newsreader over there gives us some statistics that are a bit of a downer.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Nathan’s taking his parents to Taylor Swift tonight – and Brian Morris has told him they need to get there early to make sure the parking situation is all good. His suggestion? 4pm. The concert starts at 7.30. Apparently there are plenty of other over-preparers in Perth, like Kane’s parents who do dummy runs when they have appointments, and Danielle’s brother-in-law who planned their travel itinerary right down to the coffee breaks. Peter Bell is the new Football Manager at Freo and since he’s slotted into the job he’s managed to secure Jesse Hogan & Rory Lobb in exchange for Lachie Neale, amongst other things. He told the guys about loving the late wake-ups now he doesn’t work in radio anymore, and how tense the AFL trade period can be. Also he couldn’t figure out his computer at Freo, he reckons it’s harder than operating a radio desk! And Greg Hire is back in the house after a win against the Illawarra Hawks at home last week. Which means there wasn’t a great deal of chat about basketball, more about A

Craig Lowndes won Bathurst, and he also won the ‘best caravan in the land’ prize as well! Yes, he’s got a caravan and yes, that ties in extremely well with the fact that he’s retiring. Plus the Gold Coast 600 kicks off this week so he gave us the lowdown on that. A girl in China fell into an aquarium when she decided to take a shortcut…that aquarium was full of sharks. She got out of there, but turns out shortcuts aren’t always the best idea. For example, don’t try and take the shortcut up to your unit via jumping the retaining wall above the underground carpark. Ouch. We all know Donald Trump is no gentleman – he didn’t even give his wife an umbrella to keep her out of the rain. Turns out there’s some not-quite-gentlemen in Perth too, like Emily’s husband who took the single business class upgrade on the way to the UK…they were going to her fathers funeral. Yes, they are now divorced.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

You may have heard something about some royals being in the country - and one gorgeous old lady who checked herself out of hospital just to meet Prince Harry again. Bless. Turns out loads of people have checked themselves out of hospital, and for some not-so-ideal reasons, like getting a tattoo and making a footy game. Bad idea, guys. Speaking of footy, the trade period ends today and Fox News’ Julian DeStoop called through to go over what’s likely to happen in the final hours. He also called for a shorter timeframe because this trade period has last FOR EVER. And back to the royals, just in case you were getting antsy. The famous McManus - Rove- got to meet Harry & Meghan yesterday in Sydney! He explained all the protocols, and how he kind of missed his chance to say anything remotely interesting to them.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

There is always that one job at your workplace that no one likes to do, poor apprentice Mitch called through, let’s just say it’s a little stinky on the nose! There is another Royal Baby coming we basically we couldn’t care less BUT our Producers are beside themselves with excitement, to the point they feel like they are part of the Royal Family, the countdown has officially begun! We needed to know if there were more celebrity obsessed and boy oh boy did we find you. Keep an ear out for Cass and what she is prepared to give up! Plus Nathan surprised Nat and Shaun by announcing that a very special TV show is making a comeback … you’ll never guess what it is?!  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Some Perth fisherman thought their boat had been side-swiped by another dinghy. Turns out it was a 5 metre great white shark! We heard from others who didn’t quite realise the danger they were in – including a whale coming for a look at Paul’s little boat, and Aaron unwillingly helping out a murderer. Donna Hay called in to chat about her beautiful new book Modern Baking – and of course things went south when Nathan proclaimed that no man would ever garnish a cake with flowers. We heard from plenty of men with baking and decorating skills to boot. Donna was right! Nathan was wrong. And on Friday, the guys heard from Stu who claimed to be a cat breeder – except they discovered he just kind of a cat owner, because the cats haven’t actually bred yet! We wanted some stories like Stu’s - with added GST…and we got them! Like Jai’s mate, whose wristwatch value increased every time he spoke about it, and Jessica, whose husband reckons a tiny little spider is the size of his head.  See omnystudio.com/listene

We could not believe that someone could or would steal the bronze plaque from the top of the iconic DNA Tower at Kings Park! Who even does that? We wanted to know what random thing have you had stolen? The NBL season kicked off last night and the Wildcats walked away with a win against Adelaide! Greg Hire joined us not to talk about last night’s game but to talk about the team’s experience in America recently, it’s pretty impressive! We love eggs (in particular, poached, if you were wondering) so to celebrate World Egg Day we caught up with egg ambassador Manu Feildel. And keeping in the French theme DJ David Guetta joined us all the way from the motherland (ours, not his) - London!   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A couple got drunk and ended up buying a hotel, so we had a chat about why alcohol and money don’t mix. We heard from Shaan who was hit with a big bill at the end of the night, David who lost 5K and Rueben who met a very expensive friend in France.  Neroli Meadows called us to discuss how bad the Australian Cricket team have been performing. She wasn’t impressed with our effort on her birthday either.  We felt we needed a big Thursday ratings boost so we called the best - Liam Bartlett. He listed his favourite songs and talked us through his process to get a 60 Minutes story going.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Champion Shane Gould is the sole Survivor for 2018! She talked us through the final challenge... and her extremely hands-on reunion with her husband... don’t worry we didn’t go into detail. A Perth policeman copped a samurai sword attack – and was lucky not to lose his arm thanks to a metal screw preventing it slicing through! Yikes. We heard from Alex who’s acrylic nail prevented a finger loss, and Lisa who’s sister was saved by a cabbage patch doll! And the new Bachelorette Ali called in to tell us all about the new season which starts tonight. Our money’s on Charlie.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Yesterday, Norm from The Block told us that he met his partner Jess in the gutter outside a nightclub! We heard more stories about the unglamorous ways people have met their partners – including almost crashing a road train into them. Classy. Hamish Hastie wrote an article for WAToday about his complete disdain for Jacarandas – they’re messy, they attract too many bees, the list goes on. Kim from Mandurah also has disdain for something - fireworks. And Andy Lee has a new book for kids! Seriously, Don’t Open this Book. That the name of it. But don’t open it. A work of literary genius, he wrote it on a domestic flight too...  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.