The Real Pod: In which Trev is the icing on the cake

The Real Pod assembles to dissect the week in reality television and real life, with special thanks to Nando’s. Spend your relaxing Boxing Day unboxing the Great Kiwi Bake Off finale with us. It was a Christmas-themed episode stacked with surprises, meringues and exploding tarts. But of course, most important of all is the fact that … Read more

The Real Pod: Colin Mathura-Jeffree tells us the story of the decade

The Real Pod assembles to dissect the week in reality television and real life, with special thanks to Nando’s. Sometimes you are just doing a podcast as usual and then Colin Mathura-Jeffree gives you a call and throws your world off its axis. In a very special edition of Colin’s Cranny: Live, the man himself gives … Read more

The Real Pod: In which the bread is dead and the top sheets divide us

The Real Pod assembles to dissect the week in reality television and real life, with special thanks to Nando’s. Are top sheets good or bad? Who is leaving giant dog poo piles everywhere? And why did Max Key delete his last Instagram post? Our investigative journalism continues as we try and get to the bottom of … Read more

The Real Pod: Terrifying cakes and the worst episode of NZNTM yet

The Real Pod assembles to dissect the week in reality television and real life, with special thanks to Nando’s. We’re still buzzing after the rip-roaring success of the Corny Christmas party this week and we won’t even let a rogue earwig in the studio dampen our spirits. There’s a lot of exciting Real News including the … Read more

The Real Pod: Fantastico food and big media moves

The Real Pod assembles to dissect the week in reality television and real life, with special thanks to Nando’s. We’re back and we’re tired and we’re sorry. There’s too much real news to keep up with, what with all the big media announcements, MAFSNZ break-ups and the return of New Zealand’s greatest comedy show. Plus, Jane … Read more

10 incredible things about the first episode of New Zealand’s Next Top Model

To celebrate 10 years since the start of New Zealand’s Next Top Model, our reality TV podcast The Real Pod is going to recap it week by week. Here are 10 of the most incredible revelations from the very first episode.  1) Colin Mathura-Jeffree was an emo kid This was the moment we met New … Read more

The Real Pod SPECIAL: Colin Mathura-Jeffree’s Christmas Cranny

The Real Pod assembles to dissect the week in New Zealand pop culture and real life, with special thanks to Nando’s. Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night, for The Real Pod has stumbled upon a Christmas miracle: a full-length podcast with the King of the Cranny himself, Colin Mathura-Jeffree. Joining Jane, Duncan … Read more

Is the Bachelor NZ falling victim to our reality TV’s second season syndrome?

The first season of The Bachelor NZ was arguably the greatest of any localised reality import. Unfortunately the second is thus far a disaster. Duncan Greive asks if we have any right to expect otherwise. A long time ago, before HD and broadband and snackable content, there was a little sitcom that went by the … Read more