The Real Pod assembles to dissect the week in reality television and real life, with special thanks to Nando’s.

With Duncan in Thailand, Alex and Jane (and occasionally Tina) shoulder the burden of recapping the past week in reality TV and extremely real news. There’s a bloody big cat on the loose in the South Island, there’s a goat in the supermarket and there’s Mi Goreng in bougie toasties now.

Beyond that, there’s all the thrills and spills of Dancing With the Stars NZ. Randall and his partner did a crazy cartwheel thing, Glen Osbourne made everyone cry, and Carolyn Taylor was gone much too soon. There’s also a tantalising chat about dreams. It’s the Real Pod, and it’s as real as they come.

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