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Blunt, unfiltered takes on everyday life, relationships, and culture from a New Zealand perspective. The Shaboo Show is where real opinions meet real conversations, whether it’s food, modern dating, or the things people think but don’t say out loud.

Nov 2

Her Sister Is Dating Her Ex. And Still Wants To Babysit

Camera Man is on the mic this week and I've got nine sins in the Sin Bin. A woman in New York is sick of mates using her couch as a free hotel. A Real Housewives daughter opened a restaurant with no kids after 5pm. An NBA star said live on TV that nappies aren't his job. A guy got a $200 bonus for a spreadsheet the laid-off guy built. A sister turned up to family dinner with her sister's ex, and still expects to babysit. A boyfriend's secret nickname played out of the best friend's car speakers. A fiancé takes his ex-wife to Fiji every year, same two-bedroom unit. A housewife keeps traffic cones in her car to dodge parking tickets. And a cafe worker eats her boss's pink marshmallows every time he annoys her. Plus: I was a free dairy on Halloween and no kids came, why I'm getting back into sewing, my garden beds, bird bath vs bird feeder, every country's chicken rice soup (and mine), bread and butter pudding from stale bread, the El Nino summer, MobLand, Cornwall Park and two hours a week in nature, fewer goals for next year, the Year of the Fire Goat, why 2000s music hits different, Sana Sana, fetch with Harley, the $5,000 sofa we got for $1,000, and why gratitude has to be specific. SUBMIT YOUR SINS I want your pettiest, your best, your worst. Anything you've done, or watched someone else do. It stays anonymous. → DM me on TikTok or Instagram @shabooshow, or send it at shabooshow.com FOLLOW THE SHOW Website: https://shabooshow.com TikTok: @shabooshow Instagram: @shabooshow Facebook: @shabooshow YouTube: @shabooshow CHAPTERS 00:00 I was a free dairy on Halloween and no kids came (cold open) 00:38 Welcome back, Camera Man is in the studio 01:22 My week: washing in the sun and the herb garden 02:43 Posca, the prebiotic drink from the Reduce to Clear shop 03:38 Lunch: crispy chicken, grilled pineapple and my aioli 05:42 I made a video for Mayceys (a Kiwi lolly brand) 07:21 Halloween: a box of lollies and no trick-or-treaters 07:59 The husky at the park, and missing Harley 09:11 Make something badly: a hobby nobody pays you for 13:22 My garden beds: what I'm planting this summer 17:10 Bird bath vs bird feeder 19:10 Every country has a chicken rice soup (here's mine) 21:53 Bread and butter pudding was invented by poverty 24:50 New Zealand doesn't wake up until summer (El Nino) 27:15 Summer plans: beaches, an ice bath and our backyard park 28:22 MobLand: I'm addicted 30:25 Cornwall Park: two hours a week in nature 33:38 Next year: fewer goals, better goals 35:58 2027 is the Year of the Fire Goat 38:44 Was my Fire Horse year as wild as they say? 41:10 Why 2000s music hits different 44:11 The right song can change your whole day 45:51 Sana Sana: my new favourite band 47:51 Fetch with Harley 48:55 The new sofa: couch or sofa, and the deal we got 50:58 Blessed: gratitude has to be specific 52:37 😈 THE SIN BIN — SINNERS OF THE WEEK 52:48 Case 1: Stop using your friends as a free hotel 54:33 Case 2: The restaurant that bans kids after 5pm 55:52 Case 3: The NBA star who says nappies aren't his job 57:41 Case 4: The Excel wizard using a laid-off guy's spreadsheet 59:14 Case 5: The sister who brought the ex to family dinner 1:01:00 Case 6: The nickname on the car speakers 1:02:36 Case 7: The annual family trip to Fiji 1:04:18 Case 8: The housewife who puts fake roadworks on her car 1:06:09 Case 9: The boss's pink marshmallows 1:07:29 Submit your sins, see you next time #theshabooshow #newzealand #podcast
Nov 1

Her Neighbour Left Her $30,000. The Kids Want It Back

I've got eight sinners in the Sin Bin this week. A dad ordered the free kids' meal for a baby who slept through dinner, then asked for it to go. A brother borrowed £400 "for an emergency" and spent it in Greece. Kelly Clarkson blasted a tiny Brooklyn toy shop to 34 million people over a four-minute visit. A cop ran his brother-in-law's ex through the police computer, then took him for a spin at 146 km/h. A boyfriend of three years keeps introducing his girlfriend as his roommate. A neighbour who turned up every Sunday was left $30,000 in the will, and the kids who visited twice a year want it back. A man got dumped on Saturday morning and had premium Grindr by Saturday night. And a one-night stand that ended with an invoice for the couch. Plus: I kicked a waxing lady in the face, what laser actually costs a year, Eden Noodles can do better, my one-pan lasagne, oyster mushrooms are carnivores, the slug in the cauliflower, a $5,000 couch for $1,000 and why Kmart furniture gives itself away, a no-Christmas Christmas, why everyone is so tired, Mercury never actually goes backwards, I'm an Earth Tiger and Hamish is a Wood Rooster, you are not a new person every seven years, a quantum leap is the smallest jump there is, and the Tesla that does a backflip. SUBMIT YOUR SINS I want your pettiest, your best, your worst. Anything you've done, or watched someone else do. It stays anonymous. → DM me on TikTok or Instagram @shabooshow, or write in at shabooshow.com FOLLOW THE SHOW Website: shabooshow.com TikTok: @shabooshow Instagram: @shabooshow Facebook: @shabooshow YouTube: @shabooshow CHAPTERS 00:00 Cold open: the waxing lady 00:39 Welcome, Hamish is producing 01:16 I got my teeth cleaned 03:04 Laser, wax or epilator? I've tried all three 09:04 Carnes, and Eden Noodles can do better 12:15 My one-pan lasagne 17:55 Oyster mushrooms are carnivores 19:08 The slug in the cauliflower 23:22 A $5,000 couch for $1,000 25:11 Kmart furniture gives itself away 28:27 A no-Christmas Christmas 36:27 Why is everyone so tired? 38:55 Mercury never actually goes backwards 43:44 Earth Tiger, Wood Rooster 47:13 You're not a new person every seven years 49:17 A quantum leap is the smallest jump there is 51:13 New being, new business 53:57 The Tesla that does a backflip 55:22 😈 THE SIN BIN — SINNERS OF THE WEEK 55:22 Case 1: The free kids' meal for the sleeping baby 57:31 Case 2: The £400 emergency that was a trip to Greece 59:49 Case 3: Kelly Clarkson and the $15,000 bird 1:03:16 Case 4: The cop who played detective 1:05:03 Case 5: The boyfriend who calls her his roommate 1:07:29 Case 6: The $30,000 in the neighbour's will 1:09:55 Case 7: Dumped Saturday morning, Grindr Saturday night 1:12:15 Case 8: The one-night-stand invoice 1:14:06 Wrap PHOTO CREDITS Shaboo Times pages: U.S. Air Force (public domain); KylliTI2019, Geoffreyrabbit, Alhill42, RootOfAllLight, Wilderness Vis, Bahnfrend (CC BY-SA 4.0); Bernard Spragg (CC0); Shixart1985 (CC BY 2.0); NASA / Johns Hopkins APL / Carnegie (public domain); OJB Quantum (CC BY 4.0), all via Wikimedia Commons. Cut-ins: epilator photo, Wikimedia Commons (public domain); Project Hail Mary poster, Amazon MGM Studios; Utagawa Kuniyoshi and Itō Jakuchū (public domain); Tesla, "The Ramp | Roadster". Sin Bin: Art of Play CCTV via Pablo Torre Finds Out / Pedestrian; RNZ; Igor Bastidas / The Guardian. #theshabooshow #newzealand #podcast
Oct 11

She Sat All Her Exes At One Table

I've got five confessions in the Sin Bin. A man chased a recycling truck across town because he thought he'd been robbed (he'd binned his own AirTag). A guy kissed his work wife back for two minutes while hiding a girlfriend of two months. Someone got so hammered before a party he missed the F1 and woke up on a soaking couch. A bride sat every one of her exes at the same table, stood them up mid-speech to rank them, and warned the room about one of them. And a man super-glued his broken glasses straight to his own eyelid an hour before a Zoom call. Plus: food reviewers who can't cook (it's giving fraud), the Perth shark attack and what I'd do if I caught one on my pink fishing rod, the hedge trimmer that turned me into a landscaper, charcoal vs gas, bird watching and the Bird of the Year, Martha Stewart's farm, eco pools, off-grid living vs the city, why I spend $100 every time I leave the house, why my party girl days are over, and fake eyelashes: no one cares. SUBMIT YOUR SINS I want your pettiest, your best, your worst. Anything you've done, or watched someone else do. It stays anonymous. → DM me on TikTok or Instagram @shabooshow FOLLOW THE SHOW Website: shabooshow.com TikTok: @shabooshow Instagram: @shabooshow Facebook: @shabooshow YouTube: @shabooshow CHAPTERS 00:00 Food reviewers who can't cook 00:31 Welcome, producer Hamish is in the studio 01:04 My week: the hedge is down, spring cleaning continues 02:48 The Perth shark attack 05:41 What I'd do if I caught a shark 07:48 Food reviewers who can't cook 10:49 Food reviewers need to be verified 14:34 I bought a hedge trimmer and went full landscaper 17:04 Charcoal vs gas barbecue 23:17 Bird watching and Bird of the Year 26:30 Martha Stewart's farm is on my vision board 29:01 I'm over drinking culture 29:41 Eco pools 32:55 Mini farm, off-grid or city life? 35:28 Every time I leave the house I spend $100 36:54 Am I turning into an old lady? 37:39 😈 THE SIN BIN — SINNERS OF THE WEEK 38:32 Case 1: The man who chased a recycling truck 40:29 Case 2: He kissed his work wife while hiding a girlfriend 42:40 Case 3: He drank so much he missed the F1 44:46 Case 4: The bride who seated all her exes together 47:28 Case 5: He super-glued his glasses to his face 50:34 Fake eyelashes: no one cares 52:47 Who was worst, and no wedding for me 54:22 Submit your sins, see you next week #theshabooshow #newzealand #podcast
Oct 3

He Gambled The Wedding Money

Producer Hamish is back on the mic and I've got five confessions in the Sin Bin. A night-shift worker has been helping himself to the smokes and thinks he's finally caught. A dentist makes chatty patients hold their mouth open so he doesn't have to talk to them. A family is stuck next to the loudest motel room in the building. A groom gambled four grand of the wedding money, told his fiancée the bank locked his card, and she apologised to him. And a man found out the day before court that his lawyer isn't actually a lawyer yet. No refunds. Plus: the $100 antique vanity I scored off Marketplace (and why I bless it before it comes in the house), the best butchery I've found in Auckland, whether a pie for breakfast is acceptable, spring veg and my Korean BBQ steak, old cars vs new cars, my guilty pleasure (every Real Housewives franchise), whether this summer is really going to be a scorcher, Megan Thee Stallion, Kim Kardashian and Lewis Hamilton, the Brad Pitt film shot in Queenstown and Milford Sound, the KitchenAid that took 70 years to add a light, Verity and Practical Magic 2. ⭐ SUBMIT YOUR SINS ⭐ I want your pettiest, your best, your worst. Anything you've done, or watched someone else do. It stays anonymous. → DM me on TikTok or Instagram @shabooshow FOLLOW THE SHOW Website: shabooshow.com TikTok: @shabooshow Instagram: @shabooshow Facebook: @shabooshow YouTube: @shabooshow CHAPTERS 00:00 Intro 00:14 Welcome, producer Hamish is in the studio 01:21 The $100 antique vanity off Marketplace 05:34 The best butchery I've found in Auckland 08:04 Is a pie for breakfast acceptable? 13:24 Spring veg and my Korean BBQ steak 16:38 Midnight fries, and why NZ butter wins 20:47 More food content is coming 24:39 I went to a car yard for fun: old cars vs new 32:50 My guilty pleasure: Real Housewives 36:34 When can we actually swim? 40:48 Is this summer going to be a scorcher? 44:21 Megan Thee Stallion and her one rule 46:51 Rating Kim Kardashian and Lewis Hamilton 50:23 Brad Pitt's new film was shot in Queenstown 52:54 KitchenAid took 70 years to add a light 55:36 Verity hits the cinemas 57:00 Practical Magic 2 58:36 ⭐ THE SIN BIN — SINNERS OF THE WEEK 58:55 Case 1: The night-shift worker who thinks he's caught 1:00:43 Case 2: The dentist who can't stand small talk 1:02:16 Case 3: The motel neighbours 1:04:49 Case 4: The groom who gambled the wedding money 1:06:30 Case 5: The lawyer who isn't a lawyer yet 1:08:40 Wrap #theshabooshow #newzealand #podcast
Sep 23

He Binned His Mate's Lucky Jacket The Night Before His Interview

Producer Hamish is back on the mic and the Sin Bin has three confessions in it. A man's whole apartment building thinks he's a bird expert. He's been using a phone app for two years. A flatmate waited till his mate was asleep, then binned the "lucky" interview jacket he'd bombed eight interviews in. His mate got the job. And a guy stole one edge piece from his flatmate's 2,000-piece puzzle nine years ago. The flatmate framed it with the hole in it. He still has the piece. Plus: the UN says killer robots are close, The Sopranos is getting a 4K box set, Timberlands are back, Jay-Z is touring solo for the first time in nine years, Shaboo's BBQ fried chicken hack that took three days, Macklemore got dropped from Ed Sheeran's tour and every other opener quit, Dolly Parton, Millie Bobby Brown's second baby, cockroach milk won an Ig Nobel, a ram called Rambo got stuck in a pipe, LED face masks from L'Oréal and Shark, an AI device that prints makeup onto your face, someone paid US$600,000 for 20kg of coffee, and a Christchurch café is selling a $100 cup. Shaboo's verdicts on all of it. SUBMIT YOUR SINSWe want your pettiest, your best, your worst. Anything you've done, or watched someone else do. It stays anonymous.→ DM us on TikTok or Instagram @shabooshow FOLLOW THE SHOWWebsite: shabooshow.comTikTok: @shabooshowInstagram: @shabooshowFacebook: @shabooshowYouTube: @shabooshow CHAPTERS00:00 Intro00:14 Welcome, producer Hamish is in the studio00:51 Whangārei, the dog, and the spring clean that won't end04:47 Today's agenda04:52 Robots are getting ready for war08:40 The Sopranos, 19 years on12:11 Timberlands are back. Or did they ever leave?15:08 Jay-Z's first solo tour in nine years16:47 The best concert you've ever been to19:33 The A$AP Mob after-party, and almost meeting 50 Cent22:45 The BBQ fried chicken hack that took three days24:33 Macklemore, Ed Sheeran, and the openers who quit27:59 Dolly Parton31:22 Millie Bobby Brown is a mum again34:29 Would you drink cockroach milk?37:35 Rambo the ram40:42 The L'Oréal LED mask you can wear on the couch43:58 The AI device that prints makeup onto your face46:55 Shark's LED mask, and Shark vs Dyson50:20 Someone paid $600,000 for coffee52:14 A Christchurch café is selling a $100 coffee55:19 THE SIN BIN — SINNERS OF THE WEEK55:53 Case 1: The bird guy57:45 Case 2: The lucky interview jacket1:00:44 Case 3: The puzzle piece he took nine years ago1:03:47 Wrap #theshabooshow #newzealand #podcast
Sep 14

He Got ChatGPT To Write His Wedding Vows

Producer Hamish is on the mic and the Sin Bin has two lustful tarts in it. A groom let ChatGPT write his wedding vows, then told everyone at dinner. A girlfriend of ten years called the activity host "gorgeous, tall, muscular, tanned" with her boyfriend in the back seat. A married mum has been having secret coffees with an old school friend while her husband works away. A man in China bought 50 insurance policies from the same agent and admitted to 180 hotel nights with her. And a Perth woman told a Bali waitress to keep the change. It was a $7,000 tip. Plus: Auckland's $5.5 billion rail link caught fire on day one, an Aussie food writer says our pies are too good for them, butter was $1.88 in 1991 and it's $9.70 now, KiwiSaver providers took $978 million in fees, and every cop's phone could soon scan your plate. Shaboo's verdicts on all of it. ⭐ SUBMIT YOUR SINS ⭐We want your pettiest, your best, your worst. Anything you've done, or watched someone else do. It stays anonymous.→ DM us on TikTok or Instagram @shabooshow FOLLOW THE SHOWWebsite: shabooshow.comTikTok: @shabooshowInstagram: @shabooshowFacebook: @shabooshowYouTube: @shabooshow CHAPTERS00:00 Intro00:13 Producer Hamish is in the studio01:26 Cleaning, cleaning and more cleaning02:06 Three bottles of champagne and the Saturday scaries03:50 Kill Tony and the robot-vacuum poo sensor06:46 Leave your hate comments, it feeds the algorithm08:05 Foreign drivers should sit a Kiwi test09:50 Why electric cars are so quick11:19 The folding iPhone11:58 Side hustle no. 43: hand modelling12:19 🗞️ THE SHABOO TIMES — Hot Topics of the Week12:40 $5.5 billion, and it caught fire on day one15:24 An Aussie says our pies are too good for them16:10 Australian pies taste like cat food20:53 Butter was $1.88 in 1991. Now it's $9.70.22:25 Baking is a bourgeois activity now23:28 $2,000 in school fees that were optional24:41 School uniforms are daylight robbery28:42 KiwiSaver hits $40k. Fees take $978 million.31:15 Kids on footpaths, scooters in bike lanes32:46 I can't ride a bike or swim34:12 Every cop's phone could scan your plate37:16 Your hairdresser could pour you a wine39:58 $17,000 a month to eat Snoop Dogg's ice cream42:19 Tip Top has gone downhill44:18 Aussies would outlast us at the apocalypse45:40 The end-of-world ciggy46:44 🙉 THE SIN BIN — SINNERS OF THE WEEK46:58 He got ChatGPT to write his wedding vows48:42 His girlfriend called the host gorgeous, boyfriend in the back seat50:04 Verdict: lustful little tart52:18 The in-laws with millions who want Christmas at yours54:56 His birthday dinner was his own leftovers, microwaved58:38 Married six years, secret coffees with an old school friend59:26 Emotional cheating is still cheating60:25 The maid of honour who booked her own makeup artist63:28 50 insurance policies and 180 hotel nights66:31 She tipped a Bali waitress $7,000 by accident68:09 The boys who quit showering on purpose70:52 Get yourself some Protex74:45 Wrap #theshabooshow #newzealand #podcast
Sep 9

She Faked Her Whole Wedding For The Gifts

Hamish is back in the studio and the Sin Bin is full. A bride planned a whole wedding, charged her bridesmaids $750 each, took the gifts, and was never getting married. A husband bought his wife the one flower she'd spent seven years telling him she hated, and she filed for divorce that night. A woman knitted her brother's girlfriend a merino blanket and found it in a charity shop weeks later. A couple flew their guests to Italy for the wedding, then made them cook dinner for fifty. And a man sent a $40 payment request, via LinkedIn, for a single drink. Plus: the living wage is now $29.90 an hour, a politician on his way out the door wants us working till 68, interest rates went up again, and 10,000 public servants walked off the job. Shaboo's verdicts on all of it. ⭐ SUBMIT YOUR SINS ⭐ We want your pettiest, your best, your worst. Anything you've done, or watched someone else do. It stays anonymous. → DM us on TikTok or Instagram @shabooshow FOLLOW THE SHOW Website: shabooshow.com TikTok: @shabooshow Instagram: @shabooshow Facebook: @shabooshow YouTube: @shabooshow CHAPTERS 00:00 Intro 00:14 Hamish is back in the studio 00:43 Staying in my cocoon till summer 01:08 Harley the husky comes to stay 01:55 Walks on the North Shore 03:00 Kids on dirt bikes, a McLaren out front 03:58 Shout-out to Portofino 04:51 I baked the banana bread and got none of it 05:38 A migraine, a car accident and acupuncture 07:14 Summer's coming and so is the boat 07:50 🗞️ THE SHABOO TIMES — The living wage is now $29.90 10:40 Why is our own meat and dairy so expensive? 12:10 Earn $300k a year and you still need help to buy 16:18 Interest rates went up again 18:51 They want the pension age at 68 20:54 I will not be working till 68 21:29 10,000 public servants walk off at 1pm 23:50 The DIY country that ignores the rules 26:00 Go and be a tradie 27:12 Kiwis never text back 29:03 🙉 THE SIN BIN — SINNERS OF THE WEEK 30:04 He sent a $40 payment request for one drink 30:54 If he doesn't pay on the first date, run 32:41 The maid of honour who hates the groom 34:11 She faked her whole wedding for the gifts 36:48 She found the blanket she knitted in a charity shop 38:42 Twins, one cake, one name 41:01 The boyfriend who eats her meal 42:18 His mum killed the proposal 44:15 He bought her the flowers she hates. She filed that night. 47:22 Fly to Italy for the wedding, then cook for 50 51:10 Twenty years, one tree, and a saw 53:23 Wrap — Submit Your Sins #theshabooshow #newzealand #podcast
Aug 30

He Sued His Ex For The $45,000 Ring And He's Not The Worst One

Shaboo's got a rap sheet this week, and nearly everyone on it already lost in court. A tenant asked AI how much she was owed, filed 316 pages of robot homework, and the tribunal gave her $80 for a dryer. A jeweller argued, in an actual hearing, that Kiwi marriages only last about 12 years, so the ring had done its time. A company boss proposed with a $45,000 diamond and then took his ex to court to get it back. And one landlady's mother let herself in one time too many. Plus: the Boks got us back in Cape Town, New Zealand's greatest sport mullets ranked, Powerball quietly made it harder to win and called it good news, Winston wants your backyard fireworks gone, and thousands of seagulls have moved into a Christchurch Pak'nSave. We also say goodbye to Dolly Parton. ⭐ SUBMIT YOUR SINS ⭐We want your pettiest, your best, your worst. Anything you've done - or watched someone else do. It stays anonymous.→ DM us on TikTok or Instagram @shabooshow FOLLOW THE SHOWWebsite: https://shabooshow.comTikTok: https://tiktok.com/@shabooshowInstagram: https://instagram.com/shabooshowFacebook: https://facebook.com/shabooshowYouTube: https://youtube.com/@shabooshow CHAPTERS00:00 Intro00:14 Welcome back - spring has sprung02:35 I stepped on a toad in Brisbane03:18 Breakdancing is back05:58 A new segment idea - send us the price gougers06:54 Do you plan your whole life around dinner?07:17 A whole sea perch on the barbecue09:32 Tonight it's katsu fried chicken10:19 The creamy potato bake hack12:31 The banana bread that tasted like mochi13:05 Trying to spend less time on my phone14:00 We watched The Counselor16:16 Cooking videos are coming17:49 ⭐ HOT TOPICS OF THE WEEK - THE SHABOO TIMES18:35 The Boks got us back: 33–26 in Cape Town20:34 New Zealand's greatest sport mullets, ranked23:37 Trapped between two landslides? Time for Lord of the Rings25:20 Is summer moving? The seasons aren't where we left them26:55 The eight hours of sleep rule was never real28:37 Powerball adds four more balls - your odds just got worse30:23 Winston wants your backyard fireworks gone32:17 Dolly Parton, 1946–202634:05 Come for the cheap groceries, stay for the seagull show35:36 ⭐ THE SIN BIN - SINNERS OF THE WEEK36:10 She asked the robot what she was owed. It said $40,000.37:59 The ring built to outlast your marriage - statistically41:08 He proposed with $45,000. Then he wanted it back.43:01 The bailiffs kept coming - and they weren't after the tenants44:56 The juice boss who answers to a higher manager47:02 The form that forgot Australia49:01 The landlady's mum who kept letting herself in50:49 Wrap - Submit Your Sins

Blunt, unfiltered takes on everyday life, relationships, and culture from a New Zealand perspective. The Shaboo Show is where real opinions meet real conversations, whether it’s food, modern dating, or the things people think but don’t say out loud.

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