This week on Bestie Boos, Sam has had a MASSIVE showdown with Fisher & Paykel — and let’s just say it was stressful, but worth it! 👀 We’re also talking about some of the best employee perks in the world, from our own previous wins through to companies that give their staff free beauty products (Sephora!) and heavily discounted travel (Air NZ!), plus some pretty sweet staff discounts. Which companies actually have the BEST perks? We’ve done the digging! In pop culture, we’re chatting Ed Sheeran, Pink, Macklemore and Zach Bryan, plus Taylor Swift’s surprise encore songs. We’re also talking Anne Hathaway, Dakota Johnson and Josh Hartnett in the new Verity movie, the Colleen Hoover effect and whether this latest book-to-film adaptation is going to live up to the hype. It’s also been a HUGE week for true crime, with Lindsay Clancy back in court, Ashley Flynn’s murder, Krista Pike’s botched lethal injection and Gypsy Rose making her way into the group chat. 😳 Plus, we’ve got a random birthday party story and a TikTok rabbit hole about micropayments and paying off debt. 😂 And with the school holidays in full swing, we’re chatting about Warehouse Stationery and The Salvation Army’s Thank a Teacher appeal. Kiwis can create a free personalised card for a teacher who made a difference, and for every card created, Warehouse Stationery will donate $2 — up to $50,000 — to help provide school essentials to tamariki experiencing hardship. ❤️ The campaign runs from 5 October to 1 November. Another week, another very Bestie Boos chat. Welcome to the chaos. 🍋💕 ___________________ About Bestie Boos Podcast Bestie Boos is a New Zealand podcast hosted by best friends Sam Baxter and Sarah Direen. Every week, the girls dive into friendship, motherhood, relationships, careers, pop culture, celebrity news, entertainment, reality TV, music, internet trends, viral moments and the everyday chaos of life. With a Christchurch and Kiwi perspective, Sam and Sarah also share the more personal parts of their own stories. Sam shares her experience of grief after losing her husband to cancer, raising a child as a solo parent and navigating life as a widow and single mum. Sarah is sperm donor conceived and openly shares her experiences around donor conception, identity, family, motherhood and growing up as a donor child. Together, they have honest conversations about widowhood, grief after cancer, loss, single motherhood, solo parenting, donor conception, fertility, family, identity and navigating big life changes — alongside plenty of laughs, pop culture chaos and the everyday stuff of being best friends. If you love podcasts like Shameless, The Girls Bathroom, The Spill, Mamamia Out Loud or Call Her Daddy, you’ll feel right at home with Bestie Boos. Whether you’re here for celebrity drama, pop culture deep dives, true crime, friendship chats, motherhood, relationships, widowhood, grief, cancer and loss, single parenting, donor conception, fertility, family, life in your 30s or just a laugh with your besties — there’s something for you here. Whatever brought you to Bestie Boos, welcome to the group chat. 💕🍋 New episodes are released weekly and are available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and YouTube. 📸 Instagram: @bestieboosshow 🎵 TikTok: @bestieboosshow ▶️ YouTube: Bestie Boos Show 📧 Contact: mailto:bestieboosshow@gmail.com ⭐ If you love Bestie Boos, please follow, rate, review and share the podcast with your besties. It helps more people find us! #BestieBoos #NZPodcast #NewZealandPodcast #ChristchurchPodcast #PopCulture #CelebrityNews #EntertainmentPodcast #TrueCrimePodcast #KiwiPodcast #PodcastBesties
