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ProblemzProblems with Soundtracks and Rules LawyersGuest Tom Clarke and the problems team try to solve issues with new relationships, old relationships, group dynamics and Warhammer. As usual, through the power of improv, the team solve nothing. But they do discover the true meaning of life: Knowing what season to dress in.If you have a problem and want us to somewhat help - fire through a voice message via any of our social channels: https://linktr.ee/problemz.podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2026-02-1751 minProblemzProblems with Top Sheets & Water BillsThis week on Problemz, the gang is joined by comedian, actor and all-round legend Kura Forrester (Taskmaster NZ, Brunch, Golden Boy) while Bailey is off galivanting overseas.We tackle some truly unresolvable issues, including:- Whether a relationship can survive when one person insists on using a top sheet and the other absolutely refuses- How to deal with a astronomical water bill. As always, the problems are real, the advice is questionable, and the solutions may create more problems than they solve.If you have a...
2026-02-1049 minProblemzProblems with Bathroom Cats & Step MothersThis week on Problemz, Catherine is joined by a very special guest: comedian, improviser, actor, writer, clown, and all-round icon Kara Forrester.Kara arrives with a problem of her own: she’s 25 weeks pregnant, it’s summer, and she is running hotter than the Titanic’s furnace room. Together, the girls unpack the perils of pregnancy overheating, emotional combustion, and the urgent search for an iceberg-shaped fridge.Plus: a listener writes in with a truly baffling issue - why does their cat insist on dragging them into the bathroom every time it wants attent...
2026-02-0341 minProblemzProblems with Caps & BridesmaidsThis week on Problemz, special guest problem solver Chris Parker joins the gang once again, as a simple problem about saying no while sick quickly derails into food poisoning, hat anxiety, and absolute alpha-energy chaos. We debate whether wearing a cap makes you look like a child, descend into a deeply cursed hat shop, and attempt to solve how to unfriend someone who randomly made you a bridesmaid after 12 years — naturally ending in a wedding, a betrayal, and extremely dangerous cosmetic surgery. No solutions, plenty of nonsense.If you have a problem and want us to somewhat he...
2026-01-2737 minProblemzProblems with Wrong Names & BarkThis week on Problemz, the hotline goes fully off the rails as we’re joined by very special guest Chris Parker — improviser, comedian, content creator, Speedo evangelist, and outspoken critic of teenagers who “run the pools”.Together, the gang attempts to solve:• What to do when a coworker has called you the wrong name for THREE AND A HALF YEARS (accident? power move? alpha dog behaviour?)• And a domestic dispute spiralling out of control as one husband becomes dangerously obsessed with buying bark - cubic metres of it - in the name of garden ma...
2026-01-2047 minProblemzProblems with Cults & Blu-RaysHappy New Year, Prob-Goblins!We’re kicking off the year with resolutions, reflections, and absolutely no self-control.This week on Problemz, the gang tackles:• A very awkward run-in with a mysterious, nameless church (is it a cult? is it just meetings? will we be sacrificed at McDonald’s?)• Whether you should apologise for asking too many questions about someone’s secretive belief system• And a heated domestic dispute over Blu-ray ownership, shelf space, plastic waste, and the noble quest to own 2,000 physical movies before the streamers collapseAlo...
2026-01-1338 minProblemzProblems with Vans and FlirtingThis week on Problemz, we accidentally abandon the concept of solving problems entirely and instead invent a shared cinematic universe of superpowers, flirt syndrome, laser tag betrayal, and extremely expensive van repairs.We attempt to answer important questions like: Is it okay to be a flirt and at what cost? And can you still have a fun roadtrip if you're also required to courier medical waste?Expect airbending nihilism, ice powers in cafés, chaotic mechanics, improvised medical procedures, suspicious brothers, laser tag alliances that collapse instantly, and a band conductor who's had e...
2026-01-0644 minProblemzProblems with I Love You’s & EdgelordsThis week on Problemz we play a very dangerous game with the words “I love you” and absolutely no safety net.We attempt to solve what to do when you say “I love you” to literally everyone, but you’re suddenly in a brand new relationship. And what to buy a 16-year-old edgelord cousin for Secret Santa without making Christmas a true crime documentary.Expect awkward cafés, emotional birthday cards, chairlift confessions, long-distance “relationships”, cancelled Christmas vibes, and a family that has officially outlawed the word love.If you have a problem...
2025-12-3037 minProblemzProblems with Secret Santa & T2 LanesHey Prob-Goblins!It’s a very special Christmas episode of Problemz Podcast - the fully improvised comedy podcast where four friends attempt to solve your problems through the magic of improv.This week we take on: dogs buying Christmas gifts; adult-babies; romance in a bubble tea shop; and a British wizard story that is not at all inspired by Harry Potter.Submit your problems, grab your milk and cookies, and join the absolute nonsense.If you have a problem and want us to somewhat help - fire through a vo...
2025-12-2346 minProblemzProblems with Mice & FulfilmentThis may be our last evening record, due to tangents and somewhat aggressive improv. Never the less the quad try and help troubleshoot a mice disposal issue and whether or not you should choose your dreams.Characters such as, Batman, Stuart Little and a family of cows, come to life through the art of improv, in the aid of finding the answers you people require.If you have a problem and want us to somewhat help - fire through a voice message via any of our social channels: https://linktr.ee/problemz.podcast
2025-12-1644 minProblemzProblems with Spiders & Extra boyfriendsOur first evening record got so crazy! This episode the gang face their first insect themed problem AND the case of the double secret boyfriend.The possible solves? How about a silacous Spider-man, a self-checkout, a strictly ballroom DVD and medieval duel perhaps?If you have a problem and want us to somewhat help - fire through a voice message via any of our social channels: https://linktr.ee/problemz.podcastIf you have a problem and want us to somewhat help - fire through a voice message via any of...
2025-12-0949 minProblemzProblems with Siri & Sick KidsThey are the four best friends that ever were! And they are here to solve all your problemz through the form of IMPROVISATION! In this ep, the team give advice on rawdogging life, putting your phone on silent, and being the weakest link in your a cappella group.If you have a problem and want us to somewhat help - fire through a voice message via any of our social channels: https://linktr.ee/problemz.podcastIf you have a problem and want us to somewhat help - fire through a...
2025-12-0241 minProblemzProblems with Revolutions & CutleryThe team gather on another sunny sunday morning! This time they tackle set menus, flatmates, and single dads. If you have a problem and want us to somewhat help - fire through a voice message via any of our social channels: https://linktr.ee/problemz.podcastIf you have a problem and want us to somewhat help - fire through a voice message via any of our social channels: https://linktr.ee/problemz.podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2025-11-2540 minProblemzProblems with Nordic BirthdaysOn this 'mini ep' the improv quad take on the case of the "Oversees Birthday". They visit a Swedish, possibly Norwegian Air BnB. How to deal with a long distance break up whilst on the tube and tackle what it truly means to be popular.If you have a problem and want us to somewhat help - fire through a voice message via any of our social channels: https://linktr.ee/problemz.podcastIf you have a problem and want us to somewhat help - fire through a voice message via any of our...
2025-11-1824 minProblemzProblems with Kiwifruit and Itchy sheetsThe gang truly spends too much time talking about morning routines and breakfast habits. Then they follow it up by helping YOU with your problems around kiwi fruit and pillowcase repairs! We bounce around from a busy crosswalk, a dragon's journey through adolescence, the etiquette of buying new bedsheets and how to deal with social anxiety! If you have a problem and want us to somewhat help - fire through a voice message via any of our social channels: https://linktr.ee/problemz.podcastIf you have a problem and want us t...
2025-11-1151 minProblemzProblems with Curses & KettlesIn the second episode of Problemz, Bryn, Bailey, Vinny and Cathy explore some solutions to two very creepy problems: Curses, and breaking and entering. We flit from The Court Theatre to Catan, and meet Lisa Chapel, the Hoyts Children, Shepherds, and Dracula. If you have a problem and want us to somewhat help - fire through a voice message via any of our social channels: https://linktr.ee/problemz.podcastIf you have a problem and want us to somewhat help - fire through a voice message via any of our social ch...
2025-11-0430 minProblemzProblems with Lube & HonestyThe hotline is now open! In this inaugural episode of Problemz, the team tackles two very real dilemmas: what to do when you’re allergic to strawberry lube, and how to give honest feedback on your friends’ creative work without destroying the friendship. We take you on a trip to Chemist Warehouse (not a plug but could be?), Allergics Anonymous in Wellington, and also throw in some Orcs to see if that helps solve anything. If you have a problem and want us to somewhat help - fire through a voice message via any of...
2025-10-2848 minProblemzWe've got ProblemzGot a problem? Brynley Stent, Bailey Poching, Catherine Yates, and Vincent Andrew-Scammell are here to kind of solve it, through pure, unhinged improv chaos.First episode is out on Wednesday October the 29th!If you have a problem and want us to somewhat help - fire through a voice message via any of our social channels: https://linktr.ee/problemz.podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2025-10-2700 min
Culture 101Bailey Poching: Here are the Māori comedians - but where are you looking for them?In an article on Stuff in 2019, comedian Guy Williams posed the question, “Where are all the Māori comedians?” Williams noted that, despite our main comedy award being named after Billy T James, he could only name a handful of Māori funnymen and women working at the time.
Now in 2024, comedian and actor Bailey Poching is responding. In a piece for Vice titled 'Here Are All The Māori Comedians' Poching says the question isn’t and has never been about where the Māori comedians are, but rather: where are you looking for them?
2024-05-1217 min
Every Effin' Restaurant on Dominion RoadEFRODR-Ep 4-1982 Xinjiang Rice Noodle- Bailey Poching/TerryBailey Poching (and a troll I think?) join me to talk tripe.
2022-10-3121 min
Scoop McDoolie - The PodcastChapter 10: “The Weight of Blood is 1.0565 Grams Per Cubic Centimetre"Scoop comes face-to-face with Mack the Knife, his past and maybe even his future...
Written by - Isaac Fisher
Starring - Isaac Fisher, Naala Vanslembrouck, Dan Henderson, Alexis Kirke, Alex Machlouzarides-Shalit, Alex Hasioszyn, Arthur Carabédian, Bailey Poching and Robert Cann
Produced by - Naala Vanslembrouck
Edited by - Isaac Fisher
Original Idea by - Isaac Fisher and Naala Vanslembrouck
"That's Not Funny, Isaac" Consultant - Naala Vanslembrouck
2020-06-2706 minScoop McDoolie - The PodcastChapter 6: "The Scene of the Crime is Where the Murder Happened"Scoop finally visits Canyon Creek...but navigating a crime scene isn't as easy as he thought.
Written by - Isaac Fisher and Naala Vanslembrouck
Starring - Isaac Fisher and Bailey Poching
Produced by - Naala Vanslembrouck
Edited by - Isaac Fisher
Original Idea by - Isaac Fisher and Naala Vanslembrouck
Intimacy Coordinator - Naala Vanslembrouck
2020-05-3003 min