Best Bits of The Kitchen: Recent Episodes
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Our first ever Christmas Day show didn't quite make it to air this week, so we're sharing it here. Join Adam, Matt, Macka and Jake for some of our favourite bits of 2020, plus a Christmas-themed edition of What What In The Shop!
During the show we invented a game where we each found an item from a Swedish furniture retailer and had to guess what the product is by name alone. The results may surprise you!
Jake attempts to share a story about a penguin at Perth Zoo but things derail pretty quickly
A German parliament has this week passed a law that will require dog owners to walk their pets twice a day
A college student in the United States has been betrayed midway through her exam... by her lunch
Last week, Adam wondered whether hairdressers issued handover notes when taking over a practice. This week, he found out for himself.
Jake has found two stories from the week involving food world records being broken, and he thinks we needs to get onboard the bandwagon
While stuck in lockdown in Melbourne, Jake has found himself shopping online and thinks he has a great candidate for a show mascot
It's become apparent just how long Jake's hair is getting, so Adam finally asks the question: why grow it out? His answer may surprise you!
A few weeks back our (former?) intern Ben took to the airwaves on his new show, Ben and Drew, and declared war on us. Last week you helped us humiliate him, so we dragged him into the studio for some cross-show war correspondence.
Ben and Drew have declared war on our show, and our pigeon-hole, so Adam, Macka and Jake hatched a plan-and you helped us pull it off!
Our warm-up act Ben and Drew have essentially declared war on our show, and they've defaced a sacred site in the process.
Adam shares a tale from Germany, where a man has accidentally put a deposit on quite a few more things than he was intending
On this week's show, Adam and Macka were reminiscing about their interview with Dave Gleeson from The Screaming Jets and The Angels, so we dived into the archives to bring you their chat - in full - from 2013.
Something slide-shaped has opened near Adam's house, but it seems locals have already run into some trouble
Macka shares a tale from Canada where thieves have broken into a house to steal something... delicious
Jake hasn't had a haircut in more than a year, so naturally we have to find out just how long his hair is. There's just one problem... he doesn't have a ruler.
A New Zealand business has fallen into receivership, but Adam thinks it could be a worthy investment. Do not take financial advice from Adam.
We had some issues bringing you the show today, so here's a podcast exclusive bit! Matt wanted to talk about Taylor Swift, but the segment turns into an arms race over a domain name between Adam and Intern Ben...
Something has been sucking Uranus' atmosphere out into space. Stop laughing, this is serious!
Adam has a story from Germany about a sewage plant that plays Mozart, and the break goes downhill almost immediately.
In the US, the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum has given their security chief a surprising new job, and Adam is impressed
How many hackers could a hacking group hack if a hacking group could hack hackers? Ben shares a tale of a piece of hacking software... that was itself a trojan
Perth's skating kids, a true unstoppable force, have met an immovable object - Steve from Ellenbrook. Macka and Ben discuss the ultimate DIY hack to keep counter culture at bay
The Only Way Is Essex star Gemma Collins has admitted to believing lizard people live among us, but The Kitchen's resident conspiracy theory expert Dani is not having it
14 kilometres is all that separates Adam from hitting 100,000km on the odometer of his beloved V8. With Dani by his side, can he hit the milestone before the end of the show?
Imagine this: you've gotten yourself two tickets to fly around the moon, and you're taking your better half with you. But then disaster strikes - you break up! One Japanese billionaire is taking his predicament to the internet...
Matt found a sneaky way to enjoy the sounds of Falls Festival's Fremantle leg without paying for entry, but it turns out he's not the only one on the team cheaping out!
With the whole team on deck, it would be wrong not to bring back an old institution of The Kitchen: Go Fish! Spoiler alert, but it's hardly the longest game we've ever played...
It wouldn't be a pool party without any party games! Ben has a black belt in karate, so it's only fair we got him to demonstrate his skills live on the helipad
We're bringing back everyone's allegedly favourite game show Next Line, but this time we're live from Adam's parents' backyard! We've blown the budget for this one, so who will take home the coveted iTunes giftcard?
Well there's a big, big sound from the southwest of the town; it's the sound of radio's newest game show, Next Line! This week, Matt and Dani go back to the 1980's, with tracks from Eurythmics, Queen, A-ha and more!
A new week, a new name and a new theme! How well do Dani and Matt - two adults - know their Wiggles?
We've clarified the rules and tidied up the buzzers, but Matt still thinks our audio grabs sound like old cassettes. Who will be victorious this week?
There's controversy this week as Adam changes the rules, Dani feels the wrath of Intern Ben's judicial powers, and Matt manages to be more embarrassed by his now less inappropriate buzzer.
Intern Ben's rocking a power stance, Adam's got some buzzers and Matt's not paying attention, which means it's time for the newest radio game show: Back To The Start! It's Matt versus Dani; who knows their music the most?
News from Canada: a trout fishing competition will return after a three year hiatus following a squabble over salmon. Also, the town has a funny name.
Sometimes our segments don't go to plan. Occasionally, that's exactly the reason why it's made it into our best bits. This one features a bad-behaving basketballer and some biological confusion
The Dockers are set to play one more game in the classic anchor jersey in their Round 22 clash against Essendon, which has the boys wondering: are bad memories better tinged in green, red, purple and white?
Move over Ellie Goulding and Stacey, because Adam has a new love in his life, and he's even taken some intimate photos with them.
Once again, we deal with one of our specialty topics - dumb crime stories. Two people from the Scottish town of Perth tried to smuggle drugs into a prison disguised inside kids chocolate, via drone. Of course, we get distracted by chocolate and start reminiscing...
Adam's fiancé Stacey has been reluctant to go on the radio throughout the shows history, but she makes her debut to spread the word about her upcoming 50km walk to raise money for Canteen! For more information on how you can donate, check out our Facebook page.
The whole show, Adam has been teasing Matt about his new greatest idea, an idea for the show that's probably going to cause Matt some pain.
That was a stitch up because it was a disguise as Adam and his Fiancée Stacey have some big news for Matt... They're expecting something...
It came close to not returning, but Matt has managed to wrangle his Valentine's Day Readings into the program once again. Witness some of the more creepier messages to make it into the paper on Valentine's Day in 2018.
We use the term sports loosely, but Adam and Matt talked about dumb "sporting" injuries.
Nothing will stop this guy delivering pizza. But pizza would stop Adam and Matt delivering Pizza.
After hearing that someone chose a very upbeat dance classic for their funeral song, the boys got talking about what they'd pick for theirs.
Adam got a new laptop in Janurary this year and there's a little feature he wasn't aware of until now.
Just because you're a politician on a tour doesn't mean you get to break the "do not touch" rule of fancy space equipment, just like mum said, "Look with your eyes, not with your hands".
Bernard Tomic has claimed that he's a bit bored with playing Tennis, so Matt did the research and has found some jobs he might be interested in.
A gent in Mexico has come up with an ironically simple method to explain to his wife that he was going to go to the football - He just didn't.
Oh, and the game wasn't even in his home country, nor continent...
Adam sent artificial sunflowers to his girlfriend while she was away in Europe and now that she's back, he's got an update on what she thought...
Matt once again gets on his little soap box and complains about what people are posting on Instagram...
In the continuation of the ongoing series: "Adam & Matt's War on the English Language"...
This time, Adam discusses the complexities and headaches that silent letters pose for us. Why do they exist? What can we do about it? None of those questions are answered, though Adam does rant a bit.
It's the latest food craze: Food where its core elements are given to you as is, and you have to create the food or drink yourself. Its peak hipster - and Adam is not pleased about it.
These are the occasions where you have an awesome idea that you have planned for ages, and everything is going right, until it doesn't. Matt explains a recent backfired plan of his, and Adam tells us the story of one man very desperate to escape his wife for a bit.
Gene Simmons this week joins the long list of people trying to trademark common sayings and/or hand gestures - this time trying to trademark the hand gesture for love. We can only imagine that is going to create some headaches for some!
You may recall that for a long time, Adam was very hesitant of dogs, to the point where he would go off at Matt for posting too many dog pictures on Snapchat. How have the tables turned now...
When you've got a bro, you keep them posted on the important and exciting things happening in your life. Well, Matt thought this wasn't the case and didn't let Adam know something monumental was happening...
We get to see some pretty weird stories, but it was stories of homework help and car thefts that caught our attention this week!
We know public transport is all the rage to save traffic and the efforts of having to drive, but it's expensive. So when your bus explodes into a ball of flame, there's one thing you probably shouldn't do...
Switzerland have recently passed a new law where a guinea pig owner must have at least two of them to prevent one pet being lonely. Turns out that rule doesn't just apply to guinea pigs over there...
Matt was in Leederville checking out the place and about to have lunch when he was approached by a film crew to partake in a 'social experiment'. Because lunch was more important to Matt, he declined. That experience prompted Adam to recall a moment when he could''ve been on TV in front of a lot of people...
This week, The Kitchen won its first ever award, the SYN Award for 'Best Comedy Segment/Feature' in Melbourne! It's the biggest compliment that the show has ever received, though the more pressing topic seems to be why Matt's name got left out of the award. Cue conspiracy theories...
The world is a far different place from when Adam and Matt went to school, with new products invented since then that could've made their lives so much better. They discuss the one thing that would've made schooler so much more cooler for them.
This week, a British professor said that eating food off the floor within five seconds is okay, so long as 'it's not obviously (visually) contaminated'. It's the sort of thing that scientists dream of discovering when they're at university (or science school as Matt calls it), so the team discuss if they eat food they just dropped off the floor.
By now you have surely seen the video of a Korea expert's interview with BBC World News being interrupted by his kids. Such interruptions occasionally happen here on the show, and Adam's ringtone is not what you thought it was.
Adam asks yet another important question: Why do Navy personnel wear all-white uniforms? Something in which Matt sees a few problems with as well.
This week, the IT crew that manage the Pentagon's network told their employees not to watch the NCAA Basketball Tournament on their networks because it was consuming too much data which could be better spent on more important things, like, you know, looking after the US military.
Fair to say, Adam and Matt's lives are a bit less exciting than that, though that doesn't mean that they haven't been doing things on their work computers that they shouldn't have done (or saw).
This week Wikileaks published sensitive information about how the CIA used tools to hack into most things that you use in day-to-day life. We focus on none of those things and instead look at the somewhat out-there names they use for some of these tools.
Google defines a 'miracle' as "an extraordinary and welcome event that is not explicable by natural or scientific laws and is therefore attributed to a divine agency."
Matt exercising for a week without having an off day qualifies as one of those things.
Sometimes we just don't feel like doing work. It's a normal problem to have, and chances are if there's something on your phone that you really have to check, then going to the bathroom to check it out is the only way you can do it without being noticed. One reddit user spent an uncomfortable amount of time analysing how much money he made whilst doing his business, if you get our drift.
We need firefighters to help us when we are threatened by fires, especially in a place such as Australia. However, there's one place on the planet where they can probably save money by getting away without a fire station...
Sometimes in the excitement of opening presents, you are taken aback by the impressive amount of effort that goes into wrapping something you're going to ruin in any case. What lengths do you go to to preserve said gift-wrapping?
We all remember those ads that said that 'you wouldn't download a car, but not a movie", right? Well nowadays, you can do that, thanks to the magic of 3D printing. What what the team create if they got their hands on a 3D printer?
We feel like we have to obey every rule and regulation exactly sometimes. One Sydney bus passenger was exceptionally determined to not get a fine when his bus caught fire.
Break-ups can be pretty bitter sometimes, but this guy from the US took it to a whole other level when he graded his ex's break-up letter and then published it online with supposed 'corrections'!
There was one thing about the story that stumped Matt the most though...
This week in the NBL, Cairns Taipans player Tony Mitchell was suspended for a full season (yep, one whole year) after throwing the ball that happened to hit the referee by accident. That referee hasn't been the only guy to cop it from someone, as former basketball referee Adam explains.
Jimmy from Bootleg Rascal joined Adam & Matt on the phone today to talk about their latest single Love Her Like I Love You, but somehow they managed to make the conversation take a turn toward vans. Again.
Seriously guys?
We learned earlier this year that Matt can't really cook, so Adam created this segment to help him figure out how to cook simple stuff. This time there was added pressure, with a live audience to impress!
As has become tradition at their annual pool parties, Adam & Matt decided to give each other a late Christmas present each, with an extra special present given to Matt that he didn't know was coming!
You've heard of a mid-life crisis; now meet the quarter-life crisis. Adam brought a brand-new motorcycle during the week, and Matt is getting concerned that Adam is trying to hard to relive his youth.
This week Nicole Kidman went back on Jimmy Fallon's show after that story where she revealed that Jimmy had blown a chance to get her number. Well, turns out he had more than one opportunity. Matt raises his concern on how many missed chances he has had, and gets a lot* of support from Adam!
*not a lot
You have paid a lot of money to see your favourite artist perform live, but you manage to hurt yourself prior to going to the gig. You aren't pulling out, so these are about the times you've suffered through pain and discomfort to get your money's worth!
After Adam bags Matt for his invisible props, he raises a gripe he has with cards that are individually wrapped, meaning that he can't see what is inside a card until he buys it.
Continuing along this weeks particular focus on relationships, the team take a look at the hugely popular Singles Day shopping holiday in China. Out of all the commotion, Adam manages to come up with an idea that might be relevant to us here in Australia...
Adam shares a rather interesting trait that his girlfriend has - how she always manages to eat a fair bit of his food, despite not wanting anything to start with.
Sharing most foods is okay, but what bout the health concerns? And much more importantly, what happens when that food is a kebab? Quite the predicament he found himself in...
During the week, Matt saw a story from China that caught his attention - a clever woman managed to sell iPhone 7s she managed to score from twenty (20) boyfriends!
However, because it was Matt telling the story, you just knew Adam was going to have a sly dig at Matt's non-existent girl situation.
(Spoiler alert: he does)
We have a chat to Tim from Screamfeeder, who are in Perth as part of their current national tour! We talk about the recent resurgence in all things 90s, plus their new track Karen Trust Me.
The Chicago Cubs won their first World Series title in 108 years. Fair to say Cubs fans are feeling on top of the world, and their elderly fans are loving it - one fan kept a 30 year old unopened can of beer he saved for this occasion! Adam then discusses his celebration drink, which isn't quite as appetising.
Sometimes you get yourself into a pickle, and you need to promise things without actually delivering on it. Matt explains how he does it.
Adam received a Snapchat from one of his friends during the week, where something was done to cause a really loud scream, but it's not what you think... You'd be surprised why!
We spoke to Tim from Cub Sport on the show and asked him about life on the road in the USA, and also about the band's love of dogs.
Adam is finally updating his drivers licence photo for the first time since Year 12, and it's a pretty big deal! He's preparing accordingly, and they see off his old picture by critiguing the life out of it.
This week, Matt discovers the joy that is a decent snap-streak - and how after going through virtually his Snapchat life without one, he managed to score three in a week!
Ahead of her appearance on Telethon this weekend, we caught up with our long time friend Kimberley Heberley!
You can catch her on Telethon 2016, this Sunday morning from 9:50am!
Matt recently had a power outage at his house and he wanted to ask, what do you do when the power goes out?
We chatted to Perth artist Luke August and also discussed if Matt could ever become skilled enough to play a instrument.
Alvin prides himself on being able to perform many different accents. After hearing his attempts at some pretty simple stuff, we're not so sure.
Despite everyone's best intentions, getting all your former school-mates back together to reminisce over past memories is more difficult than you may think.
The crew are human. We make mistakes from time to time. Sometimes they're accidental sometimes it was an idea that sounded great in theory but didn't turn out so well. These are some of those things.
Sean from Split Seconds joined Adam & Matt on the phone this afternoon to have a chat about their album Rest and Relocation that came out last week!
Adam & Matt were watching the Tour De France the previous night and saw one of the weirdest things they've ever seen; a couple of people playing chess on a mountain at a bike race!
During one of the songs, one of the most hilarious things to ever happen in The Kitchen occurred, Matt was clumsy and fell off his chair!
Luke & Graham from legendary local act Falloway joined Adam & Matt in studio ahead of the launch of their new single How It Ends. They performed the song and a cover of The Reubens' Hoops and also discussed why it seemed like their drummer is doing all the work...
Matt turned 22 over the past week, and rather than giving him his presents on his birthday, Adam decided to give them to him on the show!
Matt was recently in a shopping centre and heard the music playing in the centre in the toilets, which to him was a bit weird. So he asked Adam if he knew any songs appropiate to play whilst going to the toilet.
Former X Factor runner up Dean Ray joined Adam & Matt in the studio on Friday to have a chat, perform an original and an amazing Fleetwood Mac cover ahead of his impending Rebellion tour along with former winner of The Voice Karise Eden.
Adam & Matt caught up with Sam from The Paper Kites and asked about their album twelvefour and their upcoming Midnight tour that's coming to Perth next month!
Adam & Matt had a chat with Miles from collab Miles de Carteret about the amount of honey used in their recent film clip, the new single and their upcoming tour.
We had a chat with Melbournian singer-songwriter Rebecca-Maree about her new single Hearts.
A random discussion was had about how far away the local basketball stadium was. Adam stated that he could run there and back in 10 minutes. Holly challenged him to it. The rest is history.
We chat with Sam from Perth band The Brow about their latest single "The Mantra" and a gig they've got coming up with one of our favourites...
There's some words that we hate. They're just stupid. They don't get spelt the way they're pronounced and that just frustrates us.
Matt decided to ask a girl out when he was in high school, on the one day of the year where if it doesn't go to plan, you can take it back without any fear of embarrasment. Except it was still embarrasing. And maybe makes Matt look like an idiot.
For April Fool's Day, Adam decided to find out just how much Matt notices things around him. Will it catch on?
We speak to Jem from Wise Child, and we discuss their new single 'Figurehead', as well as a badger problem. You're going to have to listen to find out what we mean.
Matt calls Facebook out on its algorithm, in particular how it keeps showing more pictures of particular people that he pays attention to without realising. Adam was particuarly distracted during this break though...
Adam hasn't had much luck lately when it comes to cars, but he is having a lot of fun with a loan car with automatic parking!
The team discuss presents you've received, but for whatever reason, you've never actually opened. At least, that was how this started, but we quickly discover a shocking present-related secret from Matt that was given by one of our own!
We had a telemarketer call the show, who we put on hold... who stayed on hold listening to the show for a loooong time. It prompted us to ask "When have you been doing work, that's not really work, but it still counts as work?"
Matt is back with yet another reading of the best/worst Valentine's Day messages. It was in doubt, however much to Adam's dismay, you can thank the internet (and a Herald Sun digital subscription) for the continuation of an epic tradition.
Melbourne, you've thrown down the gauntlet for 2017!
Matt & Macka had a chat with Danny from UK act The Coronas as they prepared for their upcoming gigs in Australia and NZ, talking about their new film clip for "Get Loose" and about beating U2 in a music awards show back in 2010!
Rising RnB superstar Vanessa Elisha joined Adam, Matt & Holly on the show this afternoon to talk about the release of her brand new single Out Of Time.
Bede from Sydney lads Castlecomer joined Adam, Matt & Holly on the phone to talk about their new single Escapsim, as well as the release of their Double A-Side 7" Vinyl on December 19.
Adam & Macka caught up with Dave from Claws & Organs, as they began their east coast tour after releasing their new single "No Teeth, No Stamina"
Adam & Macka caught up with Dan from The Darkness ahead of their national tour, and talked about how his brother manages to hit the high notes in "I Believe In A Thing Called Love"
Local singer/songwriter Marto dropped by the studios to chat with Adam, Macka & Holly and play the title track off his new album "Roads," which is available right now on iTunes, Spotify and anything else you can think of!
Adam, Holly & Macka chatted with Mia Dyson after she released her new single titled "Tearing Up The Lawn" off her forthcoming album of the same name.
Holly's a nice girl, but when it comes to her team, The West Coast Eagles, sometimes she just needs to shut up. In some cases, she needs a little bit of help to do so.
Chad Kroeger of Nickelback and Avril Lavigne announced they're separating by posting a photo on Instagram yesterday.
We thought it was only right to help adjust one of Nickelback's biggest hits.
Macka shared some Weird News of the Week with us, however struggled to get mouth around words, instead telling us about a Hop Tub.
We're big fans of Tommy Tutones' smash hit 867-5309 from the early 80s that we wanted to try tracking down Jenny for a quick chat.
Unfortunately, we found a Darren, not a Jenny. Close enough!
Jarryd jumped on the phone from a noisy soundcheck to have a chat with us about his band Art of Sleeping.
Helen Shanahan joined us in studio to have a chat before melting the airwaves with her newest single Finding Gold and a cover of Sixpence None The Richer.
We were joined in studio by Matt Saraceni to have a chat about Written It Down, an online improv comedy show about giving bad news that's written down on a piece of paper.
At our outside broadcast Pool Party on January 2nd, Taylor Cutts joined us and played his original song "Start Again".
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Local artist Nat Pearson popped in on Friday the 28th of November to have a chat and play a couple of songs!
We had a chat to Will from Elephant Ego and got caught on the fact that girls don't like flowers
Kav Temperley from Fremantle band Eskimo Joe popped in on Friday the 29th of August to have a chat about the 10 year anniversary of their amazing album "A Song is a City"!
We had a chat with Dave from Sydney band, Boy and Bear about their latest album and their latest tour!
We had a chat with Simon from Melbourne band, 8 Bit Love, ahead of their House Party gig in Perth.
We had a chat with Isaac from Hanson about the bands history and their upcoming gig in Fremantle!
Adam wanted to share a story about a Cockroach, but made a turn with the story with a nifty punch line!
Aimee Francis is about to embark on a tour of WA, and she joined us on The Kitchen on Friday 11th October 2013. Unfortunately, we didn't enough time to play the full interview, so here it is in its entirety! Keep an eye out for an interesting offer to me towards the end, as well as her awesome experience writing a motivational song for the Australian Olympic Equestrian Team in London 2012!