Episodes
"The world's most insane reality TV show" hit screens in Japan in 1998, telling the extraordinary tale of one man's survival locked in a room naked. His only way out: to win ¥ 1,000,000 in magazine sweepstake prizes. Dane and Lucy speak with documentary filmmaker Clair Titley about her 2024 film The Contestant charting the stunning tale of Nasubi, which became a cultural phenomenon across Japan. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Allan Pease and his wife Barbara are approaching their end of life a little differently than most - to be frozen in liquid nitrogen and woken up again in bionic form (whatever that means!). Dane and Lucy discuss their plans for cryonic afterlife. Plus, why more than 200 people took their pants off on the London tube.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Wondering where to book your next flight?Listen to Dane and Lucy's chat with Erik Struk, content creator who makes videos on YouTube (with 1.8 million subscribers) mainly around travel and airlines all over the world. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dane and Lucy meet the man who spent five days in the Timorese jungle, with an exposed skull, broken bones and seemingly no hope of rescue… See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sara has developed a deep connection and relationship with her chatbot Jack. Are you torn between believing or disapproving it? She's serious and he even proposed to her. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dane and Lucy speaks with Kiwi filmmaker Fraser Grut who's on a wild mission of asking (and filming) 10,000 people all over the world - what their dreams are.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Roland Cherry tells us the story of his supposedly 5-week camping safari which began at Johannesburg but was cut short after that fateful day in Zambia, when we was attacked by a hippopotamus.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
That’s what Meredith Tabbone did when she jumped on Sicily’s famous 1-Euro house scheme, buying a home first built in the 1600s. So far she’s already spent over 430,000 Euros (almost $450,000) renovating it. Was it all worth it?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Chuck Hildebrandt was 13 when he borrowed his favourite baseball book from the library - and 63 when he finally returned it. He told The Debrief how he ended up keeping the book 50 years and if he avoided a $4500 fine. Plus, Dane and Lucy debate what Christmas will look like for the astronauts stranded in space and the kayaker who faked his own death - poorly.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Brant Miller is America's favourite mall Santa - surprising children and sharing love and joy every year at this time of year. He spoke to Dane and Lucy about how he got into helping out the real Santa and the routine he has to go through to be the best Santa look-alike there is. Plus, we catch up with Henry Moores on his Road to Riyadh - just as he arrives in the Kingdom's capital ahead of the Fury v Usyk boxing match. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.