Go Ahead Caller
Talk radio's Ken Oath, his callers and a cast of well-known Kiwi characters will have you rolling in the aisles.
Episodes
Talkback king, Ken Oath, waits in the wings as we hear his station's promo for the ground-breaking Psychic Tui segment, and we put in a call to Helen - who is not home.
By Paul Casserly.
Ken Oath compares apples with Alistaire, John Key orders a pizza and David Lange calls the psychic tui from purgatory.
By Paul Casserly and David Slack.
Mr Talkback, Ken Oath with breaking news and a police interview about something that has been stolen from Whanganui, and John Key leaves a message on Steve Hansen's answerphone.
By Paul Casserly.
Ken Oath interviews the first of the new generation of high efficiency robotic newsreaders - Newsbots- that are set to take over our airwaves. But it all ends in a bloody mess.
By Paul Casserly.
Ken talks about bees, Alistaire calls in, and there are challenges in the studio recording a commercial starring the client.
By Paul Casserly.
Voices - Paul Casserly and Tony Stamp.
John Campbell takes a call at home from a man in Nigeria acting on behalf of the estate of John's long lost uncle.
By Paul Casserly.
Voices - Cohen Holloway and Paul Casserly.
We visit the office of the Race Relations Commission and Ken fields a call about the problems brought by the original 'boat people'.
By Paul Casserly.
Voices - Victoria Kelly, Ally Xue, Charlotte Ryan and Paul Casserly.
A hack of Helen's answerphone reveals a surprising ally in her quest for the top job at the United Nations and Gareth Morgan tangles with the cats.
By Paul Casserly.
Voices - Anika Moa, Graeme Hill, Victoria Kelly, Tony Stamp, and Paul Casserly.
Ken Oath rails at political correctness and Ringo Starr calls the Psychic Tui for reassurance.
By Paul Casserly.
Voices - Toi Iti, Charlotte Ryan, Graeme Hill and Paul Casserly.
John Key answers a 'phone survey about the state of the nation and Kevin Rudd, former Australian PM, tries to spoil Helen's UN party.
By Paul Casserly.
Helen, our own highly ranked powerful woman changes the message on her answer machine. Steve leaves Helen a message. Gareth meets the cats head-on.
By Paul Casserly.
A very high-profile world leader calls in to try to retrieve some money from his NZ-based account. The Psychic Tui provides some much needed advice to a caller.
By Paul Casserly.
Ken considers himself a bit of pundit where election results are concerned. Regular caller Alistaire has something to say about that.
By Paul Casserly.
Bishop Brian, Colin Craig's poetry and getting the best honey.
By Lee Baker and Paul Casserly.
Voices - Lee Baker, Paul Casserly, Graeme Hill.
Ken Oath on the real problem with P and how it affects real people. Winston accidentally calls the emergency number but manages to turn his mistake into a soapbox.
By Paul Casserly.
Features Cohen Holloway and Paul Casserly.
Ken Fends off a couple of callers. Then the news features a de-catting initiative and Steve Hansen defending his player's off- field, in-convenience pursuits.
By Lee Baker.
Ken has an opinion about the right to die issue but has to field a call from Alistaire who has an opinion on a foot-care product and its tendency to turn his feet into some sort of meat product.
By Paul Casserly.
Voices - Bill Kerton, Mahoney Harris, Graeme Hill, Paul Casserly.
Ken knows what we should like in modern art. Alistaire calls in with support and Helen seeks help from the Tui.
By Paul Casserly
Voices - Paul Casserly, Anika Moa, Charlotte Ryan.
Ken has something to say about our drift towards atheism and Winston calls on the hotline to ask advice of a past prime minister.
By Paul Casserly.
Voices - Paul Casserly and Cohen Holloway.
Ken is not too chuffed about the claim that talkback is dying and that non-commercial media stations like RNZ are claiming to be gaining ground and audiences.
By Lee Baker
Voices - Lee Baker, Paul Casserly and Cohen Holloway.
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