February 5, 2025 • 17 mins
How does a spontaneous trip to Japan end up with an unexpected twist, and what does it have to do with our voice struggles? Join us on this quirky adventure as we come back from a whirlwind trip filled with unexpected turns, including a hospital visit that put our vocal cords to the test. As we gear up for upcoming travels to Malaysia and Vegas, we toss around jokes about Vegas weddings while diving into the current wedding industry trends. The impact of economic factors like inflation and interest rates is no laughing matter, but the rise in inquiries has us optimistic for a brighter future.
We're closing out Season 3 with a bang and a touch of drama worthy of reality TV itself. Reminisce with us over unforgettable moments like Aviva Drescher's prosthetic leg throw, and ponder how editing can turn timelines topsy-turvy. With Season 4 on the horizon and pre-recorded content in the pipeline, expect tales of disastrous weddings and unexpected antics. Throw in your own stories, and let's spice things up together. A heartfelt thank you for your incredible support over 26 episodes—we promise to return with even more laughter, chaos, and captivating content!
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Welcome back.
It's good to see you all again.
Yeah, we're going a little bitrogue today, guys, so sit back
and strap yourself in.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
This is what happens when we have a guest no-show.
We just, you know, sometimeswe're like let's just do our own
thing.
Speaker 1 (00:15):
Yeah, let's get our Twitch on and get something
happening.
Speaker 2 (00:19):
Ben, I haven't seen you in a while.
Where have you been hiding?
Speaker 1 (00:22):
I know I've been under a rock.
Sorry about that.
No, I've been a little bit sick.
Actually.
I went to Japan for some awardsand I was judging a photo
competition and stuff over thereand I came back and while I was
on my way back, I think I'vegotten some kind of bug in one
of the airports that I wastravelling in in and came back
(00:47):
and, combined with anotherlittle throat issue that I've
been having, found myself in theemergency department of the
local hospital, unable tobreathe, having a fun time of it
so, and I lost my voice for agood two weeks, I guess, and
it's only just sort of startingto come back now.
Speaker 2 (01:04):
Yes, well, that definitely is not helpful when
you're a co-host on a podcast.
Speaker 1 (01:10):
I know, and when I'm sounding like some weird old
donkey that swallowed a wholelot of gravel, it doesn't help
at all.
Speaker 2 (01:17):
So you have been doing a lot of travelling and
you've got a lot of travellingon the horizon.
I see this year lots of can'tdo this date, can't do that date
this.
Speaker 1 (01:27):
This is all about me.
All of a sudden, how are yougoing, jack?
Speaker 2 (01:30):
I haven't seen you for a while ah, because I've
been busy recording soloepisodes.
Speaker 1 (01:34):
Oh, that's right, or I was just going to try and
deflect.
I was going to try and do amaths tim there, but it didn't
work.
Oh, anyway, we'll put a pin inthat.
Speaker 2 (01:45):
We'll come back to that um, yes, we have to talk
about maths.
Speaker 1 (01:48):
I am glued.
Yeah, what a train wreck.
Can't wait, um.
So, yeah, I'm, I'm doing alittle bit of traveling.
In just a few days, I'm flyingout to malaysia, uh, for another
international awards.
I get to speak at that one aswell, which is exciting.
And um, over there for five orsix days, well, which is
exciting.
And I'm over there for five orsix days, and then head back,
and I'm back for three weeks andthen we head over to las vegas,
(02:11):
to the wpbi, which is the oneof the biggest photography
industry conventions worldwideevery year.
So that's going to be exciting.
We're hosting a two-day flashand creative lighting workshop
in the two days prior to WPPI.
So, myself and three otheramazing flash photographers from
(02:32):
all over the world, we're allcoming together in one spot and
we're going to flash a classroomof people for two days.
So it's going to be fun.
Speaker 2 (02:37):
Are you going to get married while you're there?
Speaker 1 (02:39):
No, no, this might be wedding empires, but no, hang
on, let me rephrase that no jackhe wants it.
Oh yeah, she does likeabsolutely.
Speaker 2 (02:52):
She might hate me constantly badgering you about
that no, no, like she does.
Speaker 1 (02:56):
And if she was here and she saw and heard me going
no, no, no, I'd probably wind upwith a knife in the back of the
head.
But no not yet, not, not yet,not yet.
Speaker 2 (03:04):
There is horizon out there, so yeah, you could get
hit by a bus tomorrow.
Speaker 1 (03:09):
What you want me to go and do it now, or just rock
up to the local church and go.
Yo padre, marry us.
Yo yeah righto.
Speaker 2 (03:18):
I'm sure you know a few celebrants.
Speaker 1 (03:20):
I do know a few.
It would be more fun drivingthrough the drive-through in
Vegas with Elvis yeah, amazingRight, just deflecting and
getting off that.
Do you know?
There used to be a celebrant uphere.
He was a father, actually, hewas a priest and he would not
marry anyone who he could smellalcohol on.
So if you were a groom and yourocked up to your ceremony and
(03:45):
you'd had one or two beers, ifhe smelt it he'd walk wow wild
huh.
So every time we like and thiswas years and years ago, so
every time we had this guy, Ihad a celebrant on speed dial,
just in case our father did thesplit so wild so how did that
work?
you had to book two no, theylike the couple had booked the
(04:07):
priest.
And when in my pre-weddingmeeting I'd go, oh god, it's
this guy.
And I'd tell him, I'd tell himnot to drink and I'd give him
some some extra chewing gum orstuff, like just say you put
this in your pocket yeah Ialways had a celebrant that I
would, that I would go hey, youavailable, just in case wow yeah
so old school yeah, yeah andhow many.
(04:31):
You got lots of weddings comingup it's starting to pick up like
it was.
It's a bit was a bit shit lastyear and it was it was shaping
up to be that way this year aswell, but it's it's starting to
pick up and the inquiries arekind of slowly sort of filtering
back through and the numbersare just getting a little bit
bigger and just a little bitbigger.
So I think you know, interestrates are hurting everyone over
(04:53):
here and I'm sure it's the samein the US.
I don't know I'm not going toget too political but I don't
know what the US populationthink of Trump getting in and
what he's doing for the US.
But yeah, I know that theinterest rates stayed where they
were in the US I don't knowwhat inflation is going to do
and all that sort of stuff andit flows onto here, and when it
(05:15):
flows onto here and things don'tturn to shit over here, then
the wedding industry seems toflourish a little bit.
So we'll wait and see the jury'sout, but I would normally do 40
to 50, maybe 60 weddings a yearand I'm still on about 25 this
year, which is a little bitdodge.
But with that said, I'm stillteaching, we're still doing the
(05:38):
event in Vegas and there's otherthings on the horizon.
There's another trip to the UShopefully that I want to plan
and another workshop towards theend of the year as well.
I've had to postpone the UKfive-day workshop that I was
going to do because themarketing wasn't quite on point
for that and we just didn'tquite get the numbers.
And it's just too much of agamble to throw thousands and
(05:59):
thousands of pounds at venuesand stuff when it's not going to
work out, as with the monsterthat you're planning like tell
us about it's reallynerve-wracking, because Do we
like that segue?
Speaker 2 (06:12):
That was like pretty good, yeah, it was nice.
Thanks for that.
Speaker 1 (06:14):
I'm getting better at this.
Speaker 2 (06:16):
Yeah, look, we've had so many people constantly say
to us do you have in-personclasses, do you do live
trainings, not just online?
And so I thought you know what?
I'm going to bite the bullet,and I'm going to do it because
so many people constantly askfor this.
So what we did was we went toour community first and we sort
of said, go on here and fill outthis survey and vote for the
(06:39):
cities that you want, andthere's been some clear cities
that are definitely sort ofheavily featured.
But, yeah, the concept is I'mgoing to condense the
certificate in wedding planningcertification course that we
offer online into a two-dayintensive.
So it's going to be full on,but it's hands-on experience.
(07:00):
It's two days, it includeslunch, it's nine to five each
day, and they'll also get toexperience a great venue in
their local city and meet, well,I think, up to 29 other wedding
planners that will be there.
So it's a great in-personnetworking experience as well.
But I'm really nervous.
I haven't done a live eventlike sold a live event for a
(07:23):
long time.
So even though we've got theinterest there, you know,
turning those into ticketregistrations is another thing.
So, uh, if you're thinking ofgoing, put me out of my misery.
Speaker 1 (07:35):
Go book a ticket yeah , and also be fine, jack.
Just make sure you got cleanunderwear and you don't get hit
by a bus.
You'll be fine, oh, god yeahand also, like we've.
Speaker 2 (07:46):
We've now secured, uh , in australia.
We've secured dates in sydney,brisbane and melbourne, and
we've also secured dubai andlondon, but there's plenty of
more cities I'm prepared to goto.
I really want to get to the usin december.
So, yeah, if you, if you're onthere and you're in, you're
thinking about coming, but yourcity's not there, look for the
(08:06):
link that says vote for yourcity and hopefully I can add
that onto my little trip.
Speaker 1 (08:12):
Yeah, anyway more info on that.
Weddingacademyglobalcom.
That sounds fun, Like that'sbig.
Speaker 2 (08:19):
I know, I know I'm actually really, really excited.
It's going to be great.
I love teaching live andteaching in classroom
environments kind of like mybiggest passion.
Speaker 1 (08:33):
It's fun and that's kind of the love that we've got
as well for doing the event invegas, so yeah, you get it yeah
and, yeah, the ads are going tobe absolutely everywhere I
including married at first sightfrom the 8th of february.
Speaker 2 (08:46):
Our ads for our well it's.
It's a bit more generic, it'sfor the Wedding Academy, a
kicking off on Married at FirstSight.
So hopefully it's theAustralian version, so hopefully
listeners to the podcast thatare in Australia and love
Married at First Sight or hateit, whatever, but still watch it
.
Speaker 1 (09:06):
Is your head going to be on there?
Speaker 2 (09:08):
No, oh, I wanted to, but I just couldn't get my ass
into gear.
So yeah, I need somebody tofilm me properly did you narrate
it right?
Speaker 1 (09:19):
why not?
You've got.
Speaker 2 (09:20):
You've got the voice, you've got a like yeah, I
didn't think about I didn'tthink of that well, you know,
you know that I didn't think ofthat channel nine have a really
good AI video builder, which isquite incredible.
It's like you give them yourlink and they scan your website.
(09:42):
You put in your branding and itmakes a video.
Speaker 1 (09:46):
You heard it here first.
Speaker 2 (09:47):
Look, it took a few goes, but the one that we've
gone with is actually reallygood.
I like it Right?
Speaker 1 (09:54):
Yeah, If it doesn't work, can you be like all the
rest of the math contestants andgo?
Oh, it was badly edited.
Speaker 2 (10:00):
Or I'll go and do one myself, video record one myself
at some point.
Speaker 1 (10:07):
Yeah right.
Speaker 2 (10:08):
So maths, have you been watching it?
Speaker 1 (10:11):
Religiously, like my ass is glued to the couch.
It's just the biggest trainwreck on the planet, but I love
it.
Yes.
Speaker 2 (10:17):
Do you know my pattern that I get into?
I love the beginning, rightwhere they all like meet, and
the wedding days and all of thatand the initial honeymoon.
I love that.
All the shit going wrong, lovethat.
Speaker 1 (10:33):
But then I sort of dwindle and I just commit to
dinner parties.
Yeah look, I'm kind of the same.
I can sometimes take or leavethe Monday, tuesdays, but the
the dinner part like I love,love the dinner parties.
Like I'm not someone who's kindof into all the drama in my
real life and all that sort ofstuff, but just it's like an
eclipse.
You just can't look away fromit.
I know, and hayley shakes herhead and hates it and just won't
(10:58):
have a bar of it and I'm justsitting there, glued going oh
this is gonna be shit you knowwhat it's like.
The dinner parties are likewatching real housewives I've
never seen it like if you likethe dinner party, you'll love
real housewives, except theylike throw tables and yeah, I
wish, I wish someone would dothat like I would love to see
someone just get up mma styleand just belt someone.
Speaker 2 (11:20):
I know it's not the done thing, but you know it's I
can find you a few realhousewives episodes ratings
ratings gold best one was AvivaDrescher from the Real
Housewives of New York and she,as in Fran Drescher's
sister-in-law, or maybe she'sex-sister-in-law now, I don't
know, but I digress With thesame voice.
But Aviva Drescher was soshitty that she took off her
(11:46):
prosthetic leg and threw it atherself.
Speaker 1 (11:49):
See, you could only wish for something like that on
maths.
I'd be sitting there like it'dbe like a goggle box.
I'd just be like, oh, that justhappened.
Oh right, That'd be cool.
Speaker 2 (12:01):
No, it is good.
This maths is great.
Interesting that two of themknew each other.
I can't think that that'splanned.
Speaker 1 (12:13):
That's very you know.
Know who in perth have you goneout with before?
You know I.
Nothing surprises me on theshow anymore, like nothing at
all.
No, the whole the whole tim andkatie thing doesn't surprise me
.
It's ratings gold the whole.
Lauren and elliot what's hisname?
Oh, pretty boy, that did therunner.
Oh my god, when he gotinterviewed by john yeah, but
the thing is, if you listen tomy from maths funny like the
(12:36):
podcast and stuff that he's gotit goes a bit behind the scenes
and and apparently old elliot,he didn't bail until four days
in, but apparently on the showit looked like he bailed the
next day.
So there's there's a bit ofcreativity going on there and in
post-production and stuff likethat.
So I think you've got to takeit with a grain of salt.
(12:57):
But I just love the drama.
Hate it in real life.
I love it on the tv, just ajust a slave to it.
Speaker 2 (13:06):
Yeah all right, benjamin.
Well, I have something to tellyou too oh my, you're pregnant.
Speaker 1 (13:12):
Yay, no, okay, right here.
Oh, guess what I am?
Speaker 2 (13:16):
I'm so retired it's not funny, I think I think five
children between my husband andI is enough did you say you're
so retired?
Speaker 1 (13:24):
oh, thank god, that's what you said.
Okay, yep, okay, yep.
What news have you got?
The?
Speaker 2 (13:29):
news is today is the last episode of Season 3.
Speaker 1 (13:36):
Really.
Speaker 2 (13:37):
Yes.
Speaker 1 (13:38):
So you've heard me on .
For what two seasons?
Is it three now, or two, three?
Speaker 2 (13:44):
I think two.
You started on the beginning ofSeason 2 and we do 10 episodes
per season, so today is episode10 of season three right so what
that means is our next guest aleader.
There'll be a little bit, alittle bit of a gap couple of
weeks I think before season fourwill go live.
Speaker 1 (14:05):
What why?
Speaker 2 (14:06):
It's easy for you when you never hear.
Speaker 1 (14:12):
I know I'm sorry.
Like, yeah, there will be a bitof a gap, guys, because, as I
said, I'm going away and there'sbeen a couple of pre-recordings
that are scheduled when I'maway.
So it's just going to be Jack,and I think there might have
been one or two over the lastcouple of weeks that have just
been Jack as well, and it'sbecause I sound like a donkey
and no one wants to hear thatshit at all.
(14:33):
Yeah, if it's just Jack, I willbe back, maybe.
Speaker 2 (14:40):
Well, we are doing it together for a leader, the
first one.
Speaker 1 (14:43):
Yes, yes.
Speaker 2 (14:45):
So you're going to have to change your shirt, then
what's?
That you, you're gonna have tochange your shirt, then what's
that?
Speaker 1 (14:49):
you're gonna have to change your shirt.
Speaker 2 (14:50):
They don't need to know that we're recording it now
.
Speaker 1 (14:52):
I'm trying to hint they know, they know, come on,
our audience is smart, they knowthey're gonna leave it there.
Speaker 2 (15:03):
Thank you so much.
You're cutting me off already Iam cutting you off because you
can't be trying.
Look at my necks going red andeverything.
Speaker 1 (15:12):
I've just put Jack on the spot, guys, and she's
trying to.
You know we're trying to holdthe place.
Speaker 2 (15:17):
I've got the buttons here.
Speaker 1 (15:18):
She's going to cut me off.
So if I go black, she's hadenough like that.
Speaker 2 (15:23):
Thank you everybody.
We've now done 26 episodes.
It's ended up being and the endof Season 3.
So we will be back with Season4.
Keep listening, subscribe,share it with your friends,
write to us if you've gotquestions, if you've got
terrible, disastrous weddings,we want to hear about them.
Speaker 1 (15:43):
Yes, because we're going to do some rogue issues.
I'm going to step in.
If I could push that way, canyou just lean the other way?
We still want to do somedisasters and a couple of rogue
episodes which are very similarto this, only I'll try and be a
bit more funny.
So we've got a whole lot ofpre-done, ready-to-go disasters
that people have already sent mein.
(16:05):
So if you've got something crazythat's happened, if you've got
your own kind of maths storythat is not maths but is a real
wedding or something like that,send it in because we want to
share it, we want to have alaugh, we want to talk it
through, we want to say someobscenities and let you know who
we really are, and that sort ofstuff.
But yeah, send them through andwe're going to have a bit of
(16:26):
fun with that as well.
And while I've got the floor,I'm just going to keep talking,
otherwise Jack's going to jumpin at the top.
Thank you very much everyonefor welcoming me in.
I know I can be a little bitunreliable at times, but I'm
doing my best.
So thank you all for listening.
Thanks for welcoming meno-transcript.
Welcome back.
It's good to see you all again.
Yeah, we're going a little bitrogue today, guys, so sit back
and strap yourself in.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
This is what happens when we have a guest no-show.
We just, you know, sometimeswe're like let's just do our own
thing.
Speaker 1 (00:15):
Yeah, let's get our Twitch on and get something
happening.
Speaker 2 (00:19):
Ben, I haven't seen you in a while.
Where have you been hiding?
Speaker 1 (00:22):
I know I've been under a rock.
Sorry about that.
No, I've been a little bit sick.
Actually.
I went to Japan for some awardsand I was judging a photo
competition and stuff over thereand I came back and while I was
on my way back, I think I'vegotten some kind of bug in one
of the airports that I wastravelling in in and came back
(00:47):
and, combined with anotherlittle throat issue that I've
been having, found myself in theemergency department of the
local hospital, unable tobreathe, having a fun time of it
so, and I lost my voice for agood two weeks, I guess, and
it's only just sort of startingto come back now.
Speaker 2 (01:04):
Yes, well, that definitely is not helpful when
you're a co-host on a podcast.
Speaker 1 (01:10):
I know, and when I'm sounding like some weird old
donkey that swallowed a wholelot of gravel, it doesn't help
at all.
Speaker 2 (01:17):
So you have been doing a lot of travelling and
you've got a lot of travellingon the horizon.
I see this year lots of can'tdo this date, can't do that date
this.
Speaker 1 (01:27):
This is all about me.
All of a sudden, how are yougoing, jack?
Speaker 2 (01:30):
I haven't seen you for a while ah, because I've
been busy recording soloepisodes.
Speaker 1 (01:34):
Oh, that's right, or I was just going to try and
deflect.
I was going to try and do amaths tim there, but it didn't
work.
Oh, anyway, we'll put a pin inthat.
Speaker 2 (01:45):
We'll come back to that um, yes, we have to talk
about maths.
Speaker 1 (01:48):
I am glued.
Yeah, what a train wreck.
Can't wait, um.
So, yeah, I'm, I'm doing alittle bit of traveling.
In just a few days, I'm flyingout to malaysia, uh, for another
international awards.
I get to speak at that one aswell, which is exciting.
And um, over there for five orsix days, well, which is
exciting.
And I'm over there for five orsix days, and then head back,
and I'm back for three weeks andthen we head over to las vegas,
(02:11):
to the wpbi, which is the oneof the biggest photography
industry conventions worldwideevery year.
So that's going to be exciting.
We're hosting a two-day flashand creative lighting workshop
in the two days prior to WPPI.
So, myself and three otheramazing flash photographers from
(02:32):
all over the world, we're allcoming together in one spot and
we're going to flash a classroomof people for two days.
So it's going to be fun.
Speaker 2 (02:37):
Are you going to get married while you're there?
Speaker 1 (02:39):
No, no, this might be wedding empires, but no, hang
on, let me rephrase that no jackhe wants it.
Oh yeah, she does likeabsolutely.
Speaker 2 (02:52):
She might hate me constantly badgering you about
that no, no, like she does.
Speaker 1 (02:56):
And if she was here and she saw and heard me going
no, no, no, I'd probably wind upwith a knife in the back of the
head.
But no not yet, not, not yet,not yet.
Speaker 2 (03:04):
There is horizon out there, so yeah, you could get
hit by a bus tomorrow.
Speaker 1 (03:09):
What you want me to go and do it now, or just rock
up to the local church and go.
Yo padre, marry us.
Yo yeah righto.
Speaker 2 (03:18):
I'm sure you know a few celebrants.
Speaker 1 (03:20):
I do know a few.
It would be more fun drivingthrough the drive-through in
Vegas with Elvis yeah, amazingRight, just deflecting and
getting off that.
Do you know?
There used to be a celebrant uphere.
He was a father, actually, hewas a priest and he would not
marry anyone who he could smellalcohol on.
So if you were a groom and yourocked up to your ceremony and
(03:45):
you'd had one or two beers, ifhe smelt it he'd walk wow wild
huh.
So every time we like and thiswas years and years ago, so
every time we had this guy, Ihad a celebrant on speed dial,
just in case our father did thesplit so wild so how did that
work?
you had to book two no, theylike the couple had booked the
(04:07):
priest.
And when in my pre-weddingmeeting I'd go, oh god, it's
this guy.
And I'd tell him, I'd tell himnot to drink and I'd give him
some some extra chewing gum orstuff, like just say you put
this in your pocket yeah Ialways had a celebrant that I
would, that I would go hey, youavailable, just in case wow yeah
so old school yeah, yeah andhow many.
(04:31):
You got lots of weddings comingup it's starting to pick up like
it was.
It's a bit was a bit shit lastyear and it was it was shaping
up to be that way this year aswell, but it's it's starting to
pick up and the inquiries arekind of slowly sort of filtering
back through and the numbersare just getting a little bit
bigger and just a little bitbigger.
So I think you know, interestrates are hurting everyone over
(04:53):
here and I'm sure it's the samein the US.
I don't know I'm not going toget too political but I don't
know what the US populationthink of Trump getting in and
what he's doing for the US.
But yeah, I know that theinterest rates stayed where they
were in the US I don't knowwhat inflation is going to do
and all that sort of stuff andit flows onto here, and when it
(05:15):
flows onto here and things don'tturn to shit over here, then
the wedding industry seems toflourish a little bit.
So we'll wait and see the jury'sout, but I would normally do 40
to 50, maybe 60 weddings a yearand I'm still on about 25 this
year, which is a little bitdodge.
But with that said, I'm stillteaching, we're still doing the
(05:38):
event in Vegas and there's otherthings on the horizon.
There's another trip to the UShopefully that I want to plan
and another workshop towards theend of the year as well.
I've had to postpone the UKfive-day workshop that I was
going to do because themarketing wasn't quite on point
for that and we just didn'tquite get the numbers.
And it's just too much of agamble to throw thousands and
(05:59):
thousands of pounds at venuesand stuff when it's not going to
work out, as with the monsterthat you're planning like tell
us about it's reallynerve-wracking, because Do we
like that segue?
Speaker 2 (06:12):
That was like pretty good, yeah, it was nice.
Thanks for that.
Speaker 1 (06:14):
I'm getting better at this.
Speaker 2 (06:16):
Yeah, look, we've had so many people constantly say
to us do you have in-personclasses, do you do live
trainings, not just online?
And so I thought you know what?
I'm going to bite the bullet,and I'm going to do it because
so many people constantly askfor this.
So what we did was we went toour community first and we sort
of said, go on here and fill outthis survey and vote for the
(06:39):
cities that you want, andthere's been some clear cities
that are definitely sort ofheavily featured.
But, yeah, the concept is I'mgoing to condense the
certificate in wedding planningcertification course that we
offer online into a two-dayintensive.
So it's going to be full on,but it's hands-on experience.
(07:00):
It's two days, it includeslunch, it's nine to five each
day, and they'll also get toexperience a great venue in
their local city and meet, well,I think, up to 29 other wedding
planners that will be there.
So it's a great in-personnetworking experience as well.
But I'm really nervous.
I haven't done a live eventlike sold a live event for a
(07:23):
long time.
So even though we've got theinterest there, you know,
turning those into ticketregistrations is another thing.
So, uh, if you're thinking ofgoing, put me out of my misery.
Speaker 1 (07:35):
Go book a ticket yeah , and also be fine, jack.
Just make sure you got cleanunderwear and you don't get hit
by a bus.
You'll be fine, oh, god yeahand also, like we've.
Speaker 2 (07:46):
We've now secured, uh , in australia.
We've secured dates in sydney,brisbane and melbourne, and
we've also secured dubai andlondon, but there's plenty of
more cities I'm prepared to goto.
I really want to get to the usin december.
So, yeah, if you, if you're onthere and you're in, you're
thinking about coming, but yourcity's not there, look for the
(08:06):
link that says vote for yourcity and hopefully I can add
that onto my little trip.
Speaker 1 (08:12):
Yeah, anyway more info on that.
Weddingacademyglobalcom.
That sounds fun, Like that'sbig.
Speaker 2 (08:19):
I know, I know I'm actually really, really excited.
It's going to be great.
I love teaching live andteaching in classroom
environments kind of like mybiggest passion.
Speaker 1 (08:33):
It's fun and that's kind of the love that we've got
as well for doing the event invegas, so yeah, you get it yeah
and, yeah, the ads are going tobe absolutely everywhere I
including married at first sightfrom the 8th of february.
Speaker 2 (08:46):
Our ads for our well it's.
It's a bit more generic, it'sfor the Wedding Academy, a
kicking off on Married at FirstSight.
So hopefully it's theAustralian version, so hopefully
listeners to the podcast thatare in Australia and love
Married at First Sight or hateit, whatever, but still watch it
.
Speaker 1 (09:06):
Is your head going to be on there?
Speaker 2 (09:08):
No, oh, I wanted to, but I just couldn't get my ass
into gear.
So yeah, I need somebody tofilm me properly did you narrate
it right?
Speaker 1 (09:19):
why not?
You've got.
Speaker 2 (09:20):
You've got the voice, you've got a like yeah, I
didn't think about I didn'tthink of that well, you know,
you know that I didn't think ofthat channel nine have a really
good AI video builder, which isquite incredible.
It's like you give them yourlink and they scan your website.
(09:42):
You put in your branding and itmakes a video.
Speaker 1 (09:46):
You heard it here first.
Speaker 2 (09:47):
Look, it took a few goes, but the one that we've
gone with is actually reallygood.
I like it Right?
Speaker 1 (09:54):
Yeah, If it doesn't work, can you be like all the
rest of the math contestants andgo?
Oh, it was badly edited.
Speaker 2 (10:00):
Or I'll go and do one myself, video record one myself
at some point.
Speaker 1 (10:07):
Yeah right.
Speaker 2 (10:08):
So maths, have you been watching it?
Speaker 1 (10:11):
Religiously, like my ass is glued to the couch.
It's just the biggest trainwreck on the planet, but I love
it.
Yes.
Speaker 2 (10:17):
Do you know my pattern that I get into?
I love the beginning, rightwhere they all like meet, and
the wedding days and all of thatand the initial honeymoon.
I love that.
All the shit going wrong, lovethat.
Speaker 1 (10:33):
But then I sort of dwindle and I just commit to
dinner parties.
Yeah look, I'm kind of the same.
I can sometimes take or leavethe Monday, tuesdays, but the
the dinner part like I love,love the dinner parties.
Like I'm not someone who's kindof into all the drama in my
real life and all that sort ofstuff, but just it's like an
eclipse.
You just can't look away fromit.
I know, and hayley shakes herhead and hates it and just won't
(10:58):
have a bar of it and I'm justsitting there, glued going oh
this is gonna be shit you knowwhat it's like.
The dinner parties are likewatching real housewives I've
never seen it like if you likethe dinner party, you'll love
real housewives, except theylike throw tables and yeah, I
wish, I wish someone would dothat like I would love to see
someone just get up mma styleand just belt someone.
Speaker 2 (11:20):
I know it's not the done thing, but you know it's I
can find you a few realhousewives episodes ratings
ratings gold best one was AvivaDrescher from the Real
Housewives of New York and she,as in Fran Drescher's
sister-in-law, or maybe she'sex-sister-in-law now, I don't
know, but I digress With thesame voice.
But Aviva Drescher was soshitty that she took off her
(11:46):
prosthetic leg and threw it atherself.
Speaker 1 (11:49):
See, you could only wish for something like that on
maths.
I'd be sitting there like it'dbe like a goggle box.
I'd just be like, oh, that justhappened.
Oh right, That'd be cool.
Speaker 2 (12:01):
No, it is good.
This maths is great.
Interesting that two of themknew each other.
I can't think that that'splanned.
Speaker 1 (12:13):
That's very you know.
Know who in perth have you goneout with before?
You know I.
Nothing surprises me on theshow anymore, like nothing at
all.
No, the whole the whole tim andkatie thing doesn't surprise me
.
It's ratings gold the whole.
Lauren and elliot what's hisname?
Oh, pretty boy, that did therunner.
Oh my god, when he gotinterviewed by john yeah, but
the thing is, if you listen tomy from maths funny like the
(12:36):
podcast and stuff that he's gotit goes a bit behind the scenes
and and apparently old elliot,he didn't bail until four days
in, but apparently on the showit looked like he bailed the
next day.
So there's there's a bit ofcreativity going on there and in
post-production and stuff likethat.
So I think you've got to takeit with a grain of salt.
(12:57):
But I just love the drama.
Hate it in real life.
I love it on the tv, just ajust a slave to it.
Speaker 2 (13:06):
Yeah all right, benjamin.
Well, I have something to tellyou too oh my, you're pregnant.
Speaker 1 (13:12):
Yay, no, okay, right here.
Oh, guess what I am?
Speaker 2 (13:16):
I'm so retired it's not funny, I think I think five
children between my husband andI is enough did you say you're
so retired?
Speaker 1 (13:24):
oh, thank god, that's what you said.
Okay, yep, okay, yep.
What news have you got?
The?
Speaker 2 (13:29):
news is today is the last episode of Season 3.
Speaker 1 (13:36):
Really.
Speaker 2 (13:37):
Yes.
Speaker 1 (13:38):
So you've heard me on .
For what two seasons?
Is it three now, or two, three?
Speaker 2 (13:44):
I think two.
You started on the beginning ofSeason 2 and we do 10 episodes
per season, so today is episode10 of season three right so what
that means is our next guest aleader.
There'll be a little bit, alittle bit of a gap couple of
weeks I think before season fourwill go live.
Speaker 1 (14:05):
What why?
Speaker 2 (14:06):
It's easy for you when you never hear.
Speaker 1 (14:12):
I know I'm sorry.
Like, yeah, there will be a bitof a gap, guys, because, as I
said, I'm going away and there'sbeen a couple of pre-recordings
that are scheduled when I'maway.
So it's just going to be Jack,and I think there might have
been one or two over the lastcouple of weeks that have just
been Jack as well, and it'sbecause I sound like a donkey
and no one wants to hear thatshit at all.
(14:33):
Yeah, if it's just Jack, I willbe back, maybe.
Speaker 2 (14:40):
Well, we are doing it together for a leader, the
first one.
Speaker 1 (14:43):
Yes, yes.
Speaker 2 (14:45):
So you're going to have to change your shirt, then
what's?
That you, you're gonna have tochange your shirt, then what's
that?
Speaker 1 (14:49):
you're gonna have to change your shirt.
Speaker 2 (14:50):
They don't need to know that we're recording it now
.
Speaker 1 (14:52):
I'm trying to hint they know, they know, come on,
our audience is smart, they knowthey're gonna leave it there.
Speaker 2 (15:03):
Thank you so much.
You're cutting me off already Iam cutting you off because you
can't be trying.
Look at my necks going red andeverything.
Speaker 1 (15:12):
I've just put Jack on the spot, guys, and she's
trying to.
You know we're trying to holdthe place.
Speaker 2 (15:17):
I've got the buttons here.
Speaker 1 (15:18):
She's going to cut me off.
So if I go black, she's hadenough like that.
Speaker 2 (15:23):
Thank you everybody.
We've now done 26 episodes.
It's ended up being and the endof Season 3.
So we will be back with Season4.
Keep listening, subscribe,share it with your friends,
write to us if you've gotquestions, if you've got
terrible, disastrous weddings,we want to hear about them.
Speaker 1 (15:43):
Yes, because we're going to do some rogue issues.
I'm going to step in.
If I could push that way, canyou just lean the other way?
We still want to do somedisasters and a couple of rogue
episodes which are very similarto this, only I'll try and be a
bit more funny.
So we've got a whole lot ofpre-done, ready-to-go disasters
that people have already sent mein.
(16:05):
So if you've got something crazythat's happened, if you've got
your own kind of maths storythat is not maths but is a real
wedding or something like that,send it in because we want to
share it, we want to have alaugh, we want to talk it
through, we want to say someobscenities and let you know who
we really are, and that sort ofstuff.
But yeah, send them through andwe're going to have a bit of
(16:26):
fun with that as well.
And while I've got the floor,I'm just going to keep talking,
otherwise Jack's going to jumpin at the top.
Thank you very much everyonefor welcoming me in.
I know I can be a little bitunreliable at times, but I'm
doing my best.
So thank you all for listening.
Thanks for welcoming meno-transcript.
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