Matty & PJ - The Podcast

Matty & PJ - The Podcast

Drive home with Matty McLean & PJ Harding on The Hits!

Episodes

December 9, 2025 41 mins
  • What is the thing named after your family?
  • Passionately pitch us your favourite Christmas Movie!
  • PJ got out of the Auckland Santa Parade, so Matty made her do her own down the main street in Christchurch
  • Group Therapy: When did you invite someone and they actually turned up, but you regretted it? 
  • The People's Poll: When you go to after hours, do you take a photo and upload it to social media?

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  • A lot to catch up since PJ left halfway through the show on Friday!
  • PJ met Cliff Curtis over the weekend after he started talking to baby Frankie
  • Matty had to hitch a ride from the old intern at The Hits's mum! Who was your saviour?
  • PJs mum embarrassed her at the hotel...
  • What was the straw that broke that camels back?

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December 4, 2025 36 mins
  • PJs Pitch Perfect Ish: How did the performance go? 
  • Matty needs your help getting to a wedding...
  • A MAJOR development in the Mariah game!
  • What got in the way of your wedding?
  • Did you meet someone who was totally not your type, but it worked out?

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  • PJs Pitch Perfect Ish: How did the audition go? Did she finally get into her primary school choir after being rejected 25 ish years ago?
  • Matty nearly didn't make his flight - and his luggage didn't!
  • Kiwi singer Kaylee Bell on her new Christmas song!
  • Is it okay to send food back you've half eaten?
  • PJ was a hot mess today, what is it about you that gets in the way of your professionalism?

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  • PJs punishment for not appearing at The Auckland Santa Parade - she has to do her own Santa Parade walking down the streets in her Christmas top!
  • What was the brutal honesty someone gave you?
  • Group Therapy: My friends husband told me he's unhappy, should I tell her?
  • PJs Pitch Perfect Ish: Clinical Psychologist Jacqui Macquire taps into PJs unresolved trauma before she auditions for her primary school choir tomorrow!
  • Aaron Rowe...
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  • PJ promised in Jan that she would finally clear her 10,000 emails by Dec. How did she do?
  • Am I A Weirdo for refusing to peel the plastic off a new appliance because I like the fantasy that it’s forever new?
  • PJs Pitch Perfect Ish: PJs been practising her singing in front of husband BJ before the choir audition at her old primary school on Thursday! How is she doing...
  • PJ is the only announcer left standing in The Mar...
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  • PJs Pitch Perfect... Ish: PJ finds out what pop song she has to audition with when she goes back to her primary school choir
  • Mel C from The Spice Girls!!
  • The People's Poll: If you drop something under your seat in the car do you grab it or leave it?
  • Megan VS PJ - who is going to get out of The Mariah Game this weekend?
  • What did you buy that you didn't need, but it was on sale?

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  • PJs Pitch Perfect... Ish. What pop song should PJ sing with when she reauditions for her primary school choir?
  • Did you have a fall out with someone from your bridal party after the wedding?
  • Kiwi band Foley join us for a chat about their new song, Honey
  • Matty was in a flap last night because he lost his wallet... twice
  • The People's Poll: What do you eat for breakfast? 

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  • PJs Pitch Perfect... ish. PJs reauditioning for her school choir next week, when did you try to impress but bombed instead?
  • The People's Poll: Have you ever walked out of a movie?
  • Matty's very much a Type B personality
  • PJ had a tradie at her house and offered him a cup of tea but then didn't the next day... what is the tradie etiquette?
  • What do you do religiously that you heard once but didn't even fact check?

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  • Matty was described as nice, but then described as edgy, which one would you rather be?  
  • The Principal from PJs old primary school invites her to try again for the school choir! 
  • The People's Poll: Do you sleep with your door open or closed?
  • Group Therapy: My neighbour has stolen my bin and they won't give it back!
  • Ryan is being a REAL type A in the new house

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  • Jono from Jono, Ben & Megan is out of The Mariah Game! 
  • What did you leave on top of your car?
  • Am I A Weirdo? I eat dessert first at a restaurant
  • PJ thinks she's a good singer and reminisces about nearly making the choir at primary school
  • "I went to a Stag Do and came back with..."

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  • Have you ever been wrongly accused of something?
  • The People's Poll: If you're in a queue, driving or supermarket line and see a quicker line do you change?
  • Matty needs help making it up to Ryan...
  • What did you forget about and had to pay the price?
  • Connor from Chch is out of The Mariah Game! How did he get out?!

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  • VENT TENT: Matty needs to vent about scones being heated up in the microwave
  • The People's Poll: Should you pay more or less depending on where you're sitting at the cinema?
  • PJ and her current boss had a MARRIAGE PACT when they were 20
  • What did you never think you'd do until you met your partner? 
  • 79% of GenZers ask their parents to ask their boss for a day off or a pay rise! 

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  • Poor Matty has food poisoning, so we ask - when was the WORST time you got a stomach bug?
  • PJ wants to chuck out her husbands lunch bag because she hates it 
  • Where did you see your professional out of the professional environment?
  • The People's Poll: Do you watch TV while you're at the bach or on holiday?
  • A round of Hit or Miss!

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  • Matty went to The Wicked Movie last night and needs to shares his thoughts!
  • Matty's moving house tomorrow and he has a few observations
  • The People's Poll: If there's a lolly jar at the front desk somewhere do you take a lolly/mint?
  • Group Therapy: Is it too late to pull out of my friends wedding in 2 months time? It's too expensive!
  • What's the most satisfying thing in the world? BJ blamed PJ for something of this that went miss...
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  • What's your rock bottom entertainment that you pull out to keep your kids entertained?
  • The People's Poll: Have you ever been stung by a bee?
  • Matty got humbled at the opshop
  • PJ's new idea to keep her reminder to do list in check? Sending herself voicememos...
  • Am I A Weirdo: “I collect my cats fallen whiskers and put them on a plate with herbs to make my house look pretty” 

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  • Matty is out of the Mariah Game!
  • Matty recreated PJs iconic farmer photo shoot
  • The People's Poll: Are you still rocking novelty silk boxers?
  • Have you ever had to sneaky delete anything from someone else's device?
  • Rueben from Peking Duk joins us ahead of Synthony next year!

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  • Producer Sara got PJ some McDonalds but she was too full to eat it, what did you have to force yourself to like because someone got it for you?
  • Jules from The Hits Ad team spills if any Mariah would play during the addbreaks!!
  • We check in with BJ - has he broken his diet with the baking PJ has done?
  • What did you have to be cut out of?
  • It's World Kindness Day - what kind thing did you do and not appreciated for?

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  • What happened because your phone was on full volume?
  • Charlie said something awkward to an adult, when were you kids a little too honest?
  • What TV shows would just not fly these days?
  • Matty has an earworm stuck in his head and he can't work out what this song sounds like!
  • The Mariah Game: Dale texted in saying she'd gotten out THREE times in the last three days!

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  • What were the urban legends from your childhood?
  • We surprise Matty with the Firefighters from the firefighter calendar in studio
  • Group Therapy: My boyfriend says my bag is embarrassing him in front of his parents?!
  • PJ burps live on air during The Alpha Quiz
  • Matty was talking loudly out loud, to his headphones, while running

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