Matty & PJ - The Podcast

• PJ lured us in with a headline... "PJS new baby has links to Hollywood star"?!
• Matty was on PJs farm for the finale of the farm initiation!! How did he go?
• PJ missed a final notice to pick up a parcel and now she doesn't know what the parcel was or who sent it - can we track the parcel down?
• How many times did it take you to pass your drivers liscene test, and what happened?
• Matty turns 40 next year, add to his "40 before 40" ...

We've got a special guest in our podcast feed today! Our very own PJ Harding returns with season 2 of Slow It Down, where she invites you to slow down, chill out, and live authentically. If you like what you hear follow Slow It Down wherever you're listening to this. 

Welcome to season 2 of Slow It Down! I'm so excited to be getting back into the podcast after my six month maternity leave. I've seen so many incredible and insp...

For anyone who missed DJ Matilda's performance you can rewatch it on The Hits Afternoon's Facebook page - Sadly for copyright reasons it won't be on the podcast... 

• Today is the day... DJ TOOTLES ON THE HITS, so we take a trip down memory lane to figure out how we even got here... DJ tootles montage.
• One of our favourite callers Bret who has always been Matilda's Hype wo-MAN calls up to wish Matilda all the best of luck!!
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• Matilda's live DJ gig is tomorrow, and she's hit Matty up with a few needs and want. She believes every performer is allowed a few non-negotiable items. So, we discuss these on the show today.
• Matty has betrayed his barber by going to another barber for the past few months, However, his new barber is shutting down so Matty needs to crawl back to his old barber who he has ignored... So, we call the new barber live on the show t...

• Matty is having to go crawling back to his barber after leaving him for a few months. But his new barber is closing so he has to go back to the OG now. We take calls on who did you have to crawl back too?
•  We get a quick update on DJ Tootles outfit and then we go into discussing when did someone spoiler a show or even a surprise for you after Ashlee from the office ruined 'The summer I turned pretty' for Matty.
• Meme Girls...

• We talk and take call on when did you see or experience a public break up. After Matty stumbled across a crazy TikTok showing a public break up. We get some great calls on this including a public break up and fight at a restaurant. Audio attached as the highlight.
• Matty's Friend has a Bali Nightmare... After a monkey absolutely destroyed a hotel room when they left the door open.
• Group Therapy is back and this week we discuss ...

• Will from Sachi joins the show ahead of Matilda's DJ live DJ set on Friday. He's come on air to give her tips and any advice for performing live.
• Can you beat Matilda? Matilda claimed she was a professional at knowing how many letters are in a word. She got a little too cocky....
• Matty has a new favourite song so matt set him the challenge of getting 6,000 likes on an Instagram post.... We deal with the results of that situati...

• Matilda's husband Art joins the show and reveals what it's really like living with Matilda's alter ego - DJ Tootles! We open the phones to hear about the annoying hobbies your partner has - once caller's husband even filled their house with 10 pinball machines! 

• Meta’s new AI smart glasses are the latest craze, but are they cool or creepy? Matty’s not convinced, Matilda’s unsure... are they too invasi...

• With Matilda's Live DJ set coming up Friday week, we play 'Are you a' DJ!! Let's see how well Matilda knows her DJ knowledge after practicing for a few weeks now.
• What made you realise you were old? We take some great calls on the topic as well.
• Matilda had a moment today and missed an important meeting... So, we take calls on when did you also get caught out?
• Matty unexpectedly ended up at the gym with Jono Prior and he felt ...

• We talk about how far you Travelled for something after Producer Liam travels nearly two hours for a Pad Thai after not finding a good Thai shop locally. We take some great calls on this topic.
• Kerian Reid joins the show to discuss the upcoming Black Clash cricket match in Tauranga in January 2026.
• Meme Girls is back for our Wednesday, and we end up diving into What did you accidently sign yourself up for? We take some great c...

• Matilda headed back to DJ School today with Dylan and we take a listen to how she's going... We continue to hype up Matilda's live 10-minute set which will happen on Friday 26th September.
• We talk about what was the thing you had to use to improvise after Matty's car speakers stopped working so he had to take a new approach to getting music/radio ... We take calls on this topic as well.. A fantastic call about the use of ...

• Both Matty and Matilda were meant to be running races this weekend but only one made it to their race. Matty also made the news for not making it to his Dunedin Marathon so we take calls on "what's the stupid thing you made the news for".
• One of our favourite game's returns can you beat Matty - Food show edition. Matty took a clean sweep here once again...
• For a few weeks now, we have been talking about Matilda becoming a DJ a...

Happy Friday!!

• After a week of really sad and depressing news headlines we want to headline some good news heading into the weekend. We ask for listeners to call us in with their 'Good News Stories' to lift everyone's mood's heading into the weekend.
• People's Poll: Shaver Gel Vs. Electric Shaver. The results on this were super surprising to Matty!
• Battle of the hits returns for our Friday; this week it is Matty Vs a Michelle o...

• What did you rope your partner into - This Sunday Matty is doing the Dunedin Half Marathon with his partner Ryan and Matty has just realised he may be forcing Ryan into this and may have forgot to mention it... We take some great calls on this. 
• With Matilda away we play a best bit of when Matilda didn't trust her google maps as she thought she knew best - She ended up being an hour late and had to cancel her meetings.
• Ma...

• Matilda went to first DJ School Class and it went surprisingly well... We have a listen to what she did on the decks today and now she's hooked and looking forward to her second class.
• We discuss what's the thing that makes sense to YOU but doesn't make sense to anyone else - We talk calls on this. 
• Meme Girls - After a funny meme about reading in class we take calls on what moment at School is just stuck in your head. Th...

Hi All, Happy Tuesday!!

Today on the show:

• We discuss a viral TikTok about two ladies who booked a flight to the wrong location we talk ask people if they have ended up in the wrong location. We take some fantastic calls.
• Matilda's son let her know how he fills us his bucket with things he loves about his life so we challenge parents to ask their kids what fills their bucket.
•  So, Matilda mentioned yesterday she's keen to...

Happy Monday Everyone!

• Today we discussed Irrational fears after Matty went away for the weekend and his friend talked about his irrational fear that is extremely rare that it could ever happen. So, we took calls on people's Irrational fears.
• Matilda lets us know she's keen to become a DJ. We feel like we need to explore this more - Can we make DJ Tootles a thing? Watch this spac...