Problemz

This week on Problemz, Brynley Stent, Catherine Yates and Vincent Andrew-Scammell are joined by guest improviser Shanna Paese, who steps in seamlessly and immediately helps derail everything.We tackle a listener who’s been brutally left out of the family group chat, spiralling into theories, confrontations, and some truly cursed family dynamics. Then it’s onto a workplace identity crisis, where being the “old one” in the office leads to painfully unfunny jokes and some desperate attempts to fit in. 🎤 Got a problem? Send it in.🎟️ We’re also LIVE at the NZ International Comedy Festival — May 7th, 9:15pm at Q Theatre Loft. Tickets are $23: https://www.comedyfestival.co.nz/problemzFull episode out now. Come for the problems, stay for the terrible advice.If you have a problem and want us to somewhat help - fire through a voice message via any of our social channels: https://linktr.ee/problemz.podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on Problemz, Brynley Stent, Catherine Yates and Vincent Andrew-Scammell are joined by special guest Shanna Paese — who’s running on zero sleep and absolutely thriving (or not).The team dives into a listener who wants to be vegan… but also eat eggs, someone trying to figure out how to tell their mother-in-law she’s not invited to the birth. Full episode out now. Come see us live at New Zealand Comedy Fest! If you have a problem and want us to somewhat help - fire through a voice message via any of our social channels: https://linktr.ee/problemz.podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on Problemz, we’ve abandoned the format completely.No Brynley Stent, no Bailey Poching, and no improv - just Catherine Yates and Vincent Andrew-Scammell joined by special guests Ella Hope-Higginson and Milo Cawthorne for a full chaos hang.There's some flatting horror stories, genuinely terrifying late-night stories and a bunch of conversations that probably should’ve stayed off-mic. We will do better next time.It’s less “advice podcast” this week and more “four people absolutely derailing for 50 minutes.”Full episode out now.Got a problem? Send it in — we might actually get back to solving them next time.If you have a problem and want us to somewhat help - fire through a voice message via any of our social channels: https://linktr.ee/problemz.podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on Problemz, the advice is questionable and the problems are deeply unhinged. With Brynley Stent and Bailey Poching away, Catherine Yates and Vincent Andrew-Scammell are joined by special guests Ella Hope-Higginson and Milo Cawthorne to solve your problems the only way they know how: chaotic improv.This episode tackles some truly important questions:Is having a rotational towel system normal or deeply cursed?Is it embarrassing to walk back to your table with a Ponsonby Food Court pager?How early is too early for dinner with your parents?And if you’re messaging someone called Gina for relationship advice… is that cheating?Expect ridiculous improv scenes, terrible advice, and the kind of problem solving that probably shouldn’t be trusted.If you have a problem and want us to somewhat help - fire through a voice message via any of our social channels: https://linktr.ee/problemz.podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Vinny, Cathy and Brynley are joined by legendary improvisor Hamish Parkinson! They dive into what it is to get a lot of matches, race to pay for dinner, work at the warehouse, date a living statue, help a grandma, cross the boarder, and to be stuck in a frustrating quiz team. Catch Hamish @hungrypeachboy on Instagram! Also, check out his sketch comedy YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@fuqboizAnother also, grab your tickets to the Fuq Boiz live show, The Greatest Showboiz at the New Zealand International Comedy Festival here: https://www.comedyfestival.co.nz/fuq-boiz-the-greatest-showboiz/And the Problemz team on:@problemzpod @vinny.tawera @Brynley.stent @cathrineyates@broozer_If you have a problem and want us to somewhat help - fire through a voice message via any of our social channels: https://linktr.ee/problemz.podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A Year 7 writes in because a girl at school won’t stop laughing at them… and they genuinely don’t know if it’s bullying, flirting, or just their face.So obviously we handle it with maturity and restraint.This episode spirals from a very real school dilemma into talent quest stand-up revolutions, failed Peter Pan auditions, intense Berlin theatre training, Otago flat inspections, choir nationals, ram raids (contextually), and the emotional damage of never getting cast in the school play.As always, we solve listener problems using pure, unfiltered improv. No prep. No plan. Just chaos and occasional accidental wisdom.If you’ve ever been laughed at in class, failed a drama audition, lost your bond in Dunedin, or thought about confronting someone with “why are you laughing?” — this one’s for you.If you have a problem and want us to somewhat help - fire through a voice message via any of our social channels: https://linktr.ee/problemz.podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on Problemz, Lana Walters is our special guest and to the surprise of no one she has an incredible Problem to present to the group.Also featured in this week's ep- has the team been pranked?? Or are these gnomes up to no good! The team also helps a listener decide when and how to resign from their job, even when boss seems to be pretty decent.If you have a problem and want us to somewhat help - fire through a voice message via any of our social channels: https://linktr.ee/problemz.podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Guest Tom Clarke and the problems team try to solve issues with new relationships, old relationships, group dynamics and Warhammer. As usual, through the power of improv, the team solve nothing. But they do discover the true meaning of life: Knowing what season to dress in.If you have a problem and want us to somewhat help - fire through a voice message via any of our social channels: https://linktr.ee/problemz.podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on Problemz, the gang is joined by comedian, actor and all-round legend Kura Forrester (Taskmaster NZ, Brunch, Golden Boy) while Bailey is off galivanting overseas.We tackle some truly unresolvable issues, including:- Whether a relationship can survive when one person insists on using a top sheet and the other absolutely refuses- How to deal with a astronomical water bill. As always, the problems are real, the advice is questionable, and the solutions may create more problems than they solve.If you have a problem and want us to somewhat help - fire through a voice message via any of our social channels: https://linktr.ee/problemz.podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on Problemz, Catherine is joined by a very special guest: comedian, improviser, actor, writer, clown, and all-round icon Kara Forrester.Kara arrives with a problem of her own: she’s 25 weeks pregnant, it’s summer, and she is running hotter than the Titanic’s furnace room. Together, the girls unpack the perils of pregnancy overheating, emotional combustion, and the urgent search for an iceberg-shaped fridge.Plus: a listener writes in with a truly baffling issue - why does their cat insist on dragging them into the bathroom every time it wants attention? What secrets does the bathroom hold? What trauma does the cat have? And can love survive a cat named Mouthwash?Expect improvised scenes, exes at the pub quiz, evil stepmothers with opinions about New Zealand, and a surprising amount of toast-based evacuation planning.As always: send us your problems. We’ll solve them. Probably.If you have a problem and want us to somewhat help - fire through a voice message via any of our social channels: https://linktr.ee/problemz.podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on Problemz, special guest problem solver Chris Parker joins the gang once again, as a simple problem about saying no while sick quickly derails into food poisoning, hat anxiety, and absolute alpha-energy chaos. We debate whether wearing a cap makes you look like a child, descend into a deeply cursed hat shop, and attempt to solve how to unfriend someone who randomly made you a bridesmaid after 12 years — naturally ending in a wedding, a betrayal, and extremely dangerous cosmetic surgery. No solutions, plenty of nonsense.If you have a problem and want us to somewhat help - fire through a voice message via any of our social channels: https://linktr.ee/problemz.podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on Problemz, the hotline goes fully off the rails as we’re joined by very special guest Chris Parker — improviser, comedian, content creator, Speedo evangelist, and outspoken critic of teenagers who “run the pools”.Together, the gang attempts to solve:• What to do when a coworker has called you the wrong name for THREE AND A HALF YEARS (accident? power move? alpha dog behaviour?)• And a domestic dispute spiralling out of control as one husband becomes dangerously obsessed with buying bark - cubic metres of it - in the name of garden maintenanceAlong the way we encounter: glass offices that are definitely soundproof, Toyota executives with identity crises, workplace pornography disasters, haunted bark suppliers, colonial tree lore, guillotines in France, cursed playgrounds, and the eternal question - when does the bark become more bark than land?As always, four friends (plus one star guest) attempt to solve your problems through the power of improvised comedy - with extremely mixed results.If you have a problem and want us to somewhat help - fire through a voice message via any of our social channels: https://linktr.ee/problemz.podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Happy New Year, Prob-Goblins!We’re kicking off the year with resolutions, reflections, and absolutely no self-control.This week on Problemz, the gang tackles:• A very awkward run-in with a mysterious, nameless church (is it a cult? is it just meetings? will we be sacrificed at McDonald’s?)• Whether you should apologise for asking too many questions about someone’s secretive belief system• And a heated domestic dispute over Blu-ray ownership, shelf space, plastic waste, and the noble quest to own 2,000 physical movies before the streamers collapseAlong the way, we uncover cult coffee orders, workplace cinema etiquette disasters, cassette-tape survivalism, builders confronting actors, and a surprise visit from Ronald McDonald himself.As always, four friends attempt to solve your problems through the magic of improv — with wildly mixed results.If you have a problem and want us to somewhat help - fire through a voice message via any of our social channels: https://linktr.ee/problemz.podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on Problemz, we accidentally abandon the concept of solving problems entirely and instead invent a shared cinematic universe of superpowers, flirt syndrome, laser tag betrayal, and extremely expensive van repairs.We attempt to answer important questions like: Is it okay to be a flirt and at what cost? And can you still have a fun roadtrip if you're also required to courier medical waste?Expect airbending nihilism, ice powers in cafés, chaotic mechanics, improvised medical procedures, suspicious brothers, laser tag alliances that collapse instantly, and a band conductor who's had enough.If you have a problem and want us to somewhat help - fire through a voice message via any of our social channels: https://linktr.ee/problemz.podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on Problemz we play a very dangerous game with the words “I love you” and absolutely no safety net.We attempt to solve what to do when you say “I love you” to literally everyone, but you’re suddenly in a brand new relationship. And what to buy a 16-year-old edgelord cousin for Secret Santa without making Christmas a true crime documentary.Expect awkward cafés, emotional birthday cards, chairlift confessions, long-distance “relationships”, cancelled Christmas vibes, and a family that has officially outlawed the word love.If you have a problem and want us to somewhat help - fire through a voice message via any of our social channels: https://linktr.ee/problemz.podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hey Prob-Goblins!It’s a very special Christmas episode of Problemz Podcast - the fully improvised comedy podcast where four friends attempt to solve your problems through the magic of improv.This week we take on: dogs buying Christmas gifts; adult-babies; romance in a bubble tea shop; and a British wizard story that is not at all inspired by Harry Potter.Submit your problems, grab your milk and cookies, and join the absolute nonsense.If you have a problem and want us to somewhat help - fire through a voice message via any of our social channels: https://linktr.ee/problemz.podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This may be our last evening record, due to tangents and somewhat aggressive improv. Never the less the quad try and help troubleshoot a mice disposal issue and whether or not you should choose your dreams.Characters such as, Batman, Stuart Little and a family of cows, come to life through the art of improv, in the aid of finding the answers you people require.If you have a problem and want us to somewhat help - fire through a voice message via any of our social channels: https://linktr.ee/problemz.podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our first evening record got so crazy! This episode the gang face their first insect themed problem AND the case of the double secret boyfriend.The possible solves? How about a silacous Spider-man, a self-checkout, a strictly ballroom DVD and medieval duel perhaps?If you have a problem and want us to somewhat help - fire through a voice message via any of our social channels: https://linktr.ee/problemz.podcastIf you have a problem and want us to somewhat help - fire through a voice message via any of our social channels: https://linktr.ee/problemz.podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

They are the four best friends that ever were! And they are here to solve all your problemz through the form of IMPROVISATION! In this ep, the team give advice on rawdogging life, putting your phone on silent, and being the weakest link in your a cappella group.If you have a problem and want us to somewhat help - fire through a voice message via any of our social channels: https://linktr.ee/problemz.podcastIf you have a problem and want us to somewhat help - fire through a voice message via any of our social channels: https://linktr.ee/problemz.podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The team gather on another sunny sunday morning! This time they tackle set menus, flatmates, and single dads. If you have a problem and want us to somewhat help - fire through a voice message via any of our social channels: https://linktr.ee/problemz.podcastIf you have a problem and want us to somewhat help - fire through a voice message via any of our social channels: https://linktr.ee/problemz.podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this 'mini ep' the improv quad take on the case of the "Oversees Birthday". They visit a Swedish, possibly Norwegian Air BnB. How to deal with a long distance break up whilst on the tube and tackle what it truly means to be popular.If you have a problem and want us to somewhat help - fire through a voice message via any of our social channels: https://linktr.ee/problemz.podcastIf you have a problem and want us to somewhat help - fire through a voice message via any of our social channels: https://linktr.ee/problemz.podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The gang truly spends too much time talking about morning routines and breakfast habits. Then they follow it up by helping YOU with your problems around kiwi fruit and pillowcase repairs!  We bounce around from a busy crosswalk, a dragon's journey through adolescence, the etiquette of buying new bedsheets and how to deal with social anxiety!  If you have a problem and want us to somewhat help - fire through a voice message via any of our social channels: https://linktr.ee/problemz.podcastIf you have a problem and want us to somewhat help - fire through a voice message via any of our social channels: https://linktr.ee/problemz.podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the second episode of Problemz, Bryn, Bailey, Vinny and Cathy explore some solutions to two very creepy problems: Curses, and breaking and entering. We flit from The Court Theatre to Catan, and meet Lisa Chapel, the Hoyts Children, Shepherds, and Dracula. If you have a problem and want us to somewhat help - fire through a voice message via any of our social channels: https://linktr.ee/problemz.podcastIf you have a problem and want us to somewhat help - fire through a voice message via any of our social channels: https://linktr.ee/problemz.podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The hotline is now open! In this inaugural episode of Problemz, the team tackles two very real dilemmas: what to do when you’re allergic to strawberry lube, and how to give honest feedback on your friends’ creative work without destroying the friendship. We take you on a trip to Chemist Warehouse (not a plug but could be?), Allergics Anonymous in Wellington, and also throw in some Orcs to see if that helps solve anything. If you have a problem and want us to somewhat help - fire through a voice message via any of our social channels: https://linktr.ee/problemz.podcastIf you have a problem and want us to somewhat help - fire through a voice message via any of our social channels: https://linktr.ee/problemz.podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Got a problem? Brynley Stent, Bailey Poching, Catherine Yates, and Vincent Andrew-Scammell are here to kind of solve it, through pure, unhinged improv chaos.First episode is out on Wednesday October the 29th!If you have a problem and want us to somewhat help - fire through a voice message via any of our social channels: https://linktr.ee/problemz.podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.