Ricki‑Lee & Tim

Tim spent the afternoon at the Hayden Orpheum watching the Billie Eilish documentary in 3D with his daughter and came in genuinely moved. Watching his daughter watch Billie on screen the same way he watched her watch the live show last year confirmed everything: Billie Eilish is exactly the kind of role model you want for your kid. No pressure to look a certain way, no performance of sexiness, just an unapologetic songwriter who wants to be the artist she'd want to be a fan of. Listeners call in with their own role model stories and one mum of a 14 year old has to break the news that her son's idol is Barney Stinson from How I Met Your Mother. We wish her well.

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Ricki has three unexplained ailments she needs answers on: sore hair where the follicles ache if she doesn't blow dry immediately, randomly muffled ears despite having clinically perfect hearing, and tiny patches of skin that hurt for no reason and then disappear. We open the phones and Sydney delivers: a listener gets intensely itchy feet and scalp when stressed, Tim scratches his face in meetings which apparently means he wants to leave, and a man's ears turn bright red when he's happy. Nobody has any answers. A doctor has not been consulted. We are all fine.

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Friday's show wrapped the week in style. Spotify turned 20 and our first songs ever played said everything about us. Motorbike riders are being caught doing absolutely reckless speeds through the M5 tunnel and Sydney is not happy. New Music Friday delivered as always. A 109 year old letter in a bottle was found which is an incredible story. There is apparently a laziest person in the world competition being held and we have questions about how you even enter. Sarah and Tim's kids are obsessed with the exact same thing which is either a coincidence or a sign. Reuben from Peking Duk stopped by for a chat. Delta Goodrem made it through to the Eurovision final in Vienna wearing a gown made by Sydney designer Nikki Villani who spent 500 hours and 7,000 Swarovski crystals making it happen. And a fan mistook Ricki for Paulini which was deeply awkward for everyone involved.

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Delta Goodrem made it through to the Eurovision final in Vienna and the woman who made it happen is Sydney designer Nicky Velani from Five Dock, who spent 500 hours hand-crafting Delta's gown featuring 7,000 Swarovski crystals. We caught up with Nicky watching from home and she had literally just stopped crying. An absolute pinch me moment for a very deserving talent. We love you, Nikki.

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Spotify celebrated its 20th anniversary and you can now deep dive your entire listening history. We go around the room: Ricki joined in March 2012 after Spotify came to her record label and basically begged artists to get on board, Tim joined in 2014 when his daughter was under one, and Sarah joined in 2020 which we did not see coming.

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