Buzzballs, Jury Duty & Some Sick Glasses

Summary

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The Nightly – "Buzzballs, Jury Duty & Some Sick Glasses"

Hosts: Matt Bragg & KP Parker
Date: May 28, 2026
Produced by: Hatch Podcasts

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Episode Overview

This episode of The Nightly is a quintessential late-night wind-down: a cozy, humorous chat between Matt and KP blending pop culture asides, quirky product experiences, and the meandering, relatable thoughts that come to mind just before sleep. The main themes in this episode include: bizarre late-night beverages (Buzzballs), dealing with hiccups and motion sickness, unique solutions for nausea, and the hilarious concept behind the show Jury Duty. The vibe is gently irreverent, full of warmth, and peppered with wry observations.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Hiccups, Sneezes, and Quirky Home Remedies

• The episode starts with KP almost sneezing, leading to a lighthearted discussion about folk methods to trigger (or prevent) sneezing and hiccups (00:35).
• KP and Matt share personal hiccup "statistics" and coping mechanisms—a running joke emerges as KP claims, “My technique is be better than everybody else, I guess.” (02:28)

Notable Moment:

“My technique is be better than everybody else, I guess.”
— KP (02:28)

• They riff on "tricks" to solve hiccups—mentioning elephants, cucumbers, and scaring people out of them. Matt shares an anecdote about curing an audience member's hiccups during a stand-up gig by startling her (01:32).

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2. Buzzballs and Spiked Iced Tea: Adventures in Strange Beverages

• KP describes managing grocery lists for a trip with a friend who can’t burp and thus avoids carbonation (02:34).
• KP shares her love for spiked iced tea (“Those are quite delicious,” 03:20).
• Matt introduces Buzzballs—novelty, high-alcohol, spherical pre-mixed cocktails. The saga of drinking Buzzballs “next to a bin” as hangover relief gets special attention (04:19).

Notable Quote:

“We just bought a big bag full of Buzzballs. Yeah, it was great.”
— Matt (04:45)

• KP mentions the giant-sized Buzzballs (“bigger than your head!” 04:45), and they marvel at both the price and potency.

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3. On Cruises, Overindulgence, and Entertaining at Sea

• Matt is about to perform as the comedian on a cruise ship, sharing both the novelty and the logistical details: new arrangements with a “comedy club” format onboard (06:08 – 06:41).
• KP recalls her own cruise experience as a kid, marked by debilitating motion sickness (“Worst place to find out that you're motion sick. Top bunk on a cruise ship,” 07:43).
• The duo discusses wild legal claims about overserving alcohol at sea, referencing a story about someone obtaining a $300,000 settlement after drinking 14 shots and falling down stairs (05:06).

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4. Motion Sickness: Gadgets, Glasses, and Gags

• KP describes coping with motion sickness using special glasses: large, circular goggles with chambers of blue liquid that respond to movement (08:00 – 09:02), which leads to playful roasting by Matt, who insists he’d “rather be sick” than wear them (09:15).

Notable Exchange:

“I'd rather be sick. I would rather be sick.”
— Matt (09:15)

“Well, you keep saying it's in public. I mean, ideally you're wearing them in the car with people you love and know. But yeah, on the cruise I would say there's probably a few people wearing them. It's a lovely cohort we have in the motion sickness crew.”
— KP (09:31)

• They explore the odd aesthetics and “features” of these glasses, joking about product design (“Good elasticity of the eyeglass legs fits all face shapes, which is great news,” Matt, 10:48).
• Matt escalates the imaginary “look” with helmet, Heelys, and “Chair Pants”—pants with built-in stools for instant seating (12:01 – 13:14).

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5. Pop Culture: Jury Duty and the Uncanny Truman Show Experience

• KP introduces Jury Duty, a reality comedy series where everyone is an actor except one unsuspecting civilian—likened to a real-life Truman Show (13:17–15:34).
• The hosts dissect the show’s premise, casting, and the sweetness of the protagonist.
• Matt is charmed by the idea and pledges to check it out, tying the discussion back to how “weird reality” could happen to any of us (16:37).

Notable Quote:

“There's this key element that I think works for the show, which is like...you'd have to be really narcissistic or something to be like, hey guys, are you filming me?”
— KP (17:01)

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6. Playful Bet and Farewells

• KP suggests a bed: she'll try a Buzzball if Matt watches Jury Duty (17:45). Both agree.
• KP closes with a shoutout to “motion sickness queens and kings and in betweens”—urging listeners not to feel self-conscious in their “sick glasses” (18:18).

Final Notable Quote:

“And I think you look really awesome with those glasses. And don't ever let somebody judge you. We look really great in them.”
— KP (18:33)

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Timestamped Section Guide

• 00:35 — 02:32: Hiccup stories, sneezing cures, and being better than everyone else
• 02:34 — 04:58: Beverage chat: carbonation issues, spiked iced tea, and the introduction to Buzzballs
• 05:05 — 06:56: Cruise ship gigs, bizarre lawsuits, and Matt’s cruise performance plans
• 07:17 — 09:44: Motion sickness woes, the invention of motion sickness glasses, and KP’s adventures testing remedies
• 09:45 — 13:14: Debates on the aesthetics of gadgets and invention of “Chair Pants”
• 13:17 — 16:37: Pop culture digression: dissecting Jury Duty and reality-show pranks
• 17:01 — 18:18: Reflections on reality, narcissism, and an episode-concluding friendly wager
• 18:18 — 18:58: Affirmation for motion sickness sufferers and goodnight farewells

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Memorable Moments & Quotes

• “Just drank them next to a bin, which is where they're supposed to be enjoyed.”
  — KP on Buzzballs (04:23)
• “This is cutting edge technology. We don't often get a new article of clothing that can solve something. This is very good. People said this about the helmet.”
  — KP on motion sickness glasses (11:48)
• “Chairpants is from a show, Jury Duty that we had that I find very funny.”
  — KP (13:17)
• “I would like to say goodnight to whoever invented those glasses, I think. Ballsy move. You've still got a lot of work to do in the aesthetics department. If it works, you know, why not?”
  — Matt (18:39)

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Tone and Spirit

• Warm, bantering, and gently self-deprecating.
• The episode is both silly and comforting—perfect for an audience winding down.
• The hosts shift easily from personal quirks to pop culture, to musing about life’s oddities.

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Takeaways

• Try a Buzzball (preferably next to a bin for authenticity).
• Don’t be afraid to wear ugly but useful glasses if they help you keep your dinner down at sea.
• Check out Jury Duty for a uniquely sweet and funny reality TV experience.
• And, most importantly: celebrate your quirks, even if they come with sloshing eyewear.

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For fellow motion sickness sufferers and those looking for a giggle at bedtime, this episode is an affirming, delightful listen.

Transcript

[A]

Audio for sleep by hatch.

[B]

All right. I'm Matt.

[A]

And I'm kp. Welcome to the nightly from Hatch, where your late night thoughts go to.

[B]

Everything okay, kp?

[A]

I was about to sneeze. Yes, it was really close, but aren't you supposed to look into a light to get yourself to sneeze? Have you heard this?

[B]

I've only ever wanted to hold in a sneeze where I think you're supposed to think of. What was it? Bananas? Elephants?

[A]

Cucumbers. I've heard also. Oh, no, elephants. You're right too. But they say that about hiccups too. You're supposed to think about an elephant or something.

[B]

Oh, that's not. Hiccups are a different ball game. They're awful, aren't they?

[A]

They really are. I do feel like I get them less and less. I'm like. As a kid, it seemed like hiccups were a real issue. And then as an adult, I'm like, I get hiccups, what, once every other month? Maybe. Maybe.

[B]

Really? Yeah. God, that's it. I'm actually jealous of that. I. Yeah, I do.

[A]

You don't. You get them a lot?

[B]

Well, yeah, enough. I mean, it's mostly if. It's like if I'm on a night out at some point in the night, I will get hiccups.

[A]

Oh, wow.

[B]

And I hate it.

[A]

It's bad. It's not fun.

[B]

I actually had a gig a couple of nights ago. There was a girl in the front row who had hiccups.

[A]

That's distracting.

[B]

And she'd had it for quite a long time. And I thought I could make this go away. So I just said to her, what's your name? And just sprung it on her and she went. I went, you're welcome.

[A]

Easy scare.

[B]

Yeah, easy. You don't want to be talked at in public.

[A]

And we know you hate doing crowd work, so that was a real nice thing you did for her.

[B]

Exactly. Yeah. It hurt. It really did hurt me because I am a stand up comedian, as discussed, not just someone who extracts information out of unwilling members of the public. Anyway, how's things?

[A]

Oh, pretty good. Yeah. I really get hiccups, man. I mean, maybe every four months, really, a hiccup comes up. It doesn't come up a lot for me. I'm blessed, I suppose.

[B]

You got any good coping techniques for that?

[A]

My technique is be better than everybody else, I guess.

[B]

Same for everything, really.

[A]

Yeah. Same as always. Yeah. My friend can't have carbonation anymore because it is so she's not. She can't burp. This is, I guess, different than a hiccup. But she cannot burp, so when she gets carbonation, it just, like, doesn't know where to go, and so it really messes up her system. I'm hanging out with her this weekend and we're, you know, getting our list of groceries and things to. To buy for our little trip we're taking. And it has to be all iced tea. No Diet Cokes. I mean, I'm going to get some for my own stash.

[B]

But I was gonna say, it's not like peanuts, is it? With a nut allergy, it's not like you open.

[A]

It's a bubble. If a bubble even makes it near her, she'll explode.

[B]

Don't want that on your conscience.

[A]

No, I mean, luckily, I really do enjoy a spiked iced tea anyway. Those are quite delicious to me, so I'm not complaining about a lack of beer, personally.

[B]

What's that? Spiked iced tea.

[A]

Oh, it's like a canned iced tea, but with vodka in it. So instead of getting a beer or a seltzer, you just get one of these little spiked iced teas. I like them. I think they're quite delicious.

[B]

Okay. Oh, nice.

[A]

They're really delicious.

[B]

Have you ever had a buzz ball?

[A]

God, you know, I haven't. It's scary.

[B]

I honestly, I'd never had a buzz ball before until I'd always wanted to try them. And then me and my mate, when we were away for the snooker a little while ago, we had sort of a big night out. Woke up the next day and we're a bit like, ugh. Feel a bit rough. Went to the Tesco in the city center. We're just on a walk, feeling a bit sorry for ourselves. Didn't feel great. Bought four buzz balls.

[A]

Oh. Oh, and that'll help.

[B]

Just drank them next to a bin,

[A]

which is where they're supposed to be enjoyed, by the way.

[B]

Honestly, I have never had a day do so much for 180. Felt unbelievable. And then, yeah, we ended up. We just bought. Just bought a big bag full of buzz balls. Yeah, it was great.

[A]

Have you seen the giant ones? They have them that are like, bigger than your head.

[B]

Incredible. Yeah, they're not. Not expensive either. They're very reasonable.

[A]

No, no. Yeah, they're. And they're like 16 alcohol or something. It's more than wine.

[B]

Yeah, I've actually. I'm gonna try a few different things I'm hoping for, but I'm going on a cruise in a couple of weeks.

[A]

Whoa.

[B]

And I. I read an Article about somebody got like 300 grand in damages because a cruise ship overserved them.

[A]

I thought, hit them. They're swimming in a cruise ship. Just hit them. I guess you wouldn't be around to

[B]

live the tell, but where Are you swimming?

[A]

300,000 damages for over being overserved.

[B]

Something like that. Yeah. Yeah. Got served 14 shots of tequila and she fell down the stairs.

[A]

Wow. Wow.

[B]

And as soon as I heard that, I thought, right, interesting.

[A]

Yes.

[B]

That's. You're on a win win situation there, aren't you?

[A]

If it doesn't work out, I had 14 shots of tequila. If it does work out, I had 14 shots of tequila.

[B]

Not too bad, but that'll be fun. I've never, I've never been on a cruise before. Always fancied it working, by the way. I'm not. It's. It's. It's business and pleasure, I guess.

[A]

So you're the entertainment, you're one of the entertainers.

[B]

I am the entertainment.

[A]

Oh, my goodness. I have some friends that are like Broadway, you know, singers or whatever. Musical theater. That's very popular on the cruise ships. They do their whole years pretty much spent in the ocean.

[B]

Yeah. I think I wouldn't like to do it all the time, but they're sort of trialing this thing which I think this is about time they did this. Rather than just having one comedian have to do like three different 45 minutes.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

They're trialing this thing where they've got a. They're bringing a comedy club on the ship. So it's two comedians.

[A]

Great.

[B]

20 minutes each and people, you know, you pay a five and you come to the show, you only go once and you do the show four times. So there for like, I think it's seven nights. Come out of Southampton, Portugal, Italy, Spain.

[A]

Oh my goodness.

[B]

Back to Southampton, do four shows in seven nights. I can't wait.

[A]

I think that's lovely. Yeah.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

I've only went on one cruise and I was young so, you know, the bar wasn't open to me or anything. So I think it was less fun than if I went now.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

But I thought it was. It was a good time.

[B]

Is it? What sort of cruise was it? Do you remember? It wasn't like a themed.

[A]

No, it was just to Bermuda.

[B]

Nice.

[A]

So it was just kind of a regular cruise. It was sort of where I found out I'm deeply motion sick and I was woken up in the middle of a rough night. I was on the top bunk and I was like crawling down the ladder and had to Crawl into the bathroom. Cause I couldn't even stand up. Cause I was so motion sick. It was just pathetic. Purely pathetic.

[B]

The worst place to find out that you're motion sick. Top bunk on a cruise ship.

[A]

Yeah, absolutely. It was really. But they have so many interesting fixes. Patches, bracelets, pills. There's a lot of different fixes for motion sickness. Have you seen those glasses where they're like circular? I have a pair of plastic circular big goggles. And then the inside of the goggle has water in it. So then you're just seeing the water slosh around and so you're not focusing on like the horizon looking different. You look like real dork in them. But they're very interesting.

[B]

The biggest issue I think there is, what do you do with all the male attention that you get?

[A]

You should look up. Go to the encyclopedia and look up motion sickness glasses.

[B]

Because I gotta have a look at this.

[A]

They're one of a kind.

[B]

There's no way, there's no way you're wearing that in public.

[A]

Uh huh. You have.

[B]

Well, when KP says they're circular glasses, like they couldn't be more. They are. It's two circles at the front with a little nose bridge. Two on the side.

[A]

Yeah, the sides for your peripherals. Yep.

[B]

I cannot believe I've never seen these before.

[A]

And then water on the inside, that blue water. So that when the car moves or the boat moves, the water moves. So it adjusts your like vision so. So that you're not as sick.

[B]

I'd rather be sick. I would rather be sick.

[A]

And they have like. Yeah, it clips to the back of your ear just for nice. Ease of, ease of use.

[B]

And you think this is a better look than being covered in your own vomit? Genuine question.

[A]

Well, you keep saying it's in public. I mean, ideally you're wearing them in the car with people you love and know. But yeah, on the cruise I would say there's probably a few people wearing them. It's a lovely cohort we have in the motion sickness crew.

[B]

If I saw someone on a cruise ship wearing these, well, I mean, I don't know what I do. I certainly wouldn't spark up a conversation, that's for sure.

[A]

Well, that's an added benefit. You don't have to talk to anybody when you're wearing these.

[B]

An excellent point. I'm coming round to the idea.

[A]

I'm willing to try anything. That's the thing I hate. My friend bought a little house in Covid. She bought a tiny little cabin up in the Mountains and I would want to go all the time, but it was, was like winding, winding up the mountains. And I said, all right, we gotta figure something out. And so joyfully I'd put these on every trip.

[B]

Joyfully.

[A]

Joyfully, yeah. Pep in my step. I think it's a cool look and they work pretty well.

[B]

There's a pair here that I'm just looking at and I love the way that they talk about them. It just shows off all the features, but it never references with most sunglasses. And it'll be like, you know, stylish. This is all about frame features. Wear resistant, not easily deformed. Ergonomic comfort.

[A]

Nose pads, nothing about style.

[B]

Good elasticity of the eyeglass legs fits all face shapes, which is great news

[A]

that I would push back against. It fits, but I mean it's not comfortable. These are not a comfortable glass glasses.

[B]

They don't feel good on. Or do you think they don't. They maybe don't look as good as they should on you?

[A]

No, I think they look really good. I can't emphasize enough. They look incredible. The feel. Sometimes they're a bit stiff and there's a lot of things I do like that some of them are trying to be a little more cool.

[B]

Where are you seeing these ones?

[A]

There's a kind of one where they put extra plastic at the top to make it sort of look cat eye.

[B]

Do you know what? I thought if only they'd put a little bit of extra plastic at the

[A]

top, that would really solve more plastic on these. Listen, you don't get motion sickness, right?

[B]

Even if I would, I mean, I'd sooner jump off the ship.

[A]

This is cutting edge technology. We don't often get a new article of clothing that can solve something. This is very good. People said this about the helmet. Okay. People said, oh, I'd rather just break my head open. That's how you sound.

[B]

Yeah. But the one thing that all of these things have in common, just let's pick. If we try and put all these things together. Just imagine how you look. You've got these glasses on, you've got your helmet on. I'm seeing you in a pair of Heelys actually with the wheels in the bottom.

[A]

That's an ideal day. I'm sucking down a buzz ball as I go.

[B]

I did actually get motion sickness once, I remember on a cross channel ferry to France. It was really, really choppy and it was awful. It really was. Because that was through the night as well. It was dark. So I think that makes it harder. Doesn't It. Because you can't see the horizon if it's in the daytime, I think you can go out on deck and you can see the horizon. That makes it better.

[A]

So maybe the glasses need a little light on them too. If there's a headlamp and the glasses.

[B]

Excellent point.

[A]

And the heelys.

[B]

And the heelys.

[A]

And a helmet.

[B]

Yeah. What goes on the bottom half of this outfit? Some sort of. Oh, if you. Have you seen those, they're like cargo pants, but they've got like a kind of chair built into the trousers. Like a stool. And you can unfold it and sit down at any time.

[A]

Sure. Chair Pants.

[B]

Chair Pants. I mean, that's what I'd call them. Yeah.

[A]

Chair Pants is from a show, Jury Duty that we had that I find very funny. But I guess it's a real thing too. I'm looking at. But.

[B]

Well, I've never seen Jury Duty. What's it? Jury.

[A]

Jury. G A U R Y. Yeah.

[B]

God, that's really hard to say.

[A]

Sorry. Say it one more time.

[B]

Jury Duty. It only. It only works in an American accent that. Jury Duty. Doody.

[A]

Yeah. Because your D has a little J in it.

[B]

Do you know? Well, we just say the D. Duty.

[A]

Yep.

[B]

Duty. Duty. Oh, you're not saying the T, are you?

[A]

No, we. We skip those. We're too busy.

[B]

Chairpants.

[A]

Jury Duty. Chairpants. This is a very funny show, the concept of which is everyone is an actor except for one guy. So it's kind of a Truman show esque thing that the show did.

[B]

That's such a good idea. I can't believe I've never seen this.

[A]

Oh, it's really good. There's two seasons now, but the first season was, yeah, everyone's called for Jury Duty. And they got one really kind, awesome guy named Ronald. And then everyone else is a comedian. My friend is on it. Very fun. And everyone else is a comedian or an actor. And so crazy stuff is happening all the time. But he of course, is like, wow, these are just some odd individuals. It's filmed as if it's a documentary. Like they said to him, like, oh, yeah, we're doing a documentary about like Americans doing jury Duty. And so he knows he's being filmed, but he doesn't know that everyone's acting. This one guy, David, comes in with chair pants that he's created and falls a million times. And Ronald is so sweet and he's like, hey, man, like, I know people probably think you're a little odd, but like, I wanted to share with you, like an awesome movie that I saw, it's called Bug's Life. Like, he's just being really sweet to this total freak comedian.

[B]

Oh, God, that's. That is the sweetest thing I've ever heard. Bug's Life was excellent as well.

[A]

He's so sweet. Because during this jury, I gu. They're sequestered, so it's like they were able to kind of do like a whole reality show with this guy Ronald without him figuring it out. And so he's showing David sweet little movies. He's just a really nice guy. They picked a perfect guy.

[B]

That sounds brilliant. I'm gonna have a look at that. Yeah, that sounds great.

[A]

I had some friends work on the second season too. And what they. They did, they filmed for like two plus weeks to get all these episodes. And they said, you know, they don't know if they're going to pick a good. You know, it's all improv. So you have to hope that you picked a good person. You have to hope that it all goes well. And I think they filmed it with a different person, too. You film it with a few different people, but only one of them comes out. And I said, how sad for that one person that had to go through two weeks of being Truman show and then it doesn't even come out.

[B]

That would be so gutting. And that's so personal as well, isn't it? Yeah. Sorry, you. We didn't like. We don't think the general public will like you as much as this other guy.

[A]

Yes, they did say that it was a perfectly lovely person, but there was just a few funnier moments, perhaps that happened with the other guy. But interesting. It's a great concept for a show and I think you'll like it.

[B]

I quite often think with things that you say on here. I do think it's not completely outside the realms of possibility that this has happened to you without you knowing that

[A]

you've been a part of. Yes. Somebody's filmed experiment.

[B]

Yeah. I mean, we spoke recently about, like, your flight to Denver. We're just like, yeah. So many things happened. We think that's not normal.

[A]

Yeah, but it is. There's this key element that I think works for the show, which is like how. And I think the creator said this. He was like, you'd have to be really narcissistic or something to be like, hey, guys, are you filming me?

[B]

That's true.

[A]

Like, to make fun of me. Am I the lead of a TV show? Like, it's like, nobody is really going to think like that because it's so not narcissistic. But I guess it's like, you know, nobody's going to say, hey, did you. Are you guys making me the lead? Yeah. Of a TV show that I don't know about.

[B]

It's on the list. I'm going to check that out and I will let you know. I'm excited to watch it.

[A]

Please. It's very fun.

[B]

Nice. Well, in the meantime, kp, I think it's about time we hit the hay.

[A]

I think we've had a lovely discussion about buzzballs specifically. That'll stay with me. I'll try a buzzball if you watch Jury Diddy. How about that?

[B]

Well, yeah. Deal. That's not a. I want to watch that. You want to drink a buzzball? This is just a great. Yeah, great all round.

[A]

But I want to be able to say, oh, I have to. It's for a project. Oh, darn it.

[B]

Good point.

[A]

Matt is making me drink one of these.

[B]

It's work. It's work, isn't it? You know, you can't odds it.

[A]

Yeah. This is for work. And I'm gonna expense the $1 for the bus ball.

[B]

Oh, absolutely. Yeah.

[A]

Put it on the company card. Well, I'm gonna say goodnight to all my motion sickness queens and kings and in betweens all everybody that might be motion sickness. I see you and I think you look really awesome with those glasses. And don't ever let somebody judge you. We look really great in them.

[B]

Absolutely. Good luck to you. I would like to say goodnight to the whoever invented those glasses, I think. Ballsy move. You've still got a lot of work to do in the aesthetics department. If it works, you know, why not? Why not?

[A]

Absolutely. It was lovely talking to you. I hope everyone has a really restful evening and we'll talk to you next time.

[B]

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