The most fascinating conversations happen the moment the performance stops.
Welcome to just tak., an unfiltered interview platform hosted by Australian actor Takaya Honda. After spending over a decade navigating the rigorous landscape of Australian television, Takaya is turning the microphone around to unmask the reality of the creative industry.
Through long-form, intimate conversations with industry-leading actors, directors, and creatives, we explore the human instincts that drive the work. We discuss the reality of the daily grind, the politics of production, and the art of survival in a notoriously ruthless business.
Whether you are an industry professional looking for tactical insight, or a fan wanting to hear the stories that never make it to the press release, just tak. delivers the reality behind the screen.
No script. No character. Just the real story.
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Bin Night is your unofficial Neighbours after party, where your favourite Ramsay Street couple wheel the bins out, talk trash and bicker like an old married couple. Hosted by Takaya Honda (David Tanaka) and Matty Wilson (Aaron Brennan), this is your direct line to all the goss about the show, the cast, the fans and what really happens after the credits roll.
Expect big name guests from across the Neighbours universe, Bin Night rituals like Get In the Bin (where those famous actors spill the tea), Matty vs Tak challenges, mystery guests and more. Each week, Tak and Matty relive wild storylines, share never-before-told secrets and get honest about careers, family, mental health and “what now”, with all the cheeky, neighbourly energy that made you fall in love with them in the first place.
For all you Aussie and UK fans who aren’t ready to say goodbye to Erinsborough (again). If you ever watched Neighbours after school, are devastated it’s finally over, or you simply have a Mrs Mangel level hankering for the gossip - then straighten your Erinsborough High uniform, grab a milkshake from Harold’s and hit FOLLOW on Bin Night with Tak and Matty in your podcast app, or head to @TakandMatty on YouTube and subscribe there to see those beautiful faces on YouTube every week. Because Bin Night is for you!
As Neighbours ends and we say goodbye to Ramsay Street, Annie Jones – a.k.a. Plain Jane Superbrain / Jane Harris – joins Bin Night with Tak And Matty for one last emotional trip to Erinsborough.
Annie is the hug you need as the lights go out on Neighbours for the very last time. She’s gorgeous, funny, effervescent and kind, and she’s been in our living rooms and hearts as Jane Harris off and on since 1986. In the breaks from Neighbours, she’s starred in just about every other major Aussie TV show.
SPOILERS AHEAD – this episode contains spoilers for the final week of Neighbours.
In this episode, Annie, Matty and Tak share:
• How they discovered the show was ending again (hint: the cast were not first to know)
• How they feel about the way it all wrapped up – what they’d bin and what they’d keep
• The producers’ plans to get “more skin” on screen and make Neighbours just a little sexier over the years
• Why Plain Jane Superbrain became such an iconic Ramsay Street character for UK and Australian fans
• Tak and Matty going full Dad Mode trying to convince Annie to start a YouTube channel documenting her home renovations – and why we now need you to name the show
Here at Bin Night with Tak And Matty we’re hosting your unofficial Neighbours after party, where your favourite Ramsay Street couple wheel the bins out, talk trash and bicker like an old married couple.
Hosted by Takaya Honda (David Tanaka) and Matty Wilson (Aaron Brennan), this is your direct line to all the goss about the show, the cast, the fans and what really happens after the credits roll.
Catch you on the street every single Thursday.
Watch full episodes of - subscribe so you don't miss special live events like our Goodbye Ramsay Street AMA (Neighbours finale debrief: Friday December 12 7am AEDT / Thursday 8pm UK time)
stefan dennis | 02
Season 1 · Episode 2
Thursday, December 18, 2025 • Duration 01:24:17
No character, in the history of television, has ever schemed or been redeemed more often than Paul Robinson, played to dastardly effect by the one and only Stefan Dennis.
SPOILERS AHEAD – this episode contains spoilers for the finale of Neighbours.
So lock in because in this episode Stefan gets real with us about:
How his hit song “Don’t It Make You Feel Good” originates from a casual voiceover session and reached #16 in the UK.
The unofficial Neighbours band with Craig McLachlan and Kylie Minogue, crediting Greg Petherick for discovering Kylie.
Participating in Strictly Come Dancing to learn dancing for his wife, only to be forced out by an injury after the Charleston.
Stefan’s 6,000+ episodes as Paul Robinson, and how fatherhood enhances his portrayal of vulnerability.
Parenting tips as a father of three, being mentally present and setting boundaries for kids.
Travel with his wife, a potential Strictly tour, and a motorcycle trip across Australia.
Not retiring as an actor, the emotional end of Neighbours, and his pride in a varied career.
Here at Bin Night with Tak And Matty we’re hosting your unofficial Neighbours after party, where your favourite Ramsay Street couple wheel the bins out, talk trash and bicker like an old married couple.
Hosted by Takaya Honda (David Tanaka) and Matty Wilson (Aaron Brennan), this is your direct line to all the goss about the show, the cast, the fans and what really happens after the credits roll.
Catch you on the street every single Thursday.
And if you’re having a tough time of it after the recent tragedies at Bondi and around the world, please don’t struggle alone. In Australia you can talk to someone at LIFELINE (131114 and ), and in the UK Shout
alan fletcher | 03
Season 1 · Episode 3
Thursday, December 25, 2025 • Duration 01:28:02
Alan “Fletch” Fletcher (Dr Karl Kennedy) says “everything was better” this last time around on Neighbours.
He’s in the bin with Takaya Honda (David Tanaka) and Matty Wilson (Aaron Brennan), talking Karl & Susan Kennedy: why that relationship worked for decades (even with Karl’s… flaws), what the Neighbours finale reveals, and why fatherhood changed the way Fletch approached vulnerability on screen. Plus: a festive singalong for anyone missing Ramsay Street already.
SPOILERS AHEAD: This episode contains spoilers for the Neighbours finale.
In this episode, Fletch, Tak and Matty get into:
The magic (and chaos) of Karl & Susan Kennedy - flaws, forgiveness, all of it
“Dr Google” and the wild medical storylines we somehow believed
Meeting Neighbours fans over the years - and the moments they’ve shared with Fletch in real life
How having kids shifted Fletch as a person and an actor
Matty’s childhood trauma: a breakout stage role… as a tree
Genuinely useful hacks to stay happily married off-screen
Why your favourite celebs will grab your phone when you ask for a selfie with them
Plus: Producer (Peeping) Tom rummages in the poddy bins to find your dilemmas - and Tak and Matty answer wisely… if loosely. Got a dilemma? Send a voice memo or email to: takandmatty@gmail.com
Bin Night with Tak & Matty is your unofficial Neighbours after-party, where your favourite Ramsay Street couple wheel the bins out, talk trash, and bicker like an old married couple - about the show, the cast, the fans, and what really happens after the credits roll.
New episodes every Thursday.
Watch the full episode on YouTube (and subscribe so you don’t miss our live events with special guests).
rebekah elmaloglou | 04
Season 1 · Episode 4
Thursday, January 1, 2026 • Duration 01:09:19
“I even got a call from Jason Herbison, our producer, asking if I’d stolen them!”
Rebekah Elmaloglou is here to set the record straight. She did not steal coffee pods from the Neighbours set.
The Kennedys’ couch however…
“I was given the couch! I did not steal the couch,” Bek says.
Bek Elmaloglou, aka Terese Willis, spends New Year’s Day taking out the bin with Takaya Honda (David Tanaka) and Matty Wilson (Aaron Brennan) and the set secrets are spilling left, right and centre.
There’s a lot of love in the house, as Bek, Tak and Matty catch up on:
Bek’s worst ever moment with Matty
Knocking down Lassiters
Terese and Toadie’s fling
The real friendships and camaraderie forged through intense filming schedules
Perimenopause and the impacts of those tough hours on set and 4am alarms
What Tak and Matty have learned from watching Bek parent her son
Sleep-ins, and enjoying being a mum and wife now Neighbours has wrapped
Grief for their characters and grief in their real lives
Terese and Paul in Robinson Towers??
Is there a universe in which we could see a Neighbours and Home & Away crossover?
Plus Producer (Peeping) Tom emerges from the trash with a really moving Bin Chicken Dilemma. Got a dilemma? Send a voice memo or email: takandmatty@gmail.com
Bin Night with Tak & Matty is your unofficial Neighbours after-party, where your favourite Ramsay Street couple wheel the bins out, talk trash, and bicker like an old married couple about the show, the cast, the fans, and what really happens after the credits roll.
New episodes every Thursday.
Watch the full episode on YouTube (and subscribe so you don’t miss live events with special guests).
ryan moloney (toadie) | 05
Season 1 · Episode 5
Thursday, January 8, 2026 • Duration 01:23:02
Beekeeper. Commercial pilot. Eco-bunker baron.
Leave your assumptions at the door, because the real Ryan Moloney (Neighbours’ Jarrod “Toadie/Toadfish” Rebecchi) has some serious layers.
For 30 years, Ryan brought Toadie (and his undercuts) into our living rooms. Now he takes the bins out with Takaya Honda (David Tanaka) and Matty Wilson (Aaron Brennan), and you’d better believe this Bin Night chat is deep and it is candid.
Content Warning: Suicide is discussed in this episode. If you'd like to give that a miss, skip listening to the three or so minutes from 54:03.00 to 57:16.00.
Ryan gives Tak and Matty a deep dive on:
How we could have had Ryan Moloney plumber or Air Force pilot instead of Ramsay Street resident
Growing up on TV and being on the lookout for projectiles in nightclubs
Why sometimes you should stay until they fire you
How he wanted Toadie to leave the show
Growing produce, solar and working the land
Beekeeping
Hyperfocus, ADHD energy bursts and doing the impossible
Plus Producer (Peeping) Tom emerges from the trash with a Bin Chicken Dilemma. Got a dilemma you’d like Tak and Matty’s help with? Send a voice memo or email: takandmatty@gmail.com
Bin Night with Tak & Matty is your unofficial Neighbours after-party, where your favourite Ramsay Street couple wheel the bins out, talk trash, and bicker like an old married couple about the show, the cast, the fans, and what really happens after the credits roll.
New episodes every Thursday.
Watch the full episode on YouTube (and subscribe so you don’t miss live events with special guests).
candice leask (wendy from neighbours) | 06
Season 1 · Episode 6
Thursday, January 15, 2026 • Duration 01:05:54
“You get so overwhelmed by, sh*t, now I actually have to act!”
“I remember I was walking home from Moonee Ponds… and I got the email to say congratulations, you got the job,” Wendy says.
Takaya Honda and Matty Wilson host Bin Night with Tak & Matty, the Neighbours podcast for UK and Australian fans. This week, Candice Leask (aka Wendy Rodwell) takes the bins out with the boys and proves why Wendy is one of Ramsay Street’s brightest gems.
In this episode, Candice, Tak and Matty get into:
Wanting a part on Neighbours so badly you audition five times
The creative influence of Ally McBeal
Using The Sprinkler (dance move) to win over a Grade Four history presentation
What Candice said to her mum the first time she saw Tak on Neighbours
Candice (Wendy) and Matty (Aaron) learning lines in The Waterhole
Birth stories, IVF, and the weird sounds of hospital hallways
How getting married will absolutely deplete your Lego resources
Plus Producer (Peeping) Tom emerges from the trash with a Bin Chicken dilemma
Matty gives a chicken coop population numbers update, live from Snaketown.
Plus producer (Peeping) Tom pops up with a very (very) curly Bin Chicken dilemma - to circumcise or not to circumcise?! Got a dilemma for Tak and Matty to help with? Send a voice memo or email: takandmatty@gmail.com
Bin Night with Tak & Matty is your unofficial Neighbours after-party, where your favourite Ramsay Street couple wheel the bins out, talk trash, and bicker like an old married couple about the show, the cast, the fans, and what really happens after the credits roll.
New episodes every Thursday. Watch the full episode on YouTube (and subscribe so you don’t miss live events with special guests).
zima anderson (roxy from neighbours) | 07
Season 1 · Episode 7
Thursday, January 22, 2026 • Duration 54:45
Zima Anderson will flip you inside the octagon and dazzle you with her art in this wildly honest chat that swings from Ramsay Street chaos to MMA grit and a near-death SAS Australia fall.
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Zima (Roxy Willis), takes out the bins with Takaya Honda (David Tanaka) and Matty Wilson (Aaron Brennan), and they get into:
Why Zima worried Roxy’s storyline had people talking about death cap mushrooms (and the weird reality of headlines)
The SAS Australia accident where Zima fell eight metres and almost died
How recovery changed her path and paused her MMA career
Putting everything into creative writing, art and acting (two out of three so far)
A top-secret upcoming horror film
Freestyling in the studio and what comes out when she just lets it rip
Zima’s latest track and the moment Tak and Matty start dancing like the daggy dads they are
Plus Producer (Peeping) Tom emerges from the trash with a Bin Chicken Dilemma.
Got a dilemma for Tak and Matty to help with? Send a voice memo or email: takandmatty@gmail.com
Bin Night with Tak & Matty is your unofficial Neighbours after-party, where your favourite Ramsay Street couple wheel the bins out, talk trash, and bicker like an old married couple about the show, the cast, the fans, and what really happens after the credits roll.
New episodes every Thursday.
Watch the full episode on YouTube (and subscribe so you don’t miss live events with special guests).
Follow the chaos: @takandmatty on Instagram, TikTok and Facebook.
april rose pengilly (chloe from neighbours) | 08
Season 1 · Episode 8
Thursday, January 29, 2026 • Duration 01:15:28
April Rose Pengilly (Neighbours’ Chloe Brennan) takes the bins out with Takaya Honda (David Tanaka) and Matty Wilson (Aaron Brennan). Her fairytale wedding in a castle, backstage Kylie moments, growing up on tour with INXS royalty, plus what a Neighbours revival could really look like.
In this episode, April opens up about:
• her fairytale wedding in a European castle with her husband, Adam
• arriving on Neighbours as a young actor from Sydney, feeling lonely at first, and the moment she found her confidence
• growing up on the road with her dad, Kirk Pengilly, touring the world with INXS
• the backstage encounters, including Kylie Minogue
• her upcoming horror film and stepping into a darker, more intense role
• her daily routines, rituals and mindset, and why structure keeps her grounded
• the hilarious story of her first audition, which accidentally turned into an awkward flirtation with the actor who later became her on-screen brother
• returning for the reboot and why it felt completely different to her original era
• the reality of Sydney real estate and why it’s getting harder for creatives to build a life there
• her love for Neighbours fans, and the responsibility she’s always felt to stay connected and give back
Got a dilemma for Tak and Matty to help with? Send a voice memo or email: takandmatty@gmail.com
Bin Night with Tak & Matty is your unofficial Neighbours after-party, where your favourite Ramsay Street couple wheel the bins out, talk trash, and bicker like an old married couple about the show, the cast, the fans, and what really happens after the credits roll. New episodes every Thursday.
hannah monson (nicolette from neighbours) | 09
Season 1 · Episode 9
Thursday, February 5, 2026 • Duration 01:16:41
Hannah Monson (Neighbours’ Nicolette Stone) joins Takaya Honda (David Tanaka) and Matty Wilson (Aaron Brennan) for Bin Night, the Neighbours podcast for UK and Australian fans.
In this episode, Hannah opens up about:
the path into acting (Shakespeare first, singing absolutely not)
her most unhinged auditions (including a leopard monologue)
ADHD: diagnosis, relief, and how it showed up in her work
imposter syndrome, Glitch, and the “screw-in tooth” story
being cast as Nicolette, replacing Charlotte Chimes, and embracing Nicolette’s darker side
pushing back on storylines and collaborating with writers
Nicolette’s love life on Ramsay Street (including working with Chrishell)
Plus, a very special Bin Night family drop-in: Hana Abe Tucker, who played Aaron, David and Nicolette’s daughter. Hana’s also here with her mum Claire, sharing what life was like as a child actor on Neighbours and what Hana’s been up to since the show wrapped.
Got a dilemma for Tak and Matty to help with? Send a voice memo or email: takandmatty@gmail.com
Bin Night with Tak & Matty is your unofficial Neighbours after-party, where your favourite Ramsay Street couple wheel the bins out, talk trash, and bicker like an old married couple about the show, the cast, the fans, and what really happens after the credits roll. New episodes every Thursday.
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