Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - Did Jono Pryor Just Break His Fine-Free Streak? | FULL SHOW

Episode Date: June 30, 2026

 On today’s show: (00:00) The team uncover a mysterious infringement letter addressed to Jono… is his “fine-free 2026” dream over? (04:10) Producer Troy jumps headfirst into NBA 2K and immediately gets drafted into a team he’s wildly unprepared for (10:10) Why everyone keep calling Jono thinking he's the mysterious Liam Rankin” (16:44) Megan Papas' accidentally reveals a VERY detailed revenge plan involving Liam Lawson...  (20:12) Ben Boyce's dad returns with more confusing emojis in “What Does Kevin Boyce Mean By That?” (24:12) Live from New York: is Taylor Swift secretly getting married at Madison Square Garden?! (26:00) A Facebook Marketplace listing turns into someone shooting their shot mid-sale (36:30) The Imposter Game takes a chaotic turn when someone accidentally says the actual wordSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The John O'Ben and Megan podcast, thanks to Dilma. Goodness really does taste great. Dilma, making the world a better tea. Look, we have no secrets here. We like to tell each other everything, don't we? We like to share. I'm not going to share everything on the radio, that's for sure. There's some things I do keep secret, yeah.

Sensitive medical information. Things like that. Family stuff, rumours around, you know. Yeah, okay. Well, I found, well, actually, me and producer grace, I was here a bit late yesterday and I found a piece of paper. Oh. This piece of paper concerns one of you two.

Right. Is it a handwritten piece of paper or? No. It's a printed piece of paper. Yeah. Not a parking infringement? But goodness me, we had a very, we were like, initially we went, and then we laughed.

heartedly because... I think I know what this might be. I hope it is what I think it might be. One of you set a goal this year of not getting any infringements. Oh no, really? For 2026.

That was me. And when I went to the prize covers... Oh no, really? I found a letter addressed to Jonathan Richard Pryor from the Ministry of Transport the New Zealand... transport agency evidence into the court. Is it a ticket?

You know more than I do. Let's open it up. I mean, it could now... Is it your registration? It could be a myriad of things. Yeah. I mean, it's not for the council, right? What do you mean a myriad of things?

Well, it could be... What have you done? You know it's one of those ones where you... You don't confess to anything. Yeah. And traffic offence. Yeah, I did this, I did that. You know when your partner's like, you know what you've done wrong.

You're like, oh, could it be that? Was it this? It meant nothing. I was meaning drinking the milk out of the bottle. What is it? That doesn't sound good. No. I can see.

I can see. Oh. No. Yes, yes. It's an infringement. Okay. It is an infringement. But if I could take you back to the ongoing saga.

Oh, yeah. Of my 14th of November infringement from 2025. Yeah. Is it a refund? No, because remember I, because it's this a got now. Here we go, I'm going to retell the story again. This initial infringement I never received, multiple times, never received. So then it got straight to the courts, the court letter,

plus a fine on top of the initial fine with court costs was sent to my address. Back and forth with bloody all the bureaucracy, the red tape, saying, I never received this, let's cancel the court costs. Well, the court then cancelled. They wrote me a letter. In between the time, Ben was in my head going, just play it. Just stop talking about it and play it. And I was like, fight the man until the end.

So you did pay it and now you can get the money back. Yeah, and then the court said, listen, we're going to wipe the fine, but you might get another infringement letter from the land transport safety authority and that is this. Oh, so this is actually... Still ticket infringement free 2026. Wait, I don't understand. Why are you getting another ticket? Oh, this is just a reminder. It's their paperwork. It's their read. It's, you know, this is what's wrong with the government departments, mate. This is what's wrong. So is it saying you don't have to pay it?

No, this is them saying. you're due to pay it but you've had conversations since. Yeah, but I've already paid it. So listen, now I'm going to have to go back to them and, you know, waste of paper, waste of taxpayer-funded paper. Waka-kotahi, are they still called Waka-Kata'i? Or did Winston scrap that?

I think he scrapped that. The bloody land transports safety authority. Wasting our time, your money! That's all I'm going to say on that 0-880-1080. Fine free for 2026. Well, he said it won't halfway through the year too. Jesus, really big for me, guys.

It's amazing what happens when you actually abide by the law. John O'Benn and Megan The Podcast. The Hits. Produced Troy joining us right now because he's on a new little side quest at the moment in his life.

He got involved in a NBA PlayStation game, right? I'm deep in basketball. Ever since the Knicks' Nix fiasso, what would you call it? Oh, I didn't say fiasco. Dream championship. Frenzy.

Pretty. What is it? Festa. Some F-Words. Yeah, so the NICS obviously won the NBA finals. You got swept up and now you've taken it. Wait, you're like, I'm deep in it after the Knicks one. That was like, what, three weeks ago?

Yeah. Mind you. You did have a team that you supported. I did. I loosely supported the Grizzlies, the Memphis Grizzlies. And they traded one of their, well, pretty much their top player away yesterday. I know. So we're back down to the bottom of the league.

But I've started playing the PlayStation game because apparently that's good to know, like, some of the, like, positions. and plays that you can do in basketball and the players. And my friends heard that I started playing and wanted me to be their fifth man. So this, now, you only started playing, I think, on the weekend, didn't you, NBA 2K? Four days ago.

Four days ago. Now he's been invited to a big league team. Were you, like, researching a glossary of basketball terms? Yes, I was. Pick and roll, guys, pick and roll. Fade, feed, feed. Yeah. So this is where you guys all play together as a team.

So there's like five of you playing at some time. Me and four mates and four mates and, Five strangers and it's just a big game of basketball online. You, I just hazard to guess you sound wildly underprepared for this game. Massively. It's like going to play for the All Blacks after looking at a rugby ball in Rebel Sport or something. I was Stephen Donald if Stephen Donald had never played rugby. So because you build up your players, they get better and better, right?

Yes. So your player is at what percent? I'm at 60 percent. Okay. You start on 60 percent. Okay. And what are they at? Your friends?

99%. Okay. So you're definitely the one of the team. You're like, oh, well. They literally had no one else to play with, and they need five people to play a game. So they're like, come on. A 60% start line seems very generous from NBA 2K, doesn't it?

You can get worse. Were you sitting on the bench for the whole game, or you're actually... No bench, so I had to play. Oh, wow, yeah, five. Yeah. Yeah, it went about as well as you expected. I was basically just, they're just like,

you're not going to take any shots. You're not going to be the start. Just your job is to block other players. Just stand in their way. Roll play. You've got to have good role players. Right. in the NBA, that's why here.

And so, so many times I'd be defending a player, I would be standing, blocking them, and they'd just run rings around me. And I'd be standing there blocking no one. And you're like, sort of spinning in circles. For 45 minutes. Did you get, do you have one shot? Do you're like, I can do this?

Yeah, I did. I went to my head and I was like, no, I reckon I got, I got it. And I missed every single time. And so the whole time are you talking to people on headphones and like people, are they, can you tell there's some frustration? It started off fun and banter,

and then by the end there was some frustration. Yeah, it's like, are you playing another team? You can only get better. Yeah. I mean, they can't expect much, you know. Yeah. I mean, maybe you're not quite ready for the NBA. Like, you know, it feels like your player needs to probably go back in bay.

That's on them for draft to use of their team. Yeah. And so you're playing another team of live players. Of live strangers. Are they talking smack to you as well? No, well, and there's text chat and there's like little quick emotes you can do, and it's like sarcastic, nice shot. Oh.

But they can't, like, orderably talk to you. No, they can't. Or you can't. but we did it. You can feel the humiliation. I'll only be playing for four days, right? We'll keep up to date with your NBA career. I mean, some big movements happening in the NBA at the moment,

isn't there? LeBron's left the Lakers, Troy's joined, the whatever team he's joined. You're right, huge, huge movements. We'll get you up to speed with all the basketball news. John O'Ben and Megan, the podcast, the hits. A couple weeks ago, we had Lisa on the phone. Now, Lisa was talking about something she likes to do with her partner,

and she does it. Every time the first of the month rolls around. Have a listen. This has been going on for years, my partner and I, pinching the punch of the first of the month. He always gets me, like, every time. So I thought, right, so I set my alarm for five past 12. And just pinch of the punch in the middle of the night.

So he was sleeping. Yeah, sleeping, yeah. Did he wake up? He did, yeah. And this is good. This is so good He goes, oh, you got me Yeah, that is

What's he going to do next month though? He's going to go 12-01 Yeah, maybe That's very funny, Lisa, good on you So you want to know what's happened today Oh yeah, I woke up this morning And because Megan said yesterday She's like, it's going to be July

The first of July today So it has So I woke up this morning going What's happened? Like, who got who? We need to close the case On halfway through the year This competition now

And Lisa didn't text us in her She just called it. So we don't have her number to call back. So if you are listening, Lisa, or if you know of Lisa right now, I need to know at some stage just wondering, what happened? Like, I'm very invested in it. This is giving me. It's giving hyperfixation.

Even just that you thought about it. I talked about it. I was like, what happened in there, Lisa? Like, who got who in the relationship? Because I love the commitment to the gag, and they really have committed to it. I mean, sending alarm for Mindyte is real commitment. We didn't get Lisa's surname, do we Troy?

Just Lisa. That's all we know her is. Like Beyonce or Madonna. Lisa. Yeah, but if you're Lisa, you'll know if you're doing the pinch and the bunch game. Or Lisa's husband maybe. Yeah. We'd love to talk to you.

Larry. Oh, 800 minutes. We don't know if it's Larry. You can just make it that up. Yeah, so if you are listening right now, it's a huge, you know, like a huge Cinderella type moment. I'm putting it out to the world. But hey, you never know. You have to stop that at lunchtime, eh?

Lunchtime's the cut off. Is it? Yeah, it's kind of April Fools, right? Yeah. Are you going to continue your man hunt for Lisa after the show as well until midday? No. No. No.

But I put it out to the world now. I've done my part and now if you are Lisa and you're listening or if you know Lisa 4487 on the text John O'Benn and Megan The podcast

The Hits In Michelin Stars that were restaurants we have in New Zealand now as official Michelin Star restaurants as a big ceremony went on last night

which is very cool I went past the conference centre and it looked all fancy It was all done up 14 restaurants around the country And one of them In Queensland getting two stars Two Michelin Stars

And we've mentioned multiple times. It's actually the Michelin Tire Company started this many years ago. And on stage, they've got a big giant inflatable Michelin Man. Ben Vestat. And he's like, that is my dream gig. I know. I was just like, look at that thing just waving the whole time. I'm like, I'd love to be that.

It's so weird that it's such a prestigious, like it's the highest honour. And then you've got the Michelin Man. It's a blow-up costume. It's right to my wheelhouse. It's great. And always just got a big smiley face. He's doing big thumbs up to everyone, and he's buddy happy. How long was that dude or girl standing up there?

Yeah, be muslim in costumes too, Megan? I'm sorry. They don't want to be. Don't just assume agenda a costume is... I'm sorry. I just assumed when they see Michelin man, but it could be a woman underneath. The costume community, very welcoming. Of all genes.

I'm so sorry. Now, with work, I think our office, when we go away for like trips for work to Wellington or Parmy or whatever, it goes through like a corporate travel place. Right. I assume. Yeah, it does. They create their itinerary and stuff.

Yeah. So they look after the admin, which is fantastic and they do a bang-up job. But I think somewhere along the line in The Matrix, my number, my phone number has been assigned to someone called Liam Rankin. And over the last month and a half, two months, I keep getting phone calls and messages for Liam Rankin. So I'm using this platform to try and pass these messages on to Liam. Because they clearly can't get hold of the poor fella. I don't know, Liam. But what I do know about him is he's incredibly forgetful.

Have you searched? There's no Liam Rankin in this building. Have you searched? Of course not. No. Have you gone back to the travel company and gone, hey, just so. Oh, yeah. I've told everyone who's called.

I'm like, I'm not Liam Rankin. His number must be under in my thing. But I got a call for me in New Zealand saying, oh, good-day Liam. I said, oh, it's not Liam. And she's like, oh, you left your AirPods on the plane. We found your AirPods. I said, I'm sorry, this is not my number.

And she's like, okay, well, we'll correct that in the database. Then I got another phone call from a hotel. That was about a week and a half later saying, good-day, Mr. Rankin, we found your laptop charger. Oh. You left your laptop charger in the room. Can you just remember? Yeah.

Shambles of an operation. He's just dropping breadcrums. Yeah, and then I got a text yesterday when we were in a meeting. said Mr. Rankin, just confirming your booking at the hotel restaurant tonight for 7.30, so I can't wait to see what he's left behind at the restaurant, whether it's wallet or keys or something. So if anyone does know Liam, can you please pass on that New Zealand's got his AirPods. Charger cable.

Reggie's got his laptop, chop-charged cable, and hopefully he didn't forget his booking last night at the restaurant. I don't think I've ever had so many phone calls from establishments as Liam has. No, he must be a big player. Big player in the domestic travel business game and lost property game. John O'Ben and Megan. The podcast. We were talking about this before. Lisa, who does a pinch in the punch with her partner on the first of the month.

She rung a couple of weeks ago, and I was thinking about it this morning. This was Lisa a couple weeks ago. Pinching the punch of the first of the month. He always gets me like every time. So I thought, right. So I set my alarm for five past 12. and just pinch of the punch in the middle of the night. What's he going to do next month though?

He's going to go 1201. Yeah, maybe. So we wanted to know if Lisa was listening because we didn't have her number. What happened today being the first of July and we put it out there. Yeah. Didn't think that we'd get Lisa on.

We've reported her to missing persons. We've had people tracking her down. And I think, is this Lisa? Yes, it is. Lisa. John, I've been a Megan here. Good morning. Good morning. How are you? Pitching a punch for the first of the month. Oh, yes, back at you. Like, I was thinking about you. Like, I woke up this morning. I was like, it's the first of July.

Creepy. Not in a weird way, just as it like, I really love commitment to bits. And the fact that you rang a couple weeks ago and you're like, you and your partner, you wake each other, you know, up and first to get pinching a punch. And I was like, who got it today, Lisa? I know. And I have to report. I'm really sad that. Graham got it today. Oh, Graham. He normally just goes to work really early, about 4.30 leaves work.

So he normally doesn't come in and say goodbye because he doesn't want to wake me up. But then I found him kiss me on the cheek and I was like, and then it came. You're like, I can feel the sweet lips on your cheeks and you're like, I know what's coming next. Graeme doesn't normally do this. When you're half asleep, is the pinch and the punch hard or is it just symbolic? No, no, just softly. Yeah, it's a symbolic thing. It's not a domestic abuse situation.

No, no, it's like, how hard is it, given that you're not actually awake? It's not an excuse just to punch someone, think. It's more about that. Oh, sorry. Yeah, it's more about getting someone over, you know? So we've got, okay, Lisa, we've got a whole month to regroup now, you know? You've got a...

Yes, I need a... You guys need to give me a game plan. I need something to try and get him before doing the call at, you know, during the alarm at 5 past 12 was pretty, I thought that was pretty good, but I don't know how to top that. No, that was good. Are you not allowed to use the same tactic twice? Well, you could, yeah, but I was trying to be different.

Can you set off a fire alarm at midnight? And when he comes out, you're like, ha-ha-ha-ha. Pinch a bunch of my. Put the fire service under some more pressure. Yeah. Get them under a call-out. Oh, yes. That's really good.

I could do that. I could put the toast in near the fire alarm or something. Brainsuming ideas. How about we come with you, we wait at work with Joseph Parker, Boxer. And he gives the punch. Oh, geez. That would be great. I thought we were saying it was symbolic.

Oh, symbolic. Sorry, okay. And a scorpion to do the pinching. Okay, we've gone too far. We need to rein things back in. All right. Keep us updated as well, Lisa. We love talking to you. And pitch and a punch.

Thank you. You too. Bye. John O'Bin and Megan. The podcast. The heads. Morning, Megan. Thank you for letting us speak about this on the radio.

I have no secrets from our friends. So this is... To give a bit of backstory, I mean, obviously you're a big fan of Liam Lawson. Anyone who listens to the show would know you love Formula One, or you're a big supporter of Liam Lawson? Because he's our Kiwiin Formula One. Exactly.

Yeah. And we were having a conversation, oh, there was a car park next to me in the car park, and I couldn't figure out if it was the victim of, you know, friendly prank shenanigans or sort of petty road rage revenge because someone had littered the entire bonnet of the vehicle in, like, rubbish coffee cups and sugar sprayed all. over the bonnet and ripped over sachets of sugar and put it all over the car.

Put all over the thing. So I didn't know if it was a good Samaritan going, I saw this person throw litter out of their car and I'm going to teach them a lesson. Okay. They definitely screamed to me like Petty Revenge, like an X. But then I was thinking, you're on camera, bro. Oh, yeah, true. There's a lot of security cameras.

But anyway, that aside. So we were talking about that. I don't want to do that stuff in my mind, but I never actually, you know, go through with it. So we're talking about that. We're saying, oh, that was really unusual to see that in the car park. And then you came out with Megan. Like, something that was related to that along the lines, but you've really gone down quite far down the track in your mind.

I don't, I actually don't remember what my words were. You're like, I was, you were basically saying that, you know, I was thinking that if Liam Lawson and I had a relationship and he did something wrong and went split. He had cheated on me. I said, if Liam Lawson cheated on me, I know what I'd do to his car is what I said. So she's in her mind, has plotted out an entire relationship with Liam Lawson.

Despite the fact that you were in a... Anyway. Let me explain. And he has strayed from the relationship and you've already got the revenge plot organized. This fictitious relationship. Let me explain. Let me explain. Okay, explain.

I was just thinking of someone who loves cars. Because then I said I'd put sunscreen on it because it absolutely destroys the paintwork. And Liam Larson would be like... Oh, no, I can only get another one. from my car manufacturer. Shut up. You can understand how when I was like, who loves cars? Liam, he would be top of my mind.

Also because I was like deep in Formula One yesterday, I was recording a potty, so he was top of mind. Top of mind, yeah. Like, I can see you working. But when you say the words out loud. I mean, I could have just said if I wanted to like destroy a car, this is what I do. Yes.

But yeah. But yeah. I wanted to really like put it in a scenario for you. You did. You took us to a place. Then Troy was like, well, your current husband,

Andrew, he would also be equally as disappointed if he found his car covered in sunscreen. He's not as into cars as leaving. But it's even more of a nightmare for Andrew because he doesn't have a sponsorship with Gilchrap. Yeah, I think of anything. Right,

you're right. He's going to have to pay for his own panel and paint rework. He would be like taking it into the little back little team and go, sorry guys, I don't know the crazy ex buddy. Look what she did. It's almost like she'd be planning this. for decades.

Don't make a video out of this because... Because the last time we did a video and Leah put in the little eye of emoji. Meaning I'm interested. This time he'll be like, get away from me.

She's already been to the chemist's warehouse. We've got the sunscreen. SPF 30. Ready to go. John O'Bin and Megan. The podcast. The heads. At Kim Boyce, you know,

like catch up with him once a week on the phone. He lives down Carpity Coast. And we'll talk about stuff and often we'll talk about sports as part of it as well. Do you call your dad more than your mom? Yeah, well, he's a very good caller. Yeah, he's often...

You said one of the big issues when you talk to Kevin Boyce on the phone is if he's with someone else that you don't know, he'll hand the phone over to them. It's a classic. Oh, you've got to talk to Trish. Have you caught up with her lady? And I'll be like, no, no, no, no.

Hello, good-day. Trish, good-day. Trish is my uncle's first. Oh, why. She bloody knows you from the TV. And over it is. And over it is. Yeah, we'll be like, oh, good-day.

Yeah, because, you know, you know, tell them they've been throwing a mug into this conversation. But anyway, he'll love to send, you know, emojis. I'm glad he's getting into the emoji game on text messages. A couple of weeks ago, I was a bit confused because I text about something, I think it was sport-related with the Warriors. And he replied back with the nerd emoji and the thumbs up, just next to each other. It got inside your head.

You spend 20 minutes trying to decipher that message. It was a group text, wasn't it? No, it was just to me. It was just to me. It was just to me. Oh. Yeah, I said, yeah, it was me. I said the Warriors and played well or something because we talked about sport

and he's just like nerd emoji thumbs up. I was like, don't know what that means. Is that not the second time he's done the nerd emoji to you? Yeah, he's done that a couple times. So the one with the little buck teeth in the sort of glasses. I hate to say, but I think that represents you. This might be me. That might be me.

But yesterday I got another emoji from my dad and I was a bit confused by it. So we thought we'd start. Sometimes you feel like, you know, your parents just kind of closed their eyes, smear their hand across the selection of emojis and pushed you. Yeah, and maybe that's what he's done. But we've started a new segment right now. It's got an intro. Good morning, Kevin Boyd speaking.

Sorry, it's an early morning wake-up call. It's your son, Ben, Jono, Megan, we're all here. Is that right? Good morning. How's things in Australia? He's got the first gag away, so he's, it doesn't matter. You have to get up pretty early in the morning to get one over Kevin, that's for sure. Well done, yes.

There you go. You're always ready to radio. There is never a time that Kevin Boys is not ready for broadcast. That's exactly right. Is that you, Jono, is it? It is, Dave. Lovely to meet you. Yeah, go ahead.

Keep taking those pills because you're looking better. Now, Kevin bends on another emoji investigation. We were just talking about one you sent a couple of weeks back, about the nerd emoji in response to some texts. Now, I want to know about this one. So the text message exchange, we had a conversation in the weekend. You sent me a text afterwards because we often talk about sport. And we hadn't got to the sporting stage.

So you sent me a text afterwards saying, hey, meant to say something about the New Zealand sports team. So the All Whites, the White Ferns cricket, the Warriors are up against it, but the black cap seen en route to win their first win over England and a series since 2022. So you said that. And I replied back and said that it was great win for the cricket because that had happened afterwards. And then you sent back, what can I even describe as a juggler, a mostly? A woman with a bowtie and juggling balls in the year.

I think the sportsman is always juggling. And balls in the air. And you guys do it with your work too. And I suppose that in the sense that... I haven't got out of it. How about that? Whatever he's saying is a wonderful metaphor. Do you just go in and go any, many, miny mo?

I've got a dartboard with these emoties on. And wherever it hits, it just goes. Like, here's a prawn, a saxophone. and a wheelchair to celebrate the occasion. Put them all together. It's good to know that you mean absolutely nothing by them too. I know because send that to a Jim Z and you're going to be requesting something quite different.

Hey, boy, it's got a beautiful reaction. Yes, well, we've talked about it again. It's another killer voice emoji. We'll catch up next time when you send another radical... John O'Bin and Megan. The podcast. The Hats. Taylor Swift, Travis Kelsey.

If the rumours are true, they're getting married at Madison Square Gardens, the stadium in New York this week and we wanted to find out what the buzz is like in the city and joining us he works in radio in New York, originally from Australia, don't hold it against him. It is Ben Harlem, good morning.

One of our favourite Benz. Do you think I'm top five, top three, number one, what do you think? I put you ahead of me and I'm a Ben. Good. Out of the available Benz right now, you're sitting in a pole position, baby. Heck yeah, I love it. It was lovely to talk to you.

Now, obviously, the world is, you know, buzz about Taylor Swift, Travis Kelsey, and what we all think is going to be a wedding in New York this week. Do you think that's 100% true? I mean, it could be, or maybe I signed an NDA and I can't say anything or else, you know, the Swifty's going to come after me. Who knows where I'm going to be on Thursday, guys?

Are you a groomsman? Yeah, I'm actually sneaking, and I'm the equipment manager for the DJ, so I'll do a live stream there for you. But in all seriousness, yeah, it looks like where all systems go. for Madison Square Garden in a couple days. The trucks have been rolling in with

different equipment and people have seen signs on some of the stuff that's been loaded in saying garden parties. So we're thinking, okay, maybe she's going to transform the arena into, you know, a bit of a garden. So yeah, I think we've got a weird hybrid of a 4th of July, Taylor Swift's Wedding

World Cup buzz here in New York at the moment. Well, yeah, they reckon around about 1,000 people is the rumours. I mean, we're saying yesterday it's probably the first time she hasn't sold out Madison Square Gardens. But It still seems like a lot of people for a wedding. Yeah, it's weird, isn't it? There's a rumor that she's doing a smaller rehearsal dinner somewhere the night before,

maybe in the Hamptons or something like that. One thing to keep in mind with Madison Square Garden is that there is actually a smaller theater inside that, like, comedy shows, maybe the occasional boxing event sort of takes place there underneath the main arena. So some people are speculating maybe like that's where all of the proceedings will happen, then everyone goes upstairs to the main arena for a bit of a dance party. but it does sort of seem like, you know, like some sort of, like everyone in New Zealand going to a watch party to watch the World Cup in the city sort of thing.

You know, it gives that sort of vibe, doesn't it? Ben was just saying that the bloody National Guard are out. So there's police out and force, the roads have been shut down. Nightmare. Oh, yeah. Yeah. So she's applied through the mayor and the NYPD to have the roads around the arena shut down.

Allegedly, the FBI are apparently involved in the, making sure that there's no, no plots for, you know, radio DJs and equipment managers for DJs to go in and try and record the events. Yeah, like she, like, if everything that we're reading is true, it's that she's really taking it seriously

to make sure it's like the one venue in New York that doesn't have windows, so she can keep it nice and private. Do people in New York, you know, do they care on the streets? I mean, as you said before, the World Cup's going on. There was the Knicks, you know,

just a few weeks ago. What's the vibe for Taylor Swiss wedding? Yeah, so if you bump into someone and you say, hey, Taylor, Swiss getting married and I give you a, you know, a blank stare, just go, hey, what do you think about Messi playing? And they go, oh, yeah, messy. And then you just do the opposite? If you go, hey, do you like soccer and they give you a blank stare?

Then you go, Taylor Swift's getting married. And they go, oh, yeah, that's going to be on Thursday, Madison Square Garden. Can you still go, what about them Knicks? And everyone goes, yeah, Nixon is probably someone selling a book. Actually, that's the one question. For the last month, there's been bootleg, T-shirt sellers outside Madison Square Garden, is there going to be like bootleg Taylor Swift wedding?

I was their T-shirts are going to be selling with the Nix championship shirts outside? Do you know, any rumors of guest lists? We've heard Graham Norton's going, only because he was invited live on his show. Anyone else? Somba apparently going, Benson Boone apparently has an invite. He might be doing flips in the ceremony.

Apparently Stevie Nicks is set to perform. Maybe Paul McCartney has come up in the last couple of days as a potential performer at the, I'm going to say events, but I guess the reception. But yeah, it's one of those where apparently the invites have everybody's name as a watermark all over it. So even if you send a screenshot or a photo to a friend, they're going to know that it came from you. So everyone's being very hush-hush at the moment. Oh, my God.

Do we think this is going to be filmed? I feel like it's going to be... A Netflix special. Or, like, released as something. Surely, like, is she going to give us at least one photo? Like, is there going to be, like, an Instagram dump at, like, 2 a.m. New Zealand time? I'm like, surely she's going to give her something. She can't keep it too private, right?

Yeah. My wife was like, you know, she's written so many great songs that would be applicable to walk down the aisle to. Does she play one of her own ones? No, no. It's like bringing work to your wedding, really, isn't it? John O'Ben and Megan. The podcast.

The hits. Morning, I want to know how you met in a relationship, but this is, you know, this has come off a story that we heard yesterday from one of our colleagues. Now, she is in a relationship, but not looking for anyone. Really interesting shot that was fired. Yes, exactly, yeah.

And we crossed to her live on the public transport system. Rachel Bachel from The Hits. Welcome. Hello, guys. Is the public transport going this morning? Yeah, you're on a train right now. Is everyone looking at you while you're talking to a phone? Yeah, hopefully most people have their headphones on, listening to the Hitsch.

But maybe I hear it anyway. That's good. And now you're going to tell a really interesting story that the whole train is going to be, and grossed in. Yeah, so you came out to us yesterday, you told us that you're selling your wedding dress at the moment, right? I am. So I have a massive princess ball gown wedding dress.

You know, it just takes up too much room in the house. So I've popped it on Facebook's marketplace. And I got a message from somebody who I was like, oh, maybe they're interested in buying the dress. But their message instead was, you are so stunning, Rachel. Are you still happily married? Wow.

Was this a girl or a guy? Well, their name is Jay. Right. I was like, maybe it's somebody who's like, oh, I look stunning in the wedding dress, and they want to buy the dress. And then, you know, some people are superstitious about dresses and, you know, happy marriages and stuff.

So I said, yes, I am still very much happily married. you interested in buying the dress. And then they message back saying, he's a lucky man. Sorry, I know this was random. Your listing popped up on my feed somehow. And I was like, damn, she's a babe. All the best.

Oh, what a friendly interaction. What a level of optimism from that person, from Jay, shooting their shot there. I get the logic. Well, logic. I mean, often when people are selling their wedding dresses usually can be the end of her early. So I guess they were finding out that and go,

are you selling a wedding dress because the relationship's over? Obviously not in this case. So when anyone's selling a dining room table, you'd be like, oh, how's the custody battle going? Obviously you're selling all your items. But a wedding dress is a bit more like. Yeah, like I'm keeping mine, God knows why. But sometimes people are like, get it out.

It's the memory of the wedding that's it. Yeah. Yeah. I heard that apparently some people fall like if people are selling their wedding bag. like obviously going through a divorce and then yeah people out there just shooting their shot. Well I mean that's a whole other vulnerable. Yeah a whole other level of hustle out there scaring the internet for second-hand wedding rings.

Yeah well Rachel were you flattered? I was flattered and you know it's always a little bit of an ego boost and I sent the message to my husband and I was like look you are a laughing man. Still got it. Literally was going to be my next question. Did you tell your husband be like, look what you've got. I'm in my demand. Well, thanks to shoot that with us, right?

Happily married, Rachel Bage. Thank you so much. And the dress is still for status for any more money. The main purpose. Princess ball gown. How much she won't for it? Yeah. What a know this morning.

How'd you meet? Maybe it was. Was it Facebook marketplace? Was it, you know, like someone sliding into your DMs, or was it just the old-fashioned way? Yeah. Yeah, you have to be crazy. Old-fashioned New Zealand away, 2.30 in the morning at a cabab shop, passion away.

John O'Benn and Megan. The podcast. The Hats. I want to know how you meet your partner. Someone at work was selling her rich, was selling her wedding dress, and someone slid into the DMs on Facebook Marketplace. And I feel like it's a reasonable question. Just going, oh, are you still married?

Or is, you know, or is, yeah, are you selling it for any reason? She was happily married. It seemed like a polite exchange. But shot their shot on Facebook. And then he said, oh, well, your husband's a lucky man. Good luck with everything in the future. And apparently there's a whole market out there of people scouring secondhand wedding ring sales on Facebook and trade me. I guess it makes sense.

It does make a lot of sense. Yeah. It's a genius when you think about it. If you are single, give it a bash. Yeah. Could be vulnerable as well. Good rebound. Catch them all their week.

This sounds very predatory, didn't it? Now, Angela, good morning to you. you, how are you? Good, thanks, how are you. Happy New Year. Happy New Year. We're talking about how you met your partner. Was it on a Facebook Marketplace Exchange?

No. It was at the Cowey Park Raceway, marshalling. Legend. Okay, so you're marshalling. How did you meet them? Well, I was the boss, and he joined up. Oh, now this relationship we frowned upon in the workplace, Angela. Using your position of power.

An imbalance of power at the Pococcoey Park race. So was it, was he just... Was he just super hot when he walked in and you're like, Hello. I can marshal you somewhere. Oh. Oh, sorry, that's not weird. I hope you didn't say that.

Do you just think he was hot or like what happened? Well, a future grew and unfortunately at that time, nothing happened. But 20 years later, I met up with him again and now the future's the future. Wow. Oh, my God. That was obviously meant to be. Yeah, that's so awesome.

You've just been friends for 20 years. Yeah. Well, it's a lovely ending, Angela. Happy for you. And now who's the boss in the relationship now? No, me. Yeah, yeah. Good on you.

Good on you. Carl, good morning to you. Yeah, good morning. Great to have you on. You got a really interesting story where you met your wife. Well, that she was in Japan at the time. I was at a railway station. I got eye contact with a guy.

He says, he lost. I said, I'm trying to get to Yokohama. He said, if that come back to my house, then do some hash. So I did some hash. I love how he paused. He's like, should I say this? Can I say that. I'm going to say it.

Anyway, we won't get into that. That's all finished. You have, Carl. That's all finished. That's a collage of pictures, about 200 pictures up on the wall. And there was a random picture of a girl. And I said, who's this? And he said, that's my flatmate.

three hours later she came home two days later i moved in 15 years later we're living in in new zealand separated with two lovely kids oh my goodness wow wow that is a probably like a random person at the bus stop just uh but sorry train station just going train station just around we just got eye contact he said he came over and says they lost i'm trying to get to yokohama he said no so yeah got something better than that mate don't you worry about yokeama you'll be flying there in about an hour what was that yokehama that you're going to that you ditched So what was that? What was in Yokohama that you were going to that you ditched?

Well, it was just Yokohama. I've been there once and I was going again, but at an older eight. Wasn't it meant to be. It wasn't meant to be. That's a lovely story though, Carl. It is really cool. And you've got two beautiful kids out of that photo. Two lovely kids out.

John O'Benn and Megan. The podcast. The Hits. We are doing in the Imposter Game, fun little game that we like to play every week. We all get a word. Well, one of us doesn't get that. word and has to pretend like they know the word. We give some sort of clues, vague

clues that maybe would hint that we know the word along similar lines, but you need to work out. Who is allying to you right now and if you want to know the word, you can text Word to 4487. Okay, you ready, guys? It gives me so much anxiety this game. It's hard. Not exposing

yourself. Never want to expose yourself in the workplace, but in particular in this game with the imposter. Now, who you want to producer, Troy, you kick things off. All right, I am looking at the words. Okay. So he now hands the phone over to Megan Pappas, who wasn't the imposter last week. I thought you were. It was you, Ben. You played a really good game. After a while you kind of go, I think I know roughly what the word is.

But yeah, I wasn't 100% sure last week, but vague enough to get through. The imposter, the person lying to you, does get a bit of a clue as well to maybe help them out for the first one. Okay. Ben's just looking at the word now. Then we'll rip into the game. Troy, you kick things off. Text 4-4-8-7 if you want to know what today's word is and you can try and figure out who the imposter is. I'm going to say trouble. Oh, yeah.

Yep. Yeah. I'll bet you runs off. Oh, yeah. Think about it. Think about it. Yeah. Yeah.

I'm going to say, um, shoes. Are you? Okay. Interesting. Uh, I'm going to say lines. I'm going to say Boundary Right, let's go one more round

Because I am more confused Than when I started this game I don't know who is the imposter I'm going to say Guilty I'm going to say Megan's the imposter Meg is 100% the imposter

Whig Maybe not Maybe not Hidnaken That's what I'm going to say Is it just what you want to have? Does anyone got any eye? It's not an order.

We're going to take it right now. I'm going to say run. Okay, those are the clues that you've got so far. I know who the imposter is. John O'Bin and Megan. The podcast. The hits. We're playing the imposter game.

We each get a word. Well, one of us doesn't get that word. It has to pretend that they know what the word is. They are the imposter. We need to work out who the imposter is. Four for. seven on the text. If you want to know the secret word,

the imposter gets one clue, and then has to bluff their way through after that. We just played a round before, we're all taking various... Yeah, I'm really questioning, fine, the imp... I don't know what's going on. It's very hard to know.

I feel like there's a word and people have taken really different roads with that particular word. Troy, we'll do another round. One more rounds before we go. I want to say Libra. Think about it. Think about it.

I am. I'm not. not getting connected dots, but hey, if you can in your head, that's good. I'm going to say love. Raffer. I'm going to say court. Yeah, that is interesting. It's a bold.

Anyway, may have just exposed. Melanie, good morning to you. I think I know what I've done it, yeah, guys. Good morning. Lovely, happy New Year, Melanie, on your way to work, are you? you mate? Absolutely. All right. You've texted in 4487 for the word and you know

the word which was court? It is court which of course if you're giving a clue away it would be good to not say the word imposter. Okay I am the imposter I was really struggling with that one guys really struggling

because there's two types of court right I was thinking like tennis court and then also like the court with the judge Yeah. My clue that I was given as the imposter was boundary. So I think in basketball court, maybe boundaries of a court. Oh, yeah. Really?

But then you threw me with Libra and shoes and all that. I'm like, God, where are we going with this? Wegg. I was thinking Libra scales, the scales of justice. Yeah, I smell at what you're cooking. And then I kind of went, oh, maybe it's along the lines of some, but I didn't realize I was going to actually say the word. I narrowed it right down to the word. but not.

Played too well. Hey, Melanie, thank you so much for joining. Did you pick Ben? Yeah, no, I picked Jono. Oh. He said, sorry about that. I didn't mean to give it away. Was Heineken with the tennis?

Yeah. And then I thought he'd give it away when he said raffer. I was like, come on, man. Yeah, well, that's where I was pretty sure that I knew what it was along the ballpark, but I got the exact thing. I should have said something a bit more.