Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL: Have You Ever Dreamt Something That Came True?

Episode Date: March 8, 2022

After speaking to someone about this yesterday, we thought there must be more people out there whose dreams become real, almost like they've had a premonition. And there are more of you! Ben also tried to explain the concept of "fast fashion" to his daughters, but the conversation didn't end up how he wanted it to. Finally, we discussed the things that feel like a cult, but aren't. We're looking at you NFT buyers & Wordle players....!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Birds with the Jono and Ben podcast. Here we are. It's us. Here's Jono and Ben. 9th of March. It's a Wednesday. Welcome along. Now, can I be noted that I'm taking one for you right now, Jono Pryor, because I'm drinking a coffee with a sugar in it. Because it's a COVID world right now, we just went and got a coffee. And this is a very awkward conversation, isn't it? But we thought we'd get a coffee. Treat ourselves to a coffee. I was pretty sure that the person who was making the coffee went,

that one's the one with sugar, that one's the one without, because I don't have sugar. I picked out what I thought was the one without, had a sip, and I was like, oh, it's got sugar in it. But it's a COVID world. I said I'd take it. I'd take your cron if you're running with it. Well, I don't think I have, because we have to rats test every few days here at the radio. So I rats test this morning, and according to my rats Well, I don't think I have because we have to rats test every few days here at the radio.

So I rats test this morning and according to my rats test, I haven't got it. But then I did read that 50% of people are doing rats test not correctly. How are they doing it incorrectly? Are they shoving the net? The angle of the head, the fact that people aren't doing it for long enough,

it's got to be 15 seconds in each nostril turning around and then at least 10 seconds, 10 swirls in the thing. So people aren't doing it long enough in their nose or long enough in the thing. And they're passing the test. Yeah, I think, yeah. So yeah, longer, from what I 10 swirls in the thing. So people aren't doing it long enough in their nose or long enough in the thing. And they're passing the test. Yeah, I think, yeah. So yeah, longer, from what I understand, longer in your nose. So basically all up 30 seconds in your nose, from what I gather.

I mean, everyone's different. I was saying everyone's different, so obviously read your one. But yeah, the one that I think we've got is all up 30 seconds. And then at least 10 swirls before you take the thing out. Oh, okay. So that's the ones we've got, yeah. So depending on how you are, it's a great time if you want to have 10 days at home, you want to have some relaxed time, you just say you've tested positive.

Yeah. And alternatively, if you still want to come into work, you can just shove it up there for five seconds, go down, you'll pass the test. Well, yeah, probably. I mean, it's a win-win for no matter where you are on the scale. I imagine there's a lot of people just messing with the system. Easy Photoshop things going around as well.

People doing it on TikTok, going, look, if I take this thing and cut the little red line from this one and put it over here, double that, then it looks like it's... Don't you love humans? Just as soon as something comes out, it's like, how can we fuck with this system?

You're talking late. And TikTok is the core of that content. You're right. There's already people doing it here. How about we just do the system. It's only late. And TikTok is the core of that content. You're right. There's only people doing it here and now. How about we just do the system like it's designed?

Why do we have to cheat the system? Don't try and swindle the system. We just do it, but you're right. And already there are people like, how do I get a workaround

around that? It's human nature. You're presented with something and you're like, how can I cheat this? How can I do this easier? How can I make this benefit me? That's very true.

Very selfish society. The thing I find with the rats tests too is I don't know how to say it. I've taken rats tests. I've taken a rats test. Yeah, a rat test, a rats test. I don't know if it's rats or rat, plural signature. Yeah, well, it's not rats, is it? But then you see people go, rats test everywhere.

No one knows, do they? No, no. Where are you getting your rats from? Well, the ones from work. We bought some the other day, bought some online from as well, you know. I got some black market ones off bloody Tony Street. Oh, you went to Eola, didn't you? Tony Street had them.

I don't know where she got them. I don't know. She's like, don't ask. Don't know. You don't want to know. Well, yeah. Don't know how she got them, but she was the rat stinger. She was like a week before.

You're like, oh, no one can get the Hansel and Gretel. Streety. All of a sudden, they're everywhere now. You know? Yeah, I'll tell you what. Maybe if you reach the Tony Street status of broadcasting, you might be entitled to some black market rat tests. What you get on the streets, if your name's literally street,

is what you can get. All right, on the show today, I was just trying to remember, and I do remember now, vaguely, we had a fun program because we spoke to your dad, Kevin Boyce, and we got talking about cults that aren't cults. Kevin Boyce, huge cult fan of The Chase. Oh, he loves The Chase. Yeah. And Stu, you know that sort of boomer generation?

You know, like, when he was staying at our house at 5.30, the TV's got to be on. It's got to be on the chase. Does he roll straight into Dello or Petrie on the news? Yeah, like, keep rolling. Once it's on one, you can't change it. You know, for some reason, you can't change the channel. No. You've just got to ride it out, even if we get still like, what's this

at 7.30? I don't know, but we're watching it. We've seen Jeremy and Hillary and it's, you know. Well, there's other options. We've got Netflix, we've got Disney Plus, you know, but no, no, no. We'll watch, you know, they just make a show out of anything, don't they, on TV? Window Cleaners. Yeah. Yeah, Window Cleaners Australia.

You end up watching that for an hour. She's there cleaning windows. Yeah, really interesting, yeah. Oh, he's missed his spot. He's missed his spot, yeah. up next He's missed his spot Yeah Pain dry watches Coming up next very shortly But that's the way you do it And then you go to bed at 10.30

Yeah That was a good night of TV That was great We'll do it all again tomorrow Much like this podcast intro Enjoy The great thing about Listening to this show

Is that The day can only get better From here Jono and Ben On the hits Mosquitoes You know there's people that you do come across and they're like, oh the mosquitoes

love me. I'm one of those people. They like whatever junk I've got in this trunk. Yeah, my daughter Indy's like that as well. It's like we could all be hanging out somewhere outside and it's just afterwards she's just been, you know, like picked on. Yeah. And you're obviously the same. Does she spray stuff on and still get mauled? Well, yeah.

I mean, obviously that stops it, but it can be like, because you don't not, I don't even notice them sometimes. And then're obviously the same. Does she spray stuff on and still get mauled? Well, yeah. I mean, obviously that stops it, but it can be like, because you don't not, I don't even notice them sometimes. And then in Salt and Windy's like, I've been bitten like 38 times on one arm. You're like, oh my God, you're hit. You know, so now you do need to take a bit more care. Well, I got mauled last night and it feels like I've got a thousand little hickeys.

It's the closest thing I've had to a hickey since I was about 18 years old, since you last gave me one, Ben. When the love was alive. But sucked into them because sucking my blood, they're going to have alcohol poisoning, so that's on those mosquitoes. But I was looking into them.

Did you know they're the world's most deadliest animal? Their kill count. Just through malaria and dengue fever and all the disease they spread. More than sharks. Wow, really? The humble mozzie.

Really? Deadliest on the planet. 3,000 different species of mosquitoes around the world as well. Because there are some that are probably more dangerous than others, I would say. Like the ones in New Zealand are pretty mild. And what's the point of them? What could they doing? I know Rude the bug man would come on here and he'd be like,

oh, yeah. Yeah, we tried to do that with Rude a few weeks ago at Flies, didn't we? Yeah. And he was like, they need to be, they're important to the ecosystem of the world. What good are mosquitoes doing? They're basically the Ben and me of the insect world. Yeah, true.

A little bit annoying. Yeah, hard to listen to. You're like, they're still on. I me of the insect world. Yeah, true. A little bit annoying. Yeah, hard to listen to. You're like, they're still on. I want to turn them off. They're somehow getting louder and more annoying the longer I'm listening to them. You're right. Or maybe we should keep them around, though,

now you've given that example. You know, maybe they're good. You know, keep them around for a bit longer. Why not? Scrolling through your feed. Here's our one-man newsroom. Ben Boyce, what's happening, mate? Well, a lot of news, surprisingly, still about COVID-19.

They're still sticking around. They reckon more than 25,000 school staff and students across New Zealand are thought to be currently isolating. 60% of the country's schools have COVID in them. And the latest today is Phil Goff, Auckland Mayor, is isolating after a positive COVID test as well. But they reckon the real case numbers exceeds probably half a million and could be approaching a million.

But I'm getting a bit over all these predicted numbers. Well, it's because I don't think anyone, a lot of people, not anyone, can't be bothered getting tested. Buying a rat test waiting in line to get tested in a tent when they're probably like hey i've got it i'll write it out also like probably lodging it with you know with healthline and stuff like that's what they mean to do afterwards you know the funniest thing is we registered the case that was in our house with healthline initially and then on the 10th day of the person in our house,

the day 10 when they can go back out into the public, we got a message that night from Healthline going, you've tested positive, you might want to isolate. Oh my gosh. Like, well thanks. They really are under the pump. And it's not their fault. They're under-resourced.

But you just go, if that's just one case, and that was early on in the piece, so they're probably sending them out 20 days later. People are going, mate, I've been everywhere. Yeah, but I'm a little over the predictions. It's like, have the cases declined, we'll find out. Let's just give it a few days, work it all out and stuff. Could it be 50,000 cases by Waitangi weekend?

It's like, let's just see what it's going to be. Rather than either scaremongering. But then people wouldn't click on the articles, Ben. You know, that wouldn't pay your wages, buddy. We were talking yesterday, though, about the cost of living. There was a bit of an investigation into the country's supermarkets, and it seems like we are paying too much.

Crazy amount. And I know the Prime Minister is getting a grilling because she's denied that there's a crisis, a cost of living crisis. But Ryan Bridge on the AM show, shit, he's done all the heavy lifting for us on this one. Oh, great. He's broken down the stats, and we're going to sound like a far more sophisticated show

than we actually are when we break these down. Inflation's up 5.9%. Okay? Take from that what you will, because I can't explain it any further. Okay. Good to know. Ryan Bridge probably could.

Kiwis are spending an extra $4,000 on basics in the last 12 months. Wow, extra $4,000. Crazy. That's, I guess, you know, your petrol, your shopping and whatnot.

Petrol is ridiculous. Petrol is crazy. It is crazy. We were talking before the show about, back in the day, you used to be able to, oh, we just put $20 in.

Yeah, nowadays, we put $20 in nowadays that's the thing do you know how far in an average car 20 dollars will take you nowadays 40 kilometres less than a year ago

less that's only 12 months ago first home owner mortgage costs are up 3,952 dollars rent is up 2,600 a year

damn crazy times baby yeah they are some crazy times it's a real sign of the times when fruit and vegetables are luxury items. Yeah. Which again would have a, you think if people start eating shittier food, have long-term effects on the health system eventually.

That's true. Yeah. Yeah. Ryan Bridge said that anyway. Did he say that? Yeah, I thought it sounded like I should say it. It sounded good. Yeah, it sounded like I said it.

Probably sounded better coming from him. Yeah, but you? Yeah, I thought it sounded good. Yeah, it sounded like I said it. Probably sounded better coming from him. But hey, you did alright. The delivery was good. The Google Game. This is so easy to

play. You just need to call us on 800 The Hits and ask us any question at all. And as we keep saying, you don't

really even need to know the answer to this question. You just need to ask us and if we can't find out the answer in 10 seconds on Google,

you win. We're sort of Google with that same frantic pace of a person who's just spilt red wine on white carpet you know how to get everybody you know you're in a fluster or how to suck back a text message that sort of thing i have one for you and juliet this comes from uh a preparation sheet that you've known about for it's been to be... In her defence, it's been sent to us

in our work email for years since we started here. So Julia's job to go, hey, John, are you checking your emails and looking at the... Aaron has been sending it to us daily.

I didn't even know what it was. You know who once tried to click on it? No. Aaron's been sending it off. 14 pages of daily preparation for radio shows. Yeah, it's really good isn't it what have we been doing

we've been prepping our own radio show I've been making you work hard anyway I've got a question from this preparation sheet that I'm going to ask you Ben and you have to google the answer okay a survey found that the number one thing

forgotten by adults is where they put their keys what is number two start the timer 10 seconds to google the answer the second highest thing that people forget about. Oh, jeez. Oh, jeez.

Bank. Toothbrush? Not the toothbrush. What they went to the grocery store to collect. The amount of times I have done that. I've gone to pack and save and return Jen's gone, did you get the sugar? And I'm like, no

But I've got this trolley of other stuff Are you not a list writer guy? No, and I really need to be one You should be Sue, you're on from Morrinsville, how are ya? Good morning You're a veteran of this game, Sue We love having you on the Google Games

What's your question? And Juliet, you can Google the answer. Oh, okay. Which celebrity has won the most Emmys? Ooh, that's a really good question. Let's hedge our bets. I'm like a daytime TV host. Ellen.

I'm going to go Ellen. Oh, is it Ed Esner? No. Who was it, Sue? Tyler Moore. Tyler Moore. Okay. Oh, okay was it, Sue? Tyler Moore. Tyler Moore. Okay. Oh, okay.

Okay, I got that wrong. Excuse my ignorance. Who's Tyler Moore? What's Tyler Moore do? She's known for various roles in the Dick Van Dyke show, Mary Tyler Moore show. Mary Tyler Moore. Mary Tyler Moore, yes.

Oh, Sue, there you go. That is taking up a lot of wasted space in your brain If you know the answer to that, Sue You can control alt and delete that fact And free up some space, Sue We're going to give you some hell pizza, okay? Thank you very much Good on you, Scotty

You're on, welcome What's your question for the Google Games? Ben will Google the answer Oh, jeez, okay G'day, team How many hamsters does it take to fill an Olympic-sized swimming pool? Hamsters. I love it.

Olympic-sized. I'm going to go on the millions. You're probably after two mil, I reckon. They're tiny and cute, aren't they, hamsters? The pool is maintained at 28 degrees. I don't care about how warm the pool is. No, I don't know. No one has done this experiment yet.

Scotty, do you have the definitive answer? No, actually, we tried to Google it as well and couldn't find it, so it's one of those anomalies and no one knows. Good stuff. It's like that question, you know, how many five-year-olds do you think you could take on? None. None.

My answer's always none. Probably mine as well. Scotty, we'll get you out some Hell Pizza in Christchurch. You have a great day. You too. Thank you.ty, we'll get you out some Hell Pizza in Christchurch. You have a great day. You too. Thank you. James, we'll take one more. The Google Games.

What is your question? And I'll do the Googling. All right. This one's for you there, Jono. Where is Clark Gafford? Where is Clark Gafford? Well, there's some answers coming up. Many of them not true.

Half true is a misinformation. I'm going to go. He's in Government House in Wellington looking after his daughter, Niamh. Yeah, but you were too slow. You were too slow to come through with that answer there. So you're winning. Will Smith's new book and some health pizza coming your way. All right, my friend?

Lovely. Thank you, gentlemen. Have a good day. You too. I think, you know, we'll stop there. Okay. Okay. The annoying. Have a good day. You too. I think, yeah, no, we'll stop there. Okay. Okay. The Annoying Ones Talking Between the Socks.

Jono and Ben on the hits. We're actually talking about our friend, Jeremy, who we've worked with for many years now, about how he loves moving house the other day. Yeah. And he's also, yeah, we've known him for about 10 years, Jeremy. And for that entire time, he's always gone, if you ever need to move house, I will help you move house. Now, Juliet, we were discussing this the other day because you moved back to your parents from your flat.

Yes. And moving is probably the worst thing a human being can do, I think. Let alone helping someone move. There's no benefit to you. You don't end up with all of your items in another location you've just moved someone else's exactly we've got a wonderful arrangement you and i uh jonah we don't ask each other and that's fine no and i would honestly i'd rather just go looking for new friends than help a current one move but some people i mean not many

uh but jeremy like we say jeremy loves moving, but we've never actually put him to the test. No, and it's the ultimate act of selflessness, isn't it? Offering someone to help move house. So after the show yesterday, we were inspired to call Jeremy. Now, we haven't spoken to him in a long time, probably be about six months. And out of the blue, just ask him to see if he'd help us move. Here's how it went. Well, what is going on here?

How are you, mate? Good, how are you? Good, bro, good. You been well? Yeah, very good. What about you? Yeah, no, good. Good just plodding along with work and things. Yep, I know. I mean, I check in with you every day. Oh, good. Oh, you listen? Well,

I've got a weird OCD where my radio has to be on Classic Hits in Volume 4 before I turn it off. So as a result of that, I often hear you. So it's not even by choice? It's just default?

Well, no. It's by choice that I stay on it Jerry Yeah On Saturday I'm moving Oh yeah And I remember you once said That if I was ever moving You would help me move

Well I've got to check with Charlotte Because if she's on a shoot that day Then I've got both kids that if I was ever moving, you would help me move? Well, I've got to check with Charlotte because if she's on a shoot that day, then I've got both kids. But if I don't have both kids, I'll come and help. Why are you moving? Where are you moving to? Oh, we're just moving house, but I just need to,

because Ben can't help me. So I just remember you said that you would be able to. I did, and I just needed it because Ben can't help me, so I just remember you said that you would be able to. I did, and I meant it. I had a feeling. I thought I heard something in the background. We wanted to test your theory that you would help out at any stage, and you pretty much

would, providing you're not on dad duty. It wasn't emphatic answer, was it? No. It felt like me you're using your kids as an excuse to get out of it. No, no. I was about to say, hey, if Jen wants to look after the kid while I help you lift them. Oh, he's a man of his word.

He is. He's a man of his word. We were just talking because Juliet, our producer, had to move over the weekend. And we said, our friend Jeremy consistently said that if we ever needed to move, he would be there for us. And it's a lifelong offer. Like, it doesn't expire. Provided, of course, Charlotte's not on a shoot

and he's looking after the kids. But, you know, those are the circumstances. You work with those. Oh, Jerry, thank you, mate. Love you. You too. So there you go. the kids but that you know those are the circumstances you work with those oh jerry thank you mate love you you too so there you go he uh kind of lived up to his word yeah he wasn't he was like oh moving house uh coming up next kim crossman uh wonderful actor kim crossman and even better person oh no she's probably a great actor and a girl i've got into a hole now yeah she's good at both things being a person and acting but she's got something

really awesome that is out again and we want to talk talk to her about it next that is the hits you got John Owen Ben tested safe for listing from home

John Owen Ben on the hits now you'll know Kimberly Crossman from many many TV shows over the years everything from Shortland Street to Celebrity Treasure Island she's got a

series new series of a podcast, which is an awesome podcast. It's called Pretty Depressed, where she talks about her struggles with mental health. And she joins us right now. Kim Crossman. Hello. You're on air. Can you believe it? You're on the radio right now.

Wow. I'm so nervous. This is so exciting. It's great to have you along. Hello, long-time listener, first-time caller. Not at all. I feel like any time you've got anything going on, I'm one of the first ring-ins.

It's nice to talk to you again. Very excited. Your podcast back out again? Thank you. Yeah, super exciting. Still depressed, so still lots of content to be made. There's almost a point where you probably, you don't want to be not depressed because then you have to stop making the podcasts.

Well, what I have learned actually, Jono, is that there are many other facets to my personality that need work. So we've got enough content at least for season three. I was reading that you are putting out, planning on putting out a podcast every week for the rest of the year. I mean, that's a huge commitment, but an awesome thing to do. So basically I'm like, okay, if I have to do it every week, that means that I have to really dive into what's going on every week

and where I'm at and find some cool experts to talk to that can hopefully teach us all some lessons. And I guess it'll be almost like an audio diary of how your year's gone and how you were feeling certain weeks, what you were going through. I know. It's terrifying. But that's okay. I've already committed and we're doing the interviews now.

So there's no looking back. It is awesome that you're doing this because Kim, we've known each other for many years now. And you're such a bubbly, friendly person. But many of us didn't know behind the scenes that you're obviously having some depression and stuff as well. So why did you decide to talk about it when a lot of other people don't well I kind of didn't really have a choice because I wasn't very well and most people when you're not feeling great you really would love to feel great again so I kind of just

decided to shine a light on the darkness and therefore it's not dark anymore and I imagine a very difficult industry that you work in when you are depressed. Or dealing with rejection often. I was reading, you know, being an actor, putting yourself out there, and then, you know, shows don't get picked up. There was a big show that you had that you thought was going to be basically your next seven years of work, and it didn't happen.

I know. I'm really sadistic, right? I've chosen the worst career for my personality but that's you know i'm too far in at this point i've got no transferable skills so we're gonna have to stick with it and just work out some coping mechanisms um but i guess you guys probably get it too you know i'm sure a lot of your validation is tied to employment as a lot of people's are um so it's kind of about, okay, if this is the path I'm choosing, how can I best navigate it in the most healthiest way?

Well, you couldn't have got into a more soul-sucking, lifeless industry than showbiz. I know. Well, I will say, though, on the flip side, we get to do some pretty epic stuff. I mean, you guys can speak to that, too. You get to do such rad stuff. So we're definitely not in a boring career.

And I guess the knocks make you, I think, probably a better person in the long run. I think so. Also, that's such a healthy way of looking at it. Thanks, John. I appreciate it. One way to look at it, like, yeah, this is just making me stronger.

Well, Kim, you have done some amazing, amazing things over the years. I was looking last night. You've worked with some incredible people, not just interviewing but also acting. You acted alongside some people. I was going to say some names, see what pops into your head the first thing you say about these people you've acted alongside.

William Shatner. He hates man buns. He hates long hair. He hates long hair. He's not a man bun fan. But he's of that generation where they'd be like, what are you doing with your hair? He has a real issue with it.

He'd be a pull your socks up, short back and sides guy. Kevin Bacon? Kevin Bacon, I only got to work with, he has a stand in, someone whose entire job is to be him in shots where his face isn't seen. So this guy's

full time job is to look like and be exactly the same size and have the same talent and learn all of his lines. So any scene I did with Kevin Bacon, it was actually with this other guy, and then Kevin just shows up one day and does all his close-ups. Oh, he's cracked it. Kevin Bacon has cracked it.

Tell you what, he's living the dream. Isn't that amazing? So he never goes to a wardrobe fitting, his double does, but he doesn't do any of it. What? Bacon has just clocked the key. And so this other guy would be pretty stoked because he's getting gigs all the time and getting permanently paid.

Yeah, he did say initially it was a bit depressing because he doesn't get any of the credit and he learns all the lines and does all the travel. He does all the hard work but he gets paid a lot of money so now he's pretty cool with it. Does bacon get him

to stand in for any missed anniversary dates? I don't know. You're going to have to meet my wife at Denny's or something. He did have to learn

how to ride horses so he has the exact skill set. The only thing is his face isn't quite exactly the same. From a distance, it is, but yeah. He should be faking bacon. He should be. Kevin faking.

Kevin faking. It's so good. Kim Grossman, it's always good to catch up, and it is an amazing thing that you're doing, putting out this podcast and helping people, and you're shining a light on something that not everyone's prepared to shine a light on. So good on you for doing it. Thanks i really appreciate it you're so wonderful it's

always a pleasure never a chore talking to you guys spy know what's up spy.co.nz okay let's hop on our high horse and judge some celebrities for three minutes what's going on juliet so dolllly Parton has said she wants to collaborate with a certain someone, which is someone that you would never, ever, ever, ever in your wildest dreams expect her to collaborate with, and that is Cardi B. Wow. It would feel like taking your mum to a strip club.

Dolly Parton and Cardi B. That's cool, though. That's cool that she's here. It would be a very good collaboration I think There would almost be an illegal amount of silicone in that music video Yeah and we

when we were talking about this off air we were like I wonder if we can make a mash up of Dolly Parton and Cardi B and we didn't actually have to do that hard work we found one already on YouTube Someone had already done it, we dared to dream YouTube Someone had already done it We dared to dream And somebody had already done it Someone had done it

Dared to dream And I want to play this We have beeped out the bad word Yeah But it's not a bad word No, it's not In the context of, you know No, not if you like cats

It's a great word Yeah However Should I play this? This sounds a little wrong, yeah Should I play this? Is this okay to play? Well, hey, you're leaving anyway, mate They can't play you You've got nothing to lose Yes However Should I play this? This sounds a little wrong Should I play this? Is this okay to play?

Well hey You're leaving anyway mate They can't play You got nothing to lose Yeah And that's enough Julia That's a dagger That is a dagger That is a dagger

So Mind you I don't think much would shock Dolly Parton. She seems very cool. She's Miley's godmother. Oh, yeah. Miley Cyrus. You know, Miley Cyrus had her wild tongue out years. For about 24 months, her tongue spent more time out of her mouth than inside.

So, no, nothing's going to shock Dolly. Put that thing away, Miley. Put that thing away. Put it back in. She's seen it all. Just like, dangling down by the bottom of her chin. You know Miley Cyrus

when she did the whole tongue out thing in the twerking MTV musical? She was my age. She was younger than me at that time. She was 23. Really? Yeah. Keep your tongue in your mouth, Juliet.

I will. It'll make us very awkward. I will. Okay, and enough of that chat. And in more serious news, actually, Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher, I mentioned the other day, that they started a sort of GoFundMe page to help people in Ukraine because Mila Kunis was born in the Ukraine.

They've now raised over $18 million, and they contributed $3 million themselves because they wanted to match every dollar up to $3 million. And the public have contributed towards $18 million, which is amazing. What a good on them for getting off their jacksies and doing something. You were saying if you did want to help out people in the Ukraine,

you can actually rent an Airbnb. That's what a lot of people are doing. Yeah, you can go on Airbnb, rent a house in Ukraine. And yeah, obviously you're not going to stay there, but you put the money through anyway. And I've seen on social media, a house in ukraine and um yeah obviously you're not going to stay there but you put the money through anyway and i've seen on social media some people in new zealand have done it and they've got lovely messages back from the people really really appreciative of the money and you know so it's an awesome thing to do every day we give an update of how many people have fled the country two million now 4.5 percent of the population have left the Ukraine. I saw some wonderful vision on the news

of mothers in Poland leaving strollers at the train station. So when, you know, the mothers and families arrived from the Ukraine, because a lot of the husbands are staying there to fight,

they had strollers to push their babies. That's awesome. So there are some nice, nice moments in amongst this horrible, horrible thing that's happening in the world.

And that is your spa entertainment update. For more, you can head to thehits.co.nz. Up to thing that's happening in the world. And that is your Spa Entertainment Update. For more, you can head to thehits.co.nz. After 7 o'clock on the show, yesterday we talked to someone who had had a dream, a vivid dream, come to reality. And we got plenty of text through afterwards. It has happened to more New Zealanders. We're going to talk to some of them after 7.

Your essential listening for non-essential banter. Jono and Ben on the show, we spoke to Vicky, who had an incredible tale about how she had a dream that basically came true. Have a listen. I had a very vivid dream about my stepfather cheating on my mother. So I then called my mother the next day and told her about my dream, to which she told me, don't be stupid, we're absolutely fine. And then that evening, my stepfather at the time decided to ring her best friend to ask her to advise her that he has been having an affair with three different women.

Wow, three babes on the go. Three, I don't even know three babes. I know Ben and Juliet. Those are all the babes I know. And your wife. I couldn't think of a third one. Now, what we want to open up on 0800 The Hits is have you had a dream that's eventuated?

Have they come true? And there's a song that we found who I thought was sung by Desiree, but turns out by another lady called Gabrielle. Yeah. And it says exactly what we're wanting. Dreams can come true. Some other words in this song too.

Yeah. Yeah, so we wanted to know this morning on 0800 THE HITSLE 4487, have you ever had a dream, like Vicky, that has basically come true it feels like a premonition in some ways but we were asleep

I was just reading into this before we were just about to talk about this do you know when you're dreaming that your muscles are paralysed you can't actually move you're in that state of sleep oh really? well according to the internet Ben and it's never let me down we don't dream in colour really? That's apparently. Well, according to the internet, Ben, and it's never let me down, we don't dream in colour.

Really? Around 12. Sorry, we all dream in colour. Oh. Sorry. No, sorry. Can I ring down with take three? You don't mind anyway.

Sorry, take three. We don't all dream in colour. Oh, okay. 12% of people dream in black and white. Wow. And I imagine there'd be someone like Joe Biden who dreams in black and white. Or that's growing up watching TV. Reminds him of that.

And did you know if you sleep face down, you're more likely to have saucy dreams. Oh, really? Smoochy dreams. Probably also more likely to suffocate yourself as well sleeping face down. We've got an early call come through on 0800 The Hats. Sharon, have you had a dream that come true?

So my mum had a work colleague that she used to get on really well with and there was about three or four of them used to go away for girly weekends every now and again. And she used to tell me about this one in particular. And, yeah, I had a dream that this particular person, I'd never even met her or seen what she looked like, that she got really badly beaten up by her partner at the time and that he just about killed her. Oh, jeez. And so the next morning I went over and I saw my mum and I just said to her, look, you need to tell her to get away. And I told her about my dream and that.

And she's pretty much like, oh, that's so stupid. She's never ever said anything like that and um yeah and so anyway she went to work the next day and told this person and the person actually opened up to my mum and told her about her violent and abusive relationship and she did leave the guy and now she's happily married with two lovely kids and yeah and this all came from a dream you had about a lady you didn't even know. Yeah, I only knew her name and that was all and just what my mum had told me about her. And even then I didn't even get to meet her until after my mum had passed away. Oh my goodness.

And so you obviously felt so strongly to even go and act on a dream is a whole other step, isn't it, the next day? Yeah, but I usually do anyway. If there's anything like that, I'll usually tell people. Well, there you go, Sharon. Thank you for your call this morning. I love wanting to kick things off. 0800, that hits 4487. Have you had a dream? I had a dream that I was on a hugely successful radio show,

and it turns out I was having Mike Hosking's dream. Every time you come around, you know I can't say no. Breakfast with Jono and Ben. We are talking about dreams that came true. And Rosita, you had a dream that came true. That it did. What happened? Well, in my dream, I was sitting in the back seat

looking at my boyfriend in the front seat. And beside him was, I assumed, myself with short blonde hair. And at the time I was thinking, I'm not cutting my hair short. Why would I cut my hair short? Well, within the month I found out why. My dream sort of much came true because he left me for another lady who you'd been seeing with short blonde hair. No way. Ellen DeGeneres?

Oh, well, no, we don't know if it was Ellen DeGeneres or not. Oh, my goodness. And you'd never seen this person before? No, no. I couldn't even tell you what her face was like. All I could see was from behind, and yeah. When you had this dream, did you think that you could, did you have an inkling that you could be right?

Well, no, in my dream I just keep thinking, why am I cutting my hair short? Well, you're true. You thought it was you, didn't you? So is she in the front seat, no, in my dream I just keep thinking, why am I cutting my hair short? Well, you're true. You thought it was you, didn't you? So was she in the front seat with your boyfriend in your dream?

Yes, in my dream, yes. The back seat looking at them. And yeah, they were kindly dropping you off somewhere with her. Sounds like an Uber. An awkward Uber.

The world's most awkward Uber. Oh, it's you. Yeah, bad rating for that. And so, did you ever talk to your boyfriend about this or your ex-boyfriend about this? No, no. My friends know about it, and at the time I remember saying something to one of my friends.

That is freaky. And have you had any other sort of premonitions? Yeah, I've had other dreams that have pretty much come true. Oh, you're like a psycho. A psychic. Yeah, yeah, yeah. We're all, everyone's psychic to a certain ability. It's just whether we listen to it or not.

I agree with that. Yeah, you're right. It's that gut, that feeling that you have in your gut, isn't it? Yes, it is. And depending on how much fibre I've had, that feeling tends to vary. So what else have you had that's come true from dreams? I had a dream that I lost half a leg in my dream, and I thought it was, I just made the assumption

I must have been in a car accident in my dream. But before the month was through, I was at the Oktoberfest, and yes, there was alcohol involved. But a guy came up, he was a friend of a friend, picked me up, tripped, dropped me, and broke my tubular and fibula completely in half. So literally, my leg was in two pieces. Oh my goodness.

Wow. So if you have dreams sometimes, you must be a little like this. You'd be a little bit nervous that this sort of thing could be happening in your future. Yeah, yeah. You don't get these vivid ones that often, but if I have a dream that's not so good that after a month,

if nothing's happened, we should be good. It just seems to be within a month, I sort of find out whether the vivid dream was something more. That is crazy. So do you change the way that you go about things if you've had one of these vivid dreams? No, I don't vivid dreams? No. I don't have dreams about everything.

It's just every now and again there will be a very vivid dream. That's really interesting. Hey, Rosita, thank you so much for your time this morning. You go and have a wonderful day. I will do. You too, you guys. See you, man. Have a good one.

Thank you very much for listening. We appreciate it. You're welcome. That person who didn't let you merge Probably listens to a lesser radio station Jono and Ben on the heads And now my theory is Jono's New Zealand's worst driver

After, you know I got to Christ's point When he almost ran over someone In a high-vis test in the work garage This is when the intervention started So I was like, hey We need to put him back through his paces And we've been on a mission

to see if he is in fact New Zealand's worst driver. Have a listen. Jono Pryor, Hypertheory, New Zealand's worst driver. There's a guy in a high-vis vest who was like, oh, you drive a lot better than your mate. Backing out of the work garage. He kept backing back as you backed back until he was standing up against a concrete wall.

It went, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. No, I genuinely didn't see the guy. I have someone, Jono, that could rival you. I've had around about 300 driving lessons. Wow. I'm a rat. He likes to describe my drive. He's overconfident, whereas you didn't have the confidence at the start.

He's the other way. I'm getting harangued by a gentleman who's written off two cars in his own driveway. Yeah, it's not about me right now. It's about you. Anyway, we returned to the scene of the almost crime yesterday, the work errors. I've set up a couple of road cones, then I've got two car book cutouts, Dolly Parton, Sonny Bill Williams. Don't ask questions, why?

Here we go. Here go the cones, here go the cones. Watch out for Sonny Bill and Dolly Parton. You failed, but I'm going to give you the reason, the theory. I've got my driver's licence. See if you remember give you the reason, the theory. I've got my driver's license. See if you remember. You might have it revoked.

Okay, so that's where we got to yesterday, and then you locked me in a room to sit the online test. This is the theory test. 35 questions. You were arrogantly confident going into this. As always. You're like, I've been driving for a long time Blind arrogance What an imbecile Ignorant

I think you could call it But what I found with the test The issue was the wording of the questions They're designed to hoodwink a veteran motorist such as myself Where, you know, they're laid out in a bamboozling fashion bin. The wording of it's kind of like any answer could be right. Well, here's how it went when Jono sat in a room at work yesterday and we were watching him take his theory,

the written test of his driver's license. What does this sign mean? Dead end? Oh. That wasn't the dead end. Stop recording me. When you overtake a car that has stopped at a crossing, when can you do it?

I'm going to say never. But that's not what you would do. That's what the Lord says I should do. When may you drive in a bus lane? B and C. When preparing to turn. Well done. Who is responsible for ensuring that all passengers over 15 wear their safety belts?

The driver. The passengers. This is bringing me a lot of joy, but also making me worried about the next time we travel together. You are following a bus that's approaching a level crossing. What should you be aware of? What's a level crossing? But I mean, in reality, when do you need to know this stuff like let's be honest we're out there on the roads oh this is jesus this is how fast should

you drive on this road it's got a big 100 sign next to it at a speed suitable for the conditions to not exceed 100k as fast as you want that's what you do at a suitable speed between 90 and 110 at 100 k's an hour i'm again i'm gonna lock at 100 k's an hour there's a sign that says 100 next to it all right all right you do this what idiots have failed this test oh you i guess you're wrong that's wrong a speed suitable for the conditions that does not exceed 100 k's. What? Idiot. All right.

I'm going to take the results. You don't know the final answers? Oh, well, I know the final. Yeah, okay. Okay. We know the ones you got wrong. You don't know the ones you got right. Your final answer will be revealed tomorrow on the radio. Over to you,

Jono and Ben. Yeah, thanks very much, Ben, previous Ben from yesterday. He sounded happier. He did, he was loving life. Looking at you arrogantly fail some questions. Why? Yeah, anyway. Okay, that happened. There were a couple that were wrong there,

clearly. So we know I didn't get 100%. I didn't get 35 out of 35. Producer B Humps has the results in his hand, the test results. Have I tested negative or positive in this driving test? Jonathan. Richard Pryor. Blood donor. Thank you.

He is a blood donor. That's good. That's good. That's good That's good You know We took that into account Can you please pass over Your driver's license

Why you got scissors He's got scissors Oh really He's gonna cut up the license How much did I get 60% 60% That's a pass

That is a fail You're allowed to get Three questions wrong In the test You only got 60% Which means failed. You're allowed to get three questions wrong in the test. You only got 60%. Which means 40% of motorists out there should be very worried if I'm driving

on the road. 60's a pass. But not technically. But the percentage system, the way it's laid out anything over 50's a pass. I know enough. How many is he only allowed to get wrong? Is it like three or something? You're allowed to get three wrong.

Oh, he got way more than that. I'm looking at the message here that says, ah, we know that hurts, but you'll do better next time, right? Question mark. Share your results on Facebook and Insta with your friends. Yes, please.

No thanks. I don't want to get mocked on Facebook and Insta for 60%. We just shared it on the radio. Oh, you made your point. I definitely probably need to be a better driver, Ben. Not fit for the road. Your insurance company's calling. Warning. Contained stodgy parenting advice.

Shono and Ben on the hits. Now, as a parent, every now and again You have to try and explain something to your kids And you hope that sometimes the message gets through And this is where you can impart some advice About something that's happening in the world What's the wisest piece of wisdom you've handed on to your children do you think? Oh jeez, I don't know

I tried to do it yesterday But I'll tell you in a second why it didn't quite work out how i planned but have you have you passed on have i passed on any word wise words of wisdom hold on to your hair in your 20s yeah make the most of it uh my big thing was don't don't stress out about folding things you know we spend so much time. Why was I expecting something really inspirational? But then I'm just kidding myself. How many hours? When you're lying on your deathbed, if you lay there and go,

how much time did I waste folding stuff? What? If I don't want to look back on my life and go, jeez, I spent three years just folding things. For what? Just to unfold them? That's a good point. That's a very good point.

But I was trying to explain to the girls yesterday about fast fashion. Oh, yes. You know, about how things are made over there sometimes in factories. By hardworking children your age. They're making great clothes. What are you doing? Yeah, well, you need to be more sustainable by not buying stuff that is manufactured not, you know, buying stuff that is, you know, manufactured quite quickly. It is.

On a serious note, it's wild, isn't it? Some of those massive stores, they're tuning through new lines of clothing every week. Yeah. What happens to all the old stuff? Where does that go? So, yeah, I was saying to my daughters, I was like, you know, this is, you know, fast fashion. And then I grabbed one of their t-shirts that I held. And I said, look, this t-shirt right there you're wearing, this could have been made by a five-year-old in a factory overseas.

And my daughter looked at it and she's like, wow. And I was like, wow, this is really at home. And she was like, wow, that girl's really good at sewing. And then they started looking at the detailing of the thing going, I mean, how do they? Oh, my gosh. This is not the point, guys. This is not the point.

Look, I'm nine. I can tackle a garden like that. When you think about it, you're like, this is not the point, guys. This is not the point. Look, I'm nine. I can tackle a garden like that. But I was like, when you think about it, you're like, wow, that is impressive. That is a skill. Put those kids on Project Runway. Project Runway, the sweatshop edition. I mean, it's wrong. Don't get me wrong.

But I was like, yeah, I had to take a moment and go, oh, yeah, that is true. It is talented when you think about it. You know, their little fingers can get around the sewing machine and stuff. But anyway, this is not the point of the story. The point of the story was it's bad. Were you trying to pull on their heartstrings for them to go, oh, that's terrible? Yeah, and I thought I'd made an impact.

And then they just went, oh, wow, they're really good at sewing. But then, I mean, in the same breath, you're not supporting those children if you don't buy the clothing. When you think about it. So the more you buy, the more they can make. I know. I don't know what the point of the story is. when you think about it so the more you buy the more they can make I know oh jeez I don't know

what the point of the story is sometimes it's terrible to think about where things are coming from you get really torn exactly yeah it does we got $5,000

up for grabs you can buy all the fast fashion you want it's next get those kids employed $7.38 on that it's $5,000

five words for 5k you're just five words away from $5,000. It is our game of word association. We play it every morning at this time. You tell us five words. We'll tell you five words. You tell us what pops into your head after those five words.

And if all those words match up with ours, you win $5,000. And all English words as well. I was thinking last night, English is the most plain, boring missionary of all the languages, isn't it? I mean, you're going to France soon, Junior. Bonjour. Now that's a language. Yeah. You're going to have to learn more than that.

Yeah. Who's that charming girl who just keeps wandering around going, bonjour? We've said hello, yeah. Parlez-vous anglais? Do you speak English? So no one will know. Indigo, bonjour to you. Bonjour.

Bonjour. Everyone's bonjouring today. How's Christchurch this morning, Indigo? It's good, it's good. Nice weather, finally. And you're a medical receptionist. You must be run off your bloody feet at the moment, mate. Yes, it is so busy. Yeah, well, good on you. And thank you for all the hard work you and your colleagues are doing at the moment.

Oh, thank you. Now, let's see if we can shove a stick up the nose of winning and get a positive result, eh? Who do you want to send into the soundproof booth to match five words with? I would love to send Jono. All right. Jono Pryor's going to make his way

to the soundproof booth in the corner of the studio. Indigo, here is your first word this morning. What pops into your head when I say Miley? Miley. Cyrus? Yep, that's what I was thinking too. Fries is word number two. Fries.

Fries. Ooh, fries, chips or burger? Something you'd eat with it. Let's go with chips. Chips. Nice. Chips with an S. Yes.

Camel is word number three. Camel. Camel. Is it camel toe? Well, that's an option. I feel like Jono right now. Camel toe. I like that. I like camel toe. Camel toe. I like that.

I like that. Caramel is word number four. Caramel. Caramel sauce. Caramel sauce. You're playing a really good game here. And pop. P-O-P.

Pop. Oh, gosh. I'm thinking music or tart. Like Pop-Tart, like in America. Oh, true. Let's go music or tart, like Pop-Tart, like in America. Oh, true. Let's go music. I still like music. I'll go with music.

Well played. I think you had some really, really good answers. I particularly enjoyed the third one. And we'll get Jono out of the Soundproof booth. He's back behind the microphone. Well, here we are. It's always hard doing the commentary, isn't it, when someone gets out of the booth to just fill in that time of what they're actually doing from A to B.

And here he is using his feet and legs to walk over to the microphone. How'd you go Indigo? All right, I think. I think she did actually really well. Feels good. Yeah, we particularly enjoyed some of the words that she threw out there today, so we'll see if I enjoy them coming from your mouth. Is there some rude ones? No, no. Is that a clue?

Oh, look, I can't give away any clues. Okay. I can't. I'm going to be trying to think filthy the entire time. No, don't go filthy the entire time. Maybe when it comes up, you might know. Yes, you know. Let's start with that one then.

Okay. Okay? Because I feel like I've given it away anyway. Okay. Camel. Toe. Holy heck. I've never heard something come out of your mouth so fast.

All right, here we go. Hey, one from one. We got that other one. That was the one. And that's the one. The rest are clean. Okay. Okay.

Okay. All right. Next word this morning is Miley. Cyrus. Well done. Oh, in the go. Two from two. Here we goiley. Cyrus. Well done. Oh, Indigo. Two from two. Here we go.

Fries. Fries. Well, we were just talking about it. French fries. Oh, no. What did you go? I went with chips. Chips.

Oh, of course. Yeah, chips. Oh, sorry, Indigo. The last final two words was caramel. Sauce. And pop. Sauce. And pop. Music.

Oh, no. Four. No, no, no. We were so close, Chips. Indigo, I'm sorry, mate. You played such a good game. It was so funny. It was so fun. Listen, we'll send you out some hell pizza anyway, okay?

Oh, thank you. That's awesome. And do you like Will Smith? Love Will Smith. Well, you've got his new book as well. It would have been awkward if you said you were indifferent. Yeah. Oh, Indigo, you were so close.

Another chance tomorrow morning. We've got some spy on the way, though. Yeah, something that I want to read out that I've seen on Instagram to do with the Kim and Kanye saga that I think is very important. I'll read it next. It is cold hard on the hits. It's cold hard. Dua Lipa, Elton John, 755.

And that was the song this morning. One year. No rent, no mortgage. The hits live free. With oneroof.co.nz If you want to get your rent or mortgage paid for an entire year, thanks to oneroof.co.nz Listen out for the songs, the special songs, and that was this morning's

one to live free. Let's get Trudy on from Auckland. Morena Trudes. Great to have you on the show. You are in that draw. It's happening Friday with Brazza and Lazza in the afternoon, Brad and Laura. And you could have one of the five keys that could win you your mortgage or rent for 12 months. How cool is that? That is so cool.

Really cool. What would you spend that extra dough, the leftover dough on? Oh, fixing my car, just sorting out the house. Yeah. Admin stuff. Bloody expensive to live. We're talking about the cost of living going up and up the house. Yeah. Admin stuff. Bloody expensive to live. We're talking about the cost of living going up and up and up. Yeah.

Ridiculous right now. Crazy. Apparently not a crisis, though. Let's not call it a crisis. Is that what Jacinda's saying? No, let's call it a crisis. We can say it's ridiculous, though. Okay.

It's ridiculous. Yeah, it's really ridiculous. But to quote our dear friend Ryan Bridge from the AM show, a lot of mileage out of his facts. But do you know if you put $20 in your car now, it'll travel you 40 kilometres less than a year ago? I feel like it seems like more. Yeah.

Well, unless Ryan Bridge didn't do his research properly, I'd be misquoting. Well, good on you, True. You're in that draw and good luck, eh? Awesome, thank you. Spy. Know what's up. Spy. Know what's up. Spy.co.nz. Hand you over now

to the greatest celebrity gossiper in the game, and that's not because I don't know any other celebrity gossipers. It's Juliette. So, She Is Not Your Rehab was founded by Kiwis Matt and Sarah Brown, and it's basically an organisation that aims to create violence-free communities.

And yesterday they posted something on Instagram that I would like to read out. Now this is the same organisation that got The Rock's attention. Yes. He did a wonderful heartfelt message for them. Yes, and they've basically written a letter to Kanye West. This is not the full thing, but it's just a few little points. Dear Kanye, Kim is not responsible for your emotional rehabilitation. She never was. Your healing is your responsibility and Kim is not responsible for your emotional rehabilitation. She never was.

Your healing is your responsibility and yours to take initiative for and prioritize. You're a privileged man with more power and wealth than most. This affords you access to the best support and help in the world.

Your battle with bipolar disorder is not your fault. It's not, and I'm sorry you have to go through that. But it's also no excuse to harass or threaten violence towards anyone Kim is associated with. It's not, and I'm sorry you have to go through that. But it's also no excuse to harass or threaten violence towards anyone Kim is associated with. My question is, will you have the courage to heal?

You not only have four beautiful motivations to heal for, but you also have the entire world watching, and you will inspire so many men to do the inner work needed if you could find the courage to do yours. That's just a little cut-down version of it. But it's so good. If you want to go check it out, we'll send a link on our Instagram. I imagine

someone of Kanye's fame would be just surrounded by people who are afraid to say no to him. Totally. You know, he'd be surrounded by enablers. Well, the loss of, I keep banging on about watching this documentary on Netflix, but the loss of his mother as he was very close to his mother.

And obviously she tragically died a few years ago. I think that hit him really hard. Well, it seems I started watching that same documentary. I don't want to bang on it after you've been banging on about it. But it seems in the initial stages of his career, when he's just trying to make it, he didn't look or act as wild as he does now. So maybe also fame's had a huge impact as well.

Okay, imagine being under that microscope. So yeah, really well said by ShearsNotYourRehab. So we'll put a link on the Hits Breakfast Instagram. Yes, we will. And that is your Spy Entertainment update for this hour. For more, you can head to thehits.co.nz. After 8 o'clock, we want to get into what is not a cult, but kind of feels like a cult.

Are you involved in something? You're like, well, this is kind of cultish. Is Heineken a cult? Because I feel like I'm donating 20% of my income to it. There you go. Great example. We'll get more after eight. Hard-hitting interviews and informed opinion.

Mike Hosking on Newstalks at V. In the meantime, Jono and Ben on the hits. Now, we've been talking a lot behind the scenes of the radio show about things that feel like they're a cult but they're not a cult. Yeah, they're not going to feature in the news headlines. Brian Tarmacky,

I don't know why he's running there but he's getting all the cult coverage. Well yeah, he's kind of got something going on there but we're talking about other things that people are passionate about and they're so into and we're not saying it's bad

to be into these things because some of these things are awesome. It's like crossfit yeah for example that's one they love it f45 is the same thing people that do it they love it they love telling you about it although there's a difference i find there's a difference i feel like with crossfitters they've got that look in their eye where they could snap at any moment you know they just feel like just right on the edge whereas f45 is probably a little more placid, but they're judging you at any moment. Yeah. That you're not doing what they're doing.

They're probably the more... And running. Running's another one. You're a runner, though. Yeah, you do love running, don't you? Yeah, no, stop now. Give it up, Rudy. You're right.

People that love running love to do it. Oh, it's so good for your bed to lie on. It's so good. I mean, just 10Ks, you'll feel amazing. It's like a meth addiction, isn't it? You start running, and then two weeks later, you're crossing the continent of Africa doing marathons. And again, nothing wrong with doing this. No, this is great.

If this is your jam and that's what you're into, that's great. That's awesome. But sometimes from the outside looking in you're like... Good one. I'm not offending the fit audience, Ben. Saved it. We need them all. We need them all, guys.

The fit ones, the unhealthy ones. You know, but from the outside looking in it feels a little bit like it's part of a fun cult. Yeah, that's right. What is it for you? What is it for me? Oh, jeez. Well, Kmart. I do love Kmart.

You mocked me about going to Kmart late at night, but that was... I don't mock you about going to Kmart. I just mock you just the hours you go. I love going to Kmart. Quarter to 12 at night? Yeah, well, it's fun. I mean, it's open.

I mean, for what other reason than, you know, they have their hours all the time for me to go along. You know what someone mentioned actually the other day? Disney.

Disney, that is a cult. Yeah. Disney is a cult. It feels like the age you learn how to type your shoelaces is probably the age

you should stop collecting Disney products. Well, yeah, I've got some of those. I know you do. And it goes well beyond into adult years, people collecting Disney products. Well, yeah, I've got some of those. I know you do. And it goes well beyond into adult years, people collecting Disney stuff. So, Andrew, the hits, 4487 on the text.

What feels like a cult but isn't a cult? My dad. Can we give my dad a quick call, Kevin? Just because I feel like he's part of a cult that a lot of boomers are part of. He'll be at school already, though, won't he? He's a teacher. He probably aren't.

You know, the Chase cult. Let's give him a call. Hello, Kevin Boyce speaking. Kevin Boyce, it's Ben, your son, and Jono. He's kind of like a son. Your other son. Son you didn't create. Ben who? Yeah, geez.

We're just talking about things that you're obsessed with, and I thought about the Chase, the TV show for you Yes it is It would be only five days a week that I watch it though It's on five days a week It looks like it's being recorded How did you tell Kev?

You don't ring me up to talk about the Chase all the time Why are you doing this? Okay I've got some These are 40 of the greatest Chase questions Okay Kev. You don't ring me up to talk about the chase all the time. Why are you doing this? Okay, I've got some. These are 40 of the greatest chase questions. Okay, Kevin Boyce. Oh, you put them on the spot. Hit the music. Okay.

A thermophobic avoids high levels of what? Thermophobic. Heat. Yeah, high temperatures. There you go. Well done. Okay, in the game Monopoly, what land vehicle is a playing token?

Land vehicle. It's a little racing car, I think. Well done, Kevin Boyce. Okay, and the final one to beat the chaser. In the title of novels, what number links men in a boat and musketeers? Three.

Oh, there we go. I think you did well. Benedict Cumberbatch won a 2014 Emmy for What Roll. All right, Bradley Walsh, look at you, still going. You like this, don't you?

Look at you. It's not all do. Cumberbatch, yes, he played the part of Sherlock Holmes. What else did he want? He was in the dog movie. What else?

The last monarch before the Queen to celebrate a diamond jubilee. That would be diamond jubilee. That would be diamond jubilee. That would be Queen Victoria, and that would be in 1899. Thank you. He's even thinking himself.

All right. Kevin Boyce, he's obsessed with the chase. Nice to talk to you. Thanks, Chase. Have a good day. See you, mate. Bye, Kevin. That's how it works.

So, Andrew, that's a 4487 What feels like a cult But isn't a cult But something that people Or maybe yourself Are very very obsessed about The Hits It's Ed Sheeran

Overpass Graffiti You're on The Hits Jono and Ben 19 past 8 On your Wednesday morning We're talking about things That aren't cults But they kind of feel like cults

Because people are so Passionate about them. Do you, Julia, do you come across, is it Arbonne or Argonne? Oh, I think it's Arbonne. Arbonne? It's online and, you know, basically people use their friendships to hook them into a pyramid selling scheme for makeup.

Yeah, like makeup and skincare and stuff. Yeah, they kind of, I've nearly been hooked in a couple of times. I could do with some blemish-free skin and mascara, but that feels like a good one for me. Some great ones on the text coming through as well on 4487. Apple. You know, people love Apple Macs and Apple phones and stuff. It's like a cult.

You can't go across to the other side, the Samsung side. What were you even thinking? It feels like there's two tiers of the Apple user. It's the hardcore going to get the iPhone 26 tier, and then below that is the tier I see myself in, is, well, they've got their hooks into me now. Yeah, I can't change that. Changing is just going to be so much of a pain in the ass

that I can't be bothered. Well, there's plenty more. Vegans, as you can remember from the text. Bloody vegans. NFTs, which seem to be doing it. People that love it. Are you in the metaverse? Oh, mate, you don't want to miss out.

Don't miss out. Do you want to buy this thing that'll be worth nothing in 12 months' time for $40,000? Get in quick. Another good one here on 4487, the bloody Shark Demats. What happened to Shark Demats? Oh, Shark Demats. But do you use a Shark Demat? Oh, occasionally.

For the individual who loves 6,000 needles jammed into their body at one time. We'll get Nicole on from Christchurch. A cult that's not a cult, Nicole?

Good morning. I think HelloFresh. Oh, you people that love HelloFresh, they love HelloFresh. I think, like you go through

your stories on Instagram and I think every second post is an ad. Use my code for discount. Yeah. Yeah. Well, it's great. It can't be that good.

Yeah. Have you had HelloFresh, Nicole? I can't say I have and I can't say I will. Oh, she's made a moral stand.

She can't give it now. It is very good, but you're right, but people, they love telling you about HelloFresh, don't they? They do.

Yeah. Yeah, right. It's like my people, they love telling you about HelloFresh, don't they? They do. Yeah. Yeah, right. It's like my mates, they like, feel like going to gigs. Yeah, but they're not like big gigs, like each year or so. It's like gigs, when gigs were happening, it's like, oh, you need to come see this punk band out of the UK. Like 30 people in an underground toilet. Oh, they're so good.

And they're like, I don't know any of their songs. I don't know the thing. Have you been to an underground punk band? I tried to go to one just to kind of fit in. I'm like, any of their songs. I don't know the thing. Have you been to an underground punk grandstand? I tried to go to one just to kind of fit in. I'm like, what? I'm no place here. Not for me. Not for me.

They were doing an adequate job of what they were doing. It was fine, but it was just, yeah. Did you tell the band that afterwards? Well, that was an adequate job. Not for me. Not my scene, but I thought it was good. Can you play Ed Sheeran's Shape of You? Yeah.

That's my song. I know that one. I could sing along to that. Justin Bieber, baby. These ones. These are the songs. Play you play Ed Sheeran's Shape of You? That's my song. I know that one. I could sing along to that. Justin Bieber, baby. These ones. Play something we all know. That's right. Rosie, you're on from Auckland.

How's it going? Hi. Hi, I'm good. How are you guys? We're doing well, mate. Good to have you on New Zealand's Breakfast. You're in a cult that's not a cult. What is it?

I recently bought an air fryer. So I feel like I'm part of the team. I felt like I needed to buy an air fryer because everyone was talking about it. Are they a game changer? They are. I'm convinced, yeah. I want my arteries to stay the way they've stayed for the last 20 years, clogged and a little gunky, okay?

So I'm going to be sticking with the good old deep fryer option, but Rosie's in the air fryer cult. More text coming through here on 4487. Netflix, the world's biggest cult. Oh, yeah. Featuring people with no attention span either. Like, the people who are watching shows.

Have you seen Tiger King? On to the next one. Have you watched Squid Game? You've got to watch Bridgerton. Yeah, true. Look, I haven't even seen the last one you told me about. And then you get the little subcultures. It's like a religion, isn't it?

Yeah, that's very true. The Angos and the Cathos and the Johos. Well, there we go. Thank you very much for your calls and texts. Cults that aren't cults. Rated M for mildly amusing. Jono and Ben on the hits. We play a little game from time to time.

We call it Close Contacts. It's getting a little too close to home with the current COVID cases, aren't they? We might be actually playing this game for real. At the moment, none of us have COVID, but what we do. No, we just play the comical version of close contacts. What we do is we give each other our cell phones, and then we get to look through our contacts on the phone, call someone, and the other person needs to work out

who the person is that they've called. Because we've had this wonderful cord installed into the studio that you can plug into your phone, so it looks like you're dialing the person. Yeah, it comes up from your number. Last week, from your number, I don't know why you had

Hilary Barry's number on your phone. Just so I can say I had Hilary Barry's number on my phone for no other reason. But you rang last week and you had to work out that you were talking to Hilary Berry, and it was very awkward. Here's a cut down. Hello.

How are you? Hello. I'm good, thank you. Who's this? It's Jono. Radio Jono. Radio Jono, yeah. Radio Jono.

How are you? I'm doing pretty well, Jono. How's your family, darling? Is this Hil Hillary Berry? Yes It's Hillary Berry You got there You got there

Is that what I'm called in the industry? Radio Jono? It's radio Jono It's pretty cool eh? It used to be radio and TV Jono But we had to take the TV away from it And remove that from the business cards Radio Jono doesn't have the same ring to it does it?

We took down some of the signage It was like oh the TV We kept it up for a while In the hope that it would continue Radio and TV Jono Yeah it was the same ring to it, does it? We took down some of the signage. It was like, oh, the TV. We kept it up for a while in the hope that it would continue. Radio and TV. Yeah, it was the same with me. They took my TV one down too. So you've handed me your phone, B-Boys. It's your turn this week.

And it's the most vulnerable that you feel when you hand your phone to another human being. It is, right? Isn't it? The immense power. I mean, what I could do to your phone right now. I could reorganize your apps. I could turn off your Bluetooth. But I'm looking through your contacts here.

And for an organized individual, you have the most disorganized contact list. I know. I changed phone systems a while ago. Now I have three, basically three names for every person. You've got four to seven contacts for the same. You've got five different contact files for Old MacDonald's mobile farm. How often are you using a mobile farm? Not as much anymore.

When did you even need a mobile farm? Back when I was TV bed. They turn up with a whole lot of animals, mate. The animals they have mobile farms. And they're all mobile too. Wow, this is the best sort of farm, a mobile one. Okay, mate. The animals that mobile farmers have. And they want mobile, too. Wow. This is the best sort of farm, a mobile one. Okay, I've got a good one here.

Now, this person. Give me a clue. Give me a clue, please. It'll be, you'll get it quickly. They've been on our screens for about, I'd say, 10 to 20 years. Oh, okay. Probably over, I'd say, a dozen different shows. Okay.

If you don't get it, they'll be offended. Oh, no, don't say that. Okay. Hello. Oh, hi. How's it going? Good, thanks. Who am I speaking with?

It's Ben. How's things? Ben! How are you? What's going on? Good, thanks, mate. How are you good how's how's how's work works good thanks ben how's your work yeah yeah works good good everything else going right with you and stuff everything's going well with me and stuff yeah what's the stuff is what stuff is going well? Look, stuff that's going well is we haven't got Omicron yet.

That's good. That's good. Yeah. But no doubt it's coming. Yeah, it feels like it's circling, doesn't it, if you don't know? I haven't spilled any of my Nutri-Grain down the front of my white shirt and tie. So that's good. That's a win.

Yeah. Yeah. It's been a while since we've talked. When was the last time we talked? When you put me through making ridiculous amounts of Mexican food, I would presume. Yes, I do love my Mexican food. It was so nice.

You cook. Cook. Oh, I know. Is it Shane Cortez? Is it Shane Cortez? Is it Shane Cortez? It's Shane Cortez. Oh, my goodness. I'm so sorry.

Jono's got my phone. I don't know who he's called, and I had to work out who it was. It's our game close contact, Shane, where I take hold of his contact list. It is so good that after all this time, you two have still not grown up. It's just fabulous. Well, you have. Please don't. Yeah, I mean, Shane's now a grown-up real estate agent.

We're still prank calling. It's a bleak reflection on our lives, Shane. I hope you're well, Shane Cortese. You been well? I am well, fellas. I'm real good. It is good to hear from you. That, Shane Cortese. You been well? I am well, fellas. I'm real good. It is good to hear from you. That's nice, Ethan.

You've been doing auctions as well, right? You're doing auctions. I'm an auctioneer now, so I've been doing that for the last six years. That's awesome. And I love it. So it was good. I think the final nail in the coffin for me was actually the Mexican fiasco that you put me through. I went home, I wept, I laid in a corner in a fetal position,

thought I cannot do this anymore. There you go. That was the thing that ended. Shane Couture's on our show, it ended his career. Great career too. I mean, shit, you had a good career. You had a great run until we came along. I did.

Oh, Shane, nice to talk to you. I'm very sorry about the unexpected phone call you're all good it's really good to hear from you have a wonderful day don't stop being idiots love your work Shane see you mate

see you fellas bye oh jeez that was awkward well at the start it was awkward it was a nice catch up it was very good I don't even know if it needed to be on radio or not

but it was very self-indulgent probably you're just listening to three people catch up. They're not afraid to use the F word. Be family, friendly, fun. Jono and Ben on the hits. Now, I wanted to talk about probably the latest reply I think I've ever had in my communications history. Right.

Now, I sent a message because i saw online this cool artist who does like he can turn your family or a friend of yours into a simpsons character i've seen those a few people do them they're awesome actually yeah bloody great so you look like simpsons characters yeah and you can hang it on the wall or whatever so i thought well this is the ideal christmas present for my family and i thought this in november 2020 right so this is christmas 2020 okay so christmas wow that's a while ago okay yeah it's a while ago the family like it for christmas in 2020 well i didn't hear back all right until last night so we're talking 16 months later and what i love about the lead line in the message is sorry for the late reply sorry for the late reply we're talking a year and a half later wow

i think that he must have gone one day, you know what, I might clear out my emails. And he's worked back through to November 2020. You really do wonder how far behind on administration he was. Obviously a lot going on. I mean, if he's that far behind on creating Simpsons artwork, he may as well just start recreating the entire series of The Simpsons from day one. Interesting, though, because you brought up the fact that people have not been great on their admin. Now, yesterday, same time, around 24 hours ago on our show,

we talked about something that you were going to do today that you've been promising for years. Now, this is the audio. You're talking about someone who hasn't delivered on something for a couple of years. This is the audio from yesterday. I know what you're going to play. Have a listen. 24 hours ago. Well, I'll bring my vegan-friendly lemons from yesterday. I know what you're going to play. Have a listen. Have a listen. 24 hours ago.

Well, I'll bring my vegan-friendly lemons in tomorrow. Okay, I haven't sprayed them with anything. Will you, though? Will you bring them in tomorrow? We'll find out. This time tomorrow. Again, you've claimed

to bring in your lemons. How many lemons do you want? Well, how many? Should we say 10 lemons? Yeah. 10, okay. You've got abundance on them, so 10 can't be that much.

10 lemons tomorrow on the show. After 8.30 tomorrow, Jono's going to bring in some lemons. Yes! You can't prove that was me. That was, yeah, so for a good couple of years, I'd say longer than 2020, well, even at the start of 2020, you've been claiming to bring in lemons from your tree. My lemon tree.

And still hasn't brought it in. I now know where you live. So I went to your house one time over the summer for a family thing I can now go and I know they're right by the front fence so I can go 24 hours ago he was going to bring in 10 lemons at this time, 24 hours ago I put a reminder in my phone to go

here we go guys, the lemons 8.30 after 8.30 it's happening but it hasn't quite happened or has it happened? It may come as a huge surprise that bringing the lemons in may have slipped my mind. Why do we record stuff? Why do you have to go, Jacinda Mardu must get so pissed off with recorded stuff. Stop recording me.

Stop playing interviews of 12 months ago. That's so good. It is a hit. It's a good job. The've got Jono and Ben. The hits. Jono and Ben. Now, of course, the sporting world and the world in general rocked by the news that Shane Warne over the weekend,

the great Australian cricketer, died at just 52 years old by a heart attack. And it's, you know, we saw a lot in the tabloids about his behaviour and his shenanigans, and we loved his shenanigans, you know. But then through these tributes, you're really finding out what sort of person he was. And you talk about his shenanigans,

and he was a person that sort of didn't... He embraced the shenanigans. Yeah, he did, yeah. When most people would be embarrassed and cower away in the corner, being caught on camera with two women in a giant inflatable... Remember that giant inflatable thing?

Oh, yeah. And he was... Well, that's... Look at his first page of his book. Shane Warne's autobiography has been going sort of viral since his sad death, and it kind of describes him as a person. Like you were saying before, he doesn't hide from any of these things. Just quickly, I won't read the whole thing, but it's worth checking out.

He's like, the questions I get asked the most, how does it feel to be Australia's greatest, oh, sorry, how does it feel to be the greatest spinner of all time uh how does a small town lad become the world's greatest lovemaker uh hey shane do you know your instagram favorites are made public yes i do and i don't care but it's obviously when he's liking photos people like you know that we can all see when you're gonna stop liking these bikini shots and he talked about the night before his test debut this is the night before he's gonna play cricket for for Australia. And he's in the hotel drinking beer and halfway through a pack of Winnie Blues. You know, and he's like, I'm going to made it.

I've made it. Greatness is on the way. And he's like, I was right. Greatness was on the way. So either greatness or lung cancer, one of the two. Yeah. So it's pretty incredible. He always talks about his great years, you know, with cricket.

And also when Tinder was involved. It's all on page one of his book. Yeah. Tinder must have changed the game for someone like Shane War warren yeah yeah and uh but we were just reading and it's a really emotional tribute that his son's done for his dad you know you we know that side of shane warren the lovable larrikin but then obviously he was a father a proud father and i've had such an amazing well yeah when you read this it shows such an amazing relationship he had with his you know with his kids and you know like i think it's so sad that

the kids have lost their dad but you know if anything as parents you know if you could have your kids have this sort of reaction when you do sadly go it shows you know the relationship they've got yeah you know have a listen to this is what shane warne's son uh jackson said uh on instagram he said to my brother my best friend my dad, I love you so much. I don't think anything is ever going to fill the void you have left in my heart. Sitting at the poker table, walking around the golf course, watching the Saints and eating pizza is never going to be the same. But I know all you ever wanted for me was to be happy no matter what.

So that's what I'm going to do. Try and be happy. Every day you told me how proud you were of me and I promise to try and keep making you proud. I'm going to miss you so much, Dad. I wish I could look into your eyes one more time and give you one more hug. You're truly the best father and the best mate anyone

could have asked for. I love you so much, Dad. See you soon. Oh, you get tears in your eyes. It's really emotional just reading that. If you can have that impact on. It's really emotional just reading that. It is. So it's just beautiful words. If you can have that impact on your child's life. Yeah. Incredible.

Yeah. So RIP Shane Warne. Lovely, lovely words. Hey, coming up on the show tomorrow, Sandra Oh, you'll know her from Grey's Anatomy. She's going to be on the program tomorrow. And also we're going to talk to a New Zealander who by default became a huge celebrity in Bangkok. Oh, yeah. Like a local hero.

Was on the news, was modelling things. Yeah, it's an incredible story. Join us tomorrow. Take care out there. We'll catch you tomorrow from six. Jono and Ben, brought to you by Resene, New Zealand's most trusted paint. Kiwi made since 1946.