Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL: Is David Seymour Joining The National Party?

Episode Date: March 14, 2022

BOOOOMER ROOOOUMER ALERT! Denise gave us a bit of tea about how she reckons David Seymour is ditching ACT for National. Is this legit? Lucky David always answers our calls and was able to confirm/deny this rumour! Jono is also having an MRI scan for the first time today and Ben wanted to settle any concerns he had by getting some MRI scan stories on the air. Whether or not these were settling calls...! Finally, we had a good ol' debate on what chocolate sucks and what chocolate rocks! Enjoy the poddy.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Vids with the Jono and Ben podcast. Well, hello. How are you? It's the 14th of March, Monday, Ben. Yeah, good to be here. Good to be here. It's great. It's great. Did you have a nice weekend? It wasn't too bad. Uneventful, you said. Yeah, it was uneventful. Yeah, we didn't do...

Sorry. Uneventful, you said. It was very uneventful. Yourself, you were on the roof doing all sorts of shenanigans. Yeah, I shouldn't be on the roof. First thing, Ienanigans oh yeah i uh i shouldn't be on their roof first thing i'll front foot it i shouldn't have been up there it's very high yeah and uh yeah issues with birds coming in under the tin roof nesting you know having little birds and they've done it there you know they've had their fun they've done it for the last two years

and it's great we've we've helped create many birds right yeah but you know enough's enough and so i've put in this gutter thing, which kind of blocks, hopefully blocks them from coming in. Because you have to do it when they're not nesting as well. You don't want to trap them in there. Yeah, right. So, yeah, I did that,

and we got a quote to get some stuff put in. $6,000. Wow. Like, jeez, mate, if I could earn $6,000 just climbing on roofs, jamming stuff in gutters, we're in the wrong industry, Ben. Well, yeah. So I went and did it myself.

You seriously did it. But you've only done part of it now. Half, yeah. So I survived. Maybe I don't want to push my luck. I made it through. My wife was like, I can't watch this. I can't. She said, I'm just going inside. What would have happened if I'd fallen off the roof? Where's my wife? She can't watch this. She can't watch it, no.

I can't feel my legs. I hope you would have yelled out loud enough if you had fallen off the roof. Yeah, yeah. But, I mean, there's a lot of stuff that could go wrong.

You can't think about that, though. Well, you can. You can, Digger. That's you. That's you. And that's on the podcast today, actually, on the show today. You're getting an MRI today.

Yeah. And you have really, for the first time in my life, I'm very apprehensive about something. Well, you haven't thought, again, you haven't thought it through. This is what an MRI today. And you have really, for the first time in my life, I'm very apprehensive about something. Well, again, you haven't thought it through. This is what you did today. You did it under the guise of, I want to make you feel comfortable about this MRI.

But you did everything that was the opposite. Well, you talked about it, and then we just got a flood of calls. So the people wanted to share their experiences, and I thought it was important for you to hear them. Some good, some bad, some are like, yeah, you'll be fine. I reckon you'll fall asleep. Without a word of lie, I reckon you'll fall asleep. I reckon you'll come back tomorrow and say, I fell asleep.

Yeah. I don't know what the machine looks like or what I'm in for, but from what I understand, you're going into a very enclosed space, highly magnetic. Very loud. Loud, and your nose is touching the roof of the chamber as well. So I guess that's where the claustrophobic... Well, why don't they just make them a little bit bigger?

All these people are freaking out. They have to phone you and go, are you claustrophobic? We'll just make it a little more spacious. There's obviously a medical reason why, or maybe they designed it and then went, oh, yeah, okay. I'm sure people will be fine.

Yeah. Oh, well, let's see. Well, you can get dosed up on anti-anxiety meds too. Yeah. Just to ease you into it. But then if you want the medication option, I have to come back and drive you. You just pick me up. Well, I might call you. I might call you. Oh, go call me. That's fine.

Alright, so that's happening today. On the podcast, however, we also got a boomer rumour. And we pretty quickly squashed that rumour today. This one involved our ACT leader, David Seymour. Yeah. Denise is our resident boomer who comes on and just spreads absolute... It's cobs goggle.

Cods... Cods waddle. What's that word? Cods waddle. Cods... Cods waddle. I don't know. Cods gobble.

Yeah, so is it. Now you say it, it sounds wrong, but I think it is the word. I mean, you never want a cobs gobble, Ben. Yeah. No. If you ever wanted me to cobs gobble you, I would. Yeah, so that's today on the show. Enjoy.

Rise and shine. Time to start the, um, who are we kidding? When are the both of you? Jono and Ben on the hits. Ah, weekend. Done. Done. Another one done, eh?

I'd had enough of it. Yeah, that's why you wanted to get up and come back into work, didn't you? You were calling me yesterday, can we go on Sunday

or Monday? No, wait. Just hold tight. No, you're not enjoying relaxing. Juliet, you went into speaking of relaxing, she's like,

I'm off for another R&R weekend. Every weekend, she's off R&R. I've got R&V. No, yeah, it's the second best option. Yeah, I went out to Langs Beach, which is just a couple of hours north

from Auckland and every time I go away to a beach on a weekend or something, I'm like, why do I not live at a beach in a batch? And I said that to Dad last night and Dad's like, well, what job are you going to do? And I was like, well, that's a good question. But God, it's just so relaxing. Well, I mean, you could

helicopter like the Hoskies. True. That's true. If you live on a beach and you've got a helicopter, it's a good question. But God, it's just so relaxing. Well, I mean, you could helicopter like the Hoskies. True. That's true. If you live on a beach and you've got a helicopter, it's a dream scenario. Problem is, you've got to be rich enough to have a helicopter. Yeah, well, the price of helicopter fuel's gone up. Talk about $4 potentially at the pump for cars.

It's a fair thought for those commuting via helicopter. I know. Yeah, they're doing it tough. I spent a lot of time on the roof this weekend. Probably more time on the roof than I did on the ground. I was up there with the fiddler on the roof. You have no business being on the roof. I don't.

I honestly don't. So we've got a house where birds go under the tin of the roof and they nest there. Oh, yeah, yeah. And, I mean, birds are cute. They're cute. A little bird chirp, chirp, chirp. It's fine.

Yeah. But the problem is they bring all the grass and sticks and twigs and put them under there, which becomes a fire hazard. Oh, really? So, you know, I'm sorry, birds. The madness has to stop. Oh, you're moving their homes. Yeah.

They've had a good stint. They've had a good stint. But then I got quoted like five or six grand to put this stuff over the gutter, like this metal mesh, so they can't get in. And I was like, I'm not paying that. You're not paying for a professional to get up on the roof? No. Who knows what they're doing?

Not me. Not me. So I got up there with a ladder, and I felt there was concern. Well, Jen, my wife, she was like, I can't watch this. And I was thinking, well, if anything, could you? In case anything goes wrong, she can watch it. And the neighbor, I could tell she was very concerned. She didn't quite leave her yard the whole time I was saying well if anything could you in case anything goes wrong she couldn't watch it and the neighbor I could tell she was very concerned she didn't quite leave her yard the whole time I was up there on the roof just in case anything went wrong but it felt like so I was putting stuff in the gutter like this sort of spiky stuff or whatever and uh it felt like the

beginning of you know one of those advisory commercials where they're like, what has gone wrong here? And the ladder's like uneven and I'm tipped over on the ladder. And many times, I won't lie, there was about six times I was like, I have no place being up here. I can tell you that. Like even now, I'm like, I'm nervous for you and you've done it. Like I'd be like, oh. Well, there's still more to do.

Oh, I was going to say, did you finish the job? No, I only did half. So I was going to get back up there today. Oh, jeez. Yeah. It's thrilling though, up on the roof. When was the last time you were on a roof? Oh, the work roof, when we went.

Oh, yeah. We cleaned windows, and that was enough. But every time you're on a roof, you're like, well, anything could happen here. The danger element is wild. So if you want to put a pizzazz in you, a bit of zing in your day, climb on a roof today. Scrolling element is wild. So if you want to put a pizzazz in you, a bit of zing in your day, climb on a roof today.

He's like a sexy Mr March in the firefighters calendar. He's got his hose out and he's ready to spray his current events all over us. Take it away, Ben. A lot of talk at the moment around the cost of living. Kiwis are feeling the pinch. Record food, groceries, petrol prices

and they're unfortunately expected to keep climbing. Fuel at a 40-year high fuel prices. How's that? Jeez. And many families have seen their supermarket bill double over the past two years. There's growing calls for the government to acknowledge it's a crisis. They won't.

No. Yeah, Ryan Bridge was trying to get the Prime Minister to say it was a crisis, and it was kind of like a fun little game we'd play on the radio. Can get the Prime Minister to say it was a crisis, and it was kind of like a fun little game we'd play on the radio. Can you get this person to say this word in 30 seconds? I'm not saying it's a crisis, but you're like, it is a crisis. It's not a crisis. Now, excuse my ignorance.

Are petrol prices this high all over the world, or just here in New Zealand? That's a very good point. I think ours has a lot to do with not buying fuel from Russia at the moment, because obviously what's going on with them invading Ukraine. So ours is very high. So I imagine it would be a worldwide thing, unless, of course, you've got your own sweet, sweet oil supply at home, I guess. Yeah, unless you live next door to maybe the Beverly Hillbillies. That's a show for that.

It used to be in black and white, actually, Julia. Oh, really? Without a word of a lie. And they were a redneck family who came into a lot of oil, didn't they? Yeah, and then they

moved to Beverly Hills. There's a whole song, if you missed any episodes, the whole theme song, what I loved about that show, the opening theme song just explained the

whole thing, the whole premise. So you knew what was happening, you could pick it up at any episode. That's probably what went wrong in our TV

show, Jono. We needed a theme song. Oh, here it up at any episode. That's probably what went wrong in our TV show, Jono. We didn't have a theme song. Oh, here it is here. Now, listen to a story about a man named Jed. I'll just go through the Spates commercial. Ben, you can continue on with scrolling, and I'll wait until this is ready. Yeah, so petrol prices around about $3. A lot of people panicked buying petrol on Friday.

There was huge lines around Friday afternoon. Oh, I was part of that problem, eh? Yeah, everyone was like, got to buy petrol before six o'clock. But I don't even think it went, well, from what I noticed, I don't actually think it spiked after six as such. Maybe a little bit, but I was expecting it to go up to $4 after six.

Problem is, where do you panic buy, like, you know, usually with toilet paper or whatever, when we panic about that, you can store that away in a cupboard. Where do you store all your petrol apart, you know, once you've got your tank full? You can't really store it away, and if you do, it's a huge safety risk. Yeah do you store all your petrol apart once you've got your tank full? You can't really store it away and if you do

it's a huge safety risk. Kids, open your mouth and hold on to that. Here we go, Jew. Wow, that sounds like it's from the 40s. It does, actually. You're right, Ben.

The theme song, two and a half minutes. What's it really? Two and a half minutes. Well, it has to explain the whole premise of the show, doesn't it? You're really filling in time.

And last week we talked about the cabbages up to $9 at the supermarket, so many foods. But then, I think I heard it on TV the other weekend, it's out of season. Like, these things are often expensive out of season. You know, you love avocados. Yes. There's a time where avocados are so cheap, and there's a time where they're really expensive. Yes, that's actually very true. So, you know, maybe it's not season

for cabbages right now. Yeah, I know, but then if you put that in the headline, no one's going to click on the article video. Yeah, true. This is why your newspaper

never worked. No clicks. No clickbait. He was too honest. Your essential listening for non-essential banter. Jono and Ben on the hits.

I was just looking at Shakira facts and do you know she's, her grandmother taught her how to belly dance. Essential banter. Jono and Ben on the hit. I was just looking at Shakira facts, and do you know she's, her grandmother taught her how to belly dance. Oh, yeah. That's an interesting thing to pass down through the years. And she enjoys painting,

but only enjoys painting fried eggs. What? That is so weird. She paints with the eggs or paints on the eggs? No, she paints the eggs, a picture of the eggs. Oh, she puts her... That's the only thing she paints. Oh, yeah, I guess that would be quite satisfying. Once you've done one, though.

Okay, I'll give you half a dozen. Surely you got it out of your system. Anyway, there you go. Shakira, wherever, wherever. And her hips don't lie, so is she producer Bee Humps. Now, very shortly we're going to be talking to Clint Roberts, who is a wonderful broadcaster, great human being, and hosting a new show on TVNZ2, isn't he, Ben?

He is, called 60 Seconds, which is a new talent show. But something we're talking about, Clint, is that every year online, on his social media, he does like a chocolate debate, and everyone votes for their favourite chocolate. And it goes nuts. People are very passionate about what chocolate they love and what chocolate they don't love.

Maybe people are passionate about other things this year. But when it's a quiet year, the chocolate debate rages on, doesn't it? We were talking about it just off the radio, and even amongst us, producer Behams, can we bring you on? I've never seen you this passionate about anything before. I have never heard anyone talk about the Gillian seashell so positively as John O'Prior. He doesn't like Gillian seashell. I didn't even know they were called Gillian, so I just know they were the seashell chocolate.

They're delicious. They are horrible. Who doesn't like the seashells? They go straight to the re-gift cupboard. Oh, those ones. They're delicious. Yeah, I re-run re-gift those days. Yeah, I know.

Are you serious? Like, they're okay. They're definitely. Yeah, I agree. I'd ring your phone still. Yeah, I know. Are you serious? Like, they're okay. They're definitely not the best. Then producer Behemst goes on to say, mint chocolate is his jam. Yeah, absolutely. You can't beat mint chocolate. He's got the chocolate taste buds of someone who would vote for New Zealand first.

Everyone over the age of 75 eats mint chocolate. That is offensive, especially coming from you. Then Ben Boyce chimed in and he's like, this debate's not for me. Well, it's not really for me. I'm having to Google it. I'm like, oh, Gillian chocolate. Yeah, I'm not a huge chocolate.

Like, I'll eat it, but I'm not a passionate chocolate person. If we get into, you know, what's best out of lentils, beans and chickpeas, now that's a debate. I can get a passionate chocolate person. If we get into what's best out of lentils, beans and chickpeas, now that's a debate you can sink into. Juliet? Yeah, I'm going to say I'm a fan of Dark Ghana by Whittaker's. I love dark chocolate and I love Whittaker's chocolate and also Berry Biscuit.

Everyone loves Berry Biscuit. Yeah. The problem with mint is I don't want to feel like I'm eating chocolate and I've brushed my teeth at the same time. Yes, yes. I suppose you've got orange chip or something like that. No, no. And then I love Toblerone. Big old

thick bar of chocolate. And he's like the edges are too sharp for my mouth. Yeah, it's like yeah, can I break the top of my jaw while trying to enjoy this? You're not doing much for the 75-year-old thing. They hurt my gums. The Toblerone seems like you've forgotten it.

You're giving someone a Toblerone that's an airport purchase. It's a cop-out. It's a panic purchase at the airport. It's a cop-out, absolutely. Has anyone ever bought it not at the airport? I don't know. Have you? Yeah, I have.

Where do you find it? Where do you buy it? They're in the supermarket. Oh, is it? Yeah. Gosh, I didn't even notice. You it? Where do you buy it? They're in the supermarket. Oh, is it? Yeah. Gosh, I didn't even notice. You're just not looking hard enough. No.

I chased the shape of it. So I just want to chuck out a quick poll this morning. Mint chocolate, is there a place for it on the chocolate table? No. No. No. I'll say no. There's two votes for no.

Ben? Oh, look at him. Yeah, I'll go, yeah, right. Yeah, I know. But I'm not really passionate about it, to be fair. And after dinner mint, better than after dinner mints, which is just uncooked mints. That's the Mad Butcher's dessert.

Kia ora, I'm Rachel Jackson-Lees, and this is the B**** News. This is a really fun part of the show, mainly because Ben and me don't have to prepare anything for three minutes. It's my favourite part. Juliet, how does this work? I've found some quirky news headlines from of the show, mainly because Ben and me don't have to prepare anything for three minutes. It's my favourite part. Juliet, how does this work? I've found some quirky news headlines from around the world and I've beeped out a couple of words and you guys have to guess what the true headline is. Okay, have you got some good stories today?

I think I have some stories that would interest you. All right, actual news stories with the word beeped out. What's the first one? Man completes quest to eat a... I'm going to say man completes quest to maybe eat a corn cob without getting it stuck in his teeth. You always do end up with... So true.

But it's so good. I know. You know what's happening. You know what's going to happen. But you're right. It's amazing. Yeah, it's worth the pain and anger. I'm going to go man completes quest to eat an entire horse.

Hungry as a horse? He's done it. Man completes quest to eat a sausage at every Bunnings in Australia. So he started it two years ago. Sounds like something we would do. This is why I thought it would interest you. Why didn't we think of that? So he started it two years ago and just completed it.

He drove and flew between each Australian state. He did Tasmania in a weekend. Victoria took three weekends, went to Australian Capital Territory during a lockdown gap. And the total number of sausages he ate was 282. Wow, they've got a lot of bunnings over there, haven't they? Yeah.

Oh, that's genius. Was it worth it, though? This is his own money he's paid for flying around. Yeah, but we're talking about him in New Zealand. He's made world news. There's those things that you're like, oh, that's what I love about him. He didn't need to do that, but he spent his time

and he achieved world, you know, we're talking about it. It's awesome. That's right. There are five fewer d*** now thanks to inflation. I'm going to say five fewer bouncy castles thanks to inflation. I'm going to go there's five fewer reasons to live in New Zealand thanks to inflation. That is very true.

There are five fewer Doritos per bag now thanks to inflation. Oh, really? So, yeah, so the Doritos company said that they took a little bit out of the bag so that they can give you the same price and you can keep enjoying your chips, but you just get five less. Eh? Yeah. Because obviously it's costing them more. price and you can keep enjoying your chips but you just get five less hey yeah because because

obviously it's costing them more so they put more the same amount in and they have to charge you more yes yeah so they're just keeping the same price but just putting slightly less chip the chip industry as a whole has been slowly ripping us off year by year i know you know sometimes you open them and there's like three or four chips at the bottom of the packet. It's so sad. They could save money by reducing the size of the chip bag if they wanted. The chips have become less, but the bags have become bigger. Yeah, I know. How sad is that? And that is the news and beats for you this hour.

Coming up, this new TVNZ talent show. It's on tonight. It's called 60 Seconds. We're joined by the host very shortly to tell you what it's all about. It is The Hits. You got John, I'm Ben. The Hits. New TV show starts tonight. A talent show looking you what it's all about. It is The Hits. You got John, I'm Ben. The Hits. New TV show starts tonight.

A talent show looking for New Zealand's best talent. It's on TVNZ2 at 7.30 tonight. It's called 60 Seconds. Contestants have just 60 seconds to make their mark. Hoping that one of our three scouts will take them to the top. Jugglers, dancers, spoon players. No talent is too big or too small I like that rock music

Joining us on the show though is the host of 60 Seconds, Clint Roberts Talofa lava everybody, how are ya? Oh bloody good mate, good to have you on the show this morning, how's things? Yeah good, I'm just hiding in my car So I can talk to you guys without either of my children screaming in the background. Well, you know, you're the second person we've spoken to in two shows that have done interviews in their

cars because they wanted to get away from the rest of the household. There's something in it, eh? There's the self-isolating in your car. I love it. Are you just telling your family you've got interviews for the next four hours? You're just going to sit in the car? I do every day. My family think that I'm very popular. Well, the

show seems awesome. Tell us about if people haven't seen the promos on TVNZ. Oh, yeah, it's great. 60 Seconds, it's a brand new talent quest. It's been ages since we've had a good search around the country for talented Kiwis. We used to do it all the time. Yeah.

But the problem was we milked the country dry of talent, didn't we? Yeah. And we continued to do it with celebrity dancing shows as well. And now there's a new crop to milk. There's more milking to be done. That's the thing. If you take a break, the crops regenerate,

and the same is true with talent. So we've managed to find 25 very unique and very talented Kiwis that over the next eight weeks you're going to see on stage. The cool thing about these guys is they only get 60 seconds to perform whatever their act is, whether it's singing or dancing or magic or dog stuff. So they get right to the point. There's no faffing around.

Because we did have Hunter, Rachel Hunter. She was looking for talented New Zealanders back in the day. Remember that? New Zealand's got talent. Oh, yeah, and the guy from UB40. Rachel Hunter, she was looking for talented New Zealanders back in the day. Remember that? New Zealand's got talent. Oh, that's right. Oh, yeah, and the guy from UB40. Yeah. And the guy from the anti-vax protests.

They're all there as well. Now, Clint, we wanted to see if you could impress us in 60 seconds. Because what we've really enjoyed following you on social media is every now and again you put up for debate, you know, favourite chocolates and things like that in New Zealand. And these things go nuts. People are very passionate about these sorts of things, right? Yeah. Yeah, very much so.

It says a lot about us as a people. Yeah, so we want to see, we'll give you 60 seconds to see how many brands of chocolate, how many different chocolates you could name. Oh, okay. Yeah, I'm ready. Okay, all right. We're going to start the timer now. Bounty bar, crunchy bar, moro bar, chokito bar, Kit Kat chunky, Kit Kat regular,

oh, God, bun bar, the banana one. What's the banana one? Puginana? Puginana, Puginana. Pinky bar. Go, Rob. Oh, what was the winner in the end? What was the bloody bar that won the whole thing?

Have I said Crunchy Bar? I think I have said Crunchy Bar. Yeah, we'll give it to you again. That's fine. That's 10. Oh, you'll give it to me again. Okay, then Crunchy Bar. 11.

King Size Crunchy Bar. Yeah, 12. Crunchy Bar Ice Cream. Yeah, that ain't good. And the one that's hokey pokey and it's covered in chocolate on the outside. There we go. You know, filling some content there with crunchy bars and the different varieties. Well done.

Well done. Hey, well, it sounds like a really fun show, Clint, and I'm sure it's going to be an absolute monster. Yeah, on tonight. And you can see from that abysmal effort why I'm the host of the show and not a contestant on 60 Seconds. I can't wait to watch it. It looks awesome. Always good to catch up, mate. Thanks for the time, boys. Appreciate the chat.

Spy. Know what's up. Spy.co.nz. All right. Time for our hourly natter and gossip session. Ju, what's happening? So TVNZ presenter Hayley Holt is pregnant again, which is amazing news. After two years ago, she lost what would have been her first child when she was six months pregnant. So quite late in the piece.

So her and her partner Josh revealed on Instagram last night that they're 22 weeks pregnant. The baby is currently the size of a papaya, which is very cute. That's awesome news. What's a papaya? It's like, how would you describe it? It's kind of like, looks a little bit like a mango, but a bit more elongated with some seeds in the middle. Yeah, right.

A tropical fruit. Congratulations to Hayley. That's amazing news. Very good. Very happy for her. She's a lovely lady, Hayley Holt. Yes. And well-deserved.

Yes. And the BAFTAs are on today. Acting nominees include Lady Gaga, Benedict Cumberbatch, Will Smith, Leonardo DiCaprio. Reba Wilson is hosting the event. And the top films that are tipped for big wins are The Power of the Dog and Belfast. And Power of the Dog is the one that was directed by Jane Campion, Kiwi director, and Benedict Cumberbatch was in it. Yeah, Jane Champion.

Remember I was like, her name was Jane Champion, but she didn't want to be known as a champion, so she changed her name. Which is totally not true. In 1989, and I just read that off a website live on the radio without doing any further research. Yeah. Turns out she was never Jane Champion. No, but she basically could be. And you may have seen over the last week or so, actor Sam Elliott had criticised Janeion's movie Power of the Dog, saying that he didn't like the Western.

He specifically flagged character portrayals and the film's themes of masculinity and sexuality. I think he said it on a podcast, basically just talked a bunch of crap about it. He said it was a load of crap, didn't he, the film? Yes, a piece of shh, he basically said. And at the BAFTAs on the... Were you surprised by Sam Elliott's comments? and at the best is on the European. Were you surprised by Sam Elliott's comments? I'm sorry.

He was being a little bit of a B-I-T-C-H and I'm sorry to say it, but he's not a cowboy. He's an actor and the West is a mythic space and there's a lot of room on the range. Room on the range. And you know, I think it's a little bit sexist because

you think about the number of amazing westerns that were made in spain by sergio leone i mean i consider myself a creator and i think he sees me as a woman or something lesser first and you know i don't appreciate that oh good on her good on her who is she being interviewed by grover from sesame streak Was he on the red carpet? Can we hear him again? Were you surprised by Sam Elliott's comments? That wasn't a character from Sesame Street. It does sound

a little husky-like, doesn't it? Interview by the cast of Sesame Street there. Well done, Jay Camion. I also do want to mention that Benedict Cumberbatch has also revealed that he hopes to take in a Ukrainian refugee. He's just said at the BAFTAs, which is very cool. She should be landing the jackpot if he ended up Benedict Cumberbatch has also revealed that he hopes to take in a Ukrainian refugee. He's just said at the BAFTAs, which is very cool. She should be landing the jackpot if he ended up at Cumberbatch's mansion, wouldn't you?

Oh yeah, that'd be epic. I think it's the first time I've heard words out of Jane Campion's mouth. Yeah, me too. Have you heard her speak before? No, I don't. No, no. You're right, she doesn't do a lot of interviews and such, let's say. Yeah, she keeps more low-key. And when she does, she gets interviewed by the cast of Sesame Street.

That is your Spy Entertainment Update for this hour. For more, she gets interviewed by the cast of Sesame Street. That is your Spy Entertainment update for this hour. For more, you can head to thehits.co.nz. You're running late, stuck in traffic, and now you have to listen to this. Jono and Ben on the hits. Wow. Jeez, get your Monday started. That's a lot of song for a Monday morning.

707, it is the hits of Monday morning. John, I'm being with you. You're off to have a bit of a procedure today, John Pryor? Yeah, I mentioned this on Friday. The MRI machine, I've just got to get a scan on in my back, my lower back, and I was just quite, the questionnaire that I was confronted with on the phone, felt like a 45-minute questionnaire about whether I was, it was probably four to five minutes, to be honest, whether I was eligible to go into the machine, any heart complications,

have I got any shards of metal in my eyes, any hip replacements. Claustrophobia, things like that. I did a bit of research, because I wanted to set your mind at ease, as a good friend, so I did a bit of research over the weekend about MRIs. Of course, if you haven't done an MRI before, I haven't, but it's a hospital scan. It uses strong magnetic fields and radio waves to produce detailed images of the body, of the inside of the body.

And I've got some audio of some people talking about it on YouTube. It's actually a very, very safe procedure. Have a listen. From fatal accidents to traumatic experiences, this is what happens when MRIs go wrong. Oh, hang on. That was the wrong bit of audio. Sorry,'s the... That was the wrong bit of audio. That was the wrong bit of audio. Sorry.

It's actually... Sorry, take two. Take two. It's actually a very safe experience. The magnetic field is regarded as safe. There is no radiation associated, and some would argue that the MRI is actually good for you. There you go. There you go. But hold on. What about the first guy again?

False information. False information. This is There you go. But hold on. What about the first guy again? False information. False information. No, because even this guy, this is this friendly guy. He goes on to say some lovely things about MRI. Have a listen. The magnet is so strong that it will turn any type of metal object into a lethal projectile. This includes IV poles, fire extinguishers, watches, pens, and other devices. A lethal projectile. So all of the

kitchen utensils I've swallowed. You just make sure all the fire extinguishers are all bottled down in the room. What is this machine? But then he goes on to say, Fortunately, processes have been put into place and both staff and patients today must go through three levels

of security checks before entering the examination room. It's like going in to see the president in the White House. It is. It's intense. I don't know what I'm in for. To be honest, I haven't given it much thought. And that's how our...

Probably a good thing. Yeah, I don't think too much. Ben thinks a lot. And then we somehow meet in the middle, don't we? And that's how the partnership works. We cancel each other's thinking out. But I thought this morning there might be some people that have been through this experience before that maybe they want to give

us a call on 0800THEHITS and talk you through what exactly is going to happen and give you some do's and don'ts because you don't want to end up like the first thing. From fatal accidents to traumatic experiences, this is what happens when MRIs go wrong. We don't want

MRIs going wrong. I think there needs to be a TV show on TV too on like a Wednesday night at 9.30 when MRIs go wrong. Now I feel want MRIs going wrong. I think that needs to be a TV show on TV too, on like a Wednesday night at 9.30 when MRIs go wrong. Now I feel like this isn't going to be just wonderful, helpful information I feel like there's an ulterior motive to your... No, I want to make you feel good about it, but what has

been someone else's experience? Have they had fatal accidents? When MRIs go wrong! Lethal projectiles. That's next. Let's help Jono through this. Oh, wait, Hunter, the hits. The hits.

Jono's bringing sexy back today. He's getting his back looked at. And an MRI, you said before, you brought it up on Friday. You're like, I'm going to do this on Monday. And how many of you thought about it? No. They gave you a phone call and they were like, these are the things that you need to talk about before doing an MRI. Yeah,

basically, if you have any metal objects in you, you're destined for disaster. Iron Man would be a nightmare in the MRI machine. He couldn't do it, could he? No. So I thought, you know, get some people on on 0800 the hits to talk you through what's happening, because I haven't done it before, to maybe

set your mind at ease. Or not. I feel like this is going to do the opposite. I don't know what these people have. Robin, how are you doing? Good. How are you doing? I'm doing all right. Now, Robin, you've got some stuff that you want to tell us, to tell me, to tell Jono

about MRIs. What's your experience? Ben's being a good friend, trying to make me feel at ease about this experience. So, Robin, help us all feel at ease. What happened? What happened to you? Well, I've had several MRIs. I've had several brain

MRIs and several upper abdominal MRIs and you are offered diazepam, in other words Valium, just to take the edge off. Hold on, take the edge off what? Don't worry about it, mate. It's fine.

Just being a little bit apprehensive. Yeah. What am I apprehensive about, though? No, but just don't be apprehensive. That's the thing. We're saying don't be apprehensive. But why do I need diazepam to make me not apprehensive? But, Robin, let's say you were a little bit apprehensive.

Would you recommend taking diazepam? Absolutely. It's just a confined space. And here's another handy hint also. Most of the places now with MRI machines come with, this sounds a little bit strange, but it's an excellent thing that they do now. There's a little mirror that they can put in for you about the size of a rear vision mirror in a car. Yeah. And they pop it up on the left-hand side up on the top, and you can actually look up at the mirror,

and you can see out. What do I need to... What am I going into? I feel like I'm jumping into Jeff Bezos' space rocket or something. What is this thing? It's just an MRI thing. It's just a routine MRI thing. Just take some anxiety sedatives.

Don't just look at the mirror, which you can see the outside with. Now, Robin, may I ask, or I hope you don't mind me asking, the reasons that you were going to get scanned, are they okay now? Have you overcome those health issues? We're a work in progress. Well, I hope everything works out in the end, Robin. Thank you.

I do too. You're sending you all the best. We really appreciate your call. Thank you. Good luck. Good luck.. You're sending you all the best. We really appreciate your call. Thank you. Good luck. Good luck. You don't need luck. You don't need luck though, Jono.

You'll be fine. You'll be fine. Exactly. Thanks, Robin. When everyone's in it, it says, you'll be fine. It makes me more suspicious

that I won't be fine. We've got Paul with us now. Good morning, Paul. Hi, how are you? Good. Now we're making Jono feel at ease about doing his MRI.

He hadn't given it much thought. What's your experience? Well, I was a bit at ease about doing his MRI. He hadn't given it much thought. What's your experience? Well, I was a bit like Jono, really. I didn't give him much thought. Went along for my MRI and pretty cruisy. Had procedures done before. I was feeling pretty relaxed. Got me all gowned up and I went in there and I was just going into the machine.

And I was there, relaxed, having a joke with the technician and things. And then she looks at me sternly. She goes, are you okay? Uh-oh. Yeah. Until that point, are you okay? Uh-oh. Yeah. Until that point, I was okay, I was fine. And as I was just going in, she goes, now you're okay.

Yeah, I think I'm okay. Why does she keep asking if you're okay? This is not making me okay. No, exactly. And so as I went into the machine, I started thinking, shit, am I okay? And the whole brain started doing a whole systems check,, shit, am I okay? Am I okay? And the whole brain started doing a whole systems check. Am I okay? Are you okay?

I don't know if I'm okay. I don't know if I'm okay. And then suddenly it just all unraveled, and I'm pushing a button like a crazy man. Get me out. Get me out. What button is it? They give you a button should things like this happen. It's a panic button.

They give you a button to push in a case of emergency should you start to freak out. You push the button and the technician stops everything and comes on in to set you free. It's free from what? What problem is they restrain you because the MRI has to be precise.

They strap you in. Oh my God. They do and that's what they have and they strap you in and so you can't physically move and that whole being locked in, being in the tunnel and the noise whirring, and again, are you insane?

The tunnel of what? The noise whirring? This is terrifying. This is a tunnel. Yeah, God. Now, Paul. They'll give you earplugs, and they'll give you a choice of music to try and reduce the noise.

It'd be like you're inside a jet turbine or something. This is wild. Paul, were you offered sedatives? Yes, but the thing is, I never knew that I suffered from claustrophobia or anything like that until then. This is wild. Paul, were you offered sedatives? Yes, but the thing is, I never knew that I suffered from claustrophobia or anything like that. Until then, I was fine. I'd never experienced any kind of issues at all.

Like yourself, when they sent you the questionnaire, do you get claustrophobia? No. And then, when you got there, until then, I didn't know that I had. So, you might learn a thing or two. Well, listen, this has been, I don't know what this has been.

These were the calls that I was hoping for. I was hoping for more supportive calls. But anyway, this is a good reality of what's happening. I wish you all the best, Joe. Good luck. We'll give you an update, Paul. That'd be good. I'll be listening.

Thanks so much. See you, mate. See you, buddy. Thank you. Shout out to all the unpaid Uber drivers dropping the kids off in P-Car traffic. Jono and Ben on the hits. Every year I do this guys, I get

very excited about the Warriors season. He does, doesn't he? You've worked with them for two years. Yeah, yeah. It's like I forget about the previous season it's like a whole new clean slate. It's like when it ticks over to New Year's. It's a new fresh year guys. I get so excited. But it's just

like you're watching the same movie over and over and over again they start off they disappoint you then they give you false hope mid-season and then you end up in tears by november that's the same every year but this year is slightly different because over the last couple of years did they win on the weekend well no no they didn't they didn't they didn't quite but it's all right it's early season it's all a year guys but my, who over the last couple of years have at least feigned interest, have at least sat beside me and pretended to watch while the Warriors were. They didn't even. They were like, they sat up at the table.

And do you know what they did without a word of blood? They did mass equations. That was more interesting than. Because my wife's a teacher. And they were like, yeah, let's do some mass tests. And they were doing maths tests. Guys, the Warriors will teach you about maths. They need three converted tries, which is six points,

to get back in this game. Do some maths on that. But that's what they did. They sat up there and... We were like, hey, nerds, do you want to watch the Warriors with me? That's probably why they didn't sit down with you. Well, yeah, but at the end of the game, they probably had slightly more fun than me.

But I did. I've been a huge fan for many years. I was thinking about this over the weekend when I was in an ad, a drink driving ad. I was acting in an ad. I wasn't busted for drink driving. No, that's my role. And I just got paid for that.

I was flatting, didn't have a lot of money, but I got the money through. The Warriors got into their first final and I spent all that money on going on a supporters tour. Did you go over to Australia? Yeah, for the weekend. Did you? Just because I was like, yes.

So I spent all that money on to watch the Warriors lose. All your drink driving money. Lose in person at the finals. Lose in person. Oh, that's so sad. The Warriors had been there twice, you know, and it was pretty awesome. That was the grand final.

That was the grand final. They'd been there twice. I was actually talking to Ben Hurley, the other day, comedian. He, pretty much the same thing. For the second time, the Warriors made the grand final. He was like, I'm doing it. And they went over with a couple of mates. And he said it was quite funny because a big tour group that went over with like 150 people all there.

And Jesse Mulligan, the host of the project, went over as well. And I don't think he's a huge league fan. I wouldn't put him as a league fan. But he was like, I'll go along as well. And and then they're like jesus i'll get the first round of drinks and came back pretty quickly and they're like oh that was quick and he goes yeah well the beer line's ridiculous but i came back with chardonnay there's no one there's no one in the chardonnay line that's a great a great stadium life

It's like yeah Forget about the beer guys Some rosés for the boys So much But I'll be back again this weekend Without my family watching the Warriors Is it the Warriors or is it spending time with you It's probably a bit of both

To be honest One year, no rent, no mortgage. The hits live free. With oneroof.co.nz. Of course, 660 was our song this hour to get in the draw. Thanks to oneroof.co.nz for your rent or mortgage paid for an entire year. The final week of this. Donna, you're on the radio.

Hello. How's Christchurch this morning, D-Dog? Oh, yeah, it's quite nice actually. Yeah, well, Donna, your house, are you renting or do you own? I own, so I pay my mortgage every

fortnight. Well, you won't have to worry about that next year or for the next 12 months if you win, if you win this competition. If you win, yeah. But hopefully you do, and we're going to give you $100 this morning so you can spend that on gas or groceries, all right? Oh, thank you so much.

That's just fantastic, guys. What are you going to go, gas or the gross? Oh, gross. It's got to be groceries. Yeah, it's tough all around. We're getting it from both ends, aren't we, at the moment? Yeah, it's not a fun time out there, is it? Yeah, good on you, Donald. Yeah, well, tough all around. We're getting it from both ends, aren't we at the moment? Yeah, it's not a fun time out there, is it? Yeah, good on you Donna. Yeah, well I'm

trying to save on gas because I've got an electric scooter, so. Oh nice. What a legend. I love people on electric scooters. No one looks 100% confident on them, but they're saving money on petrol and that's the main thing. Good on you Donna, have a great Monday, eh? Thank you guys

so much. Alright so see you later with a quick scrolling through your feed Scrolling through your feed. Alright here's Jono and Ben lightly dusting over the hard topics to arm you with just enough information for you to bluff your way through conversations today A really interesting story

out of the USA over the weekend so there's a teacher in Mississippi and he was fired for reading to his class over Zoom a Kiwi book, a children's book that's written as a New Zealand book. So the book's called I Need a New Bum or I Need a New Butt. They've changed it in America.

Very, very popular, successful book. So great, it's because the bottom's got a crack in it. Yeah, so that's why this kid in the book thinks he needs a new bum or butt for some reason they've changed it from bum to butt in america um so he was doing this teacher was doing like a zoom class uh to a whole lot of students and there was meant to be a an author turn up over zoom and talk to about his book but he didn't show up so he had to improvise and read a story out loud himself so he chose a book that he loves, he thought kids would love,

and apparently all the kids loved it. But then afterwards, his boss reprimanded him, and he's now been fired. That's ridiculous. He's lost his job. He's lost his job. He said, yeah, the poor guy said he didn't expect his job to be 20 years he's been teaching.

What? Did not expect to be terminated. He cried the entire way home. That's so sad. The principal said that the book was inappropriate. It talks about, you know, butts and things like that. He said, well, the kids loved it. You know, it was not anything. But yeah, so

this poor guy has lost his job over it. And now people are rallying around him to help pay for his lawyer costs and stuff as well. This is what happened when I read Fifty Shades of Grey to that class of seven-year-olds. I lost my job. I was barred from teaching. Yeah, fair enough.

That was fair enough. Inappropriate literature. That is very sad. That is a bit sad. Because nowadays, God, someone's going to be offended somewhere. We were just talking about this before seven, weren't we? I mean, people probably get offended with you telling the time and going at 7.36, not saying a.m. You didn't tell me

if it was morning or night you know so easily it is kind of sad in this instance you know like I imagine there are some books

that are not appropriate to be reading for kids totally but that in this account seems like the kids enjoyed it and the book was aimed at children

it's aimed for four to eight year olds so there you go I need a new bum feels like if I ever wrote a child's book, that someone's already stolen my idea there. 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. A really fun game to play along with, even if you're not the person playing. But it's even more fun when you are the person playing, because you've given $5,000. A bit of passive participation there, Ben,

boys from the audience. You know, play along with the family in the5,000. Bit of passive participation there, Ben, boys, from the audience. You know, play along with the family in the car, but we're going to play along with you, Samantha, in Christchurch. How are you? Good morning. How are you? Oh, it's good to have you on. It's been a long time between drinks since we've had a winner and it's time for us to fall off the wagon, I feel.

Have you played before, Samantha? I did about a year ago and I got four out of five. Oh, do you remember who you were trying to match up with last time? Jono. Oh, it was me who let you down. Four out of five is pretty good, though, isn't it? Not a bad showing. And I think the thing with this game is when you're in your car,

you're playing along, it looks a lot easier than it is. It's like dancing. When you're called into the middle of a dance circle, Ben, it all unravels. You can crumble, yeah. I've done that many, many times. Alright, Samantha, do you want to continue to work with Jono, see if you can get five out of five? Yeah, well, I would like a rematch

as such. Oh, alright. Redemption. She said she wouldn't play again. He's let her down once. Will he do it again, Jono Pryor? Okay. He is in the Soundproof booth right now Sam, obviously you know how the game works So here is your first word this morning It's tuxedo

Tuxedo Tuxedo Suit Suit That's exactly what I was thinking But it doesn't matter what I was thinking That is what you and Jono were thinking Jurassic

Jurassic Park Jurassic. Park. Jurassic Park. Easy. Easy. All right, Juliet. It's easy for us again. It's easy for us to watch. Genie is word number three. Genie. Genie. Okay. Lamp. Genie and a lamp. Jenny and a lamp, yeah. Bench, B-E-N-C-H, bench. Oh, bench, like a, in the kitchen, like a bench top or like a bench press if you love the gym. Oh, yeah, I don't know if Johnny loves the gym. Or, you know, like sitting down on his feet. Yeah. But, hey, he may think of bench press.

Over to you. What do you want to go with? Let's go top, I think. Let's go bench top. Bench top. Okay. And the final word this morning, Samantha, is basket. Basket.

Ooh. I'm thinking shopping. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Shopping. Yeah, shopping basket or... This is a hard one. Shopping basket's a pretty good one, though.

Yeah. Okay, let's go... Let's go... Oh, God. I'm thinking... Shopping or ball. Yeah. Ball basket.

Let's go ball. Let's go ball. Ball? Basketball. Oh. Ball basket. Let's go ball. Let's go ball. Ball. Basketball. Oh, I see. I was like, the other way around. Okay, but yeah, basket. Sorry, yeah.

I was like, ball basket? I don't know if I've heard of a ball basket before. But basketball makes a lot more sense. All right, let's get Jono out of the soundproof booth and let's see if we can match up $5,000. Here he is. I'm going gonna play a wildly furious game samantha oh do you want that i'm not gonna pause no she's no i want you to play a

wildly furious game not much thought is going to go into it just the first thing okay here we go let's go sam let's do it tuxedo tuxedo suit wildly furious jurassic jurassic jurassic park that's good that's good genie genie Wildly Furious. Jurassic. Jurassic Park. That's good. That's good. Genie. Genie. Genie Bottle.

What did you say? I said Lamp. Genie Lamp. I was thinking of that song. I'm a genie in a bottle, baby. Come, come, rub it all on me. Haven't rubbed anyone the right way on that one, have you? You haven't rubbed me the right way in a long time, Ben.

Bench is word number four. Bench press. Oh, we were talking about that. We were like, Jono's not really a gym guy, but he might think about it. Oh, he might. We debated on that one for a while. What did you go for? Bench. Top. Oh, bench top. We debated on that one for a while. What did you go for? Bench.

Top. Oh, bench top, yeah. And basket. Basketball. Oh, well done. Yeah. Sam. Damn it. It's not four out of five. It's not okay. No, it's three out of five. What are we going to spend it? I know you guys got worse. It's on me, Sam.

It's on me. Hey, you keep safe, and I'll tell you what. We'll give you some hell pizza, all right? Oh, that would be lovely. Hey, lovely talking to you, Sam. We really appreciate you listening to the show. Thank you. See you another chance tomorrow morning.

Someone could win $5,000. Spy on the way. Yeah, Prince Harry has confirmed he won't be attending Prince Philip's Memorial in the UK later this month. The reason why, I'll tell you next. It's fancy like, let's go, and it's a hit. My girl is banging, she's so domain. Spy, know what's up. Spy.co.nz

What I like about this part of the show is that all the people that we gossip about, they never know we're even gossiping about them. They have no idea. What's happening, Ju? So Prince Harry has confirmed he won't be attending Prince Philip's memorial in the UK later this month. So the memorial will be at Westminster Abbey on the 29th of March and basically will give the public an opportunity to pay tribute to Philip. Many of the royal family members will be there as well as a bunch of charities that Philip worked closely with.

Prince Harry has said in the past that he doesn't feel safe going back to the UK that Philip was worked closely with. Prince Harry has said in the past that he doesn't feel safe going back to the UK or bringing his kids to the UK because they lost police protection when they separated from the royal family. What about America, though? Have they got protection in America? I think they do, but they have to pay for it themselves.

Yeah, that's what they said, I think, in the Oprah interview. So Prince Philip obviously died last year in April. Last year in April, yeah. But because of COVID did they not really have a memorial?

Well, so they had the funeral service, which I think was capped at like 30 people. And now, I assume probably now that COVID has probably died down a bit

in the UK, they can do a more public memorial for him. I don't know if it's died down, they're just pretending it's not. Yeah, we're at the

Worcester World, we're carrying on. Yeah. just pretending it's not. Yeah, we're at the Worcester World. We're like, we're carrying on. Yeah. So Prince Harry will not be there, but he did make it for the actual funeral, which I guess is probably the most important thing. But this headline does not help the Harry-Megan saga, does it? I assume if he went there, though, the family would be like, well, you come with us, borrow our security guard.

Yeah. Do you know? No. That's a very good point. I'm sure they wouldn't be like, no, you've got to get an Uber. You're Ubering there by yourself, Harry. We're not picking you up, mate.

I'm at Heathrow. Is anyone going to come and get me? There's a shuttle bus thing that runs from out there. You can get on that. And Justin Bieber's wife, Hayley, over the weekend was hospitalised

for what ended up being a small blood clot in the brain. So she initially had stroke-like symptoms and was rushed to hospital. However, her body passed it on its own and she recovered completely within a few hours. She said it was one of the scariest moments of her life. She's only 25 and something like that usually happens for people who are a lot older. My age? Yeah.

You're looking at me as you're saying it? No. She's just staring me dead in the eyes.'s like that's kind of your demographic but it is no it is something scary for a young person to go through because that sort of situation doesn't often happen um there are people all over the internet being like oh it's covid it's covid i mean justin had covid i don't know if hayley had it um but something that she will have to monitor blood clotting is not a symptom of COVID, though, is it? Yeah, no, I don't think it is, but some people are, you know,

that's the internet and anyone has an opinion. Well, you should stop getting your news from TikTok, okay? Yeah, okay, I will. Thanks, Jude, that was great. The annoying ones talking between the socks. Jono and Ben on the hits. We catch up with Denise, what seems to be every Monday at the moment. She's always got her a rumour, our boomer with a rumour from the weekend.

It's our weekly attempt to try and catch a defamation case, then we quickly undo it in the next break, don't we Ben Boyce? That's right. Denise, good morning, how are we? Happy Monday to you, darling. How was the weekend? What does Denise do on the weekend? Can I have a guess? Oh, please do. I reckon you indulge in you know a light bit of gardening uh you'd be sucking back on a chardonnay or a sav around about 4 4 30 on a saturday arvo

denise well it's five o'clock somewhere isn't it any time of the day really so you know well last week denise say you were talking about jeremy wells and hillary barry from seven sharp not being in the same room at the same time, not liking each other. We talked to Jeremy. He's like, it couldn't be further from the truth. Here's what he had to say. It couldn't be.

Denise, I mean, I've heard a number of rumours over the years about myself. And I've not heard this one. This is completely new to me. Hilary and I, we have a deep, deep love for each other. What did I tell you? What did I tell you? You know, the truth is out there It's probably, it's probably, it's not truthful, but anyway This week, we're getting back into politics Oh yes, oh my goodness, you wouldn't believe it

Now, where did you hear it from before we get into it? Oh, I heard it from my eye specialist. The optometrist? Yeah. David Seymour. You know Seymour? From the ACT Party, yeah, the leader of the ACT Party. Yeah, yeah.

Oh, my goodness. He's going to be deputy leader of the National Party. And your optometrist knows this how? Because he acts in a very sort of very elite group of people. He goes about in that landscape. He understands

the politics. And he knows... Hobnobbing with the bigwigs in the political society, you're an optometrist. Correct. Okay, so Seymour's leaving his ACT party, basically it feels like it's his ACT party, to go join National.

Why would he be doing this? Because he wants to see more changes, you know. Great pun, Denise. And, you know, he can see clearly that things are going to be stronger if he joins with the National Blues, you know? Well, hopefully the optometrists can help him see more clearly as well. There's vision in what you say. All right, now we're going to look through the lens of this.

No, I tried something there. It didn't quite come off. But once, Denise, we think you should front up with your wild claims. You hang there. We're going to call Seymour next, and you can ask him yourself. Oh, absolutely. No problem. Stick around.

We're going to find out if this week's boomer rumor has any ounce of truth. Next, it is the hits. You've got Jono and Ben. Jono and Ben, Breakfast on the Hits. Denise, our boomer with the rumour. We just heard it. It was around David Seymour and I think she's still with us. Are you there, Denise? Oh, hello.

This is David, my beautiful man Seymour. We haven't got hold of him just yet. Now, Denise, what do you do for a job? Look, I can't really reveal that. She's very mysterious, Shana. She doesn't want to give away too many details. About herself, at least.

She gives away a lot of details about other people. They all seem to be made up. Oh, absolutely. I know everything about others. Nothing about myself. She doesn't want to talk about herself. She's a closed book. Everyone else is open to Denise.

Just recapping your rubric, Denise, it was about politician politician and actual party leader David Seymour. You think he has been seconded by the National Party to be the deputy leader. Why? Why on earth though? Because I mean

surely in an election and given the political system we have here, MMP they're just going to join forces anyway Well because unification makes it stronger. Stronger combination Leadership. Okay that's

Denise's call, it's not actually Denise's call, it's from her optometrist He can see everything going on and he's part of that whole political framework. Usually we have to go and ring the people that are concerned in your rumours, Denise. But Ben, we think this week Denise should front up.

We can introduce it and then Denise can say to the person, if they answer David Seymour in this instance, what the rumour is. What I know about all these people that we call is that when we lead with, we've heard a rumour about you a little bit of them shrivels up. Oh yeah, no one wants to hear that. Just say, John, I heard a rumour about you. A little bit of them shrivels up. Oh yeah, no one wants to hear that. Just say, Jono,

heard a rumour about you. Oh, I'd be like, oh! Yeah. It's not a great way to lead a conversation but we're about to do it with Seymour right now. Hold there, Denise. David Seymour's got a wonderful track record of answering his phone. 100% of the time he answers his phone. No matter what circumstance too. Yeah.

Hello, David Seymour. And he hasn't let us down again. It's Jono and Ben calling from the Hits. You sound busy. I'm sorry to bug you. Jono and Ben, I'm just on a Zoom but it's really boring. I'm so glad you got called. Thank you. Now David, this is not a great sentence for us to start

with. We've heard a rumour about you. Well gee, I've always said it's about time you guys got sentenced. But we do a segment on the show called Rumours from Boomers. Boomer Rumours, they love rumouring the community. There's so many wild, ridiculous rumours out there, but Denise joins us from time to time, and she's actually with us right now.

She just told us one about you. We think it's absolutely rubbish, but we wanted Denise to say it to you to find out the truth or not. Denise, the floor is yours. What's your rumour, Boomer? Darling, look, honestly, I've been told by my optometrist, you, my darling man, are joining the National Party to be the deputy leader, and I know that's true.

Deputy leader, David Seymour. Of the National Party. Of the National Party. Of the National Party, yeah. Of the National Party. Well, look,. Of the National Party, yeah. Of the National Party. Well, look, I could tell you that's absolutely untrue. No, no, no, but David, what I always hear is true, and I can tell you, I'm sorry,

you can say as much as you like. He's clearly said it's not true, Denise. It's clearly not true. Yes, but he's a politician. He has to say it. I'll tell you something, Denise. It's clearly not true. Yes, but he's a politician. He has to say it. I'll tell you something, Denise. Here's the other reason you might not want to. I think the way that Dern and Labour have governed,

especially for younger people, and Australia is a version of that too. You're sick of weighing off. You're sick of weighing off. You've made a good point. You've made a good political point. Listen, Denise. Denise, you need us here to pay your pension. It sounds like we're doing, it sounds like New South Wales B right now. All right.

It feels like, all right. Now I'm going to hang up on Denise now. It's getting fiery. Thank you very much, Denise. Hey, David, thank you very much for that. No worries, guys. Love to Denise. The sure weather masks make them look a whole lot better.

Jono and Ben on the hits. Jono, off to get an MRI today. You said you hadn't given it much thought, so I did a bit of research, and there's great stuff. I mean, Juliet, play the one that says how safe it is. From fatal accidents to traumatic experiences, this is what happens when MRIs go wrong. You played the wrong one again.

Oh, sorry. That's the only one you keep playing. It was the one about the perfectly safe. That's the only one you keep playing. That's the... There's one saying it's perfectly safe. But I never hear that one. All I hear is the one about when MRIs go bad, which sounds like an awesome format for a reality show.

The medical industry, they love a three-letter acronym, don't they? Yeah. MRIs, CPRs. I was going to say. What else have we got? PPEs. Oh, yeah. Yeah, they do. You're right. Yeah, I can't think of... CPRs. I was going to say. What else have we got? PPEs. Oh, yeah. Yeah, they do.

You're right. LOLs. And Simon joins us right now who wants to share his experiences. Simon, how are you? I'm well, thank you, mate. Hey, you did an MRI before. How was your experience? Yeah, not the best.

It's a machine that makes a hell of a lot of noise, and they do put headphones on you, but they also put like an eye mask on you with a bit of weight on your eyes to keep it all down, keep you feeling secure. Now, mate, I'm not claustrophobic. Never had a claustrophobic moment in my life, and they slid me in that machine.

And I'm a relatively big guy, and I could feel it's so close to you. I could feel the curvature of the tunnel around my shoulders, and you can feel the top of the tunnel right above your nose. Oh. And, mate, within 10 seconds, I had a full-blown panic attack. Oh, no. Really?

Yeah, I was going to die in there. Oh, dear God. So I pressed the little panic button they give you. They pulled me out, and I was really embarrassed and pulled myself together, said, yep, put me back in. Lasted half the time. Oh, jeez, you went back and out again. Yeah, and then they brought me back a week later, gave me the drugs,

and, mate, I could have stayed in there all day. Oh, really? Where do you get the drugs from? You've got to go back a week later with someone to drive you, and they'll give you the drugs, and you walk into the treatment room about 45 minutes later happy as a clam. Okay, all right, so I you the drugs, and you walk into the treatment room about 45 minutes later happy as a clam. Okay, all right. So I need the drugs.

So I guess I'll schedule in to drive you in a week's time. Ben, I don't know what you're doing next Monday. If you need to be, I can pick you up and take you there. Simon, this sounds terrifying. Thank you. Appreciate it. Sweet as. No, I don't appreciate it.

Why am I saying I appreciate it? We appreciate it. It's good. It's giving you a little insight of what you have to go through today. Alan, you want to put my mind at ease. I was caught up in the number two earthquake in Christchurch. Oh, jeez. And I've had 27 of them to date.

Jeez, if you don't mind me asking, what happened when you got stuck in the earthquake? I was six stories up in a dentist chair in the square when it hit. I stayed for 18 hours with the chair side assistant before they pulled us out through the window.

I had two crushed shoulders, broken pelvis, two crushed hips, two knees and an ankle. And you were there for 18 hours, so the roof came down on you? Yeah, we had a H-beam or I-beam, depending on which way they like, launched us south out of one of the walls, and directly underneath it was the chair that I was sitting in

waiting on the dentist to mix up some stuff to fill it was the chair that I was sitting in waiting on the dentist to mix up some stuff to fill up the cavity. Wow. And so you were there with the assistant? Yes. And the assistant was all right? She was still a scratch on her, just a bit shaken up. Oh my goodness.

So we used up all the litter cane that was there, whether it did anything or not, or it was just a psychological thing. I really have no idea. I didn't remember much. I remember them coming up the window and I remember them starting to use power swords to cut through this beam but

yeah, I was history after that. Gee whiz, what a harrowing 18 hours. Oh well listen, I'm glad you're alive and well. I'm sure there were some pretty dark moments through that 18 hours. Oh, well, listen, I'm glad you're alive and well. I'm sure there were some pretty dark moments through that 18 hours. Well, there was, actually, but, you know,

it's just the body's an amazing thing. It sorts itself out, so you can't do much about it. You've just got to rely on other people to try and stick you back together. Oh, well, Alan, that really puts my one MRI in perspective. Yeah, you're right. I'm glad you're all right now, mate, and thanks for your call. You'll be fine. What a story,

jeez. If they were the internet, you'd want to clear this history. Jono and Ben, on the hits. I mentioned before we've got an unexpected guest in the household. Now the neighbour's cat has moved in. And that's what you really have to admire

about the cat. Out of all the animals in the animal kingdom, it's certainly the most arrogant. It is. It does walk in literally like it owns the place, whether it's the place that it owns or not. Yeah, and they walk in with like, you're lucky to have me here.

You know, kind of that sort of aura about them. It's like, and now I've found it's like the protesters at Parliament. They move in and it's really hard to get rid of them. I don't know, how do you tell a cat they've got to go? Oh yeah, we've got a cat. We got one before the first lockdown, but he just comes in. You know, like you don't see him all day. Comes in, announces that I will need to be fed now.

And then he goes. And then he goes again. And then they do that thing like they, it's a treat-a-mean-keep-and-keen policy. They kind of rub up against your leg. It's like, oh, oh. You're like,

oh, you're peering away. And you're like, oh, it likes me. And then, out. Yeah.

Well, the neighbor sees our cat, you know, probably like your neighbor's cat, goes, sleeps on their neighbor's bed. He does all sorts, goes over the hangs out.

I don't know who, he's smooching with everybody around the neighborhood. God knows what your cat gets up to. I know. You just don't know who he's smooching with everybody around the neighborhood. God knows what your cat gets up to. I know. You just don't know what they do, but they just roam free, don't they? Yeah. Mind you, the dog sucks up a lot of your attention. Me at home.

Yeah, you're true. And a lot of your time on the show, too. Competer, how many times have you mentioned you've had a cat? Well, yeah. Yeah, I know. You wouldn't know that about you. Well, the cat's never home for me to talk about. I've been talking to all sorts of stuff that I don't know about. Like the neighbor going, oh, it sleeps in that bed. Yeah, I know. You wouldn't know that about you. Well, the cat's never home for me to talk about. I've been told that it comes with all sorts of stuff that I don't know about.

Like the neighbour going, oh, it sleeps on that bed. I didn't know that. You should attach a GoPro to your cat and see what bubble gets up to. Oh, that'd be incredible, wouldn't it? Yeah. Yeah, because with the dog, at least he's an idiot and we love him, but he just kind of hangs around, you know? Yeah, so your message to your cat is if you want more airtime, you know, hang around.

Hang around, give us some cat content and you'll be happy to talk about it. I got home on Friday and it was in the middle of the driveway in the car and I was driving up in the car and it's just staring me down so what are you doing in my house buddy? It's like you're not going to keep going up. Scrolling through your feed. Hard news and

watery opinion. This is Jono and Ben tiptoeing around the real topics. We've mentioned this a couple times this morning morning because, well, it's everywhere. The cost of living has gone up. Record food, grocery and petrol prices right around the country. Fuel is at a 40-year high as far as what the prices are. And the Prime Minister has spoken this morning on Breakfast TV, on the AIM show, sorry, and she has said they're going to do something about it.

They're meeting this afternoon. There's a cabinet, and they'll announce after that what's going to be done about the price of petrol. Oh, so they could lower the tax. I think it's 53% the tax, isn't it? Yeah, or either that, or you get free Santibars at the counter or something like that, seven specials.

Fill up your car. Yeah, maybe you can drive out with the bowser still stuck in your car from the petrol. Maybe there's some other options rather than the price. Really appreciate too that the media over the last seven days of all their main goal has been trying to get Jacinda Ardern to say

we're in a cost of living crisis. They want her to say the word crisis and she will do anything apart from say the word crisis. She kind of said it this morning they kept saying crisis. Did she say crisis? She kind of said if you want to say it, that's what it is. You know, kind of. It is a crisis for many families.

But, you know, she doesn't want to say that word as such, but she has acknowledged that for many families out there it is, and it's reached that point, which is sad. But you're right. It's kind of the media just like, just say crisis. Yeah. It feels like a game that we could play on the radio with a listener. Okay.

You can't say the word crisis for the next week. Ben Boyce, your pick. Petrol. How much will it be this afternoon when the government announces they're slashing tax on it? Would it go under? Maybe under, let's say $2.90. I know, $2.80. Juliet?

I was going to go, nah, $2.50 is dreaming. Yeah, no, I'm going to go to maybe $60. Okay. Because as you said before, I didn't realise how much tax there is on it. Huge amount of tax. And that pays for the roads and stuff, right? If the petrol prices go up, the tax goes up. So I guess that's the point that people are making to the government

is that you're getting more money here. Tone it back a bit. Tone it back. Tone it back. Maybe it's a 45% tax or something. And the White House over in America have enlisted TikTok stars to help them spread proper information around the war in Ukraine. They did this before.

So when they wanted a whole lot of people in America to get vaccinated, instead of a two shots for summer fam campaign, they just got a whole lot of TikTok stars. They got Charli D'Amelio to dance and get a vaccination while she was twerking. Because that is where a lot of young people are getting their information from these days, is TikToks.

And now they've brought a whole lot of people, a whole lot of TikTok stars into the White House, and they've given them basically a briefing on the whole war in Ukraine and how it is actually playing out, so they can go out there, and if they're saying information, it's truthful. Now turn that into a dance.

I don't know if they're saying turn that into a dance. Turn that into a catchy dance that goes viral. It's not all that catchy dances. You know that now because you're on TikTok. You mocked me, Merce, to sleep for so long. I did. I was like, what's a grown man doing on TikTok? And then 12 months later, I'm like, mate, we've got to get on TikTok.

TikTok's the biggest thing. It's where everyone's getting their news from these days. While you guys, though, you've been on TikTok, you actually haven't done a TikTok dance yet. That is something that needs to happen. Maybe we'll do the Ukraine one. The Ukraine-Russia one, once that takes off. There's no dance around it.

It's a really interesting commentary on how people digest information nowadays, though. And how that generation will continue to digest information. Go on to your bloody Ryan Bridges. They're not watching that in the morning now, are they? And if they are seeing it, it's because

I've seen it on TikTok. Someone's edited it with some cool music behind it or something. Stitched up the Prime Minister in the edit. Scrolling to your feed. I think we did the same thing last week. We're having a big debate. It's all to do with chocolate and mint chocolate. Is it okay? We'll get to that next. It is The H do with chocolate and mint chocolate. Is it okay? We'll get to that next in As They Hits.

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