Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL: Jono & Ben Live From The AIMS Games!

Episode Date: September 4, 2022

Today on the Jono and Ben podcast, we are live from Mount Maunganui at the Mixture Eatery. Lucy Lawless joins us to chat about her last role ever, we talk to Siobhan Marshall ahead of Celebrity Treasure Island and Barnaby the great young New Zealander who caught a metre long worm recalls the experience!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome to a bonus podcast from Jono and Ben on The Hits. Welcome along to the podcast. It's the 5th of September. Now, we're broadcasting from a cafe this morning. Mixture Eatery in Tauranga, Mount Maunganui, actually. Yeah, it's been lovely, hasn't it? A lot of people coming down because everyone's here for the Ames Games. So a lot of people giving away a lot of free coffee, sinking the business as we like to do around the country. That's all we do. We do a nationwide trip of, can you give away the thing that you usually charge for for free for three hours?

Now, with Sasha and Stacey, who own this fine establishment, welcome to the podcast intro. Well, thanks for coming, guys. There's at least seven people listening to this. Two of them are our parents. Now, you guys have an amazing collection of baked goods. When does it all start happening in the morning? Very early I imagine? Yes. Too early. You'd be up at 2.

Oh you almost. Are you? No. Not quite. Oh sorry I exaggerated that. You know I'm usually up at around 4 o'clock. And so what is the biggest pain in the arse? Because you've got some great looking things up there. But there must be one where you're like oh i've got to do the you know the fetus scones or something what's the biggest ball ache in the morning for you sash probably the bacon ones

oh really yeah yeah just because we you know they have a lining of bacon that go um and then the filling in between so it's yeah stuff you don't think about isn't it are there mornings where you're like why don't we just order this stuff in? Does that ever run through your mind? Every morning. It's cool, though. It's really awesome for the community and the area, though, when the AIMS game's on. You know, I wasn't here for a couple of years, so it must be really awesome to have a whole

lot of people, Pat Cafe. Oh, amazing. You know, like it just brings so much into the community, too, and it's lovely to see all the kids out and about again and you know and all the support behind it Now Sasha, is Stacey your partner? Husband Mate you've got fantastic legs

Oh don't tell him that What do you have to ask if he's taken before? You can touch them if you like Are you a cyclist or something? Those legs are wow! What do you do with those legs do a bit of riding

a bit of riding yeah good look at these legs look over the table oh they are good legs aren't they oh jeez they are

is he tensing or not I can't tell but jeez I'll feel the calf muscles I'll knock the calf he's tensing like a bloody rock

yeah my sister used to go to lamb and calf day in the Wairarapa, but you could take those calves along to Lamb and Calf Day and probably win. They are some great... I've seen some legs in my time. Those are some good legs, these days.

All right. Well, thank you very much for having us today, guys. We really appreciate it. Thanks for having you guys here. If you're ever in Mount Maunganui, come down to Mixture Eatery and, yeah, check them out. Amazing baked goods. And eat the bacon ones because they love making those.

Just come for the legs alone. Come for the legs. Enjoy the podcast. A-grade celebrity chat with C-grade celebrity hosts. Jono and Ben on the hits. Celebrity Treasure Island is back. Season 3, TVNZ 2 tonight. More local celebs castaways playing for $100,000

for their chosen charities. And joining us right now is one of the celebrities, Siobhan Marshall. You know her as Pasco West from Outrageous Fortune. She's joining us from the USA where she lives. She's shopping in Ikea right now. Good morning. Good morning. What are we picking up from Ikea, Siobhan? What's the go?

Oh, what do you not pick up from Ikea? It's such a trap. We came for a photo frame when we were leaving with about four massive bags full of stuff. Yay! Came for one photo frame, we're walking out with a giant bed for some reason. No, Siobhan, I was reading that you

were like, look, I burn in the sun, I get cold sores, I'm scared of the ocean, I'm afraid of sharks, I don't like cold water i mean what are you doing as a cast away on an island i know and i've joked my whole life how i would be the worst person on anything like this like survivor i was i've always said oh there's no way i'll do it so initially i said no because wow that was crazy and then I watched it and I really liked it and I thought this is probably a really good opportunity

for me to just get out of my comfort zone and get a bit sunburned. And did you get sunburned? Because as a pasty, as a fellow pasty New Zealander, I also am very moley, very white in the sun. Did you have to lather up SPF 85 or something? I lathered up and I also made sure everyone else had it on so that was quite good because then they

were like they just sort of if I was around they knew that I would be like what's going on now Siobhan Marshall did you have to end up eating any of the other contestants to survive yes yes I did.

Oh, what a twist. We'll find out which one tonight. If you had to eat either Ben's leg or my leg, just to survive another three days on an island, whose leg are you picking? I think if it was only to survive three days, I'd probably just die then.

Oh, okay. Fair enough. You don't want to admit to that on radio. Something that you may or may not want to admit to, because obviously you're a mum, you went on this TV show, but did you pack a breast pump? Was that one of the items you took with you? I did.

Yeah, I was still breastfeeding when I was tapering off. You guys know about this. I was tapering off. So I was still having to when I was sort of, I was tapering off. You guys know about this. I was tapering off. So I was still having to pump the first five days on the island. In the wilderness, I'd go off by myself with my little manual pump, come back and everyone was like, oh, let's put it in our coffee.

And I'm like, no, no, no. Well, I suppose, you know, if people are hungry, then, you know, that is an option. You've got to do what you do. Hopefully they caught all that on camera for you, Siobhan. I don't know if they did. We'll see. I have no idea what they've caught on camera.

I'm worrying about it a little bit. Yeah, because have you seen any of it? Yeah, Celebrity Treasure Island tonight. Have you seen any of it? Nothing at all. So you don't know how you're going to come across, if you're going to be the villain or you're going to be the one that everyone loves? I don't know. I'm in L.A., so I're going to be the villain or are you going to be the one that everyone loves? I don't know.

I'm in L.A., so I've really not been – I've been trying not to think about it, to be honest, because, you know, it's not advertised over here or anything. So I've been able to forget about it a little bit. So, no, I know nothing. I know absolutely nothing. I don't think I'll be the baddie, but, oh, who knows? Yeah, you never know how they'll stitch you up in the edit, do you? Are you worried that things went so bad that you've actually moved your life over to America, so you

don't have to deal with it? It was a major motivator to come back. Tell me the truth. I mean, when the cameras are off, are they feeding your big lunches, the big crew lunches you guys sit down, or is it all legit? You guys are actually hungry, and they're making you survive you guys sit down or is it all legit you guys are actually hungry and

they're making you survive out there? Yeah, it's all legit. It's totally legit. I don't think I'd want to do it if it wasn't to be honest because it's all part of it but it's not. It's completely legit. They check all your things before you go in to make sure you're not hiding food or you haven't sewn in, I don't know, salt

into your bag or something. So yeah, it's totally legit. Now, Siobhan Marshall from Outrageous Fortune, we know you've got two young little kids. Was this just an elaborate plan to get away from them for four weeks and have some rest? Actually, that was definitely a fact. I think everyone else on the island pretty much was talking about

how they had no sleep and they were stressing out about that. But I caught up on sleep on the island pretty much was talking about how they had no sleep and they were stressing out about that. But I caught up on sleep on the island, even though they were sitting on my bed, whatever. I still managed to catch up on sleep. So I had a great time. Oh, Siobhan, lovely to catch up with you. We can't wait to see you on the show. Good on you for doing it. It's awesome putting yourself out of your comfort zone.

And hopefully we'll catch up with you soon. Yes. Awesome. Thanks, guys. Good to talk to you. If you don't fail, you're not even trying. I'll say it again. If you don't fail, you're not even

trying. My wife told me this great expression. To get something you never had, you have to do something you never did. Yeah, so that's Denzel. How deep is that? Yeah, so basically you're a bunch of failures. But don't worry, if you keep being a loser,

eventually something will go your way. And then, only Denzel could pull off a little statement that had to do with ghosts in this situation, but he talked about some ghosts as well. Chris Brown's a motivational speaker. He made an analogy about this. He says, imagine you're on your deathbed, and standing around your deathbed are the ghosts about some ghosts as well. angry, disappointed, and upset. They say, we came to you because you could have brought us to life, they say.

And now we have to go to the grave together. So I ask you today, how many ghosts are going to be around your bed when your time comes? Oh, Jesus. Now he's scaring me. I don't want to die. There's going to be ghosts surrounding me going,

how could it be? Hey, buddy, when you were 27, you never did that thing you said you were going to do. Yeah. I mean, the amount of times I was in a nightclub at 3 o'clock in the morning and I was like, we are going to go hiking tomorrow. And I never followed up the next day. Well, there's going to be a hiking ghost sitting around and you just be going, Mate, you could have been the most.

You were all about it when you were chewing your face off at 3 in the morning, weren't you? You could have been the new Edmund Hillary, hiking mountains around the world. Now I'm going to die with you, you weasel old man. Hey, next on the show, one of the contestants from Celebrity Treasure Island is on again tonight on TVNZ2. She took a breast pump with her to the island. And she went on Celebrity Treasure Island

but hates everything about Celebrity Treasure Island. Who is she? Why on earth has she made this decision to go on the TV show tonight? We'll get her on next from the US. It's Budapest. Who is she? Why on earth has she made this decision to go on the TV show tonight? We'll get her on next. In the US. It's Budapest. It is the hits. My acres of a land I have achieved

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Give me one good reason why I should never make a change Baby, if you want me, then all of this will go away Give me one good reason why I should never make a change Baby, if you hold me then all of this will go away guitar solo My friends and family, they don't understand They fear they'll lose so much if you take my hand

But for you, ooh, you, ooh, I do see door Ooh, for you, ooh, you, oh, I do see you do. Give me one good reason why I should never make a change. Baby, if you want me, then all of this will go away. Give me one good reason why I should never make a change Baby, if you owe me, then all of this will go away My house in Budapest, my head in treasure chest Golden grumpy, I know my beauty focused here.

Oh, you, oh, I'd leave it all. Oh, for you, oh, I'd leave it all. It's George Ezra. It is the hits. Jono and Ben, 627. Celebrity Treasure Island is back. Season 3, TVNZ 2 tonight. More local celebs, castaways playing for $100,000 for their chosen charities.

And joining us right now is one of the celebrities, Siobhan Marshall. You know her as Pasco West from Outrageous Fortune. She's joining us from the USA where she lives. She's shopping in Ikea right now. Good morning. Good morning. What are we picking up from Ikea, Siobhan? What's the go?

What do you not pick up from Ikea? It's such a trap. We came for a photo frame when we were leaving with about four massive bags full of stuff. Yay! Came for one photo frame. We were walking out with a giant bed for some reason. No, Siobhan, I was reading that you were like,

look, I burn in the sun, I get cold sores, I'm scared of the ocean. I'm afraid of sharks. I don't like cold water. I mean, what are you doing as a castaway on an island? I know, and I've joked my whole life how I would be the worst person on anything like this. Mmm, coffee breath. Jono and Ben on The Hits. It's brand new, Harry Styles.

It is The Hits. You've got Jono and Ben seven minutes away from 7 o'clock on a Monday morning. Bit of a cold snap heading the country today. Just when you thought winter was in the past, we've moved to spring. Oh, you started bragging, you were bragging about spring last week. You're like, we're here guys, we're in the corner, it's happy days. And then it's meant to be a cold snap, particularly in South Oregon. Snow, snow, it's back.

We haven't quite hit into spring just yet. Snow's like, I'm not done with you. Have you heard of climate change? Yeah, it's mixing up all sorts of stuff. Now, you know, we've come to Tauranga.

We're here for a few days at the Mount. Come see us at Mixture Eatery this morning. Free coffee if you want to pop on in. A lot of people popping down. We just spoke to

Ben's doppelganger. Identical. We'll put that up on the Hits Instagram and Facebook page. Now, for quite a while since we've started this job, I often give you some grief, John, about, oh, most of your

stories come from driving. I saw this driving on the way to work this morning and I saw something driving. Oh yeah, there was another thing driving. A lot of your radio content for a while seemed to be based around what you saw driving. Well, you gave me a complex about it. You buttoned off on it.

I tried to not push the accelerator so hard, if I could coin a phrase, on the driving content. Yeah. If you've noticed... I have noticed. I have noticed. I tried to broaden my horizons a little bit, but it's because I spend 90% of my time in a car.

And I was thinking, well, maybe, you know, because I was kind of feeling a bit inferior, like I didn't have any driving-related stories. Oh, this is the real issue. Yeah, maybe I'm not concentrating too much on just driving safely. I'm not looking around at all these other things that are going on. Listen to the passive-aggressive dude. He's like, you're not even concentrating on what you're going to be doing.

But yesterday, I saw something that I'd never seen before while driving down to Tauranga, and I was like, oh my goodness, I have a driving story. I have something I I'd never seen before while driving down to Tauranga, and I was like, oh, my goodness, I have a driving story. I have something I can tell Jono. Now, I went past a car. We were sitting at the lights, sitting next to the lane, looked over, and there was a cockatoo sitting on the lady's shoulder in the passenger seat. The passenger seat.

Seat. I don't know why I can't say seat. Passenger seat. Yeah, so she's sitting there like a bird. Like a not in a cage. A cockatoo. Yeah, like an actual bird. How big? Like a proper size.

Yeah, like just in the car. So she's like a pirate in an automobile. Yeah, yeah. And I was just like, I looked over and looked again and they sort of smiled at me. And again, I was like, I've never seen that before. When you say they smiled, the cockatoo and the driver. Well, no, the driver. She was in the passenger seat and just had the bird sitting on her shoulder. And I was like, well, there you go. I have not seen that before. Like a bird in the driver. Well, no, the driver. She was in the passenger seat and just had the bird sitting on her shoulder.

And I was like, well, there you go. I have not seen that before, like a bird in the car. And did you acknowledge the bird? Were you like, I can see your bird? She was like, yeah, I get this all the time. Yeah, it felt like the thing. They were just like going out for a, I guess going out for a drive. I don't know what they'll be doing, but.

It's all location, isn't it, too? If she was aboard a pirate ship, no questions asked. Yeah, you're right. Or maybe if I'd gone around to their house and it was like the bird's sitting on the shoulder, but to be in the passenger seat of a car and then to have a bird on the shoulder, I was like, this is very unusual. Do you reckon the other birds are looking through the window going,

mate, we've got wings. You don't need a big carbon footprint, buddy. We're the opposite. Yeah, so there you go. I was like, wow, finally I can compete with the Jono Pryor driving story. That is a good driving story. So is this opening the door for me to come with, because I've got months and months of backlogged driving content.

All the things you've seen in the past. And I haven't been able to talk about, because apparently I talk too much about driving in the car. We're always getting listener compliments. Happy to be on the radio with your hero. So you, yeah. Jono and Ben on the hits. Coming to you live from Mixture Eatery, and Tauranga here for the Ames Games, Ben Boyce,

and Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck's wedding. Now, it felt like it was four or five weeks ago, but these little droplets of intel just keep coming out about what went on at the nuptials. Yeah, now she had, well, they had two weddings. They had their Vegas one one and then they had this other one on an $8.9 million Georgia estate.

So they really made up for the Vegas registry nuptials. Now, last week we brought you the, and can we thank too, the Lopez Afflecks from the bottom of our hearts for providing us with so much radio content since the wedding. But last week we talked about Ben Affleck being sat down on a chair

and she put on a concert for him and he was the solo guest at the concert. Yeah, that's right. That was revealed last week. Much to Jennifer Lopez's disgust. She didn't want that going out there. I didn't want that going out there, too. It was awkward looking. But now there's something else that's out there after the weddings

that she had five wedding dresses over the two weddings she wore five different outfits now my question is because she's been married five times were they all the dresses from her previous five weddings and she's like i've got to get some mileage out of these bad boys i've paid for them maybe i mean there was two dresses at the las vegas ceremony and then three at the georgia estate one. She had a white turtleneck dress with a ruffled train made from 1,000 handkerchiefs. 1,000 handkerchiefs?

The finest handkerchiefs. What, so you can wear a dress and blow your nose on it at the same time? Yes, I'm very good in these COVID times. A chandelier pearl gown was chosen for the reception, while a halter neck dress with a keyhole detail completed the costume change later in the evening. So that's five different dresses over the two weddings.

That's not a wedding, that's a fashion show. Yeah. Isn't it? Amazing stuff. Now, people hold on to dresses, don't they? Is Jennifer Lobey going to hold on to her weird tissue dress? Yeah, is she going to keep that? Or is that a hock it off situation? Well, yeah, you're right.

A lot of people hold on to it for sentimental reasons. Yeah, like she going to keep that? Or is that a hock-and-off situation? Well, yeah, you're right. A lot of people... Hold on to it for sentimental reasons? Yeah, like, yeah. Yeah, I guess so. I feel like if you're going to make a wedding dress out of a thousand tissues, then you want to hold on to it. You want to pass that on to the next generation, don't you? Yeah. But the question is, because you raised this before,

do the next generation want a musty old mothball wedding dress? That's my thing. Yeah, because people have their own styles, and also styles and fashion changes. Do you want to be wearing something, even if it's got sentimental value? Yeah. It's quite a statement piece, isn't it? Yeah, I mean, the tissue dress might not stay half in 2063

when her children are ready to get married. Yeah. Actually, under the hits of 4487, that's our text number this morning in Texas at any stage, who's still got their wedding dress and who's had it for the longest time? Like maybe you got married 10 years ago and you've still got your dress.

Maybe you got married 20 years ago and you still have your wedding dress. It's, I know Estelle who does the pickup with Megan, 3 p.m. pickup in the night show here on The Hits. She wears her wedding dress into work on her anniversary. Yeah, every wedding anniversary she gets into a wedding dress. So it turns up staff meetings. Yeah.

It turns up just in her wedding dress. And that's getting good mileage out of your investment, isn't it? Well, you're right, because you spend a lot on it for one day. You know, for one day, Estelle was wearing it every year, which is incredible. But I don't know if anyone else is doing that right now. It's a good, yeah, like what are you paying for a wedding dress? I don't

know, Ben. I'd say in the thousands. You could pay in the thousands. What other piece of clothing do you have that's in the thousands? Yeah. If you did, you'd wear it all the time. So who has had the wedding dress at home for the longest? We'd love to hear from you this morning. 0800 THE HITS is our phone number.

They've got pranks. They've got puns. Now they just need some actual listeners. Jono and Ben on The Hits. Who still has their wedding dress and who's had their wedding dress for the longest amount of time? Diane, how are you? Good morning. Good to have you on, Diane. You've had your wedding dress for how long? Oh, it's my mum and she's had hers for 65 years. 65, jeez. Did you wear it to your wedding, Diane? No. Why is she holding on to this?

Who knows? I think she's just a bit of a hoarder. She just likes to keep things that just sits in a suitcase in a wardrobe. I guess it feels like one of those things you can't get rid of, unless, of course, the relationship goes south. But it feels like something that you need to hold on to for some reason, right? Yeah, I think it's just sentimental for her. Yeah, it is something that you feel like you can't get rid of.

Same applies for Ben and me. He's been trying to shake for ages, but it feels like something he just needs to hold on to. Hey, Diane. 65 years. I don't think we'll beat 65 years, but thank you, Diane. Thank you. Good on you, Diane.

Linley, you're on. Welcome. Good you. Good on you, Diane. Linley, you're on. Welcome. Good morning. Good to have you on, Linley. You saucy minx. How are you? I'm good, thanks. Now, the rules of radio would apply that this would need to be more than 65 years, right? That's normally how it works. This is going to wow us. Okay, how many years

have you kept your wedding dress for? For 32. I see. Well, you see, we you kept your wedding dress for? For 32. I see. Well, you see, we did it all the wrong way around this morning. I mean, that's still amazing, but we just had a 65-year one. 32 years, and are you going to hold on to it? No, it's actually gone

to the dump, actually. Why? So hang on, so you had it for 30-odd years? Yes, yes, had it for 32, and now it's at the Impeccable Dump. Why? Oh, long story, separation and yes. Oh, I regret asking that. I'm sorry, I'm sorry.

Why don't I go with the follow-up question? I know. So the relationship went to the dump too? Yeah, absolutely. There we go, that's 32 years. Jeez. Did you ever wear it? Did you wear it during those 32 years or did it stay in a wardrobe or in a box?

No, I never wore it again but my son went to a fancy dress in it about probably 20 years ago and then my daughter-in-law came over from Australia last year and took some lace off it for her wedding dress next month. Oh, that's lovely.

It had some use. It had some use. Hey, well, Lindley, love your work. Keep safe in Invercargill. Oh, thank you. You too. All the best. There we go.

Ben Boyce, that was champagne stuff. Two semi-competent dads handing out semi-competent parenting advice. Jono and Ben on the hits. Well, we're broadcasting live from Mount Maunganui this morning. It's a mixture eatery. Come on down. Free coffee for all. Free coffee.

People love you. They love you when you give away free coffee. That's great, isn't it? Who would have thought? Yeah. And we're here for the Ames Games, which is a wonderful week-long sporting event for young kids. Ben Boyce. And both our kids are actually competing in the Ames Games.

Sienna's doing netball, your daughter. Yeah, your son Oscar's got basketball on there. There's 23 different sports taking place over the next few days here, which is awesome. About 25,000 people they reckon are going to be around here. So if you want to pop down and see us this morning, Mixture Eatery in Mount Maunganui, free coffee. At the Ames Games we can watch these future athletes

who in 10 years' time will be holding up, you know, packets of Weet-Bix and being involved in lucrative beef and or lamb endorsement campaigns as well. The future of, I might just go around collecting children and then send them. So you can't go around and collect, we've talked about this before. Yeah, no, but all the good ones. Sign them up. Should we start up a sports agency? A sports agency.

Yes. JMB Sports. Yeah. Anyway, we'll talk more about this. We'll take this offline, as they say, away from that. And we can hand the contracts to the kids. They don't know what they're signing. But, you know, we can stitch them up and be like,

we own everything you earn for the next 40 years. Great. Genius move. Yeah, that's what we're going to do. Start up our own. We'll be like old Rich Paul, isn't it? Adele's husband. LeBron's manager.

Yeah, I don't know if he's stitching it. He seems like they've got a good working relationship. I'm stitching up innocent kids. No. But yeah, my son, as I mentioned, he's down here and playing basketball now. I've reached that stage of parenthood where I've been told to keep your distance.

You know? And I'm told to keep your distance. And I'm used to it being you're always telling me in public, let's just, can you keep away from me? You cramp my style. It's what you've told me as well. Yeah. And I'm getting the same, picking up the same vibe. So Oscar's saying the same things to you.

And I don't blame him. I am a style cramper. But I don't know how the role is meant to work. Like I'm going to be this strange man turning up to his games but then pretending that we don't know how the role is meant to work. Like, I'm going to be this strange man turning up to his games, but then pretending that we don't know each other. And then this kid's going to come up and ask me for money? Do I still go, yes, of course. Yeah, how committed to that? Yeah, how am I committed?

So what is the role? Yeah, has he given you some parameters to what the relationship is? No, that's the thing. But what are you working on as well? What are the interactions? Do I introduce myself to him when he comes up? When you look back, though, I don't know if you did the same. You look back at the things that used to embarrass you as a teenager,

and you're like, why? Why was I embarrassed that my parents dropped me off at the front? I mean, if anything, it was convenient. Now you're like, oh, they dropped me off. Take me three blocks away. Kevin Boyce loved to toot. My dad loved to toot. And then I would look, and he'd wave the other way,

but I'd always be looking at the people. That was his embarrassing one. Now that I'm a parent, I can see exactly why. The horn is a powerful tool. It's a great weapon in embarrassment. I'm looking like, do we know these people? They'd look at me and he'd be looking the other way. That was his classic embarrass your son move.

The good thing is too, just the taunting that I can do. I'm going to go, I'm going to run on the court every time you score a goal and give you a hug and a kiss. You can play in that field. I'll follow the bus down. I'll be honking, waving behind. Powerful, Ben. We're in a powerful position right now these next few years.

The embarrassing teenage years. We've moved into them, baby. To Hollywood producers on the search for future stars. Keep searching. There's nothing here. Jono and Ben on the hits. It is nothing here. Jono and Ben on the hits. It is the hits. Jono and Ben on your Monday morning.

Now, Lucy Lawless, I mean, she's done so many incredible things. She was Xena, Warrior, Princess, now starring in My Life is Murder. The TV one shows a private investigator solving mysteries. That's on again tonight. And she joins us right now.

Lucy, good morning. How are you, Lucy? I'm good. Thank you very much. Hey, thanks. You know what I'm doing? What are you doing? You know what I'm doing? This is, what is How are you, Lucy? I'm good. Thank you very much. Hey, thanks. You know what I'm doing? What are you doing? You know what I'm doing?

This is, what is this? What is it? Hydrogen peroxide. I'm trying to clean my husband's keyboard because it's gross. I just sat down to do this interview with you, and I'm looking at this really ghastly, grungy keyboard. Turn it upside down. That's confronting, though.

Turn it upside down and knock it on the desk, and all the debris will fall out. You do that on the work computers all the debris will fall out. You do that on the work computers and you're like, ugh. What are you eating? Just cereal. Yeah, no, it's not pretty, is it? Well, apparently they're filthier than toilet seats keyboards. Really?

Oh, okay. My toilet seat's much filthier than that. Now, My Life as Murder is back again. And I think I read you said it in an article I was reading, but Auckland has never looked better than it does on this show. I know, and I love it. murder is back again and like i think i read you said it in an article i was reading but auckland has never looked better than it does on this show i know and i love it you know all the tourists come through auckland and they want to get out asap which is just such a shame because nobody knows that it's it's beautiful and and um it's a lovely place to be you need to get inside the community

like you do in any town but kiwis are friendly and good looking too. Did you say Kiwis are friendly and good looking? Can you see me on the Zoom? I see you. You're particularly good looking. Yeah, that's what I was fishing for. That's what you're angling for now, aren't you? I was reading you say you're saying this might be your last roll ever. Yeah, I'm sure I meant it at the time. No, no, I mean I've been saying this for a long time to be

honest and it is my bread and butter and I'm a very lucky duck to be allowed to do it you know I've had this awesome career so um yes never say never but it's just as you get older other things become more important you know and um got other projects that really really interest me and and that's also really encouraging that in your 50s, suddenly your head gets really turned. You get super excited again about a completely new direction. And I'm enjoying it. Yeah, what, are you getting into Bitcoin?

What are you going to put into? Crypto? What's the new angle? No, I never got sucked into that. It is. We were just talking about a TV1 show about, you know, a private investigator. Now we're talking about... About murder.

I actually did some private investigating on my own. Did you? My daughter, I don't know if you know this, acted in a scene in the series with you. Sienna's her name. And she acted in a scene. Oh, lovely little Sienna. Yes, down on the beach. She was hocking off some stuff in the scene.

Oh, she was so good. That's your baby? Yeah. And I was like, all right, dish me the dirt. What's Lucy Lawless like on set? And she was like, she is lovely. She had nothing but glowing things to say about you. She apparently spent a lot of time talking to her and hanging out with her, which was awesome.

It's fair to say she and his career is going a lot better than her dad's at the moment. I put all my chips in on her. Yeah, yeah. That's who we're backing in. Lucy Lawless with us this morning. Now, you've had such an illustrious career, Lucy. Illustrious. That is illustrious.

It's been incredible. Yeah, and I don't use illustrious lightly. I don't even hardly know what it means, but I thought I'd chuck it out there for you. Me neither. What has been the one standout moment for you? Oh, yes, yes. Definitely The Simpsons.

Oh, yeah. Parks and Rec, Nick Offerman playing his wife. It doesn't feel like you've let the industry tarnish you or change you in any way. Well you know what, I think probably early in my career there was a time when I know the first holiday I had from Xeno that I went away on a boat with my then boyfriend who is now my husband a bunch of other grown-ups and I was really astonished because nobody was laughing at my jokes nobody was like holding an umbrella over me nobody was like doing up my shoes or whatever it took me a few days going oh I'm really uncomfortable in this company. And then I realized, oh, this is the normal amount of attention that any human being gets.

And I made that adjustment and never looked back and just went. And from then on, I always did up my own costume. I always folded my clothes. I didn't leave a mess for people to. That was the turning, defining moment for me, I think. Yeah, it was the subtraction of all the oppression. Yeah, it's a very...

Because I imagine you could get used and swept up in that lifestyle. Oh, yeah. You start thinking that the wardrobe lady is holding an umbrella

over you because you're special. It's like, no, she's protecting the costume. We've got Lucy Lawless with us. My Life as Murderer

is back on one. A show, obviously, about a private investigator. I wanted to see if our private investigation of you online is true or not. There's some facts about you, Lucy. So someone else was originally cast as Xena, but got sick and couldn't come to New Zealand. Is that true or not?

We heard all kinds of rumours. Anyway, I think she just couldn't be bothered coming to New Zealand. It's a long way. I was this lucky local kid on the spot, and it was New Year's Eve, and they found me. I was off camping somewhere in the South Island. And through an amazing series of coincidences, they found me, and like three days later, I was back in Auckland. My hair died dark, and I was playing Xena.

What? So you were just camping, and you got a call that would change your life. And 50 of the most beautiful people in the world, were you named one of them? Oh, I was one. Yeah, yeah. That's right. Fell off, fell off that tree. What happens when that happens?

What happens? Do you get a heads up? You're like, hey, you're close to the top 50 here. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Try harder. A bit more moisturizer in your regime. You might make top 40. Oh, Lucy Lawless, this has been fun catching up with you.

Thank you very much for your time. My pleasure, Jeremy. It's always nice to see you. Thank you very much for yours. Proud to be Kiwi. Jono and Ben on the hits. Time to look at some big news. From the small town.

And a nine-year-old Kiwi from Christchurch, Barnaby Domigan, has made international news for a discovery in the backyard, a worm that was over a metre long. This is a pretty incredible story, and he joins us right now. Barnaby, how are you this morning? I'm good, thanks. Now, Barnaby, you're age nine, and you've become a bit of an international sensation.

You found something in your backyard. What was it? It was a huge worm. It was huge. It looks like the size of a python. Yeah, it was like a metre long. Is that right? A worm that's one metre long?

Mm-hmm. So where were you? You were at the back of your house? Yeah. And how did you find the worm? So I was out in my backyard, and we have like a riverbed out by our backyard, but it was still full of water from like July. So I was out in my backyard, and we have, like, a riverbed out by our backyard. Yeah.

But it was still full of water from, like, July. So then I hadn't really been down there much since there was lots of water. So I decided I might go and explore it. And while I was exploring to see what I could find, I saw, like, a giant pink worm lying in the water. Mate, you finally found something slipperier and more slimy than Gary from our sales department. It is enormous.

I wouldn't even have wanted to pick it up. It's not my first thing. When I see something like that, I'm not going to go, I better put my hands around it. You've got a photo where you're holding it up. It's not my first thing. When I see something like that, I'm not going to go, I better put my hands around it. You've sort of got a photo where you're sort of holding it up with some sticks, right? Yeah, because I didn't want to touch it just because I didn't know what it had been through. Yeah, yeah. So what's it like?

What is a worm like? Well, it was big and long, of course, and kind of freaky because I'd never seen a worm so large. And I was like, what? Because I didn't know if it was a normal worm or something different or not a worm. It looks like a snake, but it's a worm that would look like a snake. It's incredible.

Have you been putting sneaky anabolic steroids into your soil? Like, how has this thing got so big? It's the Dwayne the Rock Johnson of worms. It might have taken in some water, I think. So it's an earthworm. Apparently someone from the university has analysed the photo. Normally it's found in, like, forests and way out, not in suburban areas. But they can grow over a metre long, but it's very rare to find one.

So you've made international news. CNN, I was just looking before, you're on CNN. Have you heard of CNN, Barnaby? Yeah, yes, I've been kind of talking about it with my parents and I was so shocked when I found out. What have you been saying on CNN? Have you been saying better stuff on there than you have on here, mate? No.

No, you saved all your best stuff for us. Saved all the gold. And someone even made a song about you finding a worm, like a kid's song. I think we've got some of that there for you to have a listen to. You'll never guess what Barney found It's gross to put it in a song But he found a worm and made it along I mean, the song sounds awesome, but what do you reckon is going to be next for you? If the song goes well and lots of people listen to it,

I'd be sticking maybe a book, Well, you know, lots of people listen to it. I was thinking maybe a book, which would be weird. That's cool. Barnaby, who found a metre-long worm in the backyard. It's been awesome talking to you. Thanks for your time, buddy. Thank you so much for ringing. Just a couple of dads screaming on the sidelines of their kids' sports games.

Jono and Ben on the hits. Broadcasting this morning mount monganui mixture eatery uh we're here for the aims games for a couple of days amazing sporting tournament that's running here for the next few days yeah do you know the complicated thing being uh is you know subpar broadcaster barking away in a cafe in the morning is you don't know who's come here from the radio show and who's just here in their normal daily routine. So what I end up doing is smiling like a complete psychopath at everyone. Just leave a peerless, hey, hey, hey. Everyone's like, what's up with that guy? Keep wide berth the weird smiley guy who's not blinking in the corner.

But yeah, the Ames Games, wonderful event, isn't it? A little sporting event for not little, huge. A huge day, 25,000 people they reckon A little sporting event for, not little, huge. It's a huge day. 25,000 people, they reckon, are going to be here over the next few days. The Balmoral team listening to us in the band, right? Have headed their games today, so good luck for them. And I just hope there's no drug testing, because I have been pumping myself full of steroids. You can't, you're not playing, though.

For the sake of it. You did say that I have the physique that I could probably... Well, you weigh 35kgs. Because it's for intermediate age the physique that I could probably... Well, you weigh 35 kgs. Because it's for intermediate-aged kids, so I could probably get out there. We could get in and just kick ass, bro. But I'm not that good at sport. That's my problem.

No, but they're kids. But still, even still, even still, I just don't think I'd be any good. Like, that's the problem. Like, I should be, but I'm not. And that's what we wanted to open up the phone lines for right now. I know 800-THE-HITS or 4487 is your low-level sporting achievement when you were a kid.

Now, obviously, the people here at the Ames Games, they're achieving great things. They're here competing and representing their school. It's going to be awesome. But we want to know, you know, what was your memorable moment? Maybe it didn't go so well. I remember once I would have been 11, 10 or 11, and it was that beautiful little period,

that beautiful era in professional sports where the leading cause of lung cancer sponsored everything. Like, cigarette sponsorship was rife. It was big for New Zealand sport for many years, wasn't it? And I think it was the Benson and Hedges Basketball League or something. Oh, this was for kids, was it? Get them into it, just in case. Get them into smoking.

I think the league was adult, but you could go along and watch the domestic basketball, and it was the Auckland Celtic Stars. And I got pulled out at halftime. You know how they get people out at halftime to throw balls and get shots? Oh, yeah. Yeah, and I got in, and I was like, oh, the three-pointer. I had one chance to get a three-pointer.

And I'm pretty sure the organisers look around the stadium and go, who doesn't have the arm strength to get a ball from the three-point line into the hoop it's actually further than you think you haven't done it especially as a kid too yeah so they wheeled me out they're like this is never gonna you know we're safe on this whatever I think it was like a thousand dollars cash or something this is your chance this is your big moment yeah and I got wheeled out onto the three point line and the shot from an 11 year old from the three-point line. And the shot from an 11-year-old from the three-point line went exactly how you'd think it went.

I had, I believe I can fly, playing in my head. Now, remember, that was a time when R. Kelly wouldn't know what he was up to. That was playing in my head, and the ball flew, but it didn't quite reach the hoop. And I walked away with some giant oversized Celtics T-shirt or something and a pack of cigarettes. Yeah, little kid. Consolation smokes on your way. So that's

the sort of thing we want this morning. Your achievement when you were a kid. I just remember growing up in the Wairarapa, all you wanted to do as a rugby player was play on Memorial Park. That's like the Eden Park of Masterton. And I got to play there as a kid, running out there. First couple of minutes of this. Exhilarating. First time I touched the ball, and I hear someone go,

yeah, yeah, Ben, and I passed it to them, and I realized it was someone from the other team, my mate from the other team. I just passed it straight to him. He just turned over and dived over the line. I threw a beautiful pass for him to score, but it was the other team, and he was like, yeah, Ben, because he knew me, and I was like,

oh, that is the worst way to start a game. But that is a great tactic. Because the All Blacks would know the names of their opposition. He's just like, yeah, Ben, and I was like, oh, that is the worst way to start a game. But that is a great tactic. Maybe the All Blacks would know the names of their opposition. Yeah. He's just like, yeah, Ben, and I passed it. And then I went, I set him up beautifully for it. Try assist from me. It was all me.

Unfortunately, he was playing for the other team. Was your team like, oh, Ben. Yeah. Boo. Yeah, yeah, exactly. And you can tell everyone's hating on you, but they can't hate on you. Nothing worse than that feeling. It was a shocking moment.

The Jono and Ben Podcast. The world's number one podcast. Please don't check those stats. It is a hit. Jono and Ben, 8.15, Monday morning. We're here in Tauranga for the Ames Games. Mixture Eatery this morning. Come down and get a free coffee this morning.

If you're here in the region, a lot of people, 25,000 people down here for the Ames Games, which is awesome. And we'll just talk about what wonderful things it's doing for the economy, Ben Boyce. 6.5 million. 2019 was the last Ames Games because, unfortunately, the whole pandemic thing put us up for a couple of years. So great to see it back.

Yeah. You can tell who's read the press release. I did. I did. 6.5 million. Good morning. 6.5 million. 6.5 million.

Stimulated the economy. I mean, it's not as Over 25,000 people It's not as big as The 2019 one Less teams this year Coming back to it But still you know

Let's get 5.6 million Into the economy eh No pressure No pressure Everyone spend your millions In Tauranga But we are after Your low level

Sporting achievements What have you got Ben You shared a wonderful moment Where you passed the ball To the opposition and they scored a great try. Yeah, on the main ground in Masterton, Memorial Park. Big crowd.

Yeah, well, it was a curtain raiser for the Wadapabush game. So it was, you know, it was building. It wasn't that people were there to see me, but it was a humbling, humbling moment. Ollie, you're on. Welcome. How are you? Good.

How are you? Good. This is our friend Ollie Chick. How are you? It is. Good. Always good to hear from you, mate. Yeah, How are you? Good. How are you? Good. Is this our friend Ollie Chick? How are you? It is. Good. Always good to hear from you, mate. What was your low-level sporting achievement as a child? When I was five, I got the top goal scorer for my team for the whole season. That's incredible.

It was one goal that I scored in the final game. And you were the top goal scorer? Yep. So did your team score no goals for an entire season? Yep. Even at the last minute and took out that prestigious award. You guys didn't have a great season, but hey, you got a goal. Yeah, exactly.

They would have been struggling to hand out the Player of the Day trophy at that team, I imagine. I mean, I imagine it was just circling around everyone. Yeah, it'd be like, well done, you put your pants on the right way. Oh, I guess you get a trophy this week. Wow, one goal. Top goal scorer. Hey, you're still top goal scorer.

That's still a great achievement. Yeah. Good on you, Ollie. Thanks for calling through, mate. Such a good call. Appreciate it. We'll get Maggie on. You're on the air, Maggie.

Your low-level sporting achievement, what was it? through, mate. Such a good call. Appreciate it. Maggie on. You're on the air, Maggie. Your low-level sporting achievement, what was it? Hey, guys. Well, when I was in high school, I was playing in the women's final for rugby, and I was getting a runaway try, and the other team tackled me and pulled my pants down in front of all the boys. Was it proper pantsing, like everything? Yes. My pants were down around my ankles as I scored the try.

So it went from being a great moment to a very humiliating moment. Very embarrassing, yeah, exactly. Good on you for committing to the try, though. Yeah, I got player of the day, so it wasn't all bad. And then how do you pull your pants up in that moment? Because you're on the ground, obviously. Are you pulling them up on the ground, or do you stand up? Well, I kind of tried to shimmy them up a little bit, and then

kind of just quickly jumped up and pulled them up. Everyone saw everything. Yeah, like one of the, I think it was a Super Rugby match or something, or an NPC match, the whole thing, the pants went and everything. As soon as they grab your waistline

you're gone burger you see the poor person in a very unfortunate situation of like what do I do and there were cameras on that game because it's a professional game

I want to win the game but I also don't want my genitals to be on national television no hey good on you Mags appreciate the call mate have a great day

see you guys. Let's go. Jonah and Ben with five words for 5K. Stop any time to keep the cash. Thank you. Or play on to win more. It is our game of word association. We play it every morning at this time on The Hits. And this time we're doing it face-to-face, live, in person here in Mount Maunganui. Ben, this is where children become adults.

It's the puberty of radio competitions. Is it? This is where it happens. And we've got Fiona here. Welcome. Thank you. Nice to be here. It's the puberty of radio competitions. Is it? This is where it happens. And we've got Fiona here. Welcome. Thank you. Nice to be here. Fiona's from Auckland.

You're in Tauranga for the AIMS Games. Absolutely. Watching Elam play netball this morning. Go Elam. Go Elam. And 25,000 people here.

Yeah. That's a lot of people. It's awesome. It's awesome. Yeah, fantastic. 10,000 kids competing. Now to many, that would sound like

an absolute nightmare, 10,000 children in one location. But to this region, that sounds like a cash injection. It's going to be hard for the logistics of managing all the teams, I'm sure. I imagine a nightmare. But what a wonderful event, though. And are you ready to have your life changed on the radio? Absolutely.

Ready and waiting. Going to play Five Words live in the cafe. Now, you need to decide who you want to send off to the soundproof booth, Fiona. Ben? All right, I'm going to go outside We've got no soundproof booth but I'll go out the door Yeah go out onto the main road Get some people in here

Wave them in Ben And we need the first word that comes into your head Okay Okay When I say Leonardo DiCaprio DiCaprio Obviously dumping his ladies at age 25

Yeah I know Used by date Used by dates Obviously dumping his ladies at age 25. Yeah, I know. Used by date. Used by dates. Aims is word number two for you, Fiona. Games. Games. There you go.

You're playing good at the moment. Mount. What are we? Zebra. Stripes. Or crossing. Crossing. In my head, I went crossing.

Yeah, crossing. Are you going to go crossing, Fiona? Okay. And the fifth and final word this morning, $25,000 is Uber. Eats. Uber eats. You did well.

Thank you. You did well. We'll get Ben in from the main rows. Who wants to hear Fiona win $5,000 this morning? Yay! Here we go.

They are pumped up. Ben Boyce has run back in like one of those weird motivational people. They come out on stage. Has everyone cheered too? What's going on? Really good game. I matched all five words in my head.

Oh no. Let's roll the first one. Word one. $25. This is worth $25. Okay, let's see if you match up with Fiona. Leonardo. DiCaprio. Yes.

Well, that's good. All right, so that's $25. Now, do you want to go through the next word for $50? Yes, please. All right, okay. Word number two. Word two, $50. Appropriate. A right. Okay, word number two. Word two, $50. Appropriate.

Aims. Games. Yes. Boom. $50, Fiona. Now the choice. Do you leap up to the $100 category or do you walk out of here with that beautiful head of yours held high? Let's move on, I think.

Let's keep going. Word three, $100. Mount. Monganui. Word three, $100. Mount. Monganui. Monganui. Yeah. Oh, yes, $100. So now, $500.

You want to go to that or be a risk at all? Yeah, let's do it. Okay. You are wild, Fiona. Why not? It's the coffee. Word four, $500. This is $500.

Zebra. Can you match Zebra with Fiona? He's huffing. He's puffing. Crossing? Zebra crossing? Ben Boyd. Yes!

$500! She's got $500! What shall she do, Mixturino? Yay! We're good. Does she go to $5,000? No. No?

No. What shall she do, Mokotoi? No! So you get the $500 yours. Yes. You want to take that. If you want to, you can risk it all for five grand, but you get nothing if we get this wrong.

I reckon we just take the money. Take it. $500. We take it. That is awesome. Thank you. $500. We take it. That is awesome. Thank you. $500. Well done.

Well done, Fiona. Just out of, you know, going through the motions, Ben, if I said Uber to you. Oh, it was Uber, wasn't it? Damn it. Driver? Oh! Uber Eats. Uber Eats.

Uber Eats. Oh, there you go. Well played. You played a smart game. $500. Well done, Fiona. Thank you, guys. Uber Eats. Uber Eats. Oh, there you go. Well played. You played a smart game. $500. Well done, Fiona. Thank you, guys. That's awesome.

Mature, responsible, and considerate. Three words we sadly can't use here. Jono and Beam on the hits. Now, it was Father's Day, of course, yesterday. So happy Father's Day to all the fathers that celebrated yesterday. All the wonderful fathers, and as we like to say, the shocking ones as well. They need to get acknowledgement. How was your Father's Day?

Well, you know, to be honest, I spent very little time with my kids because we came down here for the Ames. Dream Father's Day. Like I drove by myself down here. You know, like one of my daughters who's in the Ames games left, you know, 8 o'clock in the morning.

You know, like to be honest, the other one went to a friend's house. You know, she's there for a couple of days. You know, so to be honest, I spent more time with you than I did with my kids on Father's Day. Well know, she's there for a couple of days. You know, so to be honest, I spent more time with you than I did with my kids on Father's Day. Well, I hope you enjoyed

our time together. Yeah, it was nice. I woke up and I completely forgot it was Father's Day, to be honest. Well, you don't have to remember, though. No, it's not much. But then the whole household.

Oh, but for your dad, you do. The whole household forgot for like an hour and a half. Oh, really? Kind of acknowledged. But, you know, it didn't change too much. I'm not...

It's lovely. It's lovely to be acknowledged on a day like this, Ben. I got given four Milky Bars. Three of them were already gone. And I had nothing to do with their disappearance. Oh, really? So, yeah, well, you know, in my household, I've talked many times about the figurines.

You know, like, I've got Toy Story figurines. I've got Simpsons figurines. I've got Deadpool. I've got the funko pop vinyl you know the basketball players ones that sit in the lounge that causes when do you think these this will stop like when will you grow out of this well my wife is like no more figurines no more mate you look like the lounge looks like an 11 year old's bedroom she's like no more so i've been banished from buying these figurines and there was a particular how many do you reckon

you have in total well there's probably 90 20 20 odd figurines it's not like itines. And there was a particular... How many do you reckon you have in total? Well, there's probably 90, 20, 20-odd figurines. It's not like heaps. That's 22 men. But there was a Giannis. He's a basketball player. And there was one of them I really wanted this pop vinyl to add next to my other basketball players. I bet you've got LeBron.

Do you have LeBron? Yeah, I've got LeBron. I've got a Michael Jordan one. I've got Dennis Rodman. But I really wanted this Giannis one. And my wife's like, no, you can't buy these. You've got to stop buying. So what I did last week is I bought it. Bought it by myself. And then I came home to one of my wife's like no you can't buy these you've got to stop buying so what i did

last week is i bought it bought it by myself and then i came home to one of my kids and went oh here you go this is for me for father's day and gave it to one of my daughters who gave it to me yesterday which was a genius play and you're like wow what are the chances that one of my daughters and you could see my wife trying to work, Amanda like, trying to work out, how did this situation unfold? Because she knew clearly that she didn't give money towards buying this vinyl figure. So has the conversation been had,

or is it just silent investigating going on at this stage? There's a lot of investigation. A lot of suspicion. I was like, well, how would you know that I wanted one of these figurines? So that's a genius hack. I think if there's anything you ever want in the future, just buy it,

give it to the kids and they can give it to you. Do you know what you've explained? That theory is exactly what my mum does. Because dad, present buying, they've been married

for a long time. She just buys herself something, gives it to him. I think sometimes she even writes the card. Then on the day, his only job is to wake up, remember that a present

has been given to him to then gift back to her and that's the joy of marriage you know when you've been going for 40 or 50 years you've been listening to a podcast

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