Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL: Jono Proved He's A Terrible Driver

Episode Date: March 7, 2022

And not terrible where he accidentally crashes all the time, he's terrible where he DGAF about how he drives (if you don't know that abbreviation, have a goog). We're sure that if he focused, he would be a great driver. It's his over-confidence that lets him down! So yesterday Ben sent him down to the garage and set him some simple driving tasks. How did he go? Have a listen to find out. It's also International Women's Day today and we wanted to highlight how incredible some of the women in our lives are, and we also heard from you about some of the women in your lives' who are absolute powerhouses, too. Enjoy the show!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Vids with the Jono and Ben podcast. Hi, it's the 8th of March, Jono and Ben here. Ben, you're looking good in your LeBron James. LeBron James. LeBron James top. He's one of your heroes, LeBron James, isn't he? Yeah, yeah, 56 points the other day, you know. Year 19 in the league.

It's pretty crazy. Has he been playing for 19 years? Yeah, I think it's, yeah, like he was an 18-year-old, he got it. It's amazing what he, you know, like to be doing that to the level he's been doing it. That is phenomenal. 19 years. And then what? It takes 19 years for him to get a space jam off the ground.

That's after a 10-year. Yeah, true. Yeah. Incredible to be doing that for so many years. It is. And it'll be hard on your body, you know. I mean, I can't even get out of bed without injuring myself nowadays. Well, yeah. Listen, I can't even get out of bed without injuring myself nowadays. Well, yeah.

I'm not that decrepit. You're not comparing yourself to a Friday night. I just realised that maybe I shouldn't compare myself to an NBA player. I think he does spend a lot of money on things for his body to make sure, which you would. I mean, that's his career. That is phenomenal. It'd be like you spending money

on your voice. Which you're probably not doing. You can't save this. You can't save this. Can't I give an example of what you'd do? Maybe buying some headphones? I don't know, I was trying to think about how you could spend money on making yourself. Listen, what you're slowly unraveling is there's no comparison between me and LeBron James. No matter how hard you try. No, not at all. You're giving it a go. Well that's really phenomenal. Now I've got into an article here Ben, you'll be interested to know statistically who's better, Michael Jordan or LeBron James.

And statistics indicate that LeBron James is a much better overall player. Although Jordan scored more points, LeBron's more efficient, better shooting from the three-point range. Well, because LeBron's, again, been playing for longer than, I guess, Jordan played. But then a lot of conversations are that Jordan is the GOAT. They love the GOAT conversation. They do love the GOAT. I just go, well,

Jordan was an amazing player, and LeBron James was amazing, but why can't they all be? Kobe Bryant was amazing. Yeah, though, you know, there's so many amazing players, why can't they just be? Well, they're all in the NBA. I mean, chances are they're going to be half decent. But they love the debate over the... Yeah. And you can't really compare different eras of, you know, of basketball and stuff.

Who's the GOAT of radio, mate? The GOAT of New Zealand radio. You'd have to go Holmes, wouldn't you? Paul Holmes would have been, yeah. Imagine you couldn't compare Paul Holmes to a John O'Prior, you know? Could you? I mean, different eras. Stop trying to compare me to people.

Like it's not working out for you, and it's really making me feel self-conscious about my skill set. First you're trying to compare me to LeBron James and there's nothing there. You can't find it. How are you going to try and draw a bridge between Holmes and me? Well, you both were on the radio. That's good. You said words.

You'd have to go Hosking and be up there. It's one of the biggest radio shows at the moment. He's a huge raider. Like COVID has just done spectacular things for Newstalk ZB. Yeah. Couldn't be higher in the ratings. Well, just when you think Newstalk ZB couldn't get any bigger, it does. It gets bigger.

And then there's a fucking another outbreak. Another variant. And you're like, they're going to get even bigger and bigger. But as you know, for all the grief that Hosking gets for his views and opinion, stellar broadcaster, isn't it? Yeah, he's been doing it a while. He's a lot like yourself. Can I compare? Don't have time for anyone.

Think you're better than everyone. Parks wherever he wants. Yeah, there's a lot of similarities. I'm finding similarities now. Where's Gucci loafers? No, he's done for all people that either love him or hate him. You listen to a show and you're like, that's a good broadcaster. But don't listen to us.

No, just listen to us. Listen to our show and go, well, I guess they're giving it a go. They're trying their best. Like a little winnowish thing, this show is like a charity. Year 19, and for these guys, they're still hanging in there, are they? Whereas LeBron, you're like, wow, still playing amazing. It's impressive. As you say, 56 points a couple of days ago.

We can't say that about our show. What have we done? What's your greatest achievement in your career? Oh, God, don't do this. Speak honestly. Don't do this. What do you think? What do you think?

You know what? In all honesty, the kids, I don't know how, stumbled across our last episode of Jono and Ben on YouTube. Oh, yeah. And I was watching that. I was like, that wasn't bad. You know? Because when you're in the middle of it, and it was seven or eight

years, I can't remember how long, of just a whirlwind of dotting between two jobs for seven or eight years and pretending to be a father, but probably not being there. You don't comprehend what was going on or what you were doing week to week. It was just like, that one's done, move on to the next one. Yeah, we're doing like 30 something episodes a year some years

really yeah so when you step away from it look at you're like oh yeah oh so yeah it was it was a fun job but we worked you know two two jobs that probably should have been your own jobs we always said we did a shocking job of two jobs yeah constantly disappointing people by running 15 minutes late for everything but you're right right, looking back, there was some cool, there was some great. I was like, this is a good show. Yeah, why did they cancel this? Yeah. You know? Yeah, I'd say that was a good achievement.

Yeah, it was definitely the biggest thing we've done. Yeah. I've held on to my swipe card for the last six months, haven't lost one. That's a great work achievement. That's up there as well. So John, Brian James probably holds on to a swipe card as well. There, we've found the connection. You've both got swipe cards. You have a swipe card for the Staples Centre. Yeah, and you've got one for work here. So yeaho, and Brian James probably holds on to a swipe card as well. There we've found the connection. You've both got swipe cards.

He'd have a swipe card for the Staples Centre. Yeah, and you've got one for work here, so it's good. Jono and Ben. Today is International Women's Day, so the overall goal of today's Women's Day is to make the world more diverse and inclusive for females. An important day because this year's all about gender equality. They kind of

theme each year. It's awesome that they do this. And yeah, this year's theme is gender equality. Happy International Women's Day from two guys hosting a radio show. Well, yeah. It is a lot like that, isn't it? I mean, Juliet, being the woman in the room right now, can I just say to you, honestly,

and I'm not greasing you up, but probably the most talented producer we've ever worked with. Oh, God, no. You are. And you don't make a ever worked with. Oh, God, no. You are. And you don't make a fuss. And so you're being humble now. And we said yesterday Juliet's deciding to spread her wings.

She's like our girlfriend who's gone. Well, no, she's not like a girlfriend. She's like a daughter who's gone. I'm going to go to Europe and do some stuff. And then we just wait politely here. But, Juliet, we're replacing you with, like, seven people. Which we haven't found yet we haven't found one of them

the idea is to replace them with people we just can't fight the people if Julia wasn't here this show you think it's a shambles now or imagine if Julia wasn't here no no don't worry but it is you know it's important the gender equality is something that's very important you know so particularly I've got a couple of daughters and

yeah I hope they grow up in a world where gender is, you know, and there's no barrier regarding that. They talk about the glass ceiling. Well, I hope there's no glass ceiling, but if they do, they smash the whole bloody glass walls down, you know. But I got to ask my daughters last night

because I thought, well, maybe we should get some people on the show. And so I asked my daughters, you know, maybe who does someone in the world that they look up to, that's a woman, that we could maybe get on the show here's what Indy had to say Indy who is a famous woman that you look up to and admire and maybe we could get on the show tomorrow Taylor Swift okay she's awesome but we're probably going to struggle to get her on the show at late notice but why do you love Taylor firstly she signed a record deal at 14 wow we've got the same birthday

we both play guitar and she stands up for what she believes in. That's pretty good. That's very good. Mind you, what time did you do that last night? What's that? About 7 o'clock last night. 7 o'clock. So then you were going to go, hey, Bee Hump, can you get Taylor Swift on the show tomorrow?

My daughter wants to hear her. Well, yeah, I thought, well, maybe. Okay. So then I went to Siena. I went to my other daughter. I was like, well, maybe you could give us someone that, you know, was more achievable to get. I mean, I'd love to talk to Taylor Swift, but you're right,

not in 12 hours. And this is what Sienna had to say. Probably the queen. Probably not going to get the queen on the show tomorrow, but she is amazing. She's been in charge for 70 years, and she's like 90 years old and could be in retirement home playing cards or playing board games but she's still in charge and she still runs the world it's a very good point too

she could just you know i love cedars that's all they do in retirement homes play cards and board games and just wait for the inevitable sit there and wait but you know the worldwide there's not you know not just worldwide amazing females in new zealand as well you know there was a list today in the hererald of some amazing females. But, you know, we're led by Jacinda Ardern, Lisa Carrington, Susie Wilds, Nano Girl, Valerie Adams, Hilary Barry. We have so many amazing females. Yeah, we're going to be talking to Jazz Thornton as well, who has done some incredible stuff internationally for mental health. All from little old New Zealand.

She's mates with Megan and Harry. Yeah. They haven't cut her off. They still talk to her. She's been to Buckingham Palace. She's mates with Megan and Harry. Yeah. They haven't cut her off. They still talk to her. She's been to Buckingham Palace. She's got a movie about her. She's releasing a book this week as well. So we're going to talk to Jazz.

Very inspirational lady. She joins us later in the show. 609, it is the hits. You've got Jono and Ben. Mmm, coffee breath. Jono and Ben on the hits. The Humble Yum Yum podcast is on iHeartRadio and talking to famous people about food

and what their favorite food is and what inspires them. That's right. It's a great podcast and it's hosted by the wonderful Ganesh Raj, who you'll know from Eat Well for Less. He cooks the meals and I tell you what, he can cook the books as well. He's helped me out of some sticking accounting issues. And he joins us on the phone right now. Good morning, Ganesh.

It's great to have you on and very sad. This is going to be our last conversation about the Humble Yum Yum. Only for the time being, Jono. Oh. Is there going to be a series two of the Humble Yum Yum podcast?

I didn't say anything. You know, you're like, hey, we should get you guys on the Humble Yum Yum. We're like, yeah, but we haven't popped up so far, have we, Giorno? I'm saving you. I am. I'm literally saving the goal that is about to happen. We have our conversation. We'll be headlining season seven.

I also want you to know that we'll be doing ours in a hot tub. Oh, yes. I love it. That with electrical equipment sounds fun. I just want you to know that. I can totally understand why we're not on there, because this week, Carlos Spencer, I mean, All Black Legion, that's amazing.

We were so lucky to get him, too, because Carlos is over in New Orleans right now, because he's a new assistant coach of the New Orleans team in the new American Major League Rugby League. Oh, is he? Is that what he's doing? Because Ben saw him on Instagram

at the Mardi Gras. Yeah, I was like, what's Carlos doing over there? But that makes sense. Well, first thing, let's acknowledge that Ben loves Mardi Gras. Yeah. He's a Mardi Gras guy.

I love Mardi Gras. I love Carlos Spencer too. I was, growing up, he was one of my sporting heroes, Carlos. I mean, wasn't he, for all of us, right? Like, he was a juggling little magician. He's a decent human being trying to do the right thing, but also goofy and fun. Do you know I had a very awkward interaction with Carlos Spencer here?

Oh, boy. He came in for an interview and I was chewing gum. I didn't know he was there, but then I had taken the gum out and I had planned on putting it in the bin, so it was in my hand. Boom, Carlos Spencer comes around the corner. He puts his hand out.

Now, in my hand, I've got chewing gum. And I panic. I panic. And so I pretend to brush my hair and I put the chewing gum behind my ear Firstly let's acknowledge that you have no hair How does this work? It looks like you had some hair cream on

Just rubbing the follicles in the back of my head and so you know, crisis averted. Sorry, bro. That's a good story. That's what, well, he did say, he said, tell John I've never forgotten. He didn't tell me to tell you that. I can't wait to check it out. Humble Yum Yum podcast, wherever you get your podcasts, including iHeartRadio. Hey, Ganesh, quick question.

The barbecue. Sometimes you do go around to a friend's house who proudly boasts they haven't cleaned their barbecue since 1998. And that it adds seasoning, which is very unsettling for any dinner guest. Do you clean the barbecue or do you not clean the barbecue? I mean, come on. Do you clean your teeth or do you not clean your teeth? It depends what day it is. You're asking the wrong person that.

There's only one answer to that question, bro. Clean your barbecue. Clean your barbecue. Clean your barbecue. Clean your teeth. It feels like someone who's too lazy to clean the barbecue would say, I leave it on for seasoning. They do, bro. They do.

But anyway, anyone who doesn't clean their barbecue, please clean your barbecue. It doesn't add anything. It just leaves burnt stuff everywhere. And, I mean, you don't want that. All right, Ganesh Raj. Always great catching up with you. Can't wait for, hopefully,

season two of the Humble Yum Yum podcast, but we'll be checking out this week's one with Carlos Spencer. Thanks, Danny. Thank you, and if you want a $200 countdown voucher, 4487, give us a text right now. Countdown the proud sponsors of the Humble Yum Yum. Yeah, every day's a fresh day

to enjoy Countdown's fresh stone fruits you can hear in store today. Your essential listening for non-essential banter. Jono and Ben on the hits. Yesterday on the program we have Denise who joins us every Monday with a rumour from

a boomer. She's a boomer and rumours running rife through the boomer generation about all sorts of things. It's almost like they've got nothing else to do apart from just gossip and start rumours. And then as soon as they get onto Facebook, boy oh boy, they love spreading that. Talk about misinformation.

They do. So we get, irresponsibly maybe, we get Denise on every week to spread her lies and misinformation. But we find it, we believe it's our civil duty to quash the rumours with the people involved. Can we just say last week she said one about the Queen. Remember? She was like, the Queen's week she said one about the Queen, remember?

She was like, the Queen's passed away. I love the Queen, but she's passed away. And no one had seen the Queen for a long time. We were like, maybe this is true. But I just want to say last night, news reports that she had her first meeting with Justin Theroux from Canada. So she's back. She's back.

She's not dead. Were they propping her up, though? Did they have a couple of broomsticks underneath her armpits? Weekend at Bernie's. Well, yeah, I'm sure. Did you see her mouth move? Did they have cool Ray-Ban sunglasses on her? Covering her eyes.

Why is the Queen wearing big sunglasses? She looks badass. To be fair, I can't deny that. Well, my suspicions are still there. But she came on yesterday, Denise, with a rumour about Seven Sharp hosts Hilary Berry and Jeremy Wells. Hilary Berry and Jeremy Wells? They don't get on at all.

They actually hate each other. They look like they're lovable, but they can't stand each other so much that they're recorded in separate studios, would you believe it? And then it's edited. It's edited, I tell you, it's true. Seems like a lot of work to go to. What I love about Denise is where the source of the rumour comes from. That was from Dwayne, her plumber, who also did some work at TVNZ.

You know, she's had rumours from her hairdresser, her butcher, and she just takes them as gospel and says them like they're gospel as well. I know, so we think... You know, this is how you end up with people protesting outside Parliament. So, as you said before, we want to make it our duty to find out if these rumours are true or not. So we rang Jeremy Wells during the show yesterday and said, are you and Hilary Barry not friends? That couldn't be.

Denise, that... 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. So, Jeremy, a wonderful human being, and I always thought a gentleman of morals and a stand-up individual. However, last night, there was a message sent amongst our group of like, hmm, look what's happened this evening.

Okay, just one of the hosts on 7Sharp. Stick around, here's Hilary with 7Sharp. Thanks, Simon. For the past two years, PCR tests have been the gold standard when it comes to identifying positive cases. No, Jeremy. It's just Jeremy was having a day off. Or they couldn't get the technology to work when they're in their separate studios. The editing wasn't working.

Now, are there fractures in the relationship or a pure coincidence? I'm going to say pure coincidence. Yeah, I think we are, right? We want to keep our jobs. It's definitely a pure coincidence. Scrolling through your feed. Now, Jenny Boyce, Ben's mother, lovely lady, she always wanted him to be more like Jack Thames.

True. And this is the closest she's going to get to it, is a half-hearted 6.20 news update. Or 6.31 news update, sorry, primetime stuff. Ben Boyce, what's happening? Well, COVID's still in the news. It's not going anywhere fast, it seems like. Cases dipped slightly, they said yesterday,

still over 17 000 but the big question is are people reporting them are people reporting the rats tests because yeah and it was kind of slightly up on the day before so i don't know why today's headline was like cases dip do you know we had an incident one in the one person the household had it and we were in isolation last week and i would have to say that our interaction with the health service was, jeez, that's overrun.

Oh yeah. There's just no, I don't think there's any point in even lodging your positive test. Well, what are they going to do with it? What does it matter?

Why scan in? Why does any of it matter now? It doesn't. Well, several MPs have tested positive for COVID so it's reached the beehive Including National Party

Leader Christopher Luxon Yesterday He apparently Is feeling fine It was just a bit of a test As a precaution Before something And found out he was

He's asymptomatic Yeah He doesn't show symptoms However his State of the Nation speech Might have been a super spreader Of it On Sunday

Damn it Why did I go and watch Luxon talk Yeah And sadly The worldwide death toll For COVID is 6 million. It's reached pretty much 6 million now. Yeah, a lot of people.

When do you think we're going to go back to normality? Head your bets now. We'll replay this audio and you'll look like a bloody legend if you nail it. What is normality? Like, is not wearing a mask anywhere normality? I don't know if we're going to go back to not wearing masks. Even on a plane or something, I think for the foreseeable future, masks will be a thing on a plane.

You can watch a movie now with the kids, and they're like, it's got a plane, they're like, not wearing masks. And that's a movie from a couple of years ago. Yeah. Making love, can't take your mask off now. That's what's happening. I'm going to say July. Oh, really?

July. No. July what? July this year. That's four months. I'm going to say July. Oh, really? July. No. July what? July this year. That's four months away. Yeah. What do you mean by normality? I'm an optimist.

Remember, I've been saying open the borders for the last two and a half years. Yeah. So July, what are you going to go? I'd say, well, he's saying no masks at all. No masks. Everything back to normal in July. Oh, a good couple of years away. Yeah, I'm going to say at least a couple of years.

But you look at America. They're at the Super Bowl with no masks on. Yeah, yeah. You know, that's not fair. We're nearly there, guys. We're nearly there. But what if there's another variant that pops up? You know what I mean?

Yeah, there'll be a bloody other variant. There's always going to be people wearing masks. I don't know. It just feels like you won't ever get back to nothing. BC, before COVID. The good old days. But hopefully we are moving forward, and this is a good sign that we're getting to the end of it.

You know, the end of, just not quite over by July, I don't think. But hey, I hope you're right. I hope you're really happy you're right. I wanted to wrap up by July. I'm done with it. And just quickly, a box of human heads, a box containing human heads was stolen from a parked freight car in Denver over the weekend.

And the box has been transported for medical research purposes. Someone stole some stuff from the truck, and they've taken off with a box of human heads. How many heads do you get in a box nowadays? I don't know what the standard is. Would you donate your head if anything happened? How do you become a head donor? Like, I'm an organ donor on my license.

Yeah. But I don't know. I'd love to donate my head. Maybe the hair loss companies can get involved. Now, what the hell went wrong here? And that is scrolling the FAA this morning. On the way for you. We've got some news from Ed Sheeran before 7 o'clock.

Yeah, has he copied the song Shape of You from another artist? We'll figure that out before 7. That is the Hats. You've got some news from Ed Sheeran before 7 o'clock. Yeah, has he copied the song Shape of You from another artist? We'll figure that out before 7. That is the hits. You've got Jono and Ben. Two semi-competent dads handing out semi-competent parenting advice. Jono and Ben on the hits. Did something yesterday at home with the kids, and we've got this swing which hangs in a tree, okay?

So it's kind of like a one on a rope, and kids always find how to take things to the next level. And I was just counting down the moments until they realized that they could twist it around and spin. You know how you can do the spinning? And gee, I tell you what, they pick up some pace, don't they? It's almost like they're going to, you know, their faces turn blurry. They're going so fast and they're going to spin into another dimension. And they're like, Dad, you've got to have a go

and I know that I don't you know I went on the pirate ship at Rainbow's End and I got motion sickness Oh you did like very early on

Have you ever been on the pirate ship? Yes but that's the easiest ride Yeah Apart from the log flume Really? He loves the drama

He loves the drama Oh it's all about me Our idea was to ride an all day log because it was the final day Just the pirate ship Just the pirate ship Does that not exist anymore?, it's all about me. Our idea was to ride it all day long because it was the final day. Just the pirate ship. Just the pirate ship. Does that not exist anymore?

No, it was the final day, and I think two rides, two rides into it. Like, kids are doing six or seven on the spot. You're like, I can't do this anymore. I've got motion sickness. Oh, my God. I'm a spinning pussy. I can't do it. And I've said before, sometimes I'm driving the car,

and I make myself motion sickness. Anyway, I got on the swing yesterday, peer pressured into it. And gee, they twisted me up high. They twisted me up high. But it takes, once you recover, and they're like, stand up, stand up. And kids are sort of stumbling around

and collapsing face first into the lawn. And I stand up and I went, boom, straight into the side of the tree. And I said, this is why I don't spin. This is why I'm not as, don't you, there's that song, Spin Me Right Round. No, don't. Don't even spin me a quarter of the way, thanks. You're right, though.

It's one of those things. Even that round thing at the merry-go-round type thing at the playground. Oh, you spin that round. God, I love those. As a kid, I loved them. But at what stage, at what age do you go, I can't handle this anymore? It's like cold water. They go diving into the pool in July, August.

They don't care. That's true. That's such a good observation. I feel like kids don't feel the cold at all. No. Or they just carry on through it. They're coming out, they're shivering, they're chattering.

They're like, no, I'm good. You literally have hypothermia. Put me back on, coach. I mean, the good thing, though, for you, spinning around and stuff in the backyard, it does hide you sort of when you've had six or seven Heinekens. You know, like, you've got a good excuse now. Oh, the kids will be spinning me around.

Oh, they're spinning me again. Dantle's falling over on the lawn. Oh, he's been spinning around again. We've got big news about Ed Sheeran coming up next. Yeah, has he plagiarised another song that is not his? We've just heard it. Not really. It's a bit of a recap. It's 70% maybe. Yeah, it is.

That's the hits. Standing by wearing her scrubs, her face mask and a scalpel. Our surgeon ready to get to the heart of the story. Juliet, what's happening? So Pamela Anderson is going to be releasing her own documentary to Netflix. So you may have seen recently and heard in the news about that series Pam and Tommy, which explored Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee's explicit tape that was released to the public. Now, you guys spoke to the director of Pam and Tommy, Lake Bell,

and she had had her own experience where some private material of hers was released without her permission, and that's kind of why she said she wanted to do Pam and Tommy. It is a story that compelled me because of my own personal experiences with criminal stealing of one's image, if you will. So the opportunity to start a cultural discussion about that kind of exploitation was appealing to me. And so that series is out but I don't actually think

that Pamela Anderson was on board with this series. No, she wasn't. I think the lead actor Lily James reached out many times in the hope that she'd come on board. The story, I mean, watching a few episodes, it's sympathetic. You feel so sorry if it's Pamela Anderson what she had to go through.

But it's weird to watch it knowing that she wasn't on board with the project. And the whole project is about this tape that was stolen and released without her consent. And how horrible it was. But there's also now a show being made without her consent. You feel like, hang on, what? I remember watching my parents' sex tape when I was young. It's not good for kids. There was a documentary on Annie and John.

But it was a weird interview to have with Blake as well. It would obviously have been through her own experience of that. And the constant line of messaging was, it's good to start the cultural conversation around this whole thing. Well, some people thought that Pam and Tommy actually released it themselves for publicity, and that's very much not true. Not the truth. But you do feel horrible.

Even like an episode I was watching the other day where she's, you know, they're trying to sue the release of it and all that stuff, and because she posed for Playable and done these other things, they're like, well, hang on, you've already put your body out. It's like, well, it's not the same thing. She's consented to this. Yeah, it's so true. It's just awful for her, you know?

He definitely came off looking better than she did. Yes. Tommy Lee. Yeah, it's so true. It's awful for her, you know? He definitely came off looking better than she did. Tommy Lee, which was an unfortunate sign of the times. Yeah, totally. So Pamela will be releasing her own documentary to tell her side of the story. She's married now to a builder. Is she? Who was her bodyguard.

Oh really? Got married during lockdown. Oh wow, that's cool. So don't worry about her body, It's being guarded. Yeah. And Ed Sheeran, he is facing a $5.7 million copyright battle over claims he ripped off music

for his song Shape of You. Now, I want you to look. I've got both songs. Ed Sheeran's song. So that part to this part. I mean, you can hear kind of the... But it's very different. I mean, I'm no musical expert,

but it sounds very different musically. Unless you've copywritten... Not even words. Yeah, I know. Just noises you make with your mouth. That'd be a hard case to win. Yeah, I know. The lawyer of the artist of this

oo-ah, oo-ah, Sammy Switch, he said, Mr Sheeran's undoubtedly very talented. He's a genius, but he's also a magpie. He borrows ideas and throws them into his songs. Sometimes he will acknowledge it, but sometimes he won't. Compared Sheeran to a a magpie. He borrows ideas and throws them into his songs. Sometimes he will acknowledge it, but sometimes he won't.

Compared to sharing to a little magpie. It's got to be hard, though. I mean, so many songs have been created. Yeah. And not to have some, you know. Some similarities. Between, you know, the same chords, the same things. I mean, it's, jeez, you know.

I know. I was on the music video of the Sammy Switch guy, and someone commented, one of the top comments is, it's a win-win for this guy. Even if he loses the case, he's got hundreds of thousands of extra views on this YouTube video because everyone's gone and Googled it. My dream is to sue an artist for stealing stuff.

So what we should do is next time Dua Lipa releases a song, we should just record the same song. Oh yeah, go, hey, we did the same thing. Look, exactly the same. And then we can't prove it, but at least we've had the court case, the publicity's great. Yeah, you know, get some street talk happening. She might settle out of court. Yeah, exactly.

And that is your Spy Entertainment update for this hour. For more, you can head to thehits.co.nz. After seven o'clock, your song that you have to listen out for to win your rent or mortgage paid for an entire year. We'll tell you what it is very shortly on The Hits. Jono and Ben. Today, International Women's Day, the overall goal of Women's Day to make the world more diverse and inclusive for females.

And this year's theme is around gender equality, which is a really important theme, I think, for this year. It is, it is. And, you know, the irony isn't lost on us that we are two males talking about International Women's Day. But we genuinely do want to get across genuine messages this morning. 0800 The Hits, if you want to send a shout out to a legendary Wahine in your life. Juliet, we were talking about you before seven o'clock and she hates it when we talk about

her. It's so awkward. But I genuinely mean you are honestly one of the most skillful, talented broadcasters we have come across. Yeah, we couldn't do the show without you. We're going to have to because you're leaving us in a month's time. And I just keep hoping if I keep saying lovely compliments that you'll feel too guilty to leave us and do your OE.

But we'll slowly chip away at that one. I feel very blessed in my family, surrounded by a great percentage of females. My mum, one of six sisters. I have three sisters. I've got my wife, Amanda, two daughters. My sister has two daughters, no sons. So there is a lot of females in our family.

And I think I'm very lucky and blessed to have it like that that what they teach me and what i admire about them they're incredible all of them and you know so i've been very lucky to be around surrounded by that you know like my daughters in particular what they teach me is so much more than i could ever teach them i mean that says a lot about my skills i have none yeah i was going to say well that's not right you can teach them a lot of stuff. No, but just by being around them and what they do. Do they know how to drive? Their outlook on life and stuff, you know.

And gender equality as well, you know, so important. You know, both of us have daughters and we, you know, you don't want that to be a barrier at all. It shouldn't be a barrier and it needs to not be a barrier. So, you know, they're going to smash down that glass ceiling if there's anything as well, you know. Yeah. And I would send a shout out to both Poppy and Jennifer,

the lovely girls in my life. Jennifer, she not only has to be married to me, which is a huge downside, and like a lot of people over the last two years has been working full time, homeschooling, also running things at home while I've been here at work as well, and to come home and she's handling it like an absolute boss. No stress.

I'd be a shambles. You know what I'd be without her, Ben. Believe it or not, I'm a shambolic individual. Well, yeah, we believe it. We definitely believe it. I'd probably be in a prison or something if she wasn't in my life. Not a maximum security one, like a friendly prison, like the one that Brian Tarmacky was in.

Yeah, so we're lucky to have incredible wives, incredible daughters as well, incredible mums, and we want to give you guys the opportunity this morning to give a shout out to the incredible females in your life be it at work be at home wherever you want juliet kick things off who do you want to shout out to oh my goodness definitely my mum and my sister um my sister is basically the twin of me but five years older she kind of is my sounding board as as is my mum. My mum, my sister, and I were all very similar, and I think, yeah, I just rely on them so much,

and they very much make me so happy. So, yeah, they're great. And this is how it works. Okay, 0800 the hits. Are we doing the most genuine, heartfelt thing we've ever done in our careers, Ben? I think it's important to. Today is the day that, you know, we should be doing this.

4487 on the text 0800, The Hits telephone number. Shout out to the legendary women in your life. The Hits. Jono and Ben. It is International Women's Day. This year's theme, as I mentioned before, around gender equality. We're very lucky and blessed to be surrounded by amazing females, not just at work, but at home with our wives, as you mentioned before.

My wife has amazing outlook on life, you know. Even when I get a shocking presence, she's still very positive. And, you know, doing a job as a teacher, I'm like, that's actual work, you know. That's work that matters, you know, whereas our job, I mean, what are we doing each week? I don't actually know, Ben. And the more you say that to me,

the more I have a question about my career decisions here. So we're going to throw up the phones right now 0800 the hits Shoutouts to the legendary women in your life And we like you say Surrounded by them here at the hits If these people weren't here What would this station be Ben?

Probably The Rock Let's get Nero and John Welcome to New Zealand's Breakfast How are you matey? Hi mate Shout out to my mum And my sister, big sister in the States They are living together

Yeah so They did a hard work Through my life Oh your mum and your sister Big shout out to them Another text here 4487 Thank you Nero I want to shout out to them. Another text here, 4487. Thank you, Neeraj. I want to shout out to my mum.

She was the first female CEO in her company that they've ever had and also fought for pay equality for all female staff. That's awesome. Thank you for that, Hannah. Grace, you're on. Welcome from Tauranga. Hey. Now, we tend not to do shout outs on this show.

We don't have that level of street cred, do we, to do shout-outs. So it's a one-off thing. But Grace, take it away. Hi, yeah, I'd like to give a shout-out to my grandma. She was a midwife and she's always just been super helpful and generous to everyone in the community and such a huge inspiration to me and I think quite a few other people as well. Oh, that's beautiful, Grace. Now, can you actually literally shout out that shout out?

Just do it at a louder volume. Oh, I don't know. It's a bit early in the morning. Yeah, a bit early in the morning. It's a good play. I'm a big fan of literal shout outs. You do love a literal shout out. Good on you, Grace.

Have a great day. Thanks for listening and carry on from Tauranga. Morena, shouting out to the legendary Wahine in your life. Shouting out to my mum, the one and only Carolyn Allings. She has basically raised me and my sister. We fight a lot, and even through all my travels around the world, she still takes me back, and I've got a bedroom. Oh, that's the main thing.

A loving mother is a bigger thing. I remember my mum loved me so much that she even dead-holed my mouth guard before rugby. She nearly poisoned you at the main thing. A loving mother is a bigger thing. I remember my mum loved me so much that she even dead-holed my mouth guard before rugby. She nearly poisoned you at the same time. Yeah. Putting it in just before running onto the rugby field, going, oh, oh. It was passed out by halftime, being resuscitated.

Did she love me or did she try and off me? I don't know. It's hard to say. She's like, we've got the majority of women in this family, buddy. You're the only one ruining it for us. Exactly. Thank you very much in this family, buddy. You're the only one ruining it for us. Exactly. Thank you very much for your calls, guys. That person who didn't let you merge probably listens to a lesser radio station.

Jono and Ben on the heads. We have a theory here on the show that Jono is New Zealand's worst driver. He almost ran out over someone in the work garage. Who was in a high-vis vest, of all things. Why do they have to be wearing highly visible clothing like it makes the incident so much worse that if they had to file a report they would say well i was in there's nothing more i could have done i was there i was like a mobile road cone and this idiot almost ran into me i didn't see him and i know apparently i reversed up to a point where he was squashed against the wall Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa

So anyway, we returned to the scene Of the almost crime yesterday At the work garage To see if you could redeem yourself With a driving test that I had arranged in the garage Now, I couldn't help but feel That this test was I didn't think you wanted me to pass this test

But anyway, here was you setting up the obstacle course. It's a lovely little shutdown noise the Kia has there. Focus, Briar, focus, Briar. Let's not worry about what the work car's doing. Well, actually, do worry about what the work car's doing because in the work garage right now, I've set up a bit of a course to prove New Zealand's worst driver. I feel like the odds are stacked against me because describe to the audience what exactly you've set up.

So I've set up a couple of road cones. You've got to narrowly pass your way through the road cones. How far apart are the road cones? Well, they're close together, but you can narrowly get past them. Then I've got two cardboard cutouts, one of Dolly Parton and one of Sonny Bill Williams. Don't ask questions why. They're both promoting books, so you've got to narrowly avoid their plugs. And then I want you to parallel park the car, reverse it in,

just here next to the cones in the work car park. So, Ben, you waited by your little obstacle course, and you waited for me to fail. Yeah. You waited for me to run over the cones, run over Sonny Bill Williams and Dolly Parton. I knew what you wanted. I knew you were on a mission to make me New Zealand's worst driver. You've already made me New Zealand's worst radio host.

Now you're trying to do this as well. So I had a plan up my sleeve. Okay, so what he's not going to pick is I'm just going to drive sensibly around the cones. You've got to go through the cones. You've got to go through the cones. You never I'm just going to drive sensibly around the cones. You've got to go through the cones. You've got to go through the cones. You never said go through the cones. You said avoid the cones. No, but I did say avoid the cones.

And you said avoid Sonny Bill Williams and Dolly Parton plugging their books. That's not how I saw this going. So that wasn't what I had intended. There was no comedy in it for me and you safely driving around the cones and the cardboard cutouts. Yeah, so then you wanted to do a take two. Yeah I got in the car to make sure that you know to follow through I was the instructor this is what happened. All right I'm in the car telling you what to do it's not how I saw this going.

It wasn't the comedy dream you were thinking of? No no. Well played well played you did really well. Okay so now what do I do you want me to just run over the cones? Run for it, see if you can go through the cones. Obviously I'll put them too close together, you're never gonna be able to get through. Here we go, it's beeping.

Oh, oh, oh, oh! There go the cones, there go the cones. Watch out for Sonny Bill and Dolly Parton, they're plugging books! RIP! Sonny Bill and Dolly Parton, two national treasures from two different countries. And see if you can park it back.

I'll pass my insurance details on. And see if you can reverse it back into this park. There's a lot of beeping. It's making me quite anxious. Oh, yeah, keep going, keep going, keep going. Reverse it back. Here we go. Oh, a bit fast, a bit fast.

Coming in hot, coming in hot. Here we go. Oh, okay, okay. Definitely, I was definitely pushing on the imaginary brake all through that. I'm getting out now. Then I gave you what you wanted, which was a driver like who's just grabbed the controls of a video game, a car video game, and you left a little rattle. Yeah, it was very stressful, actually.

So I don't know where that leaves us. I think you failed that part of the driver's test. But I'm going to give you the practical test today, the written, the theory. So after the show today, you're going to have a crack at that. I've got my driver's license. See if you remember you might have it revoked. We'll find out. Five words, 5K, your chance to win it next.

I haven't said we're too young. One year, no rent, no mortgage. The hits, live free. With oneroof.co.nz Yes, thanks very much to oneroof.co.nz. Yes, thanks very much to OneRoof.co.nz. You can get your rent or mortgage paid for an entire year. It is an amazing prize and not too many more opportunities to get in for this, so make sure you listen out for the songs.

We're to the capital. Lola, you're on. How are you, mate? Oh, Lola. Oh, hi. Her name was Lola. Lola. Sorry, it's Her name was Lola. Lola. Sorry, it's a bad line.

That's fine. It's good to have Lola on a bad line or a good line. We're just happy to have Lola, and you are in the draw to have your rental mortgage paid for a whole year. Is it a house or is it a rental? What are you doing? It's a house. We own it.

Yep. But we're currently renovating. We're turning our garage. We're putting up our parking and turning our garage into a second base so we can let our teenagers hang out there. So this would cover that, which would be amazing. What an adorable, charming accent you have as well, Lola. What would you do with the spare money? Go home to Ireland. I want to see my mum and my sisters. How long has it been since you last went to Ireland how long has it been

it's three and a half years now it's been nearly four by the time we get there you'll be missing them you'll be wanting some potatoes won't you Lola and other stereotypes that I can't quite think of right now hey good on you Lola you go and have a great day good luck stereotypes that I can't quite think of right now. Hey, good on you, Lola.

You go and have a great day. Good luck for that draw. It's on Friday with Brad and Laura, okay? Awesome, thank you. Good on you. Now, I imagine Lola sounds like a lady who likes dancing, Ben. She's a good segue. That's a wonderful segue, Jono.

Do you know after the show, when we finish at 9 o'clock on the TV, on mute, we just have the TV on, and Ellen DeGeneres or Ellen DeWorkplaysBully as I like to call her. Her show plays. Her show plays. And gee, you just don't factor in

how much dancing is on that show. A wild amount of dancing. But she does none of it now. No, and I've got into a hole as to why she doesn't do any of it now. She used to dance, right? She used to dance all the time. Oh, yeah, like down the stairs and stuff, right?

Happier times. Yeah. But then she said dancing became the bane of her life. Oh, really? She'd be filling up her car at the petrol station, and then they'd be like, why aren't you dancing? She's like, well, because I'm putting unleaded 91 in my car here. Or, you know, if she's at the supermarket, they're like, Ellen, you're not dancing. Oh, really?

Everyone wanted her to dance. It became a giant cloud that hung over her life. So now she doesn't do dancing. She just sits in the chair and watches the DJ twitch. Yeah, he's a great dancer. He's a good dancer, but no one's dancing harder than that guy. He's dancing 45 minutes. How much TV time do they just fill up with dancing?

So much. And he pulls someone out for the audience. We watch every day as well. They're dancing as well. Everyone's dancing apart from him. But it's America. It's so amazing in America. They pull someone out for the audience and they are the best dancer you've ever seen oh they're like doing backflips spinning on their heads imagine if that was new

zealand would have awkwardly arms folded in the corner looking at the ground don't come to me don't come to me please don't come to me please but they all love it that's great but do you know i've just found dancing just the strangest thing, particularly if it's on mute. If someone came from another planet and they said, what are you doing here? What is going on here? People kind of smiling at each other and moving around. It would be hard to explain. And you're like, this is what we do for a good time.

And they're like, well, can you take me back to where I came from? Thanks. Wait, wait till you hear the music. Wait till this bit drops. One of the darkest, and you'll know what I'm going to talk about here, Ben, one of the darkest

dancing moments in our career. We used to work with Sharon on a station called The Edge and it was at a concert, sold out concert, Spark Arena. Jason Derulo

was about to come on stage. Oh, we were emceeing the intro, you know. And she, some sort of monstrous move, she goes, let's have a dance off on stage. Wait, so you're emceeing about Jason, everyone's let's have a dance-off on stage.

Wait, so you're emceeing about Jason? Everyone's waiting for Jason Derulo to come on stage. One of the most amazing dancers in the world. And Sharon's like, let's have a dance-off. And both John and I looked and we're like, what? We had not discussed a dance-off. She knows that you guys hate dancing, right? This was nothing frightens an uncoordinated white man more

than an unplanned dance-off. And so then all of a sudden the crowd, dance-off, dance-off. I don't know. I had nothing. I think I got my bottom out. You did? Yeah. I had nothing else.

I did the standard dad sprinkler. He got booed by 12,000 people. I don't blame you. So I did the sprinkler and everyone went, boo, hoo, hoo000 people. I don't blame you. I got excited in the spring game room. Wow. Yeah, I mean, it's a humbling experience when you get booed off stage. And you can tell Derulo's sitting on the side of the stage going, why am I here?

Is this my opening act? Some guy, some middle-aged dude doing the spring block? Thanks for the warm-up, guys. We've already got the crowd buzzing. We've got five words for $5,000. It could be yours next to that. Five words for 5K. You're just five words away from $5,000.

Yes, just five words away from $5,000. As the man with the good voice just said, it's a game of word association. It's pretty simple to play, but quite hard to match up all five and win five grand. Darcelle, hey. How are you? Yeah, good, thank you.

And you? Yeah, good. All we want to do is deposit $5,000 into your bank account. Okay, that's all we want you to do, us to do. And all we want you to do is match five words with us, okay? Okay, sounds easy. It's pretty simple. It's simple on the surface.

Five grand's a lot of money. What are you going to do with it? I wouldn't even know. I was just so shocked that I even got through. I wasn't even thinking what I would do with the money. You've just finished night shift. I have, I have. You're a security guard.

Yeah, kind of, because we're understaffed, kind of have to step in when we can, but usually run the comes and dispatch centre by day and obviously a security guard by night. Oh, well. You're busy, aren't you? Yeah, a little bit. There's a lot of businesses stretched at the moment with a lot of people going down with COVID,

so good on you for doing everything. Definitely, and I definitely feel for them as well. So are you working during the day and overnight? I did. Just for today, though, but every other day it's business as usual. What a legend. Yeah, I needed to step in. Great New Zealand to Darcelle. Now you need to decide

which of the great New Zealanders, Jono and Ben, you'll send in to. Jono will also do the overnight shift at the hits here tonight too. Definitely we'll be doing that. Who are you going to send in to the soundproof booth? I'm going to pick Ben. I feel like he'll be on my level today.

Okay, Ben, he's off to the busiest booth in commercial radio behind the New Zealand Radio Confessional booth. He's locked in. Darcelle, let's do it. Let's get your five words to match with Ben's and reward you for double shifting it over the last 24 hours. Elevator's the first word, Darcelle. Door.

Elevator, door. Daughter, word number two. Girl. Row. Row. Did you say row? R-O-W, yep. Boat.

Vitamin or vitamin. Sea. And play is the fifth and final word. Play. Play, yep. Station. Mate. Play. Play, yep. Station. Maze. Darcelle, she's been awake for 22 hours, but I tell you what, played a sterling game.

Let's release both out of the booth. Welcome back, Ben. How was it in there today? It was all right. It was brief. You guys got through that quite quickly. She played a great game. It's almost like she's on a mission to go to sleep right now.

Okay, Darcelle, if Ben matches five words with you, we're going to give you $5,000, okay? The moment of truth. Let's go, Ben. Any other words you want to say to Ben? Good luck. Probably the five that she said would be good ones, but we can't say that.

Elevator. Lift. say that elevator left this poor lady has just worked 24 hours and you reward her by bowing out on word one oh Darcelle wasn? Door. Elevator door. Oh, yeah, yeah. That makes sense. Word number two was daughter. Son. Okay. Row. Boat. Oh, there we go.

Vitamin. Sea. Play. Station. Oh, we came through at the end. We just started badly. That's how most of his relationships go. They start badly, but he wins them over in the end.

And Darcelle, you've been an absolute hero. I tell you what, we're going to send you out some hell pizza, okay? Cool, cool. Sounds good. You guys have a great day. I know. It's not quite $5,000, but a greasy pizza will do. You have a great one. You too. Hey, Spy, next. Drew, what's happening in the world of celebs?

Adele received an outrageous gift that has been labelled disgusting by a friend of hers that she kept chucking out, but it kept making a comeback. I'll tell you what that is next. It is the weekend, Blinding Lights, 7.49 on the hits. Spy. Know what's up. Spy.co.nz Here to peddle her half-truths and misinformation about celebrity,

here is Juliet Ruffle. Thank you. So a royal photographer of 40 years, he has toured with, you know, Charles and Camilla, Kate and William. He said that he won't tour with Harry and Meghan. He chose not to do their trip to, like, New Zealand and Australia and Africa and things like that. They can take their own photos, their own selfies.

Here's a cell phone, away you go. Yeah, so he kind of said that Camilla would always say hello, Kate always says hello, William, they're all very friendly, and so was Harry, apparently until he met Megan. Champagne Markle, mate, champagne Markle. This is just what the photographer says. He basically said he ended up choosing not to do any tours because he found it quite depressing with them, mainly because they hated the media so much and they were always quite upset with just being around the cameras

and the media and everything that he didn't enjoy being around them during those tours. Which you understand from their point of view. I mean, she did get a rough run in the tabloids over there in the UK. And if he was lumped in as part of that group, they would be a bit hesitant. It's like when you take me on holiday with your family. Everyone's looking at me like, why is he here?

Where's he going? Why is he taking photos of us? And can he leave? But as a royal photographer, are you employed by a newspaper or are you employed by the royals? You would be employed by the royals. Yeah. So I know that they are because they're not...

So these are for official photos sort of thing. Yeah. That's right. They came to New Zealand and they got some in Rotorua, didn't they? Yes. Official sort of the tree walk photos and stuff. Yeah. Yeah. And I know that they have photographers that are also based in the UK that take the family portraits. They release every Christmas and things like that.

So he knows how to hit dem angles, this photographer. I wonder if he gets them to do a silly one afterwards. They do a serious, now time for a silly one! And they're all like, Megan would be like, I'm not doing that. And Adele, she's very good friends with British comedian Alan Carr,

who you may know of, and he revealed that once he gifted her a doll, which he labelled disgusting, and I don't know what type of doll this is. He didn't actually specify, but if he's labelling it disgusting, I don't know. He picked it up from a charity shop, and he gave it to her,

and she would throw it out, and he would go back, get it out of the bin, and he gave it to her and she would throw it out and he would go back, get it out of the bin and place it back in her house. And he's done this repeatedly many, many times. Adele does not want a bar of this particular doll. Who's getting their dolls from a charity shop? A used one? I know.

Like what? Like the Selly Armies one? I don't know. And who's dropping it off at the Salvation Army? Yeah, I know. But then that makes you think maybe it's not that type of doll. No, it's not. Maybe it's just an unfortunate looking doll that's a little creepy or something. Yeah, so don't be friends with Elam Carr if you don't want to be gifted gifts like that.

We've never gifted each other anything, have we? Until last year, you broke our rule, Ben Boyce. Oh, that's right. I got you the Jesus soap, didn't I? Yeah, he got me a Jesus soap because he always mocks me for being Catholic. He's like, I don't believe in your religious ways. And he doesn't believe that I'm religious. Oh, okay.

Well, I'll see you at church on Sunday then, won't we? Hey. We'll see you at church on Sunday. Will you be there? Well, if you will be, all right. John Googles, oh God, where are the churches around town? No, you didn't bring me that. So it was to wash away all my sins, wasn't it?

The Catholic soap. Exactly. I thought of you. And that is your Spy Entertainment update for this hour. For more, you can head to thehits.co.nz. After eight o'clock on the show,

we want someone's best story. We're going to stop it at a point and you decide if you want to hear the rest of it. It's a cliffhanger call and it's always an entertaining experience. Stick around.

It's in five minutes on The Hits. You're running late, stuck in traffic, and now you have to listen to this. Jon's in five minutes on the hits. You're running late, stuck in traffic, and now you have to listen to this. Jono and Ben on the hits. Cliffhanger calls where we get someone's, what they claim is their best story. We stop it at a certain point, and then we all decide together

if we want to hear the rest of the story. We haven't heard it before. Yeah, Diana came through with a ripper last week. She was on a domestic flight to Wellington, and this happened. I was actually pregnant at the time and I had this really terrible condition when you're pregnant where you get like terrible nose bleeds without warning so I'm sitting there they've closed the front door the flight

attendants are in their seats already and we're just starting to move and suddenly I felt this feeling in the back of my nose and and it was just like a waterfall. I've got cups in my hand, over my face, trying to catch it all in my hand. She bled out of her nose, out of her nasal cavity, all the way to Wellington, and next to two businessmen who were very concerned for her well-being and health.

But I tell you what, she would have gone through the old paper towels on that flight. So that was Diane's last week. So this week we're joined by Vicky on 0800 The Hits. well-being and health. Yeah. But I'll tell you what, she would have gone through the old paper towels on that flight. So that was Diane's last week. So this week we're joined by Vicky on 0800 The Hits. Vicky, kick it off with the first part of your story. Okay, so I had a pretty limited dream that my stepfather was cheating on my mother. Oh, so this is just a dream?

You go to bed and... I think we know how dreams work. I just want to talk this through. So just explain how the dream works. Did you find yourself in bed? Yeah, yeah. Good. And at what time were you awake or asleep?

I was asleep. Okay, so this is just your standard dream, Jono. Just your standard dream. Out of nowhere? Yeah, random. Out of nowhere. Okay, so you've had a dream that your stepfather is cheating on your mother. Is that where you're going to leave it?

Yes. Ooh! Ooh! So the cliff has been hung, dangling. We are by our fingernails off this cliff. I want to hear the rest. I've got more questions about the dream, so I really want to talk more. And how dreams work.

Now, Victoria, do we want to hear the rest of this, you think? I think so. Oh, right. She's not overselling it. No. Is it a story that I would then tell to my friend this weekend if I went to dinner with them? Possibly.

Oh, okay. Alright, Victoria, that's the cliffhanger. 0800 the hits, 4487. Do you want to hear the end of Victoria's story? It is over to you, New Zealand. You can get in touch with us now. We'll be back with Victoria next. We'll do that after Lasting L story. It is over to you, New Zealand. You can get in touch with us now. We'll be back with Victoria next.

We'll do that after Lasting Lover. It is James Arthur on the hits. Breakfast with Jono and Ben. James Arthur, Lasting Lover, Jono and Ben in the middle of cliffhanger calls. We get someone's, what they claim is their best story. We stop it at a point and then we decide if we want to hear the rest of the story now we've left you hanging off a cliff and

if we leave you hanging there any longer it'll be negligent of us so vicky you tell us where uh the story began i had a very vivid dream about my stepfather cheating on my mother and that's where we left it. The texts and calls overwhelmingly want to hear the rest of your story. Well, you did a good sell on it, didn't you? You said it would be intriguing and the type of story that you would tell to a friend if you went to dinner. So you've got us hooked. What happened?

So I then called my mother the next day and told her about my dream To which she told me, don't be stupid, we're absolutely fine And then that evening my stepfather at the time decided to ring her best friend To ask her to advise her that he has been having an affair with three different women Oh! So this is out of nowhere that you just had this dream? Yep, out of nowhere. What, have you ever had anything like this before? No.

No, that's a premonition. Yeah. And so did he not even tell your mother? No, he didn't have the decency. He decided to ring her best friend to get her to tell my mum. That's the best way to do it. That's how I would probably do it. I don't want to have that awkward conversation.

I'm sorry to hear that. Yeah, that's terrible. And so did your mum go, wow, freaky? I don't think that's probably what she was thinking at the time. No, I can imagine. Now the dust has settled. Has she gone, wow, that was freaky? Now the dust has settled, she's like, thank God for that, I suppose.

Yeah. Do you think if you Didn't have the dream That she would have found out Probably not Wow That is Really bizarre So did you have an

Inkling IRL No None at all It just came to you Just came to me In the dream Jeez It's interesting that you would

You know You have this thing And then you were like Call your mum Like you could have Easily have just gone Oh it was just a, play it off and never mentioned it to your mum. So really, really uncanny that you actually brought it up with her. Yeah, just so I let her know my weird dreams.

Yeah, I mean, the stuff I dream about, I'd never tell anyone. Yeah. Yeah. Just, that is crazy. And so has your mother spoken to him? Oh, hell no. No, so the last bit of communication was from her best friend, telling her that he was having affairs.

That was it. He was, goodbye, get out, see you later, don't come back. Poor thing. Three different women. I just couldn't do that. I don't know, you'd be so busy. Like, how do you keep up with those lines? Oh, I don't know. You'd be so busy. Like, how do you keep up with those lives? Oh, I don't know. Listen, yeah, I

struggle to run one life. There's a lot to be said for that, isn't there? Unbelievable story. Yeah. Everyone all good now? It is when he gets remarried and does it again. Did he do it again? Yeah. Oh, jeez. Oh, jeez. Victoria, that was a heck of a cliffhanger call.

Thanks. Appreciate your time. There we go, Victoria. Thank you very heck of a cliffhanger call. Thanks. Appreciate your time. There we go, Victoria. Thank you very much. No worries. See you. Bye. Jeez.

Thank you. Crazy. Crazy. Has anyone else had this where they've dreamt something and it's actually eventuated in real life? Do you think that happens quite regularly? Yeah. As you said, it's like a premonition almost. Yeah.

You have a dream form. Yeah. It's operating on a wholeition almost, isn't it? You have a dream form. Yeah, it's operating on a whole other level, isn't it? 4487 is our text number if you've ever had a dream that's come true. I love to hear from you on the Hits. I get to live my dream every day of coming to work with you two. Thank you. You can say something back.

I said, aw. I said, thank you. The Hits, Jono and Ben. It is The Hits, Jono and Ben, and it's really appropriate we're talking to our next guest on International Women's Day. She is an inspirational woman, inspirational Kiwi. She won New Zealander of the Year last year. She's a mental health advocate, author, speaker, filmmaker. Jazz Thornton, how are you?

I am A-OK. How are you? Do you have that at the bottom of your email, all of those achievements that you have? I'd have that as my signature. I should. I don't. I don't even know what my signature is, to be honest. How are you going, Jez? You all right? I'm good. I will disclaimer, I do have the COVID at the moment. Hang up on him. Hang up on him. We don't want to catch it. I know. It's gone through, man. I'm going to put it through the phone. How are you feeling? What have you gone through with it?

Look, the last few days have been pretty horrific, but I also have really bad lungs and I've had the startings of pneumonia On top of it too So Oh jeez It's been a great time I do feel like I'm on the mend now though

I'm on day six And I'm feeling A little bit better today You do hear those I mean Ben's friend Was taken to hospital In an ambulance Some people

It doesn't affect at all And others It really like yourself It really takes you down Yep Very much so Yeah Poor thing Well hopefully You're doing a bit better In the next couple of days But you've got a new book out It's called and others that really like yourself, it really takes you down. Yeah, very much so. Yeah.

Well, hopefully you're doing a bit better in the next couple of days. But you've got a new book out. It's called Letters to You. It seems like a really great, helpful book. How does it aim to help people? So it's not to be read like every other book where it's not chronological. So each letter is specifically designed for the moment or what you're feeling at that time. So there's a whole lot of letters to read when you're feeling unlovable,

you're feeling anxious or you're feeling angry or you're dealing with grief, all of those kinds of things. It was kind of designed to help people feel just less alone in that moment because it was something that was done for me when I was a teenager going through this that someone did for me. So, yeah, it was kind of designed very differently to anything I've done before, but I'm hoping that it does really help people feel less alone in what they're going through.

Well, like Ben said, this is International Women's Day, and you are one of the most inspirational New Zealand women that we can think of. Your journey that you went from as a teenager, you know, dealing with depression and trying to take your life, to where you've ended up, what do you look back on through your journey? And your journey's still going. You've got a long way to go and many more things to achieve.

But what do you think of when you look back to that teenage Jazz Thornton? I honestly, like, I would cry thinking about it. My life is so different now. But even just without all of the external things and all of the cool things that I get to do like write books or make movies and all those things that's great but for me I'm like man I get to wake up every day and I'm happy. I get to wake up every day and I know people love me and I love people and I'm living a life that I could have never thought imaginable and I think it's something very spectacular when you lived for so

long believing that you wouldn't be here another year to be sitting here and to be celebrating and to be you know talking with you guys and releasing books is so surreal um and my teenage self that girl sitting in the psych ward oh she would have never believed this could happen so I'm overwhelmed every time that I think about it oh incredible, incredible things that you have achieved, like John, I see, including, and we've talked to you before about meeting Harry and Megan where in there in New Zealand as well. I mean, that's surreal, surreal experiences. Oh, it's been, so yeah, Harry and Megan, I got an award from the queen.

That was just ridiculous. Like it's so, it's so ridiculous, but I'm like, man, all of this is for, you know, for the people that are struggling, so people know that there's hope, and if that means the message gets amplified, then let's freaking do it. Have you been to the UN? I have been to the UN. What did you do at the UN? I thought you'd been to the UN. I'm going back this year in

September. Yeah, I launched one of the world's first global mental health campaigns at the UN General Assembly in 2019? Jeez. We took a photo outside the UN General Assembly in 2019? Jeez. We took a photo outside the UN building. You remember? We didn't, we weren't allowed in.

Me, Jono and I, and we posted it when Helen Clark was there and we tagged her in and she didn't invite us in. Ha ha. And she went, lol. She replied, lol. And that's all she replied.

I remember the year that Greta Thunberg did her big speech. She was there then. Oh, you were there. Oh, so did you meet Greta and you watched that all play out? I didn't meet her. I kind of like saw her from afar, but she was like surrounded by a team. But we did watch everything play out.

It was very entertaining. Jeez, you would have had your popcorn out watching that. Oh, absolutely. Absolutely. You've got Trump in the room. You've got Boris. It's so good. Oh, wow.

Jess Thorne, really proud of everything you have achieved. And you will continue to achieve. And if people want to get hold of this book, where can they go? Any bookstore in New Zealand has it in right now, or Mighty Ace as well. Or you can just look for it on the Penguin website, and it will tell you where you can find it closest to you. Jazz, you're awesome. Jazz's book, Letters to You.

Make sure you check it out. It sounds like an amazing read. Thank you so much we've talked a little bit about zoom recently and how you know i've had a few incidents like many of the world when they're using zoom or team meetings the video calling that you sometimes you have things that go wrong, you know? And they do. It happened the other day to you, Jono, where you put yourself off mute in a team meeting and actually you, it could have got a lot worse than it was.

We're all worried. Well, yeah, there was a new introduction in the staff meeting, 20 odd people on the meeting and I've, I don't know, I've got this newfound confidence to take my microphone off mute and start talking in front of everyone. Up until a week or two ago, I was quite shy about it. You've got to be confident when you're unmuting. And you saw me come off mute,

and you're like, uh-oh, what's he doing here? And there was an introduction to a new staff member, Jesse. And I said, I have a song that I'd like to play for Jesse, and everyone is thinking the worst. What are you thinking? Well, I was thinking that was, I wish I was Jessie's girl. And I'm like, oh.

Yeah, which is wildly inappropriate, welcoming a new staff member. But it was actually from the Disney show, Hey Jessie. And it was like, hey Jessie, welcome. Yeah. And everyone was, it was the talk of the meeting afterwards

that apparently, not only that, that apparently Rachel Jackson leaves our newsreader. I didn't know that my face was being beamed onto a giant 20-meter stadium screen in a boardroom. Only my face. And she came down and had a heart-to-heart with Juliet. Yeah, she thought that you had COVID because you looked a little bit pale. I looked terrible. But Johnny looks awful.

And I was fine. I wasn't the one in the household with it. I never felt better. So this is what, we had a meeting yesterday for a work thing we were doing, Julia. So Jono and I were on the Zoom and I thought, well, maybe Jono's picked up his game since the Rachel Jackson Lee incident. In this meeting, I kept looking at Jono

and he was smiling. He was smiling away. He was attentive. I'm like, wow, he really is loving this meeting. He looks good. And then I kept looking, and the guy I was talking to, we were talking with in the meeting, and then I look at Jono. I was like, oh, he's still smiling away.

Jono's really paying a lot of attention. He's not looking like he's got COVID. He looks like he's having a great day. And looking again, and the next time I looked, I was like, that's exactly the same look. And what had happened is you were screened and frozen. But on a great shot of Jono, mid-smile. Just agreeing with everything.

He's having the greatest time. I just told you my mum passed away. You're sitting there just grinning ear to ear. And I was like, well, maybe this is a great tactic to get out of meetings. I don't know, because you dropped off soon after that on the meeting. You know what a former colleague of ours used to do so if they had to get on to a zoom meeting they would log on turn the screen off and they would have that playing while they were meeting with us so they were in two meetings at once and then they would chime in every now and then go

yep no worries yep great and then go back to the other meeting that's multitasking it's changed the face of meetings hasn't it i think i read a story ages ago like when zoom first blew up a child during his like homeschool class figured out how to um put a loop of like a recording of himself nodding away and so the whole class it just looked like he was sort of just nodding away but it was just a video that he had like sort of uploaded and just like looped over and over and over but there's a certain level of risk associated with that. You know, if a question's flung your way. Yeah, at some stage you're like, you're not going to, you're just going to smile a mile

away and nod, aren't you? Yeah, yeah, yeah. But that same meeting you were talking about yesterday, because I was hosting it, it came up with the thing, your 40 minute time limit's nearly up, you've got to extend it if you want this meeting to go on. And it was at a pivotal point at the meeting. So I'm having to panic put in my credit card and now I've got unlimited Zoom

for the rest of my life. The remainder of my days on this earth could be a giant Zoom meeting or you could just keep Zooming everywhere. I'm paying for it now Zoom Deluxe Ah it is a hit, so you've got Jono and Ben Shout out to all the unpaid Uber drivers dropping the kids off in peak hour traffic

Jono and Ben on the hits. Scrolling through your feed. To save you from wasting your data, here's news brought to you by the hits Wi-Fi. Ben, what's happening? Well, they're calling it Judgment Day for the country's supermarket chains. The Commerce Commission today is going to release its recommendations into improving the competition in the grocery industry. And hopefully the idea behind it is to bring down food prices for New Zealanders.

They are wild at the moment. I was in Pack and Save the other day and even the checkout operator was like, it's so expensive to shop at the moment. I'm like, you're telling me, sister? And she's like, amen, brother. I imagine getting things in from overseas is not helping, you know, like, you know, due to COVID and stuff. But they're also talking about how there's basically, there's

two companies that own all the supermarkets. One side you've got one that Woolworths owns Countdown and Foodstuff has Pack and Save New World and Foursquare. So you've got, you know, two companies. And they're dictating the price there, because I know that a lot of people who do provide

products, produce, whatever, for the supermarkets are kind of bullied into what price the supermarket is going to pay for them right so if you were a farmer ben what would you be growing i know what you're growing your roof i don't know i look like a bean so maybe beans beans yeah and you're like hey you want to hey supermarket you want to supply my beans yeah and they're like how long did it take you to grow those beans and you're like many years so i'll charge you $6 per bean. And they'll be like, we'll pay you $2.

He's like, but I said $6. And they're like, well, we said we're going to pay you $2. And then they've just got to accept it because there's nowhere else to sell them to. There was talk about the big American chain Costco coming to New Zealand at some stage. But I think that's like bulk. That's like, you know, you've got to buy it and it's like a race against time to get through like 98 litres of tomato sauce or something. I always wonder what it costs. I've been there before

when I went to the States with my brother-in-law and it's just like you can get a washing machine. 20 kgs of washing powder. Yeah, you can get all sorts. Everything's massive. It's just huge.

Like it's ginormous. Wow, I'm googling it at the moment. It's like a Bunnings for like... Supermarket supplies. Oh, it is enormous. How?

Jeez, you would have been like a lost little boy inside that shop. Everybody kept coming up to me going, have you enormous. How? Jeez, you would have been like a lost little boy inside that shop. Everybody kept coming up to me going, can we find mum and dad? Do we go to the information stand, little boy? Oh, well, that's good because 6% inflation, they're predicting, and it is becoming bloody expensive to just exist. Yeah.

Isn't it? You're right. The cost of living has gone up. And speaking of things to do with supermarkets, a woman overseas, she's vegan, and she has found out that her local supermarket, this is not one in New Zealand, but one overseas, they are labelling some of the oranges and mandarins as non-vegan. She was surprised to know they were non-vegan due to the fact that these particular ones, and I'm not saying, again, they're from New Zealand, were due to the chemicals they were growing with.

So now they're saying, well, they can't say that these are non-vegan. Were they spraying them with dairy products and animals, were they? I don't know. It seems a very unusual thing to happen though, right? Wow. Yeah. Never heard of that before. No.

Maybe we'll never hear of it again. Now, if I told you I grow my own lemons. I've got a lemon tree at home. I bought, and these guys. How many lemons did you bring in? Like one? You gave me a lemon when I was at your house over summer. There we go.

There you go. Because you were like, oh, I'm probably not going to bring them to work, so have a lemon right now. He kept gloating about abundance of lemons he had, and then he went to give it away. I'll give away on the radio. And we're like, no, no, wait, make sure you bring them in first. Because the admin behind it, you weren't going to follow through.

And I didn't. You haven't. Multiple times you've gone to give away lemons. Well, I'll bring my vegan-friendly lemons in tomorrow. Okay, I haven't sprayed them with anything. Will you, though? Will you bring them in tomorrow? We'll find out this time tomorrow.

Again, you've claimed to bring in your lemons. How many lemons do you want? Well, how many? Should we say 10 lemons? Yeah. 10, okay. You've got abundance on them, so 10 can't be that much. 10 lemons tomorrow on the show. After 8.30 tomorrow, Jono's going to bring in some lemons? Yeah. Ten, okay. You've got abundance on them. It's a ten, can't be that much. Ten lemons, tomorrow on the show.

After 8.30 tomorrow, Jono's going to bring in some lemons. Yes. That is the hats you've got, Jono and Ben.