Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL: Jono's Mum Still Gives Him Bubble Baths..?

Episode Date: December 13, 2022

Today on the show we chat about the awkward present Jono's mum gave him, David Seymour talks about the PM Jacinda Ardern calling him an ARROGANT PRICK and we have a great winner for our Challenge Fuel Gift Card.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This John and Ben podcast brought to you by Challenge Service Stations. Thank you very much for choosing the old pod-D. Great to have you on. Great to have you on. You know, I've been watching Jonah Hill, who... You've really got deep into that world, like, hey, we should watch this Harry and Meghan doco because we've got a big interview on Friday.

You've given up on that after 10 minutes. And you got caught on Jonah Hill one that no one's talking about. We're not talking to Jonah Hill on Friday mate but Jonah Hill and it's the most boring documentary why have you persisted with that I don't know it's like Jonah Hill and his therapist and he's done a documentary

on his therapist and they talk through all this stuff and I'm like why am I it's arty you know it's going to win all sorts of film festivals and stuff I imagine maybe I'm just watching it so I can say I've watched a film that's been in a film festival. I'll get on you. But hey. I had an idea.

Sorry, long bow. I had an idea for a podcast that you and me, next year, we go to therapy. And it's like a marriage counseling podcast, but for our work marriage. Oh, yeah. That could be an angle. So you actually get an actual counselor to talk to. Yeah. Because we've never really had an argument.

And you go, is there a lot of passive stuff? Is there sexual tension? Are we going to hook up? But yeah, I thought that might be an interesting idea for a podcast. Yeah, okay, yeah. Because we were talking the other day, one of our managers, it's all about vulnerability now, isn't it? It's all about vulnerability now.

Yeah, isn't it? You've got to be vulnerable. Yeah. Whereas people don't do you find do you find it hard to i find it hard not to make gags all the time you know when you when we do have a serious moment on the show i'm like what i'm trying to think of okay what's it what's a joke or something years of years of you like yeah just what's the most stupidest thing i can say right now yeah and it doesn't, like as soon as you do it,

delve in anywhere near any sort of real conversation with us. It doesn't last that long. No. Well, so maybe it needs to happen more, you know? It does. But then do people want to hear that? I think they want to hear bits and bits. I think they want both.

You do? Yeah, I think they want both. Get a good mixture. We want to have a laugh, but then people want to know the real joke. And you know, like you talk about, you do give glimpses to it, but you're not like you are all the time neither am i like right now so it's good to

hear well no one is this you know abnormally happy at this early in the morning but yeah but that is the other thing no one wants you to come on the radio and go oh gosh geez you don't know for the whole three hours i know that's the reality of our lives you know i drove a car into a pole you know i just like oh what's the point you know no one wants that either you know

like so yeah you're picking a balance of the mundane depressing stuff depressing I mean that's that's all being vulnerable is

is just showing how depressed you are yeah well showing some moments of being a real person I guess that's probably it you know

which we are we're dealing with stuff anyway that's what I've maybe that's why I keep watching that very slow paced it's all shot in black and white too

jeez you really have gone in deep maybe I should go back to the bloody Megan and Harry we'll try and get Joan Hill on the show for you just

so you can talk about it everyone else will leave the room but yes Megan and Harry we're interviewing Thomas Markle Jr.

Megan Markle's half brother you were saying that in the first three episodes, which I failed to watch, she said she didn't really see, though, that side of the family from when she was about age four. No, no, well, yeah. She was saying, I think it was age two or something,

their parents split up, and so she lived with her mum. She would see her dad on weekends and stuff like that. But his kids, the half-kids, which Thomas Markle Jr. is, she was like, they were like 17 years older, and they weren't really part of her household growing up. And I guess they were probably at the age where they were probably moving or about to move out of the dad's house as well. So senior obviously hooked up with Markle's mother.

Yeah. And so they only had megan markle as a couple or has she got a direct sibling from that relationship i don't know actually we should do we should do some uh yeah i don't know has she got any you know not half would that be half yeah um she doesn't she doesn't any false yeah yeah i was looking at this because i was trying to find out who this guy was and i saw that she doesn't and this is only her only half sibling i think right yeah so she's essentially an only child growing up well it shows doesn't it yeah where's samantha markle coming another half right she's yeah it's a sister yeah so she's one of the ones that have grown up yeah well didn't grow up with her you know so it's tom markle and samantha markle that were the half.

Did the blended thing, sort of, but not blended. But not because they're probably at the age where they weren't all sort of living together. Well, because you had that scenario. You're a bit older than your younger half-sister. Yeah, well, technically I've got a full sister, two, yeah, a couple of half-sisters as well, and a stepbrother and a step-sister, technically.

What's your relationship with the halfies? They're good. I mean, as far as I'm concerned, they're my sister, because I grew up with them. So I wouldn't consider them not to be, but I guess if you're not growing up with them, maybe you don't think like that. Prince Harry comes over here, he falls in love with you,

takes you to the UK. Are you ignoring them? Are you inviting the halfies to the wedding? No, they're there. They're there? They're there. Yeah, they're fine. They're fine there, because I there. Yeah, they're fine.

Because I do. But if they were 17 years older than me or something and I didn't grow up with them, maybe you wouldn't have that relationship. But I did grow up. It's a big part of our lives. Anyway, Thomas Markle Jr., he joins us on the show. In the meantime, you have a great day and have a listen to the podcast.

The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Thank you for hanging out with us. So we're heading into Christmas. Here, New Zealand revealed the busiest day of the holiday period. I reckon 23rd of December is going to be the time where a lot of people are flying. 55,000, they reckon, with Air New Zealand customers that day across the place. So a lot going on. Well, we'll see how they stuff that up.

Oh, jeez. I'm only joking. They're doing their bloody best, aren't they, Air New Zealand? We've been traveling all around and haven't had a problem with Air New Zealand. Obviously, jeez. I'm only joking. They're doing their bloody best, aren't they, Air New Zealand? We've been travelling all around and haven't had a problem with Air New Zealand. Obviously, the fuel, there was some fuel issues. I wonder if it was some contaminated fuel or something that was no good. Yeah, affecting, I think, all airlines in New Zealand. It's a busy point, but it's great to have international travel

and domestic travel happening as people go around, you know, as a busy time of the year for Christmas. It was foreign out there on the, Greg foreign out there on the tarmac, siphoning the fuel out of Jetstar's tank with his lips. Yeah, it was one of those international planes when they arrived, he sort of came up with a big hose. Oh, United Airlines is here,

they were no, I'll get that out. Hey, I was talking to someone, you used to stay at the school gate. Now, have you hosted Christmas before, Ben? Yeah, we have had Christmas at our place before, but not a massive Christmas Like a few families Talk numbers with me

There was probably about 12 people all up That's a lot Cool for a dozen's a lot Yeah so it's a lot going on This person I'm sure has 21 people coming to their house That is huge numbers I mean we go to the in-laws and they probably sort of We're probably teetering around 13 to 15 people.

Yeah, right. But 21. I mean, there's one surefire way to make Christmas Day an absolute pain in the ass, and that is catering and cooking for 21 people. You need the bring a plate situation in that regard. It's the potluck situation. Yeah, everyone helps out. You do this, you do that.

Because otherwise, you know. And what do you do with the dishes? Is that just a burn down the house situation? Well, we'll just move out, move into another place? Yeah, that's a big, some you know and what do you do with the dishes is that just to burn down the house situation well we'll just move out move into another place yeah that's a big but you know my grandparents we said big christmas is back in the day and for some reason my granddad was like okay the presents you need to have your santa claus presents in the morning but the priest the presence couldn't happen until our lunch and then the dishes and then i was like oh geez i was like wrap this up people as a kid you kid, you're like, hurry up. You're like, the dishes, you're like frantic.

I mean, we hardly washed the dishes. We just put them away, but yeah. Nothing worse is a child being delayed to open your print. I've waited since mid-November, mate. Come on. Just let me. Yeah, it was the longest wait. Okay, what are we going to do then?

Oh, 800 of the hits. Most amount of people sitting around the Christmas table at your house this Christmas. Who's having the biggest numbers? 0800 the hits. 4487 is the text number. My general rule of thumb when dining with people en masse is hopefully I know 90% of the names. Just sitting around the table. If you don't know any more than 90% of the people sitting at the table, there's probably too many people at your house.

All right, the biggest Christmases we'd like to know on 0800THEHITS, we might find some, maybe some Hell Pizza in case you want to give that away for Christmas instead of cooking if you've got a large number. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Christmas is 11 days away, and we wanted to know who's having the biggest Christmas on 0800THEHITS, and we've got some Hell Pizza up for grabs because it feels like you may need it if you're having a big Christmas yeah just talking numbers here

you know what I'm not good at when it comes to cooking is juggling the multiple things at the same time it's quite an art isn't it you've got some

cheese sauce and gravy going you know everything at the same time you're no under bloody Ramsey so running at 130 the entire time

I get annoyed the one thing that annoys me when they say this should take if it doesn't take what it says, don't even say that. Just say this is the recipe and whatever.

It's like this should take 15, 20 minutes. Well, it's not. Or if it is, you know, you feel like you're doing something wrong there. But I don't mind following the instructions. If I was Nadia Lim, it might take 15, 20 minutes. But it's going to take me one hour throwing stuff around, getting angry at pots and pans.

Let's go to the phones. Biggest Christmases. We're going to kick things one hour throwing stuff around, getting angry at pots and pans. Let's go to the phones. Biggest Christmases. We're going to kick things off with Helen in Wellington. What up? Hi. Good to have you on, Helly and Welly. What's going on this Christmas? How many numbers are we talking?

We're talking about 13 or more. We do a Christmas where everybody doesn't have friends that don't know where to go for Christmas. Come to either my house or my friend's house. We take a turn at times because a lot of us are from the UK or Kiwi, so we take turns in holding Christmas for everybody together.

Oh, that's lovely. Oh, you've got the old open door policy. I really respect the generous people who are like, anyone can come over. I'm not one of them, but anyone can come over. Open door policy, you never know who's going to come through the door.

That's the gamble. Yeah. Yeah. What a lovely, generous, Christmassy thing to do, Helen. And we're going to help you out. We'll give you some of the traditional Christmas food of hell pizza. Yeah. To put on the table. And they're now delivering beer and wine as well.

You enjoy that. Merry Christmas. Thank you. Merry Christmas. Good on you, mate. Appreciate it. Nico, welcome in Christchurch. Let's talk numbers around the Christmas table this year.

Morning, guys. If all the family turns up, it'll be 26. Wow. So is this at your house? Whose house is this at? Generally, it's held at our house because we've got quite a big backyard and

the house is fairly reasonable size. Yeah, good. Okay, name all 26 in a speed in a 30-second time period starting now. Take it away, Nick. Go. Really? Wasting valuable seconds, Nick. Are you actually being serious?

Okay, Nick, you've squatted your time, mate. You're squatted 15, you're right. Well played, though. You delayed that beautifully. We'll give you some hell pizza. Thank you. No worries. Merry Christmas.

Enjoy. That concerns me. He's got so many people coming over, he can't even start to name them. Where do I start? Yeah, I can imagine. And we'll end things with Michelle and Tiago. Welcome, Michelle.

How many are we talking at Christmas? 32, or maybe more. 32, maybe more? What's going on? Just having family gathering. Do you ever wish you had less family? No. Okay, now you can step up to the plate.

30 seconds to name 32 people come into your house. Real quick, take it away, Michelle. Dad, my five brothers and sisters, their family, my six kids, their kids, auntie, uncle, and their kids. You haven't zeroed down on names. Again, great play. You're doing it in 30 seconds,

and you're going to get hell pizza for your efforts, okay? Cool. Yeah, thanks so much to Frontier Touring for this. This is incredible. This is your chance every day this week to win a double pass to some of the amazing concerts that are coming to New Zealand next year. You've got Elton John, you've got Ed Sheeran, Marlon Williams, there's a whole

lot, Lorde as well. So they're all in there and at random you pick a number between one and five or open up a little window and you'll win a double pass. Yeah, thanks to the team Frontier Touring for fronting up with these tickets. They're real tickets. They're not the sort of tickets Ben tries to hawk off on Via GoGo, are they? No, you're right.

These are legit. We'll go to Whanganui Kate. Morena, how are you? Hello, I'm good. How are you? Oh, good, good, good, good. How's Wonga Vegas today? Oh, sweet as, you know.

Yeah, it's real good. It's actually beautiful along by. We drove through there the other day. Beautiful along by the river. Yeah, I know. It's actually a pretty sweet city. Yeah, it's lovely. It's's great what are the negatives to it um no i'm not going to list it on the radio the show's only three hours man it's cute positive it's beautiful beautiful spot of part of new zealand now kate you have one job okay you need to pick a number between one and

five producer doll uh doll uh he's onle next year. Don't tell him now, though. Producer Joel on the Dole. We'll open up one of the Advent windows. What number are you looking in, Kate? Can I pick number two, please? Number two. All right, open it up, Dole. Oh, you got a double pass to Ed Sheeran in Auckland.

Oh, my God. Ah, that's awesome. How good is that? Oh, my God a double pass to Ed Sheeran in Auckland. Oh, my God. Ah, that's awesome. How good is that? Oh, my God, it's amazing. Now, you bloody, if I see these pop up on Facebook Marketplace, mate. I'm driving down past that beautiful river and we're going to have some words, right? We won't be angry. We'll just be disappointed, won't we, Ben?

Yeah, that's right. Yeah, you're off to Ed Sheeran next year. So, hey, block that out in your 2023 calendar Kate. Awesome thank you guys so much it's so exciting. No worries have a great Christmas. Awesome thanks. The Hits the Jono and Ben podcast. Feliz Navidad it is The Hits

you got Jono and Ben 7.35 now big news this actually made world news the Prime Minister yesterday was in Parliament she sat back down after saying some stuff in the House. And it was in regards to David Seymour. She was caught on what you said before was a hot mic. Hot mic. A microphone still on.

It was very, very hard to hear. I don't know how anyone deciphered it. Have a listen to this. This is her basically saying he's an arrogant prick. Five Nicola Willis. Thank you, Mr. Such an arrogant prick. She'm Nicola Willis. Thank you, Mr. Such an arrogant prick. She sat next down to Grant Robinson.

Robbo, I don't know if he reacted to it, if his mic was hot or cold, what was going on. But, you know, it's the end of year. Everyone's a bit tired and over it, you know. You can understand. Was that the last Parliament question time for the year? I think it was. Second to last day of Parliament, yeah.

Yeah, right. So tensions are at an all-time high. You can understand where she's coming from. And he was grilling her on the fact she never apologises. Just getting under her skin. He's the type of guy that would get under your skin, Seymour, isn't he? He does. All right, so we might give him a call right now and see how he...

I don't know if he'll answer. Although he is very good at answering his phone, isn't he? He is. Hey, guys. How you going? Are you arrogant prick? Yeah, I always thought that about you, Seymour.

Who's this get-off-my-... Talk to us. Let's have real talk, David. Did it hurt a little bit? Oh, no. Look, this is the woman of kindness and inclusion. And she's nice to everyone, but she says I'm an arrogant prick

and I thought that's not very nice. Now, she apologised? She text? Yeah, yeah, yeah. She text. She said she apologised. She said her mum said you probably shouldn't say that. And I said that's right.

And I wished her a Merry Christmas and she said you too and it's all good. Oh, that's good. I mean, I'm sure Merry Christmas, and she said, you too, and it's all good. Oh, that's good. I mean, I'm sure you've had a few things said about you over the years, David. Oh, look, I was just saying last night, some people, I think, I can't, I don't know if the reception was very good. I think they said I was a banker. You're like, I'm a politician. Yeah, no, I'm sure they said banker.

And someone once said that I was, I think I was a runt. So there's been a few issues like that. I think they were trying to say I'm doing a good job. I'm sure they were. That's what it translates to. I love it. You turned it around, though. You're like, she shouldn't be apologising about that.

She'd be apologising about ram raids and high costs of things. I mean, you've turned it into a wonderful political play. Well, here's the thing. I mean, thanks, but I was asking, has she ever made a mistake, apologised properly, and then fixed it?

And she couldn't actually answer that question. She sort of went on and on. And then she said MIQ was her example. A whole lot of people trapped and having trouble with MIQ probably don't really feel like she fixed it. We won't apologise. And the great irony is that now, because she apologised for calling me an arrogant prick,

that's the first time she apologised for something. See, but this is why she's calling you an arrogant prick. Well, I mean, but it's baby steps. Oh, David Seymour. Listen, well... We had you on the show a couple of days ago. We were done with Seymour for the year, but we had to ring you back and see if you'd answer.

Well, they used to say about Muldoon, they said he's a bastard, but he's our bastard. Maybe I want to be your arrogant prick, arrogant prick of the show. He's an arrogant prick, but he's our arrogant prick. Jono's already got that job, mate. Stand in line. Oh, yeah, sorry.

I don't want to treat you like I'm a bad prick. Good on you, David. We'll say goodbye to you until you, unless you do something else that makes headlines. We'll call you again. Okay, good chat tomorrow. See you, mate.

Do you want to say anything about him now? He's gone just off mic. The mic's still hot. I've got nothing to say. Okay, all right. So I'll stitch you up as well. Next, you can win $5,000. Five words, 5K.

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The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast Christmas is about 11 days away now And News Hub last night I thought was very bold at 6 o'clock To make a prediction, they talked to Met Service about the weather for Christmas Day And I'm like, this is still like 11 days away Yeah, they've gone early, they've gone real early But they want to give you hope and they want to just

chuck some stuff at the wall and see what sticks. Yeah, so they kind of went, here are the options. We can't tell you exactly what's going to be happening on Christmas Day but here are your options.

Option one. Option one. A lovely high out east. Norwest winds build over the south of the South Island and showers, especially over the central band

of the North Island. Bit of sun, bit of rain? Yeah, bit of sun, bit of rain. That's option one, OK? Then there's option two, and I'm guessing the least favourite. Low pressure to the north with rain and the potential for a large amount of it to fall over a huge chunk of the North Island.

OK, bit of rain there. So that's the rain one. OK, all right. And option number three, broad high pressure across the entire country. This one I like, unless you're spending Christmas in Fiordland. Now, I don't recommend making concrete plans off the back of this just yet. Okay.

What concrete plans would I make? Because there's three different options. Yeah, so it could be sunny or rainy. So a mix. It could be full rain or it could be full sun. So you've covered all your bases nicely christmas day weather we're no different to going into that are we no you know what i'd you know what i'd appreciate about the weather is that you only really start to care about it when you hit

adulthood you know up until adulthood kids they don't care what the weather is no no they'll do whatever in any kind of weather like they know you know, the forecast doesn't matter. But at some point, there's a switch that goes off, and you're like, this is really going to affect my plans, my day, and you let it, don't you? Yeah, yeah. What I like also is when you notice adults running in the rain. We all run in the rain the exact same way. We've kind of got our shoulders hunched up a bit and our head forward,

and you're running like you're on hot coals, thinking that maybe less rain will get on you it's not gonna work no i had a really really like a moment the other day was taken with daughter and i were taking the dog for a walk and we stopped by the park and we were playing a netball and a typical auckland day where it was sunny and then the next minute it just pelted down like torrential for about and it was like we were like 10 minutes away from home 15 minutes away from home it was actually like and we're like oh well does it matter and we just carried on playing netball for half an hour in the right it was actually one of the most fun things because normally is it out you're like we're gonna quit we've got to go so there's nowhere to go we're

wet now and it's actually one of the most fun and refreshing things we've done in a long time right you battle on through it i remember going for a run at 3 30 in the morning torrential rain torrents going down the road, and I looked like I'd probably just committed a crime. Although when you do see the adult walking calmly and comfortably in rain, they look like a true psycho. Yeah. A full psychopath. What is wrong with that person?

Why are they so calm about this? The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. It's 808 on your Wednesday. That's Lady Gaga, Hold My Hand, nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Original Song in a Motion Picture. You'd think it should be a shoe on there, an epic song. Just a bolter, isn't it?

And just in the style of the movie, too. You know like Well done Didn't the director Didn't think Lady Gaga Would be able to do it Out of all people Yeah I know She's like

I'll show you And she did She'd back that horse Wouldn't you Exactly We've got secrets It's not a horse It's called Lady Gaga

A horse No she's a lady In a roundabout way She's a lady But you just back that horse And I'm like Well I mean as in You know the same

I know but it sounded weird I'll just pull you up on it oh well thank you there we go we'll acknowledge it now yeah good and I'll be cancelled next week good

if you're not back next week you know what's happened alright Joel has been cancelled Monday morning six o'clock tune in if he's not here

he's been cancelled now a secret sender this week Joel producer Joel sent out an email and he's like we're gonna we're gonna do secret santa everyone in the office all the team have to do secret santa yeah well there's no

decorations for christmas in the studio we're the only studio in the whole building only studio in the whole country no decorations just thought i'd put a bit of christmas joy you're doing a lovely thing and i love i love the team here at the hits but with everyone's a lot of admin at the moment busy to me one more thing to everyone's admin but it's lovely and you've got you've got stuff to do as well yeah like the last thing on your agenda should be running and managing a secret center and draw while it's gone to the top of my priorities well above any work we had to do on this show oh it's true i don't know if you've done any work on our show this week the secret center's been so we've signed up to this website

link that joel sent us out And now I keep getting Bombarded with emails From their website But anyway We're doing it today We're doing it today It's going to be great You mentioned in passing

The other day Being the person you have You don't know You know them But you don't know them Well enough Whether you could Turn up with a gag present

A comedic present Yeah I don't know Yeah like I know enough About them But I don't know enough To get you to go This is going to They're going to find this funny

So you know You're a little gun shy What do you do I'm is going to they're going to find this funny so you know you're a little gun shy what are you doing? I'm not saying what I'm going to do because it's Secret Santa but

I'm playing it I'm playing safe playing safe this year because it can go awry presents given can go wrong oh but the thing

with Secret Santas too is no one a lot of the time no one keeps the secret it's like an office affair eventually people

start talking and saying oh did you hear Ben Bush went and got some you know inappropriate present exactly patricia joel has organized i feel like afterwards he's going to email everyone going great secret santa guys here's where all the gifts were from i feel like he's going to do that now my parents got me an inappropriate wasn't an inappropriate present i mentioned it last year it was a card that i got that mum clearly didn't read through when she was in paper plus or work calls or whatever. And it was a card

featuring a whole bunch of vouchers that I could redeem at my discretion. But I don't think she flicked through the vouchers because there was one including a hands-free massage. Have you redeemed that with your mum? Damn right.

It's a voucher, but it's like a prezzy card. You've got to cash that in. You've got to do it straight away too otherwise you put it in your wallet you forget one on one

bubble baths took that one a kiss on the neck at any time was one of them I was like yes please

now thank you so yeah better believe it I cashed all those in tonally a bit off but hey it's a

weird old Christmas day when you guys went off for a bubble bath I better believe that I cashed all those in. Tonally a bit off, but hey. It's a prison. We went on Christmas Day when you guys went off for a bubble bath in the house. Hang on. Oh, he's cashed in his bubble bath voucher.

He's running the bath. It's a legitimate voucher, you know. You buy the card. You don't want to take your money for a fair go. That's right.

You live up to this card, Eddie. So, yes, inappropriate presents that you've received. Maybe they've come through a family member who didn't do their research, a workmate, whatever, will take all calls. Say 12 and it's a hit. So, 800 hits is our number. Mr. Killers, Mr. Brightside, Jono and Ben in your mornings. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast.

The semi-final of the Football World Cup are going on right now. The first one, Argentina, Croatia. If you don't want to know the score, that was your warning. Just 1-0 to Argentina right now. They just scored a goal. Very happy. Very, very huggy. You delivered that you delivered that

in a weird way you said if you don't want to know the score I just paused that was your warning well that was for people who'd like to turn down the radio

it felt like you were going if you don't want to know the score if you're more something disastrous like that it is a disaster you know they're telling you

it's nothing but the score for the next three hours McCormick's got rolling live coverage now a lot of Christmas parties going on at the moment we had our work one over the weekend It's nothing but the score for the next three hours. McCormick's got rolling live coverage. Now, a lot of Christmas parties going on at the moment. We had our work one over the weekend, and my wife had her work Christmas party.

And they came home. She came home last week, and she was like, the people at work, because they need to put together a playlist. They're like, could Ben do it? He works in radio. Can I just say, for the record, Ben doesn't push record ben doesn't push anybody no ben talks on the radio yeah that's all that's what i said i said you know you didn't have to tell them that i have like zero input into the songs we play on that it's like nothing like i love the songs we play on the hits don't get me wrong but it's all research it's all you know the songs that people

want to hear not like more effect i'm not like those songs and these are the ones anything at the wall these are the songs that everyone want to hear. Not like more, not like those songs. They're just chucking anything at the wall over here, mate. These are the songs that everyone would want to hear, the hits. Yeah, so I don't have any. So I was like, well, hey, not really the best person for that. But I did, you know, I do know that on Spotify and Apple Music and stuff, you can look and you can get some pretty cool playlists. Yeah, right. So you said, hey, listen, I've got no experience.

But if you go to Spotify or Apple, they'll help you out. Now, so the DJing responsibilities came about because she's married to a guy who talks in between songs but has no idea how to play them on the radio. Well, yeah, this should have been my responsibility. But I said to Amanda, hey, you can go on here. I showed her where you could go. I said, oh, you go through, use this as a base, maybe create your own playlist from this. So did she spent a lot of time it was like music research at the hits all weekend she was like the weekend before all teachers they're all children songs where do

the children play no no they're all schools out bangers but she's listening to songs we could hear her like going oh i like that one i like that one i like that one and she said she put it together for the for the playlist she even like had a uh, a bit of slower songs for the start of the evening, sort of background stuff, and then your sort of party songs for later in the night. Taken on a musical journey. Oh, yeah. And how long's the playlist? I think there was a couple, I think three or four hours of stuff.

So a lot of work went into it? She did a lot of work. And I said, well, how was it? Because she went back to the party and I wasn't there for it. for it she said it was great but she kept forgetting that she was the one that put the playlist together so every time she'd be chatting to someone she'd hear a song she'd go oh my god i love this song and she would say and no one else was somewhere indifferent yeah well you know and then every song and the next oh my oh, my God, I love this song. So it was Amanda's favorite song for three years. She was like, the music was fantastic.

I haven't heard from anyone else how the music was, but Amanda was like, the music was amazing. Maybe you went along to DJ, man. Should we headline in the clubs in Ibiza over summer? Oh, my God, I love this song. Just playing your song. That would be a funny hook for a DJ. Just jump on the mic and go, oh my God, I love this.

This is such a great song. This song ever. Everyone's sort of standing around waiting. So if you want a DJ for your work function, that says that all the way through the songs. You might not love them as much. They're passionate about the songs. They're all songs that she wants to hear.

Tough one when you hit a workplace, though, isn't it, as a DJ? Because you've got such a wide and varied. I mean, you could play the Macarena and keep the boomers happy. Or bloody Joel and his mob wanting to hear drum and bass. You know, where's the happy medium? A wedding's the same, too. Like, where do you fall in?

You know, what music do you do? So, yeah, we'll get Amanda next time, my wife, if you want to do it. DJ, oh my God, this is my favourite song. That's right. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Now, 660, they've got a big announcement. They've started a record label called Massive Records,

and their first signing is the band they've been touring with around the country, Coterie, who have their debut album, which is out right now. They're very cool. And to tell us more, we have the bass players from both bands, Chris Mack from 660 and Branford from Coterie over Zoom, I think. Recording in progress. Recording in progress. It's happening. We're here. Okay. Oh, I see.

Okay, cool. Well, good. Well, this has been an appropriately fumbly start to another Zoom call. You know, it's only been two years of using this technology. We can't be expected to get it right on the first try. What's bugging me a little bit, Chris Mack, is the fact that I can see you It's only been two years of using this technology. We can't be expected to get it right on the first try.

What's bugging me a little bit, Chris Mack, is the fact that I can see you and I've been to your place. Why have you not bothered to come see us in the studio? It's only like five minutes away. I offered. I honestly offered. I heard you guys had no interest in having me there. Now, people might be listening going,

well, this is an interesting combination. We've got Branford and Chris Mack together on the same interview. And then people will be going, what? How's this? What's going on? And why am I feeding back? Stop feeding back now. So, Chris, you've got some massive news.

This is a shamble. The news is not a shambles. We're a shambles. You know you've come to expect that from us, mate. I don't know why I'm surprised. It's half of the course. To be honest, this is the best interview we've done all year, to be honest. So this is great.

This is rock solid stuff you've got here, mate. Yeah, we've got some big news. We announced it last week. 660 have launched our very own uh record label called uh massive records and uh it's it's been something we've wanted to do for a long time and and finally we kind of felt like we're at the right time we had the right resources and and the experience and uh yeah just just felt right everything kind of came together and uh as we were going through that, we were super excited about it.

And we came across these lads who were honestly just pestering us on social media. I signed some papers the other day and I don't know what they said. So Coterie are the first signing to this record label, which is fantastic news. Branford, now does it fall on Chris Mack to look after any demands that you may have

from the record label? Yeah, that's right. You know, any backstage requirements? I need my tea at 30 degrees Celsius playing my bass tune. But it's been a crazy ride, bro. It's been a crazy ride. Well, you guys have had a hell of a 2022, haven't you?

What's been the highlight for you, Branford? My highlight for the year was we landed in Auckland playing the Super Rugby Grand Final and I stole Chris's red bass to play. And I didn't know anything about it until I got to the rugby and I was watching them play and I was like, I'm pretty sure that's my bass. He'd just gone to our studio and stolen it.

Obviously the label, which is exciting and massive records as well. Now I was looking at other, I was Googling warning labels as well. I kind of got down a rabbit hole, warning labels, unnecessarily warning labels around. And I wanted to run these past year and see if you guys think they were necessary or not. This thing is your label people now. There's a tenuous tie in there somewhere. All right.

So close. Okay. So on a thermometer, there was an actual, these are legit. It said once used rectally, the thermometer should not be used orally. Now, is that a necessary label? Yeah, it probably is. But how do you know that it's been rectally used by someone else? You don't know.

Without tasting it. And finally, a warning label on Apple's website says, do not eat the iPod shuffle. I have made that mistake before, it's a shame to admit it. You've both got little AirPods in at the moment, they look quite tasty too, don't they?

I've got one in, the other one. He ate the other one. Just quickly, 660, massive year. You know, you guys just seem to every year just go one up on what you've done the previous year, stadium tours around the country. What would be the one highlight for you guys? Oh, look, this tour has just been so amazing because we've got the new album out, Castle Street.

You know, it's a real joy. It's something we've got an immense amount of gratitude that we out, Castle Street. You know, it's a real joy. It's something we've got an immense amount of gratitude that we get to do this. You know, it's not something, you know, you have to do. We just, we love doing this and to play the new music and having Koda on the road with us and playing the first ever stadium tour of New Zealand. Words can't describe how special it is. Well, like Ben says, you keep upping yourselves year to year.

And Branford, it's been a pleasure getting to know you and your brothers too this year in 2022. Congratulations on the huge year that Coterie's had. Do you guys want to congratulate us on anything? The Zoom call? Yeah, I'd like to congratulate you guys for getting the Zoom call kind of set up. And then also for not dying eating all of those sausages. I was honestly concerned.

Good to see you guys. Congrats. Love your work, boys.