Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL SHOW: A Special Wedding Surprise For Our Bride And Groom!

Episode Date: February 24, 2025

ON THE SHOW TODAY: Ben’s nightmare took an unexpected turn—straight into a dream! What inspired your children's names? The incredible story of how our couple met. Who got hit with the classic "Of course it would be you"? Dear Megan... I slept with my boss! Now what? Our take on the new White Lotus theme—love it or hate it? Facebook: The Hits Breakfast with Jono, Ben & Megan Instagram: THEHITSBREAKFAST  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Jono, Ben and Megan podcast, thanks to HelloFresh, your home advantage for delicious midweek dinners everyone will love. Welcome to the podcast on a Tuesday morning. Thanks. Yeah, you're welcome. That's all I have to say. All right, here's the podcast. We can wrap it up here.

We don't have to. We've got some great stuff. That's always Ben's bugbear with podcast intros. I do podcast intros. I understand. Okay, here I go. I'm going to go against what I believe in. Now, when you know a podcast and you love the people on a podcast,

you probably love the intros. You know, you get into the thing. But sometimes people are like, oh, you've got to listen to this podcast. I listen to it. And three minutes later, they haven't even got to the podcast. They're just doing this intro. I'm like, I'm done. I can't get there.

You know? It's like the good stuff is still – like we've got all the stuff we've worked hard on we're just here and now we're like holding someone up it's like outside the Warriors game at Vegas

I'm like Megan hey good to see you mate you're like just gonna go the game's about to start no no no I was just gonna tell you a little thing about

no but it's nice to see you I want a little catch up it's all there mate everything you want to know it's all there this is my bug with podcast intros but it's also like

thanks for listening hey welcome you know you're not just coming in just hammering entertainmentros. But it's also like a nice little, hey, welcome. You know, you're not just coming in and just hammering entertainment down the throat. It's like a soft launch. This is for podcasts only, so they don't feel like they're just getting the radio chat, you know? Sometimes I like a coming up, but sometimes, you know, a coming up on the podcast. You'll do a coming up. Yeah, coming up is great.

Just keeping the memes in the go. I'm like, cool, I'm going to sit around with that. He's a list guy. I like to have just like a personal little, like, hey, Q. I remember we lost 100,000 people gone in the last, and we got to my fridge chat. We've got a fridge chat coming up. They'll never know.

Stick around for Ben's fridge chat. They'll never know why I won't remove anything. This is more rants from Ben coming up. I rambled too much at the start. Anyway, that's just a little something. Mum and Dad are fighting again, but we're okay. Okay, here we go. John O'Bannon Megan.

The podcast. The heads. See the worst text any human can ever receive. Now, there's some pretty bad texts you can receive. Okay, so maybe it's not. Maybe I over-jambitized it. I'm cheating on you. Okay, so it's not.

The dog's dead. There's some shocking texts you can get. Okay, so this is not the worst text. But for me, I don't like. I'll put it on record. I don't like how many people move. Noted. No. some shocking texts. Yeah, you're right. Okay, so this is not the worst text. But for me, I don't like, I'll put it on record, I don't like helping people move. Noted. No, I don't.

I'm not strong. I don't enjoy the process. You know, people back in the day, maybe, you know, 10 years ago, 15 years ago, I would. But now I'm like, I'll just get some movers. They do a pretty good job. Get people to move, you know. There are people who enjoy helping others in life.

I like helping others, but not moving. Moving's not my thing. I can't, I'm not a not a lifter you know i'll come help you clean i'll come help do other stuff i'll do other things i just not i just don't like lifting things i've got some cleaning that needs doing this weekend come over and help me yeah uh but you know people like often will ask other people to help move stuff i get it but it maybe happens less and less the older you get you know uh but over on Friday night, I get a text from my mate. They own a bar. And he's like, hey, there's a fridge, a big massive fridge that's broken.

I'm away for work. And the person has replaced the fridge but just left this fridge in the middle of the bar. It's huge. It's going to take about six people. Can anyone come help move the fridge? Are you on a WhatsApp group chat here? Yeah, group chat.

And to be fair, I wasn't far away. I was probably 200 metres away at the time. I'm like, oh. That's not even just your stock standard domestic fridge. Yeah, this is a big bar fridge in this situation. And it's causing some stress for people at the bar. I get it. And then you get a whole lot of texts on the WhatsApp group.

On my way. On my way. All these amazing people. You can people at the bar. I get it. And then I get a whole lot of texts on the WhatsApp group. On my way. On my way. All these amazing people. You can't be the one. What does B-Boy do? You're 200 metres away. What does he do? I'm like, all right.

I was actually at another bar, to be fair. Trater. Yeah. That was the time. All right. So I said, yeah, no, I was like, I'm on my way too. I'm on my way. I was with my wife, Amanda.

I was like, to be honest, she's going to be a lot more helpful to me. Amanda's on your way. But I will come and support. And so we got there. Ideal situation, guys. They had moved the fridge. They had just, as we walked in the door, they had just six of them with people in the bar as well

and lifted it over the top and put it there. They had to lift it. Yeah, to lift it. Yeah, like over this thing, put it down there. But you would have been no use. This is a dream scenario for me. You look like you're willing, able, and helpful. Yeah, it does.

And I didn't have to do any, literally, of the heavy lifting. And I was there, and they're like, hey, you're here now, have a beer for coming over. I was going to say, thank you, beers. And I'm like, this is just the perfect scenario for someone who doesn't like moving. Turned up, looked like a good person. Yeah.

Came here pretty quickly, like I did so long. Good intentions. Good intentions. Did not lift a finger and got a beer. Dream radio host result. You just want to look like a good person. Don't necessarily have to be one. No, exactly.

It's one of those situations. The internal monologue was saying, no, thank you. Good on you. Dream scenario, that one in the weekend. Do you know with fridges too, domestic fridges, you've got to keep them on an angle or else all the toxic liquid. Oh, yes. I didn't know that. We were moving a fridge here last year and the farmer from across the road came over.

We were down the line. He's like, mate, have you heard about how you move fridges and you have them on a little 45 degree angle? You don't lie them down. Professionals. Professionals know how to do it. That's why you get professionals to help you move. Otherwise, all the toxic juices spill all over your fridge. Jono, Ben and Megan.

The podcast. The hits. We're on a mission to marry two people who have been engaged for four years. From Rotorua, we have Christy and Gorgeous George, her fiancé. We've now got a nickname, Gorgeous George. I don't think he's ever had that nickname before. So through Tourism Fiji, they've come to the party because Ben, you said you were engaged for seven years

and you got married in Fiji. Oh, it was amazing. It was just the best place to get married. And Fiji Tourism have come through and they're going to be sending them over there just three hours away to the Outrigger Fiji Beach Resort for a tropical wedding dream. Now yesterday, we were desperate.

We realised that we needed to organise... Dresses. Yeah. Or a dress. A dress. A dress. A dress. You know, outfit for George.

Gorgeous George to wear. We also need, you know, rings. I thought we were just going to dress him up in Ben's costumes from his garage. Like someone's dressed as a Marmite jar or something walking down the aisle. But clearly, clearly the people got to hear the desperation in our voices yesterday because Michael from Diamonds on Richmond, good morning. Good morning. How are you going?

We're going good. Now, we've got a lot to organise for this wedding. We've never really been wedding planners before. No, I could imagine. It's a first for you guys. Yeah, we're all a bit rattled. Megan, you're probably doing the best out of all of us. I've done a couple of weddings.

I've had a couple of shots at it. Third one's a charm. It's good to have that under your belt the first go. You learn a lot from the first one, don't you? You take that into the... Practice makes perfect. Now, Michael, we understand you're going to help us out with something pretty huge. Yes, we've been listening to the whole competition and we think it's amazing.

We would love to help gorgeous George and Christy out. We'd love to supply the wedding rings for their big day. So where is this? What's your business that's going to come through for this? So we're Diamonds on Richmond, so we're engagement and wedding ring specialists based in Auckland. Yeah, they've got

to put a ring on their fingers for the special day. If you like it, you've got to put a ring on it. Someone said that sometime. Famous philosopher, Beyonce. That's awesome. Yeah, thank you so much for your generosity there. Yeah, no worries. So we should actually call Christy.

Should we call Christy right now and see if we can tell her that we've got a ring sorted for her and George? Yeah. Okay, we'll call in Christy and gorgeous Georgie. That nickname's stuck, hasn't it? Yeah, it is. Good morning, Christy speaking. Christy, John O'Bennett-Megan, good morning.

Oh, good morning. How are you guys? We're doing all right. You might know us as your stressed out wedding planners. Oh, yes, sorry. We're on the other side being nice and relaxed. We've got a lot to organise. Don't you worry about anything.

We've got it all under control. Thank you. Christy, we put a call out. There's many things that we need to organise this week, but one of them was wedding rings. Wedding bands? You guys need wedding bands to make it official, right? Yeah, crazy, yes.

The only prerequisite was we'll take any ring as long as it's not suffering. Bit of a speech gag there. You heard that a few weddings, yeah? Classic stuff. Chrissie, we're going to hand you over to the wonderful Diamonds on Richmond, okay? Oh, okay. Hey, Chrissie, how are you going?

Oh, good morning, I'm great, thank you. How are yourself? Good, good. It's Michael here from Diamonds on Richmond. Hey, we've been listening to this competition and we just want to look after you guys and help you out to give you a couple of rings there for your big wedding day. So we want to supply them complimentary from us. I'm sorry.

Oh my God. Sorry. Oh my God. I'm already crying. Thank you so much. Would you like more diamonds to go with your wedding day? Say yes. I mean, why not?

Okay, we'll look after you. Absolutely. Gosh, thank you so much. No worries. We are more than happy to help out. So generous of you at Diamonds on Richmond. Thank you so much, Michael and the team. Hey, no worries.

There's only one way diamonds can get better, and that's when they're free. Good Lord. I just never thought diamonds could get any better and that's when they're free. Good Lord. I just remember diamonds couldn't get any better. Oh, my gosh. All thanks to Michael and Diamonds on Richmond. So thank you so much. So when we get you here for your big suit fitting and your dress fitting and stuff,

you'll have your fingers and – Your finger fitting. Michael. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. Because I ran into someone over and Megan. The podcast. The hits. Because you ran into someone over the weekend. I did, I did.

So this was at the Webex Triathlon and I have been given permission to tell this story, but I'm going to change the names. Okay. So this was a father and son there and I actually don't know how we got into this. You had a conversation and then you came over and told me. This is a Jono type conversation.

It really was. You went from zero to 100. Yeah. So I ended up hearing about the birth story of one of the boys who we'll name Bono. It's a lovely Irish name. So not his actual name, but yeah. Not his actual name. How on earth did you end up here at the Weet-Mix Triathlon?

What's your birth story? Oh, I'll tell you mine. So a lovely Irish name. He said that he came up with that name, or his wife got the name, from the doctor that delivered their son Bono. So the wife suggested this name when Bono came out because she was like, let's name him after our doctor because he's so hot. He's looked after me.

Look at him. He's a beautiful man nice smile you said as well nice smile so the husband was kind of like but hang on a second i created this child but regrettable like he's gone on to name the child after the hot doctor the hot doctor was down downstairs yeah and he did say that he was was like, I'm not comfortable. This hot doctor has seen your bits and pieces. But they did go ahead and name the child after the hot doctor. That's a wonderful way to pay tribute to the hot doctor

who's been fondling with your bits and pieces. And also still their doctor. So he goes and sees, and the wife goes she's like, I'm just going to see the hot doctor. I've never given birth but I imagine it's prime hitting on guys territory, is it? When you're in between contractions.

No, I actually had a male midwife when I gave birth to my daughter, but that wasn't on my mind. Yeah, well. There's a lot of things going on, right? I think I spewed on him at one point. It's a very not attractive situation. You spewed on the midwife? Yeah. I've seen all that sort of stuff though, right?

Yeah. It's just another day in the office to them. Stop to be like. Maybe not vomit. You get vomited on. It's just a really unattractive scenario. You'd be like, cool, things are vomiting on me. So we wanted to know this morning, what did you name your kids after?

Or who did you name? Was it the hot doctor? Was it a hot doctor? Was it a place you went to? Was it a person you know? Or maybe just a famous person that you're like, that's who I'd like to name after. I wanted to name our daughter Priscilla

because I went to go and see that Elvis movie and I was like, oh, I love Priscilla Breesley. I wanted to name her that. But I was like, it's a big name to live up to. And I thought she'd get teased. Okay. Yeah, that's the thing. I've told this story before,

mainly because it's a story about where my name came from and it doesn't change the story. But there was a show way back ages ago, because I was born in America, and mum was pregnant with me, and she used to watch this show called Dallas. And there's a big storyline about who shot this guy, JR. Do you remember? This was years ago. I think TV was in black and white.

And that's why I'm Jonathan Richard. Was that the guy that shot JR? Oh, no, JR. He's the dude who got shot. Was that the guy that shot JR? Oh, no, he's got shot. He's the dude who got shot. They cancelled him off the show. That's so niche, isn't it? It is niche, but yeah, again, I've told that story multiple times. It doesn't get any more exciting.

Was JR attractive? Stop asking questions. This is going on. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. I want to know what you named your kids after. Some great calls and texts coming through.

Some very unusual places that people got their names from. There was that period there, that sort of Chris Martin, Gwyneth Paltrow period where people, parents were just naming babies after the first thing they saw, like, you know, lamppost compost and things like that. Apple, river, leaf. That seems to have died off. But, you know, there would be so many of those sorts of creative names

that they'll just become the normal. Well, they kind of have in a way, but then it seems to have swung back a little there would be so many of those sorts of creative names that they'll just become the normal well they kind of have in a way but then it seems to have swung back a little bit to the old school names you hear a few of the old school that you'd think maybe were more sort of

nana and grandpa sort of names that are coming back in now there's a few Georges and yeah a few Gertrudes and Matildas yeah so yeah

what did you name your kid after now I was boring you with my story of my origin and my name origin I was named after JR A character from a TV show

In the 80s called Dallas That my mum was obsessed with And I'm not the only one Jenna You'd like to also bore us With your JR With your Dallas story Yeah absolutely

Were you named after A cast member From this weird TV show I was I was named after Jenna Priscilla Presley I think she played her Dad thought this weird TV show? I was. I was named after Jenna. Priscilla Presley,

I think she played her. Oh. Dad thought, yes, I know. I heard you guys talking about her too. So you were named from the show, right. There we go.

I was named from Dallas, yeah, from Jenna and then my brother as well because mum and dad, well, my dad was obsessed with Dallas. My younger brother is Jared Richard.

Like JR as well. I tell you what, must have been a banging show back in the day. The old boomers loved it, didn't they? It's like a cowboy show from 1978. I'm looking at JR. He's got a big cowboy hat on. Definitely would have been a Trump voter. Definitely would have been a Trump voter.

Lovely to hear from you, Jenna and Noga. Great story. We have something in common, mate. We do. Thank you. You guys have a good day. You too. Sam, just talking about what you named your kids after. Good morning to you. Hi, how are you? Yeah.

Well, I mean, good. Good is the response to that question. Oh, yeah, it was a good response. What did you name your kids after? The movie 300. So my oldest boy, his name is Arcadian. And there was a scene in the movie where one of the Spartans walks up and is like, and who are you?

And this man steps forward and he's like, I am Arcadian. And I was like, oh, if I ever have a boy, that's what I'm going to name him. And, you know, fast forward a few years and I found out I was having a boy. That's exactly what I named him. That's exactly where he got his name from too. Great backstory. Epic movie to be named after. And when he goes to a function, he's got the stickers.

Hello, my name is Arcadian. You can say it with confidence. Do you call him that or do you call him like Cade or Arky? We shorten it down to Cades. Or depending on where we are, it might be Cadian, but yeah, it's generally always Cades. Oh, that's good. I love that, Sam.

These are piling through on the text machine, too. Brenda, good morning to you. Morning. You named your kid after what? So I've got a couple of stories. So my first one, my oldest daughter, we named her after both our parents. Oh, yeah, that's nice. My mum's called Joan and my partner's mum was called Delis.

So you got Jo and Del. So we called our daughter Jo-Del. Oh, you combined the two. Oh, morphinated. That's smart. Okay, and the other one? Yep. And then the other one, my second daughter, we thought she was a boy

and it was around the time when the movie Leon was out. We were convinced she was a boy and she wasn't. And then obviously she was born and it was a girl. So then we were stumped. And then my husband was like, oh, well, what about Leone? So we got Leone. But then when we got to the registry office as well, it was the time when Bob Geldof had named his daughter,

so she ended up with Leone Violet Tiger Lily. Oh, that's another one. Yeah, you chucked a tiger lily in there. That is not fitting on a customs declaration form. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. Now, we have been talking this morning about where you got your kids' names from.

So many great texts and calls coming through. Just floods of texts. We're going to have to continue this on tomorrow as well. Good morning to you, Amber. Welcome. Hi, guys. How's life? Yeah, good.

How about you? Yeah, good. My life's good. You guys can take this offline. Big question. What did you name your kids after, mate? My son is William, and he's actually the fifth William in that family

So I wasn't going to be the one to break that generation And my daughter Elise, I'm a teacher and coming up with names is impossible Oh yeah, because you know people with those names of course There's not a million kids names Oh yeah, when I was pregnant my husband and I were going around in circles with names, and BuzzFeed had this list, 40 French names to make your ovaries want to swing into action. And so what made your ovaries want to swing into action? What was the name?

Well, the deed was already done. They had already swung into action. What was the name? Well, the date was already done. They had already swung into action. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I highlighted a few names, and he circled, and the only one that we agreed on was Elise. So that's why. I tell you what. I said Judo was dialing it in that day, eh?

That's got my ovaries swinging into action, that's for sure, Amber. Have a lovely day. That's a great story. John O'Byrne and day. That's a great story. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits.

Now, Married at First Flight, that's what George and Christy are going to be doing. They're going to get married, Lope, in Tourism Fiji. Married at First Flight with Tourism Fiji. Not in the Tourism Fiji office. Yeah, that sounds like that, right. Thanks to Tourism Fiji. Thanks to Tourism Fiji. It's going to be a great place. I've seen the office over That sounds like that, right. Thanks to Tourism Fiji. Thanks to Tourism Fiji. It'll be a great place.

I've seen the office over there, so it might be nice. It might be lovely. Almost as good as Fiji, I hear. Well, it is. It's a tropical paradise. Everywhere is tropical paradise there. But yeah, we met Chrissy last week.

They've been engaged four years, haven't got married. Ben, this spawned off you being engaged for seven years, getting married in Fiji. We thought, well, let's recreate your magical day. Yeah, they can go and get a lope. They can elope in Fiji, but we don't know a lot about them. We're just getting to know them.

Yeah. Now, an hour ago, the wonderful Michael from Diamonds on Richmond, he's donated two wedding bands for the happy couple. Incredible stuff. Oh, my God. Sorry. Oh, my God. I'm already crying.

Thank you so much. No worries. Very generous from Diamonds on Richmond but we're still after a wedding dress. Wedding dress. We need suits or something for George to wear. But that's not for them to worry about right now because on the phone

right now, Christy and gorgeous George. I love that label. Good morning. Good morning. Do you love it, George? Yeah, it sounds good. Now, George, we've only spoken to you once and I feel like we woke you up the other day. It wasn't a great start from us, so apologies about that.

No, it wasn't me. Has it all sunk in now, George? Are you excited? Nervous. Nervous? It is weird that you get nervous when you... I think everyone does before they get married. I don't know why, because most of the time you're pretty sure about it.

Unless it's my first wedding, but... It's very natural, George, I think, to be nervous. Oh sweet, that's good. Now, Chrissy, I mean, seven days ago you weren't even planning on getting married. I know, crazy. Crazy, and I didn't realise this, you guys are both, you both work for the New Zealand Police.

Yeah, we do. Oh that's great, well we couldn't have a better couple, and I tell you what, there wouldn't be a more opportune time right now to talk about my 85 demerit points. No, it's not the time. I'm not saying, hey, if 50 of them mysteriously disappeared out of the database, that's not necessarily a bad thing. He thinks the law is a guideline.

Yeah, it's not. So is that how you guys met? How did you meet? Oh, well, George moved from out of town to work at our station, and I knew his cousin. And she asked me to say hi and befriend George, I guess, because he didn't know anyone in Rotorua. You took that

seriously? I did, man. We didn't really actually like each other at first, to be honest. That's how all good relationships start. Yeah, but our sections got aligned so we worked together all the time and then in town we just keep running into each other. But it wasn't until we went to a box fit class really

and the instructor paired us up together and we had to punch each other's stomachs. That was fine for me because I'd done it heaps but this was George's first class, and that's how sparks flew. We had this weird argument after that, and we just couldn't stop talking. It just turned into this thing. Love was in the air as you were punching each other in the guts at a box foot class. That's incredible. So let's talk about the engage and the engagement, because you've been engaged for four years.

When did you propose sorry i was just looking at george to talk but he's shaking his head at me like you tell the story i don't want to tell the story so what happened we went up to auckland to have a weekend away um and we went to sky city for dinner and went and had a look at out of the sky tower thing you know and um george got down on one knee but then he freaked out a bit and pretended he was tying his shoe good save george good save what are you doing you don't even have shoelaces you're wearing slides tonight george it was so funny and then then he came and sat next to me again and then he kind of was like, oh,

so will you marry me? And then we got up and had this big hug and I was crying and then this random lady interrupted us and asked us if we could move out the way so she could walk past and she didn't want to get to see us. Read the room, lady. Oh, God. George, if you

could describe Christy in three words, what would they be? Three words. Cheerful, beautiful, and loving. Oh, that is lovely. George, he is gorgeous. And Christy, what are your three words for George? Hilarious, thoughtful, and gorgeous.

That's the perfect trio in the name, I think. I'm not led with that one. Yeah. You guys are awesome. Thank you so much for doing this, for taking part. We're very excited about having you guys go in a lope in Fiji, thanks to Tourism Fiji. I hope you're still happy to do it.

Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. Shocking end to the day. Yesterday I was walking back to where we park our cars. Ben, you'll Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. Shocking end to the day. Yesterday I was walking back to where we park our cars. Ben, you'll know this, the swiper. You push this button on the door and boom, the doors open automatically. Oh yeah, yeah.

And then once you've got used to automatic opening doors, you really do take them for granted, don't you? Yeah. And then one day these doors just stopped working. Yeah, they did actually for a while. They stopped opening and you had to do all the heavy lifting yourself. You're like, it felt out of, you know, the doors usually open for us. What's the heavy lifting?

Well, not much heavy lifting. So I was just opening a door. But it was a little bit confusing because you're like, well, they're obviously broken in some regard. Exactly. But they don't have automatic doors if you don't want people to have to lift them for yourself. Let's just either go all automatic or all manual. Anyway, so they've gone back to manual mode for a while. So I'm going back yesterday and I'm used to having to use my own arm strength to open the doors.

Exhausting. And I swipe the swiper and I start pulling and the doors start automatically opening. Okay. But I've pulled and yanked. Okay. Now the doors start automatically opening. Okay. But I've pulled and yanked, okay? Now the doors have frozen about halfway through their opening process. And then I hear from behind me, oh, we've just fixed those. And I turn around. There's half a dozen people in high-vis vests with hard hats.

And then as I turn around, one of them goes, of course it's you. Of course it's you. What does that mean? This is very on brand for you. Of course it's you. Now, I was trying to remember my car. I was like, was that a positive comment?

No. Of course you were to lose us to these doors that are still malfunctioning. No. Of course it would be you. You're on your game, buddy. To be fair, though, If it's been a wee while Maybe there should have been

A sign saying Don't call them We're fixed I tell you what There's nothing more humiliating Than having to squeeze through A little 20 centimetre gap

As the people Who have just fixed the thing You've just broken Are watching on Did you make it through? Just Oh my god Good on you

It was a very slow exit It was very slow I was like I am getting through this gap Or anything else If I got through that gap That would have just made my day I was like, I am getting through this gap or anything else. If I got through that gap, that would have just made my day. I was like, you can't say anything to make me feel bad now. And it's incredible doors.

We use them. And, you know, for some reason, you still screw it up. I came, the toilet doors, when you go to push on a door and someone opens it at the same time. It happened to me. And I was coming at pace the other day. And I stumbled because I went forward and only I could fall over from a door

that I didn't even touch. Oh, you fell in the toilet. Well, no. I was coming out of the bathroom. Oh, okay. Have you ever pushed a door when you're meant to pull it? Oh, that's embarrassing.

And it even sits it on the thing. Yeah, that's usually fine. Oh, God. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. They had the Screen Actors Awards yesterday going on, and Harrison Ford, iconic actor, was there in the crowd behind

another of his co-stars who was doing an opening, and he was eating a chip right on camera. From my dream of preparing. I told him to turn away. Don't look. He was like whoops It was a big chip too It was like one of those big wavy ones Flat ones

I thought it was like garlic bread But it was definitely a chip It looked massive But anyway he turned away too late And he stole the scene Very funny Now someone's been sliding up into your DMs with a chip on their shoulder, you could say. They do.

This is a situation at work. It says, Dear Megan, I found myself in the middle of a workplace nightmare and I don't know what to do. A few months ago, I started casually seeing a guy I met on a dating app. Nothing serious, just a bit of fun. Last week, my company announced a new senior hire, and it's him. Uh-oh. He's my new boss. Uh-oh.

Feels like a rom-com, doesn't it? Moments like this, you realise New Zealand's far too small. Now he's acting like nothing ever happened between us while I'm sitting in meetings pretending I haven't seen him naked. To make matters worse, I just found out he's engaged. Something he conveniently forgot to mention. I feel sick even being in the same room as him, but quitting isn't an option. Do I call him out?

Do I tell HR? Or do I keep my mouth shut and pretend it never happened? Spicy stuff. Good news, she has wonderful job security now. Because, I mean, he can't get rid of her Without making things awkward HR, is that really a No, it's not It's not really an option

I know, but that's what a lot of people Have commented on our Facebook page One from an HR advisor That said, I'm not really sure why you would tell HR Nothing happened at work It's your own private life You've done nothing wrong at work. At work with this company, yeah.

Morally, questionable obviously. Don't you go to HR if you have any kind of issues with someone at work? It could potentially cause an issue? Listen, once Ben, at a Christmas party, blew raspberries on my belly button. It made things awkward, we couldn't look each other in the eye, but you work through the awkwardness and it becomes normal. So if she just sits with it for a month or two, it'll become normal. It'll pass.

Keep it professional. Don't pretend that's the weirdest thing you two have done together. It's at the lighter end of the scale. But you know, you can work through awkwardness. And yeah, I mean, it sucks that he's got a fiancé, but that's got nothing to do with work. No, true. What about people saying, because so many he's got a fiancée, but that's got nothing to do with work. No, true. What about people saying, because so many people are on the text.

Yeah, a lot of people are saying keep your mouth shut. Irene said keep your mouth shut and ears open. If you see him interacting suggestively with other women, drop a quiet word in the air that he is engaged. Otherwise, people were saying keep your mouth shut. It could make things difficult for you in the workplace. Well, that's true. Especially if you're just going to go around telling everyone else. Blabbing to HR. Someone said, go around to his house and tell his wife.

That's a good idea. Spicy. All right. So there's some options there, including say nothing. And then the other option is go around to the house and tell the fiancée. Okay. I'm out of the hats. 4, 4, 8, 7.

We need to get back to this person today with a bit of advice. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hats. We're in the middle of Dear Megan this morning. Someone sliding on into the DMs of Megan on Instagram. And you can do the same as well if you want to. I know a guy from Prada has slid into your DMs saying...

I know, that was the meanest spam email I've ever got. a guy from prada has slid into your dm saying that was the meanest spam email i've ever got being like prada wants to collaborate with you i was like oh i wish this was true all right we're gonna collaborate with you right now on this there megan just quickly uh to recap so this person was casually seeing a guy they mean on a dating app nothing serious a bit of fun fast forward and their company they're working for hires a new boss and it's him. She has since found out that he's also engaged, which he forgot to mention. So now she's like, what do I do? I have to work with this guy. What do you think she should do? Well, let's get Martin on. Good morning to you.

Morning, everyone. How's it going? Good, thank you. Bit of a fiddly situation here, Marty. Bit of an employment issue. What do you think? Well, there's two things in this one. First of all, it was just a fling, so just a bit of sex, you know? So she can't get too carried away with the fact he's the boss and all that. I'd love to hear you say that in front of your partner.

Yeah, it's just a bit of sex. She doesn't get involved in this. And then, secondly, you know, perfect chance for her to get a pay rise. Oh, use it to an advantage. In some ways it is if you want to play that card, but do you want to play that card? It's probably the moral, again, a moral issue. He's got moral issues.

Yeah. I'll do it. Okay, just a moral issue. He's got moral issues and yeah. I'll do it okay. Just a promotion then. But a harmless bit of sex and a bit of harmless bit of blackmail from Martin there. Alright Martin,

appreciate your call. Plenty of messages coming through. Hundreds and hundreds of messages coming through. I quite like this one. I'd put it on record with HR in case

of a future event but have nothing done about it and then just get on with the job. Okay. Because a lot of people are saying look, it was outside of work. It's nothing to do with the job. Okay. Because a lot of people are saying, look, it was outside of work.

It's nothing to do with the job. So then dragging HR into it, even in that instance is... What do you do if he's like a boss that you see all the time? Like our boss, Mando. Like, we see him all the time. I've hooked up with Mando. I've hooked up with Mando many times. It's consensual.

Yeah, it's consensual. It was before he started here. You'd have to have a conversation with them, right? Maybe be like, that's your personal life. Let's just not talk about it. There is a difference. There's a line. Like, I don't want to talk to your wife about it.

Let's just leave it. I feel like he might bring it up too in this situation, right? Because you kind of want to know that he's not going to leverage it against you in any way. You're not going to lose your job. I don't know. That's a very, but I agree with keeping quiet. Okay, so that's the, what we're going to go, because we need to go back.

You need to go back to the DM. If you're going to talk to anyone, I think it's talk to him to say and play it down. Or a radio station. That's your other option. Keep it classy and message a radio station. We'll talk about it on the airwaves in 20 minutes. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast.

The hits. Of course, coming up this weekend is the first game of the Warriors playing in Las Vegas. And already I noticed yesterday a bit of a scuffle between two Raiders players made news in a hotel in Vegas. Had to be disciplined, the players. Just chill out. Sometimes you've got to wonder who thought it was a good idea

sending league players over to Las Vegas. Our ones seem to be fine. The Warriors seem to be fine. Yeah, well, so far so good, right? Yeah. But how badly do you wish you were there, Ben Boyce? It would be awesome to be there, to experience. Yeah, to be in Vegas and to see the Warriors play would be pretty bucket list stuff.

It's fair to say it's not happening. It's not happening? No. No, you're right. It's fair to say. Is it bucket list stuff to turn up here at 6 in the morning and start talking? Not really. Not really. That's a fun job. Travis the bucket list stuff to turn up here at 6 in the morning and start talking? Not really. Not really.

That's a fun job. Travis and Jason Kelsey. Travis Kelsey. I wonder if this is why they were talking about it. It might have been. Because they got asked a question about rugby. And for Americans, sometimes they don't know the difference between rugby or rugby league. Yeah, right.

As well. Which is understandable. But maybe why. Yeah, right. Travis Kelsey and his brother Jason Kelsey, both amazing American football players. They do a podcast, super successful podcast as well. And they got asked a question from a fan in their comments, wasn't it, about rugby? Do you think rugby players have a chance in the NFL?

Absolutely not. Unless you're 6'9", 380 pounds. I would say that the chances are limited. It's just a different game. Rugby is more physical soccer. There's not like stoppages. It's not as different game. Rugby is more physical soccer. There's not like stoppages. It's not as high impact. Is that fair? I think it's still very much as physical as football is.

I just don't think there's as much skill in rugby. Respectively. I play offensive line, which requires zero skill. But I gotta say, I do think of the two, you're gonna be hard-pressed to tell me that rugby players are not tougher. Conventional metrics, I'm probably of the two, you're going to be hard-pressed to tell me that rugby players are not tougher. Conventional metrics, I'm probably going rugby.

So I don't think they were crapping on rugby. No, actually, they were saying they were tougher. They were saying it wasn't much skill, and then he kind of countered that by saying in his position, Jason Kelsey, they had no skill. There's probably really skillful players in all those sports. No, I tell you what, what do you say? I ran to the comment section on this one. Rugby's a thousand times harder.

Nobody can convince me otherwise. The game is longer. It's more physical than you will ever know. First comment there. That's got a few likes. You lads wouldn't last 20 minutes in an extensive endurance game of rugby. Physical soccer. That cut deep.

That did cut a little deep, didn't it? Physical soccer. Physical soccer. Soccer's a great sport, too. They're all good sports. Why are we getting all wound up over here? Have you even watched a game of rugby? Yeah, so a lot of people are getting quite defensive.

There is a guy that plays for the Eagles that won the Super Bowl this year that used to play rugby league in Australia. He got cut by the South Sydney Rabbitohs. So he's probably the only one who can... You probably could tell. Yeah. Jordan Malazzo, I think his name is. But yeah, he was cut by the Rabideaus in the younger grades

and then went over to America and now won a Super Bowl. Wow. Yeah, so maybe he's the guy to ask about comparing rugby league and... I don't know enough about either of them, really. Oh, listen, someone's put it to me. A nice one in the comments section, ran to the comments section, said, you know, both games involve a lot of skill. Different skills, but both are great games.

Move on. There's still sports where you have to be at the top of your game. That's a reasonable comment right there. And they're not like both sports, all those sports can exist and you don't have to like compete. Both can be hard. Basically, it's a fight to brag about which sport has more CTEs at the end of their career. Neither one I'd want to play. You're holding the ball

and people are coming at you. Minutes played though, so actual minutes played of the game in average NFL game, 11 to 15 minutes. They go on for two and a half hours. Rugby unions, 30 to 40 minutes of actual play, but the most rugby league, 50

minutes. They'll probably keep the ball in play and don't have the soppages for scrums and line-outs and stuff, do they? So, okay, all right. John O'Bannon Megan. The podcast. The hits. Now, Megan, you're up in arms. The White Lotus, very popular series, is back, new season,

and it's back with a slight change. Nothing to do with the storyline. You happy with the storyline? I love the show. Season three is great. We've got a Kiwi in there, Morgana O'Reilly. And it kind of follows the same kind of premise in a way, with a whole new different characters.

Yeah, so the White Lotus is like a hotel chain. So they go to these different resorts around the world and then something happens to the people staying there every season. You see someone basically die in the first scene. You don't often know who it was. There's often like a floating body or whatever it is. And then I guess over the episodes,

that unravels what happens. But it kind of hooks you in, I guess. Bit of brand damage for the hotel chain, I'd imagine. I don't know if you want to stay at a trip advisor. They're actual hotels too. Obviously not the White Lotus. But they do the show at an actual hotel. So the issue is not the plot.

No, great show. Okay, great. But this is season three. And season one and two, they were the same kind of melody. The theme song was the same or similar. And it was beloved. I took you to that bit. It's great.

It's been remixed so many times. It's been covered. Yeah. It's very aurally enjoyable. Yeah. Those are fun noises to get your mouth around. People would do like TikTok videos, all sorts of stuff. And then it really, it picks up.

It's like me when the beat drops. Great theme song. Yeah, no, it's great. It's a great tune. So my question is, why season three? Would you change it? Yeah, same composer and obviously same creators of the series

as well. They wanted, according to this what I was reading, they wanted something different. Something that reflected being in Thailand for the series and stuff, but it just feels like the other theme worked great. It was fine. It was great. It's kind of in the same wheelhouse.

Yeah, I mean, the same composer and stuff, but still not quite. You can't... We watched it and we were like, we're going to watch the start to get in the mood for the new season. And then this played out. We were like, what is this? So people start to get in the mood for the new season. And then this played out. We were like, what is this? So people unhappy about that particular thing to do with the show. Yeah.

I mean, it seems trivial. And you see everything going on in the world. And you probably skip through it after the first episode or so. But anyway. I did say to you yesterday, we live in a wonderful age where if you want to listen to, you can do that. You know, that's available. That's true.

We didn't got that myself. Yeah. Yeah. True. You can listen to it on any stage. We wanted to know, 4487 on the text or 100 the hits. Megan, you're saying that's the best theme tune. Easy, best theme tune.

Can you name another TV theme tune or series theme tune that's better? That's the challenge we're going to put out there. Megan's saying this is the best. We'll throw some other options your way. Yeah. And you see if it's better or not. I would have to say, and it was probably just through my formative years and my childhood.

Oh, it's pretty good. It's great. This is... Slow motion running. It was epic. This was back when you couldn't skip through an intro. You had to watch the whole thing. Name a more epic one.

Like, this is slow motion. The passion with which he sings. Diving into the waves. Into the darkness. We'll wait for it to kick in because, boy, this is an 80s anthem. Some people stand in the darkness. Afraid to step into the light. That's a good tune.

I was thinking about it. I was like, this has got nothing to do with lifeguarding. But then it does because it's like, don't you worry. I'm going to be all right. I won't let you out of my sight. I was like, this has got nothing to do with lifeguarding. But then it does. Because it's like, don't you worry. I'm going to be all right. I'm going to be all right. I won't let you out of my sight. I'll be ready. Yeah.

Yeah, that's a great one. Okay. I reckon that's right up there. Okay, 4, 4, 8, 7 on the text. Can you beat that? I'm going to chuck Fresh Prince. I reckon as a green tune, I'd like to chuck that out there as well. We need different categories.

This is sing-along. This is different categories. This is sing-along. This is, yeah, this is sing-along. Totally different. Not as epic sounding, but just iconic. Yeah. And again, watched many, many episodes growing up of this one. Yeah, you had your French Fresh Prince shirt and shorts combo, which you benched.

Yeah. No, but back into the rotate again. I'm all good with it. Will Smith back into the rotation. So are you. Yeah, everyone makes mistakes, mate. And in the grand scheme of mistakes, you know, compared to, you know, Kanye West, Elon Musk, Will Smith.

Hey, Trump's the president. Anything can happen. The very lighter side. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. We wanted to know the White Lotus theme. The theme from series two, is it the greatest?

Is it the greatest TV series theme ever? And so many great texts have come through this morning. I feel like we need to come back to this another day because people are saying, no, this one's better. This one's better. And every time we hear them, because we've been playing them while the songs have been going, we're like, oh my God, that's a great theme tune.

It's amazing what you remember. Like all the lyrics just come flooding back to you. Yeah, and it takes you straight back to that period in your life when you're watching. Gavin, take us back. Your favourite TV theme tune, Gav. What are you putting a vote in for? I'm going to throw in Magnum P.I.

Shirts, moustaches. So many people have texted him for this. Tom Selleck driving around in his red sports car. Maybe having a midlife crisis. I don't know. What was he doing? What was his role in that show? He was like a private. He was a PI.

Yeah, he was a PI, a private investigator. It's all in the name. That makes a lot of sense. Was his name Magnum? Yeah, yeah. It was Magnum. They did a good job of summarising that character in Show Up. That's a good suggestion, Gavin.

We were just saying off here we should do a bloody tournament. Like, you know, a knockout tournament to find the best TV theme tune. What do you think? That sounds like a great idea. Yeah, it's great.

We might try that. All right, next week. Next week we should kick into that. Give us some time. Yeah, we'll get our assets lined up for you. Yeah, sounds good. Good on you, Gav. Really appreciate your call.

Kim, morning to you. We're trying to find a better TV theme tune than the White Lotus Season 2. What would you like to suggest this morning? Friends. Oh, I didn't even think of that,

but that is a great one. Yeah, that's a... We're so good, it's a song on the radio that we play all the time, you know? But that's the thing, I feel like I'm used to it now. I hear it all the time.

Still a classic. Still a classic. Are you numb to it? So many texts coming through. We've got The Sopranos, we've got Chips, we've got a lot of nostalgic sort of 80s, 90s ones, Knight Rider. Pippa, it was The Sopranos for you, was it? Yeah, yeah, it was.

But only recently, I've only just finished watching it and I'dopranos for you, was it? Yeah, yeah, it was. But only recently. I've only just finished watching it, and I'd never seen it before, and I loved it. I know I've lied before. It's just, you know, to the point of my life. That's right. I didn't watch it. There's a lot of series out there,

so it's very hard to get through them all. It seems like you're a little late to the party. We watched a whole lot. We watched a whole lot in about two weeks. And it's still good it was awesome I loved it but

I loved it but yeah I loved the song it was worth it just for the song yeah it's a great song have you seen Breaking Bad

Pippa yes yes it's another good thing yeah just not much to it but just very distinctive all those ones that have got a bit

of darkness and see like I love the White Lotus as well, but I love the old theme song, and I was watching it last night thinking the same thing. John O'Bien and Megan. The podcast. The hits.

Yesterday we were talking about the cheapest petrol around the country, cheapest gas. Timaru looks like it's the cheapest. At what? Well, that's why, yeah, I've been trying, I knew you were going to ask that, and damn it, you did. That was why I've been trying, I knew you were going to ask that and damn it, you did. That was why I've been trying. Well, you're saying it's the cheapest.

I know there's four news articles online about how it's the cheapest in the country. Greymouth is the priciest. Not one of these articles have the actual price. You know what we're going to do? We're going to go to Timaru before 7 o'clock. We'll call Timaru and ask. That was the logical thing I thought of. I was trying to find it. I thought I'd mention it quickly without being

questioned. You'd think it would. Journalism these days, eh? Gatsby, you've got that app, though. Have a look on there. There you go. You do the research. The great Gatsby. Ellie, producer Ellie, our quiz queen.

You know what? Ellie pulled me aside after the show yesterday. She said, I love working with you guys so much. I am never going to leave you. I am going to be here until you die, which might be next week for me given my age. That's lovely. I remember that.

She said, I think you even, from memory, you even sliced your finger and you're like, let's smudge our blood together in a blood pact. Wow. I must have blacked out. I'll even risk having your hepatitis. That's how much loyalty I'll show this year. Oh, that's good.

Well, that's why she's loyal to the quiz every morning as well. So let's get into it. First question. All right, question number one. Which country has the most time zones? Is it Russia, France, or the United States? That's a really good question. The US only has two, right?

Yeah, East Coast, West Coast. Yeah. As far as I know. Yeah. Oh, and then maybe... Do they have anything different in the middle? Like Alaska or something. Russia. Oh, I didn't know.

Is Hawaii in another... Is Hawaii behind America? I don't know. I don't know. I can't answer off the top of my head. Are we going to throw it? If we don't know, we need to throw it to the lifeline. I'm not dipping out on number one.

Yes, they. I would lean towards Russia, just given the land mass and how much area it covers. But what way is the time zones? Is it that way or is it that way? Longitude or latitude? Mensa genius over here. Russia's wide, right? Yeah, you're right.

But then France might be quite long. France now. Are you joking? France? But America's wide as well. America's wide. Russia's wide. France was the one I was considering.

But now, yeah. I don't know. Should we lock in France then? No, I think we should go to the text machine. You's wide. France was the one I was considering. But now, yeah. I don't know. Should we lock in France then? No. I think we should go to the text machine. You said France. No. No, no, no, no.

Someone has text through and said France. So France it is. I said France. That is correct. Well done. That's the most amount of time zones. There you go. You must be right.

And to do with the longitude and latitude. I think. I don't know. Anyway, moving on. 12 different. I just have to Google because we're allowed to do with the longitude and latitude. I think. I don't know. Anyway, moving on. 12 different. I just had to Google because we're allowed to Google now the questions done. 12 different time zones. Wow.

That's incredible. Would none have picked that? No. That's my drama genius. Mensa approved. Not quite Mensa approved. She wouldn't pay for the full result. Hang on.

Oh, here we go. Oh, another dispute here. No, but with all its overseas territories, France uses 12 different time zones. Is that right? And Canada? Including its claim in Antarctica. Oh, okay. Okay, so nothing to do with longitude and longitude.

Damn, that sounded really smart, Megan. That was like the one yesterday where we were like, oh, the languages. Who had the most languages? It was India. Well, technically it was India, but then it was something else. Yeah, anyway.

No one likes a sour player in this game, okay? We made it. We made it to question. Yeah, they've got French Polynesia. They've got a whole lot of other places as well. But anyway, there we go. All right.

I think you can get question number two. What is the fastest land animal? Is it a cheetah, a lion, or a leopard? Cheetah. That'll be a cheetah. That is correct. Well done. Okay, question three.

Here we go. Okay, what is the capital city of Turkey? Is it Ankara, Izmir, or Istanbul? Istanbul, isn't it? No, I don't think it is. That's the biggest. Oh, is that the biggest? Okay.

That's like the city that everyone knows. Oh, is that kind of like the Auckland thing? All right. I don't think that that's the capital. Okay. Akara. Hey, have we used our life?

No, we haven't. Let's do that. Okay. 4487. Well, we kind of did, but we didn't. Oh, we're going to do it at four minutes 20

after chatting. We're going to do it right now. 4487. The capital of Turkey. Is it Ankara, Izmir, or Istanbul? Jono, Ben and Megan.

The podcast. The hits. Fumbling and guessing our way through the Tuesday quiz this morning. Producer Ellie, our quiz queen, you left us hanging on a Turkey question. Yes, what is the capital city of Turkey? Is it Ankara, Izmir or Istanbul? We used our lifeline for that one and Ankara has come through multiple times. So thank you for everyone that's texted.

Well, actually I won't thank them just yet. We'll lock in Ankara. That is correct. Thank you to everyone that's text. Well, actually, I won't thank them just yet. We'll lock in Ankara. That is correct. Thank you to everyone that's text. That's a lot of text. Well done. Thank you so much. Gobble, gobble, gobble.

Question number four. Turkey. I get it. That's all I can offer this morning. Thank you so much. Which mountain range is the longest in the world? Is it the Andes, the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, or the Himalayas? Himalayas, all day long.

The Andes, for some reason, I'm wondering. Oh, okay. Oh, who are we going with? Go with the guy that sounded more confident. Yeah, well, Jono sounded a lot more confident than me, so yeah. No, I'd lock in the Andes. That's what I'd do. Oh, is that what you'd do?

Yeah. Well, luckily that's correct. The Himalayas all day long. Oh, my God. All right. What is the largest species of shark? Is it whale shark? Is that whale shark?

That is correct. Well done. Well done. Don't even need the options there, Megan. Beauty. It's all in the name. Question number six. What is the smallest country in the world by land area? I know this one Megan. Beauty. It's all in the name. Question number six. What is the smallest country

in the world by land area? I know this one too. Go. Oh, what do you think it is for? This is a trick question. Oh, yeah?

Wait, do you want to do the... You sound really confident. I think it's the Vatican City. Well, Vatican City is very... Yeah, that's its own country, right? Yeah, the options are Vatican City, Monaco or San Marino.

Yeah, Vatican City. That is correct. Well done. And it's got its own post box. It's so weird, yeah. You kind of go in and you're in another country and then walk out the door and you're back in Italy. Random.

Thoughts and prayers with the Pope. Yeah. All right. Question number seven. Thanks. We were all like, what? He's on his deathbed. That's horrible.

He's in a critical condition. Sorry, don't say that. I just thought it was so random. Okay. Which element has the atomic number 92? Is it plutonium, thorium, or uranium?

Uranium. That is correct. Thank you. Thank you very much. Nice. Okay, question number eight. We're nearly there. Okay, which country

is the largest producer of coffee in the world? Is it Brazil, Vietnam, or Columbia? Columbia. It's Brazil. It's Columbia. Isn't it? Both are very good with coffee. Yeah.

I'm also thinking who's a great cocaine exporter, which they go hand in hand. Don't they? Where do you get all your good cocaine from, Megan? What is the country of origin? Okay, so you'll go Colombia would be cocaine But like, I'm backing myself with Brazil Okay, well listen

You've got a better track record than me We'll go with Megan That is correct Thank goodness you're with Megan Thank goodness Alright, question number nine Which city is known as the city of love? Is it Vienna, Paris, or Rome?

Paris. That is correct. Well done. Last question. Listen, I will take no responsibility for getting you here. This is all on Ben and Mia. Do Jono. Ben, you do the question yourself.

All right, last question. Who invented the telephone? Alexander Graham Bell. Yes, Graham Bell, yes. That is correct. Oh, last question. Who invented the telephone? Oh, you did this! Alexander Graham Bell. Yes, Graham Bell, yes. That is correct! Oh my gosh. Detective Graham, please send him in, guys. Hey, there we go.

We got 10 out of 10. Well done! Ben and Megan. We stumbled all the way through that one, but thank you so much, Deborah, that was helping us out through that.