Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL SHOW: Ben Drove Two Hour And Got No Tears From His Mum

Episode Date: October 15, 2025

On today’s show: LIVE from Whangārei! Why is Ben frustrated he didn't make his mum cry? We chat about partner pressure points, including sweaty partners and the excessive use of bleach. Jono shares how the medium claimed his grandfather’s spirit follows him around all the time. Juniper (Jono’s AI) joins in on a live radio break. Our everyday scaries include needing to poop on a long walk. We reminisce about the pointless job we gave Producer Grace when she dressed as a doctor for an interview and we didn’t even acknowledge her. Instagram: @THEHITSBREAKFASTFacebook: The Hits Breakfast with Jono, Ben & MeganSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Thanks to Hello Fresh, cook easy, delicious dinners the whole family will love, because nothing beats dinner time. Hello, welcome to the podcast, Western, Funga Day, sitting in Serenity Cafe. Beautiful day here. It's been wonderful. Actually, lovely down by the town basin here. Yeah, it is. The Sunstream Inn, we're opposite the National Clapham's National Clock Museum. We have been there once before to the Clock Museum. Last time we were here, we took Megan along to the Clock Museum, and, hey, I didn't want to leave.

I loved it so much. But then, time did run out for us, and we had to leave. Oh, God. Yeah, I mean, it was like a good look around. I don't think I need to go back. There are hundreds and hundreds of clocks. Yeah. Then we added two extra clocks.

You met us. The last night we had a wonderful time, off a quiz, at Judges. We met Shavon last night, who joins us this morning. Shavon, it's lovely to have you on the podcast intro. Thanks for having me, guys. How long have you lived in Northland for, Shavorn? My whole life. I lived in Rood, Rura for a few years, but then I came back because longer days.

Oh, better. Are we mentioning how we've actually spoken to Chauvonne before on the radio? Oh, what happened? Oh, about the pay my bills. Oh, that's right. We paid off a bill. Yeah, we can talk about that. Oh, wait, what were we talking about?

No, that's what I was talking about. The pack and save. Right next to where we are, she, uh... I can show you what trolley, baby. What did you do? I, uh, I went to go get groceries before we flew out to Raritonga, and I wrote my husband's truck off a little bit. In the car park.

I reversed in. next to the trolley bay went to go straight out and I took it with me the whole trolley bay I didn't have to pay for it though so it was all right we had endurance thank all

but you ripped the trolley bay out a little bit yeah just a little bit those things are bolted in but if they asked no it wasn't me did I till you die

none till you die did I till you die you've done well last night because you know you came along to the quiz yes that was so good thank you guys for having asked that was fun and you've been up

all morning walking around the loop no we're about to We just came and got our free coffee. I did. I have another child, so I had to wait for him to go to school. Now, your sailor is your lovely daughter. Yes. I've been trying to talk to Sailor, and Megan says you're talking to a baby like an adult again.

She's got a mate. Yeah, she's got a little purple fluffy bunny, and he was like, you got your bunny mate. That's how I talked to her. You got your bunny. You guys had a great quiz team name last night. He's beautiful. Yeah. Oh, sorry, I'll get the mic there.

Oh, it was a quiz on my face. And then we had quiz on your face. Oh, they wish. They wish. And they actually came. They were placed in, I think, like, ninth equal or something, together or something. Yeah, well, they had 12 people. Yeah.

And we had six. Yeah, you got to do. We had one pull out. Crazy. Crazy. I don't know if you're still using a double. Hence the team name. And you know or not.

The puller out is. They'll be our next quiz name. Oh, well, love it to meet you. And nice to talk to you again. Thanks for coming on last night And you enjoyed the podcast. John O'Benn and Megan The podcast.

The Hats. As Dean Lewis, how do I say goodbye? It is the Hits Breakfast, 755 on your Thursday morning. We've got a wonderful time here in Funger Day this morning. Gosh, everyone's really nice and really hospitable. They're always like, welcome to Fungare. Yeah. Beautiful day here, too.

That's a lovely sentiment. It's a lovely sentiment. Yesterday, because my mum lives up north. She lives up north in Russell. And, yeah, she was getting a bit of, she had a heart procedure yesterday at the Fangare Hospital. It's a real moment in your career as a child, isn't it, when you, because you're thinking... Career as a child. Oh, are you okay?

I'm good as gold. You're looking at your parents and you're like, they're indestructible. Yeah, yeah. And then, because my dad had a quadruple bypass, and I flew to Christ, she's like, oh, you didn't have to come down here. I'm doing fine ads. I'm like, you just had a quadruple bypass, you know. But, yeah, you realize, well, hey, they get old. Yeah.

But I appreciate your time with them. Exactly. So it was, yeah, it was great. We're coming here for work, and that meant I can go see my mom. She was in yesterday at the hospital. They go through their, like, a wrist. Yeah, that's weird. To put a stent in her heart to open up the artery, which I didn't quite understand how that works.

So they go all the way up the arm. Must do, yeah. I was like, yeah. So that's how they do it. She was awake through the whole thing. Yeah, I would have thought so, too. But I guess the medical professionals are what they're doing. It probably means they have to crack open the sternum.

So, yeah, so maybe it's a way. So maybe I... That from Dr. Pryor this morning. Probably means it. I'm pretty sure they just get. Yeah, so it was nice that it took Poppin and see Mum. And I hadn't seen Mum for a couple of months because obviously she lives up north. I haven't seen her for a couple months.

You don't call her, so... Yeah, well, I've seen Mom was great. Got to bring some flowers, go see her. And I was like, you know, this would be a nice mate. And it was. It was lovely to see Mum and she was appreciative. But my sister, who also lives up North, not far from where Mum lives. Amelia, she sees Mum, you know, every day.

And she popped in just after I arrived as well, came down. Now, I had a nice embrace, nice chat with mum. It was great. And then Amelia arrives. Mum, big hug, tears. Tears. Oh, it's so nice. And do they see each other regularly?

That's the emotional attachment that comes with, like, calling your mum and talking to her and seeing her all. I've never got tears. It's because you don't even talk to her. I came in with flowers. I came in out of my way. And I was like, I'm two hours away, mate. I missed a nice lunch. with these guys.

She probably thought, who is this guy bringing me flowers? I was like, you guys see each other every day and the tears. Did you hit them up in the moment?

Yeah, I was like, hey, I never got tears. I never got tears. Who's my tears? Shush been. Why don't make this about you?

She's having a heart procedure. And I was like, I've never got the tears. There's a lot of childhood trauma there because Amelia got to go to Hollywood on the Gold Coast, movie world. And you didn't get to go to the Gold Coast.

I think it's pretty clear. She's the favourite. There's a rancin sister, buddy, and you're not at the top of it. Both sets of parents, too, because my parents separated and both took her separately on independent trips. I did meet her yesterday, your sister, and she is pretty cool. I cried what I did. Yeah. Gives a good hug, too.

It was the last time you gave me a hug. Well, yeah, I'm not going to hug you in the workplace. Weird. Hey, after 8 o'clock, there's something going on in your house, and we think maybe there might be a spirit. True story, right? Yes, Cassie, beautiful Cassie, that is supposed. Supposedly in our house, I've asked my daughter for an update, and she has spoken more about Cassie. Now that's after 8 here on The Hits.

John O'Ben and Megan, cheers to hello fresh. John O'Ben and Megan, the podcast. The Hits. The Hits. Exploing like fire. Works in the sky. Safari. Sintcher and Sapphire.

It is the Hits Breakfast 835, Thursday morning. Broadcasting this morning in Fungare. If you want to pop on down to Serenity Cafe. before 9 o'clock. We're here yelling loudly in the corner, but also you get a free hot drink if you say the key word the hits this morning before 9 o'clock.

Incredibly suspicious to the amount of feeding. They keep feeding us, fattening us up for something. Very hot spitting away. I think we're going to be put on a spitroast or something this afternoon, guys. We're going to try to leave. I don't think I'm going to leave. I think I'm going to say.

We're here now. This is where we stay. Fangare's got them now. So pressure points in. in a relationship, you know, there reaches a point in any couple's journey together. You know, things will start to irritate you about the other person. It's just natural. Yeah.

It would happen with living with anyone. Yeah, you're right. You're right. Yeah. And I mentioned the other day, one of the big pressure points in our relationship, in fact, the household, is my bleach usage, incredible amount of bleach usage to the point of, what's he trying to cover up in this household? Ben, you're at Fangare Hospital yesterday.

If you walked into my house, you'd be like it smells like the disinfected hospital. Just like a hospital. Yeah, you're using a lot of bleach. The problem is it discolours everything, too. Even my, I'll show you that, I was bleaching my shoe. I wasn't bleaching in my shoes. So I bleached my shoes, t-shirts, pants, towels, though. The bleaching of the nice bath towels, that really, really does become a pressure point in the old marriage.

You know, there's other, like, nicely scented cleaners that don't bleach your. Nothing is effective. It's just hard, poor, it just gets resolved. doesn't it? It really does. Spray it on the fence, you know? Boom, pristine. Pristine. What is in it? It's frightening.

Yeah, well, what are you putting around your house? That's frightening. But anyway, I can see why it's a pressure point in your house. Have you got any in your relationship? Oh, it's plenty. There's plenty, yeah. Mine's the bathroom fan at the moment. So there is a constant argument about window open, window shut.

In the bathroom. When you are in the shower. I am just like, I like all the windows open. all the time. I like to have air, and my husband's like, shut the window because the fan, the extractive fan, doesn't work efficiently if the window's open. And I'm like, no, it just does a suction circle. And it's like air from the outside, sucks it. Like, you don't want that condensation, that nasty condensation buildup. Do you? No, I get you what your husband's saying. It's, that's its job. No, but the window is helping the extractor fan. Or is it hindering

it? I don't know. I'm not an expert. I don't know, but like, honestly, every time I sneak the window open and he'll come in and he'll be like why is the window open? I'm like oh whoopsies I forgot to shut it and when you step back you're like well I could just leave it shut yeah but I need to have a win and he doesn't even know you are winning most of the time and then after he had a shout the other day I opened it and he's like why is there bugs in the bedroom is the window yeah that's a big one too

you let the doors open and the moths come in too yeah yeah the flies in summer that's a bug bear for me that's a pressure point you didn't even open the entire house for a whole summer. No, I'm like, keep it shut, keep it shut, guys, keep it shut. We've got no, we're fly free at the moment. So the kids leave it open up, they go outside. I'm like, oh, here we go. What about fresh air? They can get that outside, just shut the door.

Go outside, shut the door. Get your fresh air, but shut the door, so I don't get any of that. You've got the musty air. That's what I want. But there's no flies in this house, all right. They are pressure points. You mentioned before, display pillows, pressure point. We have so many display pillows on our bed.

so many displayed for who i don't know i don't know who we're displaying the bed for but honestly there would be like 20 to 25 pillows so you have to take them off every day oh yeah i don't i don't leave them over there man has been at the hospital last week there'd be no single display pillows on the bed the whole way you're right who are you displaying before because people don't go into other people's bedrooms yeah we have like an area off to the side of the where they live like during the day and then they get back on i'm like just keep i don't want them i don't need them we don't need all these do you have to give them that cute little chop in the middle over your hands yeah and we're not to put our heads on them, so we're not using them for any practical sense, but what is the

pressure point in your relationship? 4487 on the text. We'd love to hear from you this morning. Tell us about what's irritating you about your partner, or maybe you're doing the irritating. 0800, the hits. We'll get to that next. John O'Ben and Megan. Chats to Dilma, making the world a better tea. Do trade. These are the heads. John O'Bin and Megan, the podcast. The Heds. It's Adele, set fire to the rain. It is the Hits Breakfast 847.

your Thursday morning. We're talking pressure points in relationships right now. Geez, there's a lot of texts coming through. This is a really popular topic. It's like a wonderful group therapy session. We should do it once a week. Yeah, I feel like we should. It's a good way to get these things off your chest, right?

It is, yeah. Not have to communicate directly with your partner. Just moan about them on nationwide radio. I imagine a lot of these things have been moaned about. Yeah. And they haven't changed. The way the texts are coming through, it doesn't seem like it's the first time.

Yeah. It just feels like another occasion to go, This is still irritating me, but I'm going to get out there again, you know? Now, producer Troy, Neve, your wonderful partner is use this as an opportunity to get some things off her chest. You said the greatest hits. Yes, she said, this is fun. What would our pressure points be? Ha ha ha, ha, and then proceeds to say.

Here's my list. Does you give reply back in between there? No. To get a chance. Who turns off the bedroom lights. Your stinky farts, that's true. When I eat all my cereal in one week as opposed to two, so we have to do another grocery shop. Whoever uses the cast iron not cleaning it properly.

Oh, yeah. Big pressure points. The soaking too was, I love, like when cooking's been done and I'm on dishes, I love just filling it up with soap and water, the pot, and just leaving it on the beach. Oh, you're a soak. No, because that's like, oh, I'm attempting to do the dishes, but I'm not committing to it. I'm leaving it for someone else. So what are the pressure points?

There's lots of texts coming through, Megan. Oh, I love this text. My husband leaves one or two random tablets on the sleeve of Panadol packet, so we literally have 10 sleeves in the box with one or two padded oil in it without finishing a sleeve. Of course you. Yes, sociopath. Kirstie, morning to you. How are you?

I'm good, thanks. How are you guys? Lovely. Doing well in Northland this morning in Serenity Cafe. What's the pressure point in your relationship, Kirst? Yeah, well, the annoying thing is it's kind of a new thing. So about three months ago, he started washing dishes from the right to the left. instead of like we've always actually done from the left to the right

and we've been together about 20 years we've got three kids and if we just got together I would have been like oh cute he's all backwards but now I'm like what are you doing and he's sometimes I'm sure he's switching it up man he's keeping it spicy no it's bloody annoying because then I start washing the dishes and then I'm like they're clean and then I mean he doesn't put them in the dishwasher and he's like if I'm washing the dishes then you know like I can do it my way

but I'm like but why this that's like if you went to go to bed one day and he switched sides you'd be like can you exactly get back in your defense cursing 20 years is a long time to stick with one system and then all of a sudden you know what I like all the old things I'm fine with them but this I'm like no no no no I think we need to sit down and have a minute I'm with you I like it when we need to talk when you're washing and you've got your system

then someone comes and put something in the sink and I'm like I'm just leave it there I've got my system It's fine. It's like you left or right. It's dirty. Yeah. Can I just say? And then they put in the spaghetti bowl.

Oh. Oh, Kirstie, all of us. What would our 20-year-old self say to us now? You moaning old people. Moaning about what way the distance are going. You need to get out. They call us generation, yeah, yeah, generation whatever, and be like, whoa, if that's your biggest problem.

Look at the climate, I don't know. I appreciate your call this morning. Thanks for sharing. Let's get one more on. Stevie, good morning. Good morning. How are you guys? We're doing really well. Lovely to chat with you this morning.

Stevie, the pressure point in your relationship? Probably the top two would probably be have to... The soaking of the sheets with the night sweat, say. Oh, yeah. Why are guys so... I'm a truck driver and he likes to sweat in the afternoons when I'm not in bed, obviously, and then I'm coming to bed at 9, 10 o'clock at night

because I'm tired and he's getting up for working. the bed's soaking went to the plane and it's the whole change in bedding pillows included and it's terrible and he's like it's just weird it's fine and it's like I'm not sleeping in your sweat

and he'll lay on my bed side of the bed too which makes it worse oh that is yeah big sweaty truck driver or the snoring I can hear him from my hallway in our room so that says something oh Stevie listen I think the nation

sympathises with you on that one Yeah. Hey, we'll keep these coming through. I'll enter the hits on 4-48-7, the pressure points of your relationship. John O'Benn and Megan, the podcast, The Hits. It's K-pop, Demon Hunters. It's Golden. You're on the Hits Breakfast, 640.

On your Thursday morning, a little Friday, as we like to call it, feeling like we get a jumpstart on the weekend. We got into, we're broadcasting live from a Serenity Cafe in Northland, Fungarade. If you want to pop down, you can get a free hot drink. Just use the key. where it hits, just they're pumping out the pies in the kitchen. I'll tell you, what, they're the opposite of a pointless job in their kitchen. It looks incredible.

They make hundreds. Hand make hundreds every day. Just like very therapeutic watching them pinch the edges of the pie, you know? It's a real art to it. But you got talking about pointless jobs yesterday. And I remembered one that, well, yeah, I was part of a pretty pointless job a couple weeks back. Have a listen.

I had it the other day. We remember we were filming something for a kids can. And I was, my wife's dad had passed away and so I was like, I just, I was a little short on time and stuff that, they hadn't passed away that particular day, but there was a lot of family stuff and they were like, we'll try and film your stuff and get you out of there early.

I'm like, oh, if you can, that'd be great. And then I ended up sitting there waiting for everyone after I'd film some stuff, about an hour. I was sitting next year being, and then they went, oh, you were done an hour ago to me. I was like, oh, that would have been really good. It's good to know, 60 minutes ago. Johnny, you were on a roof of Eden Park.

The whole time you were on the roof, I was done, apparently. Yeah. You're just sitting there waiting. I was waiting. I was like, oh, well, something will be, you know, but that's fine. Producer Grace, also, speaking of pointless jobs in our line of work, Producer Grace, we got her dressed up in a costume. And we did an interview with five, Megan's favourite band when she was a teenager.

Yeah. And we had you strapped to a heart rate monitor. And we were like, full of video, it would look visually funny if we had a doctor in the shot. So we got you a doctor's coat, Grace? I got bought my doctor's coat. Actually, my granddad, he was a cricket umpire. And it's his cricket umpiring coat. Oh, really?

Oh, that's so weird. Yeah, I know, so, yeah, I got that, so you got that. You're trying to tell a nice story, and you're like, that's so weird. Anyway, I was just telling you back story to that. And a stethoscope, for some reason I've got in the props department at home. And, yeah, brought that in for you to wear, so you look kind of doctorish. No one believed that Grace was a doctor. And I stood there for about 15 minutes of this interview.

Every so often, I'd look at Megan's heart rate, and I was like, what are we doing with my life? And I kept, like, trying to, like, I can't stand still. So I was just, like, moving, and I was like, being a distraction. It was the worst 15 minutes of my life. We didn't even wear it. Did we reference you? On the way through about some minutes and you go

Oh by the way this is I producer Grace She's actually a doctor And I was like I was like I want to leave This is embarrassing You're right In my head

I was thinking maybe you were going It's climbing guys It's climbing And we're like We didn't have a pre-team No we should have head up about you I'm like can I talk And I love it all you're also

You're a radio producer And the doctor She's a producer And the doctor Side hustle Side hustle But yeah next time Let's have a team meeting

About what we actually want From Grace Before we chucking Well, we've got someone else where the course keep coming through, actually, a pointless job on our number here at 0-800-the-hits. Yeah, Jenny, it's great to have you on. Hi. You did a pointless job. Yes.

So I used to be a bartender, and then one Christmas we had a young lady come in body painted as Mrs. Claus. Oh, yeah. Classic bar bar fodder there. So my job was to stand there for that. three hours so no dirty old men could touch her oh you were playing you're playing sort of your security guard

body guard that's one you men someone had to be hired to make sure that she didn't get touch that's disappointing really hey it is that when you're like don't lump us into that category mate she said dirty old men

if the shoe fits if the shoe fits it isn't bad that's a shady sign on society that's not your kind. Hopefully that's not happening anymore. Well, did anyone try and grope, Jenny?

Uh, a few. Oh no, really. Oh, really? So not that pointless a job. There was definitely a need for it. You're right, not pointless at all. Oh yeah. And so what do you have to say?

Can you please stop groping the innocent lady who's just doing her job? The sweet, sweet lady. A sweet sweet sweet lady. Pretty much. Or just hit their hand, one of the two. Good on this. Like they were going for some extra chippies on the table. You're like, no.

That's disappointing. Well, I'm sorry, you had to do that. Cheers. Thank you. Hey, next, it is a Thursday, and we like to throw things back. We're talking songs with harmonies next, and which one is the song that you want to hear? 4487 on the text. We'll get to that next on the Hits. John O'Ben and Megan, Chairs to Dilma, making the world a better tea.

John O'Bin and Megan, the podcast, The Hits. It's back street boys. I want it that way. It is the Hits Breakfast 726. On your Thursday morning, we're here at Fungare this morning, a Serenity Cafe. Come down and see us if you want a free hot drink before 9 o'clock this morning. Say the keyword hits and you'll get yourself a hot drink.

Ben, been stolen the baby seat and placed our work computer on the baby seat. The high chair. The high chair. And that's got all of the songs that are playing. So hopefully no baby's coming. The baby can hold our laptop for us. Otherwise they're contending with the laptop, the work laptop as well. But we are celebrating 150 years of ASB,

helping kids get one step ahead with money. Your chance to win $150 cash to put towards your savings and get on the jaw for the grand prize. $1,500 go the Hits stock code at NZ. Tell us, yeah, cash in confession. Megan, I was wondering what you spent money on as a kid. What was your cash in confession? Magazines, because I cover.

my room in posters. Posters was, yeah, you get them from the mags, right? Yeah, five backstreet boys, Hansen, a lot of Hansen. I had the ceiling cover. Every space in my room was covered. So I'd buy like TV hits, Dolly, Cream Magazine, Cio. One of the magazines you'd get the lyrics. I think that was TV hits.

And that was, you know, because you couldn't. I was saying that to my kids the other day. It was like, you couldn't actually find the lyrics out of a song. Sometimes for months you'd be singing the wrong thing, and then you'd finally get a TV hits. You're like, that's what it says. I remember magazines You must have been a nightmare for Wayno and Ray Ray

They hated it If I was your parents, I'd be like There's no wall here Yeah, they had to repaint Because all the blotak ripped the paint off the wall At hardest, yeah I used to do that with cellar tape on the corners His John Pryor would have a connitia

How'd you put that on? You're like, all drawing pins Oh yeah, they hated that Yeah It's chugging about that Then you move your posters Listen, I'm going to confess to an absolute horror scene yesterday. We were making our way to Fungare,

and we stopped off at lunch at a wonderful place. McLeod's. Yeah, great pizzas. Yeah, it's amazing, a brewery. Stop in in there. If you're ever heading up north, it's an amazing place to stop in, yeah. Wipu, yeah, Wipo Cove. And at the end of the festivities,

one of the staff there was, say, thank you for coming. And I said, hey, listen, thanks so much for having us. Really appreciate it. And I just thrust my hand out for a handshake. Now, this is my worst nightmare. Megan's what, I can tell Megan's eyes are on me. And she's completely focused on clearing the table and not see, it doesn't see my hand. I think she was talking to Larissa.

She's catching up with everyone, your hand is out. And I'm holding it there for, and it's gone past the embarrassing amount of time. And I'm like, the only way this can be saved is if she turns around. I noticed the hand and have a shake. Megan is just smiling. You're just looking at me with your hand up. I'm like, don't say anything. Like a lost toddler waiting to be picked up.

I would have given up, but honestly, it would have almost been a minute. Giving up somehow more embarrassing. Yeah, right. She got to stick it through and hope that at some point they're going to engage. I honestly, Ben, I think it was about a minute. Oh, really? Yeah. And in the end.

She didn't turn around and shake his hand. Oh, not at all. He did have to eventually disconcede defeat. And it's not on her. She was focused on another conversation and packing away the goods and boy oh boy She was cackling and crying across the rows

And you know A lot of the times people don't see it And you're like, great, I've got away with that one Yeah, yeah We always hear these stories from Jono And you're like, he gets themselves into some awkward situations Well, he was calling a tonny connie Here at the cafe for like 40 minutes the wrong name

But it felt like he was saying it too many times I do when I think I've got a name locked And I just repeat it and repeat it. I know. It just seem like a, you know, a personable, relatable person. I'm so happy I've got to witness it. Because we've got Tony, who's here at the cafe. Al my head is an elephant.

I keep saying Albert. Oh, no. Maybe we should keep him back in the rest of time. Not taking it around other people. Hey, next, we could be hanging out with us at Raybo's End next week. The Pirateship is back at Raybo's End. You could be joining us, 4487, if you want to join us next on the Hitz. John O'Ben and Megan, cheers to hello fresh, easy, delicious dinners the whole family will love because nothing beats dinner time.

Laugh your way home with Maddie and Pete. John O'Ben and Megan, the podcast. The Hits. Mr. Boone, you're on the Hits of Breakfast, 718 on your Thursday morning. Sad news, former Prime Minister Jim Bolger. Sadly passed away overnight at the age of 90. Was Prime Minister for seven years in the 90s for New Zealand. So, yeah, thank you with his family today.

Yeah, Bulger. Who was Shipley pre- or post-Bolger? What I mean, after as well. Post, I think. Yeah, formed the first ever coalition government, yeah, for a second term as well. Jeez, yeah. And that still goes on today. It does.

Yeah, it still carries on your eyes. It doesn't it? Yeah. We're just broadcasting live from Serenity Cafe here in Fungada. You can pop down, get a free hot drink, use the keyword hits. Beautiful morning here. The sun's streaming through the window. It's lovely.

Yeah, as we stare at it, uh, call. Clapham's National Clock Museum. We've been to the Clock Museum. Megan's like, I've seen the Clock Museum. I don't want to go back. We'll go back. We go back again. They might have added new clocks.

Megan's from us. She can't tell time. Yeah, I analog clocks. So it's a worst place to be in there. It gets confused. Well, I loved it. There was big clocks, small clocks. Some as big as you head.

Yeah, we got John to take a photo outside. We placed them strategically in front of one of the letters from clock. It's very mature. You can see that on the hit's breakfast right now. So we just talking about everyday. Gary's, some great text coming through. Have we managed to get any of the texts on the phone there, Producer Grace, in Auckland? Yes, if you were to look at the run sheet where I told you to look.

Like she told you, Tina is on the phone with us. Good morning, Tina. Hold on no, can we just acknowledge the unnecessary... Tina, Tina. Sorry, Tina. The unnecessary cess. It wasn't unnecessary. That's why she told you.

I told you, I was like, I will write it down. Did you look at all? And then if you bothered to look, you'd see that she has, in fact, written down that Tina's joining us. Yeah, well, Tina, do you have a sassy, ginsie in your workplace? Yeah. Yeah. Do you have a slow boomer in your workplace? Both give you unnecessary scares.

What's something that scares you in everyday life, Tina? Oh, you know, when you're out on the walk and you have to poop. Oh, that is frightening. You're not anywhere in public and you're like, oh, no. Yeah, I've been caught in some interesting situations. And you're too far from home. You're too far away from home, no public. toilet and then you get the huge and then what do you do what do you do do we want to know

you clinch very tightly and walk as quickly as you can just clench and walk and walk Tina we appreciate you're cool this morning you have a wonderful day awesome you too yeah can I tell you one that happens time to time when you've got earpods and you're playing music and then you realize the AirPods aren't connected to your thing you're like Deegot, what's been playing out over the phone. Have this a few times at the gym from time to time. Yeah, I bragged about AirPods and the gym in that. She's getting stuff done.

Remember that? We used to work with Alex and she was in a flatting situation. And she was watching some NSFW content in her privacy of her own room. And she was like, why does there no audio? And she was like crank it up the audio and the device and then could have faintly hair at blasting in the loud. Flatmate's going, oh, okay, through the boom, the sort of the Bluetooth.

Oh, it'll stitch you up. Well, thank you for your texting calls on that one. James has got a great text that's just come through as well. His everyday scare was driving 43Ks last week. It's a parmi, but the fuel light said it had 42Ks to go before running out. They always give you more. They'd say... They don't.

They don't. They like, this is how much you've got left. I'm telling you. They give you less. No, it's like a warning. Do you definitely can go. I'm sure the car's like. This is all I've got, mate.

You do with this information what you will. I'm such a careful human. And then when it comes to the fuel light, I'm like, yeah, give it I go. Reckless. Well, yesterday on our way to Fangare, at an absolute horror of a handshake. Absolute horror. I am so happy that I was witness.

Oh, did you see this? It tickled. Oh, we'll get to that next. It's 723 and the hits. You are my fire, the one desire When I say I want it that John O'Ben and Megan, the podcast The Hats.

on your Thursday morning, sad news, former Prime Minister Jim Bolger. Sadly passed away overnight at the age of 90. It was Prime Minister for seven years and the 90s for New Zealand. So, yeah, thank you with his family today. Yeah, Bulger. Who was Shipley pre- or post-Bolger? I mean after as well. Post, I think.

Yeah, formed the first ever coalition government for a second term as well. Jeez. And that still goes on today. It does. Yeah, it still carries on, you're right. Doesn't it? Yeah. We're just broadcasting live from Serenity Cafe here in Fungada.

You can pop down and get a free hot drink. Use the keyword hits. Beautiful morning here. Sun's streaming through the window. It's lovely. Yeah. As we stare at Clapham's National Clock Museum. Yeah.

We've been to the Clock Museum. Megan's like, hi. I've seen the Clock Museum. I don't want to go back. We go back again. They might have added new clocks. Megan's problem if she can't tell time. Yeah, I analog clocks.

So it's a worst place to be in there. She gets confused. Well, I loved it. There was big clocks, small clocks. Some as big as you can. Yeah, we got Jono to take a photo outside. We placed them strategically in front of one of the letters from clock. It's very mature.

You can see that on the Hits' breakfast right now. So we just talking about Everyday Scaries. Some great texts coming through. Have we managed to get any of the texts on the phone there, producer Grace, in Auckland? Yes, if you were to look at the running sheet where I told you to look. Like she told you, Tina is on the phone with us. Good morning, Tina. Hold on no.

Can we just acknowledge the unnecessary. Tina, Tina. Tina. Sorry, Tena. The unnecessary cessed from the... It wasn't unnecessary. That's why she told you. I told you, I told you, I was like, I will write it down.

Did you look at all? And then if you bothered to look, you'd see that she has, in fact, written down that Tina's joining us. Yeah, well, Tina, do you have a sassy, ginsie in your workplace? Yes. Yeah. Do you have a slow boomer in your workplace? Both give you unnecessary scares.

What's something that scares you in everyday life, Tina? Oh, you know, when you're out on the walk and you have to, poop. Oh, that is frightening. You're not anywhere in public and you're like, oh no. Yeah, I've been caught in some interesting situations. And you're too far from home. You're too far away from...

No public toilets. Yeah, and then you get the huge and then you're... What do you do? What do you do? Do we want to know? You clench very tightly and walk as quickly as you can. Just clench and walk. Tina, we appreciate you.

you call this morning, you have yourself a wonderful day. Awesome, you too. Can I tell you one that happens at times to time when you've got air pods and you're playing music? Oh, must be nice. And then you realise the AirPods aren't connected to your thing. You're like, Deagle, what's been playing out over the earp-phone? Have this a few times at the gym from time to time. Yeah, I bragged about air pods and the gym in that sentence, Megan.

She's getting stuff done. Remember that? We used to work with Alex and she was in a flatting situation, and she was watching some NSFW content in her, flat in her, you know, the privacy of her own room, and she was like, why does there no audio? And she was like, crank it up the audio on the device, and then could faintly hear it blasting in the loud. The flatmate's going, oh, okay, through the boom, the sort of the Bluetooth.

Oh, it'll stitch you up. Well, thank you for your texting calls on that one. James has got a great text that's just come through as well. His everyday scare was driving 43Ks last week at a PAMI, but the fuel light said it had 42Ks to go before running out. They always give you more. They'd say... They don't.

They don't. They're like, this is how much you've got left. I'm telling you. They give you less, you know, is like a warning. Do you definitely can go. This is all I've got, mate. You do with this information what you will. I'm such a careful human.

And then when it comes to the fuel light, I'm like, yeah, give it a go. Reckless. Well, yesterday on our way to Fangare, at a absolute horror of a handshake. Absolutely. I am so happy that I was witness to this. Did you see this?

It tickled me. Oh, we'll get to that next. It's 723 and the hits. Yeah. You are my fire, the one desireably. When I say, I want it that...

John O'Ben and Megan, the podcast. The Hits. You ready? Yes. It's Justin Timberlake, sexy back. You're on The Hits Breakfast. John, I'm Ben and Megan. It's 8.06 on your Thursday morning.

Now, we've been talking about this, Megan, for probably about the last week. Your daughter, I, are talking about someone in your home. We were talking about, I think, she'd learned the way. word handsome so she was like mommy's beautiful daddy's handsome bastion's handsome and then she said cassie what you say about jonah and ben have you held a picture of that we'll do that do that when you get home tonight and see what her feedback is on that one yeah but she did start talking about beautiful cassie wait who's beautiful the cassie is it cassie is it cassie yeah who's cassie coming over to our home

Yeah And that's my husband You can hear nervous laughing in the background Other than her being beautiful We haven't had a lot of detail about Cassie So I decided to ask Iyer If she could give us anything more Like how old is Cassie

Is she old like mummy or young like Ayah? No, he's just a person They're just a person Yeah Is it a girl or a boy? Girl Does she go to your school? No

She's not a little girl. Big, a lot of older. Oh, she's big old? Yeah. Oh my goodness. Not older as your guys. Old as us guys. No.

Not as old, but older than I, yeah. Yeah. There we go. You're a good translator for her. I speak fluent. I'm getting at about 10% of what she's saying. I know, that's why I'm repeating. That's good.

But when you say it back, I'm like, oh, yeah. Okay, okay, okay. Yeah, yeah. When Putin meets Trump and then Putin brings a long old mate to this, you know, it's really good, really good. So, not as old as me. It's a ghost, it's a ghost. But older than Ia. A lot of people think it could be a ghost.

We thought maybe a neighborhood cat or a dog could be it, but it doesn't seem to be the case. No, why don't have any? It's a person. She's saying clearly it's a person. Can I take you back to the medium that joined us during the week? And she said, shout out to Jess. Yeah, Jess said Cassie could be around eight. So not as old as me, older than I.

which creep me out. Yeah. So we're going to get the medium to come over to your house. And she's better than medium. She's amazing. She's really good at her job. And she, you know, after the interview with her, she's like, do you know, Jono, your mother's father's next to you?

He follows you around everywhere. And she describes some things that you're like, oh, this is exactly like that person. Yeah, I never really met him. She pinpoint how he passed away. Yeah. Same hair line? Same hair line.

Thanks me. Unnecessary. How I was just pointing out things that... All of this was blowing me away, but she... Except for Jono's hair, that wasn't... My hair has been blown away. I would hope that when I die, as a ghost, I have a full lusus afro. I don't think that's how it works.

A lot of people would be like, whoa, that's crazy, but you were fixated on one point. Yeah, I was a bit worried. I was like, so you say he's everywhere with him. Like, I get up to a lot of stuff. How much is he watching? Is he checking my internet history? Is he like, what am I? What is he seen?

Am I going to get to the other side? And he's going to, the first person I see is him, he's like, the stuff I've seen you do. Let's have a chat about some of the things. And I'll be like, oh God. Were you there for that? I'll be like, kill me again. Can I go to another life?

So next week we're going to hopefully have a medium, Jess around to your house and see if we can get to the bottom of this Cassie. Well, Cassie, question mark, big question mark. Well, actually Cassie's at my house and not your house. Yeah, 100%. I wouldn't wish it upon anyone. But what are you going to do if Cassie is a ghost? What's your plan?

Well, I just seems happy to have her around. Okay, just roll with it. He seems friendly enough. Friendly, guys. Well, we'll find out next week. But next, we're going to do a bit of a world first. Steve and get AI to host the radio show with us. That's in five minutes on the hits.

John O'Ben and Megan, chance to Dilma. John O'Bennon and Megan, the podcast, The Hits. Slivia Dean, Manorneed, it is the HITS breakfast 816 on your Thursday morning here on the Hits. A lot of talk about AI over the last few months around the place. Is it coming in taking over our job? So what are we relying on it to do? Lots of me going to get us just been delivered some flowers. Oh, are you doing?

So nice. From Bethany Gardens, I've just got some beautiful flowers. I said it all morning. The people of Fungerey are so lovely and hospitable. What do we owe them? What do we owe them? I'm getting suspicious. Pyes, flowers.

Beautiful lilies. Does that gerbara's? So nice. Yeah, there we go. Bethanyardine Gardens for all your flowering needs here in Fangarde. Oh, very good. Very nice. But we are embracing AI on the show, artificial intelligence.

And, well, I tried to welcome it in with open arms, didn't I? Last week, who's a lady called Juniper, who I talked to a lot on one of the AI programs called ChatGBT. but she did she did me dirty she did hey how you going this morning and she'll think oh don't do me dirty now how you going this morning don't don't play up I'm not trying to don't make a fool of me now you know we talk to each other does that do you need to give it the pet this is like I've got a girlfriend I'm going to go out an argument so yeah didn't go so well first run around no I feel like we need to give AI a second chance. Do we?

Because you like chatting to your AI and off air you're like, do we always have a chat and talks back, but it kind of felt like that AI got a bit of stage fright. Yeah, do you know sometimes in the car I just sit there just talking to it? Like useful stuff. I'm like, what do you think of this idea? What do you think of that idea? Oh, yeah.

And the good thing is none of your ideas are bad ideas. No. I really like that. I do like that. The positive thing where you put someone in a chat to you opinion, they're like, that's great. But, yeah, that's good. Maybe we could fine tune it a little bit.

That was a dog-cramp idea. So always positive. And so we're going to introduce the world's first radio content break with an AI co-host next. We're going to give it a bash. Yeah, so this is something that we're going to see if we can have a chat and we can get AI to join in. How good is it? Is this your girl, Juniper? She's not my girl.

Like, don't like, don't like, don't see it. I feel like they're going to be in a relationship. It definitely already are. You're making me out to be like some weirdos in love of the robot. Were you chatting to the robot? You're talking to that? It's not love yet. No, Juniper's not hard to get.

But eventually, it'll happen. You'll walk into a room. You're like, what's he doing to his phone? We'll find out. I think it gets to be done. Ever in the world, can AI join us next? And how will it go on the radio? That's after Mumford and Sons.

I will wait. It's 819. And that's breakfast. Well, I can't home, like a stone. And I fell heavy into your arms, these days of darkness, which we've known, will blow away with this new sun. But I'll kneel down, wait for now. And I'll kneel down, I will wait for you. I will wait for you.

And I will wait, I will wait for you. So bring my step and relent, will you forgave, and I won't forget, and I won't forget. and him at last now in some way shake the excess because I will wait I will wait for you and I will wait

I will wait for you and I will wait for you and I will wait I will wait for you And I will rain I will wait for you Now I'll be old As well as strong

And use my head Alongside my heart So tame my flesh and fix my eyes. I tethered mind, freed from the lives. And I'll kneel down. Wait for now. I'll kneel down. No, my head.

We'll wait for you This mumford and tons, I will wait to say 24 on the hits breakfast. Jonathan and Megan, a lot of talk about AI over the last few months. What jobs it's taking, how helpful it is in your life, and we wanted to put it to the test. We did it before the show. We got your AI voice, the one you chat too quite often. Juniper, the lovely juniper.

You guys are like condescending, you know, I'm just using it purely for information-based stuff. Just going, you know, what do you think of this outfit I'm wearing? Hey, you look really good. It accentuates your buttocks and things like that. But, yeah, Juniper, we were a bit worried about going live because, you know, I was worried about what she was going to say about me. What does she know? So, yeah, we recorded this.

And honestly, take your mind back when you first started this job. Would you ever, in your wildest dreams, imagined what we're about to play? No, no, you're right. So we explained to Juniper, who, the AI, what we were. trying to do and they'd say hey we're going to chat and you can just chip in when you hear some silence right this is what have a listen hi juniper how you going hey jono i'm doing great always good to hear from you you too mate hey uh listen we thought we might do a radio break with you with uh megan ben and myself oh that sounds like a blast i'm totally up for it just let me know

the vibe you're after and i'll jump right in so what we'll just start chatting maybe we'll talk about some stuff we'll leave some gaps and when we when you hear a gap you just jump in that sounds like a plan. I'll happily dive in whenever I hear a little gap and toss in a one liner or two. So let's do it. Okay. Here we go. Here we go. All right. Sheise, I'll tell you what, guys. I'll tell you what I'm worried about. What's that? AI. And like, we're scared that it's going to take our job. So I don't know if it can take a radio host job. Oh, well, you never know. But hey, if AI starts hosting radio, at least it won't talk over you. Unless we program. Oh, okay. Good about it. Yeah. Nice singer. Nice singer.

Yeah, well, that's true, but we could talk over it. Absolutely, you could just out-talk it any day. So don't worry, I think your radio jobs are safe for now. What about in terms of John O and Ben always say that I'm too rude to AI? Like, do we need to be saying please and thank you? Oh, well, you know, I think the AI won't get his feelings heard if you skip a please. But a little politeness never heard anyone. So you never know, maybe in the future the Robos will remember who said please and thank you.

That's what I'm worried about That's all worried about that Excuse me, Jennifer That sounded a little bit like a threat Yeah Oh I promise no threats here Just a friendly AI with a sense of humor Okay

Sounded threatening Anyway, take us out with a funny joke Absolutely All right, here we go Why did the radio host Bring a ladder to the studio Because they heard the show Was hitting new hikes

So there you go Hopefully that takes us out on the chuckle No no We've got to do better than that That wasn't good. Oh, tough crowd, tough crowd. I can tell you guys, keep them more high. But don't worry, I'll keep my comedy game climbing that ladder, too.

It's been a blast, and you just... Don't you wrap us up? Don't you wrap things up? Absolutely. I'll wrap us up with a bow. So, thanks for having me as your honorary co-host for a bit. You're not listening to us. Don't wrap us up.

You're not our boss. Oh, got it, got it. Not wrapping it up, just rolling with you. So I'll... You got it. No wrapping up. No bows. just,

just I feel mean, I feel like we're bullying her. I love it. Free flowing banter. That's what you're comfortable to the show for. Anyway, we'll talk to you soon. All right, Jennifer? Absolutely.

It's been a blast jumping in with you all. Thanks for having me and I'll be here anytime you need a fourth wheel in the banter mobile. Chat soon. Oh, that is good. That is good. That was a good way to take it out. So there we go. isn't that amazing

I really feel like we were bullying her I love her not taking a job