Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL SHOW: Ben mistakenly thinks someone’s a bouncer and leaving my keys in Australia!

Episode Date: June 8, 2025

On today’s show: Ben mistakenly thinks someone’s a bouncer – and now he’ll never hear the end of it... I lost my keys at the top of Mt Hutt – we chat about the worst places you’ve ever lost yours! We seek some life wisdom from our wiser, elder friends. Why isn’t Megan here?! We go on a mission to track her down! Jono spills the tea to a random stranger... you won’t believe what happens! We’re still in shock that some people actually can’t do this… Instagram: @THEHITSBREAKFASTFacebook: The Hits Breakfast with Jono, Ben & MeganSee 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. It's a really, really fun show for you to listen to as well, where we reflect on some life advice. We'll get some advice from some elderly people, and then people give their best life advice to their younger self, which is really, really cool to hear about today. And also, as well as that, one of one of the i mean there's not many days that you you throw out something sometimes you're like give us a call oh we're under the hits four four eight seven give us a call and you know there are some days i'm like oh what i call what i call like people call and it's amazing but you know this one was this topic a stonker eclipse like we'll keep this in the bags we're coming back to this this at some point. Where did you lose your keys? I mean, yeah, and it came from something that happened, you know,

here at the Hits radio station where PJ had a shocker who works in the afternoons with the keys. But, gee, some people were just up mountains in different countries, times of all sorts. Yeah. Some really inconvenient losses too. I know. Yeah, we're definitely going to come back to that.

Yeah. It was a lot of fun. No Megan, though, on the show today. She was still disappeared off the face of the earth. Don't know where she is. We'll give her another call. No Megan though on the show today. She was still disappeared off the face of the earth. Don't know where she is. We'll give her another call. Oh yeah.

We keep calling and she keeps not answering. She doesn't like talking on the phone. Last we heard she was overseas so we don't know if the time zones are...

She said Australia on a message didn't she? You'll probably hear that on the show. Your call had been forwarded voicemail. The person you're trying to reach is not available no it's a mystery i'm sorry i'm concerned for yourself well she has been sitting in messages and they haven't been like sort of hostage well i haven't felt like hostage

very friendly host haven't felt like put some money into this account or anything so maybe that'll be 38 degrees over here yeah that didn't sound very good they're more bragging sort of messages so far so if it is a hostage situation what a great one yeah mind you she's very tired

and kids you know young kids so maybe she dreams of being taken and hostage just so she can have some sleep yeah you're like

what do I need to do just sleep for a bit yeah no worries yeah that would be nice anyway notice you've got a new jacket today

Ben yeah Warriors merch now this is a classic 1990s-looking Warriors jacket. A retro jacket that I saw. Yeah, I ordered it online again and, you know, it arrived in the last week. Yeah. I think that ad's been fed to me, all the retro NRL stuff.

And I didn't know if it was a, you know, sometimes. It seems legit because I always have problems buying stuff that's not legit. It gets in my head. So, yeah. But it seems, and I'm pretty sure I had a jacket like this, like, in the 90s. It's a beautiful jacket. It's kind of that – what was that tracksuit material that was kind of – what would you – looks flammable.

It does look flammable, but it's that classic look. It looks like it should have pants, matching pants as well. But, yeah. It's a very retro Warriors yeah i was it's funny those things i think you said that once a lot of a lot of adults buy stuff that they had when they when they're or they didn't have when they were a kid you know sometimes there's a lot of sports jerseys and things and memorabilia and things so you would have dreamed of having all this warrior and i yeah and i had something very similar and i don't know where i went i do not

know where i hate that one you're one You had a favourite item of clothing I had that Yeah I had a Charlotte Hornets Starter jacket Yeah jacket as well Again Don't know where that went

Yeah Did someone steal it Did someone borrow it Did what I don't know Yeah Because you go into a retro I went into a store

In the weekend There was just You know Selling all that vintage stuff They're frigging expensive And it's all used. It's so expensive. I paid $170 for an old car, T-shirt that's got holes in it.

I know. I can buy a new one for half the price. I know. And they're like, wow. Yeah, I think the basketball singlets in the vintage were more expensive. They are. They were more expensive than if you buy like a brand new LeBron James one or whatever it is.

You pay more. Just buy a new one now. Hold on to that for 20 years and then. Oh, it's a long game. But anyway, you never know what's going to become of this. The vintage industry's taking the piss. They are. They're having a laugh.

Yeah. Paint stained jeans and stuff. How much are these? Oh, $350. People are doing it. But now they're reading, like this jacket's new, but they're making it look like it's like old vintage. Yeah.

No, it looks good. I like it. I really do appreciate it. How much, geez, you must have a lot of Warriors stuff taking up your closet. Well, I didn't have a jacket. I didn't have a jacket. It was in my mind,

I'm like, yeah, I've got a hoodie, I've got a couple of tops, I've got a couple of caps, I've got a beanie, I've got a scarf, you know,

I've got some shorts I don't wear because my legs aren't big enough. So I have got, you know, most items for a lot of, you know. You've got as much items as a Warriors member needs

in their kit bag. You could jump on the field for them. But I don't have a jacket, so I can't. I was like, I go to a game, it's cold, I can wear my jersey, I can also wear my hoodie, wear my beanie, my scarf, and I can put the jacket over the top. So there I've got the full set. Because my wife's like, you don't need that.

I'm like, hear me out, hear me out, hear me out. Don't have a Warriors jacket. She's like, you've got a jacket. I'm like, yeah yeah but not a Warriors jacket yeah no that's right so there was there was thought going into that purchase

yeah but anyway is there anything else you're missing that you'd love I don't yeah well I guess now I'm just starting to think

I mean pants? track pants? I don't know they probably do have track pants they haven't got there I mean that's the next thing

at some stage alright well hopefully Megan you look like a reserve a reserve player from 1996. Yeah, true. Put me on, coach. Not today, boys. Not today.

Not today. All right. Maybe one day. You can play the little corner post. Can you just go stand in the corner? You can be the skinny little post. I'll be the side low corner post. You're right.

Well, enjoy the podcast. We'll catch you tomorrow. Jono, Ben and Megan the podcast the hits on the weekend I got mocked for something and I want to explain my situation

because it sat with me one of those things when you get mocked and you wake up the next morning and you're like did I deserve that did I deserve this mocking so we were going to a friend's

combined friend's like a 40th birthday party and they had like they booked it was at a bar but they booked out a room like a private function at the room. Now, we approached, as a group, there was a few of us, and there was a guy standing by the door.

Now, he's in a leather jacket with fluffy collar. He's leather jacket, quite a, you know, like a good. A bigger looking, yeah. By the door. Yeah, right. There's no vape in his hand that I could see. There's no cell phone in his hand. There's nothing. He's just standing right by the door. So, right. There's no vape in his hand that I could see. There's no cell phone in his hand. There's nothing.

He's just standing right by the door. So he's the bouncer. That's what I thought. So why would I not think he was the bouncer? So I went up to him and I was like, oh, hey, mate. We're just here for such and such's birthday, like that. And he went, yeah, yeah, yep, ID. And I was like, oh, okay.

And I thought in my head, I was like, oh, I'm going to tell Megan about this because I don't normally get ID'd and she does. You're happy for it? Yeah. Can I see all your ID like that? We all sort of look like that. And he went, no, actually, no. I'm not the bouncer, mate.

I'm that part of the party. The party's through there. And everyone went, oh, to me, like mocking me. I was like, firstly, great play by that guy going along with it in the spare of the moment. Good gag, yeah. But secondly, I was like, well, all signs pointed to him being the bouncer. If he's in the black, you know, all black.

Was it? Black pants, black, yeah. Leather jacket. Big up, big build. He was, you know, he was muscly. He was a muscly guy. He would tell you that you were wearing the wrong shoes so you wouldn't be allowed in. He looked like that sort of guy.

And I was just like, why did I get mocked for this? Yeah, he was not the bouncer. He clearly wasn't the bouncer. But you're saying everyone else was dipping their hands into their pockets with their IDs. Yeah, exactly. You've all been fooled. Exactly. You're right.

I didn't bring that. It's one of those conversations that sat with me, and then later I wanted to bring it back up and go, hey, guys, do you remember early on? I was like, mate, we're at a party. Move on. Jeez, let it go. A good 20 minutes of my head going, what's that? Yeah.

Yeah, so. You were just the one courageous enough to approach the person. Exactly. But it's not even courageous, like I'm with you. It's just what people do. They stand,

I don't know why he was outside of that, maybe just a bit of fresh air, I don't know, but yeah. It'd be a great way if you needed to just feel better about yourself as dressing in black and just standing outside a bar door

and just ruining everyone's night. Just stopping people like that. you can come in, yeah, you can, you can't, you know, just real power play.. Just stopping people like that. You can come in. Yeah, you can. You can't. You know, just real power play. Very easily you could do that, right?

Yeah, go in there until the bar notices and they're like, why is no one coming in here? Oh, this guy's just wanting to make himself feel better by denying people entry. Well, thank you. I'm glad you're on my side. John O'Bannon Megan. The podcast.

The hits. Now, Friday, it was about quarter past nine, Matty McLean from the afternoon show came bursting into the studio. He was in a right flap, wasn't he? He's not normally here in the mornings, is he, really? Because we work opposite ends of the day at Matty and PJ, you know? They come in later. And he's like, oh,

you'll never guess what PJ's done. So we started recording. Have a listen. Boys, why are you here that you've got a show starting from for many hours i know what she she left her keys at the hotel oh my god in auckland she's flown back to palmy her car is parked at the airport in palmy pj is this is honestly she's a hot mess i was like this is yeah this is just my life working with PJ. So I now have to go to the hotel, pick up the keys.

Oh, you're responsible for this. Take them to the airport to try and get them on the next Air New Zealand flight. Can we call PJ? She might be in a tiz, but you could give her a go. You could give her a go. Can she just go through a day like we're nothing? She can't. Okay, we're calling PJ right now.

Hello. Oh, PJ, it's Jono, Ben and Maddie. Oh, no. Right here, we're on the podcast intro right now. We're just hearing, well, about your tale of lost keys. Oh, guys, this is really stressful. Like, seriously, I'm just at Palmerston North Airport. I'm just about to go and talk to some staff from Air New Zealand

to try and liaise. Kay's getting on from Auckland in, but I've literally got like an hour 15. And why does this happen to me? What was it? I was just saying, have you ever gone through a day where nothing outrageous has happened to you? It's great for radio.

You have the best stories. But I'm not on radio. I'm on the TV. You're still providing great stories, though, aren't you? Just with your life. I'm going to write it down for when I return in October. Wait, what time's the next flight, Paige? 11 a.m.

Oh, God. I've got to go. Matt's got to go. Matt's got to get the keys to get them to the airport. PJ, you probably have stuff you need to do as well, too, right? Well, yeah. I've been told I've got to meet this lady called Mel, who might be able to... Are you Mel?

Are you Mel? Okay. Okay, PJ. Do you do that? PJ, good luck. Bye, Paige. Thanks, guys. Bye.

Paige, yeah. And so you're saving the day? Well, her hot mess has now become my hot mess. She's not even working with you at the moment. I know. I know. Can you go pick up some keys no you take him to the airport

I gotta go alright you gotta go bye boys he takes him to the airport oh my goodness the video is so good you can catch it up tonight

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the most traumatic key losses where have you left your keys where have they ended up John O'Bannon Megan 100 of the hits, 4, 4, 8, 7, like PJ. The most traumatic key losses. Where have you left your keys? Where have they ended up? Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits.

An alligator at the Auckland Zoo had to have a bit of a care taken after it ate a jandle. But it seemed to like the jandle sort of. It would have dissolved the stomach acid. Thankfully it wasn't a crock. Sorry, that was obviously I had to do that you needed to I had to do that

but yeah but good that the alligator is all good from the Auckland Zoo after that would have been better if it was it would have been

a little bit funny if it was a crock yeah but you're right how on earth does someone lose a jandal inside the alligator enclosure

I guess maybe standing there's that bridge over the top maybe. You just slipped off. Yeah, slipped off. And you're definitely not going in for it, are you? No matter how fancy that jandle is. R.I.P.

R.I.P. to that jandle. Well, 800, we're just talking about the worst key losses in history. Poor PJ from Maddie and PJ in the afternoon. She's off on maternity leave at the moment. She left her keys in a whole other city, her car keys, and then arrived in Palmerston North. Obviously her car was parked in the car park with her baby

and her mum and she left her keys in a hotel room in Auckland City. Great texting calls coming through that we need to get to. At least she didn't leave the baby. Out of the two things, if you're going to leave something in a hotel room, keys is probably the preferred option. Carolyn, welcome in Upper Harbour. How are you? Good, thank you. Good.

We're after New Zealand's greatest key losses. What happened? We were in Palmerston North, of all places, at a roller skating competition, and my daughter went out to the car to get her costume and skates out of the car, because it was coming up her turn to compete. And she locked my car keys in the car. And we had no way of getting them out. And I had all these people around the car trying to break into the car.

In the end, we had to get my husband to bring up car keys from Upper Hutt. So we could get them. To Palmerston North. Wow. We didn't have our drive. Oh my gosh, do you know, everyone becomes an expert at breaking into cars, don't they, when that happens? They do, and it was my new car, so I wasn't having anyone break anything.

Guy we know, a former place of work. Our boss was in New Plymouth, based in Auckland, and he drove down to New Plymouth, lost his car keys, and then he phoned someone we worked with. Got him to drive all the way down, right? Drive the spare pair. That's a 13-hour round trip. It was on a Sunday. Passive keys.

Loyal. Loyal employee. Now, PJ obviously got Maddy McLean to be her fix-it man and dropped the keys to Air New Zealand, who flew the keys to her in Palmerston North. So Greta Thunberg would not be a fan of that delivery service. Tanya, morning to you. Morning, how are you?

We're doing well, mate. Worst key losses, what happened? We lost the key to our hotel room on our honeymoon in Fiji. We think they ended up in the swimming pool, but we're not sure. But that was okay. So we got a new key from reception And we had to go back to the hotel room To start packing to come back to New Zealand

And we went to unlock the safe To get our passports out And the batteries had gone flat on the safe So the passports were locked in Oh, I never trust those safes You're like, yeah Yeah, no, you always feel like something could really go wrong Have you seen how easy it is

When they come in And do open it up for you There's like a little key thing That they go Yeah open It's like At any stage They can

Security If anything it's not a So it's just a cupboard Yeah In some ways A mildly inconvenient cupboard But if they've got a key You're right

Yeah Oh well I suppose There needs to be They've got to have a master key Yeah but yeah The safety aspect of it Not so much Hey Tanya

I really appreciate your Your call mate You're going to have a master key. Yeah, but the safety aspect of it, not so much. Hey, Tanya, I really appreciate your call, mate. You're going to have a great day. Yeah, thank you. You too. Keep these coming through. Shall we get away with this? We've got lost keys on the top of Mount Hutt. What? Yeah, we've got one whose nephew buried the keys at a beach.

Somewhere, a two-year-old nephew. John O'Bannon Megan. The podcast. The hits. Tales of lost keys. They're coming through thick and fast. Text on 4487. Went to the bathroom.

Jeans in the back pocket. Unbeknown to me, I flushed the keys down the toilet. $850 later to get new keys cut. Oh, I suppose if it's got like an automatic alarm sort of thing for your car. Do you stick your hand down under the S-bend of the toilet? It's worth giving it a crack, right? It depends what's happened previous. I took my two-year-old nephew to the beach.

When I wasn't 100% watching, they buried my keys in the sand. He was two, so couldn't tell me where he'd buried them. Being a good auntie and totally focused on him, I left my cell phone locked in the car. It was a long walk home with a tired two year old It's good preg though Where's the keys? There's no logical conversation No

Kylie, morning to you, how are you? Good morning guys, how are you? We're good, it's lovely to have you on New Zealand's Breakfast this morning Harrowing tales of lost keys Where did you lose them, mate? Well, I tell you, it was a longer walk home than from the beach. It was at the top of Mount Hart. And I reckon it was the coldest day of the year.

And the goal is always to make the top car park. Didn't make the top car park. Made the second car park. Put on an extra layer, you know, when to want. Skied all day. Realised I'd lost the keys. Went to customer services about 20 times. What do you mean you haven't done my keys yet, you know, when to want. Skied all day, realised I'd lost the keys, went to customer services about 20 times. What do you mean you haven't done my keys yet?

You know, thinking, trying to blame everybody else. I've only left them on your mountain. Yeah, surely you've found them by now. Anyway, called the husband, brought out the spare pair down to the bottom of the mountain. They were shuttled up by the very kind, caring staff. Got back to my ute, got home. I'd also lost my iPhone down the toilet up there the same day.

Oh, jeez, you're a shocker. Mm-hmm. Anyway, had a nice warm shower. Found the keys and the extra layer of clothing that I'd put on. Oh, you had them the whole time? The whole time. Oh, my God. Anyway, the staff at Mountain Hut are great.

Yeah, that's great. That's the main message, right? This lady's had us traipsing up and down a mountain all day. Found them. Found them. Let's not talk about where I found them. Thank you so much for sharing that with us. We're going to flick out some Dilmar tea.

Hopefully you can open up, get that golden teabag ticket to win a trip to Sri Lanka. Oh, a tropical place. There you go. And hold on to your keys when you're over there too, mate. Now, we've got Leticia on 0800, the hits. You lost your keys. Hey, guys. We left our keys in Australia.

Oh, no. Yeah, not a good one. And we realised when we were on the flight on the way back home to New Zealand. And it's a big country too to lose your keys in. It is. Well, actually, we knew exactly where we'd lost them. We left the whole bag at a tree top climbing adventure, you know, activity. So did you have to get them sent back across the Tasman to you?

No. I can't remember. No, I think we just got new keys actually. We had to take a van from Auckland back down to Hamilton because we live in Hamilton. So the car was at the airport? Yeah, yeah, the car was at Auckland Airport. Of course, we couldn't get into it. That's expensive, too.

Two teenagers, a toddler, I was pregnant. It was just all squashed into the van on the way home, yeah. Now, who was it on? Whose fault? Whose fault? Depends on who you speak to, me and my husband. Well, it's just you right now. It's just you and us talking.

It was definitely his fault, right? Definitely his fault. Yeah, there we go. I imagine a pretty silent van ride back to Hamilton that night. Oh, my goodness. I think we got back really late as well. We were just exhausted. Oh, you poor buggers.

It cost us, I think, a couple of hundred to get redone. Oh, that's so painful. And then you'd have to go back to Auckland to get your car. Oh, totally. Yeah, with a buggers. It cost us, I think, a couple of hundred to get redone. Oh, that's so painful. And then you'd have to go back to Auckland to get your car. Oh, totally. Yeah, with a toddler as well. You know, you could leave the teenagers at home. Yeah. Oh, that's painful.

It was an absolute nightmare. Well, thank you for sharing your pain with us. We're going to flick you out some Dilmar tea. Hopefully you can open up and get a trip to Sri Lanka out of that box. Oh, legend. Thanks a million, you guys. See you, mate. Jono, Ben and Megan.

The podcast. The hits. of that box. Oh, legend. Thanks a million, you guys. See you, mate. Jono, Ben and Megan, the podcast, the hits. Last week we visited the Somerset Retirement Village where we spoke to some of the residents there. Firstly, we got them to judge us,

who looked the youngest because we've been trying to look a little bit younger over the last couple of weeks. Yeah, and so yeah, some home truths, harsh home truths and I blame it on,

you know, the older you get, your eyesight's not as good as it used to be. What was it about Megan that made her look so young? The fact that she's actually younger than us? Yeah. Plus, have you looked in the mirror?

I just blame that on, you know, not being able to see. Maybe we should give them their glasses before we started the competition. But everyone does. Well, not everyone, but a lot of people always seem to be wanting Chase. Chase looking younger. You know, it's something. And we did think, well, maybe it's a good opportunity to talk to people who are, you Chase, Chase looking younger. You know, it's something, and we did think, well, maybe it's a good opportunity to talk to people

who are, you know, towards the end. They've seen everything. They've seen wars, they've seen recessions, they've seen Love Island. They're true survivors. They've seen everything. And maybe they'll have some advice for us to put things into a bit more perspective.

Do you have regrets looking back on anything? I'm going to regret this moment. Yeah, I regret coming in before I was savagely roasted by all three of you. I tell my younger self not to get married at 20. Not to get married at 20? That's quite young, isn't it? Very. I look at 20-year-olds now and think, what was I thinking?

Did that not pan out? No. Sorry, Dad. No, I was 25 and even that didn't pan out. She's already had her first marriage. Mine was over by 25. My husband told me just after we got married that if you mix with negative people you become negative so you just don't mix with negative people. Yeah. Amen. Is that what keeps you young? Like what would keep you guys feeling young these days? Too late. Too late? Like it's done now. Yeah, laughing. Not taking life too seriously at our age. We don't know when it'll end.

What do you not care about now that took up a lot of your space and your mind when you were younger? Worrying about the future. And we don't have to worry about the work environment, so we're way out of that. So everything's now more social. That's an interesting one. Work. Your work life balance. Did you have it sorted or not? No.

Yeah, I did. I had a career of 35 years. I loved 30 years and I hated the last five. That's when the computer came in. And I think not caring what other people think of you. Yeah. Did you do a lot of that back in the day?

Yeah, of course. Everyone does though, don't you? It's hard not to. Oh yeah, no, I did. At what age did you stop caring about what people thought about you? Yesterday. So they were bloody great, weren't they? And after eight o'clock we're going to get some calls from you.

What would you tell your younger self? Yeah. One thing you'd tell your younger self. Oh, you're not cool. And that's fine. That's fine. It is a good thing to come to terms with. Not everyone's cool.

Just be yourself. Don't try and be what other people are, you know. Like find what's unique about you and encourage that and be proud of that rather than trying to conform and try and be like everyone else

try and be someone else yeah that's a good message that's probably what I'd say that was good on the spot from you yeah it takes you really pretty

6.39 in the morning wow you did I went deep Jono, Ben and Megan the podcast the hits we wanted to know

this morning what would you tell your younger self so many great calls and texts coming through. One thing that actually stuck just quickly in my head, we do a podcast, my daughter and I, where we talk to famous females about their advice and their careers.

And Eliza McCartney, Olympian, her advice to her younger self was just like, try everything. Because you never know what you could be good at. And she was like, it was a chance thing. I went with a friend and tried pole vaulting. You know, my friend was going, like, do you want to come along? She's like, oh, yeah. And she's like, if I hadn't done that, oh, yeah,

I would never been like an Olympian in my whole life. And amazing all those things that you probably could be good at that you just never know. Try everything apart from drugs. Well, yeah, she wasn't saying that. Full short there. Yeah, there's a few things. Don't try. Apart from drugs. Well, yeah. She wasn't saying that. Full short there. Yeah. There's a few things.

Don't try. But there's a lot of opportunity. You close off yourself to so many opportunities. Absolutely. And you go, oh, I'm good at that. That's what I like. And don't ever try these other things. And you're like, who knows?

You could have been a lot better at something else than what you ended up doing. You could have invented something called the electric car. And started a company called Tesla. Yeah. And be slightly mad and running the United States, but they're not running the United States now. Yeah, some things, unfortunately, I did do and some I didn't do, you know, but yeah, I thought it was really good advice.

It was really good advice. Andrea, morning to you. How are you? Good morning. I'm great. How are you guys? We're doing well. It's lovely to have you on, Andrea.

We just heard from the wonderful elderly folk at Somerset. A lot of them would say, don't get married too early. Don't care about what people think and try and laugh every day. That was what they would tell their younger selves. What about you? Perfect. My dad always told me don't put off today what you can do tomorrow. Great. That's great.

I love that. That's a good message isn't it? Get some stuff, take it off the list. Don't put off today what you're going to do tomorrow. What you can do tomorrow. What you can do tomorrow. Right, so it's just productiveness. Yeah.

Yeah. Get onto it. Get onto it. You do love getting onto stuff. Oh, it's so much better when you just get onto it, I find.

It's better with my kids. I'm like, just do it now. Do it now. And if you don't do it now, I'll do it for you. I want to get onto it. Hey,

Andrew, and do you use that every day? All the time. Every day. Yeah, and with my children as you. I want to get on to it. Hey, Andrea, and do you use that every day? All the time, every day. Yeah, and with my children as well. Yeah. You know something I'd go back and tell my younger self? What's that? Your jeans don't need to be so tight.

There was a period there where we were wearing very, very tight jeans. Yeah. Almost spray on, weren't they? Not very comfortable compared to the looser fit of nowadays. That's true. You're good on you. Appreciate your call, Andrea. Let's get Simon on.

Morning to you. Good morning. Have you seen Megan,'re good on you. Appreciate your call, Andrea. Let's get Simon on. Morning to you. Good morning. Have you seen Megan, mate? Have you seen Megan out there in the world? We don't know where she is. No, she wouldn't want to be here. It's a little wet. Okay.

Not great. Not at Simon's house. So what would you tell your younger self, Simon? Well, I initially said a little less partying and a little more saving for the future, but really it's more life's so much more than what car and stuff you have

it's more about the experiences oh that's actually really good beautiful Simon yeah I've travelled more in the last two years

than I have in my entire life yeah right and as you've if you wish you've done it earlier oh hell yeah yeah

I don't think you regret those things right there's some people that live life and go out and do those things If you wish you'd done it earlier? Oh, hell yeah. Yeah. I don't think you regret those things, right? There's some people that live life and go out and do those things? Yeah, hell, it's just my wife's a bit of a travel bug, so I've just sort of been sucked into that. Now I'm having to pay for this thing. Yeah, I know, I know. But, I mean, we're having just so much fun, you know.

It's so much more enjoyable. I don't really care what sort of car I drive anymore. Oh, that's beautiful. Oh, good on you, son. The material things don't matter. It's about the experience. It's great advice, too. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast.

The hits. Jono, Ben and Wend. Usually Megan. Usually she's the third part of the show. But we had the New Zealand Radio and Podcast Awards last week, and Megan was like, I'm not coming in the next day. No, I will not physically be here with you tomorrow. So you're on a top secret mission there.

You've got this very suspicious job that you're doing. I know I'm laughing, but I'm telling you the truth. Okay, so we've got this audio here. It's six o'clock tomorrow morning when the show starts, and we're all like, okay, we're here. We'll play you back this audio where you're like, okay, I was here. Well, you can play it, but I won't be here to hear it. So, yeah, she didn't turn up.

She stuck to her word. She's a lady of her word. And now we're coming here Monday. Nothing. Still no meagre. We got a message from her on Friday. She was on a plane, right? And we go, okay.

But we're like, well, she will be here on Monday. But no, you're right. She's not here at all. Do we have another message for her? I think we do. She sent another one through to Producer Grace. Hey, guys. Coming to you from actually another country.

I'm not in New Zealand still. I'm in Australia. And it's actually beautiful here. It's like 25 degrees at the moment. But I'm on an island and it turns out the flights don't leave as frequently as we thought. So, yeah, I'm not obviously going to be there today. But I'll bring you. I've heard enough.

What's she bringing us back? Carmen Sandiego. She's on the run. Didn't tell us she was heading to another country. Yeah, I don't want to see her bringing us back. Carmen Sandiego. She's on the run. Didn't tell us she was heading to another country. No, no. And not like a Friday, fine. Now it's Monday. Monday.

There's a weekend. It's the start of a new week. We're meant to be at the netball tonight. Is she going to be at the netball? We are going to the netball tonight.

Yeah. Who knows? That's been rostered on for months. You know how they have missing cat posters on power poles and stuff. I've been putting them up all months. You know how they have missing cat posters on power poles and stuff? I've been putting them up all weekend.

Missing Megans. Still no sighting of it. How was your weekend anyway, Rob? It was good. I didn't end up on a plane in Australia in 25 degrees. That sounds like living the dream, doesn't it? Freezing here, though. Opposite here.

What's it? Snowing in the South Island, is it? Yeah, freezing conditions down there. Nothing's worse What's it snowing in the South Island, is it? Yeah, it's freezing conditions down there. Nothing's worse than when it's cold and you're freezing. You hear from someone, some smarmy person like Megan going, oh, it's 25 degrees here. You're like, oh, are you going to try and ring her? Yeah, I was going to.

I was like, there's no better revenge. Yes, true. Because the time zone. That'll be like four in the morning over there, wouldn't it? Okay, let's try and call her right now. I'll call her. She'll be like, I left your message. Yeah, great.

Well, we want a live message right now at four in the morning, wherever she is. She looks like she's on some sort of junket sort of thing. She said she had to do another job. Like, flying to Australia to a tropical island doesn't sound like a job to me.

Well, I plugged my phone in, so this will be coming from my number, which, you know, it's got the personal touch not the private number will she screen it you reckon she doesn't like answering her phone at the best of times

especially when it's 4 o'clock your call has been forwarded to voicemail the person you're trying to reach is not available it's in Australia, just run away yeah right well Megan today Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast.

The hits. Now, of course, thanks to Dilma. We're giving you a chance to win a trip. Well, there's two trips to give away to Sri Lanka. If you open up a tea box with our faces in it, you need to buy it first, of course. Thanks to Dilma. You'll see them all around the country.

I do wonder how many just opened boxes are sitting on shelves. Again, the Willy Wonka effect. People were going mad, weren't they? Just opening up chocolate bars willy-nilly. You're right. So they're in supermarkets all over the country right now. With our faces on them, you open up and you find a golden teabag ticket, a golden ticket inside.

Give us a call, 0800 THE HITS, and claim your prize. You'll get a luxury trip to Sri Lanka. Now, I thought we could play a fun game called Spill the Tea. Oh, yeah. You know, when you hand over too much information. Gotcha. And, Ben, you can spill the tea. We're going to phone a retail shop that might be stocking the Dilmar tea.

Okay. And, yeah, I will fire a series of things. Oh, so I don't know what I'm going to be spilling. No, no, no. So I'm going to text you. You'll hear a ping, and that'll be a new piece of information you need to spill the tea on.

Do they know me? They don't know me. Just, like, who am I to them? Eh? Who am I to them? Like, I'm not Ben from the radio here. You're just a customer. Okay.

A customer who's gone into the petrol station. Okay. Good luck. Each time it pings, there's a new piece of information, okay? Hello, Mobile Epson. Hello, it's Ben calling. How are you doing?

Yeah, good, thanks. For John and Ben, I'm on the Dilmar boxes at the moment. Oh, hi. Yeah, from the radio. Oh, fantastic. Just look, to be honest, though, because we're on these boxes around the country, I want to spill some tea with you right now, if that's okay? Yeah, of course.

Yeah. I was in the store the other day, right? Yeah. And I practiced making out of my arm. I was kissing my arm until I got a bit of a rash. I told everyone it was a skateboard injury, but it was in your store. What? Yeah, I know.

I just had to get that off my chest. Spill some tea. Yeah, yeah. And sometimes I do go into just had to get that off my chest. Spill some tea. Yeah, yeah. And sometimes I do go into the car wash, take off my clothes, and it's the only place that touches me from all angles. Oh, goodness. Yeah, I'm sorry. Just more tea I had to spill with you.

Yeah. Yeah, I don't know why I'm telling you this, but it just feels good to get this off my chest on a Monday morning. Okay, fantastic. One last thing before I go. Yes. I walked into the petrol station, I used the lip balm

and put it back on the shelf. I'm sorry. Can I say I did none of those things? I've did none of those things. Jono's making me say these things, okay? I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. That's all right, boys.

That's all right. He's having to spill the tea. We've got our faces on a tea packet at the moment. There's a very tenuous tie-in. Yeah, I didn't know what I was going to be saying until he texted through to me. So, yeah, that's my confessions this morning. I'm sorry. That's all right.

You might just want to check all the lip balms, though. They're all good. I promise they're all good. I promise they're good. Although I'd like a car wash booking later on, but it won't make any sense to you. We have one of the best car washes in the country. I don't know it.

We actually had a driver come in and drive in the wrong way and literally drove off one night. Oh, really? Drive in the wrong way in the car wash? We had no car wash for about nine months. Jeez, that's high dramas. Well, now you've got something even worse, a man washing himself in there. It doesn't happen.

None of it happens. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. Taylor Swift and her partner, footballer Travis Kelsey, they were spotted over the weekend at a pretty low-key wedding. It was Kelsey's cousin's wedding in Nashville. Yeah, just the two of them looking like they were hanging out,

taking some selfies with people. It did seem like a lot of the guests didn't realise they were coming, just the two of them looking like they were hanging out, taking some selfies with people. It did seem like a lot of the guests didn't realise they were coming, which is kind of cool. Jeez, it would have been a bit nerve-wracking being the band, wouldn't it, having to play. Yeah, the after party. Jeez, that would have been intimidating, wouldn't it? You'd be like, you want to come up?

And she would be like, well, not really. Doesn't want to make it about her. No, exactly. And actually she's like, I should be charging you all about 180 bucks if you want to see me perform that's right it goes for three hours so let's not commit

to that right now that's nice that they turn up that was nice the couple probably invited them they were like they'll never turn up yeah

even though distant cousins they're better than us now what I thought was quite cool was they were just sitting at you know just sitting at a table with other guests you know it was cool

just the two of them surrounded by other guests you know it wasn't like they were on their own was it a prime table or those with other guests. You know, it was called just the two of them and surrounded by other guests. You know, it wasn't like they were on their own. Was it a prime table or those ones up the back? It looked like it was in the middle. It looked like it was in the middle. So it was not at the front, not at the back. It was just in the middle, you know.

It's a good position in a wedding. Now, we were talking to our boss, Matt. Matt Anderson. And something stuck with me from last week. Do you remember the story he was telling about his friend who can't visualise anything? Wild. So you tell his friend, you say to her,

okay, picture a pink elephant riding a kayak with Lisa Carrington. Now this particular person, in their mind, can't imagine stuff. Like they have, they just have darkness in them in their mind's eye they have no visual imagination which is why people see or not you know necessarily anything but the brain does work you know it's called aphantasia i was reading about it over the weekend uh and one to four percent of the population are believed to have aphantasia uh and you don't realize you got until adulthood because you probably imagine that oh oh, everyone else is the same. Everyone's the same, yeah.

But they've just got complete darkness. They just sit there with, I guess, not even their thoughts. You'd think stuff. But you're not actually visualising that thing. It's really fascinating. Wild. But you're right, you wouldn't know about it. One thing that always gets me too, they always say,

oh, dogs see in black and white. And I'm like, how do they know that? As a dog sat you down and gone, mate, this is very dark in there. Like, it's quite colourful out here. And that might not be true. But, you know, people will say things like that. Well, how do we know that? Or elephants never forget. Well, again, how do we know this? Imagine if you, like being the anxious ball you are, if you could just have nothing but just your thoughts. You couldn't visualise anything in your head.

Imagine that. Just dark, anxious. Yeah, no, that's not for me. 4487. I'd love to. Let's try and get someone on. Can you not see anything when you think about stuff? Are you in the 1%?

1% to 4%. We'd love to hear from you. 4, 4, 8, 7. We've got some tea to give away. Thanks to Dilmar and Singapore Airlines.

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