Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL SHOW: Ben's awkwardly intimate moment with a friend

Episode Date: April 30, 2025

ON THE SHOW TODAY: It’s NZ Music Month, so we caught up with Kiwi musician Riiki Reid and got her to right a wrong with an old shopping mall How do you go in the NZ Herald Daily Quiz? The longest phone hold times after Megan had a shocker yesterday Wild weather update from meteorologist Philip Duncan  Jono has a pitch for NZ Police and criminals of NZ after being disturbed multiple times overnight What can you say in your job but no where else? Megan has made a scary admission about what she'd do to three people See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Jono, Ben and Megan podcast thanks to Dilma. Goodness really does taste great. Dilma, making the world a better tea. Welcome to the podcast on a day that's really shocking. Weather has hit New Zealand. Some flooding, a lot of snow as well, strong winds, a whole lot going on. Yeah, now I've got a bit of a question to ask you in relation to the seasons. I personally, I don't mind me a little bit of winter. Sometimes a cosy, fire, but too much if it gets too much. So if you were to get the ideal amount of

every season, what would you factor in? We'll go percentage-wise. If you could go, okay, we'll make the year 70% summer, 10% winter. I quite like autumn, to be honest, because sometimes it's like, you know, a bit of sun, but it's a bit cooler yeah cooler at

night so you can sleep from the fashion point of view yeah more fashionable clothes you can wear that's yeah that's also up there but so i'd go uh 60 summer yeah 30 autumn yeah and 10 winter oh okay so then you've ended up on 90 percent yeah oh no 60 yeah okay i'll go the same as you i'll go 60 summer i'll go 30 autumn no i'll go 30 spring and then i'll go 10 autumn no because spring's real like okay mate i don't hassle your shit spring's real i think you have your stuff and I came in with green. I'm just like, are you looking at spring

with rose-tinted glasses? It's not actually that good. It's very unpredictable. You had your percentage. I had my percentage. Who knew? Listen, who knew my innocent question?

Why is she so... We always argue. No, because... Someone says, no, because... It's like we're married. We'll find anything to bicker about. No, because of this. Just trying to says, no, because. It's like we're married. We'll find anything to bicker about.

No, because of this. Just trying to get some philabendering before the beginning of the podcast. Well done. All right, Ricky Reed, she's coming up. You have your spring. All right, here we go. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast.

The hits. It's the first of May, and we are celebrating New Zealand Music Month with some amazing New Zealand artists. So we're very lucky to have so many great artists. We're very lucky to have Ricky Reed, who you'll hear this song, Over Romantic, many times played throughout the day on The Hits. And it's great to have you in the studio, Ricky. It's good to be here. Thanks for having me.

Now, your songs, well, a couple of songs have been played so much on the radio recently. Do you still get a, please tell us you get a buzz when you hear it on the radio? Yes. Because we work in radio? Oh my gosh, no. Like, it's the same feeling every time for me anyway.

Where's the strangers play? Have you gone to like a petrol station toilet and it's been playing all the speakers in the toilet or anything? You know, my dad used to call me and be like, you're playing in the warehouse right now. I was about to say, when you know when you've made it, whenever it's in like Kmart or the warehouse or the supermarket, you're like, yes.

I know. But the sign of the success of a true kiwi artist is when you are the whole music on the inland revenue phone line yeah oh my gosh no that is when you know you've made it isn't it oh my god a lot of 660s back catalog is sitting on the inland revenue phone line a bit of dave dobbo neil finner was he's like i hate it being on there because people always frustrated when they ring those sort of numbers and he's like, I hate it being on there because people are always frustrated when they ring those sort of numbers. And he's like, and then my music's associated with their frustration. Oh my gosh, that is true.

I tell you who's really stuck the test of time as the whole music on the phone lines is bloody Golden Horse. I was about to say, that was me yesterday. Maybe tomorrow. I've had that on the end of a Sparkle actually. You're right, you're right. Like on the planes is kind of nice though

because people are usually happy to arrive somewhere. You're right. Have you the planes is kind of nice though because people are usually happy to arrive somewhere. You're right. Have you had music on planes? Yeah. That's quite nice. Unless it's you and you're like, I don't know. When did you figure out, hey, I can sing? I definitely started when I was really young.

I started out as a dancer. I used to sing in my family just around the house, but I had a brother who played guitar. And they were like, why don't you just go into the North City Plaza talent quiz? How'd you go to the North City Plaza talent quiz? Did you go well? Well, that you know. Dreams were almost shared. That you know.

I did it every year from then onwards. Did you take out the title? I came second. I came second one year. And then the next year I entered dancing with my best friend. And we won it. Oh, right. The dancing.

Wow. You took out the title. I'll be regretting it now. The judges don't know what they're talking about. Oh, yes. We won the title. And of course, touring with Lorde not too long ago as well, which is pretty cool. You got to go on stage with her and perform Soul About, right?

Yeah, I sure did. How's that? You know, someone again that you probably looked up to in the industry, like seeing what she does and how she approaches shows. A hundred percent. She's a sort of like another caliber. I don't know. It was such a humbling experience, that entire tour.

It's that funny thing where everyone's like, Lord, Lord, Lord. I'm like, yeah. And then you realize she's just like a Kiwi girl, you know. We all partied together and we all, you know, hung out. And it was just so nice to even, you know. And that's the whole thing that I love about it. It's just, yeah, it's really cool. Do you know what?

I've actually just found the number for the North City Plaza. Shall we go through to the North City Plaza? We should give them a call. Welcome to North City. We can put you back in for next, this year or next year. We'll start it back up.

How many times did you do it? Like 10 years. We'll start it back up How many times did you do it? Like 10 years Kia ora, North City Shopping Centre Leekty speaking Kia ora, it's Sir Jono, Ben and Megan here from the Hits Radio Station, how are you? I'm very well, thank you

Lovely to talk with you The North City Plaza, we have someone in the studio, very special will hold a very special slice of history in your plaza, entered the North City Plaza Talent Quest 10 years running. Took it out once, got second another time. Ricky Reid, a New Zealand artist, plays on the radio. Now, do you still have the Talent Quest?

No, we don't. We haven't had it for quite a number of years now, but they were big thingies, weren't they? They were good. Do you remember Ricky? Ricky Reid? No, I remember the other girl. Oh, here we go.

Who's the other girl? Lisa Tomlins used to be one of the judges. She was. She was. And now I've been doing work with her. Oh, there you go. Yeah, I have. We need to start it back up again.

Or maybe you clocked it by winning it and they said we couldn't do it again, Ricky. They were like, well, this is it. We're done. Why can't I put you through to the lady that Ken started up? Oh, we can, yeah. Well, we can talk. We can, yeah.

Yeah, you talk to her and confuse her. That's what we do. That's what we do That's what we do We shrink up people, put them on the spot And confuse them You've handled this really well Up until you said confused I wasn't aware you were confused So it was great

I covered it up quite well Thanks Betsy I'd love to chat with you, have a good one You do We can start that back up You guys Thanks, Betsy. Oh, well, lovely to chat with you. Have a good one. You do. There you go. We can start that back up, don't you reckon? You guys.

What was it, Lily Tomlin? Lisa Tomlin. Oh, Lisa Tomlin. She's like an incredible vocalist, and she was the judge. I remember her judging me, and then I went on to tour with LAB, and she was their backing vocalist, and she was like,, oh my gosh. She was like, oh you should have won at the plaza. I was like, why didn't you make me win?

Thanks so much for hanging out with us. It's been really, really interesting. We'll get you back into the talent question. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. Question number one. What majority of votes is required by the conclave of Roman Catholic cardinals choosing the new pontiff to succeed the late

Pope Francis. Is it half? It has to be unanimous. Is that not an answer? The options are half, two thirds or three quarters. Do you know this answer? You've been talking about it a lot. I thought it had to be all of them. It must be three quarters, right?

Because half is still 50-50. I thought I read two thirds but I'm wrong oh two thirds okay well you'd have I was reading up about it the other day

is two thirds more than a half yeah let's eliminate a half yeah it is half's gone because you'd have half the bloody

so yeah the most amount of people yeah out of that those options two thirds can we lock that in yeah you want to

lock two thirds in that is correct Ben hey good job I really thought it had to be unanimous they'd be there forever though wouldn't they yeah true they can't have Can we lock that in? Yeah, you want to lock two thirds in? That is correct, Ben. Hey, good job. I really thought it had to be unanimous. They'd be there forever though, wouldn't they? Yeah, true. They can't have every... We can't even have juries deciding unanimous.

No. All right, question number two. What is the correct word to complete the phrase, an embarrassment of... Riches. Nice. Well done. Well done.

No options needed. Dated sayings and Catholic knowledge. Okay, I reckon you'll get this one as well. Which significant World War I campaign is most famously associated with the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps? Slash Anzacs. Scalipoli. That is correct. Well done.

All right. You should get this one too. Which iconic line was famously spoken by Darth Vader in Star Wars episode... I am your father. Nice. Yeah, nice one. I am your father. Oh wow, we're going right today guys.

That was weird for me, so I don't think I've ever actually watched it. You sounded like my uncle with lung cancer who's got a thing in his throat. Yeah, me when I've got asthma. So what is this question? Five? It's five, yeah. Okay, let's try and do this one and see how we go. Okay, which city served as the capital of the Ottoman Empire for the longest period?

Was it Ankara, Istanbul slash Constantinople, or Bursa? I think it was Ankara. Okay, I'm not going to listen to him today. I'm getting Ankara vibes. That's what the kids are saying nowadays. Okay, you might be right. I don't know. I don't know the answer

Megan you don't know Should we throw this We use our lifeline Yeah let's do that Do you know Ben and Megan The podcast That Which city served

As the capital Of the Ottoman Empire For the longest period Is it the thing You put your feet on On the couch and stuff I think it is yeah It's like a couch table

Yeah well it's like The thing you add It's like an extension thing To the couch isn't it The little ottoman You can put it You know how some You put an extra seat You't it? The little ottoman. It's just a little seat. You know how sometimes you put an extra seat, you put it for longer, it extends the couch.

It reminds me of Tetris. Yeah, yeah, it's one of those. Yeah, you can add like a little L or a, yeah, I know what you're saying. Anyway, they created great couch lounge suites, and also, what was the question? So, which city served as the capital of the Ottoman Empire for the longest period? Was it Ankara, Istanbul, or Constantinople is what it was always called,

or Bursa was the third option? My gut was saying Ankara. We didn't listen to you, though. My rich knowledge of history. I'm going to just turn my microphone off. No one's listening to me in this game nowadays. You say it with confidence, and now we've realised it's not always... I did think it was Constantinople from my classical studies days.

Well, hey, that seems like a good guess according to the text machine. Istanbul, Constantinople was coming through studies days. Well, hey, that seems like a good guess according to the text machine. Istanbulconstantinople was coming through quite a lot of times. That is correct. Well done. We've used our lifeline. Can I just say I am going to start up a business once AI eventually takes our jobs, and it's going to be called the Ottoman Empire,

and it's just going to simply sell Ottomans for couches. That's good. Don't have full couches. Yeah, just the old ones. If you need another seat. Love it. Okay, question number six. sell ottomans that's all don't have full couches love it okay question number six which of these novels is ernest hemingway famous for was it the old man in the sea brave new world or the great gatsby old man in the scene not the great gatsby that wasn't ernest hemingway old man in the sea that feels like it seems like something Ernest would write, doesn't it?

It's about an old guy just daunting around the ocean. I don't know. What was the other option? There was Brave New World, The Great Gatsby, or The Old Man and the Sea. I don't know why I think Old Man and the Sea. Yeah, just go Old Man and the Sea. Old Man and the Dinghy. That is correct.

Well done. Sorry. Sorry. My hands clearly had no confidence. Well done. All right. Oh, I'm just... Oh, sorry, team.

I'm panned for time. Panned for time. Oh, no. What's happened, Bradley Walsh? Bradley Walsh. My thingy exited out of the... Oh, so you've got to go back through all the questions again. Yeah, but I'm nearly there.

I'm nearly there. So back to the Ottoman Empire. We'll have Ottomans on sale. Half price. full price. The Great Gatsby was written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, by the way. Nice work.

Great branding, guys. Thank you. We're back here now. All right, question number seven. The mosquito species Aedes aegypti, I don't know if I'm saying that right, is the main spreader of what? Is it dengue fever,

Ross River fever, or malaria? I thought malaria. As soon as, or malaria? I thought malaria. As soon as you said it, I thought malaria. Yeah, because you're just thinking of a disease spread by mozzies. Dengue is also mozzies. Dengue is, yeah. Both are.

So it's 50-50. Yeah, it's either one of those two. Should we go malaria? If you think so. If it's in your gut. I don't know. Well, malaria, hopefully not in my gut. Yeah, hopefully.

Okay. All right. That's incorrect. It's actually dengue fever. Yeah. Don't even Yeah, hopefully. Okay. All right. That's incorrect. It's actually dinky. Yeah. Don't even go, yeah. Yeah. That's what I was actually. Dinky.

Yes, it was. That's what I was. No. Yeah. It was in your gut. It was in your gut. John O'Bannon Megan. The podcast.

The hit. Well, rough weather, as we keep saying, right around the country today. 160k wind gusts in Wellington. Some flooding around Canterbury region as well. South Island very cold. The Harbour Bridge, I mean, no surprises there. The Harbour Bridge may not be open this morning. So a lot going on.

State of emergency has been declared in Selwyn as well. We spoke to someone at 6 o'clock. They're driven through Transmission Galley on their way through to Wellington City and just advised don't. Just don't. If you do take that path to work every day, he was saying just work from home if you can. Most flights out of Wellington this morning

have been cancelled so far. Snow, as we've mentioned before, in Tekapo this morning, it's snowing. Cool. Why don't you text 4487? How wild is the weather at your place?

Love chatting weather Great radio filler isn't it And we'll get your calls and texts on After 8 o'clock We'll try and get a hold of Phil Duncan Who's from Weather Watch He spends his time watching the weather And this will be one of his big days

Have you had a text from your parents I'm surprised my mum hasn't messaged me about the weather update She always gives me weather chats It does feel like we didn't have much of a warning On this one from your parents. I'm surprised my mum hasn't messaged me about the weather update. Oh, your mum would like, yeah, she would like that. Weather chats. Annie and John. It does feel like we didn't have much of a warning on this one, though, eh?

Isn't, like, maybe that's just me, but I feel like when you don't get a warning sometimes it's, like, really crazy and then when you do it fizzles out.

I've just, now I've decided because I get into, like, when it was big gusts and everyone's like, tie down your stuff in your outdoor side, the tramp I tied to the

balcony thing outside. Now I've just left it tied up to the thing attached to that. So I'm like, oh, that's good. That won't blow away. Yeah, and the kids have probably got to an age where they're not using it as much. So if anything did blow away, I'd be doing you a favour. Yeah, you're right, actually. It's looking a little mouldy.

Yeah, mine too. Covered in moss and mould. I'm like, take the thing. Mother nature, please. Gift it to another property. Now, Megan, we wanted to talk about the most amount of time you spend on hold and see if someone can beat this, right? So yesterday I was trying to get hold of a bank

and I spent an hour and 20 minutes on hold. This is not including the time I took to get, the first time to get the number to be on hold for an hour and a half. Did they keep having the, because they did the updates, like your call is important to us, but then when you hear that for the 24th time, you're like, I feel like it's getting less and less important. Thank you for holding. Your call is important to us.

It's very hard to speak to a person sometimes, too. You're like, I just want to speak to a person. They give you all the options. And then sometimes you're like, well, I could be option two, but also four. But then it always wraps up, too. And all this information can be found on our website. Have a good day. And you're like, what?

I want a person. Or like on hold and then it abruptly hangs up. Yeah, suddenly it goes beep, beep, beep. You're like, oh no. You have to join back into the line again. So you pulled out at hour 20, did you? Hour 20. And I was like, I just don't have time to wait any longer.

They did warn me that there could be an hour wait. So I was like, oh, just have it there while I'm doing other things. I waited an hour and it still wasn't through. What was your interest rate by the end of the call? We have very low interest from you. Zero. It's quite good. Sometimes I put it on speakerphone and then I'll go into one of the kids' rooms

and I'm like, just listen to that. If someone answers, just let me know. You've got your little children, yeah. I've got it playing in the background, like a little radio out through the phone. I FaceTimed you the other day, and you put me on to see it. That's right. And when someone knocks at the door, he doesn't want to answer, and he sends his kids out.

They're great. They're great for that. I do a lot of things for them. They can do some stuff for me, too. That's true. What are you doing? Why can't you listen to whole music? I do for a bit.

Then 10 minutes later, I'm like, hey, you can tap in for 10 minutes. Maybe I should let my four-year-old do that. He'd probably love it. Just let me know when it comes. Let me know when a person talks. Exactly. It's genius. All right, we'll check this out.

Oh, wait, don't do that. Longest time you've spent on a hole. Janae? Hour 55. Oh, you're beating Megan by 35 there. Okay. I would have waited just that extra five minutes just to say two hours. And do they resolve your issue at the end of it?

No, that's right. All they could tell me was, I had to find Immigration New Zealand, and all they could tell me was, I was still waiting for a case officer. I get frustrated too. Sometimes they can't resolve your issue, and then they're like, is there anything else we can help you with? And you're like, just the thing I rang up about. That's all I want.

That thing. Go back to the foot. Just be polite. Yeah, anything else I can help you with? I'm like, well, the thing before. Oh yeah. Okay, I'll think of another problem that you can't help me with.

Hey, Janae, where are you in the country? Is the weather rough? I'm up in Auckland. It's looking pretty gloomy today, so yep. Yeah, right, and if you're travelling across the Harbour Bridge, it might be shut, but worse areas around the country happening today. Have a great, safe day there, Janay.

Will do. You guys too. Thanks, mate. Have a great, safe day. That works. Lois, morning to you. Good morning, guys. Great to have you on, Lois. Longest time on hold. Was it when we just had you on hold to come on air here? Well, up till now.

I mean, come on. No, seriously. Two hours and 58 minutes. Wow, we've got a winner. We've got a winner. What were you on hold for? So I'm actually a British citizen, and I'd been in Australia for quite a number of years

and I came back but my passport had expired so my permanent residency had also expired so they gave me a six-month visitor visa even though I've been here since the age of like 22 months and I've been there for like 40 odd years so I had to get my visa renewed and it was days before it was going to expire again and I was like I've got to get hold of these people because they're just not getting back to me I've done all the paperwork and everything

There'd be a point where you're like is this it? Is this how my life ends? Just sitting on hold and another Immigration New Zealand call it's almost like we don't want to have immigrants in this country. ends? Just sitting on hold. And another Immigration New Zealand call. It's almost like we don't want to have immigrants in this country. They're keeping you on hold for so long. Poor old Janae suffered the same fate. That's the thing.

It's crazy. I've been here basically my entire life, and I was treated like, yeah, not very nice. Listen, well, we are honoured to have you here. Yeah, we'll give you a prize. We'll just pop you on hold. We'll come back to you in a couple of hours. But you will get that prize.

Good on you. Where are you in the country, Lois? Whanganui. Whanganui. Rough there, is it, this morning? It's a bit rough, but we're pretty lucky here. Okay, right. Might be dodging.

A lot of places are not this morning. We're going to try and catch up with Phil Duncan from Weather Watch in the next five minutes because if anyone knows what's happening with the weather it's Phil. This is Megan's mate Phil Duncan. She's like, I'll video call him. She video called Phil Duncan at quarter past seven to go, are you alright to come on here?

He's a weather nerd. He would have been up for hours. He doesn't want to video call. I'm in the shower. I'm toweling my undercarriage right now. We'll get to him next and find out what's happening with the rough weather in your neck of the woods next. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. Rough weather out there at the moment, isn't it?

And a man who, probably the only man who gets physically aroused when he hears the word isobar. It's Phil Duncan from Weather Watch. Phil, good morning. How you doing? That's an amazing intro. You don't get that on ZB. Phil, you're very popular. You're popular at the best of times,

but also at the worst of times when the weather's really bad, a lot of radio stations like to talk to you. And we understand another radio station is organised to talk to you around about this time. So can we have you up until they call? Yes, that's fine. That's fine. You can just hang up on us because they were organised and, you know,

organised an actual chat, whereas I tried to FaceTime you before. Okay, well, since he's got to go at 7.30, we are sucking up valuable time. Oh, yeah, sorry. Questions. Okay, so shocking weather, Christchurch, Wellington, flights cancelled, ferries cancelled. Where should we be worried about the weather today? So we've got a low-pressure system crossing over the North Island

and it's going to move out southeast of the lower North Island today. And that's the reason why we're going to be seeing these winds lingering around because as that low moves through, it's deepening and that makes it more powerful. So you've got this big, strong area of southerly winds that goes from roughly Banks Peninsula up to about the lower North Island. But it's Wellington and southern Wairarapa that's fully getting the brunt of that across today and tomorrow as well. Hopefully the winds are peaking this morning, but yeah, it's going to be a very windy day. And that same area is also pushing that very heavy rain mostly into that upper part of the South Island. So it's kind of two things going on, and that low is there for all of today,

but it will ease by tonight in most places, or at least start to ease back. And not only rain, we've seen videos of heavy snow falling on the ground in parts of the South Island. Yeah, it's quite amazing at the moment. It's in the top of the North Island, 17s and 18 degrees. Central New Zealand, around Wellington, it's sort of 10s and 11s and 12s. And then you get into the central South Island, and you're seeing minus 3s and minus 1 at Kikapo.

So, yeah, definitely a big southerly coming up that end of the country, while the North Island's got more of a subtropical airflow, so really mixed-up autumn weather around the country. Okay, Phil Duncan, you're a business owner. Are you telling your employees to stay at home? Today is the day where we work from home anyway. Okay. That doesn't quite work there.

Not for you, other people, whereabouts? Look, if you're between sort of Canterbury and the lower North Island, that's the main area, central New Zealand on that eastern side, but also around Auckland. Auckland's got gale force central New Zealand on that eastern side, but also around Auckland. Auckland's got gale force winds this morning, a few power outages, also caught up with the same windy setup. So it's a bit of a rough day, but the top of the North Island will see those conditions easing, central New Zealand won't. And that's why flooding in Canterbury, flooding in eastern Marlborough, and wind damage around Wellington and Wairarapa is still highly

likely across the rest of today. True or false Phil I made the inflammatory claim that sometimes when we get warned about weather it fizzles out and I felt like we weren't really warned about this and now it's like a big storm. Yeah you know that is something that happens sometimes like some of the most severe weather we get surprises us and so that and that's even when we are forecasting something we expect to create severe weather, the severe weather that pops up is often surprising. And so that's something that forecasters should be communicating

rather than excusing because it's just the way the world is. It's like being angry that you can't fly to England in one hour. There's like limitations in technology in the year 2025. Now you've just made me angry I can't get to London in an hour now. So, Phil Duncan, it's going to be hanging around for a couple of days.

Yeah, yeah. Today is the peak day of it. Tomorrow it starts to really ease back. And as we go into the weekend, and actually across most of next week, massive area of high pressure coming in with much drier skies, much lighter winds, and it will warm up again. For those that have a cold today, it will warm up again by the end of next week. But we've got a southerly change coming in tomorrow.

That's going to be noticeable everywhere. Well, Phil, thanks so much for your time. Phil Duncan from Weather Watch. And we got through. The other radio station ghosted you, Phil. Mate. I told them to wait. Did you?

Yes. Are you like, why aren't you guys just phoning me on a nice overcast day? We only ever phone you when it's extreme, don't we Phil? Yes, I only call you or message you when it's about weather. Sorry Phil. You're a good friend Megan. John O'Bannon Megan. The podcast.

The hits. I don't know if I should tell the story on radio, but I'm going to anyway. I'm happening. I'm not going to second guess myself like I do for a lot of my life, but I should have second guessed myself in this moment. I had a mate's big birthday party over the holiday break. It was actually a couple of nights away. It was really awesome.

It looked awesome. Yeah, they put on some great stuff. We obviously paid to stay at this accommodation a couple of nights away with these other friends and no kids, and it was awesome. They put on these cool things. They had a DJ with a saxophone guy turned up. Is he a DJ and a saxophone guy turned up.

Is he a DJ and a saxophonist? He does both. He does both. So he'll do saxophone bits over the songs and stuff. And they saxophonist. Yeah. I love that word. That was pretty cool.

Saxophonist. Yeah, things like that. But then at this sort of party part of it, in the morning, they were like, hey, we're all going to come up with a deer. I was like, oh, geez. Here we go. Sounds like work. Sounds like radio.

I get dressed up in costumes all the time. I'm like, oh jeez here we go sounds like work sounds like radio I get dressed up in costumes all the time I'm like oh just like this sounds like work I'm just here to see the saxophonist yeah exactly that's all I came for but everyone's going to

come up with a deer we're going to put them inside a balloon and at some stage you get to pop a balloon and randomly you'll get a deer you won't know what deer

is this happening first thing in the morning well this is what you have to write it to happen later so this is hanging over your head dear god what body part do I have to eat nothing other than my mouth yeah write it to happen later that night. So this is hanging over your head. Dear God.

What body part do I have to eat? Nothing but my mouth. Yeah. And this is the thing as well. So some people got, I was a bit further on in the thing. So some people had to do things like lip syncing in front of people. They were really putting themselves out there and stuff as well. And they all nailed it quite well.

Mine was, I opened mine up and it was like, do a body shot off the guy, my mate's belly button. Okay. Yeah. That is doable. I was like, well, this is doable. Does that mean you're sucking the liquid out of the hole? Out of the belly button hole.

I could do that, yeah. But for some reason, I thought, well, in my head, I was like, well, that's not nearly enough. Like, I've got off lightly. And I said to him. Wait, wait, wait. No, no. And I said to him, I'll give you, like, in front of him, I was like, I'll give you a raspberry. He's an attractive guy.

He was like, oh, okay. And then I did it in front of everyone. And you could tell everyone went, oh, that was weird. And I, in my head was like, it's weird because I've never given an adult a raspberry before. You might give it to one of your kids when they're little. Even now, I don't know if you do in 2025. I'm jealous he's been given a raspberry before and yeah you might give it to a top what are your kids with their little even now I don't know if you do in 2025 I'm jealous

he's been given a raspberry I've worked with Ben for 10 years he's never raspberry'd me and I wouldn't raspberry me now morning raspberry

I'm done one and done mate I tell you what no offence but comparing his mate you know because I'm holding my guts out

you raspberry me Megan someone raspberry me you had the shot out of his belly button and then he went hey I should give you a raspberry he was like oh okay

on his belly yeah on his belly and then afterwards I was like why did I do that and for about 10 minutes I sort of sat with that in my head going

and still even now I'm like why did I do that did everyone cheer or was everyone kind of quiet at the start they did and then I did the raspberry and everyone went

it was weird. So yeah, can I say as an adult there's some things best not even to kids I think don't even these days. At least it was a

consensual one too. Consensual raspberry. Did he say yes? He said I guess. I guess. But then afterwards you could tell he regretted it as well.

What was the time? Like the duration? Oh it was probably only a second or so, but still. It was like 10 minutes. Very weird thing to do, so a lot of regret with that one. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The heads.

You remember the iconic, you wouldn't steal a car, you wouldn't steal a handbag piracy ad? Yep. Been around for many years around the world. Well, apparently they stole the font from the ad. They stole the font, didn't they? Yeah. Didn't they steal the music as well or something?

So, yeah. So, apparently you would steal a font, but you wouldn't steal... But they didn't stipulate font. They said cars, handbags. Apparently the people who own the font, they find it quite funny and they're like, oh, it's passed now. But at the time, they've gone back and they've gone, oh, they've taken the font from someone else.

It's a very distinguishable font. So, not so high and mighty now, but at the time they've gone back and they've gone, oh, they've taken the font from someone else. It's a very distinguishable font. They're not so high and mighty now, are you? Keep your nose clean, piracy people. Hey, listen, I want to have a little bit of a moan. I feel like an old talkback caller. Here we go. Okay, but my moan, I want to come with solutions.

I want it to be a solutions-based moment. So, the police helicopter, which is obviously an important crime-fighting tool for the New Zealand police. My issue with the police helicopter is it spends a lot of time circling around. It's up there for like 24 hours a day, pretty much. There's so much crime happening. Is it up every day? Every day.

Yeah, it's up all the time. In some areas circling your house. For some reason. But it feels like it really is some nights, just like two in the morning. Now, this is last night. This is happening last night. It's two in the morning. Yeah, it's quite loud, isn't it?

That seems really low. It feels like it's just hovering above my chimney. When it hovers low over my house, I always go inside because I'm just like thinking someone's going to jump over my fence and run through the backyard. It does feel like that's got going on. They've really made it tough for the old criminals to get away now, haven't they, with the helicopter?

But here's my pitch. What's the alternative here? No, here's my pitch. Because it's doing police business It's doing work I'm sure they're not just wasting fuel Just for the sake of it And I'm not saying

I want to get rid of it I'm not hanging over your house Going oh he's watching Love Island I can see that through I know they're doing stuff And I don't want it to be Taken away from the police It would be like taking

Bloody Batman's Batmobile off him It's like Batman Your exhaust is too loud Through Gotham. No one can sleep. But here's my solution. Okay? We have a sort of an agreement,

a gentleman's agreement between the criminals and the police. So Monday through Wednesday, let's either, the two options are, the police let the criminals just get away with crime and not have a helicopter in the air. Not a great option. Or the other option is The criminals

They hold off their crime Until I'll give them Friday Saturday Friday Saturday night I can even stretch To a Thursday night So Thursday Friday Saturday All the crime takes place

The police helicopter's up there Bang bang bang Everyone's having a laugh And then you know For the rest of the week We can just all sleep in peace Right Or like the crime needs to end

At like what 9pm Kind of like noise control Gentleman's hours Yeah That's right I'm happy to I can be the middle man I can set up a Google sleep in peace. Or like the crime needs to end at like what 9pm. Kind of like noise control. Gentleman's hours. That's right. I'm happy to I can be the middle man I can set up a Google

The crime is probably a night time thing in a lot of cases as well. The cover of darkness you know. I'm pitching stuff here. I can set up a Google calendar for everyone.

I don't know the criminals want a bit of family time as well so I don't know if they like to do that on the weekend. No bad ideas in a brainstorm.

Well that sounds like we've got the first one there, Megan. Or buy a bloody silent helicopter. One of the two. An electric one. Long until that happens. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The Hatch.

I spoke to Phil Duncan from Weatherwatch just after seven, but we should play it again before nine. We had some very useful information about what's going to be happening over the next 48 hours. Now, I went to the dentist a couple of days ago and I was there for quite a while. I had two things I had to do back to back at the dentist

and there was, you know, you guys were trying to FaceTime me. That's right. Did you have the clamp in your mouth? Yeah. No, I didn't have the clamp in my mouth, but it was one of those things where, you know, like,

interesting when they tell you because you keep opening your mouth, and then you start thinking about, am I opening my mouth? You start thinking about what your tongue's doing. Your tongue's just hanging there. You don't want your tongue to get in the way of their stuff too. And as soon as you open your mouth,

suddenly all the saliva comes out of nowhere. And then you think about swallowing, and all those things, and breathing, and all these things you don't normally think about. And they always try and talk to you. Yeah, and they can understand a lot of what you're saying, or they pretend to at least. Yeah, because you're like, and you're like, oh yeah, they can have a pretty deep

and meaningful conversation, but the more you think about your tongue, the more the tongue gets inside your head. The less you think about it, it just sits there. And they're sort of sticking instruments inside your mouth and doing their job, you know, as well, but then I get, you know, like sometimes, because you get, you open your mouth for a, like I was getting a hygienist thing first, and you know, I was opening my mouth for quite a while, but then I get you know like sometimes because you get you open your mouth for like I was getting a hygienist thing first

and you know I was opening my mouth for quite a while and then I kept getting open and you get tired open open wider

just open a bit wider and as the guy sort of said open wider for about the fifth or sixth time I was like how many jobs

you can say open open a bit wider open wide open wide no you get away with and it's right

it's right in that context totally fine but I thought in my head, I was like, outside of this, this would be a bit weird. Yeah,

you hope the dentist is not wandering around, you know, other areas in their life saying, you know, if the dentist is having, holding a job interview

for someone, he doesn't want to go open wide. Yeah. Maybe a door, if you're trying to get through the door, if you're holding the door. No,

don't say open wide. Open wider? Excuse me. Open wider? I don't know but it's just I thought but it's probably a job that you know

it's probably something you say in your job that is okay in your job but outside your job just would be weird imagine if that dentist was a celebrant you may now kiss the bride

open wide wider wider their mouths are going oh what are you going to do you're right but radio similar one

you know we do so much stuff on this show that if you did it in public it would be well imagine if you just ran up to people

and just went like 7.32 yeah true say 17 they'd be like okay thanks you know but I love telling people

the time every morning multiple times or even just chatting to someone we do a thing where we tease what we're going to Say 17, they'll be like, okay, thanks. But I love telling people the time every morning. Multiple times. Or even just chatting to someone. We do a thing where we tease what we're going to talk about next to make you hang around. True, you start having a conversation. You're having a conversation and you're like, hey, guess what I did for an hour and 20 yesterday?

I'll tell you coming up in five minutes. Hey, we should really catch up soon. Make sure you text us at 4487. We'll have that catch up up So you tell us your job This morning And what you say in your job And we'll find out After that

If that saying Would be appropriate Outside of your job We'd love to hear from you This morning Still trying to think If there's anywhere else Open wide would be okay

Maybe in some medical Places Depending on what You're getting checked Oh yeah Maybe I don't know Is that appropriate?

Physiotherapist? Yeah. Open water? No. Oh, God, no. I don't know. Anyway, what do you say in your job? Oh, 100 The Hits.

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That's true. The midwife's a gynec, the podcast, the hits. They're a midwife. Yeah, that's true. Gynecologist. Open wide. You know, like, yeah, so there you go. They've ticked through, so yeah. Push down like you don't want to poo. Yeah, right. Is that the instruction you get?

Yeah. Okay. Down in your arches. Yeah, so that would be weird to say. Push down like you do with a poo? You know, pump class at Les Mills. I guess you could say that, mate. You'd better be a bit wet. Push down like you do with a poo. You're doing a pump class at Les Mills. I guess you could say that, mate. You'd better be a bit wet. Can the person try to get a different analogy?

Please. Okay, we'll go to Rachel. Rachel, what do you say in your job? We'll try and figure out what your job is and whether it's appropriate to say outside your line of work. Yeah, okay. Well, I have to say move that bus often. Move that bus?

What was that? That was reality TV show. Extreme home makeover. The guy would say that. I was like, well, just always park the bus in a different place. Are you a tow truck driver? No. Move that bus?

Are you like a traffic controlled person? Yeah. No, I'm not that either, but close, I suppose. What are you? So I work for Transit Which is a bus company And you're like, move that bus! Jeez, I imagine it's a nightmare too

You think about four cars parked in your driveway 19 buses you have to move around Yeah, we've got 19 buses in our yard That were like, move that bus! It's blocking everybody else Which bus? Which of the 19? Oh, that's impressive, Rachel.

No, you probably wouldn't say, well, I guess the Extreme Home Makeover guys. Yeah, but that's a show that hasn't been around for a long time, so you're right. So nowhere else you'd say move that bus. We're going to put you in the drawer for Lady Gaga. I appreciate your call. Oh, yay. Thanks, guys. Appreciate it.

Get your genie on. What are you saying every day in your job? And we'll try and figure out if it's an appropriate outsider there. Something along the lines of just a small prick and we're done? Phlebotomist. No. Yeah. Was I right?

Oh, no. Similar kind of concept, but not quite. Oh, okay. Yeah. Do you take blood? Do you take blood? No. No?

Not in the nursing It's an injection right? Yes Okay I was hoping so right Otherwise Are you an entirely different industry? What is your exact job then?

Would be a bit of a worry So I look after a program That gives vaccinations To students in school There you go Just a little prick and we're done. Hey, well, Georgina, we're going to put you in the draw to go see Lady Gaga.

Awesome, that would be amazing. Great text through here. I work for an international freight company. My boss asks me for bee jobs all day long. Now, bee jobs in this game is the brokerage job. But they're like, can you get referencing B jobs all day long? He's like, people come in outside of the workplace and are really thrown. The boss is like, another B job, please.

He's polite. And there's a great one from a vet too there, Megan. Yeah, for pregnant bitches only. Medication. So you don't want to say that. No, you don't. You'd be very offended. But it's for dogs, female dogs, this coming through four four eight seven on the text jono ben and megan the podcast

the hits hello you it's almost like you're flirting with me. Oh. No, I'm not interested. Not interested. That is Joe Goldberg. He is a bookstore manager, but he's also a serial killer. And somehow he's managed to endear himself to all of us. He should really try and sound less serial killer-y when he's like, it's her.

That's him narrating in his head. The narration, I watched the first series with my wife Amanda, and then I tapped out of it, and for some reason, she carried on without me. Not for some reason. Penn Badgley is very attractive, Matt, even though he's a serial killer. And I was like, oh, I think I'm a bit over this.

She's like, oh, I'm not. No, that's okay. And so she carried on watching. She's up to the same as you. She's watching new series. I'm like, no, this is not for me. But she loves it. It is weird how, like, I don't want him to get caught,

which is, I can't explain why. What makes him? Is it just because he's hot? What if he's an uggo? No, but he's also, he has moments where he's normal and he's really sweet and he's also hot. I don't know. I can't explain it.

Is he kind of like Ted Bundy? Who's the hottest serial killer, this guy or Bundy? I think this guy. I would go back and look at Ted Bundy. It wasn't for me. Also a serial killer, in real life. Yeah, yeah, this guy's an actor. He and look at Ted Bundy. It wasn't for me. Also, Sarah Kildare. In real life. Yeah, this guy's an actor.

He's an actor, not a real story. But I'm watching this, and my husband has stuck with me to the final season. So we're up to episode two. No spoilers here, but we were watching it last night. It's better than me. I think I didn't even quite get to the end of the first series. And as you watch it, you discuss the show, right? And, of course, you know, like like there's dodgy themes in there.

There's serial killer stuff. So I just was having banter. He has like a Perspex box and he puts people in there. I remember that, yeah. Down the bottom of the bookstore, originally. In the basement of the bookstore. In the first series. I don't know if that's changed later.

No, it's still there. Once you set up a perspex box I always thought about the people installing that they'll be like what's this for well I think he

says that it's for he locks his really expensive limited edition books in there but there's also a weird little bed he did get builders

over to install it obviously and like a feeding box and stuff So it's weird But anyway we were watching it and I said to my husband Who would you put in the box If you could

Like real people I was just having banter From your life You know banter at home doesn't have to be like banter on the radio It can be just like a normal conversation I was totally like I'm not going to put anyone in the box She can't afford an installation of a

perspex box. Oh, and it's very stressful. That's the only reason. But he just, I expected him to be like, oh,

I don't know, blah, blah, blah, blah. He just looks at me and he was like, no one?

Yeah. Are you okay? He didn't even play your game. No. And I was like, oh. So do you have

someone, well you obviously had someone in mind. Well I said, I have at least three. Three people. Most I was like, oh. So do you have someone, well you obviously had someone in mind. Well I said, I have at least three. Three people. Most people have like a list of people

in their head who are, you know, dream dinner guests. She's got a list of people she would lock in a box and study for science. Yeah.

I just keep them there like caged animals. No, I was just, it was purely like, you know, just for banter. Well bloody don't

leave us hanging. Who are the three people you would lock inside a Perspex box? No, you know, just for banter. Well, bloody don't leave us hanging. Who are the three people you're going to lock inside a Perspex box? No, you can guess. No, I mean, I'm not going to say who. Coming up next. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits.