Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL SHOW: Bens musical performance!

Episode Date: June 3, 2024

ON THE SHOW TODAY Trumps beef with Gaga DM: My hubby doesn't want to share a bank account! Jono tests his wife's patience... Awkward moments at concerts Things you can say in the bedroom and... while getting the flu jab Ben's in trouble with the police... again Drag star Kita mean and kiwi artist Paige! Megan's husband might lose his pride It's officially sick season! Check us out! Facebook: The Hits Breakfast with Jono and Ben Instagram: TheHitsBreakfastSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Hits, with the Jono and Ben podcast. Cheers to Dilma, making the world a better tea. The big news on Friday after our show was the fact that, well, he was found guilty, right? Of 31 or 32 charges against him. Now, this all stems back to Stormy Daniels, the adult film actress who claims she had an evening with Trump and then he had all sorts of people trying to pay her off to buy her silence. And that was all proven that, well, yeah, that's exactly what happened. That money was, yeah, basically, yeah, sounds like there was a few dodgy things going on

behind the scenes to sort of pay her off, right? And now it means, it means technically if, well, it sounds like he's going to be, he's been convicted. Yeah, so he is a convicted felon, but he hasn't been sentenced. Probably home detention, right? Technically, you can't go to 37 countries now if he becomes president. Are we one of them?

I don't know. Imagine if you're president, there will be workarounds, but again, a lot of paperwork. Has a sitting US president ever bothered to come to New Zealand? A sitting one? Like, I know former ones here. Clinton did post his fellow. A sitting one. Like, I know former ones here. Clinton did it post his presidency.

Yeah. Obama never came. No. Didn't he want to come play golf or something with John Key? I think he got invited. Yeah. But no, he didn't take him up on the offer. I mean, New Zealand's ages away.

I get it. I know. It's only busy. We've never had, like, Air Force One come here or anything. Like a sitting. You're right. Everyone. I mean, Biden's been to New Zealand before, but I think before he was president. That's right.

Interesting. So yeah, Trump, he can still run for presidency though, can't he? Because you said there's only three criteria.

You have to be over 35. Born in America. Born in America and been there for 14 years. Lived there for more than 14 years. It's a weird number. He can be over 85, mate.

I know, that's the thing. I mean, you don't want to age shame anyone, but out of a country as big as America, both the candidates are pretty old. They're getting towards the end there. One of my favorite things about Donald Trump is his pronunciation of Lady Gaga.

For some reason, he had beef with Lady Gaga. Yeah, he's had beef with a lot of people, all right? Now he's got Lady Gaga. Lady Gaga. I could tell you plenty of stories. I could tell you stories about Lady Gaga. I know a lot of stories. Lady Gaga. Lady Gaga. Lady Gaga. He gets a lot of

joy out of saying Lady Gaga. Lady Gaga. I don't know what other stories he could tell you, but he knows how to say her name quite well. The Hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. Someone has slid into Megan's DMs again with a bit of, well, a bit of help needed for some advice that we hopefully we can put out to you.

Pre-wedding, yeah. And if you have something you'd like to ask the team about and the nation, just slide into my DMs. We have no experience, don't we? We just say some stuff uh but usually this has come through with some great advice well technically this is addressed to all of us so they kind of are asking you as well it says hey john i've been a megan dump him dump him here is a dear megan dilemma for you me and my fiancee are set to get married in six

months but there is one thing we are disagreeing about and it has nothing to do with the wedding I'm keen to join bank accounts but he really wants to keep separate accounts and keep spending our own money that just seems weird to me we are joining together in marriage to me that means joining finances as well all our bills become shared so why wouldn't our money does that mean he's hiding something, or is that a normal thing? Appreciate your guys' help. That's an interesting question. I feel like he still wants to keep his financial freedom,

and you not knowing what he spends his money on. Maybe. So, yeah, he's hiding stuff. Sometimes we like to go to Burger King, Burgerfield, McDonald's, Wendy's Then go back to KFC all in one day And we don't want the shame of that being exposed on our bank accounts It is a tricky one because, you know, imagine there are some people out there They're in a relationship for many years that may have separate bank accounts

We still have our own separate bank accounts, my wife Amanda and I We've always had, but then you have sort of a joint account Yeah, we're in the same scenario, yeah. I feel like once you're married, you're married. Like, if the concern is ownership over how much money or finance you're bringing into the relationship, well then they're gonna have half your stuff anyway, right? Yeah.

After a certain period of time. So, if that's the concern, then you kind of eliminate that by joining bank accounts. Because I've always found it weird when someone, you have like a joint account and everyone puts money in, like you split the bills, because not everyone in a relationship earns the same amount of money. Right, I see what you're saying. So like that might be quite hard for someone to pay half

if they're not earning as much as someone else. Yeah. Automatically I'm painting him as a villain in my head. He's holding onto his cash for nefarious purposes. But maybe that's not the case. No, you're right. Maybe it's just genuine, like, hey, it's definitely giving off, I don't feel like

this is going to last vibes, and I want less admin at the back end of it. But what would you do? Andrew's like, hey, I reckon we should keep separate bank accounts heading into this. But it can change though. You can have separate bank accounts, and then a few months later you can go, oh, actually let's merge them together.

Yeah, I don't know. I always find it weird, but I've always been the breadwinner in the relationship. So Andrew's quite keen to merge bank accounts. He's like, yes, girl. I know from time to time you might make a purchase that you don't want Andrew to know about. What happens in those situations?

Separate credit card, my friend. in those situations separate credit card my friend right okay so separate credit cards fine so those ASOS packages you have turning up at work and stuff

remember we have a limit though like you wouldn't spend too much over like you wouldn't spend over 200 bucks without telling but then Ben has said

well sometimes you could buy something for $1.99 and then pay again for another $1.99 all in the same shopping experience. Over two transactions. All right, I'll add with the hits, 4487.

What should this person do? Should they be concerned by not wanting to split the, well, not wanting to merge? Does she fight her point or is it normal? Is it okay? The hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Dear Megan. Dear Megan. Now, Megan, you did such a bang-up job of explaining the scenario just moments ago.

I did it more eloquently this time. Here is the scenario. They're getting married in six months, but she wants to join accounts, and he does not want to. She wants to know if this is weird. Does it mean he's hiding something, or is it a normal thing To have separate accounts Oh money It's just money at the end of the day isn't it All you need it for is somewhere to live

Somewhere to eat Somewhere to put petrol in your car Apart from that it doesn't matter Don't let it affect your relationship Yeah I think the less disagreements you can have about money The better Like just chuck it all together That's what you did

But I mean I don't know any other way Credit cards as well agreements you can have about money, the better. Like, just chuck it all together and... That's what you did. But I mean, I don't know any other way. Credit cards as well, which is not a bad solution for this, right? Yeah. You still want a little bit of freedom, don't you? Well, like some people are saying, to be able to buy presents and not have them stumble upon it on your statements. That's right. You want to be able to buy presents for your partner.

That's why you need a separate bank account. Damn right, Megan. Let's get Jo on. That's right. You want to be able to buy presents for your partner. That's why you need a separate bank account. Damn right, Megan. Let's get Jo on. The advice here, does this lady pursue this issue any further or just leave it? What do you think there, Jo? I don't think there's a massive issue with wanting separate money, but, like, you're together, so why not put all your money together

and then give each other, like like an allowance for a fortnight or a week or something but also when they have kids like if they choose to have kids and if she's staying at home and not working and has no form of income what's she going to do for money like does she have to ask her partner

for money full control yeah I see what you're saying someone's texting here 4487 partner for money. That's just weird. Full control. Yeah, I see what you're saying. Someone's texted in here, 4487. Joe, don't know how you feel about this. We have separate bank accounts, been together for 20 plus years. The bills and food, et cetera, go into one account.

The rest of what we earn is ours. Right. And it has never caused any issues in our relationship. But then when one person's not earning, what happens is what Joe's saying, right? Yeah, survival of the fittest, isn't it? Sucks to be you. I'm going out for dinner. Imagine that.

That'd be callous, wouldn't it? Hey, you're still at the supermarket. Throw some stuff out in the bins out back if you want to feed. Yeah. No, I see what you mean, Joe. Well, then maybe there needs to be some sort of arrangement where you're like, well, obviously I'm going to look after you. That's right.

That's what marriage is about, you know? Tony, we'll get you on. What's. That's what marriage is about, you know? Tony, we'll get you on. What's your advice for this listener this morning, Tone? Hey, guys. Honestly, I think it needs to graph a little bit. You're getting married, like, that's a pretty massive step. If, like, another thing, he could have past trauma from a past relationship, joining money.

True. It happened to me. My partner and I talked about joining money and I was a bit sceptical but you get past that trauma if that is the case but we've joined money we have our spending money that we have which is for gifts and

our own things but yeah I think you're getting married that's a massive step you mentioned before that after a certain know I think you're getting married that's a massive step so you did right and you know I mentioned before that you know

after a certain time period whether you're married or not married I think three years isn't it three years you're going to split up everything anyway

yeah yeah 100% so when you think about it like that it's not really and marriage is like you say it's a huge step

that's a join the bank account situation there, Tony. What happened to you? Did a previous partner rip you off, Tony? Yeah, just, you know, I think I was bad karma on my way. But hey, you know, live and learn. Carry on.

Well, good advice. Thank you. I appreciate you sharing it with us and the nation this morning. Have a great day, man. All right, Megan. To be honest, it's really split because a lot of people commented on the Facebook as well. A lot of people are doing separate accounts and it

seems to work for them. So I guess it's a conversation you need to have. But if you have worries about it, you definitely need to talk to them and clear the air that he's not hiding anything. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. A huge fuss on the weekend. Now, we had half an hour to leave the house, okay?

I've been given the time by Jennifer, 30 minutes till departure. I'm like, great. In my mind, I'm like, I can get some stuff done here. Something that had been annoying me was the moss that was growing on the driveway. Right. Okay, I'm like, I can get that done. I can get that done. Were you ready to go?

Hey, let's not get into details. Let's not get into that. Was I out there in shorts and nothing else with a weed whacker whacking moss off the driveway? Spraying dirt everywhere, all over the house. Dirt's flying everywhere. So we'll go. Then I get an agitated wife come out.

Four minutes till departure. What are you doing? I said, I'm getting rid of the moss on the driveway. She's like, we're leaving in four minutes. Can you please acknowledge the fact that I've got rid of the moss on the driveway? This is a job that needed doing. She said, I couldn't care less about the goddamn moss on the driveway. That was not the time.

No. So she's like, why do you have to go and do the most obscure jobs under this immense amount Of time pressure I'm with her I can hear it I'm with her too Sometimes she's like

Can you just take the bins out And I've done everything else Apart from I've painted the house I've bloody chopped down a tree Chopped down the neighbours tree She's like Did you take the bins out

I was like no But look at all this Other cool stuff I've done Jeez Give some credit Anyway Got no moss on the driveway That's good

That's wonderful Ironically I ended up sleeping on it too. The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. I mentioned this in the news earlier this hour, Megan, about a UK man who stole 17 tubes of Pringles in a string of thefts. Told police, great line.

He was like, once you pop, you can't stop. You can't. You can't. The 17 tubes. This is not an enormous amount to make news, is it? No. The can't. You can't. The 17 tubes. That's not an enormous amount to make news, is it? No. The news part was his funny one-liner. I think more his funny one-liner.

But yeah, but it happened over at like not all at once too. So it was obviously just he'd keep going back and trying to steal Pringles. You couldn't get a better catchphrase. They're dead. Like once you open those things. Once you pop, you can't stop. It's kind of like any bag of chips. I know. Once you open it, you're like, this is a big bag.

It's not to be consumed all at once. Who leaves half a bag of chips? It's like, I'll get back to those later. No way. I'm always amazed by the Pringles, just how they shape them. Ed Sheeran's in love with the shape of you. You know it's not a potato, eh? No, it is.

Oh, I saw this on my friend TikTok again. And there's this guy, this hot No, it is. Oh, I saw this on my friend TikTok again. And there's this guy, this hot like dude doing a podcast, you know, with muscles and stuff. He's like, man,

I'm going to tell you something that's going to blow your mind. And then his coach is like, what? And he's like,

Pringles don't have potatoes. And he's like, whoa. And then you go to the comment section, you're like, you idiot,

look at the first ingredient on the Pringles, half of it is potatoes. Yeah, but I'm saying it's not a potato that they've on the Pringles. Half of it is potatoes. Yeah, but I'm saying it's not a potato that they've sliced. They've sliced. It's like reconstituted into a shape. Into a shape, yeah.

Yeah. Like they've been going, yeah. Sorry. There is potatoes. There is potatoes, yeah. Yeah. This guy was getting rinsed for saying there wasn't potatoes. And I was like, oh, I'm going to talk about this on the podcast.

And then I remember Ben saying, do a little bit of research before you say something. And I just went to the comment section. The Pringles tube is also good. If you want to sneak two beers in somewhere, you can put them in a Pringles tube. Can you get two in there? Oh, two cans. Two cans in there? Two cans in a Pringles tube.

Ben voice. If you want to get in pretty quickly. And once you pop, you can't stop with that one either. The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. Fade headlines. Yes, like a weird hairy man in a van with fruit bursts. Megan tries to lure us in

with her salacious headlines. And we get straight to the heart of the story. It's a light dusting of the story, isn't it? What are the three headlines this morning, Megan? Okay, your three headlines this morning are, woman receives apology after gross discovery in her garden. That's got me interested, Ben.

Intrigued. But we can only choose one, so what are the other two? Finders keepers. Man goes viral after finding something on his lawn. Oh, another lawn-based discovery. Have you gone to the garden monthly or something, please? Okay, here's a different one. Piece of jewellery saves a man's life.

Let me guess. Was it found in a garden? It was not. Okay, jewellery saves a man's life. Then we've got two garden-themed things. I kind of reckon it's the first or the third for me. Yeah. Oh, okay.

What would you, okay, can you give us a leading... What would you have clicked on? We don't want to waste our data here. Well, technically I clicked on all three. Yeah, but what one were you like, oh. They both, one and three are probably the best. Okay. They do both tickle me in different ways.

Well, you sparked our interest with story one. We'll lock in what was found in a lady's garden. Okay, story number one. It was a gross discovery. She's received an apology from a delivery company because she was well she ordered a dress online and this was two years ago she never got the dress she's like i don't know where it went in the package i swear i never got delivered they were like we delivered it uh she

was doing the gardening two years later she found the package in her garden. It was delivered back in 2022. And the now decomposed dress was buried in the garden somehow. Oh, it looks like a carcass. It's pretty grim. Yeah. So how would that have happened? I guess they just chucked it over the fence, the delivery driver. Somehow it got inside the soil.

Yeah, it was buried. So I don't know. It was like they chucked it over the garden wall and then somehow like after ages. Life happens. You know, mow the lawn, chuck the compost on there. I can see how it happens. Yeah, she said it was like it was wet.

It was covered in soil. The bag was open as well. It was full of bugs and like the dress was was decomposed. To be fair, it didn't look like the dress was that nice to begin with. Oh, shade. It's unnecessary. The fashion police over here. What's left of it is probably like she was done.

Interesting colour combination. They did her a favour. Maybe it was the driver going, she's going to look horrific in this. People are going to talk behind her back. I'll deliver it, but I'll dig it into the dirt. Let me do you a favour. Dig it into the dirt. At least the dog got a hold of it.

Yeah, I guess. Dog was even like, mate, this is a shocking dress. It's a courier company in a lot of ways. They were in the right. They were like, yeah, we did deliver it. Yeah, but like not to the door. You'd chuck it over the fence. Huge scam going around

With the couriers Is some people Would follow courier vans During busy periods Like Christmas and stuff And see where they drop Packages over fences And things

And then Swoop on in That's real sad That is sad Because you can register Like a place to hide it Like under your barbecue Or whatever

Or down the side But if people Are following you And seeing where They're putting it. Yeah. I mean, sometimes with criminals, you're like, that's damn genius. That really is.

It's a very lucky dip, though. Yeah, exactly. Yeah, true. Ended up with this horrendous dress. The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. Adele was playing in Vegas over the weekend. It's Pride Month.

Also the start of winter here in New Zealand, but also Pride Month. And I'm guessing she must have been talking about Pride earlier in the show for this to be a news story, right? Yeah, but then she's gone on a work tangent. So she's talking about the basic structure of her work week as an entertainer and how her Monday's basically Friday. And someone from the crowd yells out what we believe is work sucks,

which makes a lot of sense to us because she's talking about work. But she completely mishears it. Have a listen. Friday's basically the beginning of my week, you know, because that's when I work, basically. So it's sort of like the weekdays of my weekend, an extra long weekend. Did you just say pride sucks? Did you come to my f***ing show

and just say that pride sucks? Are you f***ing stupid? Don't be so f***ing ridiculous. Oh, it's really hard to know when someone yells out exactly what they said. It sounds a bit like that person tries to yell out again and clarify but she's obviously talking.

She's abusing him over the top. She's got a microphone so she's always going to win that argument. What do you do? Do you stand up and go, no, I said work. Listen Adele. Or do you just like try and bury yourself and pretend it didn't happen?

No, you're definitely going for a clarification. Yeah. Because then some idiot radio show in New Zealand is going to be talking about you on the Monday if you don't clarify. I said work sucks. You were talking about, hey lady, you mentioned work

I was just agreeing with you trying to have some banter or just don't yell out at a show but then if you do it's a ballsy move to yell out double down

and then yell out and go hey listen Adele you know have you ever been called out by an artist at a show I know you went to Bon Jovi and you secretly filmed them

and you shouldn't have been yeah but he didn't call me out or anything like that John Bon Jovi didn't turn around and stop the show the organiser did and said you can't film been. Yeah, but he didn't call me out or anything like that. John Bon Jovi didn't turn around and stop us. The organiser did until you can't film here, which I told you to do. But anyway.

No, not. A friend of ours went to Lionel Richie though and she got called out. She went to Lionel Richie with her mum and she was really enjoying the concert. She may have come in hot. She may have come in a few chardonnays deep. Right.

Coming in and every time the song would stop, she'd just yell out, I love you, Lionel, just multiple times, throughout the whole concert. And that Lionel's audience are probably, let's sit down and enjoy the concert, and then we'll go home and maybe leave five minutes early so we can beat the crowds, that sort of audience.

And about 45 minutes into the concert, again, silence in between songs, I effing love love you Lionel He's like Whoa okay Okay we're going to Have to stop the show Someone needs to

Take that lady home Oh no And she's with her mum And she was Mum please stop yelling at her Yeah She was mortified Poor thing

But we found it funny We've told that story Multiple times And we'll continue To tell that story So have you been Called out By the artist?

Maybe it was for a good thing. Maybe they stopped and said, this person's dancing amazing or maybe a microphone was put in front of you or maybe you're caught up on stage.

You know those moments where they pull people up and they're like, oh, who can sing this passage and they smash it out of the park. I always wonder,

are they plants? Well, I don't know. I don't think so. You'd have to be confident to put your, like, who can play the drums? I've never played drums before. Start now in front of 40,000 people at a Foo Fighters show.

It doesn't always work because Lady Gaga's put her microphone down to people in the audience before and they're like, I'm up, I've hooked her face. And she's like, oh, terrible mistake. It's a bit of a Russian roulette, isn't it, when you hand your mic over? The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast.

After a long weekend. Short week. That's a good feeling. What's not a good feeling is this person that got called out to have an Adele concert over the weekend. Did the person say pride sucks or did they say work sucks? Have a listen. Friday's basically the beginning of my week, you know, because that's when I work, basically. So it's sort of like the weekdays of my weekend an extra long weekend did you just say prize sucks did you come to my show and just

said it prize sucks are you stupid yeah then they'll pile in on them boo i feel like i heard work sucks yeah well it's it's an unusual pride reference if you know timing wise yeah like it makes no sense it's not in the wheelhouse at the moment, but the good thing is the internet. Can we pile in on this person now? That's where I feel like we need to hold back. Remember? Entitled. Kate Middleton, things like that.

This one's kind of good because no one's in the wrong. I agree with Adele and I think he said work. So, you know, we're all okay. Everyone got their message across, except she just got hers across a lot louder. She had a microphone. One of my, well, favorite moments about people getting called out at a concert,

Guy Williams, friend of ours, a comedian, went to the Kanye West concert. And you remember that in Australia. And Kanye was like, everyone needs to get up on your feet. You know, everyone. And so- I'm not continuing this show

until everyone in the stadium is standing up. And then he decided to call out some people who hadn't got up there. And he was like, you guys, we're not, we're stopping the concert. We're not getting up until you go. show until everyone in the stadium is standing up and then he decided to call out some people who hadn't got up there and he was like you guys we're not we're stopping the concert we're not getting up until you go and then people were yelling out stuff he's like what they're yelling at stuff he's like what they're in wheelchairs was basically the row of wheelchairs obviously yeah okay and then carry on into the into the concert yeah it's a bit of a regather moment but you'd think given all his years in playing stadiums,

he might go, oh, there's a wheelchair section. Exactly. He wouldn't know. Maybe getting everyone to stand up is not a great idea. That's right. Let's get Trisha on. You've been called out at a concert, Trish. Yes, yes.

Way back in 1990, when it was the Commonwealth Games, the Cats musical came to Auckland as well, and my dad got us tickets. I was only in my 20s then. And he got us the best Games, the Cats musical came to Auckland as well, and my dad got us tickets. I was only in my 20s then, and he got us the best seats at the front, and I was enjoying the musical, and you know the characters? Maybe not.

I do. My daughter's done the musical, yeah. He can sing you a song. Sing your song. Tell me the characters. What are you talking about? Rum Tum Tugger, Magical Mistoffelees. What are we?

What characters? Rum Tum Tugger is the only one I remember. He jumped off the stage, pulled me up out of my seat, and danced around with me, and then sat in my seat. So there was I standing there in front of the whole crowd going, well, what do I do now? What do I do now? Anyways, and then he got up again and danced with me

and then got back on the stage. At the end of the concert, he pointed and winked at me. I have never forgotten that. What a tugger. Rum-tum-tuggers, they sound like a deviant's name, doesn't it? Surely he could have meowed or something on stage. I mean, meow! Oh, well, good on you, Trisha.

Called out at those bloody cats. Was that part of the show, Ben? No, I didn't see that one at the one I went to. No to no can you sing your old when you're like an old chimney sweep song mango cherry and rumble teas no no i couldn't possibly otherwise no no no don't move it i can do the dance as well, guys. You want me to do the dance? You can go do the dance. No, no.

No, no, okay, here we go. Okay, okay, here we go. Here's the full... It's going to take 19 to 30 minutes, but anyway. Here's the full musical for you. Oh, no, no, no, no, no. I won't do that. Let's get Joe on.

You were called out at a concert, Joe. What happened? I was in the cargo when I actually... I went to the pub with my dad, and his people said, do you want to come to Invercargill when I actually I went to the pub with my dad and these people said do you want to come to Invercargill with us? and I said yeah why not so I did

and I had a ball with them I said to the band is there anyone anywhere you can go for karaoke? and they said do you want to get out with us? and I said, okay. It's all very casual arrangements.

Firstly, you casually just going with strangers to Vicargill, the band casually inviting you up. Yeah. And you sung with them. It's all okay. It was down south, so it's okay. What song did you smash out, Joe? Like a Virgin.

Can we hear a bit of it now, Joe? I can't sing at the moment. I've got a cold. I'll do it, Joe. I'll do it. Oh, no, no, no. Okay, okay. Life is a...

Hey, good on you, Joe. ...best time. Well, can we just get the hook, Joe? Give us the hook. Give us the hook Give us the hook Yeah the chorus The chorus Oh man

Now I've got to think You've really put her on the spot here Doesn't it just go like a virgin We'll all join in together Joe One two three Here we go Like a virgin The very first time. Yeah. We'll all join in together, Joe. One, two, three. Here we go. Like a virgin. Woo!

Take it away. For the very first time. Well worth it. Well worth it. The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. First day of winter, officially, Saturday. But it feels like, as I said before, winter's been here for a wee bit longer.

Wonderful entree. We've had a month of sickness and colds. Megan, I haven't known you not to be sick. You're just varying levels of sickness, aren't you? You're in that period of your life. I've got two little kids in daycare who like to cough in your face. I'd like to see what a healthy Megan Pappas looks like. No, that's me now.

Everyone's knock on wood. Everyone is okay in the house at the moment. But it is flu season. And so what we thought we'd do today, we like to do things you can say in the bedroom and dot, dot, dot, and we change the scenario each time. Things you can say in the bedroom today and while getting a flu injection. So here we go. Sexy. Some sexy things you can say in the bedroom while getting a flu injection.

Shall I start? You can start. Just stick it in. That's always a good one. Very I start? You can start. Just stick it in. That's always a good one. Very professional. Yeah. Just get it over and done with. Yeah.

On both accounts. Was that a 25-year marriage? And while getting a flu injection, you shouldn't feel a thing. Are you done yet? Just a few more seconds. I got a reaction last time. If I'm pregnant, can I still get an injection?

We'll see you in again about 12 months. Again, depending on how long you've been married. Yeah, that's true. You may experience some unusual side effects after this. Things you can say in the bedroom and while getting a flu injection. For the first day of winter, you're getting some flu vaccination propaganda out there. Now, it might get a little swollen, but that's okay. To prevent overcrowding, we can only have two people in here at a time.

The rest of you will have to wait outside. Which one do you want me to say? I'll go this one. Things you can say in the bedroom while getting a flu injection. I'll just put on some protection. And finally for you, Megan. Here comes a little prank. The hits.

The Jono and Ben podcast. Over the weekend. Oh, embarrassing situation. Got a speeding ticket. Oh, Ben Boyce. 62 in a 50K area. How much is that? 80 bucks.

So, you know, just one of those annoying things. But the thing was, on my own street. Yeah, I feel like me hooning around that corner and the police told me off. You know that road so well. Because we're sort of in the middle of a longer street. One end, it sort of comes down from a sort of, kind of like a bit of a hill. So I'd obviously come down there.

Oh, you're just riding, yeah. Come down there coasting, and then I get a guy, mufti cop step out, big hand out, you know, stop. What? Just sitting on the side. Stood out in the road. Yes, and I pull, I was like, well, I was pulling. The thing was, I was pulling over anyway,

because I was going into my house. So he's just standing in the road with the stuff. Right next to my house. He was like, pull over. So I was like, well, I'm pulling over anyway. And then he into my house. So he's just standing in the row with the stuff. Right next to my house. He was like, pull over. So I was like, well, I'm pulling up anyway

as I turn. And then he was like, whereabouts do you live? And I'm like, well, just here. That's where I live. And yeah,

and $80 ticket. He's like, did you know you're speeding? And I was like, well, to be honest, not any reason. I'm like,

no, there was no reason. There's no reason. Just fun. Because going fast is fun. More fun than going 50. But you always hope in those situations that, you know, they're going to let you off with a warning.

You're like, maybe I'll, but no, it wasn't quite to be considered. They've got a quota to fill. They've got the same thing going along that bit of stretch of motorway, which is apparently 80 k's an hour. Who knew? Well, apparently the signs tell you all the way through. And I was doing 100. They have great joy.

They pull over. You hate it because everyone's doing 100 and they just pick out who. What I'd never experienced before, and this is quite embarrassing, because it was right in my driveway. So I'm stopped there, there's a cop there talking to me. And one of the neighbour's books passed. And it looks like a raid. It looks like a ditty raid, doesn't it?

Yeah. You're like, what happened to him? He couldn't even get into his own driveway and there's a cop there. And I'm like, I'm like a raid. It looks like a ditty raid, doesn't it? Yeah. You're like, what happened to him? He couldn't even get into his own driveway and there's a cop there. And I'm like. Waiting for him. I'm like, oh, silly thing. Shouldn't have been going. You know, like, I didn't think I was going too far, but I was going faster than I should.

How much is that? $180. Do you get 20 demerits? I imagine you might get some demerits. Oh, Ben. Yeah. Just what I needed yesterday. You know the cops around your house, do you?

I know. The neighborhood gossips. Right by my house. Did you hear the police were over there? I don't know what it was for, but the police guy was talking to us. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. What's for dinner tonight? Well, maybe ChatGPT can help your artificial intelligence.

A little fun thing we like to do. You tell us three things, three items that you've got in your fridge or your pantry. We'll put it into ChatGPT and we'll see what it spits out. Sometimes it's good, sometimes not so good, but it may save you on dinner. Sometimes you end up with a tuna couscous souffle. A lot of the times too, it's like, Peter, put all the ingredients in a bowl and put salad at the end of it. That comes through quite a lot.

But I love also how not leaving out an ingredient isn't an option for ChatGPT. They must include everything. Can I go more sensible? I've got pita bread in the fridge. I've got chicken and cucumber. I know I've got those things. Okay. So I'm picking a chicken, cucumber, pita.

Yeah, I would think so. Chicken, cucumber, and pita. Yeah. You could toast the pita, turn it into a chicken, cucumber salad with a little buddy. Is that what it's doing? It's a sissy chicken, cucumber, pita. Yeah. You could toast the pita, turn it into a chicken cucumber salad with little buddy. It does. Is that what it's doing? It's a sissy chicken cucumber pita sandwich.

Oh. I mean, they're sensible. I could have come up with that. I love how it's given me a recipe, too. Didn't feel like there were many other options. Okay, I've got some mints. Some mints. I have nearly expired Kewpie mayonnaise.

Oh, yeah. And I think I might have two eggs. What are we coming back with? Eggs, mints, and Kewpie mayo. Okay. What do you do? Do you say dinner option? I just say make me a recipe.

Okay. Egg and mince bowl. Oh, an egg and mince bowl? Okay. Okay. How's that work? Okay. So you're cooking up the mince and then you've got a salad aspect to it and then you put the hot sauce and mayo on top.

So it's just a big bowl of mince. GGB's like, well, you're not giving me much to work with here. Where's the egg come into it? The egg goes on top. Do you fry an egg on top or something? Yeah. Joy, we'll get you on from Hamilton this morning.

First off, let's not worry about what Chet Chibity's going to spit out for your dinner because you're going to win Hell Pizza, okay? My boys will be happy with that. Yep, you got that first off the bat. But what ingredients have we got in the fridge there, Joy? Right, so we're looking at a leftover beef curry. Mm. And we've got some corn cream style and we've got

some truffle mayonnaise in the pantry. Okay. Feels like you have a pretty full meal there to begin with if you just reheat it but we'll see

what it adds to it. Truffle mayo beef curry with corn. It's the same move. It's the same chat mind chat

GPT. I think it's heating up the beef curry with the corn on top and a bit of truffle. Yeah. They're like, AI's going to take your job. They're worried about AI. At this stage, not many concerns about AI.

Someone's actually just texted in on the tuna front too. I have a lemon. I have some stale vogels that's been sitting in the fridge for too long. Okay. And a can of sea lord tuna Lemon bread and tuna Lemon tuna bruschetta

That's nice So it's basically like tuna on toast But you say it as bruschetta it sounds a lot more romantic than tuna on toast It's got capers and a fancy mayo on it That sounds quite nice actually But you say it as bruschetta, it sounds a lot more romantic than tuna on toast. It's got capers and a fancy mayo on it. That sounds quite nice, actually. Well, there you go, chat.

G-P-T-T-E-A. As in replacing the word dinner with tea. You can see what's happened there. The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. First show is coming to Auckland August 3rd. It's Symphony Pride celebrating the LGBTQAI plus communities. And two of the entertainers are going to be there performing with us in the studio.

The winner of RuPaul's Drag Race, the first one down under, Ketamine. Ketamine! You are our winner! And the other is an awesome Kiwi artist, Paige. You know her from Waves. And join us in the studio right now. Great to have you both here. Hi, it's nice to be here.

Have you been to Sydney before? You must have, right? Yeah, of course. So much fun. So much fun. What about you, Paige? I've never been. You've never been.

She's broke. Great way to get a free ticket. Perform at the event. Yeah. Now, Ketamine 2, just before we embark on this interview, I'm going to have a innuendo bell. Oh, okay. Every innuendo, every double entendre, we'll acknowledge it.

Okay, good. I have never been innuendo. But he sounds hot. I feel like we almost slip into it too sometimes. And that sounds like I've just slipped into it. Feel free. Every time I say something in these interviews, I'm like, I'm definitely tripping down that track. Yeah, you're taking something.

So you just non-stop. Stop talking right now. So a whole lot of amazing performers like yourself, Paige there. What are you doing? What's going on with you on stage? Oh, well. Are you singing?

Are you entertaining? Well, I'm actually djing awesome yes with one of my drag queen uh gal pals we do a dj duo called the mean girls do you yeah is it now with the humble nightclub dj yes are you doing stuff up there or you're pretending to push button i know yeah i know i i genuinely dj but you do you that That's a talent I took some lessons And now I've just been teaching myself I got some very expensive DJ gear

I did have to do a job to get it but let's just say it wasn't A 9 to 5 Hey so last time we spoke To you the JoBros Yeah the JoBros You're open for the JoBros Yeah yeah I still haven't taken time to reflect um you should have it's been like two months i mean that's how crazy it is for me

yeah i'm actually i'm actually putting out um a cover of that song on spotify just for fun were you nervous when uh you were on stage with them oh yeah i did a rehearsal with them just like five minutes before they jumped on stage yeah so um yeah i was terrified actually i like you know those moments where you think i'm gonna have to get up and run away i was like i can't do it because i've made everyone you know but the reception you got from everyone there was wild everyone was so excited for you yeah it was i think i mean i really just wanted to do it to encourage like kiw so excited for you yeah it was i think i mean i i really just wanted to do it to encourage like kiwis to put themselves out there because i think

you know new zealanders we have a tendency to kind of want to blend in and like not talk about yeah like kate loves to blend in put yourself out there more yeah i know honestly god i'm pretty out there already my bosom's walked in the room five minutes before i did but yeah your music has reached so many people you're like i was watching something when you're talking about lewis hamilton oh yeah all people messaging you about how likes your music i mean that's pretty surreal yeah i don't really understand like why um like yeah it's pretty crazy like what did Lewis Hamilton message you yeah cool

yeah no he was like oh I really like your music I know Drake if you ever need a hand I was just like

oh okay I don't really know what to say Symphony Pride it's going to be a lot of fun I mean you're

performing page you've got Bo Runger as well a whole lot of bangers I imagine the atmosphere is going to be so awesome to be part of.

Oh, for sure. I mean, Symphony is already such a wild party. Turn that into a pride party? Like, come on. It doesn't get much more fabulous than that, does it? No, ain't no party like a pride party. Hey, man, shout it, sister. What is it like?

How is the pride community now? Do you feel welcomed? Oh, for sure. You know, like, like look the world has like got all sorts of people in it doesn't it but you know the beauty about something like symphony pride is it's really open for anyone and everyone that's ready to just like have a great time listen to some great music and really just be loving toward themselves and those around them that's all it's about is it good vibes the Good vibes. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast.

My husband had this classic argument over the weekend. Something was broken. Our sensor lights haven't been working for a very long time. They flash on and they go off. And I did not have any intention of ever fixing it. My husband was like, I'm going to get a new one. I was like, okay. Heads off to Mitre 10 and picks a

Sensolite. He's doing it himself. It turns out he picked the wrong one. He's out there for maybe a couple of hours trying to hook it up. He ends up calling a couple of electricians and they're like, no, you've got the wrong one. So he has to go back to Mitre 10.

Can I just jump in here right now? It's a matter of pride now. Okay, he's two hours deep. Yeah. He can't turn back now. I did at the start. I was like, my dad's coming to stay soon. Do you want to wait for him?

He's like, no. I can do it. I was like, do you want to just maybe call an electrician? He was like, no. How hard can it be? Not in his own household, mate. I'm loving to love more than someone coming over to my house and doing jobs for me. I'm the opposite.

I'm like, do it all day. If people want to do jobs and I don't have to, great. I'm fine until it comes to electricity. I was like, you're going to zap yourself. Not even going to start anywhere near that. So then he comes in and he's like, the wires are different colors. I was like, please call someone. You're going to hurt yourself.

So he puts on a pair of rubber gloves. What, like kitchen gloves? Yeah, please call someone. You're going to hurt yourself. So he puts on a pair of rubber gloves. What, like kitchen gloves? Yeah, to earth himself. I was like, I don't think that's going to work. Oh, makes sense. Sounds like the beginning of a news story. He was gone for hours. I had to keep going out and checking to make sure he hadn't zapped himself out on the driveway.

But it took him from 10 o'clock in the morning until he finally finished it at 5.30 that night. It's a full day. It's a full day which probably would have taken the electrician let's say 30 minutes to 45 minutes max. We had friends over and he wanted to show them.

Producer Grace came over. She got a big run down on the whole security light. Were the lights working Grace? He wanted to take her outside. He's like I want to show you. I didn't see if they were working on it Because it was daytime

Grace was like No one leaves till night Okay Till these lights will sense you They're like Yep they're screwed in Cool But I had to resist

He was so proud of himself At the end of it I had to resist the urge To say this could have been done In an hour With a professional Yeah But hey they go

But they were unprofessionally done Over a nine-hour period. Two trips to Mitre 10, two lots of sensor lights, but he's done it and he couldn't be more proud. A potential fire hazard. Will they continue to work? Don't say that. I'm just saying potential.

Potentially not one as well. God. Yeah. Well, I don't know why. I don't understand what the pride thing is. Like why you must do it yourself. No, he just started something and he didn't want to fail. Like if he must do it yourself. No, he just started something and he didn't want to fail.

Like if he hadn't started it with you, Ben, calling the professionals, but he was two hours deep. That's a lot of labour to just give up on. Yeah. All right, so plough on for another five hours. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. This is the official start of winter.

Saturday. On Saturday, 1st of June. It feels like we've been in winter for at least three or four weeks a lot of people already sick in the trenches aren't they

and what I do appreciate too there was that message of you know stay sick stay home remember those days when we were all in lockdown stay home

if you feel any symptoms stay home don't go near anyone I was literally in the Westfield toilets over the weekend sopping wet hands just washed my hands

hadn't even taken them to the dryer. Some legend comes up and goes, bloody good to meet you, mate. Listened to the radio show, shook my sopping wet toilet hands and then got on his way. Didn't even shake them off or anything. I was like, back to the good old days. He went and told everyone, you know that Jono, he's got wet hands. Very sweaty, wet hands. No, no. Very sweaty, wet hands. There's nothing more confronting than someone like, you know, you come out of the bathroom

and you have dried, but it doesn't fully get a full dry. And then you've got to shake someone's hand and you're like, oh. I always say my hands are damp, but I did just wash them. Yeah. Always disclaimer. Yeah. He'd seen, they were dripping. They were dripping.

He'd seen. He was looking. He knew what I'd been doing. Yuck. But you were saying earlier today that, you know, it's the season at the moment. You've got a lot of people getting colds, flus, whatever it is, going around. Megan, you're saying you haven't seen her well. No.

What are you like well? This is me well now. Now? Really? I'm going to knock on wood because I've got two kids in daycare. It's not going to last. Winter is coming. You're like, oh, buddy, on the steroids, the old asthma's, ah, playing up again.

Then you're like, oh, this one's an explosive diary. You know, it's no source. Astro, it's just never ending. I know. It does end one day. Does it? But, you know, I can't wait to see your hundy. Imagine what you're going to be operating on all Sutherlanders.

Oh, watch out. Well, at the moment, though, it is, you know, we like to say the season of the sick, which is a great tie-in to that Noah Khan song. We've made our own version to do it. If you didn't love that song enough already, well, here's a parody version of that song. To do with colds and flus going around at the moment on the hits.

As I dropped my kid a daycare, sadly he started to cough. The teacher quickly came a-running as I just tried to speed off. Gotta take him home with me and I know this will not be fun There's more diseases here than Friday night in Hamilton Now I'm starting to sniff soon as I walked in through the door Went through a box of tissues, now they're piling on the floor And it's cold and shitty weather. And I'm sick of all this rain. There's COVID everywhere.

Even COVID on the plane. And my nose is running. It's the season of the sick. And my throat is sore. Rub my chest down with some Vicks. And I've got man flu. So I just like to play the victim. Paracetamol.

Temperature check in my rectum And I'll sleep at night Little sweaty with a fever And my daughter's coughing But I don't think I believe her My nose looks like Rudolph Every time I blue And I used all my annual leave

With this damn flu