Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL SHOW: Ben's talents show firework disaster

Episode Date: June 12, 2024

ON THE SHOW TODAY Are you a rat or a frog?  What's happening with the President's son!I Is Glen Powell a liar? Superstitions.... We talk to Lisa from Lifeline Megan's reached farmer status!  The best couple names Can you guess this riddle? Megan's poor head! Can our entertainment reporter change Megan's mind?  Facebook: The Hits Breakfast with Jono and Ben Instagram: TheHitsBreakfastSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This John Owen Ben podcast, hey that's us, brought to you by HelloFresh, the experts and tastes that Kiwis love. It's about 20 hours worth of rain coming the North Island's way, saving the South Island, enjoy that. Now I just learned something from you Megan and producer Taylor this morning about Hollywood's rodent men, the rat-ish good looks is a new thing, right? Yes, so this is like a trend that was going around a while ago as well where you either resemble a rat or a frog. Right. And now they're taking on a whole new meaning where the rattish men are like, it's a good-looking man, right?

Yeah, so it's not your traditional Hollywood heartthrobs. No. It's the Brad Pitt, Jason Momoa. They're good-looking guys. But you're saying people with more rat-like qualities are now like, like oh they're good looking because we actually we said john i was a frog right but you are a rat i am quite i don't well i'm not gonna say i'm good looking or anything but i do have a lot of rat like qualities

i would have thought like i don't know i didn't want to be the rat i kind of wanted to be the frog yeah yeah it's a different it seems like a compliment though you know you're like right because it wouldn't normally be a compliment would it i guess i was just looking up jason mormore because you see them too i think he's he's a rat he's definitely a rat so maybe it is a compliment for me yeah i think it's got to do like if you picture a rat's face like they have kind of um like a defined pointy jawline whereas a frog wouldn't they're a bit more rounder gotcha so i think a rat face would be like a more chiseled one yeah right okay so we're looking at um according to this article i'm reading now because i've gone deep into

who's rat like blick 182 drummer travis barker they reckon is wet right like uh the guy who was wonka timothy yeah he's there as well. The guy from the beer, that cooking show as well. Jeremy Allen Scott? Yeah. It's not a cooking show. I mean, it's a drama cooking show. The beer, yeah, yeah.

He's definitely a rat. They're all rats and good-looking rats, apparently. So this is the thing. Yep. So if you want to know if you're good-looking, just stare in the mirror and say, are you a rat or a frog? We were calling you a rat yesterday, Ben,

it was a compliment. A compliment, yeah. I'm Stuart Little. We're at a toy, though, you know, some iconic rats throughout the world. Are we looking at them differently now or not? Well, I think they're, yeah, I think they're dateable now.

They are dateable. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. And speaking of America, we're going live to New York. Live from New Zealand to New York City. Diddy is done. He is done. One is like senile and one's a sociopath. It's all the like 40 and 50 year olds who are like, yeah.

It's Nicole in New York. Nicole, she's a New York correspondent. She does a radio show and many podcasts over there in New York. And she joins us every week to tell us the hot goss out of New York. Hey, Nicole, how's it going? Hey, it's good to be back, guys. Nice to talk to you. Last week you had a former president arrested over there.

This week it's the president's son. Is it you next week? I mean, who's getting arrested next? I mean, I'm surprised at this point in my life that I've never been arrested. I mean, the way that I lived my college years, I'm very shocked that I never got in serious trouble. Very lucky. I'm knocking on wood right now. Sometimes you do look back at your late

teens, early twenties, and you're like, how did I make it through? It's unbelievable. It's unbelievable. Hunter Biden, Joe Biden's son, he's had a bit of a rough history with drug abuse and addiction, and he lied about having a crack cocaine addiction to get a gun.

Yeah. You know, the thing is, is I feel like there's drug addiction, right? And there's like messing around with drugs and then there's crack. It's just like they're two different groups. I just feel like crack, like every president has had their family be in scandals and had some sort of, you know, drama going on in the family. But you rarely hear about someone in the presidential families that's addicted to crack.

Crack is just it's on a whole nother level. I don't think anybody has the patience or the time or is able to be like, it's no big deal. Yeah, a little bit of marijuana. So we're confused by the charges. So he lied about his drug use, but then he was trying to get a firearm illegally. You know, your guess is as good as mine. We're all actually quite just as confused as you are across the world.

Nobody really knows because we're sort of fed a bunch of different stories. And on social media, you hear from different sides what everybody's saying. But all I know is that he's done crack. And I just don't feel like that's a great thing. Because it feels like he lied from what I understand. Is that like when the doctor says, how many drinks do you have a week? And you're like, oh, yeah. Is that like one of those situations or is a bit more like full on?

I think so. And everybody lies on those, right? There's no way. Like if you actually were honest, it'd be like, yeah, like, I don't know, 50 a week. I mean, it's probably closer to that. But I don't know 50 a week like i mean it's probably closer to that but i don't know it's like again yeah it's like the crack and the hookers and like there's a whole rap sheet of stuff that i mean half of it we probably don't even know about again as soon as you hear crack let's just move along i mean i just this is this is no good every time my doctor's

like how much crack have you had this week i'm always pretty honest four or five times this week socially one time like once a day and then i remember one of the chicks that he was like hooking up with or sleeping with or having an affair with said something like he would wake up and use crack so there's crack and then there's the morning crack usage again it's just not actually when you look into uh president biden's, he's had a lot of trauma in his life, hasn't he? Because his first wife and his baby died in a car crash. Yeah. I mean, I can't imagine.

And again, we've had so many presidents in U.S. history that have had. I mean, you look at JFK, like think of all of the trauma that those families have had and all the scandals and all the secrets. I mean, again, I don't think any of us will ever know half of the true stories of most of those families. What I want to ask you, actually, because I get fed all these videos and I don't know if they're like edits of Joe Biden acting daughtery and old on stage and have to be sort of fed lines. Is that actually what's happening or are these just terrible internet edits? Yes, yes, that's exactly what's happening.

Oh, really? Listen, I mean, I think any president is going to have, like, they'll have somebody help write things for them and when they get up, they have, you know, they're prepared with their speech or whatever they're going to say to the country or to whoever's at whatever meeting or thing, and they're going to have it in a teleprompter.

But I don't even think that he knows what he's reading. I don't think anybody preps him before. I think they're saying it in his ear. And then even when it's in front of him, he can barely make sense of it. I mean, my husband is his father, whom I adored so much, actually passed away from Alzheimer's. And my husband

even says like jokes like he literally is like having my dad lead the country when he had Alzheimer's. It's it's scary. I mean, the man is senile and I I love him, but he's not somebody who should be, you know, should be in charge of our country.

But then I do feel sorry for you guys because the other option is Donald Trump. Yeah, that, yes, we've got a sociopath and somebody who's senile. They're both terrible options. Maybe get Hunter Biden out there.

He'll never sleep. He'll get the job done. He'll certainly have a little bit more energy and gusto than his dad. Oh, Nicole, thank you so much for your time. He'll never sleep He'll get the job done He'll certainly have a little bit more energy And gusto than that Thank you so much for your time We really love catching up with you It's a really fun thing to do every week

And hopefully we'll do it again next week Absolutely Now you were talking about Glenn Powell Actor, he was in the new version of Top Gun Yes, and then the rom-com Anyone But You with Sidney Sweeney. Absolute babe. He's done a podcast and it is with Jake Shane.

It's called Therapus. But after he did the podcast, he said to come out and clarify something. Not apologize, but he's a little bit embarrassed because he told this story. Do you want me to tell you the story as he told it? Yeah. And then I'll give you the reason why he's had to come back later. Okay. So the story is a friend of his little sister went on a date with a guy who

was very charming. And this is a little bit grim too. I'll just preface this. Okay. And she went back to his apartment. And when she got in there straight away, she was like, I shouldn't have come here. Shouldn't have come here. I feel a bit weird. Okay. And she went back to his apartment. And when she got in there straight away, she was like, I shouldn't have come here.

Shouldn't have come here. I feel a bit weird. Okay. He offered to give her a massage and she was like, ugh. So he put some lotion on her and she was like, okay. At that point too, when you're getting massaged and things are weird, that's definitely when you want to leave, right? You'd be happy to know that in this story, the woman was like, okay, I'm going to go. This is for me.

And he was like, no, stay. But she ended up leaving. So the next day, her skin was itchy and weird. And so she went to the doctor. And that's when the doctor was like, where have you been? Because you have this formaldehyde on your, like, embalming fluid on your body. Really?

Where have you been? Who put this on you? We need details and we need to give it to the police so they went to this guy's house and that's when they found uh several bodies oh my goodness so this is the story that glenn what a wild story i don't know what i told that story on the podcast so why is he getting a little bit of grief for so he told it as his little sister's friend yeah the thing is is as we were hearing this story producer Grace and I were both like

I've heard this story before but how could I have if it was Glen Powell's sister's friend so this is an old urban legend that's been retold in different forms for years in different locations it's been told all over the US. Oh so he's not lying like he might have heard it from someone who said it was his

sister's friend. Yeah so he has come out and someone who said it was his sister's friend. Yeah. So he has come out and he said, props to my little sister's friend who told this dating story. I've been telling this for years. I'm questioning my whole life now. False alarm. Back rubs are back. But he's told this urban legend and everyone's like, I've heard this so many times, Glenn. It's not a new story.

What a freaky story if it is. Yeah. I don't know where it came from the hits the Jono and Ben podcast now producer Taylor you got a little bit upset with us the other day particularly Jono

we all went is Jono doing that because we were filming something and it required an umbrella not to be open inside but then he decided to open it open it

and then wave it around try get me to stand under it he put it over I think you Megan so good luck with that i was fine i was like what's wrong because you were running away from me yeah that's like the ultimate bad luck that's like years of bad luck so you're quite a believer in this sort of yeah yeah yeah so like i would never walk under a ladder when it's up um i always have to touch

a plane before i get on i've started doing that because a friend would do it as well now i'm like i'm there i might as well that's the thing've started doing that because a friend would do it as well. Now I'm like, I'm there, I might as well. That's the thing. I feel like if I got the opportunity to do it, then I might as well try and do it or avoid it because, well, yeah. Why have you guys put that on me now? No, you need to. Just touch the plane.

Caress the plane all the way in. It's like good vibes, like blessing the plane. And you just wait until the next plane you catch if, God forbid, you don't touch it and something happens. Why would you put that on me? I'm sure an MH360, that was what maybe. Someone didn't touch it and something happens like that's what you put that on my mind 360 that was what maybe someone didn't touch it oh geez maybe yeah so i didn't pet the plane yeah you're very you're in touch with that sort of thing yeah when i drive past the graveyard i'll do the sign of the cross if there's a rainbow i make a wish you know all these little things it's exhausting actually it takes up a lot of your day it really does are you

superstitious megan not really because i was waving the umbrella to be fair i almost took out one of the lights in here and i was like that's instant karma but i don't really no i'll stand on cracks yeah yeah well someone in the office the other day they were walking quite slowly and were like you're okay and they were like oh hey i don't like to walk on cracks yeah and so they were just you're i get that yeah i would never step in between two pavements i get that like when my parents went overseas they did a bit when they were together back in the day they did a big oe and they they carried around for some reason like a cork

like a wine cork with a couple of coins and they're like this was a good luck thing and then they gave it to me and when my wife and i were going overseas now i carry this one thing i just got in my bag i carry it around i carry it in my bag And I'm like Well I can't throw it out But at the same time I don't know But yeah I don't like to put things

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Maybe you've got something that's lucky, that you always do, a lucky pair of underwear or something like that. Well, it kind of, even Marcelo, your husband, who's a warrior, he has the same thing. Is that like superstition? He has the same thing for dinner? A lot. Yeah, like pasta before dinner, walk on the morning of.

Like a routine. So they write, they always write stuff on his, like messages on his tape. I get a mention on the arm. Me and his mom. We keep the same routine. He'll always write stuff on his, like messages on his tape. I get a mention on the arm. Me and his mom. Aww. Yeah. Expensive real estate there on that real estate.

The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Talking about superstitions or little things that you do, little habits. My wife, it's quite a nice one, a cute one. If ever we're away and we stay in some sort of hotel or motel whatever it is as we leave she always out loud she was like thanks for having us room it's like now the kids and i we all stand there we thank the room we're like if someone sees us in the

corridor like this is a weird family but anyway thanks for having us i don't know why it is and why we do it but anyway we always thank the room as we go. Now when I'm by myself, even for work, I'm like, a bit quieter, but thanks for having us, Ruth. We appreciate it. I love it. It's a bit odd. So we want to know your superstitions. Maybe you carry something with you.

Christina, good morning. Hi. Hi. What's your superstition? Well, if I see a Westpac helicopter, ambulance or fire engine, we touch white. It just wishes everyone involved well, good luck,

and hopefully they're all good. That's a nice thing to do. I feel like I have to do that too now. Yeah, it's something that's been passed along our family and we've just done it, and now my six-year-old daughter does it without anything. She just goes straight into it. Something quite white.

You can always touch John Owen's head too, Megan, if you need to. It's very white. Absolutely. Your hair at the moment. Yeah, true. Nothing whiter than that. That's a good one. All right.

Well, thank you. We're going to chuck you on the draw for your rent or mortgage paid for 12 months. Thanks to One Roof Property. Good luck. Thank you. What a lovely one. Yeah. Donna from Nelson.

What's your superstition? Hi. Hi. My superstition is when it's 11.11 on the clock, I have to make a wish. You and Paris Hilton. I always see that on her social media. Really? So do you

find yourself noticing 11.11 a lot more than maybe you normally would? Yeah. And even last night when it was 11.11 and I went oh, good to make a wish. You were up late last night, weren't you.11 and I went, oh, good, it's like a night. You were up late last night, weren't you? And up early this morning, yeah.

Do you like get to 11 o'clock at night and think, okay, well, I'll just wait 11 minutes? No. Okay. It was very random that I actually noticed the time. Have you ever found out, you don't have to say what happened, but has any of your wishes come true because of it? No, because I'm always wishing for more money. Maybe this time.

Well, we are putting you on the draw for your rental mortgage for 12 months. So, hey, you could be winning that. So, good luck. That'll be great. Thank you very much. 11-11. Okay. Rose, good morning from Greymouth.

What is your superstition? My superstition is no shoes on the table ever. Never. That just seems like manners to me. It does seem like, yeah. And hygiene as well, you know. Yeah, yeah. I know, but people do.

Putting their feet up, you mean, sort of thing. No, shoes. Like, you know, they put their shoes on the table or they clean their shoes on the table or no. Oh, okay. Yeah, no, that feels like, yeah. Especially when you're eating around there. No, I think it's a good one.

It's a good one. I can get behind that. We're going to chuck you in the drawer for your rental mortgage paid for 12 months. So good luck with that. Thank you very much. There's a few texts that have come in as well. I like this one.

Always salute a magpie if it's by itself. Okay. If it's with a mate, it's good luck. All right. I've got a lucky hoodie that I always wear. And this one from a nurse, which I think I've heard before. I never use the word that means the opposite of busy, beginning with a Q and ending in T,

so they never say it's quiet. Oh, because then it'll get busy. Let's have one more quick one before we go. Good morning, Rebecca. Yes, hi. What's your superstition? My superstition is whenever something happens to you three times really bad in one day, I go buy a lotto ticket.

Yeah. I always seem to win something. Oh, really? So three bad things. Did you win the seven mil the other night or one of those people? Wow. I haven't had any bad stuff happen to me in three days in the same day in a long time. I think my mum's the opposite.

Two good things will happen and she's like, go and buy a lot of tickets. Oh, really? It'll be the third. But you're the opposite. No, but the last time for me, I won 70 bucks. And that's when my son broke his leg and car's window broke and our water main pipe broke. So it's actually worked okay three bad things go by a lot of ticket that's great we're gonna chuck you in the drawer for your rental

mortgage paid for an entire 12 months the hits the jonah and ben podcast quickly my daughter sienna but love both my daughters very proud of my daughters but one of the things i one of them you're particularly proud well one of the things i really admire no i'm proud of both but one of the things i really admire about sienna is the oldest one. She just will give things a go. She's like, I'll give it a go. School talent show. She's like, I'm going to give it a go with my friend. That's very admirable for like a young person.

I know, especially at high school. You're so self-conscious and so like worried of what people will say. Yeah, I mean, they were a little bit like, because they looked in my garage, her and a friend, and we've got all those props and costumes. And they were like, oh, they found these inflatable monsters ink you know from the there's the cartoon costumes i've got those in there and they're like we can wear that we can do like a tiktok mashup dance with it we're funny and they're like and to be honest no one will even

know it's us so that'd be great so they they said to the people the organizers yesterday they were like just say we're the monsters you know just in case things go things go bad, they can say, oh, it wasn't us. And then they didn't realise when they walked out there, it went on the big screen. Sierra Boys! And a full name as well before they started. And they announced it. Like, okay, here we go.

But it went well. It went well. It was a lot of fun. So I was like, good on them for getting out there and doing a talent show. I was a lot more guts than I would have at that age. You never went in a talent show? I got made to do an individual dance. We all had to them at oh no and i can't dance i've i've told the story a lot before but i had a michael jackson mask at home same theory put that on no

one will know who it is nowadays i probably wouldn't have a michael jackson basket home and i decided i'd let some fireworks off in the gym because michael jackson has fire you know razzmatazz fireworks and then of course the gym floors like um wooden started burning the floor and I got a week special special detention I had to come back and like yeah so it wasn't it wasn't my finest moment I know I was like yeah halfway through as I let the second fireworks I was doing like to thriller I could hear the teacher go no Ben no I was like what what oh yeah okay yes do you ever get involved in any talent shows I did I did the spice but like it wasn't a talent so I don't know why we did it but me and like my friends we all dressed up as the spice girls and did I guess we did the stop right now dance yeah just I mean it's

not hard so you lip synced it we lip synced I think we just all wanted to dress up as the spice girls funnily enough we didn't like place. Which one were you? I was Jerry. I was Ginger Spice. Because I had the two blonde streaks at the front of my hair. Oh, go on. That I did myself. It was horrific. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast.

Lifeline is a wonderful New Zealand organisation. It's been around for 60 years this year, which is incredible. And they do need your help more than ever to tell us more about it. We've got Lisa from Lifeline joining us. Great to have you on. How are you today? We're doing well. Lovely to talk to you.

Yeah, 60 years for Lifeline. That's incredible it's been around that long. But at the same time, you almost don't want it to be around and don't want people to need it. Well, 60 years is a huge achievement. It is definitely something we're very proud of. And obviously we'd like to continue to offer the general public another 60 years if we can there's clearly a need for our service and we'd like to keep offering it and have a sustainable service moving forward huge a huge amount of need as you say you know

8 000 calls per month 20 000 texts per month uh per month. It feels like the pressure is on so many people and it's a place that people turn to for help. And we receive a mixture of calls from everyday New Zealanders about a whole lot of things. Some are about isolation and loneliness, relationship difficulties, anxiety, depression, and suicide. Unfortunately, on average, we support around 17 people per day who are at high risk of self-harm and suicide.

Those are frightening statistics. And so what are you needing? You're needing some cash money, are we? We're needing some money. It's a free service nationwide, but it costs Lifeline, on average, about $36 a call. So overall, it costs PSN about on average about $36 a call. So overall it costs PSN about $3.78 million

to run. We want to be a sustainable service moving forward, but we need some funding. Is the government funded in any way? No, we haven't been government funded for the service since 2016 and we would love some. It feels like a service

that should be funded by the state. Well, we receive a lot of donations from the community, which is really fantastic and keeps us going. But any kind of form of funding that we could receive, we'd be extremely grateful for. I'm happy to talk to anybody who wants to give us a call and talk about funding. So you've launched an appeal at the moment for Lifeline.

How can people help out if they're listening right now and they'd love to give some money to help out a wonderful cause? They can go to our Lifeline website. We've got a Lifeline 60s website on it as a donate button. Also, we've got some merchandise like limited Lifeline 60s t-shirts and they can call in, they can contact our fundraising team through Lifeline. So there are a variety of ways that you can help support us. Have you found, you know, I guess with COVID, you know, many businesses and people were hit hard with that and everything around that and the cost of living,

it feels like things aren't that great out there at the moment. No, one of the things that we've noticed is that we've had an increase in calls. So a lot of services at the moment in the community with mental health services are overloaded. We're getting a lot more calls coming in with what's going on in our society at the moment, and we would like to be able to meet those needs. So the theory behind it, obviously, you're talking to someone in case there's no one that people can talk to, but I also imagine it's probably quite therapeutic talking to a complete stranger.

Yes, and one of the things that the counsellors are very skilled at is they don't know when they say, you know, good morning, lifeline, they don't know what the nature of the call is going to be. So they're highly trained to talk to anybody about any issues. And we always think that it's best to talk about issues when they're a little bit smaller rather than when they get to the big end. So we're happy to help with that.ez i tell you what lisa i got these bloody parking tickets piling up is that something they cover up on lifeline i can give

you an 0800 number for that it's the council stop parking where you shouldn't be parking great cool thank you for your help there megan well 60 years well done on you know helping out so many thousands of new zealanders over those 60 years well done on helping out so many thousands of New Zealanders over those 60 years and being a great thing for people to call in times of need so thank you so much for your time and we wish you all the best with hopefully raising a lot of money so you can continue.

Brilliant thank you so much and good luck with your parking tickets. It's a part of your Mystery Creek in Hamilton over the next couple of days. We like to call it Farmageddon, where a whole lot of people from around the country descend on Mystery Creek in Hamilton for field days, which started yesterday, goes to Saturday. I can't believe you've never been there, Mia. I don't know how I've never made it to field days.

Next year, we need to go along, because we've got the HITS conference this week, so we can't head along. Don't wear clean gumboots. That was our downfall. Jono and I bought gumboots because we were like, we need to go along because we've got the HITS conference this week, so we can't head along. Don't wear clean gumboots. That was our downfall. John and I bought gumboots because we were like, we need to fit in. So we bought gumboots and we hadn't pre-worn them in and you really stand out there.

I once wore like a brand new Swanee to the Wild Foods Fest and got a lot of heat for that. Everyone could tell that it was brand new and had not been worn. Well, John had dry cleaned his swan dry. Yeah like and got a lot of grief. He's like put it through the dry cleaner mate. It's like the only way you can clean those is out there in the bloody hail. In the fresh

air. In Southland or something. So because Field Days is on we wanted to do something called milking it this morning. See if we can get anybody on 0800 the hits right now that is actually working this morning milking cows. We have got someone on too. Chris is joining us from Taranaki. Good morning, Chris.

How you doing, guys? We're doing all right. We've got some hell pizza coming your way. Let's talk stats. How many girls are you milking this morning? Still a couple of hundred, but we get down to sort of 130 once the rest of them get put on holiday, basically. Jeez.

So how long would that take you in the morning? We've got a nice big cow shed, so about 45 minutes we're in and out through the winter. And what are you doing? Is it a rotary or is it a... Oh, mega. What's the other one? A rotary, 40 barrels, so we can milk 40 cows at a time, yeah. Oh, you sounded so knowledgeable for a second there.

Now, do you, because we went milking Jono and I once and the guy squirted straight from the source into his, you know, cup of tea or coffee and his milk. Is that something you do or is that something

he just did just to kind of like throw the townies off? Best tasting coffee you'll get, fellas. Wow. Really? Okay.

I'm keen to try it. All right, straight from the source. I mean, you could probably put your lips around a bit weird but

yeah don't quite go that far but yeah it'll certainly give you the best taste in coffee you'll ever have okay well Chris we really appreciate

your call in this morning The Hits the Jono and Ben podcast want to know on 0800 The Hits what is New Zealand's best couple name you've got a name together that works really really well

maybe it's friends of yours or family members that you know and everyone that we're going to chuck people in the drawer for their rent or mortgage for an entire 12 months thanks to One Roof Property on 0800 The Hits. But there's one here, Megan, very close to home at The Hits, right? Someone at The Hits. It's pretty good. Yeah, she's on hold from the afternoon show from Maddie and PJ.

It's PJ. Hello. Hi, PJ. It's just John O'Bennett and Megan, mate. How are you? I'm good. How are you? Yeah, good. Hey, really sorry for this cold call. We were doing New Zealand's best couple names, and I would say, hands down,

you and your hubby would have one of the frontrunners. You wouldn't read about it, I honestly think chances of meeting a BJ, I honestly think BJ is short for Brendan. Polly and Brendan. Polly and Brendan, but he goes by BJ, you go by PJ, BJ and PJ, brilliant, it works well.

So good. The old PJ, BJ, yeah. You've heard it all. At what point of your relationship were you like, oh that's funny if we're together, these names really work? So the funny thing is when I met him, he was like, this is going to sound really weird, but when I heard you on the radio years ago, one time here you were on the radio and I was like,

man, that'd be funny if I ended up with a PJ. PJ and BJ. Oh my God. And he like said it years ago. So I guess from the get-go we've kind of just owned it. He's manifested it. He's manifested it. Yeah.

Just listening in the tractor on the farm one day. And he was like, oh, what is it? PJ. Well, she sounds all right. I love your voice for him. It's good. It's a great impression. So what do people say when you introduce yourself as a couple?

You're like, hey, I'm PJ, this is BJ. What's the first reaction normally? They're like, you're joking, right? And then we're like, no, no, no, seriously. But I suppose in my usual day-to-day life, in my rural life, I do go by Polly. That is my real name. Oh, you've got an alter ego as Polly, the farming lass.

Her real name. But anyway. I don't know if you know, the farming lass. Her real name. But anyway. I don't know if you know, but I had to change my name years ago when there was a far more successful Polly on the radio. Is that what happened? That's exactly what happened. Can't have, because you couldn't have two Pollys. You've got to balance the more successful one.

Two Clint's at the edge for a while. Clinton Randall, Clinton Roberts, and then Clinton had to be Randall for many years. Now he's got his name back. He can be Clint on the edge. I lost my name. Why is there only so many names? There's two Megans too. That annoys the hell out of me.

I'm sure people can understand. We need to put more faith in the radio listening audience that they can comprehend that sometimes people have the same names. No, they can't though because she's Megan, I'm Megan, and we get confused all the time. Oh, really? Yeah, Megan too. Well, PJ, pass our regards on to BJ.

I will. Thank you for answering, mate. Is that New Zealand's best couple name? 0800, that's 4487. Megan, next, you need to tell us your friend. My friend's name, once she married her partner, is just amazing. It's great. But she's embraced it, and I love that.

The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. And your friend. Yeah, so her first name was Ellie Ali and she got married to a guy and never questioned taking his last name. His last name is Lally. So now she's become Ali Lally and it's great. She embraced it. She loves it.

Sounds like she could be hanging out with Emma Mema. Yeah, Ali Lally and Emma Mema. It kind of feels like that so good there's one on the text machine at the similar vein a hairdresser of mine she was called julie and she married her last name became woolly julie woolly julie woolly even though yeah because my mother and all his name my amanda my wife her mum is joyce even though her last name is not boyce everyone just calls her joyce boyce so oh we got the joyce boys it's not her last name is not Boyce. Everyone just calls her Joyce Boyce. Joyce Boyce. Oh, we've got the Joyce Boyces. It's not her last name, but it just rolls together quite well.

That's good. On the phones, we've got Tammy from Hamilton. Have you got a good couple's name? Yes, I do. Is it you? Yeah, yes. This is my work husband. Okay. Tim Teach with Tammy and Tim.

We've become Tim Tam. In the artist room. In the artist room. That's true. Tim Tam. Jeez, that works well. How long did it take someone to work out you guys with Tim Tam? A day. We also had a Cathy Kim as well. Oh, you got a Cathy Kim.

What the best workplace, that's for sure. We're going to chuck you in the drawer for your rental mortgage to be paid off thanks to One Roof Property. Good luck for that. Thank you. See you, mate. Jess from Tauranga, this is your grandparents' couple's name? Yes.

What is it? So growing up, I always thought it was funny that they were dad and dad. So my grandfather was Dennis Arthur Dempsey And my grandmother was Doreen Ann Dempsey Oh so they're initials, they're Dad and Dad Is that what you actually called them, Dad and Dad? I wasn't confident enough to go that far Behind their backs you're like Dad and Dad

But not to their faces Granddad and Granddad Do you think it was a purpose, on purpose, or just something that worked out? No, I think it's just the way that fate had it.

Oh. It was meant to be all along. Dad and dad. Now, yeah, we almost named, I think our daughter Indy, we almost named her,

I think it was Indiana Rose, or Boyce, and then it was IRB. Oh. We're not that big of fans of the International Rugby Board. I mean, they do okay. At least your last name doesn't start with D.

D, I-R-D, yeah, true. Sam from Christchurch, you've got a great couple's name for us. Morning, yeah. So Sam and Sam, boy Sam, girl Sam. Oh, so you're both Sam. Samuel and Samantha. Yeah. So what happens when someone, I suppose I was going to say what happens when someone rings up

and says, can I speak to Sam? But the cell phone's not in the 80s anymore, is it? Is it confusing at all? Yeah, it can be. Especially if it's like one of our friends will be over and is like, Sam, we're like, what? What are you talking to? I suppose when you get letters, it's probably your full name, right?

It's probably Samantha. I'm trying to think of moments where it would be. Yeah, as well. No one ever decided to be a Sammy or a Sam or, you know, just to mix things up? No. No, no, no. Sam and Sam, I love it. We're going to put you in the draw for your rent and mortgage being paid.

You could be winning that tomorrow. See you, Sam. Someone texted and said, Banger and Bonkey. I don't know who that is in their life, but that's a couple's name. I'm Emma and my husband is Ian. So my mum always shortened me to M and then her husband is Ian. So it sounds like M and N. M and N.

M and N. Is the couple's name. Oh, that is so good. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Eminen. Eminen. Eminen. Is that your name? That is so good. The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. Morning, Auckland's Piha Beach. Megan voted the best beach in the world by travel online. For what?

Okay, mate. The sand is black and it burns your feet and the waves. It's very dangerous to swim in. But a beautiful, beautiful beach. To look at, but not to be on. Best beach in the world. I'd say the best beach in the world. No, rubbish.

Jason Taylor, who's in there right now. Sorry, as an Australian, I'm just going to step in here. Bondi. Have you heard of Bondi, mate? Not even. Bondi's overrated. Cronulla Beach is where it's at, baby. But there's so many other beaches in New Zealand that are better than Piha.

Yeah. It has a TV show called Piha Rescue. You should have voted on this then. That's how dangerous it is. I just thought I was trying to bring something to the table. Anyway, congratulations, Piha. Megan is not a fan, but anyway, congratulations. The Riddler.

We do this once a week. Producer Taylor comes in to try and stump us with a riddle. This one you've said is so hard that we get a chance to guess it, but we won't get it. You've said. Yeah, like I have absolutely no faith in you two to get it. So I was like, there's no point to prepare a second one. Okay.

And then, so if you know, oh, 800 the hits or 4487, actually call because you'll get through a lot quicker and you'll get a hundred dollars and a Dilmar tea, hot and cold tea price back. All right. A woman was born in 1975 and died in 1975, but she was 22 when she died. How is this possible? Oh, jeez. The first thing I was thinking was leap year, but it can't be because she's...

Born in 1975. Yep. And died in 1975. But she was 22 years old. How is this possible? You're so smartug if you know them too. I know. And I would never, if the roles were reversed, I would never get these.

Afterwards we get frustrated, don't we, Megan? When we find out the answer. Yeah. Was she born in a car called 1970? I don't know. Was it something like that? Oh, born in the 19s. Okay. 100 in the hits. Do you think you know? Help us out right now. A lot of calls coming through

Which one are we on a grab Let's go with Bex from Tauranga Bex please help us out Do you know the answer to this I think she was born in room number 1975 That is correct I was on the right track Because they're always stupid riddles

They're always onto something like And then she went back to the hospital No no So she was born in I was on the right track with this. Because they're always stupid riddles. They're always onto something like, oh, you. And then she went back to the hospital. No, no. So she was born in. Oh, no, she actually died in the year. Yeah, she actually died in 1975. She died back in the same room.

Are you laughing at me too, Bex? I'm sorry. Okay, so she was born in the room, 1975. But in the year 1953. And then she died in the actual year of 1975 when she was 22 years old. So a really short life, poor thing. It did, yeah. It's very tragic.

But hey, she's given us a great riddle, hasn't she? Well done. You've got yourself $100 and a Dilmar tea, hot and cold tea price back and the knowledge to know that you're better than us. And Megan? And can we chuck her in the drawer for the live free as well? Yeah, of course we can. Yeah.

Amazing. There we go. Got you, even though you laughed at me. Well, now do you want to chuck her in the drawer for live free as well yeah of course we can yeah yeah there we go got you even though you laughed at me well now you want to chuck her in the drawer or not yeah no she can go in the drawer have a great day and good luck tomorrow that uh key could be yours the hits the jonah and ben podcast an injury that i'm still sporting almost a week later um because i have a one-year-old and a three-year-old and i'm very lucky most nights they sleep through the night yeah that's awesome she'll have a great sleep consultant if you need help in that area just hit me up but um I woke to my daughter um she woke up but she was screaming like bloody murder and I was like

oh my god she wasn't saying bloody murder was she no but it was like a screw it wasn't a cry that's scary that's scary yeah I was like what happening? So she woke me up from a deep sleep. And instinctively, I just got out of bed and ran. And usually I can get around in the dark in my house. I'm so used to it now. I know where everything is. But I head-butted the door frame. So I was running towards the door frame.

So was the door open? The door was open. You just hit the frame. Just completely misjudged it because I was a bit delirious and I headbutted it. Like I ricocheted off it and started groaning and writhing on the bed.

My husband's like, who do I go to now? Do I go to her or do I go to you? What did he do? What did he do? Go to her, go to her. Geez, I would have loved him

to have filmed that. Yeah, I can't imagine what it would have looked like. But it hurt it's still i can still feel exactly where it was you're lucky you haven't got a major bump there or anything i do have a bump you can't say i want i almost wanted a bruise because it hurt so much i wanted there to be some physical evidence of something it's so like yeah you're quite disorientated too when you wake up in the night apparently like sometimes that my wife will wake me up but i'm not

i don't remember you know those sorts of things one time she was like someone downstairs and I was like yeah probably that's what I said she's like haven't you made her go in yeah she's a lot braver than me and other times I do pretend that I'm like you know but I did wake up one time was with someone on there was someone it felt like someone was walking on the roof and it wasn't Christmas time and Santa or anything like that. And it turned out there was. There was someone on the run from the cops. But I was trying to wake my wife up at that stage going,

I think someone's walking on the roof. And she was like, what? And I'm like, I'm pretty sure. You're trying to wake your wife up. Amanda, help me. I don't know what to do. I don't know what to do. And then the next day, apparently, yeah, we talked to the neighbor.

And they're like, yeah, they made a run for it. They jumped over your roof. And I was like, oh, yeah, we talked to the neighbor and they're like, yeah, they made a run for it. They jumped over your roof. And I was like, oh, there was someone on. Yeah. Because the one time I was in Christchurch and I heard someone on the roof and I was so terrified. I rang the police and it was a possum. Did they come out to check it out? Yeah.

The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Nicole, now we've been debating Travis Kelsey relationship with Taylor Swift. Now, Megan's starting to feel like there's some red flags going on, right, Megan? So, yeah, they're giving me rub. I just feel like Taylor Swift, she's kissed a lot of frogs. And so I'm just looking out for her. I feel like there's been a couple of red flags with Travis Kelsey. We feel she's being a bit too hard on Travis Kelsey.

He's a bit of a lab at the same time. He speaks well on his podcast. What are your thoughts on Travis Kelsey Kelsey don't talk bad about my man I'm like obsessed with him and yes he had she has kissed a lot of frogs I'm interested to know what the red flags that are like kind of alerting you are because I feel like she's never dated someone like this it's always been some like super artsy fartsy actor someone who's like this like seriously like deep you know musician like she's never dated like a man like he's a man he could toss her around right like he's a man and he's like like he's just all

american and i think he really is genuinely sweet so tell me the red flags that you're wearing well the first one was the aggression at his coach at the Super Bowl, which I know he apologized for. That's what a man does. Yes. That's what men do. They yell at people. She's scoffing. No, I know. I know. And he did apologize, but I do think

that he sort of lost control, and I think I've seen, we've seen lots of athletes do that. But go ahead. It's okay. Viva Las Vegas, the bender that went for weeks and even I think she even got the ick at one point she was like oh god not again he's singing this again that was I mean sort of an ick sort of a red flag um I love a bender so that's like oh man with me so I mean no I think that he did you know listen he just did he just had this whirlwind romance with one of the hugest pop stars ever, probably the biggest pop star ever, and then won the Super Bowl.

So I expected the bender to happen. He had a lot of celebrating to do. And unfortunately, the camera was on him more than it normally would have. Yes, it was a little bit much, but I feel like it's nothing that my husband or my friends wouldn't have done if they had won the Super Bowl. Okay, red flag number two, cancel. Number three has just come out. I don't know if you've seen it. It is a clip from six years ago.

But it is from Watch What Happens Live. He was asked, is it a deal breaker if the female doesn't sleep with you after the third date? And he said yes. He kind of went, yeah. He said yes. Could be, yeah. He said yes.

We're sticking up for him. We're sticking up for him. But do we know when they slept together no no we don't okay so like maybe they did maybe they slept together that first night i'm pretty actually i'm not pretty sure i'm actually positive that i slept with my now husband 15 minutes after we met so don't tell me again we're not getting into like what we did I know, I know Listen, I think also anybody that goes and watches What Happens Live is trying to like, you know, they're doing things

for shock value, so I think he was trying to probably like have fun and get Andy all riled up because that's what Andy likes Do you know what? She's turned me Oh, Nicole! Maybe I'm giving him a hard time I mean I hear you.

15 minutes with your now husband. You went from zero to 100 there, Nicole. Yeah. I mean, listen, it was not like the norm for me, but I was extremely intoxicated. It was 3.30 a.m. and I was on my way out, and then he found me. Oh, Nicole, thank you so much for your time.

We really love catching up with you. It's a really fun thing to do every week, and hopefully we'll do it again next week. Absolutely. Have a good one, guys.