Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL SHOW: How Megan got in trouble with her son’s teacher!

Episode Date: April 1, 2026

On today’s show:  Is it rude to ask if someone’s had work done? Producer Grace doesn’t think so… Should hot cross buns exist year‑round, or stay Easter‑only? Ben’s daughter ROASTS his wrinkles! What happens when you turn your back for “just one second”? How Megan got in trouble with her son’s teacher… How Megan got in trouble with her son’s teacher… Our entertainment reporter on why there is only three Pussycat Dolls now Instagram: @THEHITSBREAKFAST Facebook: The Hits Breakfast with Jono, Ben & MeganSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Jono Ben and Megan podcast thanks to Dilma. Goodness really does taste great. Dilma, making the world a better tea. Welcome to the podcast, heading into what is the long weekend. I just was laughing at this Noah Khan musician. We play some of his songs on the hits. It's a COVID on the plane. He put out something on his social media saying,

what if the album just sucks so bad? Low, wouldn't that be sad for me, but low-key funny, considering the build-up, that's what he put out. So obviously got new music coming out. and he was saying what if it sucks so bad it would be and someone replied the previous one sucked as well and that seemed to be well received

which is a good burn back for them and then he replied goes I guess that's a good way to look at it smiley face X-O XO XO XO so he's on the funny side of it Never put it out to the internet unless you want the keep the comment

don't throw it to the comment section Noah made me laugh as well too it's good on him for embrace it It doesn't matter if they're lying someone always just troll you for fun at least. Yeah, and that's all they've done. The previous one sucked as well.

That was where I received, so don't worry about it, mate. Oh, savage. There's no empathy in the comment section, does there? No. Even if you get one or two bits of empathy, it's, yeah. It's the tidal wave of mockery and insult. Sometimes it's a race to the comments, eh? You're just like, you're like, see the thing, you're like,

oh, what's the comment's going to be on this? But I appreciate it as self-deprecation. Yeah, I like that. I thought that was good on embracing that. I've never had a top-tier comment. Megan, you've had a couple of top-tier comments in the Formula One world, which you're incredibly proud of. I am.

I've had one just recently. I can't remember what it was. Oh, a nickname for Liam Lawson and Arvid Limblad. Everyone calls them Lawblad. Lawblad. And I was like, why don't they call them Arson? Arvid and Lortwood. Oh, that's good.

Arson. Mr. Trick here calling them arson. And everyone's like, yeah, that's funny. But then one person was like, well, maybe because it's an illegal crime. So there's that. There's always the bus kill. There's always one person. All right.

They're not going out committing arson. They're just like, yeah. Way to take the air out of you. Fire on the track, you know, that's good. That's good. I like that. That's what, Cleaver than Lawblad or whatever it was. Yeah.

How many hearts do that get? I've got like a thousand likes. Oh, good. Good figures. Good numbers. Have you had a top tier comment, Ben? I don't think I have. No, not really a top tier comment.

Now and again, you get a few with a lot. I can't remember off the top of my head what they are. Sometimes you get involved. But, yeah, I find the Warriors, you know, the Warriors chat after a game if they win or whatever, there's always a race to the best comments. Sometimes you can try to do something, it might go alright, but you're never going to beat, you know, if there's, especially one of their big, the big name, you know, fans comes in. If Jimmy Jackson or someone, if Louis Davis, forget about it. Forget about it. Forget about it.

You got no hope. No hope. Well, tell you what, you can comment on our podcast, if you wish. You can. Or our social media. Yeah, top tech. You know what's sad about our social media. You know what I'm going to say.

Yeah, I do. Don't say it. I'm going to say it. I'm going to say it. Because, you know, we've been told, why don't you engage on the hits breakfast posts, which is, you know, from our own personal accounts, which I'm more than happy to do. And I go to the comments section. I'm coming.

I'm doing it. I'm doing what they've asked of me as an employee. But I'm the only one in comment. I know. I'm a conversation with myself. No, you missed it when they said engage. So if other people comment, like reply. Don't be the only person commenting.

I'm like, hey, guys. There was one that was really sad, and it was just the two of you commenting. And I was like, oh my God. No, I was like, yeah, it screams of desperation, those ones, I, yeah. However, sorry, in mocking, self-mocking, the one where it was just you and me commenting,

it was you, me, and then Liam Lawson. That was, what a trifecta that one was. Oh, that was brilliant. It was a pretty, you know, only three people in there. It was pretty bleak, but we had one big name. Liam came through. We went for quality rather than quantity. So you never know what you're going to get out of those depressing,

comments. You're right. All right. Enjoy the podcast. John O'Benn and Megan. The podcast. The hits. So Megan, you were just telling me as that song was playing, someone found, what, $1,300 in...

And cash. And, like, a debit card. It was in Blenham in a little pouch. And they handed it into the Blenheim Westpac. Oh, that's lovely. The couple were very grateful, obviously. And to reward the man, the Westpac gave him a king-sized block of chocolate. Oh.

Look at Ben's face. Well, that's... I mean, that's not. I mean, that's not why you do it to get, you know, but it's... There's some good karma coming in. Yeah, huge, great, great calm. But you're a bank. Yeah.

Like you're a, a multinational bank. Yeah. I mean, it's not the bank that lost the money, though, was it. I mean... No. So, but, I mean, lovely, yeah, but... I mean, king size, however. Not just your regular.

I did fork out for the extra 25% chocolate. I got you, I got yourself. You did. Yeah, I love how they're like, not just a regular. A blocker chocolate. A king size blocker chocolate. In their head, they want to be thinking, five hundred. Five hundred feels like a good reward.

That's almost half. Yeah, well. I think five hundred is not. I lost $1,800 and I'd be happy if someone said, you know, you give $500 of that away to get that rest of the money back. You'd probably take it, right? Yeah. A hundred.

A hundred. A hundred. Let's give them a ride in the Westpack chopper or something. Chop them off at work or something. Anyway, Ben, you just shot off yesterday after work. And Grace, producer Grace, who sits next door with producer Troy, she buzzes me on the interstudio intercom, okay?

She goes, can I ask you a personal question? Which, you know, you never, do you have the option to say no in that moment? No, but you have the option not to answer. I'm always like, you can ask. I might not answer you. That's a good way of response, yeah. So I said, yeah, okay, and then she came through.

And you would think, given the nature of a personal question, it would be asked in a personal tone, Not in front of Troy and Megan. Not for Jessica Grace, though. No. But I also lingered because I was like, this is juicy. I don't need to hear what's going on here. And what was the personal question, Grace?

I walked up to John and I went, John, have you had Botox? Really personal question too. Yeah. She said, have you had Botox around your eyes? And I said, have you seen the wrinkles around my eyes? And have you seen my forehead? It looks like barcodes.

You know, she said Botox around your eyes. I mean, you need. neglected your forehead but did you do your eyes? If I'm starting anywhere, I'm going on the barcode forehead. But no, no, I haven't. Why did you think? Because his eyes just look more awake. Oh, right.

But then, yeah. I said I had been, I had been napping for half an hour each day. It's amazing what sleep does for your eyes. Yeah. You actually do look. She's right. Do you more sleep at a cheeky wee jab? I'll tell you.

What do you? What do you tell it? I don't know. I would come clean. Why wouldn't I start there if I got a cheeky-wee jab? Why would I go around the eyes? Yeah, that's true. You wear a lot of hats and they cover your forehead because you're all.

But I'd start, I'd start with the hair, then I'd work my way slowly down the face. Tighten up the pics, my bandboots. I've got it all planned out, don't you worry? Someone sounds like you found some money and blend them, doesn't they? And I got a bar of chocolate. Hey, next, New Zealand Hill. Oh, I was going to actually jump in. It'd be important now.

No, it is important, but I'm. Interrupting you. Do you know, Jono, that it actually, I didn't, actually, it wasn't my question. It was actually producer Troy's question, but he was too anxious to ask you. Producer Troy! You can always ask me if I've had Botox.

You can always, what made, did you think there was less wrinkles around the eyes? I did, but I think it might have just, you were wearing your hat quite tight. I'm pulling back my full heads. John O'Ben and Megan, the podcast. The hits. Running an interesting poll online at stuff.com.

At nz about should hot crossbowls be all year round. No. That's what most people are saying. They think it's nice to have it special around east of sun. It's too much of a good thing. We become complacent then. Aren't they around in some form just without the cross on top?

I think you can get fruit loaf and stuff. Yeah. I mean, if you're desiring that flavour, it's out there. It is, you're right. But not all the fancy ones, all the new flavors. We've really gone quite, you know, like left field with some of the flavors, simply. Yeah, it's like caramel.

Cineabon. Yeah. double chocolate chip there's all kinds yeah they um it's around for it feels like it's as a hot cross bun forms around for three months or so

does it pre and post it is like end of January you start seeing them you get your fix yeah you probably do get enough time to do it right yeah and I guess you can put it in the freezer if you really were like fanatical about keeping it all your round

or make your own it doesn't yeah it's not special if it's just there all the time what happens Tuesday like what's Like as soon as Easter stuff, boom, they'll move on to something else. Yeah, they'll be prepping for Christmas. Yeah, there'll be something coming up, right, and I'll be like, yeah. Imagine you, mate, do you?

Andrew makes his own hot cross buns. Of course, he does. Yeah, of course, yeah. He does have wonderful buns. Sweet sweet buns. Are you another one thing that really irritates me about them? Tight buns, too. Tight, sweet buns.

Okay, so I'm sexualized my husband. I'm talking about sweet, tight, tight buns. The orange little bits. The Zest, the Rhine. That's the best bit. No. The peel. Oh, no.

Oh, God. It's like the nuts and the fruit cake for me. Oh, get out of here. Do you like nuts and fruit cake? Yes, absolutely. Monster. I like the OG of all those things. Of course you do.

The nuts, the alcohol. Get it in your fruit. Get it in some way you can. Poor brandy all over it. Oh, there we go. So, where do we sit on this? Not all year round. I think we're all quite comfortable with it being like what is.

First time, we've agreed on anything. Yeah, I think we're right. John O'Ben and Megan, the podcast. The Hats. Now, speaking of kids, Robbie Williams, I was in pack and save. And, geez, I spent a lot of time in pack and save. So much content, you can just wander around the aisles of pack and save, and you're like, there's a bit for radio, there's another bit for radio.

But then I saw this child sitting on the ground, I don't know. I don't know how old kids are under the age of five now. Like I just, yeah, I've lost all compass of how to guess. What are your kids? Like, 29 now or something, Megan? It's three and five. Three and five, yes. I'm picking this between the three and five category, probably close to the three,

sitting on his bottom on the floor, and he had a Mitchum deodorant, the stick deodorant. Oh, okay. So not the roll on, and he'd taken the lid off it and was licking at like an ice cream. And his dad was looking at Easter eggs and putting those in the troll. He turned around to his life, Sebastian, what are you doing? I don't know, his name is Sebastian. What are you doing? Yeah, but then put it back on the shelf.

Put the saliva deodorant back on the shelf, which I thought was a controversial. Is that the one that you have to peel the... The tin foil off, which is exactly what I was thinking. Right. So he'd peeled that off, was licking it and the dad still put it back. Yeah. I don't want this. He just, I don't want evidence of my sloppy parenting, but you turn you back for two seconds on them.

It's amazing what they can get done, and you swear like a minute. Yeah, licking in a deodorant like an ice cream. Didn't seem phased by the minty aluminium flavouring either. Maybe it's a three-year-old, man, do you think they are self-sufficient, but they're just not yet? My daughter, I swear it was a minute, had covered herself in vivid. Like her face, her hands, her arms. I was like, what are you doing? In scribble form.

Yeah, just all over covered and vivid. I was like, well, thank God it wasn't the walls. A Sharpie. Yeah. She looked quite cool, like a league player, like NRL player. I think she was trying to do tattoos. Yeah. Yeah.

A couple of neck tattoos. It's always her. because sometimes you turn your back and she's got her older brother and a headlock and you're like, what are you doing? It's just constantly like, where are they? What are they doing? Well, that's terrible parenting on your part, man.

That's why I said I turned my back for a second. For a second. That's what happens. It happened quickly. My daughter, when she was about that age, took a drink bottle from typo and turned to her back for a second and she must have grabbed that

and was walked out, walked out of the shop. And I didn't realize till you out of the shop. And that's a... Did you have to go back? Yeah, I know, but I felt like I was a shoplifted. you've got the guilt's got the guilt's you know you're like oh my daughter

and I didn't take my daughter back in with it because she stayed with the man of my wife and I was like hey I was thinking they're like yeah okay and it didn't you know I grabbed it is I actually yeah guys I can't do this I can't do it I can't do it guys take me John O'Benn and Megan the podcast The Hits

Yeah so a kid's looking looking some Mitchum deodorant in the in the supermarket and the poor dad was like oh god I don't tell this don't tell your mother about this It's a tough place to wrangle kids when they're younger at the supermarket because they just want to grab things from the shelves. They want to get out of the trolley.

They want to do all sorts. I literally braved it the other day with the two of them. Neither of them were in the trolley. Usually I get one of them in there because then they're captive. But I had two rogue in the supermarket and it was just the worst. Get some leashes, mate. I would if it wasn't frowned upon. If you'd look at me and be like...

Do they play the game where they grab something, put in the trolley and then you try and secretly put it back in somewhere else? You don't notice until you get to the checkout and you're like, Guys, what is all this stuff? Yeah, yeah. Why have we got 20 kilograms of gherkins? And why do they have Hot Wheels cars at the supermarket now? Well, cause the exact reason, right. Why would they do that?

Why indeed? Okay, O800 that's telephone number. We've got tickets to Robbie Williams to give away. Two bloody doubles to Williams. Yeah. And two lots of free fuel to give away. That's four massive prizes. Yeah.

Boom, just gone. I don't know. I know. But we're going to bundle them up, and two people right now are going to win them. Odette, welcome. How are you? Good, being yourself. Yeah, good. Happy New Year's. Good to have you on the show. You turned you back for two seconds. What happened?

So we just recently moved into our new house. And I have a eight-month-old and eight-year-olds, and I was busy sending to the eight-month-old. And it just went, like, quiet, like, feary quiet. And I knew that, you know, the nearly three-olds was up to something. Yeah, the quiet. The quiet is in peace. The quiet is planning.

That's what's happening. Yeah. So I obviously went looking for her, and I had, you know, left the surter cream and the whites on the bed. After, you know, obviously, I'm sending to the baby. Oh, God. And she had gotten hold of the suitor cream and had started smearing it all over the new carpet. Oh, wow, there you go. Creamy carpet.

Yeah. I swear it's that AJ around the three-year-old. Yeah, mischievous. Yeah, they just know. how to push your buttons. Yeah. Hey, well done. Debt,

going to get you off to Robbie Williams. And you've got $100 free fuel. Oh, thank you. That's pretty sweet. Yeah, amazing price. Just an amazing price. Oh, wow. My daughter will be so impressed.

Banks up for the creamy carpet. Go on you, mate. Text here, 4-487. My 18-month-old daughter had seen us all brushing our teeth in the bathroom. So she took it upon herself to use the toilet brush. Oh, no.

It's her mouth. Right idea. Right, right idea. Oh, well, yeah. You don't know. You don't. They're not grossed out, but we are. Andy, good to have you on.

Hey, good morning. Happy New Year. Happy New Year. Show catchphrase. Still going in April. I'm surprised. Now, what happened when you turned your back? We were camping with our two kids, and we, I told off my son.

He's three years old at the time, and I told him my husband. Three. Something a little, yeah. And then I turned off my son. my dad for a second, I turned back around and he was gone. And I thought, oh, I looked in the tent and I couldn't see him. I was like, oh, he can't be far. Then almost two hours later, we still couldn't find him.

And there's a little stream, and my wife was obviously stressing out. We had the whole campground, because it was 6 o'clock. It was just starting to get dark. Oh, God. grinding. I was looking for him. Yeah, it was one of the scariest moments of my life. And I kept on things myself, he can't be far.

I just saw him. And then I'll look at the tent one more time. He had hidden himself in a sleeping bag under the stretch, like the bunk stretches. He had been there for almost two hours. Two hours. I'd take me like three times. And I checked one more time and I just heard a little Russell. And then I looked at him and he just started laughing.

I was like, man, there's. Oh, my good gang. Two and a half hours. The patience on him. We're about to call the rescue, like the, the search and rescue. Oh, I bet. Oh, my gosh. But, yeah, almost two hours.

I was like, that's a decent. So we call him the Highnessy Champion now. If you wanted him to sit still for two hours, he wouldn't. Yeah, exactly. But, man, and he said it was because he got embarrassed that I told him off. Oh, God. We're going to hook you up for a double pass for Robbie Williams and 100 bucks as well. I'm glad it was a happy ending to that story.

Yeah, thank you. I mean, I would have been a real downer for the breakfast show. Still haven't found him. There's three more dates. It came in a go. Has anyone seen him? Please. Just want to put that out there, yeah.

You're like, oh, okay. Hey, good on your hand. Have a good one, mate. John O'Ben and Megan, the podcast. The Hits. Talked a little bit this morning. If you're listening to the show, just after 6 o'clock,

producer grace said something to you. Oh, yeah, she pulled me aside after the show. Well, no, she didn't pull me aside in front of everyone. She buzzed through the comms and said, can I ask you a personal question. It really puts you in a position because you're like... You can say yes, you can ask, but it's my right whether I want to answer or not.

Yeah. That's a really good response. I still thought of that time. Because if you say no, you're like, wonder what the personal question was. What was that personal question? Ask me. I might not answer. You do want to know, so that's a great solution, Megan.

But she was like, have you had Botox injections around your eyes? And I'm thinking, would love them. Firstly, no, I haven't. But I would start with my deep-seated cavernous lines on my forehead. See, it looks like a bar come. But you wear caps, so it always covers it. Yeah, that's good. Anyway.

Hey, that's a compliment, though, because she said you're looking. great. Looks like you've had boat off. Oh yeah. And it's only just because I've had a half an hour extra sleep every day. So who knew sleep could do such wonderful things. Yeah. Well, it's the topic of conversation in my household, you know, about forehead. We talk about the forehead. Apparently I've gifted my large forehead. Five head?

Yeah, my five head, six head, whatever you want to call it. To my daughter, in particular, one of my daughters see it. She's like, thanks, Dad, for giving me a large forehead. And I didn't really know it was too much of a thing until I realized. Oh, yeah, probably. It's a bit bigger. Yeah. Have you said that to her? Yeah.

I was like, yeah, I guess I've given it, yeah, giving it to you. She's like, thanks, Dad, for the large forehead. And we're talking about this other day. She has a laugh about it, which is good. And I'm like, good, you got my forehead, mate. You got my forehead. Where did you get your forehead from? I don't know.

It's great relative. I've met both your parents now. They've got big foreheads or anything like that. Mega mind must be my dad or something. I don't know, but it's like, it's just a large forehead. But I was like, oh, well, you know, good thing. And I was talking about this. It's a good thing your one's not wrink.

You know, you're not got lines as you get a bit older. you start like John I was saying before you just like they're just a pair overnight and then I got into like they were like well show us your lines and so then I had to do like the lines of the four years and then I got into a roasting session from my daughters they're like oh yeah they're some good lines didn't use the barcode one that's quite good yeah I always find they look like

remember the um the Purex toilet paper dog oh roly yeah yeah hey roly they were like do the lines and they're like oh yeah I could write a short story between those oh I was like oh oh oh oh Reefal. Okay. My mother do it and he chipped in as well. I was like, do the lines again.

She goes, yeah, I could play guitar chords or no. I can look, I could do a G. I could do it. I was like, all right, guys, okay. We're going to wrap it up right now. I was like, hey, you know, and I tried to do that thing that my mum would say. You're getting old's a privilege and, you know, like you don't all get to do it. Yeah, exactly.

Show signs of a life you've led and all that stuff. Level 50, you know. But at the same time, at the same time I was crying a little bit inside. Ben, do you think, Ben, that. maybe the radio team and our families have had a backdoor meeting and go, let's just see this whole Botox ringle thing in just subtly in different areas of their life. We can hold hands and go get Botox again.

Maybe we will. Show them up, we get Botox. How can you getting involved in this now? You don't need it. All right, you know, you do. I can give a haiku or something on your one. Not quite a short story, but... Thank you.

We'll be the most emotionalist show on radio. Okay, it's coming soon. Next. John O'Ben and Megan, the podcast. The hits. Now, I had my first parent teacher interview, and Basti got a glowing report, my son. He's only been there like a month. Yeah, we can't do too much damage in a month, can you?

Did you, because they invite you into the classroom, and I always remember sitting on those mini plastic chairs with your knees up by your sort of your ears, and you're really spread eagle on those things, aren't you? The table was so low, and we were sitting on like these little stalls. And I was like, okay. Power play. Power play. Was the teacher on a normal size chair too?

No, she was on the stove too. Great power player. Welcome. Take a seat. But, like, that was great. Like, he got a glowing review, all of that kind of stuff. She was great. But before something threw me off because when I first got there,

Bastie was like, I need to go toilet. And I was like, I actually need to go toilet too. So we better do it before the, you know, before the interview. I don't want to be sitting there. Busting. Do they have actual human-sized ones available? Well, that was the thing. So his class, they have like a little block of toilets for all the little kids,

the little toilets. And I said to one of the teachers, her teacher, his teacher, I was like, can I go to the kids' toilets? Because there is a sign that was like, these are only for the children. Right. And she was like, you can, but I wouldn't because. Oh, spicy. Spice in response.

You know, at the end of the day, the kids don't care as much about hygiene as adults. Oh, more about hygiene. Adults. And now I'm being in the... Yeah, she was like, it's pretty grim at the end of the day. Maybe don't. I'm walking into a BP petrol service station toilet. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

So she was like, she goes, go through here. And I was like, and she's like, just through there is some toilets. And I was like, okay, Bessie, let's both go. So we walk through this area, and I didn't know what it was. I've never been there before. And go to the toilet. And as we walk out, another teacher comes in and was like, what are you guys doing here?

and I was like, oh. Did you tell her in great detail? We're just going to the toilet. And she was like, you're not allowed in here. And I thought, I thought she was joking. Oh, and then you went, ha. I went, ha. And she was like, this is the staff room.

This is teachers only. And Basti was like, oh, well, the other teacher said we could. And I was like, yeah, yeah, she told us we didn't go. And she was like, okay, well, she's going to hear about this. Oh, no. She got the other teacher in trouble. No, you're in trouble and Basti. But the other seats.

Did she make you get a cup and scoop it out of the toilet? And you used it in the stage, yeah. But then when I looked around, I was like, it doesn't have a staff room feel. You know, like you never went in the star room. Oh, I love the same. With those really unique coffee cups, the brown glass. Oh, yeah.

Are they still running those in the staff room? I didn't say. It seemed like there was like seven photocopiers. You were rattled by your adult telling off. You weren't looking around. You still got those cups at the mugs. Oh, my God. I just panicked and I felt like five years old again

and I didn't know what to say and I was like oh my god I went into the staff room oh my god get out of here I still call the teachers like Mr Bentley Mr Smith yeah do you? Yeah well no not too bad I get in trouble for my wife because I sometimes some teachers really good at controlling the lessons and sometimes they throw it back on the kids and I always like I hate awkwardness I always pick things up my wife so it's not your thing you're not controlling it

you need to sit back like it's not a hell of my so anyway we're talking about this and let's get the stuff done It's not a radio voice break. You don't need to wrap it up in three minutes. Okay, so what's some of the things? You know, I'm like, just sit there and let them do it. John O'Ben and Megan, the podcast. NASA, today, 1124 in New Zealand time.

There's going to be a moon rocket assent for a lunar trip. The first one in more than half a century. I think petrol's expensive at the moment. They're hydrogen fuel. I don't know what the hell are up there. Well, they'll be paying through the tooth for hydrogen fuel, wouldn't they? Is that cheaper? Can we make hydrogen cars?

397, Alita. I don't know what they're there. We've only got 40 more days of hydrogen fuel left in New Zealand. There's a female going up too. Oh, great. That's good. Three men and... Why you got a problem with that, mate?

No, I don't. I'm saying it's a good thing. Because I hope she's not driving. No, I'm just like, poor woman has to put up those three men for... It's like a car space that they're in for 10 days. And a capsule, too, yeah. Can any, like... Who gets the Ox cord?

Oh, my fake music, the space court. Space shit. 17%. Seven million dollars of fuel. Thank you, producer Troy. Wow. That is, uh, you think you've got a problem with fuel. More charges to win free fuel coming out shortly.

NASA, NASA can call us. Um, you guys are in relationships. There's no news to you. Something that I've realized, it's a long way into my relationship is that over time, you just naturally fall into roles. Don't you? Roals that are not discussed when you sit down and going, are we, are we formalizing this union? Okay, what are your strengths?

What do you do? I don't have many strengths, to be honest, to bring the relationship. Look, a lot of, they always talk about the females carrying the mental load. Yeah. Yeah, I know that's not the case in your household, Ben, but, yeah, Jen's doing a lot of, I'm always hearing about the mental load. Mental load. I'm mental.

I'm doing a lot of mental stuff as well, but I'm the dog wakes me up at 2am guy. She's the Bill's person. She's the important stuff. I'll fold the washing. Don't put the washing on as a machine. And none of this was discussed. None of this, what, do you find that maybe a conversation at the beginning of the relationship going, do you like doing bills?

That's your jam. Okay, you're the bills person. Yeah, because sometimes you end up doing jobs and you're like, I really don't like doing this. You resent it, correct. You know? Or, you know, can help me with this? And then they help you. Like, I don't really want you to help.

I just want to feel some sympathy towards what I had to do. I do that all the time. I'm like, actually, I didn't really want to help. The washing? I've learned that I have like a really specific way of hanging out the washing. And when I see him doing it, I'm like, oh, God. Why have he done it like that? He's like, does it matter?

If it's hung up and it's drying, that's the main thing. Like in your household, your lawn mowing, let's not even get into it, but really it upsets me. Your approach to mowing lawns is erratic. But it upsets my husband too, and I'm like, well, you mow it then. Well, he should, yeah. If he's a lawn person, he should have gone, I'll look after the outside, yeah.

He doesn't have time. So I'm like, well, I'll mow it, but I'll do it the way I want to. Do it your way. I guess that's the thing. It's basically a relationship to like a series of tasks neither of you agreed on but you're legally bound to do now

I get the hanging out the washing I do that wrong I'm doing it Why do the guys hanging out wrong How do you hang out washing right? I go big I've got a rotary clothesline Big stuff on the outside Get smaller smaller smaller smaller

See now you're very organised But lawns wise Oh yeah Yeah True It's because I don't care for the lawns I care for the washing So there you go

That's all I'm saying Rubbish? Oh yeah, I'll take rubbish out. Yeah. Do you? No, God, no. No, rubbish. You're the rubbish?

Yeah. Rubbish shoes out, yeah. Yeah, I mean, I'm happy. It's like a 30 second task. Let the trash take out the trash. I become the vacuum guy. Yeah, I don't mind it, but I'm not thrilled with it. Yeah.

If I could hand it off. I could pass them on back to her. I thought you said you found it like cathartic. To a certain point. And then you're like, oh, this is a giant pain in the ass. Changing the sheets. I'm to changing the sheet guy. A lot of jobs look fun at.

in some ways first it's like water blasting. I'm like, oh, give me a go. 30 seconds into it, I'm like, I am done with water blasting now. And that's what we take hours. That does some up water blasting, yeah. I'm like, oh, come up, I'll go with that. You're like, this is really satisfying. And then 30 seconds into it, I'm like, oh, I'm satisfied now.

I can move on. Soar hand from holding the trigger. A little cold and a little boring. But yeah, turn your air pods up really loud to hear. And it's, yeah. So 30 seconds is enough for me, that. Yeah. If I had a Tinder profile, it'd be a little cold.

little boy. John O'Nobin and Megan, the podcast. The Hats. Live from New York City. It's our entertainment correspondent, Nicole Ryan. Joining us over Zoom right now is Nicole Live from the US. Lovey to see her? That's lovely to see you guys.

How are you? We're doing well. We're doing really well. Tiger Woods. I know. Is this a second car crash? He's got a bit of a bad run with car crashes, hasn't he?

Three car crashes, isn't he? Because then his wife, when she found out about his affairs, She attacked his car. Yeah, that's a type of crash. Yeah, it's a type of crash. It must be a tough one to get insurance. Yeah, it is sad. And I mean, his mug shots is even sadder.

It's sad because it's just like how the mighty have fallen. And also after getting out, like, I feel like everybody, like, at least moved on from, like, the scandal with all, like, the women and then, like, the crash and him, like, you know, drinking. And then he kind of came back and he was playing well. And then just to do this again. But the man is older. he's had many, many surgeries and I'm sure a good amount of pain

that he's in which would cause you possibly to want to take some pain pills. So that's what it looks like might have been the cause of this because I think he blew like a zero. Right, so it might have been just the pain killers you think. Because he did say he was checking his phone and changing the radio at the same time, which are two big tasks to do

at the same time as well. Yeah, very large. Yeah, you know, it's hard. We can run out all great multitask. He's not. And somehow managed to like, what, he flip his car too? Like, so yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, I don't know how he did all that in the same thing while driving on his quiet suburban street. But anyway, he did have some medication on him. You spoke about his mugshot and he's wearing like a blue polo shirt.

That polo shirt then sold out. Oh, did it? That's not shocking. The people are weird, man. People are bizarre. Oh, look, I'm wearing the shirt that Tiger flipped his car. And like, I don't understand why that's like a fun thing. But his receding hairline was something I was really upset about.

It was like extra receding. Maybe it's because, like, we don't see it that often because he's a golfer and he's always got, like, a baseball hat on. But that was, like, a receding, receding hairline. It was, I mean, hey, it's not too bad. It's not too bad. It's cat fishing. Cat fishing. That's definitely a cat fishing situation.

I mean, hey, he's just, uh, he's growing into it. Sorry, sorry, my bad. Gets a look, right? Sensitive topic, bro. Sensitive topic. Nicole with us all the way from New York. Now Pussycat dolls are reuniting for a tour, but minus half the band. The funniest interview clip of them being asked, where are the other.

the members coming back as a trio, not as the original group. How did you arrive at that decision? Well, I mean, listen, we are just, we are like, we are so as women today. I mean, it has been an ever-changing lineup. You had them in the studio. Was it as awkward when you confronted the situation? No, it seems like they just, like, it's like an understood thing. It's like kind of like with like Destiny's Child or like within sync.

Like I think it's an understood thing that it's not always going to be all of them back. Nicole's kind of the like she's like the leader of the pack and like they kept saying like Nicole and the pussycat dolls. I was like I don't think the other pussy cats are going to be very happy about Nicole and the pussycat dolls. Right. But name me one, Nicole. Name me name me. I can't. Okay.

I can't. And I hit them in the studio. Yeah, you interviewed. I mean I could in that moment just for the interview I was able to. But um, yes. Then I swiftly forgot. No. It felt like a lot of love in the studio.

It didn't feel like that. There could be some underlying sensitivity to it. But like, God knows what happened behind the scenes with the other pussy cats. The cats, the cat's not happy. We were talking about it. Flights, a comm. You take them on tour. You take the other cats on tour.

The kitty litter costs. Yes. So much. So much. You're right. They're wet food, dry food. What are they having as well? Whenever they need.

The balls of yarn that they need to play with, you know. All those costs. You've got to burn them every month too? That's why I find out of it as well. I'm always got to wear my cat every month. I keep forgetting too. So that's all on Nicole, taking them on tour. I haven't to look after all that stuff.

And book arenas. See you, mate. John O'Benn and Megan, the podcast. That's into the weekend, Easter weekend, and daylight savings as well too, right? Oh, wow. It's happening Sunday, 3 o'clock. Clock's going back. Three a.m. right?

Yeah. Yeah. I didn't. It's always good to get up at 3 a.m. and change your clocks when they're meant to be changed. No, like it automatically happens at 3 a year. Easter's a movable beast, isn't it? It's not the same zone every year. Yeah, why is that?

I don't know. I don't know. Maybe you can text 4487. I guess it has to be a Friday, right? Yeah, it's always a Friday sort of Sunday situation. But yeah, I think you're right, the dates are not locked in the 25th of December Christmas. Yeah. And so does the...

There's another question. Probably none of us know the answer to. Does the clock's backs always happen at Easter time as well? Or is this just a pure coincidence? No, pure coincidence. Oh, okay, there we go. All right, thank you for answering that. Megan.

Now, we like to do this. Oh, no, we've got an intro made from us attempting to sing something last week. Sibling survival. That's me and Troy. You can't hassle it. Oh, no. We tried. Let's give it the platform of deserves.

Siblings survival. Do you know, Too much platform, I think. Trace turned himself down. Really? Did you do a take two on that? No, I think at the time we were like, nailed it. Auto-cherns an option.

Yeah, you know auto-chuns an option. We want stories of sibling survival. Your brother, your sister, whatever, when you were bickering back in the day. We've had some great ones so far. I was blindfolded and she thought I was peeking. She walked me straight into a wall and broke my nose. And my brother just looked me in a room with ET. on and they always

just say he was in my wardrobe and under my bed and to say I can't leave the wardrobe door open I always check under my bed and yeah some long long seated trauma that goes on from sibling survival stories I got on pretty well

most of the time with my sister she was a bit younger but it just she doesn't agree well most of the time we had our moments but just I would wind her up a lot which I suppose hard to believe now Megan I wind you up the same way I feel like sometimes. Yeah.

Little things, you know. I don't think you would have been vicious. No, it's just more like, you know, sitting in the seat and it was like putting my hand in the middle of the car seat in the back. And she was like, get away. You know, the middle was, you know, or just like, stay out of my room. And I'm not, I'm in the hallway and just putting my arm into a room. And that would be like, no.

And you're like, I'm not in a room. I'm not in the room. Just antagonising. He still doesn't. Yeah, he does it to me. He does it to me. She's like, get great joy out of that. That was fun.

But that's the worst thing is that you can't stop yourself getting wound up, but I can see you're like laughing. And I'm like, eh. Makes you even angry. How was Justin your brother? Older or younger? He's older than me. Four years older than me.

We fought quite a bit. It was the same thing. Like, don't go in my space. Like, blah, blah, blah. But hey, I remember one time we chased each other. And I can't remember how it happened, but one of us went under the bed and threw a punch just, like, roguly under the bed. And.

And I'm pretty sure I gave him a black eye. Yeah. You didn't know exactly where it was going to go. No, I just landed it right in the right spot. Mystery punch. But then trying to tell your parents that it was like an accident is really hard. Yeah, because you know what's going to happen. You know what you're doing and the consequences directly after it.

Well, I don't know because I was an only child. I had to bully myself. There was a guy at the Rock who he used to work with. His sisters, I think it went on for a couple of years when he was quite young. had convinced him he was adopted. Oh, yeah. And they were like, don't you talk to mum and dad about it because then they'll put you back to the orphanage.

So he just said to sit with the feet. And they were like, you don't look like us. You're not part of the family. Oh, they sit with the trauma. I used to just say I was adopted because I don't want to be any part of any of it. He dreamed about it. John O'Ben and Megan, the podcast. The Hits.

We're talking the sibling survivor stories. It's a surviving that intro is one big thing. I know, let's just can that. Yeah, I don't do that again. Producer Troy and Megan, they did one take and one take only. Who said that?

What was that? Oh, Kanye and the J.C. Paris songs. Yeah, maybe she'd have done two takes and maybe three, four or five. And then Troy's tried to disguise it. What I love is in the production suite. He's tried to disguise it with DJ Earhorns.

Surfling Survivor. Oh, dear. As minimal air time as possible. But we want to know your stories of sibling survival. Every week we do this and every week we are, well, our jaws are on the floor pretty much with some of the stories that come through. It must be a weird dynamic. You guys both had brothers and sisters that, you know, essentially someone can concuss you at 2pm, but then you're sharing ice cream with them at 4 p.m. Yeah, and you go to school and if anyone bullies you, like my brother would be like, you'll leave her alone and then he'll go home and bully me, you know?

Yeah, it's like his right only. If anyone's bullying that girl, it's going to be me. Yeah, you move on pretty quickly as kids. You know, like, it's bad, it's good, it's bad, you know. It's tumultuous, but it's good. Amber, great to have you on. Happy New Year. Happy New Year and Happy Easter.

Antie. You're in Hamilton? You're heading away this weekend, mate, or staying home? Oh, heading away, going down to Gisbon to see Mum. Oh, well, you enjoy that. So, and I tell you what, in the car you're driving, you can save some money because we're going to give you free fuel. Every cooler on air gets $100 free fuel this week. It is so amazing. Thank you so so much. That'll be a huge help.

Now what is your story of our sibling survival set the scene for us? Okay, so I have two brothers. I'm in the middle and as siblings do, we all rile each other up. My older brother one night had a friend over and I can't fully remember but I think I was totally winding them up while they were trying to watch a movie. and then my brother, I think, trying to show off, just suddenly booted his leg out and kicked me in the stomach, sent me flying backwards through our glass coffee tables. Oh my God. And so I was just sitting there in the middle of glass going, uh-oh, and he had the same expression like, whoops, I think I might have gone a bit fast.

Now, Troy is saying that's the Spartan kick. The Spartan kicked you to your guts. Totally. Yeah. Oh my gosh. And then I remember another time I stapled his finger to the floor. Oh, well, you got a back. Were any lasting injuries from either of those things?

What's that, sorry? Any lasting injuries from those things? No, just a few bruises to our egos. The bums and egos. Pocket money. What did your parents say when they saw you through the glass table? They were just in shock I think first checked me out to make sure I hadn't got cuts all over me

I think I came away completely unscathed Which is amazing You're like a stunted in a movie Incredible You're a sibling survivor Amber Congratulations You're going to have a great weekend And we'll take one more Marty

Good morning guys, how's it going Good, what's your sibling survival story So I was 10-11, my brother was a couple years older than me and as young kids as you always get done you get told to do the dishes and his routine every night was to get me drying I dried off the first glass

he'd start going through the cupboard sneakily and he'd fill it with whatever he could find so it was a little bit of dishwash, cod liver oil you name it and he would force me to drink it or he'd tell my parents to sell me and they would never see me again. Oh, my goodness. He could put you in a human trafficking rig.

He had that power. It was experimentation. He would just see what he could find. He would make a cocktail up, and then he'd say, drink it or else. Or else. You knew the consequences. Oh, wow, geez.

I was sure. You off to the island, mate. I thought you were going to say, when you did the dishes, did your, like, sister whip you with the teetail? You wind it round and then you out, yeah, that was a vicious weapon. Yeah, yeah.

Yeah, I, Martin, great story. Well, not so great for you, but really traumatic for you. But we're going to get you $100 free fuel, all right, mate? No worries. Thanks, guys.