Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL SHOW: I want to go on an OE but I have a pregnant wife...

Episode Date: March 11, 2026

On today’s show:  Dear Megan... husband wants a solo OE while wife is newly pregnant. The team calls the theatre to ask how passionate Megan's husbands kissing is. Jono swear his fact about red heads is true... Megan prepares nervously for her long‑awaited Liam Lawson interview. The team revisits last year’s fake Liam Lawson prank on Megan. How Jono accidentally sends the wrong radio promo to air...again. Instagram: @THEHITSBREAKFASTFacebook: The Hits Breakfast with Jono, Ben & MeganSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The John O'Ben and Megan podcast, thanks to Dilma. Goodness really does taste great. Dilma, making the world a better tea. Yeah, Megan. Okay, so every week someone slides into my DMs. We've got a few at the moment just working our way through them, and I still don't know why people come to me for advice, but we put it out to you. Any paid partnerships sliding into your DMs, mate, at the moment?

No, but I'm open. If anyone's keen, hit me up. any issues at home or you've got any money that you'd like to throw Megan's way and she can promote your products. Products slide into her DMs. Yes, so we'd love to hear your feedback, 0800 the hits, 4487 on the text. Here is today's dear Megan. It says I'm having a bit of a crisis. My wife and I have been married three years and have just discovered that we are pregnant with our first kid.

Before we get into parenthood, I've always said I wanted to travel. I've never left New Zealand and really want to go on a mini-O-E for a couple of months. My wife's already travelled a lot for work and doesn't feel the same pull. Plus, she can't get extended time off. I still want to go alone, but she doesn't want me to. She says she needs me around in case anything happens, but we do have family support, and it's only for a couple of months. Do you think I'm being unreasonable?

So, has he pitched this to her yet? Obviously, yes. Yeah, okay. Because she's not keen on him going, but I sound like that. Yeah, she doesn't want him to. I don't think he's being unreasonable, you know, big life events stir up big emotions. You start questioning all sorts of things good and bad, don't you? But the problem is he's going to miss a third of the season of her pregnancy.

Yeah, it's tricky. Yeah, it's a big chunk. Yeah, it's one of the, I mean, my wife, before we were married, she went away for three months without me. And then I was working, I couldn't go at the time. She really wanted to do the OE and really wanted to live in London. It was one of those things that she really wanted to live and work in London. So she did that. And then I met up with her three months time and then we did some travel.

I couldn't go for the whole time because of work commitments. Were you pregnant? I was, no, and that's probably the thing. I wasn't pregnant. But I like, she really wanted to do that. I feel like if she hadn't had done that, then that would be something that was always hanging over our relationship. Going, okay, well, I never got to do that. And maybe resigning me for going, hey, I don't know about this.

So in that case, I sympathize with them, but she wasn't pregnant, obviously. That's, yeah. You lived with Amanda's mother. Joyce Boyce. And you said you guys had a wonderful thing going. Wonderful. Joyce was doing all the washing, all the cooking. You go to work, come home.

Amazing. Happy days. Yeah, but yeah. So I really sympathise because all of those things you do. You get caught up in kids and all those things and life things. You go, oh, we'll travel and some days that doesn't happen if he always wants to travel. But it's tough because she's pregnant. I guess the question is, how would he feel if he was overseas and something did happen?

Yeah. He can come home. Yeah, true. I feel like you're on his side. A little bit, a little bit. Because I, obviously, I've been pregnant twice, and they are in the early stages. And I also didn't have a great pregnancy second time around. So it can be hard, but she's got family support.

And the thing is, my husband left to go on tour when our daughter, our second daughter, was four weeks old. And I think it would be better to go when you're pregnant. Well, that's the thing, yeah. I mean, we're both vouched when the crazy, you're crazy. TV days when we do TV and radio both our wives are probably like solo mothers for a period there and it does put pressure on when everything's all goes so maybe better while

the baby's incubating to get out and spread your wings. Yeah, he can always, if something serious happens he can always come home but I just think you've got to remember your two people living your own lives together you've got to listen to what each other need and want Yeah, maybe if he's like how serious is it

because I'm having a pinocalada in Bali right on the scale of Yeah, maybe don't post any photos while going on Okay, but we're not necessarily in the majority here when you look at our Facebook comments. We'll get to some of those next. John O'Ben and Megan, the podcast. That's T.M. Megan. A bit of a spicy one this morning. A husband is having a crisis.

Him and his wife have just discovered that they are pregnant with their first child. He said, and it sounds like he's made it clear, right from the get-go of their marriage that he wanted to travel. A lot of people are saying, it's just saying this now. So he's always said he wanted to travel His wife has got to a lot with her work And she can't get time off Plus she's pregnant So he still wants to go

And do two months It's not like he's going to be gone for ages Two months To do a little OE Before they have their child Just to find himself Learn what life is about I suppose yeah

Once you're in those trenches You can pretty much write off five years Can't you That's what a text has just come through saying, yeah, let him go because after the baby comes, he probably won't go and regret it the rest of his life and hold it against them. Yeah.

So that's potentially what could happen, right? So many people were like, go once the child's a bit older. I'm like, no. It's not going to happen. Yeah. It's not going to happen. My advice, you get caught up, but that's going to take a while. It's going to be much later.

My advice would be go. Spread your wings. Would I do it personally? Probably not. That's the same, my wife has done it. She's done it. And, you know, we weren't, she wasn't pregnant. when you know, but she went across and did it for three months.

I had a refluxy one month old and a toddler and my husband went on tour. People on sports teams and other things. You know, people go away for it, you know? Yeah, you can't hold people back. Stacey, your thoughts? I think he needs to go. He is so much better off going when she's pregnant. Otherwise, I think if he doesn't do it, then he'll envy her for being able to travel as he hasn't been able to.

Yeah. It's kind of easier for her to say if she's got to a. experience a lot of the world. It would make him a better parent, you know? I think travelling is really good for your soul. Yeah, I totally agree. Could you reach a compromise? Does he stay in a backpacker's in town?

Still gets the travel experience. You know, pitch a tent in the Waitakini Rangers or something. Oh, yeah. I mean, it's easy for us to say when we're not the pregnant wife, you know? Yeah, and that's the hard thing. Yeah, a lot of people coming through on the text saying what happens is complications through the pregnancy, not having someone there as a supportive partner.

That's pretty tough. Yeah, but I think it says in the message she's got family, right? And they can support her until he comes home. He can jump on a plane and come home. Well, it's probably a conversation with the wider group if they're willing to be on call as well. I mean, no one knows her better than probably him.

And he might not get to know her any further if he goes overseas while she's pregnant. But who knows? He's kind of better enjoy the experience more. and overall because he's been actually let him do that and hopefully it will make him a better father at him. And make the relationship stronger hopefully, hopefully but hey I don't know

it's if she's not on board it's going to be tough. Text 4-487 why is he feeling pressured to travel now? Why don't you wait until the baby comes and travel with the babies? Babies are great travellers. He's wanted to travel for ages I guess the pregnancy came as a bit of a surprise

and he's like, ah, I'm going to be a parent I need to go. What I know about long-haul flights with babies is that's a relaxing experience. People love seeing you bring a baby on a flight too. And they're all like, don't sit by me, don't sit by me. Victoria, do we let this guy go on his OE is his wife's just fallen pregnant?

I mean, look, he's had guest to travel. Why is he so disorganised? You know, pregnancy is something that's usually planned for, can be planned for. Hard know from Vic, I'm gathering. Yeah, right. I've had three complicated

pregnancies and from experience finding out when things are wrong you know it's really really hard having your husband on the other side of the world would have been horrific finding out that you know your kids got a heart condition is not is not nice that is true that is true but what if

you were like I found out this news but he's only 24 hours away a couple of connecting flights how would you feel about that? The shock is you know when you find out something's wrong the shock is pretty horror. Yeah, we haven't been through that. And support people can never actually understand what that is like, even your family. Yeah.

So, you want your partner. You kind of need to mature up and deal with that now. Okay. Actions of his consequences, right? That's fair. Thank you, Victoria. That's a really good example. Yeah, some really good points there.

Okay, Megan, now what do we get that way? Well, now I don't know what, because Victoria was so convincing. This is why we'd be terrible jurors. Oh, I mean. you can put that point to him and I think he still has to make the decision I don't think you can put a hard word on someone especially if it's something they've really always wanted to do

so put the point to him that something could go wrong that could be really tough on me and let him make the decision that does sound like I'm pretty much manipulating him into saying no put it on there but you made that decision this is on you this is your choice in your chance hey go if you want

John O'Ben and Megan, the podcast. The hits. A very talented performer. Yeah. He is. Sure. Sure he is. Stage performer.

He does a lot of... Musicals. Yeah. He's a really talented guy. And he signed up to a new show, which is going to be starting very shortly, about Romeo and Juliet. It's just called Anne Juliet.

It's about Juliet if she didn't die. And she moves on from Romeo. I googled, so he got the part as Romeo. And I was like, great, because I googled and was like, do Romeo and Juliet have to kiss in this musical? And Google said no. Right. So I never brought it up and I was like, great.

It looks like I'm super chill. And then at the weekend, I was like, I admitted that I'd Googled it. And Andrew was like, oh, we do. How long has you been rehearsing this out of interest? I think this is week three. Three weeks? Oh, okay. And you'd be running lines and stuff is what he has and brought it up.

He was, I said, when were you going to tell me? And he was like there was never a good moment. There is never a great moment to tell you why you're kissing another lady As soon as you get the role Or when we're running lines Be like oh actually if you skip to the end We actually have to kiss here so

That page never came up in your rehearsals with him No, no he even did You could have rehearsed it with him Yeah Now Ben this entire time Megan's been talking about this off here You've been like He's sure they don't

Because it's like Romeo and Juliet You want to see them I haven't don't know this particular part of the story It feels like they'd come back together And they're love It's all about love those two You know iconic characters I feel like they would kiss

But I'm... Yeah, and when I see what kind of kiss is it, he was like, well, it's not like a first got together, like, you know, intense. He was like, it's like a rekindling kiss. And I was like, what is that mean? That's even more passionate, isn't it? Yeah, I feel sorry for you that you're going to have to go along and witness this. It's not the first time.

No. It's the third time, I've seen. The third girl! He was rubbing up against Evita, wasn't he? Yeah, it was groping her butt and getting on a patch. Yeah. Well, should we find out how much kiss, is going on.

Yeah, well, they're performing at the Civic, aren't they? Yeah. Yeah, so we called the Civic after the show yesterday. Welcome to Tataki, Auckland, Unlimited, at the Oethe. You're speaking with Laurel? Kiyah. Hi-da. Laurel, how are you? I'm fine, thanks, how can I help?

Yeah, good. I'm really looking forward to and Juliet. Ah, okay. Yeah, I just saw the first poster up for it today in the square. Do you know how much kissing's in that? I have no idea, sorry. And how bad? It's such a weird question.

And how passionate the kissing is. Is it written down there on any information about the show? No, I wouldn't think so. Do Romeo and Juliet kiss? Because I know it's not the traditional. I have no idea. I haven't seen the show. Well, listen, Megan, has Jono Ben and Megan here from the hits?

And Megan, who we work with, her husband Andrews playing Romeo. Okay. Apparently there's a kissing scene. We don't know how passionate it is. So we're just trying to find out. Oh, right. No, sorry, can't help with that. Okay.

Do some digging around the office. We want to know lengths of kiss. Yeah. Tuck? Where hands are, that sort of thing, you know? All right, well, if you can report back to us, that'd be great. Is it good luck with us or good luck to me, get it? Okay.

Hey, see, have a great day. All the best, bye. Is it too late to recast them as like a tree or something? The tree would probably have to kiss someone, wouldn't they? Why, they're rubbing up against the tree now? Maybe we need to call the director Yeah, we'll find out if we can get some script changes Yeah

John O'Venn and Megan The podcast The hits I got to was watching Instagram on the weekend This video popped up, okay? It's never great when you start with I was watching a video on Instagram And you try and sell it as fact

But there's this boxer His name's Terence Crawford And he fought Canallo Alvarez So Canello is a redhead Right From Mexico Probably the only Mexican

Mexican ginger, I imagine. When you think of a Mexican, you know, you don't don't picture of redheads, do you? No. Anyway, Terrence Crawford was being interviewed, and he actually ended up beating him on points, but he's like, I just couldn't knock the guy out. It's impossible to knock this guy.

Now, I don't think he has been knocked out, but maybe you might want to fact-check that. And he was like, I was talking. Yeah, I love it here. Like, don't make me do a job. It's your story, mate. I'm not like we need the fact-checking. So, anyway, Terrence Crawford says,

I was talking to my sister, she's a nurse. And she's like, do you know a fact about redheads is they have a far higher pain threshold than other hair colors? She said when they come into surgery, that they have to use like 30 or 40% more anesthetic to knock out the redhead people. Well, because they're still, like, when they're at the dentist, they're like, I can still feel it, I can still feel it. And it's just they are genetically predisposed to handling pain better than the rest of us, minions. No, you've got it. I think you've got it around the wrong way. What do you mean?

Like they're sensitive to pain. So they need more anesthetic and to knock them out because they can still feel it. How does that work? Again, I was saying, this is your story. Yeah, it's your story. Yeah, no, what I... From my understanding, before this chat came on

when the Veronica's was playing, everyone was like, have you got this right? Everyone was like, this is not going to be offensive? You're like, no, no, no, no. It's not offensive. No, no, no. It's empowering ginger. And you said, no, I've got it right.

Absolutely got it right. I fact checked it. Now, Megan, I don't know. I don't know any of the details. Megan, you've come back with something saying whatever he's saying is the opposite. Yeah, more sensitive to pain. So the guy should have knocked the guy out. So they need more anesthetic to knock them out.

More sensitive. They've a different gene that, you know, makes them more sensitive to light sometimes. Well, listen, one of my facts is true. Our boss Mando has done some research while he's been driving and neither of them been knocked out. yellow all terrorist coffers. It's good. Two boxes you've never heard of. It's good to know that they've never been knocked out.

And then I was talking to red head at the football. And I was like, have you heard about this? He's like, yeah, we handle more pain better. I go, they do. We handle more pain better. Yeah. It's a fact. And maybe if you are of the Auburn persuasion,

you might want to text in 4-487. Do you feel like you, you know, you've got a higher pain threshold than the rest of us? You have been, Megan? You've, like, you've raised your picture of that. Surely like if you're having to have more anaesthetic, that means you're harder. Like it's taking more to knock you out. That's why he couldn't knock out this guy.

Or you're more sensitive to the pain. I don't know. I'm quite confused by the whole thing, to be honest. You know, if you're wanting to knock someone out, you're like, try and knock me out, mate. And they're like, oh, I haven't knocked you out yet. Got to keep squirting this anesthetic in. It's taking more. It means you have a higher threshold to being knocked out, surely.

Sure. Yeah. Yeah, okay. I'll agree to not know what's going on. I don't know what's going on. You guys can do what, yeah. There we go. There's some sort of fact about redheads there for you.

John O'Bennon and Megan, the podcast. The Hats. We're ready to throw on the cat amongst the pigeons. Is that it saying? Intentionally. The cat amongst the redheads. I wish I could be. What did Taylor Swift say?

Like, left out of this conversation or whatever. I wish I could be extracted from this narrative. I heard a fact on the weekend that redheads. Where did you hear this fact? On Instagram. I heard. I asked a redhead two at the football. That was your fact checking too.

That was my fact checking. I said, you've got a high pain threshold. Apparently redhead's high pain threshold. Apparently it's not, it's a low pain threshold, but you have to give them 30% more anaesthetic. I think that's the fact. We know that they generally need more anaesthetist. So they feel things quicker, is that generally?

This is generalisation. I mean, it's generalisation. I mean, people are always going to be different, right? Yeah. What is it saying on the text machine? A lot of texts here. says, listen I'm a ginger over higher pain threshold

It takes more to knock me out Redheads have a gene That means they process meds faster That's why they need to be knocked out With they're using more anaesthetic I'm a red head and yes I have so much more anaesthetic And I can

Am up on pain threshold is low But I can handle it for longer So yeah Threshold and tolerance are two different things So pain threshold is how quickly you feel the pain So they feel it faster but could maybe bear it for longer. Vicki, are we crossing live to a redhead now, are we?

Vicki. Yeah, I am a redhead. Welcome, it's lovely to have you on. Very confused, Vicki. It is confusing. Well, I have been to a pain management specialist, and I'm a redhead, and they say I've got a high pain threshold. Right, so you can handle it for longer.

I handle a lot of pain before I feel it. This is from the mouth of a red head. Yep, and it does take a lot to knock me out. That's why the boxer can't get knocked out Yeah, I've woken up during surgeries before Because they haven't given me enough anaesthetic Wow, that's frightening That's my worst

It's true, Johnno, you're right Well, I don't know Well, some are saying it's not right For some people, maybe Yeah, it feels like some people That's always going to be the asterisk Maybe we've learnt that we just can't generalise That's what I was just thinking is off

I said all gingers But no, maybe not Maybe not So maybe you're fine out this. I don't know if it's a fact, but the nurses and the doctors say, in their experience, redheads definitely have a higher pain threshold and we need more anesthetic to not the amount. Well, there you go. I think the anaesthetic thing seems like it's a fact.

Case closed. Another successful Joe Frye investigation. Is it? Send that one off to the CNN World Journalism Awards. My favorite thing is when you're like, I've learned a fact. You're like, God, and we all just go, oh, it's going to be something. Deep diver Straight out of Fox News

Who's that crazy guy Alex Jones John O'Bennon and Megan The podcast The Hits We are manifesting things At the Hits If you can manifest it

If you can dream it It could come true And Megan Something for you Are all going well We'll be happening After the show today That we've manifested

Yeah Liam Lawson On Zoom Finally get my interview Formula One driver Four years Four years In the waiting

I'm yeah Looking forward to chatting to them, you know, what little bits we'll get to chat to them as part of it, which is cool. But I'm also looking forward to it to being done. So it's been a lot of builder. About what we're wearing, how it's going to be. I'm sorry, my dream is like...

Making me nervous about it. And I get nervous about a lot of things, but I'm like, geez, it feels like, you know? I know. What have you gone with the outfit? I see it off the shoulder leather jacket, showing a little bit of shoulder. Yeah. Running some high heels? No,

they're only little heels. Little heels. Little heels. Oh, because you didn't want to be taller. Shut up. He's on soon, mate. He's not going to know how tall you are. I just, I don't know.

I don't want to talk about it. I went through a lot of outfits yesterday, in front of my husband too. I would like to see this sort of preparation for every interview we've done. Like, I haven't seen you come up questions for any other interview that we've done. Excuse me?

Like, and the whole time we've been together. I don't know. I have. But this one is like, what are you asking about them? What are we doing? I'm like, wow. This is the sort of prep I want for every interview. I don't usually go on and on about it.

I usually just get... When we interview bloody Marjorie from maths, we want this to look at it, mate. Marjorie, fourth place, get her from maths. Look, to be... What am I wearing for Marjorie? To my husband's credit, I tried on different outfits last night. And he was like, yeah, that's giving Formula One,

like that's, like, he liked the leather jacket for like racing vibes, you know? He was humouring me. Well, good on him. What a supportive husband. He's also kissing a lady every night in his play, too. That might have had something to do with it. And he didn't tell you about that. So he's trying, he's backpedaling a little bit.

He definitely is. Great timing for that to come up. Well, he can be like, remember I was really supportive of the outfits for another guy? Well, yeah, this is my job. Yeah. Now, a little while ago, because it was your dream to have Liam Lawson on the show. It was probably, oh, it was close a year ago, right? You're away for a day and we thought, oh, it would be funny to say,

hey, we had Liam Lawson over Zoom once before. And we found some audio of Liam Lawson answering some questions. I think he was doing another interview with someone in the building and then we pretended we talked to him, ask them questions. Yeah, and this was a really deflating ending, but have a listen. What do you want to say to, you know, the likes of Megan and all your thousands of other fans back here in New Zealand? Thank you. Yeah, I mean, to everybody listening and to everybody who's stuck with me for all the years leading up to this

because I appreciate it a lot. Oh my God, I cannot believe that you guys have done that without Megan. She is going to kill you. I know. I know, she's got to be gut. I know, but we had to take it. Now, just before you said, you did ask us if that was AI. Promise it was an AI.

But it wasn't an interview. It wasn't an interview with us. It was an interview he did with Mike Hosking a while ago. So we didn't get Liam Lawson yesterday. So the thing is, you missed our Liam Lawson interview, but so did Liam Lawson. We did play that out on the radio yesterday. That was the listeners' reactions. They were on board.

We were on board with that. They knew we were doing this to get you. Oh. To be honest, I was like so happy that the listeners had my back. And they were like, you guys are me. Well, they had your back, but they were just playing a role. Yeah, right. It was like the one freaking day.

So that was a bit sad at the end. Oh, yeah, you were sad. We never got that. Oh, you guys got me good reaction. It was just like, you go, no. Even afterwards, it didn't happen. You're like, yeah, okay, no. I just was like the one day.

I'm away and you get... We didn't have him, though. I know. I went into the kitchen, I had a little cry. And then you guys felt real bad. After we said him, we didn't have him. It was like, don't worry, we didn't get him. You still had a cry.

And I was like, oh, that's... Well, then I was sad that no one got him. Okay, so hopefully today on Zoom, well, geez, our reputation's on the line. If he doesn't come through. Can you look, Ben, both of you look me in the eye and tell me this is not a gag. Like, I have had nothing to do with the organisation. If it's a gag, it's on us too. Yeah.

So I honestly hand on my shaky, clogged up heart. You'll hear it tomorrow. All going well, Liam Lawson. Hopefully there's no more tears from anyone. John O'Ben and Megan, the podcast. The hits. I don't know if it's because, you know, as you get a bit older, you become a bit more observant.

Maybe I just, you know, I'm noticing things that I haven't noticed before. But it's something that's been amusing me, and it doesn't happen all the time, but over the last sort of couple of months. Now, you know, we've been doing this job for a while, all three of us. You know, we're on billboards around town. you know there's been furious radio shows other shows bits and pieces of social media there are sometimes some people and it's really nice when people come up to you and they like what

you do it and they want to have a chat and that's always lovely and i don't take that for granted when someone comes up it's awesome um but what i have noticed a lot more is the person next to them often has no idea who you are and that's been really amusing me just noticing in their eyes as someone comes up to me having the gym last night a guy goes oh geez i love your stuff man it's so cool i'm like it's awesome and i looked around it well i'm guessing as his partner and you can just tell her eyes, she was like, who is this guy? I have no one. And they're trying to work it out.

Did he educate her in front of you? Well, no, sometimes you hear a little snippet of that as you walk away. She's like, who was that too? You hear that, and that's one of the things. That happened a couple times, and Jesus amuses me. You know, and you're like, and you just see it in their eyes, they're like, who is this guy? Why is this person really into it?

Sometimes it's a parent of a kid or something, and that's, yeah, but this time they're on about the same age level, and you can tell. You can tell the look on their face, can't you? The look of confusion, and they don't hide it well. They do not hide it well. Same incident. The guy came and was like, hey, it's you. And then he started playing the guessing game with his partner in front of me

because she was very confused. And he's like, it's him, you know from? And she's like, the fishing guy? And I'm like, not the fishing guy. And she's like, the cooking guy? Keep going. I think we've got like five professions down the list before we end. I appreciate it.

Just trying to work it out. You can see it. Tell in their eyes. It's a very hard thing for them to play cool about. Yeah. It's fun for me. That's the life of the craft liberty in New Zealand, my friend. Not quite well enough for two people.

To both know who you are. Just one person, yeah, and the other one go, who is that? I have never seen them before in my life. But you walk away, and then they kind of know who you are by the end of it. They're educated. You're sort of like, I'll play you some of his, you know, pranking the daughters and stuff. At least they like your stuff now. It's torturous when they're like, didn't you, Eustra?

I liked that. What happened to that? You're like, what happened to you? That's always a good one. What happened to you? There's that lady move. That young girl, she's like, you are old. What happened to you?

That was brutal, right? We had Megan dressed up in a silly costume, and then she came over to the two of us and go, what happened to you? We're like, what? You got old. You got old. Always a humbling experience.

You can't keep those thoughts inside your head. John O'Ben and Megan The podcast The hits Liam Lawson F1 driver We're big fans of him And Megan

You have got As your dream interview As you do your hairspray For an interview That's happening on Zoom After the show I can see my head I know

I know I'm just saying after the show Yeah I'm not No I know A lot of prep It feels like we have songs We can be doing some of the More I'm doing it during the songs Ben

I know I'm doing it during the We can hear the aerosol can Oh sorry That's probably more amends. You do you, but yes. But this is four years in the making, and a bit of preening going on in the studio this morning.

I'm just fixing my hair. There's a lot of messages about it. We're, you know, and I understand. We've manifested this. This is something that you want, and we are manifesting things on the hits. And it was a weird shrine to Liam Lawson that got his attention, and now he's going to be talking to you over Zoom after the show.

Do you think he's like, I need to put an end to this madness? Maybe. Come and get it done. Yeah, move on. Maybe, maybe. But it's good, at least you fulfill your dream, and you can manifest whatever you want at the moment on the hits, anything you dream of, we could make come true.

Maybe this is how he tells me he's getting a restraining order. Yeah, but anyway, up until then, you know, we need to try and calm your nerves, because you understandably you want this to go well, and you're a little bit nervous about it. I think because that's all anyone is talking to me about now, at home, like all the time. So there's just the building.

up has been so intense. I see. And I was saying before, not to like brag, but I've interviewed like a lot of people and I've never been this nervous. Like I've interviewed like Grammy winners and, you know, like lots of famous people. Pie, best pie of the year winners and stuff like that. Yeah. You name it. The Bachelor winner?

Yeah. Tim Shatbolt. Tim Shatbolt. Tim Shatbolt. R-I-P. Yeah. So, yeah. Yeah.

So we wanted to know, you know, what's some things that you can, you know, You know, if you've got big things happening in your life and everyone gets nervous, how do you control your nerves? Nerves are good. I think, you know, the sign that you care about something. Yeah. But then you don't want them to overwhelm you, right? Yeah.

And that's the thing. Oh my gosh. We should share that video. Do you still have that video of that guy who stood up and did a speech? And he got so anxious. He was doing a speech in front of his peers and he got so anxious. The whole leck turn was shaking. Oh, yeah.

His whole body was shaking. The lectern was shaking, but he fought through and he carried on. He, yeah, he was like, I get really anxious. Anxious before public speaking. The whole time, it's like, but I plowed on through it. It was like 10 minutes of just fury shaking. I did think sweet message, but Minerden just, you know, maybe it's not for you. Yeah, so what's advice, what some advice?

The whole imagine someone naked thing, that's... I don't think that's going to work in this situation. I asked Tony Street that. my daughter's podcast and because she does a lot of public speaking stuff she's got courses and stuff I said do you imagine people naked and then she went are you imagining me naked right now and that was really weird

and my daughter was there and Tony was there and I'm like no but now I am now you've asked me too that was really that was a weird response back and it made me feel more nervous after her so don't do that don't do that usually I'll go into an interview and whoever it is I think

they could be just as nervous as you are And they are a normal person. That's right. Just so you know, I imagine both of you take it every morning. That's how I plow on through three hours of radio. The nerves every morning. Very confronting. Lucky you.

Oh, 800 of that's though. Telephone number, you can text 24487. What do you do to calm the nerves? Someone's saying get a sedative. I did float that with the boss and he was like, absolutely not. I'm not allowed anything. She wanted to be on the azepam. Megan, you'll be fine.

just treated like any other interview reads this text. Don't overanalyze. Well, I think we're too far past that. That would have been a good advice about four weeks ago. John O'Ben and Megan, the podcast. The hits. Liam Lawson, Formula One driver. Thanks to Red Bull.

We've got a Zoom interview with him after the show. So you'll hear that interview tomorrow. We'll be building up for it for a while because Megan, this is what, without a word of a lie, this is what you want. This is what you've manifested in an interview with Liam Lawson. I, yeah, off here I've seen to you guys for ages. I was like, man, I just love to interview him. Like in person, I love Formula One.

He's our Kiwi guy there and I just thought it would be really cool to get an interview with him. And now it's happening and I'm a little bit nervous. Sometimes it's good, I like to think of, you know, the worst thing that can happen and the best thing that can happen. So the worst thing that can happen is he can't connect to the Zoom and we don't get the interview. He might not be technically able to maybe see him if we can't hear him. Oh, that would be a nightmare. Worse thing that could happen. Or you, I, yeah, start talking to him and he's like, hit, point.

Yeah. But that one we have with Bill Bailey, the comedian. Now I keep going and you're like, why are you still going? We're not going to play this. We heard bits of it. And I laughed in places and shouldn't have laughed and, yeah, we should have pulled out. I guess the best case scenario is a marriage proposal and you moves into your house with you and Andrew. That's the best case.

That's a scale. But if what happens, hey, we're open to it. I just, no, I just want it to go well. It's not everyone to have a good time. A real range of, I don't think you really care about us to have it a good time, though, do you? No, not really. Oh, are you guys going to be here? Yeah, we'll just be sort of...

I'll record, I'll push the button to record, mate. But I ain't happen to the hits. What Calms your nerves are right after stuff coming through. A lot of drinking based, I don't think it's too early to drink, isn't it? Yeah, it might not be the best thing. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah.

Oh, yeah, no one other thing. I did say a red ball and vodka on the boss said no on that too. Oh, proud of you? Your cars, you drive. Oh, it's so fast. So far. So far. So far.

How long go so fast. Simon. See them. How are you? Yeah, good. Jesus. What sort of a weather event are you calling from, Simon? Just on my way to go to Perumu, and it's pouring down.

Well, you can hear it. Yeah, you really can. Be careful. What's your advice for Megan for being a bit nervous? Well, I was initially thinking, picture him naked, but then I thought about her fans. I thought, well, maybe not. She's already done that, tick that box, but that's all right. I was thinking either a rubber band around the wrist

or hold a paper clip like Made in Manhattan Oh hold a paper clip by Maiden Manhattan Wonderful reference to that Is it the Jennifer Lopez movie made in Manhattan? I love that movie I love a great movie, fantastic piece of cinema I love that. What's a rubber band too? Is that like an anxiety?

It's an anxiety thing right and you kind of flick it on your wrist Yeah The rubber bands like flick on your wrist but the paper clips to just play with it while you're talking so that you keep focus. Yeah. Sounds like your car's flooding, Simon. You'd be safe out on the roads, really appreciate. Got the heater on.

Oh, good on you, Simon. Appreciate your chiming in this morning. Happy New Year, Molly. Happy New Year. Great to have you on. We're calming Megan's nerves. What should I do, Molly? Need to play a musical instrument, but not a stressful one, a straightforward one.

My daughter's old guitars in the studio. Do you want to... Do you play a guitar? I mean, I took some lessons. She's taken lessons. Oh, I don't know if it's in tune. Yeah, well, no, that's... Okay, does it make you feel less stressed or just...

Yeah, no. It's nice to focus on something else. Okay, well, you focus on... Yeah, yeah, yeah, okay. Oh, 800 of the hits. There's some great text coming through here as well. A lot of meditation, a lot of deep breathing. Okay, we can back out of the guitar, I think.

I think the guitar was a bad. choice. We'll take one more call. Your suggestion for Megan, how does she calm the nerves, Rach? Oh, just a good old nervous poo. I tell me it does the trick. We'll get her a bloody full blue top latte.

Get a good book, you'll be good. You'll be right. There are Megan, there's some options for you. You'll have that interview to look forward to tomorrow if she comes out of the bathroom. John O'Ben and Megan, the podcast. The Hits. Now, producer Troy, we had a meeting. after the show yesterday.

With our boss Matt Anderson, he comes in. We have a bit of a chat, you know, a bit of a debrief. And there was a hiccup on the weekend where we were meant to record an advert for the program and somehow through my lack of concentration, this went to ear. Oh, it was right. They can't get in. They can't get in. So we're going to go Liam Lawson.

We're going to track down people that know him. Yeah, cool. Rolling. This is Sunday. He probably has spoken to him before, wouldn't he? Oh yeah, we should talk to him. Yeah. Yeah.

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. It's just talking. It's like the bit where you got to film something and you get all the lead up and then you film, actually, but you need to film you don't film. I love how, yeah, you were like rolling and then you, did you end it? Yeah, I was like, oh, that's enough.

And then that played out as the promotion. What about Peter Dakin who does weekend shows? He noticed it. I think this might be a bit wrong. It's just a, just a new way of teasing Peter Dakin. It's not the start of a documentary, you know, and they're like getting ready, putting the mics on people. Yeah, those Netflix tacos.

You're right. Now, producer Troy yesterday in the meeting. We discussed this. Yeah. You know, it was the first topic conversation. Yeah. And we learned from it. We thought, yeah, and we're like, won't happen again.

Well, probably will, but we'll try not to make it happen again. Yeah. And Matt Anderson, our boss said, almost jokingly, get ready for tomorrow's one because I know, John, you're so good at making them. Yeah. Those trailers. I got his comedy. I was like, yeah, okay.

It was a little bit of a joke as he was leaving. Yeah. A bit of a dig. I didn't. Troy said, did you hear the one on Sunday? Then Matt stopped in his tracks. And he probably didn't have to do this, but he did. He was kind of, it was a sacrifice, someone had to be sacrificed.

And Matt was like, well, I'm not going under the table for my comedy not landing. So then he said to Troy, yeah, that was the joke. Nothing worse. Someone Thomas says that was the joke, right? Like everyone in the room knew you hadn't got it. And we were like, just let him be. I was happy to move on. Yeah, so was I.

Were you? Yeah. No, I think from Matt's point of view, though, it would have been, like, we'd just discussed it. We talked about it all of a sudden for him to forget what he'd discussed. It would make him look bad as a boss. He was saving face. Yeah, he had to save face. It's the cutthroat, corporate world, my friend.

It's the radio industry. Got or be got. Right. Yeah, get or be got. So, yeah, poor Troy, Troy actually hung his head in shame. And then 20 minutes later, he was like, it's the worst feeling when. you don't get a joke and someone calls you out for it it was unnecessary I think

I mean I get it why I get why he did it but it hurt it really hurt no nice way to tell you it was it's meant to be humor and you can get it really is that John O'Ben and Megan The podcast The Hits

A member of the team used to that cause him quite a scene Yeah timed my toilet visit with producer Troy Who wandered in And he said he was a little nervous About heading back out into reception I was like come on little fella you could do it.

He's believe in yourself. And he said, no, I'm self-conscious about something. After witnessing it, I can see why. Have a listen. So, Troy, you're really self-conscious about your wife? About my squeaky shoes. You've got very squeaky shoes. They're not new either.

They're three months old. I thought they'd be less squeaky by now. So these are on the reception tiles in the building. Okay, take it away. They are squeaky. Very, very squelchy. They are. So he tries to avoid anything that's not carpet, basically, don't you?

Yeah, literally any non-carpeted surface, that's the sound that precedes me entering and leaving every room. Because it's enough, it's not just like a little squeak, it's enough for people to go, what the hell is that noise? You could be like a murderer or anything like that. I think it'd be like sneaking up on people. I reckon if someone in Bluff listens closely enough, they can hear the sound of two bloons rubbing together. It's Troy, actually, just walking on their tiles here and work. I had a pair of shoes at work that I've now retired from wearing to work because they would do the opposite.

On the carpet, they would obviously cause so much static and friction that every time I touch the door handle, I'd get a shock. Oh, really? Every time I would, I'd like, ah! It was only one particular pair of shoes that were doing it, and I don't know why it was. Did you put it down to your shoes? Yeah, yeah.

And I just be like, and I get scared about touching the door, and that's not a good thing when you got yes, and you're like, you're scared of holding a door handle, so yeah. No, you never want to be self-conscious about your shoes. Yeah. You said you've got a shoe. I've got one shoe that farts. And they're like such nice shoes, but one foot farts when I walk.

It's like, p. And you can't unhear it. Like once you're focused in, the manufacturers need a warning label on these. Just going, hey, FYI, just so you know, you might become really focused and self-conscious about the noise these shoes will make on certain surfaces. But then like, you front foot it and point it out. And then everyone's like, sure. And then you can't recreate it. You're like, the shoe, this one.

And then it was like, no, sure it was a shoe. Yeah, because we'll never lose Troy. Boy, where's Troy? Just listen to the sound of a distressed rubber duck or something. It's over there. It's so icky for a boy. You can hear him coming. You can hear him coming from about 3Ks away.

They sound waterlog, don't. You sure everything went to write in the bathroom? Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Hey.