Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL SHOW: I’m worried my wife’s coworkers are over-complimenting her...

Episode Date: March 23, 2026

On today’s show:  How Jono dodged a Bible performance... Ben's daughters brutally roast another radio show How a Lion King lyric controversy sparks a $40 million lawsuit! Dear Megan: a husband worries about a coworker complimenting his wife’s eyes. Megan's interaction with a Harry Potter character  Listeners confess luxuries they cannot give up!  Madeleine Sami joins to discuss the behind‑the‑scenes stories from filming in crocodile‑filled Darwin. Instagram: @THEHITSBREAKFAST Facebook: The Hits Breakfast with Jono, Ben & MeganSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Oh, my God, we're back again. Megan, we have spoken about your water consumption a few times on the podcast intro, but I really haven't realized how leaky Megan is. She's dotting off every, understandably so. I think I've only been twice today. Three times, three times. Oh, you can't think that? Yeah.

Yeah, three times. But that makes sense. You consume a lot of water, which is good for you. Does it keep going throughout the day, the water? Yeah, I usually, I drink four of these. Wow. So these are 1.2, so I drink 4, 1.2. Yes.

That's a huge chore every day. And I know that's probably what you mean to be drinking, isn't it? Yeah. Yeah. But it feels like. Well, I don't know. Is it too much? I don't know.

It's just, but if I don't take these with me now, I get, like, so thirsty. Right. Do you, like, if you sloshed around, like, if you moved around, would we hear water sloshing? Sometimes when I lie down and bed at night, you hear, oh, my, you can hear water going back and forth. Yeah, it's like a swimming pool, yeah. When you rock back and forth from the bath. I slosh. You're a slosh.

Oh, God. Good on you. Oh, God. If you're doing it. That's good. No. No. I don't think so.

Here you go. Yes, I was talking about my radio. school tutor on the show yesterday. He just drank full strength. No messing round. Is that nearly finished? That's my bottle. Yeah, you have nearly finished this, but your bottle used to be smaller, didn't it?

Yeah, that's the kid's one, actually. They've gone to lead a bottle there. Have you nearly finished your little, cute little Mickey Mouse one? I'm not quite. No, I said to keep going on. I don't know. I forget about it. You do forget, yeah. But yeah, he would just drink Coke.

Just not the no-sugar stuff as well. Just up the guts, Coca-Cola, all that. but never saw him have six months I did that course, never saw him have one sip of water. Do you know the one thing that made me drink lots of water is like purely because someone said to me once it's really good for your skin and like stops you looking wrinkly and stuff? So I was like, all right, here we go.

You don't look wrinkly. Thank you. Yeah, I wouldn't say that about Megan. If Megan, if they said, well, you know, just. Sloshy. You're a bit sloshy. Sloshy. You're not wrinkly.

That's good. It's lost to work. It's lost to work. Now enjoy the podcast, which starts with Jono ignoring some people in their kind offer at the supermarket. John O'Bennon and Megan. The podcast. The Hits. Five action version of Moana.

The trailer has just dropped today with Dwayne Johnson as Maui. He was the voice originally, and now he's the guy playing it in the movies. Looks good with hair, don't he? Yeah, I couldn't understand why I felt it so looking at it and it was so weird, but it's because he's got like a full long. He's got the long lashes. Yes. Of course. Yeah.

Looks really cool though, eh? Does. It looks amazing. Guys, I tell you what, I feel like a bit of a monster. I have to set the scene. It's 1145 yesterday, Monday morning. Kay, just gone to Pack and Save. Purchased some wildly overpriced beef mints.

Right. Now, I'm walking out, and the sun was pounding down yesterday, so it's a race against time to get this meat back into refrigeration. Okay, I just want to set the scene with that. Is that much of a race against time? Just setting the same. No, not much of a race against time. Festering overpriced beef mints.

Not really. Can't afford to go back and buy another packet, not in this climate. Okay, then I get stopped. I get stopped by two lovely, sweet Bible ladies. Okay, now they approached me just outside the front door a pack and save, and they said, can we ask you a question? I said, sure. They said, would you mind if we did a performance of the Bible for you?

Tell you the story of the Bible, and then you can give us some feedback after the performance. The whole Bible? Now I'm thinking, yes, a couple of things here. Firstly, lovely offer. I mean, a street Bible performance. Thank you so much. Secondly, many seasons.

Many seasons. It's a hell of a story arc. I'm cherry-picking I've got you. You've got the talking snake, the bloody apple, miracle birth, baby Jesus, the walk-on-water era, the water to wine era. There's a lot of storyline. There's a lot to cover off. The eras tour.

That's multiple series on Netflix, isn't it? That is. I mean, that is seasons. one to 24 of the Bible right there. Something I don't, I just don't have time for this today. I don't have time for a park, a car park performance. I've always got time for the Lord. Have you?

Always got time for the Lord. And I, and I'm like, okay, one of my superpowers is not coming out with excuses on the spot to get out of stuff. So I said, oh, I would love to, but I've got to go pick the kids up from school. And they were lovely. They were like, that's okay, thank you very much, have a nice day. walked off. I heard one Bible lady saying to the other Bible lady, school doesn't

finish till 3 o'clock. Yeah, I was thinking it's singing that. It's just thinking it's called it 12. I was thinking it was around, yeah. And I'm going, I've just been caught out by the Bible people for the line. So I'm going to have to deal with the consequences with that later on, aren't I? Yeah, that's going to come back to haunt me.

Yeah, I can't help you with that. No. How would you, I mean, does anyone have time for, you know, all of the Bible to be told to them in a car park of a supermarket. Did they specify they were going to do the whole thing or not, you know? Well, when they said, would you like us to do a performance of the Bible, and then you give us some feedback on that performance?

And it's rude to ask a performer going, you know, how long's this? He did that to our friend Dan in the middle of his concert, in the middle of late Miz. I did. He texts him at a half time, which is the worst thing you can do to a performer. Who's got a perform in the second half? Go, hey man, how long is the second half? Oh no. Yeah, so you've already done it.

Do you want to get a track record? I do. Yeah. No, I think your biggest mistake in this is when they say, hi, can we ask you a question? That's when you need to say, I'm so sorry. I'm really busy. You're right.

You've got to cut it off straight away. Yeah, shouldn't have to be gauged. You've got to stick around for the performance. You know, it's the most stolen book in the world, the Bible. I heard that the other day. Is it? Oh, I'm not surprised. Well, it's always in motels and hotels, isn't it?

Yeah. Hell of a read. Hell of a read. There we go. So thank you to those losers. Hopefully one day I'll see them do their performance of the Bible. and Megan The podcast

The Hits Talk ZB You know Number one station In the country It's been for ages So yeah Mike Hoski in the morning

And now and again My man of my wife Her mom will take Joyce will take My daughters to school If there's something That needs to drop off She'll help out

In the morning Now and again And which is lovely of her But it means My daughters are in her car And my teenage daughters Have to listen to news Talk ZB

Oh they're listening To Hosking in the morning Number one rating Hosking girls You're listening into the highest rating of breakfast show that New Zealand has to offer. So last night they wanted to have a little bit of a whinge about News Talks ZB, which is ironic because everyone winges on News Talks ZB.

But I was like, all right. So let's get it. And they started and I was like, whoa, whoa, whoa, well, get out the recorder. Went on for ages. So this has been festering all day. Yeah, about news and multiple days having to listen to Newsagery. Here's some of their feedback. Have a listen.

I'm sorry, and it's just so boring. I just try. If I wanted to listen to the news, I would go to the Paperboy and get a paper and sit down with my cup of tea, but I don't, and I don't want to be listening to that at the crack of dawn. Full volume, my. Full volume. I'm sorry.

So they talk over each other. It's only thing they do, though, but actually, Mike, no, no, no, no, no. Save the traffic. News Talks, Eddie. Oh, go on. News Talks, Edby morning, never reach you mine. Award winning newsreader, neither. Yeah, so they're like, there's just too much news and too much talk in over the top.

I was like, okay. Well, it kind of says it in the title. Yeah, yeah. So I was like, what about some work-ons? I mean, what are some work-ons that we can pass on to Mike Hoskin? Because I'm sure he cares about their opinion. What's some work-ons from Mike Hosking? Have a smile on your face in the morning, please.

No, he's like, he's like, people. He brings along to his little radio chats is not okay. Like, he needs to get these booze out of here. What's a boomer station, though? Are they? I don't know how they. All they do is fight on radio. All they do is talk.

And now we're going to talk. about the hits radio breakfast. Okay, no, we'll wrap it up now. That's where we wrapped it up. It's like, we don't need some feedback back on us. I was like, get some better guess. What, the prime minister? All they do is just talk.

All over the top of each other, they're talking. They're like, every now and again, they get some music. They get a little bit of music. They're like, oh, it's Cassie Henderson. And then I stop that, and they fade that down to do more talking.

They don't get old songs out. I'm like, yeah, that's new security as me. That's why you should be listened to it. We've got to get hold of Mike Hosking and pass this feedback onto him. Should we give him a call after the show? To smile? Yeah. To smile a little bit more, right?

He's okay, but the people just keep arguing, and they keep to, Mike, I'll stop you there, Mike. Just full boomer. Couldn't really summarize talk back up any better, really. John O'Ben and Megan, the podcast. The Hits. A little bit of controversy about the Lion King, many years after the iconic movie came out, and it's all to do with this iconic song. Now, there was a podcast.

It was only two weeks ago. I actually, you know, coincidentally played this audio, had a laugh in the unsanctioned solo shows when you were both away. Oh, did you? Seems like something you'd talk about. 100%. No further research. So this is what took place on a podcast. It looked like a legitimate podcast.

Have a listen. Dance in Goni. Bagi, bonga. Yeah, what does it mean? It means. Look! There's a lion. Oh, my God.

So look there's a lion Oh my god Oh there's a lion Turns out not true Turns out not true The composer of that A piece The song from the Lion King

Has said That bit was spouted as fat And not as comedy From the comedian And he's sewing for 40 million dollars 40 mil 40 mil Damn he's piss

40 mil 40 million What is it actually What are the words actually mean? I'm just trying to find it exactly What it is But it's a lot more It's not quite as basic as that.

It's about being a king and the lion and, you know, up there is, yeah, as well. Like, how the king? Does that guy sound so convincing in that interview? Well, yeah, I guess comedian's talking. It's like, you're just bowing off stuff and that gets clipped up and taken. Do you reckon he was probably like, oh-oh, this is going quite viral? Yeah.

The comedian. As far as I can tell, it said, here comes a lion, father. Oh, yes, it's a lion. Here comes a lion. Yes, it's a lion. A lion we're going to conquer. So it does say a lion, a lion, a lion. So he's not completely out of the way.

wheelhouse there. That is what it is. Yeah. Don't get us sued, Megan. And a leopard come to this open place. Where are you getting this from? This is, well, it's from a music website. Classicmusic.

Legitimate lyrics.com. So look, there's a lion, look there's a lion. Maybe there may be some truth to it. Well, if a guy's suing for 46 million, those damage. It's not like it's a lion. Oh my God. What? What damages, though?

What's been damaged? His reputation. Yeah, 30 years of work. He says he's raised over 30 years of work. He's taken the house something that's, yeah. He's a raced up. Yeah. So I guess it's been spouted by so many news articles around the world and radio shows in New Zealand.

It's fat. And it's like, it's not fat. Because everyone thought of it as this beautiful piece of music. And then everyone's like, ha-ha. Oh, my God, it's a line. It's a line. Oh, my God, it's a line. But then, guys are going to have $40 million.

Oh, so we have to pay it off over time. Oh, we have to get a big loan from the thing If it has all the settle out of court for $20 million, that's on him This is a lesson You can't just say, I don't have the money And they're like, oh, sorry, mate, you know? Also, yeah, don't spout off misinformation.

Misinformation on broadcast media. Good lesson for you, Megan. Good lesson. How do you take that one? John O'Ben and Megan The podcast. The Hats. Yeah, Megan.

Okay. We've got some correspondence from my husband this week. And if you've got anything, you'd like to put to the people. You can DM me. We will do relationships. We'll do workplace situations. Friendship, anything you've got going on.

You still have to a bloody pressure cooker, make. Can someone DM you for a free pressure cooker? Slide into the DMs, yep. So this one reads, My wife mentioned that a guy at her work has been giving her compliments. The latest being that her hair, her new hair, brings out her eyes.

She says he's harmless and I know she kind of likes the attention. and it's not that I have an issue with her getting compliments, but I would never say that to another woman. It seems inappropriate. I trust my wife and I don't want to come across as insecure or controlling. At the same time, I just feel like he's dropping constant comments that are a bit on the nose.

I guess I'm just wondering how you'd see it. I'm keen to know if other guys think he's flirting with her, because I do. Now, that comments, yeah, so this is the only comment we know. Like, how do you take that comment? Because if I, I feel like I'd be comfortable saying, hey, I like your hair, I like your hair, I like your hair brings out your eyes. Oh, your hair brings out your eyes. That feels a little bit more flirtatious to me on the surface.

Because I would say that to someone. I would say, and I think I have said that to like guys at work. I'm like, yo, that color brings out your eyes. But you're extremely flirtatious, though. You know. But I always comment on people. Well, sometimes I hear Ben go, hey, your hair really brings out your bust. chest, you know, sometimes.

That's fine. You know, that's all platonic. Yeah, it's tip for tat over here, Ben. Literal. Don't say that, by the way. Tip for tat. Now, I would put this in the flirting category. Eyes does feel like a little,

a little personal, maybe not from, I don't for some reason maybe when you say it to guys, it probably doesn't seem as flirty, but a guy to a lady, it seems like you're really getting into personal territory. Right. So you wouldn't say that, you'd agree with him, you wouldn't say that to a colleague.

I'm too scared to say anything. Yeah, geez, yes, these. I'm a straight white man, 44 years old. Just happy to be here. Keep your lips, keep your mouth shut and just smile. I mean, I think it is a flirty comment, but I don't know why he has a problem with it

because his wife is her own person. If she is a problem with it, she will deal with it, and if she needs you to deal with it, she'll tell you. But maybe she just wants you to give her more compliments like that. Maybe that's what she's like hinting towards. Oh, God, you guys play a complicated game sometimes. I don't know. That's just my take on it.

I'm like, I don't think you need to get involved. I don't think he's probably right. You trust her, as you said. Yeah. And if she is a problem with it, she can deal with it. Like if someone said that to a man and my wife, I'd be like, all good. You know, like, oh my God, you know, but that's, yeah. Functioning eyes, non-gunky.

But would I say it to someone? Maybe not. And it's a good thing she's coming home and telling him about it as well. So she's not trying to make a secret of the whole situation. So yes, if this was your friend, what would you say to them? Would you say, yes, you better be worried this guy's playing a long, patient, flirty-ass game. Nine to five in the office. I would just say, don't worry about it.

John O'Ben and Megan, the podcast. The Hats. Tia Megan. Okay, this is from a husband who says that his wife has mentioned a guy at her work that has been giving her compliments, the latest being that her new hair brings out her eyes. She says he's harmless and he thinks it's a bit on the nose. He says the comments are a little bit inappropriate. He wants to know what everyone else thinks.

Should he be worried? What should he do? Is this guy flirting with his wife at work? Men don't casually just drop in eye-based compliments without an ulterior motive. Right. That's my thoughts and feelings. But now there's a whole other question whether this person does something or just has the faith and trusts their partner that they're coming home

and being honest and upfront about what's going on at work. And just goes, hey, I've got... I've got a pretty gorgeous partner with nice eyeballs. And everyone else is complimenting those eyeballs. Is it like, she's obviously going to, everyone likes a compliment. Does she have to be like, oh, you can't talk to me like that? Like, you know, like it's making my husband feel weird. Like, who cares?

She's not going to act on it and she likes the compliments. Do you think it's fine? I think it's fine, but I might be in the minority with this. I'm 800 of the hits, actually. If you can give us a call, we'd love to talk to you. We're getting a lot of messages, but people can't talk. You know, some people are too shy. Other people are out checking wheelie bins.

Yeah, well, there's a lot of stuff you need to do in the mornings. Mornings are a busy time. Yeah, call a radio show really does inconvenience your day-to-day. But first text here was from Annie Taylor Ferguson. She's out checking wheelie bins at the moment. Loll, she says. I'd be asking, what behaviour has she displayed for him to start flirting with her? Says Annie Taylor Ferguson, Wheelbin Checker.

Could it be a case of she's telling her partner, so he's not worried and then she has free reign to continue on her flirtatious ways. A lot of people actually have said that maybe she needs to, maybe he needs to read between the lines. She's getting something from that guy at work

that she's not getting from her husband. Maybe he needs to compliment her some more. But another person, Emily, said, why is everyone turning this back on the guy? So she says, my partner says it seems like he's flirting with her. he wouldn't say something like that to another woman. 40-year-old straight male here.

I've done my fair share of flirting in this text says. I can confidence... I suppose from you for a second. Too young for me. I can confidently say that this is a lot of flirting going on right here. Oh, okay. But who cares? You know, like, I don't know.

At least he's like... Clearly her husband. Well, he's not grabbing her butt or anything. She's not acting on it. So what are you saying? So what, you need to summarise? Well, I don't think the husband needs to, A, worry or B, do anything about it unless it

it goes further but like you gotta trust that your wife's not being inappropriate she's telling you about it I don't understand really what the problem is it's not like he's like oh look at your boobs today sweetheart you know he's done a gateway compliment though hasn't it he's done a gateway

compliment okay it's going to run at least it gets further down the road yeah makes you feel good make you do a bit more fluttering with those eyelids get what you need in the corporate in the corporate world Climb that ladder. Just chill, dude.

You got a hoddy. You're winning. John O'Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. Now, you saw a famous person last night. I did. In the Wild, an international actress.

We like doing this on a Monday, don't we? We like to hear, you know, about talk about famous people doing mundane things. Was this famous person doing something pretty mundane? Yeah, just eating dinner with some friends. Did they use a knife and fork? Yeah. Wow. Like us.

Just like one of us. But then just like us, they're just like us. their child was getting impatient at the restaurant at a table, so took them for a little stroll out the front, and I was like, just like us, a kid gets impatient. But we were sitting there for a while before we even realized that she was sitting there.

We're all chatting, and one of us was like, is that? Gwyneth Peltro? No. Oprah Winfrey? Dame Helen Mirren? No. Younger. Oh, who else?

Oh, Selena Gomez. Okay. this is going to be a lot. You need to narrow it down. You need to give us some more clothes. From a big movie franchise that's had multiple, multiple movies. Oh, Scarlett Johansson. What's her movie franchise?

She's in the bloody Marvel World Avengers and stuff like that? No. Oh, no, because Hart, it's too many celebrities. I'm running out of celebrities, yeah. From Harry Potter. Oh, Dame. Oh, mate. Not, no, Hermione.

Hermione. No. Oh, my God. If it was Hermione, if it was Emma Watson, I would have absolutely gone over and pestered her. Who was it? It was Ginny Weasley. Oh yeah, Ginny Weasley.

Bonnie Wright was in there last night. You don't know who we're talking about, do you? Ron's sister. I went, oh, Ginny Weasley. Like I knew what you're taught about. She ended up with Harry? Harry Potter's wife. Oh, sorry.

No, she's never going to read the books. Harry Potter's wife. She was in the country for Armageddon at the moment. We googled it. We were looking at the table. But then I was like, okay, well, I'll wait for her to do her thing and eat dinner and stuff. And when, like, they're going to leave and they've done, we'll, like, get up and get a photo. Well, were you trying to make, like, were you making welcoming eyes to Ginny Weasley?

No. I was trying to leave her. Okay. We glanced over and we're like, yeah, it's definitely her. And then we were like, we'll just leave her until afterwards when she's done, maybe we can just ask for a quick picture. What about when she been outside with her, like a cat. No, I didn't want to annoy her when she was with her child. Because you could have been taking a fine call and be out there as well, you know. Hey, well, you're there, Ginny Weasley.

Sorry, yeah. Yeah, because then I was like, well, if we take a photo, like, she doesn't want her kid to be in the photo. No, true. Yeah, I just left her. That's her. That's, you're right. That's respectful.

One of the people I was with last night was like, don't do it. Do not get a photo. Don't get up and ask her. Don't bother her. So I felt real. I was like, oh. So you backed off. So backed off.

The table next to us were also like, do we get a photo, do we job? Yeah, well, you would have started a sort of chain of reaction. Yeah. But no one did. No one did. Everyone left her to it. You wouldn't get a more New Zealand experience, Ginny Weasley. We're all talking about you.

Not even like a sneaky fighter or anything like that. No. Or like as she walked past her, Jimmy Wiesley, you know, as they turned around to the Chitty Wiesley. Judy Wiesley. We'll just go, Harry Bada. Yeah.

No, none of that. We were all well behaved, but yeah, I was going to. Well, now you can just store that image in Nature's photo stream your memory. Keep it in your chamber of secrets. So to speak. What if we go? What if we did one of the classic radio thing where we were like put a bounty on Ginny Weasley

to get her on the show? Bullie, bully her onto the program for a comment. Yeah, bully her onto the program because I left her alone that night. Yeah, I left her alone, now come to the show. Okay, I won't bully. I'll just open an invite. Ginny Weasley?

You're welcome on the show anytime. Anytime you want. We'd love to have a chat. Then, in an official capacity, my friend Megan could get the photo. It was lovely to, like, not really meet you last night. John, I can work out exactly who you are and what you've done.

Oh, I do. All those things can happen As well. Hey Jenny, you might want to call up for the alpha quiz. It's not her name. Bollings her name. John O'Benn and Megan, the podcast. The Hats.

Our job in commercial radio to keep reminding you how miserable it is out there in the market. I was trying to explain to the kids yesterday about the petrol and how much we had left in New Zealand. And they were just like, what? I was like, yeah, but that's like that at all times. And I guess for kids you'd never even think about that. No. You just 15 minutes ago, you were playing audio of them listening to News Talk Z.B.

if they actually paid attention to what they were listening to, they'd be across all this information. Rather than why these people were just arguing and talking all over each other. I'll let you finish, Mike. Let me finish Mike. Mike, Mike! Mike! But we wanted to just focus on, yep, there's expensive supermarket, good, crazy petrol prices,

but what's the one small luxury item you just refuse to give up on, no matter how dire things get out there? Yeah, because I imagine people will, you know, and you do like to treat yourself from time. And it doesn't mean they have to spend hundreds of dollars on something. me. It would just be a very small summing. You're like, no, I like to keep this going.

I'd have to say for me, Fish and Chip Friday. Oh, you still roll at Fission Chip Friday. The foundation of my week. Love Fishing Ship Friday. I even phone the Fission Chip lady. I must be on her thing. She asks the phone. Hello, Jonathan.

Knows the order. Repeat it back to me. She even calls sausages sausages, and it makes me smile, and it's very cute. I'll have two sausageses, please. I want to call them that forever. Do, please do. Please do. But, yeah, I don't think I could ever.

Even though I've just looked, the price of fish and chips since 2005 has risen 154%. I was going to say it's not really that cheap anymore. No, it used to be the bloody affordable $5 option. Yeah. Well, now you've all the different types of fish and crumbed and all that sort of. Do you don't switch it up ever? You get the same order. Yeah.

Yeah. Get a whole bunch of chips, a bit of crumb snapper, two sausages. I might treat myself to a bit of a burger every now and then. Definitely a couple of potato fritters are in the mix there, Megan. You'd be happy to know. But yeah, that would probably be the one, and it's not really a small luxury item now, but the one luxury item I wouldn't give up, no matter how. Even if I was living, living.

Levita Loca. That's right. If I was living like Ricky Martin, I'd still be eating fish and chips. On a Friday night. It makes some sort of sense. Troy, producer Troy, has got one that he has in his freezer that he refuses to give up, which is vegan trumpets. He's not vegan though, right?

No, but he's lactose intolerant. Oh, got you. So when you get the vegan one, it doesn't have the... So it's just like a normal trumpet, except a little bit more depressing. Like an alternative ice cream, like a vegan ice cream. Okay, yeah. So he said, I know this is ridiculous, but they're in a supermarket shop each week, aren't they, Troy? And they're probably not cheap.

Are they expensive, Troy? How much is a vegan trumpet for you, my friend? Probably a pack of four, would you? Is it a pack of four? Yeah, a pack of four and probably like eight bucks. Oh, yeah. Last few shops you've gone and got to cut them, but you can't. I can't.

I do the same with these, is it munch mixed nuts. And they're, oh, jeez. I know the exact ones you're talking about. They're good. They're real good. And every year, I put them in, I'm like, oh, this is like 10 bucks? Nuts are not GP. No, no, they're good for it.

I'm going to get them again. I'm going to get them again. Do you know, my Achilles here when it comes to nuts is the... These ones? I knew no one could let that go. I said it and I was waiting. Tamari Amans. So that's your small luxury item you want to go off.

Even then I'm like, oh, I can't do it this way. So yeah, I had a hundred of the hits Can I just mention someone's already jumped in On the text right now Sean, who's from Drake's Project? We've played Drake's Project He's his text and saying, Sean here, my wife won't stop buying grapes

Regardless of the price Love it. We just played great songs, Summeraine from Dracks And he's a bloody rockster But he should be having grapes Hand bent to him. I know, some interns should be out there doing it

But no, he's like, yeah, grapes, you're right, grapes are Yeah, you're bucks for a little thing right now Sometimes up to like $17 for a bag. But they're good, they're good at the moment. Or maybe they're always good. John O'Ben and Megan, the podcast.

The hits. About the price of everything at the moment. Gas, stuff at the supermarket as well. It's not fun out there. What's the one little luxury item that you refuse to give up on? Gas for a lot of people. Gas. Some people even storing it in the bloody jerry cans and buckets at home.

Doesn't seem like a wise idea, but hey. Not in the buckets. It'll evaporate. Yeah. The text machine. Every item I'm like, oh yeah, I probably will. I didn't give up that as well. Heineken's come through.

Heineken, jeez, that's the... Heineken's got me through some tough times. COVID, got me through COVID. It's not a luxury, is it? It's a staple, it's a staple. It's just a given. It solves a lot of problems, and can cause a lot of problems as well.

You've got to get the balance right. You do. Okay, so 800 of the hits. One small luxury item you'll never give up, Sue, no matter how bad it gets out there. Oh, it would have to be my Cadbury Biscopheff chocolate. Oh, Biscop really feels like it's, you know, Taken off here.

Yeah. Was it a thing? Has it a resurgence or is it just arrived and coming hard? I don't know. My boss had a bad day on Friday and he bought me a cake and oh my good odd I can't stop eating it. He had the bad day and he provided the cake. Yeah. What a guy.

What a boss. What a boss. Tell you what else is having a laugh. The old Dubai chocolate. They're taking the purse. Why? Why? Yeah.

Yeah. It's going to be goutful about eating anything green, no. Yeah, my... That's expensive, isn't that? Have you seen how much do-by chocolate is? Yeah, probably even more expensive now. That would be hard to get anywhere in the world. That's right.

Yeah, the answer's always no, I can't get you do-by chocolate. $25? Amen, brother. Oh, my God. It's crazy. That's why she's never had Dubai chocolate. Richard, welcome. Hey, good morning, guys. Happy New Year, Rich.

Happy New Year. All right, what's the one small luxury item? You're never going to give up? My iced coffee and my bacon and cheese gone from my local cafe. Oh, is this every day, Richard? No, I don't have a Friday. Oh, okay. I know, it's like treat yourself at the end of the week.

You've had a hard week? Yeah. How much is that setting you back, though? Is it like? Well, probably about $15. Yeah. That's madness. Yeah, that's, well, you've got to treat yourself, don't you?

Yeah, you really do. Luxuries to keep going from time to time. And it's not like you're spending hundreds and hundreds. No, that's why you work so hard, isn't it, Richard? Yeah, exactly. Someone's texting Molly. She says one thing. I'll never give up is my three-ply soft as

toilet paper. It's as soft as a duck's ass, says Molly. So thank you word for it on the duck. I haven't checked. Hey, Richard. Would you like to go to Alex Warren? Yes, please. Yeah, double past is yours. Alex Warren coming to New Zealand in August. Oh, thank you guys.

You're very welcome. We appreciate your listing. You can fire Alex Warren in concert, Auckland and Christchurch, finding family on the road tour or the details at the hit stock. I don't easy? You've a load of text coming through on this one, A44-8-7. Thanks for your text. He never will give up coffee. Only Macona.

I have a cold V every morning, says Melissa will never give that up. Another coffee one. Cigarettes and car parts. We'll never give them up. Feels like you could probably give up one of those things. Oh, someone buying a KG of tasty cheese. That's $21 worth. It's bougie cheese now.

Tasty A. Yeah, you're ballin if you're buying tasty. I know, it's good. But, geez, is it $21 good? I don't know. John O'Benn and Megan, the podcast. The Hits. It's an Aussie show back on Amazon Prime, and you can watch it.

Well, Prime Video, sorry, right now. It's called Deadlock Second Series, a very funny show made out of Australia. You're doing here. We're trying to solve a high-profile murder. He's dead to me. He's dead to everybody because he's dead. This is a classic territorial dispute. And Kiwi Madeline Sami, one of the stars of the show, and hopefully joins us on the line now.

Hey, Madeline. Who are you whispering to? What are you talking about? Oh, yeah. I was like, who are these f***? And we're live on the radio, though. We're definitely going to use that with a beat, though. I hope you know that now.

Are you over in Aussie at the moment? I'm over in Aussie guys. Sort of three-day press tour in Sydney. We're constantly chatting about myself. Best question, worst question. We'll just copy and paste a couple of those. Yeah. Yeah, look.

there are a few people kind of try to get into the old trans Tasman like that's so yesterday you know yeah who invented the Lamington the oldies were very gracious but of course it's out it's that. Did they give it the Lamington to us?

Do they let us have that yesterday? Did they let us have it yesterday, yeah. Oh, that's good. They also let us have Russell Crowe and I'm like well how are we feeling about that at the moment? I don't take it, take it leave. What's his IMDB up to? What's the star meter on his IMDP?

We'll go off of that. Hey, this series, back for a second series deadlock. Huge around the world. 165 countries, it was like number one or something on Prime Video. That's incredible. They keep saying these numbers to us. And I'm like, that's amazing. Because, you know, we don't know that sort of day-to-day in Auckland

when you're just dropping your kids off to a kid off to school. Madeline, those are numbers these two could only dream of. Yeah. I didn't even know there were 165 countries. I feel like that's made up. It's not possible. How is it, though? I don't know, because filming a lot of it, you know, I imagine, in Darwin in Northern Territory,

am I right? There must be like the fear of crocodiles. I know there's a backstory of crocodiles in the show, but do you actually ever encounter in real life? In real life, yes. I went on a jumping crop tour, so we sort of, we got into, we got to Darwin and we absolutely all bought in. We all went out and bought fishing shirts and really rude hats and everything. Everything has to be quick dry. Every material you wear has to absorb moisture and dry quickly because you are constantly sweating.

everything sweats, fungus grows everywhere everywhere. Tourism, Darwin, I love in this. Everywhere. No crevice is safe. But I went out on a jumping crock tour and saw the crocs in the wild, just in the river, you know, and these people.

And they are very much, they're depicted in the show in season two, and it is very much like that. These guys just hold out a stick with a bunch of chickens on it, and these crocs like leap out. They are incredible animals And they have so many of them up there It's such a beautiful place You cannot swim in any of the beaches

Because A, crocs, B, these kind of jellyfish That can kill you as well This country is insane, you guys No one should live here Everything's trying to kill you Everything is trying to kill you And these guys are so laid back And laissez-faire about it

They're like, oh yeah, well, there's a tip be a snake And they just do a stomp around a bit You'll be right I was reading a review of the show Last night and they said there was a heavy use of creative profane language. What's the most creative swear words you've used in the show? I don't even know where to start.

I mean, on the red carpet, I learned a fact the other day. Someone had, someone had actually done a count of swear words from my character. That's my character alone in season one. And it was 68.3 swear words per episode. Per episode. Wow. Wow. Good numbers.

Yeah. And, you know, I would say maybe a world record for the number of times, and I probably can't say that on your breakfast. We've been beat another word. But probably I would say world record on how many times that that was used.

It's such a versatile word that one though. It can be used in a good way, flattery. Especially in Australia too, right? Yeah. Me and Ben like cringy, we don't know you say that. We're like, ah. Yeah, I love it.

It's so liberally used, probably more in Australia, I'd say. I mean, we had to, but in season one our director, set up director, wrote a manifesto that went out to Amazon to explain to them the importance of the C word in Australia and New Zealand language, like that it is a, it can be both a swear word and a term of endearment. It got us across the line.

Wow. Because, yeah, it wouldn't be deadlock without a lot of swearing. Oh, well, we can't wait for it. The new series, you can watch it right now. All six episodes have launched on Prime Video. Man, and congratulations on the show. Well done. It's bigger, better, sweatier.

got a Luke Hemsworth as well, and short shorts on this series as well, I see. What a legend, absolute legend. So musley. All I wanted to talk about was, like, how much protein he's eating. But, yeah, he's so funny in this season and, like, also such a great human, too.

Like, what a ledge. Oh, awesome. Congratulations. Lovely talking to you. And, yeah, well done. We're very proud. Yeah, see you. Cool drop off, guys.

John O'Ben and Megan, the podcast. The Hits. Form, set of weather today for a lot. of the country, but 53 hours of a rain that is potentially heading to New Zealand this weekend, particularly in the north. So windy conditions could be later in the week. Well, we're looking forward to the Alpha Quiz Blitz. You said, if we get to the letter Z and no one's won, that we're just going to play nonstop

until we have a winner. Well, when we say nonstop, we will stop for commercials, news, songs, toilet breaks. Yeah, apart from that, we'll keep going. Yeah, well, yeah, right. Well, yeah, we'll keep going and keep playing the game, and hopefully we'll have a winner before 10, if not we'll just have to keep going and play the game. It's going to be fun. You look tired, Megan.

I mean that in an caring, affectionate way. No, whatever. It doesn't sound, you know. Well, I did go out last night, but I didn't stay out late. Oh, you were out for a girl dinner, weren't you? Yeah. On a Monday. I said, oh, on a Monday.

Yeah. Well, especially at 10 past 6 yesterday morning, she's like, I've hit a wall. No, no. At 10 past 6 in the morning. You started the week behind the eight ball. And then I said I drove to work this morning and I literally had no idea what day it was. And then when I realized it was Tuesday. How sad were you?

Pretty sad. No, that's not a great start. Tuesday is my least favorite day. Really? Yeah. Okay. What do you say for someone if they're, you know, because I know what you're saying.

It's tired, but you don't mean to say it in a, you know. Yeah. But how do you say it in a better way, you know? You're all right today? Yeah, maybe it's a bit away. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

But then that means that you've been mentally off. You know, that's where I would, you've been in a mood. Okay. Yeah, that's true. That's how I would take that one. Why? Why? Is that something wrong?

Did I say something to offend you? Yesterday was walking back to a car park and I saw it, geez, probably a world first for me in traffic. This couple in their car at the lights, there were three cars back from the front, granted, just furiously passing each other. Right. Wow. Like, the most passionate passion I've ever witnessed on a Monday too. Yeah, they hadn't hit a wall at 10.

I've never seen so much passion but I was like God if you're in this moment did you really have to get in the car like sort it all out before you jump in the vehicle that was a lot They'd obviously like new relationship Yeah right yeah

Yeah I mean you're not passing at an intersection 20 years into your marriage eh Well maybe you are 4487 of the text if you are What time of the day was this? This is well when did we finish work yesterday It was like 113012 Yeah like but middle of the day I don't know what time I expected it to be

but maybe we're a lunchtime patch. What I did appreciate too is the driver, he obviously eyes closed in the moment of passion, but also having to keep one eye open on the light phasing as well. Yeah, waiting for a to, you know, like, hurry up, mate, you know. So, yeah. Good multitasking. I could see the motorist next to them was looking over

because it was a full lane situation, and they were hooked as much as I was. You kind of feel like in your car sometimes no one can see. I don't know why this. I'll do you, Ben. Well, no. No, people were doing all sorts of stuff with their, car you know they're picking this

that you're scratching that you're something like everyone can see it it's fine with other cars but the truck drivers see everything yeah yeah text four truck drivers see it all