Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL SHOW: Is Ben A Nepo Dad?

Episode Date: November 12, 2025

On today’s show: Ben reveals he puts gum in his pocket Is Ben a nepo Dad? We hear your YouTube tutorial haircut gone wrong... Basty has started calling everyone (even Megan) something Which one of us does the office think will plan the most romantic date? Producer Sarah talks to us about how she got out of Mariah game Should Troy really listen to ChatGPT for this? Is Toni Street sabotaging us in the Mariah game? This person has been in the Mariah game since last year! Instagram: @THEHITSBREAKFASTFacebook: The Hits Breakfast with Jono, Ben & MeganSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Cook easy, delicious dinners, the whole family will love because nothing beats dinner time. Welcome to the podcast on, well, Thursday, that's International Kindness Day. Yeah. Producer Grace, is she around? Do you want to come in for just a second there? She came in with a box of donuts on International. Yeah, it's International Kindest Day. And you came in with some donuts in the middle of some songs were playing.

Producer Troy and I were quite deep in a movie trailer, so we didn't give you as much attention. I'm sorry about that as we probably should have. we weren't so and now Megan hasn't turned your mic on I turned myself on not a lot of kindness going around but you know what a kind thing I did Ben is I saved you a donut I walked around and I went this last one's for Ben

you can't have it and you didn't save me one because you don't eat them no I take that as negative kindness thanks I mean I told you guys today's my kind era day just because it's world kindness day so everyone needs to die someone said it to you didn't they yeah they sent it to me and they said Grace William Edge Breakfast

and I went I went I'll all take it so shout out to the edge yeah exactly shout to the edge for the donuts yeah thanks to the edge i hope you're not missing those but if they are that's part of world kindestine they've given it to us so thank you very much to it's hit the spot to coin a phrase that they use you have been nicer today yeah i don't know if it's because it's world kind of state so maybe this is the one day of day of the year and i'll actually be nice make it hasn't been nice at all so it's just it's unnerving when you're nice i know it doesn't it throws me off man it's like 24 hour handball i did 24 hours of being kind of man that was a hard one for me because also you guys want being nice back

I'd be like we didn't have enough energy yeah yeah but when I get drunk and tired yeah I get sassy to be clear we weren't drinking drink no I'm sorry no I wasn't drunk I've all tired God they would have really throw me over the edge listen that that would have been like for a while then I guess we had been drinking through it you might have had a little bit so you like this is great but then I would have just crashed and I would have gone to sleep yeah definitely yeah well thank you for the the kindness today. It means a lot.

You're so well. And I'm going to start with on the podcast. What would you like to start with? Well, my choice. I'll start with the weird thing that Ben does that we don't think anyone else does.

The disgusting thing. Yeah, it's a bit disgusting. We'll have a listen. John O'Ben and Megan. The podcast. The Hits. The location of New Zealand's second Costco store.

It's going to be south of Auckland and Drury. They've got a big site there. They're going to be building another one. Good luck with that traffic. Because the Costco that's open now is by me. Oh, yeah. traffic still on a Saturday you just avoid the area

so enjoy that drury great great bringing jobs and stuff into the big of that too yeah awesome good luck with that now this is something that I admitted after the show yesterday and I'm hoping I'm well no I think I might be the only one yeah we do this in time to time we admit something we get a little bit vulnerable on the radio

we omit something and we hope that someone on 0800 the hits or 4487 our phone numbers we'll come through and say, hey, I do that too. You love chewing gum. Yeah, I do. So much so that we gave you a bulk pack for your birthday this year. Yeah, I've been trying to get through that, sits in the car, it's always gum in there as well.

There are a lot of gum to get through. Yeah, I do like gum. It's, you know, obviously, it's good for, I find it good for breath, obviously, but also just a little bit of anxiety. I think it's kind of helps me in some stage. Yeah, yeah. And but then the dispersal of the gum is something that I have to deal with. And, you know, sometimes when there's bins, not bins around,

it's like, I know there has to be a. temporary measure on the way to the bin. Because you don't like swallowing it, because you remember that old wife's tail like I do. It's been seven years stuck in your tummy. And even if that's not true, I just don't want to be spending all day swallowing. I just don't think of that's that great for me to swallow gum. So I'd rather not swallow the gum.

Sometimes I'll put it in, usually back in a bit of wrapping or paper and then put it in the bin or something, you know? So this is how it came about yesterday is you had chewing gum in your mouth. We were about to talk and you put it into a piece of paper you had on the desk and you wrapped it up. And I was like, did you just put gum in there? I've done that on the plane before with a ticket. And then I had to show the air light.

She said, have you got a ticket? And I had to give it to the steward. And it was like, she had to peel it open to look at my seat number. And I was like, this is embarrassing. I'm like, sorry, I put gum in there. Yeah, but I will put it in a bit of paper that I don't think I'm going to use anymore. Now, it's not that because I'm sure a lot of people end up doing that. But Ben admitted when he doesn't have a piece of paper, he doesn't want to swallow it,

that he puts his used chewing gum that he's been chewing into his. his pocket. Back pocket temporarily. But not wrapped in anything. No, just like a little slide in the back pocket and then I think as soon as I've done with that situation, I'll just slide it back out and put it in the bin. Yeah, but it's sticky. And that's the problem.

Sometimes I forget, and I showed you yesterday and I'll show you again now. There's my jeans. Oh, no, there's multiple. There's three chewing gum marks in that pocket. Where I've forgotten about it and I've sat down and obviously the gum is. Oh, my Grace is coming in with a phone. We're going to get this on. Not everything needs to go on social media, guys.

It hits breakfast, Instagram. So, yeah, so sometimes is it. Proof. Can you see it there? There's three marks. Is that? Some, some, yeah, okay. So in the back of my...

If you didn't hear that, that was Grace cringing. Okay, Grace, all right. All right. I've lost the Gen Z audience. I'm just really surprised that you do that because you're such a, like, clean guy. You're very hygienic. I'm not proud of it. I'm not proud of it.

And, yeah, so... Because it's very hard. Once it's in there, I do get the bulk of it out, but it does get stuck to the the jeans inside the pocket. But what surprises me is it's happened once and you keep doing it? I know. Am I the only one? Am I the only one that would put gum in

pocket? I mean, sure there's probably random places that people do put their gum if they do gum. Oh 800 the hits or 4487 on the text. Make him feel better if you also put gum in your pocket. No one. No one listening right now will do that. I promise I won't judge you.

You are. You judge. You're judging me. I'll judge you, but I won't judge. Do you want to call it? Okay. John O'Ben and Megan, the podcast, the hits. We're throwing me under the bus. I don't know why I admitted this, you know, like I do love chewing gum and, you know, like usually I will dispose of it correctly, you know, and sometimes I'll put it, you know, a piece of paper put it in the trash or whatever like that. But other times I don't have a piece of paper around and I did admit to you.

I don't know why that sometimes I will just tuck it in the back pocket of my jeans. just hopefully loosely so I can get rid of it later, but I forget. You spent some time in Singapore, recently, like the day. It's illegal there, right? Did I tell you that before you went? I was like, Ben, be careful. Someone, yeah, because I noticed you can't buy it there. But yeah, it's illegal to chew up.

I don't know how, like, strict they are, but I wasn't willing to take that risk, you know. Because I don't like it. People usually spit it out. Not you, you wouldn't have spit it out. You want to put it in your back pocket. People put it underneath things and stuff like that, which I find, you know, pretty gross. but then what I'm doing is not much better putting it in the back pocket. But it only affects you.

So that's what we're going to know is Ben the only one who sticks as gum in their back pocket. Do you know what? There is a text that's come in. I'm going to name and shame from Dylan, who doesn't want to chat. But he said, unfortunately, I am guilty. I have to leave it in my front pocket a few times because I can't bring myself to stick it under a table or a chair or anything like that. So that's good. It's affecting you and no one else.

Thank you, Dylan. I feel like a bit better. Someone's admitted to that. So I guess technically you're not the only one. And Annette joins us on 0,800 the hits. Morning, Annette. Good morning. Now, it's not sticking it in your pocket, but what did your son do?

He was a bit of a character, so I didn't realize he was doing it, and he had quite short hair and you're walking behind him, and I see this bit of gum, sticking on his earloat. And he would just, like, store it there, and then when he wanted to chew it again, pop it back in his mouth. Oh, so he's going for it. it's a more, just like a little temporary spot. It's a little gum pad.

Yeah, I guess it kind of works. Yeah, no, and he did it all the time. I thought it was a disgusting habit, but I couldn't stop him, but at least he wasn't putting it in his clothes. Maybe I'll try that there. Just put it on my ear, just for later. Was he taking it out to, like, eat or something? Yeah, well, he would take it out of his mouth,

and then he'd just store it behind there, and then he'd just start chewing it again and put it back in his mouth. Just please don't do that, because you wear headphones. Yeah, that's going to be gross. Those headphones are communal headphones. Yeah, oh, thank you so much for your call on. Yeah, I appreciate that. You know, Carlos Spencer, huge.

Like, when I were growing up, I wanted to be like Carlos Spencer, rugby, you know, rugby legend, love Carlos. Yeah. And he came in, we got to meet him for the first time. We came into the hits. And Jono had been chewing gum, and he took it out and put it in his hand. I don't know why. And then shook Carlos's hand.

Forgot it was in his hand. And you can see as they sort of separated from their hand. It just sort of the gum sort of came out like a cheesy little bit on a pizza. And they both looked down and John's like, oh, sorry about. that you know it was a it was an awkward start to it heartthrob Carlos Spencer I know he's stuck to John he's ever coming in here again is he I definitely wanted to stick to him back in the day that's for sure but John O'Ben and Megan the podcast that's good luck to everyone doing exams this week actually my daughter Indy she's doing exams she's the first year of high school so you know

not at NCA level or anything yet but um poor thing yesterday that my old laptop that I'd given her refusing to buy a new one just died at the start of the exam she was like just could not just froze did not do anything and was she in the exam yeah straight away and she had to she was like I was the only one that had to

handwrite my essay I was like do you feel bad yeah when when he got her laptop I was like we're gonna do it I'm sorry we're trying to put it off for a while giving you my old one because when that's not the one you spit water on it yeah it was what it got fixed I got it fixed look at the outrage and the producers

I got it fixed I got it fixed and it has been going. Have my sloppy seconds for your exams. I had been going for like a year or two and then it's just like, yeah, I could hear it whirring away in the bedroom like that laptop's going to die soon. You let her go into the exam knowing it was going to die soon. Yeah, I didn't know I was going to die at the start of her exam. You literally just said that's going to die soon.

Yeah, but I don't know on that exact moment. So yeah, I bought a one yesterday as well. So there you go. But actually, after the exams, I was with my daughters going out and buying a laptop. And we ran into someone and, yeah. It was just chatting away, and the lady was like, oh, I love the videos that you do. You know, talking to my daughters and I, you know, the videos. Were you absolutely embarrassing.

And then my daughter, Sienna, said, thanks. He uses me for clout. And I was like, oh, is this what it is now? Is this what it is? Is this a, yeah, yeah. Dad uses us for clout. And I'm like, oh, I have been out with you and Siena. Yeah.

And I dare say, Sienna gets probably more chats than you. Yeah, yeah, yeah. People were like, come up and be like, can I have a photo? And then I end up taking the photo. Yeah, they give you the camera and you take it, they take it with your daughter. I've learned now not to assume the photos for me because it mostly isn't it.

It's mostly with Sierra. It's like, yeah, and now I have to take the photo. Someone comes over and has a chat and then I'm like, oh yeah, you see it as dad. I'm like, yeah, yeah. Her name's Ben. I also had a career once upon a time. I took it, you know, I had to try and teach Tina about what Nepo baby was

the other day. She's like, What? What is this? I'm actually now, to be honest, I don't know if a nepo parent is a thing, but I feel like maybe that's me. I'm writing on her coat tails. John O'Bennon and Megan, the podcast, The Hats. We wanted to know, and we talked about that a lot this morning, what you used the YouTube with the internet for, and you thought, yeah, I could give that a bash, right? A bit of DIY, how hard could it be?

And Catherine did just that. Morning, Catherine? Morning. We appreciate you joining us this morning to tell your slightly embarrassing story. Yes. So you watch Producer Troy He wants to watch a video

And you know Try and change break pads From the YouTube video But you watched a video To do with cutting hair Yeah So I wanted to have a fringe And I'm a bit

Budget So I was like Well I'm not paying someone to do it I can do it myself How hard can it be Yeah Yeah Cut it above your eyes

Well I did But I had kind of twisted it a little And when I cut it It was so short It just pinged up and it was so bad and then I called my friend crying and she screenshot it and so now every birthday that goes up on my Facebook post oh she's publicly she's putting it up for your friend group and stuff as well along with another photo that she puts up I burnt my finger quite badly

and it looks like a man's area oh right oh on your finger you're like wow it's not a scar now is it? Oh it doesn't look the greatest but the skin was just was not good so that goes up with that one as well your yearly public shaming from your friend. You followed that TikTok train where people

pull it down and they twirl it around and then they cut it across right? Yeah but I did it a bit too short and I have very crazy hair so it just went up and then yeah I was not very happy, so I had to clip it back

for a very long time. How long until it grew back and you're comfortable wearing it out? My hair takes a while to grow, so probably a good, like, five months. Oh, my God. Oh, no. I just had one of those, like, little quiffs that they would have been called us. Quips!

Can you that? Quiffs. I don't think that's the same. Quiffs. I'm going to quefe my whole. No, no, no. Don't Google that. Quiff. Don't Google that.

Very different. That's another YouTube video. Actually, I don't think that's on YouTube. Oh, my God, Catherine, isn't very different. Oh, my God. Hey, Catherine, I love you, cool. We have been made our day. Thank you so much.

Any times. Bye, bye. Oh, so good. John O'Ben and Megan, the podcast. My son is four years old, and he, sometimes we look at him and we're like, I don't know how you're our kid. Don't know how, because we don't, I listen to a lot of roe. rock music in the house, but somehow he told me the other day, his favorite instrument is

electric guitar. And I was like, oh, do you want to learn how to play it? And he was like, I already know how to play it. And then, like, breaks into some, like, air guitar. And I was like, fair play. Okay. He loves ACDC and stuff like that, right? Yeah. But he started saying Thunderbutt instead of Thunderstruck. So everything's Thunderbird. I think so it's hilarious. But there's a new thing he's doing. It's not Six-Sermen, but it's something he's started calling us at home and I don't know where he's got it from but everyone is where did you get boyo from what's up boyo not much boy oh that's that match boyo boy oh he says it with a lot of swagger and confidence didn't he boy oh yeah boyo so this is not i can't imagine you saying boyo or your husband andrew

saying boy even before that it was brach bra bra you're my kids do bra they love a bra he's four and i go and pick him out from daycare and he's like hey bruh like um mum yeah i get it like you know with someone like my daughter seena we'll text and go can i go to such and such after and I go no we've got this thing on and I'll just get bruh that's the text

just comes back that's it and I'm like yeah it's how I read it in my head I guess it's just like oh yesterday after his shower I was like can you get dress please put your pyjamas on and he goes oh me again boyo

I was like, what? You really are. You sound like your crap against style. Yeah, yeah. I think he probably is cooler than me at four years old. At a really early age, your crap against style. That's very, very cool. Jono Ben and Megan, the podcast.

The Hits. John O'Ben and Megan's 10 Days of Trust with Dilma. We've been playing this every day this week, and it's really causing some friction on and off the radio, isn't it, Megan? Don't say off? We went to the stage yesterday. We had to, like, Megan, we had to prove that. megan was the better reverser when it came through it.

That was Grace's idea. So we went to the car park yesterday. We have some audio for you of that later at the show. I mean, everyone in the office has a question each day who they would trust to do something, right? And I think sometimes it's obvious who the answer should be. That's all. In your opinion.

And so anyone else, what I've loved about this is anyone that says anything other than you, it's like you take receipts, you're like, oh, Bronte, oh, Ashley, you have people all like, Ashley Bryce, why actually Bryce got bailed up about something? yesterday. Yeah, but I do have receipts on why, like, you've crashed your car once. Yeah. Reversing it. So you shouldn't

have won the reverse parallel of the work car. Yeah, but this is just people's opinion. It's a lighthearted game. Thanks to Dilma. I said I wasn't going to work. You're getting wired up again. I'm fine. Chillba, New Zealand's most trusted tea brand for 10 years. Now, today it's Jack Potter to $200. I forgot about that. It's Jack Potter of the

$200 and a Dilma tea prize pack and you need to guess which one of us, John O'Ben and Megan, would plan the most romantic date night. Good morning, Wendy. Morning. I promise I won't attack you. Who knows?

Who knows? It feels like the text have come through for me and you, Megan. Nothing for Jono though. Yeah, that's true. Who do you think would plan the most romantic date night, Wendy? I'm sorry, Megan. I think it's been. Oh, well, I don't know what the office would answer.

I feel like I'd organise some good stuff. Megan, I do feel like you'd organise great stuff too. I did say I think we would be a great team. because you're a good organiser, but you're not, like, you're not romantic. Well, team, with two, okay. You don't know me. We'd never have been in a relationship, Megan. You feel, oh, yeah.

Okay, hey, hey, all right, let's see if when he's right. She went with me, let's see if we won $200. What did the offer say? Okay, here we go. Who would you trust that of John and Ben and Megan to plan a romantic date night? Oh, Ben. Megan. Ben.

Megan. Who gets paid the most. Ben, no, Megan, as well. Ben, but no Lego. I'm going to say Ben because he gets all the brand deals. I'm going to say Ben as well. Oh, he's good to a 5-4. Megan, we'd make a great team.

But right now, Megan, look at you. You're not going to get annoyed? Hey. Congratulations, Wendy. You've won $200. Oh, my God, thank you. You're very welcome. Thank you for making the right choice there, Wendy.

You're welcome. I did remember that Andrew had to put the date on a to-do list one. that's Andrew that's my husband that's not me Wendy you want some money you've wound her up too I love this as well

I do my tea prize back cover your way and $200 well done thank you you're very welcome Ben barely remembers

to kiss his wife I'm just saying you're just not a good you're not a good loser are you great planner not romantic anyway I'm not wound up

thanks Wendy have a great day John O'Benn and Megan the podcast The Hats It really does make you feel very festive The Mariah Game

Yes, Mariah carries all I want for Christmas The Most iconic of all the Christmas songs And we thought we'd do this again To see how long we could avoid listening to the song You can play the game too, you can join in right now And still people say Maddie and PJ got them out on the first day Now that didn't count No, that did not count

They played it at like 4 o'clock in the afternoon on the first day That was the last time we played it on the hits And we're not going to play it again until everyone's out of the game Hopefully we'll get to December But I don't know there's a lot of people falling out of the game there's a lot of radio stations out there, and this is why you shouldn't flick around. More FM are playing it.

A lot. And that, I'm just going to say it. That feels like sabotage. It's November. There's no way they'd be playing it otherwise, right? Yeah. So, yeah, it feels like sabotage. But if you hear it on more FM,

it does mean you're out of the game, so maybe you should just keep it here. Yeah, and it's not just you guys. You know, we're all playing it here at the Hits and someone joins us right now. From the Hits is out of the game. Hey, Sarah, from the afternoon shows, producer Sarah.

you're out of the game you've revealed it to Maddie and PJ what happened I am and you know what last year I got out really early too and now I just feel embarrassed that it's happened to me two years in a row Oh no

How was it like how did you get out Okay so I was scrolling on TikTok Which I know it was in minefield But I thought I could kind of catch it Before I saw it And then this baking video came up For three ingredient No Bake Discoff balls

Oh yeah And the Biscop got me, and I was like, oh, I want to make this for Christmas. And then boom, boom, boom. It just started playing the first few beats, and I was out. And how did you get out last year, Sarah? It was also on social media. It was Instagram last year. Yeah, okay.

So there's no lessons being learned here. No, it's tough, though. When you want to hear the recipe for Biskopf balls, Megan, you know what it's like, you know? I know. I know you can see the recipe on mute. Yeah, it's cute on mute. That's Megan's phrase. It's still cute on mute.

Maybe next year for me. Oh, no. So, Maddie, we know fiercely competitive, Maddie McLean from the afternoon show. How's he going so far? Yeah, he's going good. He is watching everything on silent. He's not even going on TikTok at the moment.

And when he does watch his Instagram stories, it's always on mute. So I think he's pretty safe. Yeah. What about you? And we know he loves to run. It seems like his whole identity. And every time I see him at work,

he's always coming like, just sweaty. I've just been for a run. I know. He was like, don't kiss. I'll just give you a kiss on the cheek. I'm all sweaty. all sweaty. Team meetings he joins.

He's like, oh, I'm sorry, I'm out running on Zoom and stuff like that, you know? So, I mean, I know he's always got headphones on.

I imagine Mariah's office playlist when he's running. Yeah, I think he's hidden it all on the app that he listens to music on and he's got a specific running playlist. So I think he's safe there as well. Yeah, okay.

So PJ's still in as well too. Yeah, but she keeps forgetting that she's in the game. So, to be honest, she's probably already out and she didn't even realize. She's watching something. She's like,

I don't know. I love this. I know that she got got, I think, last time from a cafe and mastered it and I think quite early on. Yeah, yeah, and she still goes to that cafe every day for her coffee, so we'll see. What about Maddie? Like, you guys going to the supermarket and stuff? Are you wearing headphones? Yeah, no, we're not.

Are you guys actually wearing headphones? I haven't. I've just been risking it at the moment in the supermarket. I do click and collect because my supermarket I don't actually have to go into to get the grocery. So that's how I'm avoiding that. Yeah, that's good. Yeah, Maddie's not wearing headphones at the mall. I know that.

Oh, risky. Let's keep in touch. We'll find out which is the first show eliminated from the Mariah game. So far, we're all hanging in there. So far, your show's losing, though. No, well, good luck to you guys. How am I making everything a competition? I'm sorry.

You're very competitive. It's a toxic train. John O'Ben and Megan, the podcast. The Hits. Now, producer Troy, we need to bring you in there because we want to know on 0-800 the hits, what you use the internet for, because you're quite confident after watching a YouTube video that you can do something to your car.

YouTube and Chad GPT has really got me feeling very overconfident. Can I just remind you of, was it like a couple of weeks ago where you asked ChatGPT to help you with seasoning a cast iron pan? Yep. How did that go? The cast iron pan split in half. Yes, you're right, Megan. Did you dirty?

Good reminder. But you've gone back to that well. I have. It's to do with your car. What is it? Well, first I ask, how much is it to replace two? Two rare brake pads in Auckland, and it said, far too much. And so then I asked, how hard is it to replace yourself?

And it said, replacing rare brake pads yourself is moderately easy. Doable if you've got a bit of mechanical confidence. No, you don't. You don't. And it's given me a step by step. It's just easy. Remove the wheel, unbolt the brake caliper, remove the brake pads, compress the piston, insert the pads and pump the brake pedal.

These are brakes. These are brakes. What is the brake piston? I'm sure I can find it. This is your thing because you were like I watched the video I did put into

chat TPT and I reckon I could do it I just need to get a toolbox so that's the other thing you're not even a person that comes with tools for this job it's not like

replacing the radio or something in the car like if it breaks it's not a like this is a safety feature it's imperative that's not radio that's not a sexual

maybe let's do something else to be honest I couldn't think of much else on the car that was like a non-safety thing Radio breaks, you need to get that fixed straight away to listen to us. No, you're right.

I know what you're saying. My theory is, it's just the real one. So even if I screw that up, the front ones will kick in and save me. Okay, okay. So have you used the internet for things like that? Maybe you've used the internet to replace brake pads. People use it all the time for stuff. And sometimes it works out, but don't you say, Megan, it's not break pads on the car.

And it's also dependent on the person. It says it's moderately easy for someone with mechanical knowledge. My dad's a mechanic. Yeah, but that didn't pass down to you Did it? Might have. I don't know. Let me find out.

He's never given a job. He needs to get some tools and he's on his way. John O'Benn and Megan The podcast. Right now we're talking about to what you've used the internet for. Producer Troy wants to replace his brake pads. No mechanical ability.

No. He doesn't even have tools. So he needs to replace them and he was like, well, it's going to be expensive. That's what happens when you need a professional. But he's like, Maybe I'll just watch a YouTube video and do it myself. So we wanted to know what you've used the internet for,

and has it worked out in your favour or not? Sam joins us this morning. Morning, Sam. Morning. How are you all? Good. Did you replace your brake pads? No.

I have a child that's probably done that. But no, I replaced the spinning wheel of the distrawer. You know, the fish and pike or dishwashers? Yeah. The teeth on it, it stops the spinning, and it fills. up with water. So I did a bit of Google, watched some YouTube videos, and thought, I can do that. So I did it.

And I've done it probably three times now because it's cheaper than ordering a white manor. And it works on. So I had the same dishwasher, Sam, and I just said it's not working. Do you want to come over and have a look? Absolutely, Google it is so easy. You just take the parts apart and order it on the Fish and Pichael model, and it's like 30 bucks. And yeah, so cheap.

Okay, well, there you go. And this is not brake pads. Like, if you get it wrong, it's not going to, like, you're not going to crash into something, you know. I mean, I might flood my house, but. Well, true. Okay, there is that. Now you got that in my head. It worked for Sam.

Yeah. Thanks, Sam. Thanks, Sam. Dion, it was you that replace brake pads. Yes. Okay. I did all four of my tyres. So it cost me about 120 bucks to get the brake pads are needed.

Yeah. But I do have a full set of tools. I have a wheelie jack that you've used in a mechanic. So they'll, you know, jack up each part of the car, take off the tire, take off the brake pads. And I just followed the steps in a YouTube video. Producer Troy, do you know how to change a tire? Yes. Okay.

Do you have that wheelie jack? Do you have all the things he was talking about? I'm assuming it's in the boot. Is that the stuff that's in the boot? The jack? That's the jack. Well, I don't know if it's quite the same one, but hey, I don't know. I'm not a mechanical person at all.

That's why I need YouTube. Okay, so it can be done. So given that Troy's got absolutely no mechanical abilities, do you think he should do it, Dion? It might take him a little bit longer, and you'd have to probably borrow some tools so he doesn't have anything. Because I wouldn't trust the little jack you have in the back of your car. That thing is just more like a roadside rescue to take off your tire. I wouldn't get under it. Yeah, to get up to under.

the brake the bolt for the caliper is usually quite stiff and you have to give it a good sport. He's glazed over, Deion. You lost him. He's glazed over. I'm skipping this part of the YouTube video. I appreciate your advice this morning. Let's take one more real quick, Megan. Lisa, what do you think Troy should do? Should he do it himself?

Yeah, if you want. Mine didn't go to plan, though. Oh, did you do it? I didn't crash or anything. Yeah, I did it myself. I just watch your YouTube video And are you quite mechanical? No Okay So you did it

And what happened In the end How did it not go well? Well, they still I mean I still had breaks But it was about six or seven It did it Later when I

It was about six or seven months later When I took it for a warrant They were like They don't know why But your brake hoses They missed been twisted or something I don't know I don't know

And at least it's like Oh God How did that happen? I have no idea. Was getting them untwisted fixer than cheaper than getting new brake pads? Yes, it was. Yeah. I don't know if I recommend this.

All right. Okay. Thanks Lisa. What I'm hearing is it's possible, guys. Someone's saying just quickly, let Troy do it. If it works out well, great. If it doesn't, it work out well and the brakes fail,

it's called natural selection. Great text. The Darwin Awards. Look those up. John O'Bennon and Megan, the podcast. Last night, massive 45 million powerball jackpot and losso wasn't struck which means it goes to saturday i don't know how they do the mass on this but somehow it's got to 55 million

prize that must be won on saturday largest ever jackpot that we've ever had in new zealand yeah only the fourth time in history the top prizes hit more than 50 million it's got to be won on this weekend and well megan you were manifesting hard yesterday that you were going to win yeah and i said if we won um john is not here at the moment and we've got a new producer to Emily sitting in, I was like, she can have Jono's million. I was dishing out million dollars to everyone on the show because I would have 45, I can

spare of four. You've got family and you've got things. Yeah, and I've got another 42, 41. You know, like. And what a great person I am. She's great, but it feels like really, you know, friends and family that have been around for a while. No, but what have I always said?

Just need a million. I just want a million. And then I'd like, you know, I'd end up with nothing very quickly, I think. think but do you know the funny thing is you wouldn't be if you're giving emily a million yeah but like i would love to sprinkle it around but i was going on about how i'd give you guys money i didn't even buy a ticket yeah no that's the problem that's the problem you won't be winning those millions of don't buy a ticket so no one but no one won and that's why it's a must win this weekend great i saved my money for this draw producer draw you've been uh crunching some numbers

this morning uh like brad olson and the finances yes if you put that whole 45 million dollars in to a 8% savings account. We'll do it to math again because it's going to be 55. Put $55 million into like a savings trust account. So if you put it into a savings account where you go 8% return. Yeah. You get $4.4 million a month.

A month. No. Not yearly, but a month. Well, actually, wait, how does savings work? Maybe we do need to get Braddals more than trust. No, we could do. At the moment, it's just, you know, it's fun to dream. about those things.

Well, if it's 8% a year, you'd get $4.4 million a year in interest, which you can still live off that. Yeah, yeah. Quite, I think quite happily. Wow, that's pretty impressive. You definitely would give you all a mill. Not everyone listening,

because hopefully we've got at least 50 people listening. But you guys, I definitely would. Have you won with Lotto before? No, never. I don't buy tickets. So John I, I many years ago, I probably shouldn't be saying this, but we did a little video for Lotto.

It was like a little part of that. And they hypnotised these people. We were part of it. and they hypnotised that you'd won in the scenario in the lounge and they had to make sure that you could be hypnotised for the thing now John and I

I don't know if we got hypnotised but we were like we don't we're they're paying us to do this thing so you just got to go along with whatever they did there was definitely people on the day they got hypnotised that didn't you know but I was like in hindsight I don't know if I did

but I remember quite a lot about but I was like hey if I'm not hypnotised they're going to kick me out and I'm like you're paying for this little lot of thing so yeah so I just kind of went along with it You know, but yeah, they had a little lounge scenario, and it was on the screen, and the numbers in your hand were won and stuff. It was good.

It was really well done. But, yeah. In hindsight, I'm like, I don't know if I got amitized or not. Because I always say I would still go to work. I'd still go to work. I'd carry on my life. Would you? Would you?

But then as soon as something, like, annoys me, like, have an argument with Ben, and I'll be like, I'm not coming back. I'm out. I'm out. I'm out. She's out. And she's taking a million back. But I don't know.

Feel free to test me, universe. You can try it out. Yeah, yeah, true. John O'Ben and Megan, the podcast, the hits. Playing our Mariah Carey game, seeing how long we can avoid listening to Mariah Carey's All I Want for Christmas is you. You can play along as well.

If you hear it, though, you're out of the game. And other radio stations, Megan, they're sabotaging it. We heard more if you ever playing it. Heaps, that feels pointed. Don't listen. Also, someone from another radio station here in our building might be sabotaging us, and the culprit is here. Tony Street, we've grabbed you from your show on Coast FM this morning.

Yeah. Great to have. you have you here. Thanks. I slipped out in an ad break. How good. You love Christmas? I see Jono's not here. Do you need me full time? Yeah, I would love to have you here. Let's talk about that afterwards, but yeah, maybe that's a great idea. You love Christmas. You know you're a big fan of Christmas. Love it. But there's something we need to talk about, don't we, Megan? I feel like we only get you in here when we've got a bone to pick.

You do. You definitely do. Are you aware of our game that we're playing at the moment, our Christmas game? The Mariah game. Yes, I am. Yeah, so we're trying to avoid Mariah Carey's all I want for Christmas for as long as possible. Which I think is very rude. Yes. It's a great song. You know, I love Christmas. I know you do.

But this is the most prolific Christmas song. So you don't want to be spammed with it. So when you play it for the first time, you want it to be special. Yeah, and we don't want to get God out. And it's come to our attention that it's been a coast post for the radio station you work for done yesterday with the music all over it. Getting people out of the game. Is that on our Instagram? Yeah, on your Instagram.

Getting people out of the game. Now, this feels like a dog act from Coast. I haven't even seen that. Well, yeah, it's all about a playlist or something to do with Christmas. And it's getting people out of the game. Oh, no, that's my festive feels playlist. I now know what you're talking about. I do not have any part of the promotion of that.

I just create the list and obviously Mariah's on it. It's a great song, as you said. Yeah, she needs to be. Well, it's not my fault. People are, enjoy my Christmas playlist, okay? I don't know why I'm here. But the post, the post is. Of course you've got a festive playlist.

God I love you. It's called Festive Fills on I Heart Radio. We want people listening to us. Yeah, the post that they put out there obviously features the song underneath the post and that's what's getting people out. Can I just say, am I featured in the post? Because if I'm not, you cannot shoot me. Yes, we're getting thumbs up.

So you almost got producer Troy. Look, there you go. With your bloody Christmas hat on. Oh, I'm looking like a Christmas elf. Basically, oh my gosh, I'm the whole post. With Santa. I'm going to go talk to someone. This is not okay.

But you're not playing Christmas music yet. No. Are you guys? No. No. Normally on December the 1st. Yeah, but it's very hard to avoid already. Like, things, people like, Coast are putting up,

playlist things up already. I know. I think I know what's happened here. I actually think producer Troy was on a heart radio listing to Fest and Fair and he's the one that's actually broken the seal. It sounds like it. It sounds like that'd be something he'd do, that's for sure. All right, well, Tony, it's not your fault, but if you can pass the message back on, that'd be great.

Sorry, guys, I'll try to get taken down. Just avoid festive feels, that playlist for the meantime. Jono Ben and Megan, the podcast, the hits. It really does make you feel very festive. A Mariah game. We are feeling festive with a Mariah game. We start at around November each year. You can join in right now, even.

if you haven't already started playing, you just have to see how... Is that cheating? Well, it's one of those games. You can see how you go. Just jump on in, get involved. It's fun. It is lots of fun. It's an honesty thing, though.

If you hear Mariah Carey's all I want for Christmas, whether you're scrolling on social media, whether you're going into a store, wherever you hear it, you're out of the game, right? You roll this year, though, you can't be sabotaged, so someone can't try and get you out of the game. Yeah, deliberately. Deliberately. But we have someone on the phone who reckons they've been in the game,

probably the longest out of everyone. Good morning, Mal. Morning, team. Now, I love to talk to you. Now, you started to play in the game when we introduced it last year, so last November, right? I did, yes. And you reckon you still haven't heard the song since?

Nope. Not at all. Not even all. Because we started playing it in December when everyone was kind of out of the game, and you were like, no, you just didn't hear it then. No, I, after you guys finished on Spotify, so, yeah, never.

What about, like, Christmas Day? Is anyone playing Christmas music at your house? No, no. Do you like Christmas? I do, yeah, it's just, you know, we just don't have Christmas carols at all. Okay. And you managed to avoid it, like, on social media, on TV, in movies? Yeah.

I guess once you get past that. I don't have TikTok, I scroll on mute, always have, always will. What about, Mel, like... Megan's really trying to find a loop for it. Like, two weeks ago. You bring it on? Two weeks ago, we played it in our show and Maddie and PJ played it in the afternoon.

It's kind of like the last time you'll hear it. No, I'm a truck driver, so I'm out of my truck. Oh, you've dodged it. You've done really well. Yeah, because I saw Maddie and PJ at the Christmas parade, and I said I'm still in, and they went well, and yeah, I still haven't heard it. Wow.

So from last Christmas. From last Christmas, yeah. That is incredible. You haven't heard it yet, yeah. I heard a remix, I think yesterday when I was doing a delivery at the mall, it was quite a funky remix, but it wasn't my area. Yep, we're good remixes don't count. I guess once you get past December 25th too,

you're pretty much in the clear until for a pretty much a year. It gets put to bed. For most of the year. But still, that's impressive. Yeah, all right, you need to let us know if you do get caught out at these stage. Oh, definitely. Yep. Oh, well, thank you for playing the game.

The longest. think you're the champ so far because we all heard it we'll play it's no prize for that but um we still win something these days thanks mal so many people texting through still in uh someone's text in but i love the song so i'm very tempted to get myself out just to listen to it that's the dilemma because it is a good song yeah it's a good song your time will come yeah because i think it was the fourth of december last year from memory is when everyone was out so yeah well except for Except for Mel, of course, but we can't wait for her. Otherwise, we'll never play it on the hit.

So, yeah, you're right. Come early December, we'll start playing it, but let's see if we can last as long as possible up until then. Yeah.