Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL SHOW: It's all going down in the USA!

Episode Date: July 21, 2024

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The Hits, with the Jono and Ben podcast. Cheers to Dilma, making the world a better tea. They're stuck in the USA, and speaking of which, this morning, breaking news, Joe Biden is stepping down as the Democratic presidential candidate. And we cross live now to our fearless anchor, who's anchored on the other side of the world. Ben Boyce, come on in. Hey guys, look, sorry, it's not exactly where I planned to be today, here of the world. Ben Boyce, come on in. Hey, guys.

Look, sorry. It's not exactly where I planned to be today. Here in the USA. Sorry, where did you say you are? I'm in the USA. Why is that? Ben in the USA. Ben in the USA.

Ben in the USA. Yeah, cool, cool. I'm glad you've still got that jingle on file from the last time I went to the USA. Sorry, the boss was just drowning you. Sorry, yeah. What did you say? What were you saying? Oh, I just said I'm glad you've still got that little jingle on file

from the last time we visited family in the USA. Sorry, where did you say you are? Oh, hang on. I didn't know. Being crazy news with Biden just pulling out of the election. I know. I mean, I thought the biggest news out of America today was the fact that I'm stuck for a couple more days.

Classic Biden coming in and stealing your thunder. He's trumped me to use his opposition. No, you went over there on, well, you said it was for a holiday. I know the real reason. You went over for the Republican National Convention to attend the Trump rallies. We know. We've been keeping this a secret for a long time, keeping this under wraps a long time. New Zealand's only pro-Trump broadcaster.

Aye, aye, aye, aye, aye. No, that's not the case, but i am wearing a little air pillow in solidarity yeah no but you went over to see family yeah we went for a school holiday stay with family in new york saw some great sights you know it was great we saw a statue of liberty times square we saw a guy peeing into a bottle in central park amazing uh and then and then it got to the end of the trip textbook leavingbook leaving. We're at a hotel in Orlando. We had our bags packed. Ready to go. Down to our

last clean pair of underwear and socks. It's the end of the travels and then we got word that the computers around the world had basically gone down. The global IT outage hit and that meant our flights had got cancelled and we're here for a couple more days. Now what happened there? How did the days. Now, what happened there?

Like, how did the internet, like, what happened? It's a software update, right? Someone clicked update in Microsoft and it's just like taking everything down. It's always a risk, right, when you've got to do the update. You're like, should I do the update? Is the computer or my phone going to be able to handle it? And in this case, no, it couldn't handle it. Yeah, no, you always wait for other people to do the update first.

Then you get your, oh, how's that going? Oh, are you good, safe to do? Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's a lot of effort you went to just to get an extra couple of days off work, Ben. Well, yes, you're right. I did go to some theme parks, but there's nothing more scary or thrilling than being over here and spending US dollars and not knowing if travel insurance are going to cover it. That's been the most

thrilling and exciting ride of the whole trip. Yeah, well, tell your credit card, thank you. Thank you for this, because we'll milk this. We'll milk this for as long. When are you back? Why don't you just stay there and then eventually you can become our US election

correspondent. Yeah. Well, that would be nice. At the moment though, it's quite degrading because I've just washed some underwear and socks in a hotel sink. I mean, it's a pretty low moment in my life. At least you haven't resorted to the jug, like some people do. Don't boil your undies in the jug. Can you do that?

No, you can't. Oh, you can't do that. Should you, is the question. Alright, well, we'll keep harassing you on WhatsApp. So you're in Orlando, Florida right now. How hot is it? It's actually really lovely. I know no one wants to hear that with winter back home, but it's about 30-something degrees at the moment.

So at least, you know, that is a ray of sun, a literal ray of sunshine at the end of our trip. Well, there we go. We'll be catching up with Ben later on in the show because it's... Yeah, you've been to play it, right? Do you want me to say USA? Yeah, I've got to say, I Ben later on in the show Because it's Yeah you've been to play it right Do you want to say USA He's in the USA We'll catch up with you after 7

Jono and Megan here Ben is currently stuck in America Going across live to Florida Orlando with Ben Boyce Getting the hot political takes to on Biden stepping down after seven o'clock this morning. Now, you read this story to me

before the show and I am 100% if there was more in the percentage system to allow me to be 120% on this woman's side, I would be. You would be.

So a woman has flown, she's booked a first class plane ticket for herself and for her child apparently so she gets on and there has been a booking error some kind of error where she has a first class seat but her child doesn't right so she asked someone in first class she asked a woman if she would mind giving up her first class seat so that her son can sit with her and experience first class as she had intended. But the person says no. Yeah, so now this is why I'm on this lady who said no. This is why I'm on her side.

She's been shouted a ticket by her partner. Yeah. Paid for. And she said no to the kid taking a seat. And it caused a mealy on the plane. But regardless of whether she'd been shouted at by a partner, if she'd just paid for it herself, I still wouldn't give it up because you paid for the first class ticket.

Is she going to reimburse you? It's not like it's an economy or economy swap. If you're sitting in a seat where you're in the child's over the other side, absolutely, 100% of the time. But you're that far away from the economy peasants up there in business class. You're not going back down. But also, i thought everyone would be on our side with this but so many people online have said she should have given it up including the flight attendant who hinted to her that she should be more understanding and let the child sit with the mum now producer taylor

you've been in the airline industry for many years. The Lombardis, your family, rich history in the airline industry. Does this happen a lot? No. No. No. Do people book business for themselves and then their kids an economy? I've never had that experience and neither have my parents that I've heard of. But I know there is an age limit where you actually legally have to sit with your kid

until they're unaccompanied minors. Then it's like, whatever. So technically she has to sit with the kid until they're unaccompanied minors then it's like whatever. So technically she has to sit with the kid. How old's the kid? Must be under 12 I guess. Yeah. But she made the kid with her special lady parts. Why can't she go set an economy

with the kid then? Exactly. Because she's like the kid needs to experience business class. Okay, do it another time. The kid's got his whole life to experience business class. Book properly. Don't fake it. The kid's small too. Economy is like business class to a small boy. He, the kid's got his whole life to experience business. And book properly. Don't fake it. The kid's small too. Economy is like business class to a small boy. He's lucky he's even on a flight.

Yeah. Exactly. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. So we've never known Megan not to be sick. Just varying levels of sickness at the moment, battling away after two weeks of sickness. But also this is what I find is a very humble brag to say you came into work during your holidays while on your

sick bed I I could really be like you know I was here working hard it was at late at night but then you tell people you're interviewing like one of the biggest heartthrobs at the moment Glenn Powell and they're like oh poor you yeah I didn't get much sympathy then there's a new movie Twister isn't it It's a remake of or a sequel to the old Twister. We had our own Twister interview, didn't we? After the work Christmas party where Ben got the three of us to play Twister.

We had a Twister interview with HR to explain all. Couldn't look each other in the eye after that. That's why he's not here today, if you wonder where Ben is. Just that ongoing Twister investigation is happening. So Twisters, it is a sequel. It doesn't really mention much about the 1996 movie, but it's really good.

I went and saw it in cinemas and then got to chat to Glenn Powell, Daisy Edgar-Jones and Anthony Ramos, the stars of this. And Steven Spielberg is a producer of this. He actually told Anthony Ramos not to speak in a southern American accent, to do his own Puerto Rican accent, which he thought was awesome. But that led me to, of course, try and get them to do a Kiwi accent. Can you guys, do you reckon you could do a Kiwi accent? Kiwi is more, it's more, it's like, it's flatter than,

it's flatter and more like thin, accent wise. How do you say twisters in Kiwi? Twisters. Twisters. Twisters. Twisters. Can you say tornado? Tornado.

Tornado. That's pretty similar. Tornado. Tornado. Pretty similar to. Don't confuse us with the Aussies. Don't, he's coming across a little bit Aussie Twisters

Tornado It's really confronting when you guys Try and sound like me It's really bad We're going to do all the rest of our interviews today In a Kiwi accent Please do It sounds like they're taking the mickey

Doesn't it every time Yes from New Zealand with twisters and tornadoes. Yeah, I regret it. God, we have got a shocking accent here, don't we, really? And then I thought, well, you know, like if you get caught in a tornado, obviously they should know what they're doing now, do they? Would they? Do you guys reckon if you were in a natural disaster now

that you would be able to handle yourselves, particularly if a twister was to occur I think I'd know to what I'd actually I actually was the first time I ever filmed uh in the south I was filming in Louisiana um and I the first night I got there there was a tornado warning on my like I woke up to a tornado warning I'd know like on the phone um and I was like oh my god what do I do i didn't know what to do whereas now i know you have to go like inside uh away from windows preferably obviously in a bunker if you can or below um ground but yeah i think so not in a bath just getting a bubble bath

yeah just like light some candles just try to stay calm on my way to ride out a tornado and uh if you didn't hear this is gl Glenn Powell, Daisy Egger-Jones, and Anthony Ramos. But Glenn Powell, he's a very attractive man. Right, okay. And it's a Zoom, so I'm sitting in front of him. He's more than a piece of meat, Megan. He's more than a piece of meat.

He's very lovely. But I asked this last question, did I insult Glenn Powell? So out of the three of you, who is most likely to run away crying in a disaster situation, do you think? Please say Glenn. I just really wanted to be Glenn. Wow, wow. It's men.

Take back all that Kiwi. I'm not doing this Kiwi accent all day. He became less hot then. They said, yeah, call me mean. You hurt his hot feelings. They give you free tickets to the movies or what? Yeah, I did get free tickets. The cast gave you the free tickets.

That's very nice. No, Glenn didn't give me anything for free. No, there we go. That's the cast of Twister with Megan Pappas. It's a very good, very good movie. The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. This morning, Joe Biden is not seeking re-election

because he's pulling out of the presidential candidacy. And Donald Trump has responded. What do you reckon? Did he go the high road? I reckon he's gone a gag. He's gone a gag. What's he locked in? Has he still got his ear pillow on his ear?

I think so. I think it's bleeding. I think it's continuing. He keeps weeping. No, you don't want a weepy sore, do you? No, he said Biden will be remembered as the single worst president by far in the history of our country. So he took the high road. Kicking old man when he's lying down.

Yeah, I reckon. Anyway, they do say it will affect Trump's chances too because he was actually talking up Biden. He's going, oh, no, he's good. He's a good candidate because he knew he was going to up Biden he's going oh no he's good he's a good candidate because he knew he was going to mow over him and all the debates and things so now the Democrats potentially move in a younger shinier model and this could actually not play in Trump's favor so but mind you he's got an ear pillow on so what a what you could not script this no it's I, it's nothing if not entertaining. Who's saw online someone saying they're really enjoying the finale season of America right now?

Yeah. Oh, my God. Yeah. The internet outrage, the internet. And we will be actually crossing live to Trump territory, Florida, Orlando, Florida, where Ben Boyce is currently over there. Now from radio host stranded on holiday with his family to our US correspondent. Yeah.

We'll get his hot political takes on Biden stepping down. But yeah, the internet, it likes to get outraged. Although they always like, oh, the internet is outraged over something. But that's a big sweeping statement. I looked, you know, 5.3 billion people are on the internet. That's a big statement to say. How many are we in the world? Eight billion. Yeah. So that means, you know, 5.3 billion people are on the internet. That's a big statement to say. How many are we in the world? 8 billion.

Yeah, so that means over 3 billion. About 2.6 billion don't use the internet. Isn't that wild? Yeah. 2.6 billion. What do they do with their days? How do they know what other people's opinions are without them being shoved down your throat? Where do they post pictures of their life?

How do they know how to fix anything without YouTube? Exactly. Jeez. They must be living, I reckon do they know how to fix anything without YouTube? Exactly. Jeez. They must be living, I reckon, they must have to make their own pornography. Wouldn't they, these people with no internet? But they're probably leading a happier existence. Still magazines. Oh, there's magazines.

Sure, that's right. But yeah, the internet outrage. We like to give a headline. Megan, you have to try and figure out why the internet would be outraged at this. Now, the headline is, Internet Outraged Over Dead Fly. Have a brainstorm. Why do you think the internet would be outraged over this? And the food.

And food. Ooh, you're warm. You are warm, okay? The dead fly is somewhere it's not supposed to be, right? You know what? I'm going to give it to you. Okay. There weren't fly activists or, you know, disgusted at Morteen for ruining flies' lives. He suffered a slow and painful death.

You're kind of in the ballpark. Now, this was a story that got the internet completely outraged in India, where there were a couple, they were at a party, and they were sharing their wonderful money-saving tip with someone else at the party. They were like, what we do is we wander around with a dead fly in our pocket. And when we go to restaurants, high-end restaurants, once they bring out the meal, we slip the fly in. Now, the person they were telling the story to then obviously did their sensible thing and took it to the internet. And he said he was outraged that they do this.

But this gets them free meals uh free sometimes free entire dinners because they they then cause a scene they're like of course it does yeah there's no winning for the hospitality industry in that scenario because you have even if you think even if you know that they planted the fly you can't the customer's always right you can't say that unless you've got them on camera get them on camera and then that really does yeah it's a slap in the face to the person putting

you never want to be caught putting a fly into food do you? that's degrading it's not a good look that's so bad yeah I do don't go out for dinner

if you can't afford it well if you can that's a good little hack little life hack is it? slip something I know you've been in the hospo industry

you owned a cafe yeah did you ever put anything in anyone's food? no god no well not intentionally life hack there. Is it? Slip something. I know you've been in the hospo industry. You owned a cafe. Yeah. Did you ever put anything in anyone's food? No. God, no. Well, not intentionally, but. No, I don't think we ever had a hair or a fly complaint or anything like that. One complaint remains in my mind where a woman ordered like, it was like beef cheek on toast.

And her complaint was, after she'd eaten most of it, was it was too meaty. Too meaty. So you're like, hold on, let me just sort that out for you. Took it out back, spat in the meal, did you?

And gave it back to her? No, I was just like, don't finish it then. I mean, you ordered literally meat on toast, but yep, too meaty.

Too meaty. The hits, the Jono and Ben podcast, Megan. Now, the audience, they entrust in Megan. They don't entrust in their closest friends and family.

They message you on Instagram and pose their issues to you. This is split me down the middle. I know. Straight up the guts. I don't know what the right answer here is, but we're going to chuck it out there, and you can feel free to weigh in and give advice. Yeah, because we don't have any helpful advice for this particular person. So any you can offer would be most appreciated. It's about employment, isn't it? It is. Here we

go. Dear Megan, I'll keep the details light as I don't want my friend to catch on to anything. She was made redundant at the beginning of the year and has been relentlessly applying for jobs, but hasn't landed any of them. Last week, she told me she'd applied for a management role at the company I work for. Coincidentally I have also thrown my hat in the ring for the position and I know for a fact that I'm one of the lead candidates. She told me that she's made it to the interview process but I'm too nervous to tell her that I have as well. I'm really tempted to pull out of the running as she's one of my best friends and I already have a job while she doesn't. On the other hand, professionally, I really want this climb up the ladder.

Please help with any advice. Woo! Oh. Jeez. I kind of feel like if she's a really good friend, couldn't you just go to her and be like, hey, I've applied too. Like, should we just ride it out and see? What you could do

is you could sabotage her friend's application and be like, oh, I heard she had an affair with her last manager. That's why she's, or she stole the company credit card

and bought a high-end pillow, you know, feather duvet inners at Westfield or something. No, but the trouble is if you still get that job. Yeah, then you cut off all comms with it.

Oh, okay, right. Yeah. I think you're missing the part where she says she's one of her best friends. Yeah, no, this is really tough. Yeah, then you cut off all comms with her. Oh, okay, right. I think you're missing the part where she says she's one of her best friends. Yeah, no, this is really tough. Personally, I think I would consider pulling out. Would you? You've got a gig, but you've got a gig. I know, but this is her company.

She's trying to climb up the ladder at her company. This is a great opportunity. Surely your friend would understand if you just leave it in the hands of management to decide who's better for the role. Yeah, surely your friend would understand if you just, you leave it in the hands of management to decide who's better for the role. Yeah, surely your friend understands as they're figuring out how they pay their next two weeks rent.

Oh God. Yeah, no, I understand. I understand why you would do that. I guess. I get the big question mark is, you know, the friend isn't guaranteed to get the job. So it's not a, and she might have applied for other jobs. Yeah, because how are you going to feel if you pull out and then she still doesn't get it? You're like, oh, I could have got it.

We have no answers on this one. It's not, yeah. What would you do? Have you been in this situation? Surely this might have happened to someone in the past. I know, it's very specific, isn't it? It's probably happened to no one in the past. But if you've got any advice, we would really love it on air.

You're always very helpful, The Hits audience. 0800 The Hits, 4487. What would you do? Would you go for the gig? Would you tell your friend? Or would you pull out? Or just secretly pull out? Yeah

Let us know The Hits The Jono and Ben Podcast TM Megan This is a friend dilemma so someone works at a business where they are going for a role in upper management,

but their best friend has also applied for the same role and they've both made it through to the interview process. However, the best friend who's applied, who's currently unemployed, has been so for a number of months. Was made redundant. But you have a job. This person has a job. Your best friend doesn't. Do you pull out of the running to allow your best friend to

go in again the guarantee is not the best friend will get the job do you talk to your friend and say is it all right if we both just go for it and see what happens beat megan stymied my sabotage the friend's application idea that was just getting the spitball happening in the brainstorm which didn't fly i said you know you know, you could start dropping vicious rumours about the friend and cancel her out of the running. And then you get the job and the friendship's over and you, what, you just never talk to her again. But then you can be like, oh,

I didn't go for it. But then they were like, oh, we've got no one else because your bloody friend who had the rampant affair with the manager, we had to get rid of her so we'll have to give it to you. Right. Very elaborate backstory. I feel like no matter what, you're going to have to have some sort of conversation unless you just quietly pull out. Baz, we're going to get you of her, so we'll have to give it to you. Right. Very elaborate backstory. I feel like no matter what, you're going to have to have some sort of conversation, unless you just quietly pull out. Baz, we're going to get you on here.

How do you solve this issue for the person? All right, I reckon there's an acid test here. An acid test? An acid test. Acid? Acid. The person that already works for the company, did she know that her best friend had applied for this position when she did?

In that case, how good a friend is she? Oh, okay. You're wanting some further deets, are you, Bez? I reckon. And if she did apply for the position before her best mate, that's a simple conversation saying, Oh my God, I can't believe you applied. I have too. Yeah.

Before you did. Now, someone's just texted in, Baz. So you're doing the good, honest, straightforward approach and having a conversation like a normal adult. Well done, Baz. Someone's texted in saying go for the job and

then if you get it, hire your friend for your old position. Not bad. That's banking on a's, what, yeah. That's banking on a lot of unknowns, though. But it's not a bad solution. And as you're free, like, oh, thank you for your sloppy seconds, you know?

Yeah, right. I don't know. Oh, we'll just be grateful you got work, mate. Sorry, yeah. Jeez. Took a hit for your hair. Now I'm bloody rigging the books so I can get you a gig.

Buddy, you're on. How are you? Yeah, good, thank you. Welcome to Dear Megan. Now, this happened to you and your, was it your sister? Yeah, that're on. How are you? Yeah, good, thank you. Welcome to Diamega. Now, this happened to you and your, was it your sister? Yeah, that's correct. You both went for the same job. Yeah, she's not my biological sister, but she had an upbringing.

You know, she brought me up when I was young. Yep. And to the point where she stole a mentor in our profession. So I'm a teacher and the deputy principal for our strengths became available at the school I currently work in. I worked in, which was deputy

principal of Maori. So we both applied and then we I thought, well I'm already here. If we have you and me, this kid's benefit. So I stood down and it is a benefit for the school, the community, our students. But then later on, I've got the opportunity to apply for a principal job. So there are opportunities, but it doesn't mean that you've missed out,

you're just not right for that job, and that something better is in line for you later on. And that's what I believe in. I'm a little bit vulnerable this Monday morning. My eyes are watering a little bit. You have melted the hearts of Aotearoa, Fadi. He stood down because it was the right thing to do for the students. But then also karma came through for you.

And you got the principal gig. You got the big job. thing to do for the students. But then also, karma came through for you. And then you got the principal gig. You got the big job. Well, that is the advice. You can't get any better advice than that. That's beautiful. Fuddy, you're a wonderful human being. We appreciate you listening to the show. You're going to have a great week, alright? First day back on the gig. First day back and I'm heading towards now.

Good on you, Fuddy. What a great person. Appreciate your call. Cheers, mate. Should I finish it by saying someone just texted in and said, yeah, backstab your friend to the boss. They'll never know and you'll Fuddy. What a great person. Appreciate your call. Cheers, mate. Should I finish it by saying someone just texted in and said, yeah, backstab your friend to the boss. They'll never know and you'll get the job. Stop this, Fuddy. Cancel it out. Yeah, that's the way.

End on a lull. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Currently stuck in the USA. Welcome back, Ben, who's not in New Zealand. He's not in the Hits studio. Where did you say you are, Ben? Coming to you from the home of the free in the land of Donald Trump's air bandage. I'm in the USA.

He's stranded. Stranded in the USA thanks to the global internet outage. Now, I'm struggling to get my head around. When was this internet outage? Four or five days ago. I don't know how it has delayed his return by another four or five days. I can't do the maths on that, but somehow it has. And he's found himself stuck in Orlando, Florida. You've been over there for a couple of weeks. Biden has just pulled out of the presidential race. What have people been saying?

Well, to be fair, I've been in a lot of touristy areas, so it hasn't been that much of a chat. But every time you turn on the TV, every time you go on social media, it is everywhere, the big presidential race. I did hear, because I was on a flight from New York to Orlando when obviously the assassination attempt went on with Trump. And as the plane landed, I heard someone behind me go, someone tried to kill Trump. And then he went, he's all right now. And that was it.

That's all I've heard from anyone on the grounds. And they didn't seem too fazed. No, well, he was there. It wasn't too fazed, but as I say, I'm in a real touristy sort of area. Now, what have the tourists been saying as well? What have they been talking about? Yeah. What have they been saying?

A lot of people talking about the temperature, how hot it is, how long the lines are, exchange rates, that sort of thing. People generally avoiding politics while on holiday. Have you seen Flo Rida over there, the rapper? No, I haven't, but it is.

It's one of those big life-changing moments where you work out that Flo Rida, the rapper, his name is Florida. Yeah. It's one of those. Yeah. That blew my mind when I found out. Did it?

Yeah. How long did you know? No, I think I knew all along. All along? Yeah. Florida. He's from Florida, right? He's from Miami.

I mean, it all makes sense. Yeah. All the signs are there. We have been saying, Ben, did want to go over to attend the Trump rallies, the first Trump rallies. So he did that. He said he was visiting family. We knew the real reason.

His family is the Trump family. No, well, hey, no. But, you know, it's quite weird, you know, going around when you do see people wearing, you know, Make America Great Again caps or T-shirts, and it's not for ironic reasons. It's for people quite proud to support Trump. So it's one of those things that's...

You're deep in Trump territory right now. Is there like... You're staying at Mar-a-Lago, aren't you? This bloody resort. No. No, stop saying that. God, you guys are making... He gave you a 15% discount.

We were wondering why this global IT crisis thing happened, and I'm going to put on my daughter Sienna because she's got a theory of how this all happened and why we're still here. Sienna? Hello. Hi, Sienna. Hi.

Howdy. Howdy. How's life in the six-degree weather? It is. Rub it in. Yeah, no, not good, mate. Now, because we know how your dad feels about having to extend your trip by four days, the official death of his credit card.

How is it for you not having to worry about any of that? It's really good because I was supposed to have heaps of tests this week that I'm missing. So I'm actually feeling pretty good about it because I can just sit by the pool while all my friends are at school oh geez this is ideal for you did you did you manifest this in some way Sienna I did so the night before we were supposed to go as we're all packing up our stuff and dad was pacing around making sure that we hadn't forgot anything I was like oh I really wish we could just stay a night longer. And he was like, well, yeah, it's been a great holiday. Oh, blah, blah, blah, blah. And I was like, I just want just one more night.

I hope. And I was telling him, I was like, I'm not leaving tomorrow. Like, you can't force me to leave. But obviously, I was still going to go. And then the next morning, they're all on their computers. And they're like, what? They're like, I was like, what's going on? They're like, our flight's been canceled.

And I think that I manifested it happening. So this is your sign to manifest if you want something to happen. Yeah. Well, if you could also manifest your dad to be able to pay off the credit card with no issues too. I've definitely not manifested this moment. All right, guys, let's jump back on now. It's like that moment on Home Alone when he made his family disappear. That's what Sienna reckons has happened to her.

Oh, well, there we go. Ben Boyce, deep in MAGA, Make America Great Again territory in Florida. Don't bring us back a hat. I was going to say,

bring us back a hat. A MAGA hat. You got one. Give me a hat, just one. Oh, jeez. From your collection. The Hits,

the Jono and Ben podcast Saw a great real estate agent name Over the holidays You wouldn't get a better name For the profession Okay Charlotte Byers Had a slogan and everything

It's a buyer's market Genius Like it's almost As soon as she emerged from her mother's uterus Slogan and everything. It's a buyer's market. Genius. Like it's almost, as soon as she emerged from her mother's uterus, she was destined to sell real estate. I know what I'm going to do. Yeah. My maiden last name was Sellers.

Could have been a good one. You would have been a good, yeah. You could have been an auctioneer. Yeah. Drug dealer. Anything. Anything. The world was your oyster as Sellers. Puppets now?

What could you do as puppets, I guess? Like after, I don't know. It'd be handy if your name was Megan Microphone or I was Jono Radio Guy or something and then you're destined for the radio industry. You're prior. You're Jono prior. Prior convictions.

You said it, not me. So, 0800 that. So we want to open this up this morning. 4487 is the text as well. Have you got a professional name? Do you know someone with a professional name? Is there a proctologist called Dr. Butts or something listening to the show? Does your name match up with your profession perfectly?

Personal trainer called Gaylene Gaines. Oh, yeah. Yeah, or Peter Protein or something. Maybe you've come across them when you've used the service as well. 0800, that's the telephone number, TX4487. It's a thing too. There's an actual science behind it that you have given your name, you're attracted to certain professions.

Really? Yeah. Nominative determinism is a hypothesis that people are sort of destined for a line of work. Right. So we were always destined to be talking rubbish every day. Yeah. I don't know what our names mean, but they mean instant crap talkers. So 800, that's professional names.

Let's get them on. The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. Professional names is what we're talking about. Do you have a name that is perfectly suited for your gig? A pastry chef called Baker. Because back in the day, isn't that how you got your name? I think so. From your profession?

Like a tinker and a tailor and a... Yeah. Is there a gynecologist? Susan Jiney listening. I don't know. We're chucking options out there this morning. Susan Foof. So, I'll end up with this telephone number. Nathan, you're on. Welcome. How are you? Hi, I'm good. How are you?

Lovely to have you on, Nathan. Alright, we're talking professional names. Is it you or do you know someone? I know somebody. So, I work at a hospital in Wellington, and we have a doctor called Dr. Death. Oh. You don't want them knocking on your door. Hopefully it's pronounced D-arth or something.

Yeah, well, it's spelt like death. Is it? Yeah, very unfortunate. He's probably bloody good at his job, Dr. Death, too. Yeah. Do you ever get anyone asking for another doctor? Oh, I imagine you would, wouldn't you? Yeah.

No offence. What does he specialise in? I'm not too sure with his profession. Okay, well, hopefully it's not anything to do with David Seymour's bill that he got through a couple of years ago. Thank you, Nathan. Really appreciate it. You have a good one. Rochelle, you're on. Oh, sorry, Susie, you're on. How are you?

Good morning. Well, thank you. Lovely to have you on. Professional names. Yes. So my surname is Taylor and I've spent the majority of my career working in women's apparel fashion. Oh, perfect. Absolutely perfect. You are a Taylor. My best friend who got me the job as well, her last name is Merchant. Oh, my God.

Ideal. We were an ideal pair in a retail store. Yeah. And do you feel like you're better at your job because of your name? I think I'm just good at my job full stop, to be honest. You sound like you're very proficient at your job. Thank you very much. It's just a gab, you see.

Yeah. Thank you, Susie. Appreciate it. Some great texts here. My PE teacher in high school was Mr. Field. I'm a real estate agent. My surname is Prowse. Prowse to sell your house.

Oh, nice. That is beautiful. Minty Betts is apparently the betting strategist for the UFC. Her name is Minty Betts, which is ideal. Rochelle, good morning. How are you? Hi there. Another doctor with an appropriate name.

Yeah, I'm an ED nurse, and many years ago, I worked with a Dr. Owl. A Dr. Ouch, or Dr. Owl. Yeah, you don't want Dr. Owl, do you? Owl. Owl. Mind you, better than Dr. Death, who we had on before. Yeah, because you expect it to hurt. You don't really want to die. Al. Mind you, better than Dr. Death who we had on before. Yeah, because you expect it to hurt.

You don't really want to die. Yeah, I'd rather have Dr. Al than Dr. Death. I'd say so. Good on you, mate. Have a good one. You and Dr. Al have a good day in the surgery there. Rochelle, appreciate your call. See ya.

Have a good one. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Joe Biden has dropped out of the US presidential race and we cross now to our US correspondent. Ben in the USA Ben in the USA He's stranded thanks to the global internet outage.

He's stranded in the USA after heading over there to visit family and I was thinking maybe someone from the internet clicked on that bloody NZTA link, you know, that you get text. It ruined it all for us. But somehow, somehow the internet outage

that happened on Friday has meant Ben is not returning till sort of towards the end of this week. I don't know, Megan, we've been trying to get our heads around it. Yeah, I'm not sure how that works, Ben. Look, I'm trying to get my head around it. I'm not sure how it's happened like this. But anyway, we're going to be going home tomorrow morning, US time, through Atlanta, then through Los Angeles,

and then hopefully on to New Zealand. So I'll see some of the world's greatest airports for a few hours. We have said, you know, this is, what do you do? What do you do? Do you take this as bereavement leave? Do you add this on to your, maybe it's the death of your credit card that can be the bereavement? It's definitely the death of the credit card. could be the bereavement. It's definitely the death

of the credit card. As I said earlier, travel insurance, we're not, it's a very interesting situation to be in. They've never had anything like this before,

apparently, you know. That's what they're going to say. This seems like a handiwork out, eh? Oh, this hasn't happened before. Yeah, but you still have to cover us, right? Oh, this really blindsided us. Maybe it's punishment because I've been following

you on social media. Maybe this is punishment for embarrassing your family with novelty costumes across America for the last four nights. Yeah, that's true. I did pack my bag full of costumes. I wore a hot dog costume, meaning a hot dog in New York. I wore an M&M costume. How did you fit all those costumes in your suitcase?

Well, I sacrificed a lot of clothes. Yes, and now the holiday's dragged on a few more days. I am really running out of stuff quite desperately. The New Zealand dollar is not great, so I'm resisting the urge to buy new stuff. You're flying home in a hot dog costume. Oh, my God, please. Exactly. Now, we don't know how this happened or why this happened,

but I have a wee theory right now, and I'm going to put my wife Amanda on who's with us right now because I think she jinxed it. Amanda, this set the scene, final night of our holiday. We visited family in New York. I'd run the family ragged at Bean Park, so a relentless schedule made them get there an hour before opening and an hour after closing.

But anyway, end of the holiday, and Amanda? Howdy, folks, from the great southern state of Florida. Howdy. Howdy, Amanda. Howdy. So, yeah, I think I might have jinxed it, and I'm going to put my hand up and take claim for this, because on the last day I was like, wow,

this has been such an amazing family holiday. I was trying to be present and just show our appreciation of how lucky we are to be all healthy. No one's broken how lucky we are to be all healthy. No one's broken a limb. No one's got sick. We haven't lost our luggage. It's just been like everything has just flowed really well, except for the part where my husband has a very active, he's a very active rester.

So we're getting up at 6.30 in the morning and we keep going and nobody gets a rest at all. But for you starting at 6.30, when's the day wrapping up? 10, 11. Wow. 10, 11. We've all got wicked blisters. Jeez.

Hard out. You, man, he runs us like a... You, man, he runs you like a military operation there. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You say it, I write. Maybe this is the universe giving you some just rest time after this relentless schedule. Oh, thank you. Thank you so much.

I have got my book and I have been lying out in the snow. I know him so well. All he'll be wanting to do right now is just stuff. He's hating it. Yeah. He's hating it. He's like, right, let's go for a run. Let's go down to the gym.

Let's go for a run. Let's play follow-up. Oh, he's already been to the gym, yeah. 30-something degrees in Florida, lie by the pool. Who's going for a run? Good Lord. Oh, he's already been to the gym, yeah. 30-something degrees in Florida, live by the pool. Who's going for a run? Good Lord. Oh, hilarious. The rest of us are down on the poolside.

Yeah. Well, enjoy being stranded in Orlando, Amanda. Lovely catching up with you. You too, guys. Look after yourself. Ben, we better let you get back to your exercise schedule. What have you got to do now, mate? Some burpees or something in the sun

or what's going on? Crossfit class? I was just about to do a plank, guys, so I better be getting into that. The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. Yeah, we've just come back from two weeks holiday.

Ben is still stuck in America. Yeah, we're going to be talking to him in about 10 minutes time. Biden's pulled out of the US election. Hot political takes from Ben Boyce and Trump territory, Florida in 10 minutes. But my parents came to stay with me over my two week break. And it's really made me like reassess my life. As an adult?

Yeah. Ray Ray and Wayno, were they helpful around the house? That's an understatement. They found things that I didn't even know were broken. My dad fixed the toilet seat. He scrubbed our stove. He's out in the garden. He mowed the lawn several times.

Several times over two weeks? I didn't do any washing. It's winter too. That grass isn't growing much at this time of year. They like to make themselves feel useful though when they come to stay. But you feel terrible because they're just constantly like working and doing things around the house. Yeah. Oh, stop it, guys.

Stop it. But keep going. I know, but if they're going to carry on, you're like, okay. You do. Keep folding. Keep ironing. I was like, this T-shirt has never been ironed the whole time I've owned it. How nice.

Now, Producer Taylor, you went to Sydney to see your parents. Yeah. Lombardi's paid them a visit. And? Yeah, completely the same, Megan. Are they? I reverted back to a six-year-old where I forgot how to use my arms and legs. And it would be like they'd obviously cook me dinner, dessert,

and then it'd be like 10 p.m. and I'd be a bit peckish. So all I'd have to do is look at mum and go, oh, I'm a bit hungry. And she'd just yell out, Inge, to my dad, Inge, make your daughter some food so he'd go downstairs and make me four cruscits with butter and Swiss cheese. Weird combo,

but I wasn't going to criticise him. Buttering too. Buttering is an annoying process at 10 o'clock at night. 10 o'clock. Then he'd waddle it back upstairs, give it to me, mum would have a bite

and then she'd yell back, Ange, get me one too. Make me some. And then he'd be doing it again. It's like living home care Isn't it When they come and stay But it's weird

You do revert back To being a kid And you're like Because I was sick And I'm just like Mum look after me They love it though She's like

Left me extra baroccas Every time Annie's there She's like Let me fold the washers Stop it Put it down John boy's out there Bloody painting

Gardening It's great You're a grown ass man Jono I know I am a grown ass man This whole thing's spawned. You're a grown-ass man, Jono. I know, I am a grown-ass man. This whole thing's spawned off you being a grown-ass woman too. I know.

The hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Ben is still stuck in the USA because technically our holiday is over, but he is a victim of the software update. The software update from Friday. From Friday, it's Monday, but anyway, we won't rest on that. Now, how was your couple of weeks off? All right, mate? Very on brand for me.

I ended up, you'd be surprised to hear, I was sick. Sick. We've worked together for so many months now, and I've never known you not to be sick. So it was just like normal, but you were just being sick from home this time over the last two weeks. Yeah, I got like some sort of flu or something, and my daughter had an ear infection,

so we just hung out at home miserable for a week or so. I won't lie, it is nice just waking up when your body says, bruh, it's time to get up. You know, get up and enjoy the day. Not when that alarm, that terrible alarm. Ungodly hour. Yeah, that was nice. Yeah, it was lovely. What did you get up to?

Bugger all, mate. Just hung around. As our mate Ben is like swanning around in America. We're at home. Did go to the Teddy Swims. He put on a free concert at Teddy Swims when he was here. This was just the Friday, our last Friday that we were on air. Yeah.

And they were like, you know, get down there. And no, you weren't available. You were sick probably. Ben was flying overseas. So it was just me, the know, get down there. And no, you weren't available. You were sick probably. Ben was flying overseas. So it was just me, the lone wolf going down, representing this bastion, this pillar of broadcasting, this program at the Teddy Swims concert. But I did hear about you at this concert.

What did you do? Well, because we met him here. And I was like, well, I should maybe. And Bryn, who does the night show here on the hits he had a good joke he's like tell Teddy Swims my joke he says do you want to know here is Teddy Swims Joe? Yeah. Teddy Swims but he also

surfs. He wanted me to say that to him I didn't say that. You didn't say oh I wanted to know what he would say. Yeah I didn't muster that up. I did ask him if I could ride down with him in the in his van. You asked Teddy Swims for a ride. Yeah, he politely said no.

He said, oh, listen, we've got too many people. Then I made Taylor and me ran down. Producer Taylor and I ran down. But yeah, we got to the concert. And I had a megaphone. Trying to get the vibes up. I felt that was my role vibes officer. Were you self-appointed hype guy? Yeah, well, because you just had poor Teddies there.

He's performing to a whole bunch of stressed out commuters who are probably waiting for a broken down train to start, trying to make their way home on a Friday night. I was, oh, go down as a vibes guy. Turns out he didn't need it. There was plenty of people there. He was fine, but we still needed to make use of the megaphone. Hey, Brittany, what are you doing?

Oh, my God, hey. It's Teddy Swimms. Yeah, they just said let's surprise and call her and i just want to say thank you it's such an honor to be a part of your big day and i hope i hope you're just absolutely crushing it in your marriage and it's still as beautiful as it was that was the moment we made teddy uh phone someone that had nothing to do with what i was talking about here's teddy swims this is risky here we go trying to start a chance trying to start a charm mate will you chant with me yeah one more song one more song oh it's loud yeah no not good listening back to it are you like oh yeah there's those moments where you're like what are we doing with our lives then Then there was one, he played the song.

He did. He listened. He listened to one last song, Chance. But I still had a megaphone. This is at the end of the concert. Smattering of enthusiasm. Yeah, there's a couple of people joining in. Yeah, they kind of bullied into it around.

Was that him singing on the street that you played? Yeah, incredible, right? Oh, God. You did this walking past that on your way home. I know, yeah. And he brought out Marchu from 662. Amazing. Yeah, it was very special.

And then you were there. Yeah, and then me with a megaphone. But this is what we want to open up. We haven't been here for a couple of weeks. What have we missed from your life? Maybe it was a major milestone happened. Yeah. Did you birth something?

A baby? A puppy? Did you birth a ship into dock? I don't know. Yeah. Birth anything? Did you lose your job? Did you walk out in a ball of flames from your job?

That would be amazing. Don't you have to be positive? Something major happened in your life? What did we miss? What did we miss over the last couple of weeks? We'd love to hear from you, New Zealand. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Ben is stuck in America, but we were away for two weeks. We want to know what we missed from your life

while we were gone. Not much happened in Jono and mine. No, no. Oh, no, it wasn't it was Fall At Your Feet, the Crowder House song. Oh, did I steer you wrong? No, you didn't steer me wrong. Listen, we're a duo, mate. We're a duo. Okay, we'll take this as this is the Cyril version.

Yeah. This is good With Dean Lewis He's got a great voice Yeah And he's the guy It's alright mate Dry your eyes Dean Lewis isn't it

Yeah Yep Yep It's good Yeah that's good That's the version Beat Jono Beatboxing in the background

Yes there we go. Yeah, like, sorry to interrupt you there, Megan. We have been away for two weeks. We have been, yeah. And what have we missed from your life? Carol, how are you? I'm good. Back at work, unfortunately.

Oh, really? Did you have time off? Yeah, I actually got four days off. My best mate from up north came down and stayed for four days. So I actually got to have a break. And what did you two ladies get up to, Mischief? First night we just sat and had a few drinks, quite a few drinks. Classic Carol.

Classic. What's your tipple of choice? I'm picking a bloody, I'm picking a pre-mixed Woodstock and bourbon there, Carol, for you. Oh, yeah, that or Coronas. Yeah nice. Imagine you start on the Coronas then upgrade to the Woodies. Yep.

So that was good. Then four days off with your friend. That's a great way to spend a few days. Yeah it was. It was lovely. No six o'clock starts. Well Carol listen you're looking refreshed you look 10 years younger now i can tell i was oh good on you thanks so much for calling through carol appreciate it had a text here from james 4487 guys you missed nothing from my life just work work work and more work hard working james it's winter vibes though hey you get stuck in a bit of a rut

oh someone's had a baby someone had a baby the last couple of weeks congratulations someone uh bought a new house hey there's been stuff happening wow some stuff happening two weeks two weeks just feel like an eternity when you're away for two weeks isn't it yeah yeah well thank you very much for your calls and texts