Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL SHOW: Jono's heartwarming moment with his daughter

Episode Date: April 2, 2025

ON THE SHOW TODAY: We catch up with Rachel House to hear what it was like voicing an evil pig in the new Minecraft movie! Jono reviews the Dua Lipa concert! What is a NY subway really like? Megan's opinion on people hate of Chapell Roan Why we need to read the Ts and Cs! Today's theme tune battle wrap up!!! Check out the theme tune battle on our socials! Facebook: The Hits Breakfast with Jono, Ben & Megan Instagram: THEHITSBREAKFAST  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Jono, Ben and Megan podcast, thanks to HelloFresh, your home advantage for delicious midweek dinners everyone will love. Welcome to the podcast on a Thursday. You won't hear it on the podcast, but we do something called a throwback Thursday. I don't imagine it's made to the podcast. And now I'm just trying to build my case

for conversations that's probably gonna happen with the boss. Now this may or may not be a text alluding to throwback Thursday. If you haven't heard it before on the radio, we each get to pick a song we haven't heard in a while. And today the theme was time with Daylight Savings. So I picked one that I didn't really expect to win

because there's only one vote. I know we're under the hits. Andrea Bocelli, Time to Say Goodbye. Had that time in the title. It was an old song. An epic song but not one that you play on the hits. Beautiful song.

Our boss called up and he said we'll have a conversation about this. We need to stop that now. Now what I didn't realise was the boss is on annual leave.

Matt Anderson. I know. Matt Anderson is on annual leave. I don't know. He somehow was involved in the programme. I feel terrible

that he had to step away from his annual leave. We need to hold for a long time too. We need to get to the next bit and then we got a message going. Another message from date. We need to hold for a long time too. We're like, well, we need to get to the next bit. And then we got a message going, another message from him going, you need to come to me now.

So we let him wait for a whole time. Pick up the phone now. Pick up the phone now. So we did pick up the phone. So there was a text that's just come through. Now I'm just building my case because I know there's conversations when he comes back from annual leave. Can we call this number?

I think I've just put that through to you. And we'll see if this is related to the song or not it's related to a song that we played on the radio so i feel like this is back in your case i hope it is it might not be um it starts with same morning team i try to call but i guess it's busy behind the scenes and then it gets into a song now it doesn't say what song it is hello gamey singing hello. Hello. Jamie speaking. Oh, we've got two people there. No, just me. I'm just having a mental moment. Oh, hey.

She was also representing the voices in her head. Hey, it's Jono, Ben and Megan here. We're just recording our podcast, but we saw you sent through a text that we think was for us. Okay. Yes, it was definitely for you. And now related to a song that we played this morning, but you didn't say what song.

I'm just trying to like i am i can't pronounce the singer my nanny used to call him um the broccoli guy but it was time to say goodbye oh yes good good it's to do with that okay because you text through saying i just want to say thank you for the song this morning i know it was a joke but it made a big difference to my day yeah i've been going through a bit of a rough patch in life, as you do, you know. Things have been going wrong. Kids have been ill and stuff.

And that song was played at my nanny's funeral. So when you played it this morning, although there was a few tears on the way to work, I physically felt like there was a great big hug around me. And it was just, yeah,

meant more than you guys would realise. Oh, that means a lot. I know it was only a bit of a joke thing, but for me it was amazing. Well, I do seriously love the song. I just know that it's not in the hits wheelhouse. It's a beautiful song, but it's just not one that you would normally play.

So it was just, yeah, that was amazing. So I just wanted to say thank you and you guys keep up the amazing work. Now, I hope you don't mind, can we play this to our boss when we get in trouble on Monday? Yeah. Is that okay?

Oh, definitely, yeah, because I was totally backing you guys. Yeah, because there is going to be some conversations about it. I was hoping when I called you back that you were going to mention that yeah, because I was totally backing you guys. Yeah, because there is going to be some conversations about it and I was hoping when I called you back that you were going

to mention that song but you didn't say what song. So that's good. Send him to me, I'll sort him out. You guys are amazing. Also, he's blind.

Ben, that was your other case. Andrea Bocelli. Andrea Bocelli's blind so then it'll be a disability service. Discrimination from our boss. At least he could hear it

even if he can't see it That's right You're right Well you never know How music affects people And I'm glad It's made your day better Yes it really did

Thank you You have a great day Thanks so much for listening Cheers to you Andrea Bocelli It was born with Sight difficulties But then he got hit

By a football On the face At age 12 And then blind after that So he could see a little bit but not great before that. Had that had happened, maybe we wouldn't have got that song. Hey, that's right. Yes, right.

Well, an amazing artist. Who was the monster who kicked a football in a nearly blind kid's face? Yeah. I don't know. It might have been a heads-up situation. You know who it sometimes is. Andrea! Andrea!

Unless he was playing football And it was like a header or something I don't know That was what it said on Wikipedia Now he's completely blind You arsehole But you're right That moment could have set him off on a path of music

Enjoy the podcast We kick things off With one of the stars from the Minecraft movie New Zealander Rachel House John O'Bannon Megan The podcast The hits off with one of the stars from the Minecraft movie, New Zealander Rachel House. Exciting, the new movie, a Minecraft movie is in cinemas today. It was filmed in New Zealand, starring the likes of Jack Black, Jason Momoa. There's a whole lot of Kiwi actors in it as well, like Jermaine Clement from Flight of the Conchords, and the voice of the villain, who's hilarious in it, is Rachel House.

You know Rachel House from many other movies. She starred in movies like Thor. The slaves have armed themselves. I don't like that word. Sorry, the prisoners with jobs have armed themselves. Yeah, and she also was the voice of one of your kids' favourite movies. Grandma Tala in Moana. You've come so far.

Moana, listen. Do you know who I am? and Moana. You've come so far. Moana, listen. Do you know who I am? But she is the piglin, the evil character in the new Minecraft movie, Rachel House. And she joins us in the studio now. Thanks for coming in, Rachel.

Oh, thanks. Thanks, guys. It's lovely to be here. Just explaining your whirlwind of your last sort of 72 hours. Yes, yes, yeah. Got off a flight yesterday. It was a direct flight, thank goodness, 17 hours from New York.

And you've come back to a hot water cylinder. Hot water cylinder burst. Nightmare. I don't really understand it. But look, they're taking care of business as we speak. So that's great. Just come back here. You're going back to New York?

I'm going back tomorrow. Just here for the premiere? For the premiere. And yes, I'm sorry, my buddy Jermaine isn't here with us today. No, don't oppose to us. All too much travel for him. Coming from Wellington. I know, you've come 17 hours.

I know, no, this is literally our text exchange. I said, dude, I came back from New York and you're complaining about coming from Wellington. It's like, what, an hour flight? It's an hour flight. Yeah. I think it's like 45 minutes. But also, I'm lucky enough to have already seen the movie. Oh, you've seen it?

I haven't seen it. Oh, what? Is this quite normal that you don't watch? It's pretty normal. So I'm an animated pig. Yeah, you are. So there would be no reason for me to really have much, do you know what I mean, with the real life characters?

Yeah, did they turn the mic on? You're great they got your voice they did well i do it completely separate like they did the whole film before i even got involved you are the standout i was going to say jermaine who because he's not enough as much as you and you are the villain but you managed to make it so funny and lovable really yeah that's. That's great. You're like, how did it turn out? No, seriously, Tia. I've just been reading up about what the movie's about. We've got audio of you, actually. Would you like to hear yourself?

Sure, why not? Let's go. A place with no joy. That's not you. Or creativity at all. That's Jack Black. What are you making? That's you.

That was you. That was you. So that was you. That was you. It was me. Let me tell you, every time I went into the recording session, I lost my voice. Oh, really? Every single time, yeah. How long does it take?

Do you do that in a couple of days? You do sort of like, it was about five or six sessions, and it's about three or four hours at a time, scream and screech the entire time. Is it fun though? Because you've done obviously like Moana and this as well. A lot of voiceover. A lot of voiceover.

Do you enjoy that? I do. I love it actually. It's my favourite. I prefer to do that over anything. You turn up in your pyjamas and your boots and stuff like that. Now you, I didn't realise, are an officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit. Oh, go on.

Re-Google. Yeah, I did re-Google. Did some Googling. Thank you for that. Is that getting you bloody what? So discounts at Burger King or five cents off a litre at petrol stations? No, I just get this big fancy kind of metal thing they absolutely never wear. Some people do wear it.

A step closer to a dame or is that a dame? That's not a dame, is it? No. She's nearly a dame. Too young to be a dame. It's a gateway to a dame. I'm not far off probably being that kind of age. What's the ceremony like when you receive that honour?

There's about 20 people and they're all there with their families and then one at a time you get up and curtsy to the Governor-General. How do they tell you you're getting what? Do you get an email or a text? You get an email, yeah. And it's all very secretive. You don't know who did it. You don't know who nominated you. I don't think it can be

someone like your mum. I don't think your mum can nominate you. I was going to ask if you could nominate yourself. Yeah, right? I know. Or you can set up a fake Gmail and nominate yourself. Rachel House is really good in that movie. I think you have to be some kind of legitimised

whatever that means. Yeah, no, that makes sense. It's good they've got systems in place. Yeah. Now, obviously, what was your knowledge of Minecraft before the movie? None, yeah. So I was going to say, have all of you played it? Yes.

Oh, no, my kids did. Oh, your kids did? Yeah, they had a period. Well, I would sort of go, what is this? And they'd go, oh, Minecraft. And they'd try and explain to me. It's been around for a wee bit, though. It's been a huge, one of those huge games.

I just read about it. This is all my talking. I read about it this morning. You should have asked the director. You're like, what is this movie about? Rachel House with us, starring in the new Minecraft movie. So you said you're old. I'm not starring, darling.

I'm going starring. You're an old animated pig. But anyway, thanks for that. Do you ever use, because acting you have a wide set of skills, do you ever use them for evil powers, like winning arguments or getting off parking tickets?

No. Maybe when I was in my 20s, but that's just an age thing. Do you know what I mean? Because you could probably cry on cue. No, I can't. Oh, you can't? No can't used to not anymore i need the drops out dead inside that's right that is do you ever get because i listen to you every day inadvertently because my daughter's favorite movie is moana moana too and she loves grandma tala yes she, do you ever get kids being like, hang on? No, not for that role because it's a bit different.

Look, to be fair, because no one really, I feel like people don't really know who I am. I get a lot of, you're that lady, but they can't say from where or, you know what I mean? You're that lady. Hey, you're that lady. I am that lady. You're that lady.

But whenever I do get it, which isn't all the time, it's really nice. You know what I mean? I'm really grateful. Because, you know, if people don't like you, then you wouldn't get the work. Well, you are that lady. I'm that lady? You are that lady. Thanks for liking me.

You're my daughter's favourite. Oh, that's so nice. And that lady, thank you for coming on our show. We appreciate you. It's lovely. Thanks for having me. Rachel House. Go see her in a Minecraft movie.

It's in cinemas today. Really, really good. John O'Bannon Megan. The podcast. The hit. I went along with my daughter Poppy and the fam. And when you see a show of that scale, you understand why we're getting less and less shows here.

Right, yeah. Like for them to come and do all that for one night, obviously not viable. Great, she sold out two nights. But you understand why we're not getting the shows we used to. Yeah, which is a shame, eh? Because it's so amazing to have artists like that. Yeah. It was a phenomenal stage.

Like, incredible. And looking around, I was getting all judgmental. I was like, look at all these people on their phones, not living in the moment, not being present, just looking through their screens. And then I was like, well, I'm doing exactly the same thing. It's just I'm just recording audio, which is probably even weirder because people are like, why is he recording audio?

When's he going to listen back to this? I want to see the video. When's he going to listen back to this? I want to see the video. When's he listening to this? When are you going to go back and listen to this quality? Yeah, you're right. You're probably the only person there recording just audio. I would have liked to have seen what she was wearing and what was going on on stage, Shona.

No, mate, you hear it. Imagine it, mate. You're okay if you don't see that. Yeah. Incredible, though. Just huge artists to have in the country. I remember she was here like a while ago. She was opening for Bruno Mars.

It's pretty incredible now that she's the headline artist. That's when, yeah, my daughter Poppy fell in love with her. When she was opening for Bruno. OG fan. Yeah. And she, looking around, there was all, you know, a lot of young children there and young girls. And just having the tight, wholesome, wholesome event. She did a bit of crowd banter.

You know I like my crowd work too, but I don't know how her crowd work went. What's your name? My name's Kaya. Kaya, what's your name? Katie. Katie, and what's your name? Misha. Just went around asking everyone's names.

Everyone's names, that's nice. I saw also that you said through a video that she played a lord cover too royal it only felt right to kick it off with the kiwi queen yeah i was expecting lord to come out there but she did a great job of it she did a wonderful job one of the cutest moments too Was Poppy looked down And we were sitting down Because you know I'm an old man I like to sit then

He was called out Someone went to Bruno He said the only person Who never got up once At the Bruno Mars concert Not once at all Someone texted As if Jono sat the whole time

I like to You've got to go up and dance You never know You've got to have fun I like to keep my legs In good tact But she leant down She was standing up She grabbed my hand And pulled me up And started dancing You never know where you need to... I'm out of funk. I like to keep my legs in good tact, see? But she leant down, she was standing up dancing,

she grabbed my hand and pulled me up and started dancing with me. So she got you up? She got me up. And as it was happening, I was like, this is a moment I'm going to remember forever. Poppy, if you want anything, today's the day to ask for it. Yeah. You've got them wrapped around your finger.

Yeah. I'll remember that until I get dementia or Alzheimer's Or something but it's very cute Jono, Ben and Megan The podcast The hits See good news 6.39 on your Thursday morning Legendary Hollywood actor Harrison Ford From Indiana Jones, Star Wars and many other movies

Was seen taking the subway In New York City Apparently he hadn't taken it in years He was just by himself She was there And she was kind of let him onto the subway. Why did she leave him on his own? Maybe he had to go somewhere else without her. So they were down there together and then off he went.

Here's your card now. Get on there. I'll meet you at the next stop. That was actually pretty cool. Apparently he was talking to one of the commuters. He hadn't ridden the subway in years. Good on him. That was pretty cool.

In New York, Nicole in New York joins us right now. And what is the subway like riding that thing? I mean, on the subways here in New York City, it's hysterical. Like, they stop and people are, like, pushing you. You're like, I am trying to leave. They're not going to leave without you getting in. Let me off of the train before you get on. It's insane.

Oh, so there's no method when you're with the subway it's just every everyone for themselves is it yep it is yeah yeah i learned that the halfway my family got off and i didn't on the on the new york subway and i had to go to the next stop because you're right they don't wait politely and then you know ben's too polite he would have been like okay okay you come in you come in you come in and then my family i like i was like text him i'll meet you the next stop wherever that is that's so funny because that's like most new york city families have that plan set up like i've told my kids when we got on if you don't get off for some reason you stay and wait and i will like i will come back and get

you do not move like you have to have a plan because it happens i suppose you'd be frightening with little kids on the subway. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, my kids are like, I mean, they're straight up. They're like more New Yorker than I am. But yeah. Yeah.

Get out of here. They hail a cab like an old man. Now, I know you're hugely invested in the Warriors season two. Another win for the Warriors over the weekend as well. That's three from four. Now things are going into a bye week where we automatically get two points for not playing. So this is good. This is a good start.

Maybe I'm a lucky charm, guys. Maybe all they needed was me to put my support behind them. The lucky charm. Ironically, they lost when you watched them. Yeah, you're the lucky charm. So don't watch any more games for the rest of the season. Okay. You got it. You got it. The opposite of the lucky charm So don't watch any more games for the rest of the season Okay, okay You got it The opposite of a lucky charm

Can we ask just quickly, because I know you need to go Snow White, now obviously that's getting a lot of publicity The movie over here It's getting told it's too woke There's obviously been some political stuff That's sort of been put in there as well Like there's certain stories That just don't need to be touched.

Like if it's not broke, don't fix it. And don't like, because you were hired as the actress to play the lead role in a beautiful old story. There are some things that like you don't get to like say what it's going to be and change that she doesn't get saved by the prince. Yes, maybe today the stories that are being told are a little different because we've evolved and things have changed. But she said so many crazy things about how messed up that story was. Okay, it was written

in the 30s. What do you expect? Times were different then. So I think she really shot herself in the foot by like really pushing that whole agenda and pushing that narrative

that it's going to be different and we're going to make her. No one wants that. They just want the good old-fashioned Disney story. She really said it wasn't a love story. But then when I went to see it, they did fall in love and they kissed. I was like, well, it is a love story. Yeah. Also, I don't think they were everybody was getting long on that set. And so I think that there was probably a little bit of that, like her kind of pushing back, like rebelling against the story

that they did tell because she had her own idea of what it should have looked like. i mean it's not doing well and i do think it's partially because she's been like talking trash a little bit you think she's uh tanked the movie on purpose i mean maybe or just i think a lot of people forget what's happening and who's listening when you're on a red carpet or you're doing an interview on television like you misspeak a lot and you maybe like speak from like the heart per se or the way that you think and you forget that this is going to be broadcast to millions of people. You forget that you're not just talking to this one

person on the carpet and everybody's got an opinion these days. So you better be careful with the words that you say. It feels like a remake of Snow White. That was like a guaranteed banger. You see why they did it in some ways. I thought you were going to say a guaranteed no-go in the fact that it has seven dwarves, which they don't reference in the movie.

They're magical creatures, right, in the movie. But they don't really even reference it as that. They're obviously CGI'd. But even Peter Dinklage was like, I don't know why we're doing this movie. Like, these little people don't live together in caves. You know, like, it feels

like we could have left it. Yes. If they were going to do it with the dwarves, they at least should have had little people playing those roles, right? Because even if it felt like not politically correct anymore, right, like, I think that they didn't like that it was still sort of like the butt of the joke

and that's not what they would want. So, like, if this is the story we're portraying, then it should be portrayed by the people that they were actually writing about. Yeah, I mean, you take the dwarves out, there's just a lady who ate a bloody rotten apple. Yeah, right? Broke into somebody's house. Broke into a bunch of people's houses.

All about weekends. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits Pony Club You've been hearing this song Everywhere Chapel Rome We are big fans

Great songs You've got many other bangers as well Yeah we're playing now on the hits It was awesome Big fans of Chapel But if you know anything about her She's quite outspoken She doesn't shy away from saying exactly how she feels

which is quite refreshing for a celebrity. Calls a pink pony a pink pony. Yeah, but she has appeared on a popular podcast Call Her Daddy and she made this comment about her friends who are parents. All of my friends who have kids are in hell. I actually don't know anyone who's like happy and has children at this age.

I literally have not met anyone who's happy, anyone who has like light in their happy, anyone who has light in their eyes, anyone who has slept. I'm like, why do my parents do that? I'm the oldest of four. My mom had me at 23. So she's saying all parents her age are miserable. How did she know they were miserable before they had kids?

So obviously the internet and momsums have come for her. They've argued that Chapel, you know, like she can't speak. She doesn't have children. This is the most wonderful time in their lives. She doesn't understand. My initial thoughts were she's right. She's right. I am miserable.

Well, I mean, we're all having a hard time, aren't we? We spent four hours crying in a pantry yesterday afternoon. There's no rule book. It is difficult at times, but she does also not quite understand. She obviously listened to her friends vent and whinge at the hard times, but being a parent is rewarding and it's draining. It can be the most amazing thing you've ever done and the most exhausting at the same time.

I often talk about how challenging my daughter is, how strong-willed she is, and how she drives me up the wall, but those are also the things that make me love her. And I've never considered how it might give people the wrong impression that she's a pain in the neck all the time. You can understand that Chapel's only been fed the negative or challenging stuff, because be honest, how often do we sit there and say, oh my God, Aya, she did the cutest thing today. She ate all her veggies. She told me she loved me and she slept through the night.

It doesn't happen. And you'd sound smug. All your colleagues would be like, cool story, bro. For some reason, the traumatic yarns seem to garner more attention and sympathy. I thought it was also nice to have someone acknowledge how tough parenthood actually is, even though she's not a parent. It's not always sunshine and rainbows, and we shouldn't attack someone for speaking what we all know to be true, even if it's only part of the truth. And Chapel may choose to have children later, and then

she might understand the weird nuances of being a parent. That this tiny person who is screaming, throwing food at you, is at the same time the light of your life, even if the light has gone from your eyes. Even if you're dead inside. Interesting, yeah. I guess it is probably coming from a position where she doesn't have kids. That probably is. And I feel like I don't agree with it,

but I know there's times that are hard, but I still feel like most parents have got that light in their eyes when you talk about their kids, if they love their kids. You can be exhausted and stay up all night trying to look after them and at the same time be like, God, I love you. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, you're right. The only time she's hearing from her friends, her friends are like,

oh, thank God. And they're 27. She's 27. Yeah, pump a Sav Blanc into my mouth, would you, Chapel? She's getting that side of them. Yeah. It's a beautiful, weird, hard, fun time in your life. So is life.

Yeah. So is life. Ups and downs, highs and lows. You are going to be miserable crying on a toilet at times. And then you're also going to be happy on that toilet too. And just leave Chapel alone. I just love that she likes to speak her truth. She's a great artist.

Maybe on this occasion, maybe not the time to do it, though, I would say, because she's not a parent. Maybe stay in your lane on this one. No, but she's just saying what she's experienced from other parents in her life. Yeah, I guess. But then maybe she'll find out one day herself. Maybe she won't.

That's up to her. Well, one thing's for certain. She won't give a crap about what we're saying. No, exactly. Jono, Ben and Megan. The's up to her. Well, one thing's for certain. She won't give a crap about what we're saying. No, exactly. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. Some heavy stuff in our New Zealand Herald Daily Quiz

where we answered a question from Quiz Queen Ali. Can you remember what the question was, Ali? To do with an Italian... Folster copy. Yeah. He was a professional athlete in which sport? Now, we said cycling and it was wrong. Apparently, yeah. It was fencing

and we were like, oh okay, we hadn't heard of him then and you googled it afterwards. Did a little google of Fos de Coppie and it turns out that he was a successful Tour de France cyclist. Yeah, so after the show we were like, well we need to alert the Herald of this complete injustice with their quiz. We phoned up and

I was screaming at the lady down the phone giving her a bloody earful. Hi, hi, sorry. It was one of those moments though, we actually, because we called up, we're like, okay, we're going to call up and get this, you know, change, we're going to alert them, it's going to be great. And then as we were on the phone call, we looked at the quiz again and they changed it.

So they did fix it. So there was a mistake. Yeah. So they'd done it already. And then we're like, well, this renders this phone call completely pointless. Which I think is the kind of idea we got from her. She was like, why are you calling me?

I want to apologise for the tsunami of abuse I gave that poor woman. But anyway, it's all sorted now and onwards and upwards Ellie. Exactly. Alright. Question number one. Which New Zealand film directed by Jane Campion won the... Piano.

Nice, Jono. Well done. Piano. Piano. Piano. Jane Campion, she comes out, she does the boom. Here's an Academy Award winning film that you don't hear from her for about 17 years. She comes up, boom.

Here's another one. Well, I guess they take a bit to come to fruition. True. True. All right. Which infamous leader was convicted for war crimes by a special tribunal in 2001? I'm thinking... Hang on.

Okay. Oh, no. Do you want to say who you think? We get options. Do you have some? Go to the options. Go to the options. There's Saddam Hussein, Muammar Gaddafi, or Slobodan Milosevic.

Hussein was it 2001? Because Bush would have been in power. Was it Gaddafi? Egypt was Gaddafi, but that feels like... 2001 is 9-11 year. 9-11, yeah, yeah, I was just thinking that. So was that... So Hussein, I don't know, does it say when in 2001?

They were invading Iraq in the 90s, weren't they, the US? So Hussein... Wasn't Gaddafi later yeah it feels like that was sort of 2012 2013 with Egypt

what was the third option Slobodan Milosevic oh Slobodan Milosevic it was him oh my god Slobodan Milosevic that's correct yeah

we need to we need to look at oh my god jeez the pronunciation I was like I've never heard of that person when you said it properly I was like oh yeah no I'm here We need to look at this. Oh, my God. Jeez. The pronunciation is... I was like, I've never heard of that person. And then when you said it properly, I was like, oh, yeah.

No, I'm... Oh, God. I'm so sorry, guys. No, it's 100% him. Well, back in the hero, yes, they made me... My fault. ...produce a rally, yeah. Oh, well done, guys.

Question number three. It is a... I mean, you see that on paper. It's a tough one to... Yeah, yeah, it's a tough one to tackle. All right. Question number three I mean you see that on paper It's a tough one to tackle Alright question number three Which epoch is known for a significant warming event Which occurred 56 million years ago

Was it the Oligocene The Paleocene Or the Eocene I'm going to show you it Time for a breather Yeah I don't know So if you know the answer to this, 4487,

you're our lifeline. One more time. Sorry, Ali. So it's, which epoch is known for a significant warming event which occurred 56 million years ago? Was it the Oligocene,

Paleocene, or Eocene? And we can't confirm. Do you want me to look at the... Yeah, do you want to read that? Oligocene, yeah, okay. Paleocene, or Eocene. Okay. Jono, Ben, and. Paleocene or eocene.

Okay. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. With our quiz queen, producer Ellie, the New Zealand Herald Daily Quiz. We're three deep, stuck on the fourth. All right. It's actually the third.

Which epoch is known for a significant warming event which occurred 56 million years ago? Was it the oligocene, the Paleocene, or the Eocene? I understand none of those. Yeah, I was going to say, does anyone actually know what the epoch is? No. I don't understand any facet of that question. We used our lifeline,

and Eocene is the one that's coming through the most. That is correct. So thank you very much to everyone that sticks through on that one. Well done. All right. It's a particular period of time. Okay.

An epoch. Oh. Okay. So we It's a particular period of time. Okay. An epoch. Oh. Okay. So we're in an epoch right now. Yeah. I hate it when they use fancy words

for something simple. It's like a point in history. Yeah, it's like when they call it Antipodean for Australia and New Zealand.

Oh. Yeah, I've never got, I always thought it was antipodes. Oh, I kind of like that because it makes it sound

fancy. Yeah. Yeah. All right. Question number four. Which type of shark can live in both saltwater and freshwater? Is it the bull shark, the lemon shark, or the mako shark? It's the bull shark.

It's the bull shark, yeah. That is correct. Well done. They have them in the Goldie, don't they? And they go up rivers and stuff. Oh, okay. I learnt that when I was there recently on my wee tour. Oh, that's it.

Must be nice, Megan. Had a fast pass at Dreamwell too, okay. I learnt that when I was there recently on my wee tour. Oh, that's it. Must be nice, Megan. Had a fast pass at Dreamwell 2, Ben. It was a must be nice occasion. Hashtag gifted to us battlers waiting in line. In the 40 degree heat. Megan, mate, she's sworn in a fast pass through. She's playing with the bull sharks and walking to the front of those lines. All right, question number five.

During the 2023 SAG Awards Which TV show was awarded Outstanding performance By an ensemble In a drama series Better Call Saul The White Lotus Or Succession

2023 Better Call Saul Was years ago Yeah it feels like It's either White Lotus Or Succession right Because Succession Was pretty big in 2020

Around that time I felt like it was Succession Okay What do you think yeah well but yeah i mean white lies has been running what's the third series so it's been pretty much i remember kieran colkin getting up yeah yeah true not recently okay let's go let's go succession that's a good show well it is but just not quite good enough To get through the next round Of the competition

There we go We've bundled out today It's done Hard luck No we'll come back bigger Stronger Better tomorrow Well probably not

We'll just come back tomorrow Jono, Ben and Megan The podcast The hits I like to catch up with Nicole She hosts a breakfast radio show In New York Every week we catch up with her

Nicole good morning How are you? I'm okay I'm okay I I'm okay. I'm doing all right, yeah. Life is good in New York City. We got like a little tease of nice weather from Mother Nature, so I do feel like spring is upon us, which is positive.

You're heading into your good part of the year. We're going into the doldrums. Sorry, guys. Now, Nicole, what we're doing at the moment is we're starting a competition to find the greatest TV theme tune of all time. Now, not necessarily the best show of all time. The show could be just a steaming pile of you know what, but the theme tune has to be the best. So what, off the top of your head, do you have a couple that pop into your head best theme tune?

Yeah. I mean, I hate that this ages me, but like the Golden Girls theme, it's like everything. That came up on a text yeah it's a banger it is a banger when you listen to it again you're like thank you for being a friend thank you for being it just it's just easy it just comes up i mean the white lotus was like a little bit more like now and current but now they didn't really give it to us yes that's my banger um i mean anything that i for that. I mean, anything that, I don't know, did you guys have Full House, Family Matters, all the Step by Step, all those that were,

yeah, those were all amazing. Those shows were one after the other. Those were all amazing. Growing Pains. Full House. We've got to get them down to 32. It's proving difficult. Yeah.

Otherwise, this countdown is going to go on till december also i feel like it's a lost art because even the ones that like you have now like on streaming services and stuff you can skip the intro we didn't used to do that so like they would get in our heads more when we were younger that's why i like the white lotus one because that's one that i didn't skip right justification for a good song plus times are tough like hiring a 48 piece orchestra to record a TV intro now, you can't budget for that stuff nowadays, can you? No, absolutely not.

It's not worth it. Nicole, speaking of TV, the star of The Apprentice ended up being your president. Yeah, this is true. I don't like to admit it or be reminded of it, but alas, this is our current situation. That was a good theme tune to The Apprentice. Money, money, money, money.

Money. It's still his mantra. That was a good theme tune to The Apprentice. Money, money, money, money. It's still his mantra. It was a good theme tune. Say what you want about Trump. It was good. But he wants a third term as president. Now, this never happened before. Obviously, this is not currently the law, but can he take the law into his own hands? Do you think this could happen?

I mean, he's done everything that we thought that he couldn't do. Like, I mean, we thought that you weren't allowed to be like a convict and also be president, right? Like you weren't allowed to like, you know, break the law and then also be elected president.

So, I mean, in theory, yes, I'm sure he could, you know, use the whole like we're mincing words. It says this, but it doesn't say this. Like in the, you know. You know, like it's probably like a professional wrestling thing that's big over there.

You know about how they bring back an old character and the new character, like The Rock will come back to wrestling and it'll be huge and stuff. So what about Obama, Trump, third, going for the three-peat? Obama comes back, Trump comes back, because they both can't currently run for a third term. What do you reckon? I just, the thing is, is nobody should run for a third term.

Like we need fresh blood. You need fresh blood. Things get stale. The world changes. The economy changes. And if you keep using the same people, things are never going to change or evolve. Let's get Abraham Lincoln back. There you go. All the big bangers.

Well, yeah, I mean, he's living his best life, isn't he? He's not letting the haters get him down. He's not letting the haters get him down. He's not letting the haters get him down. If you could sign an executive order, what would you go? Anything. Change anything. Oh, God. Anything?

Yeah. I'd get the ball rolling. Oh, my gosh. I might go it would become illegal, punishable by death, for not acknowledging when someone lets you go in front of them, you know, in traffic. You put the hazard lights on at the very least. Even raise your fingers off the steering wheel,

a bit of a thank you, something like that. Something. Yeah, punishable by death. By death. Yeah, I mean, listen, I have like some serious things. Like I feel like there are certain crimes that I have said in the past that you should just put the person like like old school like in times square and just set them on fire but that's very violent right

public lynchings i'm gonna i'm gonna say the person you know the person that always stands up straight away when the plane lands those people oh i love that they should never be able to get their bags yeah they're like oh they're off that was me when we flew back straight away like what are you trying to say i was just trying to stretch my legs. We're all getting off at the same time. So those people. Okay, I have one. I have one.

If you, if somebody like you're leaving a building and someone's coming in, if you come in before I leave, it's over. You at least got to do like community service or something. Let me leave. I have the right of way. I get to leave before you come in. It's the same as elevators. The same thing.

Yes. They've got to let you leave before you come in. It's the same as elevators. The same thing. Yes. They've got to let you leave before you come in. That's a very good point. So if you're in the building, you get right away there, do you? Hey, well, Nicole, you're going to have a wonderful day over there. We'll keep you up to date with the Warriors and also the TV theme tunes, mate. Yes, man. I have to think of some.

I'll send you if I think of some more. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The podcast. The hits. So we've got talking about terms and conditions. It feels like every time you download an app or you try and get something on your computer, you've got terms and conditions in a box to tick.

Yeah, and we've tracked down Abby from Consumer NZ. Thanks for joining us. Yeah, no worries. Thanks. Terms and conditions, Abby. I'm going to front foot this, as I said yesterday. Never read any of them. Never read any of the terms or the conditions.

Just clicked I agree and moved on with my life. Is that a terrible mistake to make? That's bold. I'm sure there are plenty of us that are like you, though, right? I think saying I have agreed to the terms and conditions has got to be one of the biggest lies we've all told ourselves. Well, you've agreed to it, but you haven't necessarily read all the things. Yeah, exactly. I guess it's tricky because, you know, if you're signing up to an app

or you've really made that commitment in your mind to go to that particular gym, you kind of go, well, I can't opt out of those terms and conditions. This is the product. This is the service. This is the experience that I want. And so you have to side up and agree to the terms and conditions. So I can see why we make that error or why we lie to ourselves. But, yeah, it's not a great habit to get into.

My colleague and I were talking about this at work this morning. I think the single most important thing to remember is if you are paying, if you are handing your money over, if you're handing a credit card over when you sign up to an app or, yeah, you're, you know, paying for a travel insurance policy or signing up to a gym, read the terms and conditions always if you are paying. Can we, I just thought of this on the spot, copy it and put it into AI and say, read this and tell me if there's any red flags. Oh, like a summarized sort of thing.

Yeah. You're smart. That's a great idea. Yeah, nice work. You could probably do that. And I guess you just have to give it really good prompts because there's still going to be, you know, how does that AI know what's important to you and what's sort of going to be a deal breaker? Do you think there's any case in any court of law where you can be like, well, there was like 48 pages of terms and conditions. Some of them we found out take like an hour and a half to reach.

Yeah, that's a really frustrating one too, I think. It's more likely to be unfair if terms and conditions are really hard to read or they're in legalese and you can't understand them. The Fair Trading Act suggests that you can't mislead your customers and you need to be fair. So there could be a case for it. Well, yeah, there's things that I was reading online and maybe that's changed where some of the social media say once you put something on on there they have the rights to use it whenever they want not that they necessarily are going to but they just seem like they cover every potential base and option for them to do whatever they want yeah that's really frustrating i read they did an experiment where they asked 500

students asking them to open up a sort of a made-up social network site. And then they looked at how they responded to signing up and all that. And in one of the terms and conditions, there was a clause, by agreeing to this, you give away the total unconditional passing on of all personal information, as well as handing over your firstborn child. And 98% of those students didn't bother to read the clauses. Is there any rules in terms of like, so they said you can have our firstborn child,

can they chuck like wild things in there? Like we can use all of your images for what, I think that's probably in there. But is there any laws as what they can put in there or if we're saying yes to the terms and conditions, then they can put in there or if we're saying yes to the terms and conditions then they can put whatever they want well i mentioned the fair trading act before the fair trading act prohibits businesses from like creating unfair terms so i think you'd probably argue that you know your

firstborn child or something obviously that was a joke in that instance. But, like, that would be less of an unfair term and more of an ethical... Creech of human rights. You know, like, yeah, human rights concern. But so, yeah, when we're talking, like, consumer to business in that sense, yeah, they need to be fair. The takeaway is you you just got to read the terms and conditions will any of us do that probably not jono ben and megan the podcast the

hits is the best tv theme of all time we're putting them head to head yesterday fresh prince game of thrones csi and sex and the city all went through this morning We had a big battle between two 1980s icons. Magnum. Magnum was taking on Greatest American Hero. Overwhelming victory, wasn't it, for Greatest American Hero? It was a landslide victory,

but right now, Animation taking on animation, which is a bit of a tough one, isn't it? Literally comparing apples with apples with this one. And they're all great shows that we're finding,

you know, particularly these two for different reasons. Simpsons. Longest running American animated series, 783 episodes. Oh, jeez.

That's a lot. Just having a look at it. And they're taking on South Park this morning. How many South Park episodes? They should be running for a long time. They just don't do as many. It's just a naughty little cousin. Someone your parents didn't want you to watch.

325, it says, or 328. They'll get them. They'll get them. Zach, morning to you. You're chucking your vote behind who this morning, Zach? It'll definitely be South Park morning, guys. And I just want to preface that with I do love Simpsons. Simpsons is a very wholesome show.

Where South Park, it has these innuendos. It has these little things that you're not really allowed to say, but they say it. And I think that's why even the song itself, they're going to unwind. Sometimes it's not even innuendo. Sometimes it'll smack you right in the throat. So South Park for Zach.

Favourite episode of South Park, Zach? Oh, I'm going to actually have to say I enjoyed the movie. It was actually really good. All really good. Common song in the movie. It was actually really good. Really good. Common song in the movie. It's great. Appreciate your vote this morning. Thank you for taking part.

We'll see if it makes it through the next round. Helen, South Park for you, is it? Oh, no. Gun the Simpsons. Definitely not. Got to be the Simpsons. I mean, so iconic and adult cartoons that all of us as children and teenagers were into because our parents didn't even know what it was and went into animation.

I mean, come on. It's ingrained into us. Yeah, the animation was like we were getting our head around AI, wasn't it back then? At this point, I just need to remind everyone it's not about the TV show. It's about the TV theme song. Yes, you're right. But it's probably often the memories that it evokes by hearing the theme song. The Simpsons theme tune is so iconic that you'll get little children nowadays

will be able to hum it with you if you start it. Yeah. I feel like... South Park, what? Yeah. I feel like sometimes that argument for Megan, sometimes you like to... You can tell I'm backing South Park. Yeah, sometimes you say, don't back the show.

I just like to back the underdog, you know? All right. Well, let's go to the votes. We need to wrap things up as it fast approaches 9 o'clock. Producer Grace, your official scrutiny. What's happening? I do have to reveal that I logged into all my Instagram accounts to vote for South Park.

Oh, did you? I was half the votes for South Park. South Park lost by 50 votes. The Simpsons won at 82%. 82. going through. And it continues on this afternoon with Maddie and PJ. Friends is up this afternoon.