Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL SHOW: Jono’s Surprise Rugby Deal Sparks Drama

Episode Date: September 7, 2025

On today’s show:  Jono makes a surprise deal for the show that Ben and Megan aren’t happy about Megan’s embarrassing Pilates fail when she tried to show off... Can we actually find the much-talked-about Blood Moon? Why Jono ended up with a passive-aggressive Father’s Day card. Taking on the viral reverse game game! And when Facebook Marketplace went sideways... I got stuck in a house raid! Instagram: @THEHITSBREAKFAST Facebook: The Hits Breakfast with Jono, Ben & MeganSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The John O'Ben and Megan podcast, thanks to Dilma. Goodness really does taste great. Dilma, making the world a better tea. Welcome to the podcast on a Monday here on the podcast. But, you know, dates and times really non-existent in the world of podcasting. I was going to give you that, but it doesn't really matter. It's just a Monday here where we are recording the podcast after the weekend. We're going to get into the rugby very shortly because we had a big wager on it, didn't we?

Yeah. I was thinking, though, we obviously, we lost. But we won, we won, the All Blacks won, and that means we didn't have to do the anthem or did it. We'll get to John O's secondary bet soon. But we never, like, decided what would happen in the event of a draw, because it almost got to it. I was watching the game, I was like, this could end up in a drawer. So that very close to scoring at the end, they could have been 24-all. We probably both would have to do it.

Maybe. Because neither one. Yeah, true. Turns out we both have to do it anyway. Just some wild. Yes. Yeah. Does it count?

You know, six beers deep. Does it count? Well, you were the one. pushing for four verses last week and this was no bears deep. Sometimes I just say stuff yeah no so it's a good reminder you could say stuff and then have to you know back that stuff up even

when you boozed. They shouldn't they shouldn't but then you brought it up to us yeah yeah but then I'm also like I'm torn because I'm like well it provides a lot of content this week you've given us a lot of content yeah mixed emotions mixed emotion and you know

that's great from filling out the radio show point of view you're like this is great we can I've really launched into you doing the anthem, but yeah. Megan's been YouTube me this morning. She's four languages and they are not easy languages. No. Why aren't languages easier? It's just the hardest thing about languages is like you try and read it in English

and it's just not what it's not what it sounds like. Maybe it's best off just I'll wander around with the AirPods for as long as I can for the next few days and just have it blasting on loop. Just go loop. You know, the first verse or two is enough really, isn't it? you know a genuine attempt too because you don't want to offend anyone this is the issue I reckon the third verse though that language is hardest why do they leave the africans like the English one till last

but start with that I was like yeah we'll do that we'll do the first yeah I don't know this is on you this is on you and South Africa can I edit the anthem yeah rearrange it anyway enjoy the podcast have a wonderful day John O'Benn and Megan the podcast the Hats all blacks it was a close one in the end South Africa, 24-17 in Ardi Savi's 100th game good win on Eden Park though for the All Blacks and we had a bit of a bet. We had a lot riding on this game. We did and it

wasn't financial, some would say even worse than putting the kids' life savings on it. We bet with Mike Plessa and Aaron who are on 5 FM in South Africa a bit of a friendly wager between both the countries that whoever lost would perform the winning team's anthem. Learn it Two verses is what we talked about Right John I said something about four But we always

Okay two verses is what we agreed on Yeah so Mike joins us Now it's 10 o'clock in South Africa For a breakfast radio host This is very late So thank you for staying up Mike It's good to have you on the show this morning Hello John Ben and Negan

It's good to hear from you folks Congrats on the weekend's win That was awesome wow It was a very close game It was too great Both teams are awesome And another big game this weekend as well Which could go either

way, but we all had a lot riding on it. How do you feel now, knowing you have to learn the New Zealand national anthem in Tarayo and also English? Listen, I feel very honoured, first of all, because I love your country, I love your anthem, and so it's a great honour for me. But considering the orchestration of filming a performance and finding all that Blacks gear in Johannesburg, there's a deep sense of regret. It's also, I've been getting roasted by everyone on social media.

I've put in a couple of videos afterwards. And so the Africans have been calling me a traitor. Oh. And then the guys from New Zealand have been sort of setting me salt shaker means about being salty. So it's been a wild couple of hours. Oh, wow. Okay. Now, you, you FaceTime me on your show, half-time during the game.

Now, we had a conversation. Do you remember it? Yeah, yeah. I might remember. Is that? I don't know. Does John I remember it? Saturday night.

Not ideal face-time. timing conditions, Mike, might I say. But now you're claiming that I've said regardless win, lose and draw, we're going to perform the anthem anyway. Yeah, so I'm very happy to report that it's not just me having to learn a new language in the performance of the surreal verse. I've also been told that despite the wonderful victory for your side, that you will all be

learning our anthem in its entirety. Well, see, this mic, I'm going to to jump in here right now. This is where Megan and I were part of the initial bet, and we were fine to learn had the all blacks lost. But that's like what we shook on. Yeah. We can't, I wouldn't agree

to what old mate has promised you. Yeah, so Jano said regardless of half time, what we understand on your show that you said regardless of what happens, we will learn the anthem. No one's got any proof of this. No one's, it's, it's his word versus mine. My friend, you can't expect to get into a course or radio person

and it not be recorded in some capacity. Oh, we've got the audio. Okay, we've got the audio. Despite your protestations, I've sent your producer audio proof of this conversation, and it was your doing. It was unprompted. You just volunteered yourself. Okay, let's have a listen to the audio.

What I will say, I'll say this on behalf of Ben and Megan, is we will learn the national anthem anyway. We're trying to book an Eden Park to perform the anthem, and we'll do it for you regardless. love it. Hey, have a great day, brother. Nice to see you enjoy the game. Okay, well, thank you. Now, they were so happy about it too. Does it matter, I can't remember that?

AI. Hey-eye, is it. Do you know what? Mikey, I reckon he made the promise. Yeah. He can learn it. Yeah, he's got, we can put him in the car park at Eden Park. It doesn't matter.

We'll be somewhere near Eden Park. Later in the week, what do you reckon? I reckon that you should all be contacted me over the next couple of hours. for some Ethic Possa pronunciation lesson. Well, yeah, John, four different languages. Hotline to Mike all the week. Solo, too.

Oh, my God. Solo. Good luck. Okay. We'll see it through. We'll see it through. It's not going to be pretty, Mike, but we'll see it through.

Thanks, guys. And well done once more. We're going to get stuck into our version and try to source some all black skin in this pot. Oh, we'll catch up with you guys later in the week. John O'Bennon and Megan. The podcast. The hits.

Now, what happened at the gym, mate? So I'm going for an MRI on my knee this week. Oh, wow. I was like, I saw knee, but anyway. Old lady stuff. Yeah. It's old lady stuff. I might have injured it.

Arthritic, right? It's arthritic, right? So I'm still being going to do my Pilates and I... It's good to keep active. Shut up. You do the aqua aerobics in the water? Do you know what? Do you know what?

It's really good for my knees. I've done that before and I've got the little things that you hold on to and strap around your ankles to like increase resistance in the water. Mm. There we go on you. Getting out there. Anyway, so I pride myself when I go to Pilates that the instructor's always like, oh, if you need a bit of help, you can look at me again down the end. I'm like, yes.

The one day I was going to record because I say it to you all the time, and I was going to record the instructor and be like, see? The other people must be like, ugh. No, no. Everyone look at me and they're like, oh, my gosh. Downward dog over here and she's, how's she doing it better than me? So I was there one day with a whole bunch of people It was their first class

So look at Megan Yeah look at Megan It just started out Anyway I was doing like A little bit extra to show off Shall we say And I had my socks on That don't have grippies on the bottom

Slipped I fell through the middle of the reformer carriage Oh no I know I fell through the hole So the reformer character looks like a medieval torture device, doesn't it? It's got a slide thing and it goes forward and back. And you fell down.

Yeah, because I made it too heavy. It was too hard to push in my socks and I fell down in the middle of it. Everyone don't look at Megan. I know, are you so good you're doing an extra Downward Dog? You're going further down than everyone else. Double Downward Doggant. You look at that. Look at Megan gone.

I fell down, everyone's like, you're okay? And I was like, oh, I've just got a really bung knee. It's just not. I'm not doing this thing. It's arthritis, go. Yeah, oh, I'm okay. So, yeah, it's bruised my ego a little bit and I've been back for like a week. It looks bloody tough that.

I'm just trying to make you feel better, but it's not working here. Thanks, folks. John O'Ben and Megan, the podcast. The heads. Everyone's talking about the blood moon this morning, and it seems like very late in the night for everyone to see it. But right now it's apparently the best side. Best time to see it. If you look up, you'll see a sort of red.

hue across the moon across the country, the blood moon or the total lunar eclipse. It's visible right across the country right now, and it's visible right around the world. 85% of the world apparently can see it. What are they saying in the other parts of the world? Some good positive feedback on this moon? I feel like we'll probably be first to see it because there's a bit of a window of opportunity for you to see the moon. It spans about five hours where you can see it as the moon moves across the sky. Yeah, I only noticed the, it sort of looked like a 3D ping pong ball this morning when I did notice it.

We've sent Megan Papas out in the vehicle. What, is this company car, personal car? You're claiming this trip back, are you, Megan? Well, no, I think it's personal because I think it's basically just because I had the car park downstairs, so my car was closer. Okay, okay. What's the song? What's the song? What's the song?

Blue Moon Rising, apparently. I was all right. What song are we blur? It's like, we turn into Eye Heart Country at the same time, or what's going on? Megan, you're travelling out in the streets to get a better view. First thoughts? Yes. So, yeah, coming to live, Valtero, from the streets, there is a lot of people meandering,

maybe more than usual. I can't tell they might just be walking to work. But there is a little red hue on the horizon, and I haven't spotted it yet. We sure that's not Chris Hipkins? Sorry, I'm a bit scared to go for. The sunlight bouncing off his forehead. Sorry, I took over that one. Don't mean that.

So you can see the moon at all or not? I'm sorry, Chris. No, you keep saying look up into the sky, but I actually think the moon's quite low at the moment. Okay. Because it's quite light outside. I can see out through the window right now. It's not...

I reckon we miss the boat, team. But this is the time. This is meant to be the window of time. Yeah, who knows? Anyway, probably focus more on the road than the moon. I would suggest me. You see me? I was...

Oh, now you'll be drowned out with whatever song this is. The song I've never heard before, but we're really loving it right now. Guys, we've also been back here in traffic. It's some terrible drivers out this morning. Okay, so at the moment you can't see much, apart from a reddish-shirt-a-hue. Can't see the moon? I'm about to hoon over the harbour bridge,

so maybe I'd get a bit of view then. Well, we're not going to see you for another three hours now. Why are you going to go over the harbour bridge? Stacking peak hour in traffic. Wait, you'll be back at nine. Wait a way to get out of doing the show on Monday. What I might do is jump out of the middle of PKK traffic in the middle of our radio show to see when I return.

Where is the moon supposed to be, guys? Well, don't go to the harbour bridge. I don't care that much about the moon that we've lost Megan for the remainder of the show. Seriously. Oh, that's a beautiful sunrise. We don't usually get to see this. Oh, mate. If you go over the, why the harbour bridge is unnecessary.

That's the last we'll hear of her this morning. Okay. Well, Megan be back. Who knows? John O'Benn and Megan. The podcast. Father's Day yesterday. I hope you had a great day, all the dads out there.

Two. A bit of a different one. Yeah, well, my wife's father sadly passed away very early on Friday morning heading into the weekends. Yeah, it was obviously without, you know, as everyone would expect, it was a pretty full on weekend for the family. So we kind of had Father's Day yesterday, which was weird. It was a weird vibe.

Because obviously, you know, she had lost her father. So my Father's Day eventuated with the kids just coming up to me quietly and going, happy Father's Day. And that was it. That was the only, we just basically tried not to mention it throughout the day. So, yeah, which I totally understand. And I was, yeah, it was totally on board with. How's AmandaGar?

Yeah, up and down, understandably. A lot of waves of emotions, lots of stuff to really sort through, you know, when you lose someone. Because you're organising the funeral. She is, yeah, she's the only one really that's here because her brothers live in the state. So, yeah, well, yeah. That's hard when you have to feel well someone and then you have to do all that admin. It's kind of the last thing you feel like doing. Lots, lot.

Yeah, I don't realize how much the admin there is to do as well. You're thinking of all the fathers yesterday, and particularly those people who have lost their dads because that's really hard. Yeah, yeah. We spoke to people last week who regretted not saying things to their fathers that had passed away. Well, yeah, I got a card from the kids.

It was a lovely card, you know. But I find when you do receive a card from your children, you'll get this, Megan, when they're a little bit older and they're writing cards. It's 50% love, 50% performance review. In the card. So the first, I did a point. Appreciate the gag on the front.

It says, of all of my parents, you are definitely in the top two. I like that. So I'm coming bronze in a two-person race. You're definitely, yeah. You're definitely getting second to that, yeah. Then my son, Oscar, he's written, thanks for regurgitating inspirational Instagram quotes for me. Oh, you do that to him too? I send them to him all the time.

Look at this one, mate. And no one ever, no one ever watches them. I send them to the family. I send them to you. No one acknowledges them. I watch them. Every now and then you'll watch some of them and you'll be like, hmm, ha ha ha,

you're just seeing like a ha ha or a thumbs up or something. I don't know what do you want from me? Yeah, no, that's probably enough. And then Poppy, my daughter, she wrote, Dear Dad, you're so deserving of love and the best dad I could ask for, love heart. Now, that's beautiful. That tickled me.

She said, you're very funny, even though sometimes you're not. Bit of a combination there. So this is kind of like a performance review from our boss Yeah, it's the good and the bad too, is that, yeah. Yeah, and she's done a drawing

I'd assume that's me the bald stick figure at a desk doing my job which, and then the speech bubble was just blah, blah, blah, blah. Well, that's, she's pretty much summed up with your job perfectly.

Yes. Yeah, blah, blah, blah, blah. So that's, that was the lovely card day, but thank you kids. It was a beautiful day. John O'Bennon and Megan The podcast, the hits. Welcome back to day two

of the reverse game where each of us record into an app one line from a song we flip it round and reverse it and then we try and thank you very much she did it in a much cooler form

and then we try and repeat the reversed version to see how close we can get to the original version so do you want to go first today Ben or there you go I can't try to think of a song alright okay I'm going to go okay here we go hit me baby one more time so I've gone

Brittany. Okay, so now it will reverse it on the app. I love that at the end. Okay, so now I'm going to give that a go in reverse, okay? Here we go. Yeah, I've seen my knee and meant you. It's like you gave up. The app gave up to it. It was like, it's not going to work. Here we go. He ain't me, no, me, I'm there's fine. Oh, what bad?

You're not. It's in the ballpark. Yeah, me, no, me, it's fine. Yeah, he kind of almost got. Yeah. On karaoke. What's he singing? I think it's Britney.

No, me's fine. Okay, there you go, mate. Good luck. Good luck. I would give that maybe a 60%. What are you going to go? I'll try some jelly roll just because it's coming up this morning, okay? Okay, so start recording

You ain't nothing but a liar That's it Yeah, that's it Okay You ain't nothing but a liar Okay Now see what that sounds like Jellyroll would be like

Is that what I sound like? Reverse Oh yeah Little Misson Newee Oh, that's tough Good luck I'm gonna hear that again Oh yeah

Little Missa Newee So Ben's now got to try Mimick the reverse mode Oh she's No yeah You fit them how we Okay It breaks me

Endless joy And then I just Play record Do I? Yeah, You want to have me Yeah Not even

In the ballpark Hey Not even Yeah You want Not even Jelly Roll would put that No

That's not my song At all So that was Yeah No Not even in the ballpark Oh You got your song

Mate Can I do Taylor Swift Cruel Summer Of course you Can I'm thinking Maybe like

The Singing Like if I keep the melody of mine help me Yeah, yeah Good theory All right, good luck Megan Cool summer Can I say too

This is not our peak singing time It's early in the morning Yeah, yeah true You get any professional singer in here At this time of morning They're not going to nail it We haven't done vocal warm-ups Ha-masoo

Hey, I think that's doable though Ha-ha-ma-so I reckon you could be good here Yeah, so listen Cool summer Oh, summer It was all summer, but it was good John O'Benn and Megan

The podcast The Hits Great weekend of sport The All Blacks just got there over South Africa Which is a huge game on Saturday night The Black Ferns had a big one And the Warriors will be playing In the top eight their final

Which they wanted not to be scheduled Around about the All Black time But unfortunately the NRL don't listen to the Warriors And that's 6 o'clock on Saturday Which is the All Black game starts at 7 next week So it's going to be a bit of a clash of big games. Why don't the NRL listen to the Warriors? Why don't they go, hey, that's a really good point.

They don't care, mate. The NRL, the less people watching the Warriors, the better for the NRL. I mean, it'll still be a sell-out at Go Media Stadium, but it'd be nice if, you know, you can watch both games in full. Why don't they play, for the people at Go Media Stadium, play it on the big screen? Play the All Blacks on the Big Screen, and you've got The Warriors live. Solutions, guys. Solutions-based show. Now, Megan, controversial call to a dip.

out from the radio program 25 minutes to go into peak hour traffic to try and... Hey, I may have got my photo taken if you know what I mean. Oh, getting back here in time. Yeah, but...

You wanted to see the Blood Moon. A little bit. Like, you may have got a speed camera, I think. Maybe. Oh, really? That's okay. Joyce has been paying his this morning. Whatever they are. They came through with a rubber band around it. It was only two envelopes, though. Did it play, though. I love the river band.

Bay Corp. This one's gone to Baycorp. That's where you know they're getting serious. What was that one? Parking or? Yeah, there was a parking one. Yeah, no, it was in Oni Younger. I've never had a Baycorp letter. You're very chill about it.

That's when you ignore them. And then they're like, hey, buddy, we don't want this to go to the courts. So they're coming with a threatening letter. But did you see the moon after all that? No, so it's a beautiful day, clear skies and great, beautiful sunrise. But it's gone down below the horizon, so we're not going to see. Can I just go out there? I want this to be on record.

Every time there's like a moon event. Yeah. They're like, this is going to be the greatest moon event. anyone's ever seen and it's always a let down all hype no substance it really is and there was and also they're like this is a once in a lifetime three weeks later they're like this is a

once in a lifetime I think it's already been one of these this year already and it does seem like six o'clock was a bit late to be looking at the moon like I'm no expert but that feels like it's like it's starting to light you know like maybe like let's get up in the night or last night but anyway not up to me

we'd set aside a whole hour of content for that moon and it did not deliver I can definitely stop hyping the moon. Did anyone see it, was it good? 4487 on the text. Did anyone see it previously overnight and went, oh yeah, that was cool, or it's just like, yeah. Well, it's just the moon right with an orange tinge.

Like, I don't mean to play it down, but. Yeah, and it's impressive any night. You look up and you're like, geez, that's a beautiful thing. Like, it's great every night of the week. John O'Ben and Megan, the podcast. The Hats. I just want to mention, just quit me, because over the weekend, you know, my wife's a father past.

the way on Friday you know it happened really suddenly and you know it's been it's been pretty full on for the family particularly for Amanda as you would understand and for the kids as well it's the first time they've really lost someone close to them and yeah um you just i just wanted to say you know it's positive radio show but just a real reminder how quickly life can go like you know he was fine in the morning on Thursday morning you know and then on friday you know in the early hours of Friday morning he was gone and Amanda fortunately my wife was there for the end of it but still just a waves of different emotions emotions over the weekend and so much you don't remember appreciate how much you have to organise as well i've never really been that

while you're grieving too i guess it kind of i don't know if there's a silver lining but it does take distraction away from yeah yeah yeah and just you know clearing out you know he lived in a retirement home as well and clearing out his stuff over the weekend as well they asked you to clear it after someone else's but we're like well let's get it you know get it done but it feels last time you said there was a bit of a nightmare because all people want to do it the retirement village is sit down and talk chat yeah one lovely lady was like can I help but i'm like i was like I mean, it was lovely, but she was like, you want me to help with that. And I'm like, I'm lifting a box.

In good conscience, I don't think I can get you, too. You sneeze, you snap your leg. You do appreciate, though, over the weekend. You know, I said it is how quickly life can go and how much you worry about all these things or things you stress you out. And, you know, going into this week, there might be things that worry you. But they really pale in comparison and, you know, puts a lot of things in perspective. And even being in the rest time over the weekend, and he was part of the real,

the care facility of the rest time, you know, and how people just sort of, you know, A lot of them have to be cared on 24-7, and that happens to a lot of people. So, you know, enjoy your life while you've got it and do these things this week. This has affected your day-to-day and your to-do list? Yeah, well. Because you're a busy guy. Yeah, I mean, yeah. It does make things, you know, like put, you know, some things you do get worried about

and you do get fixated on. Don't really, really matter. At the end of the day, nothing matters, really. It's just family and being good people and, yeah, and living your life the best you can. And you never know what's going on. A great example of you even know what's, going on in someone's life, I wasn't on the show on Friday because obviously, you know,

was there with Amanda my wife and I was trying to, you know, find things to help out. And Amanda said, well, can you get me a hot drink from the road? So I went up to the cafe around about 8 o'clock and I was coming out with two sort of hot drinks and a guy I knew and, you know, no, saw me, knows and work on the radio and he was like, oh, what's this? Eight o'clock, hey, you meant to be at work. And I didn't want to say why I wasn't at work. He goes, must be nice, three-day weekend.

God, you could have shut him up real good, though. I had a real singer. I had the Trump card there. I was like, yeah, but you know, you know, I saw the radio where, yeah. It doesn't come along every day that, Ben. I know. Yeah, really. I didn't want to use that, you know.

It's another thing in life that you need to take advantage off. And it's moments like that. You never know what's going on in someone's life. John O'Ben and Megan. The podcast. The Hits. Marketplace Monday. The wild shenanigans that have taken place on trade meal marketplace.

Particularly when you go up to pick up items as well, that's really putting yourself in a vulnerable. position you said you picked up a candy floss from a shirtless man in a towel, Megan. Yeah, and I sat in their lounge and waited for ages with their cats. A friend of mine picked up something and the person at the door was eating an iceberg lettuce like an apple.

And they were like, this is unusual, just had it like a full lettuce and was just eating it the whole time they did the transaction. Healthy? Healthy, yeah. But weird. Isn't lettuce like minus calories or is that celery? It's one of the two, isn't it? Yeah. Maybe some people just do weird stuff to like put people

on the back foot. Yeah, like a hole, like just holding it like an apple or just... Well, that's quite a big mass too, isn't it? How do you get the first bite in? Just getting in there, but... To bury your nose in them. Our boss, Matt, actually, his friend bought like a speaker or a stereo from someone. And they're like, I need you to meet me at the train station.

Yeah, this first flag, isn't it? I guess if you're getting off the train, maybe, in between stuff, maybe it's... Finishing your job, heading home, hey, may as well meet... Loud, lots of people coming and going. Yeah, the train station. and then turned up and a guy in a bella clava on a bike

rode down the ramp and said, hey mate, how are you? We didn't ask how the... Was it just carrying the speaker under the arm? Yeah, I think so, then handed it over, got the money and off they went.

And the balaclava never came off. Great transaction. Would trade again? No complaints about the speaker? Definitely paid too little for that speaker. No questions about the speaker either. Anyway, who knows? Who knows?

Cold face, that's always saying. A lot of great text and calls coming through on this one, Marketplace Monday. Nicole, good morning. Hey, good morning. How are you? We're doing real really well. What happened to you on Marketplace? I saw all this cheap stuff like a glass table and a PlayStation and this stuff I could have used.

This was in Duned and I was like, oh, I'm going to come around and pick up these things. And I'm like, yeah, no worries. See you soon. Turned up. I was like, oh, these are cheapest chips, you know. Started picking out things and I was about to pay this pretty. person and the house was raided and the cops turned up and all of the stuff was stolen and they thought I was a part of it I had to prove that I had no previous relation with this person it was just

uncanny that I was turned up and it turns out they were really good so now I'm really cautious like with everything I car jam cars if I'm buying them I like yeah no honestly I just couldn't believe it. They seemed so lovely. Jeez, they really Robin Hooded it, didn't they? They stole, and then giving away for free? I was in shock. I was kind of just looking around me going,

is this actually happening? Yeah, right. Was it a deal or just getting rid of evidence? It was one of the two? Well, yeah. And then I thought about it as I next and I was like, I was in the worst situation. And the police thought that it was me too,

that I was a thief. Well, because, I mean, yeah, you're going, I don't know these people. They would hear that every day. Yeah. He's like, what are you doing here then? And I was like, well, I mean, I just turned up. And they're like, see, you've been here before.

And it's no. No, they gave me the address. Like, awkward. Geez, the old thieves could have really done your dirty there, couldn't they? She's our mate. She's the leader. John O'Ben and Megan, the podcast. The Hits.

The Moon overnight. We tried to give this thing a lot of coverage. But the Moon, as always, I said it before, never fails to disappoint. You know, when they're like, here's going to be a super blood-red eliximum. moon and it's like test cricket all this builder and nothing happens. Nothing happens at the end of the 5th. Incredibly boring. And then it's a draw.

You know you've got to understand. You don't understand about the blood moon or test cricket guys. Maybe that's the thing. Maybe the moon affisionados. They're like, you just don't understand. Yeah, so it's a blood moon eclipse. It's visible in New Zealand overnight and you know if you could get up early or you could see it last night you could see

this amazing moon apparently with a reddish shoe. It was the earth's shadow in front of it and it made it a little bit red. We've had a real mixed bag of feedback on the text machine.

We said, you're honest opinion of the moon if you saw it Haley and Tootonga was crystal clear? Um,

I can't say I actually looked outside and I didn't see it at all but So hang on you looked outside you didn't see it

or you can't say you looked outside? I got up earlier I got up at 530 I looked outside you couldn't see it went back inside Okay, so you didn't see it

you're like Megan He went for a driver at the harbour bridge for some reason, and couldn't see it. Because I thought it'd be good vantage point. Okay, so, okay, you couldn't see it. So there's one. Disappointing for Haley. Okay, again, the moon living up to its disappointment. Jamie, you're out fishing this morning, were you?

Yes, yes, since about 4.30 this morning. Oh, up and Adam fishing. How firstly, how did the fishing go? It's going well, and still is. The fish are still biting right now. Oh, right now. What is that noise in the background? There's boat.

Oh, it's a little boat's just come. past me. Oh, cute. We're live on a boat right now. Okay, and what was the moon like about 4.30 in the morning? Yeah, well, it just sort of went through its phases. It was done spectacular, and as it got closer to about 6.15, it was, I don't know. It wasn't really red, but yeah, it changed color.

Okay, so on a scale of, you know, disappointing, average to thrilling, what would you label it, Jamie? Would you throw it back in the water if you caught it? To be honest, the fishing was better. Yeah, okay. All right, well, I appreciate you listening on the boat. That's pretty cool. Talking to you live while fishing. Should we take one more?

Yeah, let's do it. Okay, so so far I didn't see it. Indifferent. And, Alan, you saw the moon? Yes. Where are you, Ellen? Nelson. Okay, all right.

What was it like? Yeah, it wasn't red, but it was low and almost like you can touch it if you climb the hill. And it was reflecting a really nice orange sunset around 6 a. yesterday. Oh, right. So you liked it? You seemed like you were the... Yes, it was awesome.

Awesome, wow. The whole spectrum of feedback. Yeah. She also said 6pm yesterday. Did you get the time wrong, Ben? No, I don't think... You told us 6 a.m. Maybe this has been on us.

Maybe it's been on us. 6'em felt like a weird time to look at the moon. I kept saying it too, so maybe this is on us. Hey, Ellen, well, I'm glad you enjoyed the moon. There we go. John O'Bin and Megan. The podcast. The hits.

Yes, we're talking about your brand loyalty, what you're wildly loyal to when it comes to consumer products. It's mentioning my friend's mum, when we were growing up, Coke memorabilia everywhere. Really impressive. Yeah. It was a huge, like their fridge even looked like a Coke vending machine. Oh, wow. Yeah, like the door. Yeah.

She had Coke perfume. She had Coke signs. All vintage Coke cans. Well, Coke really did, you know, they really got out there with the merch game, didn't they? More than Bunnings. We always say bunnings went on to the merch game. website click select all and we'll take one of everything things coke doubled down they created brand new merch yeah so uh yeah that was very uh very impressive but so pj with us on the phone

what brand are you loyal to p j uh crazy loyal to converse chuck taylor oh chuck taylor's yeah paul henry he loves is chuck taylors i don't know if you know that he's got hundreds of them apparently yeah yeah i think i'm about to see have you got hundred literally hundreds have you Nah, not handles, but I've got quite a bit What is it about the Chuck Taylor I mean, it's a timeless shoot It just goes with anything really Chuck the Chuck tables on and anything else on

And away you go You're right, you're right, it does go with Ed Do you prefer the high cut, what is it, the high tops Or the low cuts? Always the high cut Oh, there's a high cap So have you got a message here Have you got a tattoo of the Chuck Taylor's?

Yeah, on my back When I was 18 Wow It really is, yeah You're really like Chuck Tallis for life. Yeah, yeah. But like, not the easiest shoe to get on and off, especially the high tops, if you're

in a hurry. No, they're not. Have you got, please tell me it's a big full back tattoo of a Chuck Taylor shoe? No, no, it's just a small one in the corner of my phone. That's cool. Nice to be. And have you got a favorite pair? Just the simple black ones.

Yeah, the black and the white ones are pretty cool. As your child, is that correct? Producer Troy's telling me? My son, I wanted to call him. Chuck or Taylor and my partner was like, oh, I think we'll go with Taylor. It's a bit more appropriate, and I feel as though he's going to get made fun of if his team with Chuck. Oh, right.

Both great names, though. Yeah, both are great names. So it is Taylor, but then you can call him Chuck Taylor if you need to, right? Yeah, yeah, I still call him Chuck, everyone else. Would you mind sending us a photo of all your Chuck Taylor's? We'll put them up on our social media account? Yeah, yeah, good too. Put that up on the Hits Breakfast.

If our producer, Grace, can be bothered doing it? Yeah, we'll make it for a video, Grace. I'm looking at you, Grace. She gets stressed out and we're like, make us a video. In fact, PJ, could you film all the Chuck Taylor's? We'll get Grace to make a video. She's hating making videos. Even though it's her job.

But anyway, she is pulling signs at us, PJ, that are not appropriate for radio. PJ, you have a great day. I love talking to you. Yeah, you too. Natalie, good morning. Good morning. Great to have you on the show. Brand loyalty.

Dill Marty. Thankfully, too, it's not a competing tea brand because Dilma, wonderful partners of this broadcast. Yeah. No, if we go up to, say, Hawaii where, as far as I'm concerned America, has crap tea, my mum and say my sisters go, how many tea bags are we drink a day? How many boxes do we need to take? Oh, do you take it with you? No, we take it with us. We put it in our suitcase.

Take it over, and you work out your tea allocation for the trip. I love it. It's in my company and my drawer at work. Oh, wow. You've got tea bags everywhere. I get upset. You're like us. We came back from Sri Lanka and I've been Dillmahing hard.

My wife's like, all right, stop banging on a bit. You know this one's picked from this and this one's there? Yeah, it is really good tea, though. It is. It's a decent price. Some of the other stuff just tastes terrible. How many are you rocking a day? How many cups of tea, do you reckon?

Okay, English breakfast, like black tea, probably three, maybe four. I try and limit it because I have sugar in my tea, and, you know, sugars kind of aren't healthy. Do you know we spoke to, well, Dilhan, a friend of the show, the big dog at Dilma. He's having like, was it, 14 cups of tea a day? Yeah, yeah. He sounds crazy, isn't it not too much caffeine? Not for him, apparently.

I can imagine him just like, you know those little wonderful statues on the top of water fountains and it's just like a constant flow coming out. Imagine that's just Dilhan's day. Just a tap. Always running.

Hey, well, thank you so much for your call, Natalie. Better go and have your cup of tea. Yeah, yeah, no, I've really had one. I'll have another one in a little while as well. Have a great day, mate. Appreciate you listening. know Ben and Megan, the podcast, the hits. Thanks to HelloFresh.

We want to know the times you've made a meal of it, and you could be literally making a meal of it this week. Thanks to HelloFresh. You can get a week's worth of Hallow Fresh, which makes mealtime a whole lot easier. Gets mealtime sort of for the week. I've got Caribbean meatballs this week. I had some chicken last night was good at, like, a marinated chicken.

It was lovely. Caribbean meatballs? Yeah. That sound exotic. Yeah. Well, they'd like doused in rum or something? No, like coconut milk. Oh, lovely.

Delicious. Now, we want to do Make a Meal of it Monday today. We focus on a particular topic. We did workplaces last week. This week, the gym. An environment where a meal can be made of it very easy. Easily, you just, you had a shocker at Pilates on... Well, there's machines at the gyms, right?

And, like, sometimes you look at them and you're like, I don't know what to do with that. But I go on the Pilates Reformer, which you're right, it looks like a torture apparatus. But I was trying to show off. and I had socks on and I've slipped through the middle of it and they make a hell of a racket too if you don't use them properly so in front of the whole pass

you're like everyone look at megan now you're like everyone look at megan for different reasons yeah you know have you been on that equipment at the gym where it like just completely spread your thighs like you're in the middle of a gynaecologist appointment that's great for your inner thigh

just I did that one so boy they were burning for days now speaking of limping around producer Troy You missed this on Friday bed Producer Troy got Franciscoed hard What's Franciscoed? I mistakenly decided to do my first gym class

And I rocked up And I found my position Feeling very uncomfortable anyway And then the lady says All right, welcome to Partners Day Hope you've brought your partners along You're like I didn't know about Partners Day I did not bring my partner along

And I got partnered up with Francisco Who was a PT who was ripped and looks like you imagine a beautiful head of hair is some sort of like pump class or something like that it's like a it's every morsel of liquid in your body is going to be

gone after 25 minutes yeah I've never been so tired it's lifting it's throwing it's moving it's crying it's yeah do you say crying yeah

he also so Francisco is a PT he'd use Francisco's weights oh that's the thing because you're like you look at the weights So I did one, the one only time I did a pump class with my mate, and this was probably 15, 20 years ago. And we went along and they were like, choose your weights at the start.

And I went, and he went quite like, not heavy, heavy, but heavier than I thought. And I was like, it's a bit heavy for us. He goes, come on, man. Look at these old ladies over there. And if they could do that, we could do it. And we could not do it. Was Megan in your class?

We could, but nothing is more humbling. When you're struggling to lift this thing up. And there are Megan's next year. Go, woo. Watch me Pilates. You're like, wow. It was like famous last words from him. We were not in the same week.

Yeah, so, well, poor Troy. Yeah, last week said got Francisco to hard. You said his motivational style was quite aggressive. Abusive. Yeah, it was frustrated aggression. It was how he was trying to motivate me. But he literally could not walk last week. It lasted all Saturday as well.

Really? Day two is worse. Yeah. He was sitting on the toilet. You're just like, huh. Francisco actually just looked at Spanish for you. You're going to need a steel lift for the next three days.

So how did you make a meal of it at the gym? We'd love to hear from you this morning the best call of something that happened at the gym that you'd love to forget. John O'Benn and Megan. The podcast. The hits. Thanks to HelloFresh.

We can make a meal of it in a good way. You can win a week's worth of Hello Fresh on 4487, your best gym stories. This week, Sri Lankan, Spiced Salmon and Fries are available on this week's menu. Sounds delicious. You can check it all out. Hellofresh.com. Meal of it Monday.

Some fantastic text coming through. about when you made a meal of it at the gym I was doing assisted pull-ups with bands and the band snapped and sprung straight in my face Those, that would hurt That's like thick rubber

It's like the biggest rubber band slap This is from Sarah I had been on quite a high protein diet And I thought the gym was empty For at least half an hour I was unloading Oh no He's a guy in the corner the whole time.

Oh, no. Did he have hip foot, please? He had any phones on? Oh, no. It is very good. Alison, well, good morning to you. Meal of it in the gym. What happened?

Oh, good morning, guys. So, yeah, I decided to go full tilt on one of those training bike things, and I didn't even realize, but we were having such a good time, yeah, we're going and being a country girl didn't never know too much about the gym at that time and decided to stop. And because you can't just stop on those

things, that's me. Woo-hoo! Went hurtling through the sky, into the bike and everything, and it was just me flying. So, yeah, that was my meal of going for the gym. I had a taste of training, what it, oh, I don't even know what you call a spin bike.

So did it throw you off the bike? Yeah. Yep, that was me. It was flying because I just stopped and didn't know you couldn't actually stop. The resistance ones, so they're really hard to get started, but once you go... And you've got to slowly slow down. Oh, you poor thing, Alison.

Yeah, yeah. Well, that was a bit of fun in the gym, a good laugh, and all my mates had a good laugh too. Oh, that's good. I'm just a country girl. I don't know about these resistance bikes. So you hold there, Alison. Thank you very much. Rose, morning.

Morning. Morning. Lovely to have you on this morning. What happened to you? who made a meal of it at the gym, how? I went to get my, well, I was on the treadmill, and I went to grab my drink bottle, and I kind of wobbled, and it fell onto the treadmill,

so I went to lean down and got it, and I put my foot on the side to kind of get off safely, but I did it half on, half off, and I just completely slid right off the back into the equipment behind me. I like vomited you out the back of the treadmill. Just like, spit you out. There we go.

Welcome to gym class. And then do people come and assist you? because that's sometimes more painful. Yeah, you're embarrassed, and you don't want anyone to look at you, but it makes quite a loud noise, I imagine. Yeah, and it was a few friends of me, and they just pissed themselves laughing, and to be honest, I probably would have been, like, doing the same.

They did check on me, but it was one of those, like, oh, my God, and any time we're at the gym or any time we see, like, a meme or something, I just get tagged in it straight away. Yeah. I, remember that lady they phoned us up, we're at another radio station, and I actually hadn't mentioned anything,

and she's like, well, my sister was, assaulted by Jono at the gym this morning. Oh, you injured someone on a treadmill, right? Yeah, I was just running and I didn't know this, but I went, I jumped off to go and grab the towel. I pushed stop. I push stop. Okay. And apparently some treadmills need a rest after they've been running, so it entered rest mode.

Cool down and rest mode. So that's still moving. I didn't realize this. I turn around to get the towel and the spray, and then this lady is stepping on to the treadmill, and boom, Jesus, it just took her legs out from her. Oh, no. flipped over, burns on her face from the tread.

I didn't go back to that, Jen. I didn't know what is this rest mode? I'm the one who's meant to be having rest of it. Cool down treadmill mode. Hey, well, good on you, Rose. You hold there, buddy. Awesome, thank you. All right, well, we need to give way

the weeks with a hallo fresh. I think we're going to give it to Alison today. The country girl. Yeah. This spin bike. Well, done, Alison. You've got a week's with a hallo fresh. Oh, awesome.

Thank you so much, guys. Thank you very much for that. And I just wanted to say condolences to your mate on the radio over there with the fun hangar that passed away. Thank you very much. Yeah. All right. Well, you guys have a good rest of your day. I've got to run into work as well.