Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL SHOW: Megan owned up to dozing off in a bar toilet

Episode Date: November 2, 2025

On today’s show:  We officially launch the Mariah Game with Matty and PJ Ben had to call an ambulance and felt bad for not offering the paramedics a tea, he thinks he should’ve been a better host... Paul Henry reveals the chaos behind hosting The Chase NZ Jono’s Uber nap turns into a gentle rescue mission Jono’s son goes trick-or-treating as ram raiders??? Frankie Venter shares how Chris Martin played her song at Coldplay’s soundcheck Megan confesses to falling asleep in a bar toilet... Instagram: @THEHITSBREAKFASTFacebook: The Hits Breakfast with Jono, Ben & MeganSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Jono Ben and Megan podcast, thanks to Dilma. Goodness really does taste great. Dilma, making the world a better tea. Welcome to the podcast on the Monday, where we are still slowly, well, particularly me, so still recovering from 24 hours of handball. I honestly don't think my brain's fully there yet. No, I agree.

I know what I'm trying to say, but it's not coming up my mouth. It's amazing, isn't it? I mean, and handball is, you know, not the most vigorous of sports. but when you hear people like doing those 24-hour ultra-marathon things and something, you're like, how do they do that? Yeah, you're right. Did find it easy concentrating, like, if you're focused on something that's quite good at just making time pass.

She's doing the radio show at night was quite handy, I found, because it made to go faster. Not only were we like, I mean, not vigorously, but we were playing, and the mental, like, we didn't switch off mentally the whole time. We're, like, thinking about what's next and what are we doing? And, you know, the whole time. because Bryn did the mid-dawn show and so we moved from outside Eden Park inside the changing rooms during the night

because the lights had to go off, still playing handball but you and Bryn were shan another storm but I did, I found it really helpful. You chatted for a bit too, Johnner. Jordan was just like so frustrated that you guys weren't handballing. It was just, ah, it was raging. You were like,

this had been a gossip session with Brin for a couple hours. Jordan was just raging going, we need to be on the live stream playing handball. doesn't take much for Jordan to raise though but no we got there in the end and over 500 grand thank you very much to all your donations it was really a huge amount of generosity

and people keep saying or everyone keeps saying just given the current economic climate going to Christmas as well to yeah to end up with that figure is massive yeah so no it's fun it was fun and I tell you what's fun put that one to bed we're on another journey

yeah well now we get into Christmas right We're just ticked over. Halloween's done. It's into November and people start talking about Christmas. Straight into defrosting Mariah. Yeah. This is her season. So Mori Carrey Game is what we do.

We've launched it today. It started again. We did it last year and we'll talk more about it in just a second. But if you're worried that we're going to be playing Mariah Carey throughout this podcast, no. From now it's a safe zone, right? So even the replays that we're playing from the show will be beats. So you won't hear any of Mariah Carey.

So it's a safe space. Even the replay bit where Tarch, you might remember from last year, sabotaged us we've beat those out too so you won't get out yeah so have a have a listen to this uh right now it's the podcast explaining how you can get on board both a very fun game the maria carrie christmas game john o ben and megan the podcast the hits mattie and pager uh one of which joins us on the show right now i tell you who do you think wouldn't answer their phone i just i just got a text from here going can you try again i'm in farmers oh so we've actually tried again and pager Good God's

Morning It was in the calendar What are you buying in farmers? I had to get my son undies Because he's just nailed toilet training Oh Does he get a pair of a ward underpants Does he or?

Well I was panicking Because I was like I've got to get back to the call So I literally ran it And I had to guess the size So I think I've just got him Like a pack too big Anyway, yeah, I got a full pack.

That was great. I hope we've got it. So there's always something, isn't there, Maddie? There's always something. Always something going on. Now, you guys, we're all back on board. We're all on this together. No, Maddie, you're a huge fan of Mariah,

and it pains you a little bit that you can't listen to the song until you're out of the game. It feels, I'm not going to lie, homophobic, to not let a gay man listen to Mariah Carey at Christmas time. Someone had to say. I'm also incredibly competitive. Yes. So I desperately want to win.

So it's a real double-edged sword for me this game. One of the highlights last year was, if you didn't tune in, Tash, who was a listener, took it upon herself, to basically sabotage in what ended up being the entire team. All of us, she would phone up and pretend to be on air for other things and then start playing the song down the line. This is when she got you, Maddie. He's got to Tasha on, oh, 800 the hits.

What's your claim to fame? It's Tasha. You are kidding me! You are kidding me! Tasha Producer Sarah here We vetted that court Tasha

That wasn't I've just pulled her down That wasn't planned She told a great story About her claim to fame She told a great story about her claim to fame There you're going You had a panicked producer there

A rational response Maddie McLean I think that was a fear response You were standing by this You called it a highlight It was absolutely the low light Of my Christmas period last year It brought us a lot of joy

It did How often do you get to see that side of Maddie McLean, PJ? Probably three times away. I like that side of Maddie McLean. That's an entertaining side. I'm like a child. If I'm too hot, if I have any in, if I haven't had a coffee, then I'm, yeah, that's

what you get. Okay, well, so now we're taking that into consideration this year. So there's going to be no sabotage or sabotage, as we like to call it, because that was Tasha. So no one can get you out of the game purposely, okay? You can accidentally get someone out of the game, but not on purpose. I like that rule. That's good.

And what about Instagram? Like, that can still get us out. Yeah, can still get you out. Yeah, that's in the wild. Yeah. Farmer store buying underpants for your child. Oh, that's a hot spot. That could get you out too, Peach. Well, honestly, I was just in there then, and I was like, ah!

I was like, blocked my ears, but then I was like, actually, the game hasn't quite begun, so we're okay. You're safe now. But also, on that front, if you're a business and you'd like to be a safe zone for the Mariah Carey competition, you can get in touch with us. Text 4487. We'll plug your business on air. We'll say that you will guarantee no Mariah Carey will be played over the store speakers.

Yeah, we'll talk about you if you just promise you're not going to play one song. Yeah, and up until everyone's out of the game, then we'll thrash it. Like, just come December, we'll be thrashing it. So farmers, let us know if you want to get involved. It's a Christmas hot spot. Particularly Marsden and Farmers and... Oh, Master, that's one of the hotspots of Marsden. It's the way of us.

Treve Sports World? Guys, we don't have any moles. No. Do you have, is Treve's Sports World still there? It's a whole world of sport. Is it still there? No, I think it's been replaced. I think we've got Sterling Sports now.

Oh, they moaned over Tremb. Oh, my. Creve. Okay, well, listen, it all starts from 9 o'clock this morning. John O'Ben and Megan, the podcast. The Hits. You spend a whirlwind couple of days, as you can probably hear on my voice. We did 24 hours of Handball at Eden Park, and I think I have not quite recovered from that,

my voice as well. But it started on a bit of a rough day for me, as you guys know, because my wife's had a back operation a few weeks ago and had a few complications since then, just getting things back to normal, had to take our whole intestine's to get to the back. It's a full-on surgery. She makes no sense. Why isn't she just on her front and they're operating on the back? I don't know.

Medical professionals, maybe they know more than we do. I don't know. It doesn't make sense to me either as well. But on the night before we had Hamble, she woke me up, I'd probably been asleep for an hour. And she's like, I can't breathe. I'm like, what? Oh, Jesus. Yeah.

So it was in a lot of pain, a lot of trouble, couldn't breathe, was on the. floor and the bathroom lying down so i was like i guess i ring the ambulance because i'm first time i think i've dog one-one-one i've been to places where one-one are being called but they're amazingly calm aren't they on the phone it's like unnervingly calm talking through it or everything all the things you need to do well you don't want a stressed out one you're like oh my god she's what oh god sometimes you're like are you hearing the urgency yeah okay so we're just going to call and you're like beep fast yeah i know do you have a defibrillator on hand i'm like no sure i should No, that stressed me out tomorrow.

I'll put it on my to-do list. I was like, I never thought of having one at home. And then, you know, and then the ambulance turned up and they ended up. And they're incredible as well. The people that do these jobs are just incredible. Three people in the house. And then afterwards I realized I was like, I'm standing there in my animal from Muppets' pajamas. You didn't get changed for the ambulance?

No, well, the whole thing you don't even think about. You know, it was a whole lot. Oh, that's pretty embarrassing, you know. Was it the time? And then bed was like, oh, I didn't even ask them if they needed anything. I'm like, you don't need to. I don't think you have to go, hey, would you guys like a biscuit or a cup of tea?

Were they the pyjamas with the slit on the front? Yeah, it's true. What do you mean? Could have gone horribly wrong as well. Why have they got a slit in the front? Well, they're free access of things. But there's no point having them because it can only end in, you know,

a wardrobe malfunction. Fortunately, it does it happen's as well. Yeah, but yeah, so. Does someone else see your potatoes again? Hopefully not. Hopefully not. I got changed before I took the ambulance to hospital as well. So how is Amanda?

She's a lot better now. She was, yeah, she was in hospital for most of the day. But again, amazing what they do there and have to deal with, you know. It's a big shout out to the people working on hospitals and ambulances and 1-1-1 dispatches around the country. Yeah, they're doing amazing work. So did you go in the ambulance? Yes, I do. It's first time riding in the ambulance, which is probably not a real badge of honour, but yeah.

Do they drop your home? No, no, no. It's not like a bus shuttle. I put a bag together all sort of for Amanda, and then she was like, all right, I had to leave to go to Hamble and she's like do you bring me shoes? Did you go straight from the hospital to Hamble?

Briefly home and yeah and tried to have a sleep. So that's why Ben was so ruined and sounded like he did because the night before was... And then his poor wife had to walk out to hospital with bare feet like that's some sort of crazed patient.

I know, good, yeah. Oh, big night, hey, big night. Big night, yeah. John O'Ben and Megan The podcast. The Hats. Very exciting. The Chase New Zealand starts

tonight on TVNZ. a one and the host of the chase New Zealand. Paul Henry joins us in studio. I love K-pop. You know, I just like every day of the week, it's boom, boom, boom. That's what we thought you. You look like a K-pop person. You look like a

bum-boom, boom-boom sort of guy. That's the kind of guy I know. You do look like a Sasha boy. Sasha? Yeah, yeah. That's what, I'm very Sasha-esque. You just told us an interesting fact about Bohemian Rhapsody. 50 years old. Today. Every now, when you get to my age, you know,

Most of the time it's just another day, you know, that you hobbing through. But then all of a sudden you hear something like that and you think, my God, 50 years old. That is what? That's a wild fact. It is. I mean, I don't know how old are you guys? I mean, I'm 44. 25, so.

Oh. Yeah, that's... What do you mean? Why are you sound disappointed by that? Well, I'm disappointed because I actually know what I was doing when I heard that song. Do you pick up, because obviously the host of the chase, you get to read all the questions and stuff and to hear the answers. Do you actually retain a lot of that? knowledge? No, no, no. Well, no, nothing. I mean, at the end of a morning, if people said,

oh, what happened this morning? I can't really go to the time. I remember. Didn't you interview yourself? No bloody idea. But the interesting thing is I discovered that it is actually harder to ask questions than it is to answer them. Right. But it's, you know, under the clock, you know, it is really hard. That final chase, two minutes, rapid fire questions where I have to listen to one make sure the right person answered two to make sure they answered correctly and you've got to remember not to give the correct answer because of course in the cash builder

when they get something wrong I just quickly give the correct answer if you do that in the final chase you've ruined the entire show this sounds like a lot of stress you don't need in your life Paul I know well especially when Bohemian Rhapsody is 50 years old how do you think the New Zealanders feared it's a good question you know it's so hard to and you look at people when they come on

and you look at the panel like I look at my panel at the beginning of each show and you think this could be good you know these guys are smart this one's a doctor this one's a lawyer you know these guys are smart

and then quite often those smart ones you know they they muck it up because and it's not because they're not smart worst thing in the world I think I told you this last time I was on worst thing in the world

is when you know the answer but you can't think of it best thing is when you have no idea if you've got no idea pass you know and you've got another question Jim. But when you sit, because it's like in your normal life, someone asks you something

you think, yeah, I know it. You don't say, oh, I've forgotten. You go, um, yeah, yeah, um, you know? And you just refuse to say, pass. And so you waste all your time. Now, we, apparently we're seeing a bit of a softer side of Paul Henry as a host. Because I want them to win. I want to be nice to them. And you've got to be nice to them too because they come on and some of them

are terrified. Like really bright lights. Yeah. Because you've filmed it in Australia, didn't you? So they've made their way over. Probably stressed out on the plane. Exactly. And it is a massive set.

So they walk in. Everyone can see there are like 60 people on the crew and, you know, huge video walls flashing. And you know that if you muck it up, you just can't do it again. You know, if you muck it up, everyone has to stop. And you know that everyone's smiling saying it's okay. But you know it's not. Inside people are thinking, this is I'm not coming back. And so they're terrified.

And then they look at me. And what you want to say to them is, look, There's nothing to be afraid of. But there is. Yeah, it's not like that whole country is going to watch you. Yeah. Exactly. Do you know our producer, Troy?

Come in here, Troy. Producer Troy, he applied to be on the show but got viciously denied. And he thought he had a rock solid application, Paul. Did he send a, did you send a photograph? Is that the problem? That could be why. I did. Did you see his phone?

And you're like, no, not fit for TV. Well, I can say this, obviously, my hands are clean because I wasn't involved in this part of the process, but I know how you looked was quite important. So if you're worried that your intellect wasn't up to scratch, it's not that. It's not that. We've got publicity out there shaking the head going,

not true, not true. What were some of the highlights of your application? He's like, I was just shooed. I grew up in Greymouth, a small, rainy mining town on the West Coast. Paul's not buying this. as I've moved. I think we all know the weather shit in grey mouth, don't we?

It's a long way from cold dust to content meetings but I like to think I've kept that small town grit. Oh, I quite like that. No, I actually quite like that. You realise that the chase is quite a pacey program.

Yeah, he's taking a long time. Maybe he wasn't right for the show. Maybe that's why. Oh, well, Henry, we can't wait to watch it tonight, TVSN-1. John O'Bennon and Megan, the podcast, The Hits. And speaking of 660, Chris Mack.

from the band 660. He came to spend a long time with us playing handball in our 24-hour handball-a-thon, raising money for kids can at Eden Park last week. He was still there at like 1 o'clock in the morning. Yeah, he came to see us Thursday afternoon and then he did the classic, I'll call you later and come and join you when, you know, there's not a lot of people around. And I was like, yeah, sure, sure, sure.

And then sure enough, at like midnight, gave us a call and came back. He said, I'm here to see the guys. He said, I'm here to see the guys, security inside. Okay, go, get on there. And he didn't realize we'd gone inside. so he was just wandering around at an empty stadium, just going, we're at the guys. Guys, guys!

He was like, for a second of his day, I was like, maybe they're not playing 24 hours at the handball. I was like, why did none of you answer your phone? We were pretty delirious. And then he just appeared at the changing rooms, didn't they? Because we started off the side of the field, Eden Park, and then at 10 o'clock they had to turn the lights off. So he went inside the all-backs changing rooms,

which were pretty cool for the night, then back outside. It was incredible. We raised so far over $500,000, $514,000 for Kidscan, which is huge. Thank you for all your donations. You've really come to the party here from the Hits audience. And afterwards, obviously, we're all a bit exhausted.

There was talk earlier in the week of like, oh, do we want to drive home? And I was like, there's a small part of going, yeah, I could probably drive home. But then, you know, it's the sensible side of the station said, let's not drive home, okay? Literally, you will fall asleep at the drop of a hit on a good day. Yeah, on a good day, yeah. I was like, if anyone should be driving home as you. I struggle to stay awake, driving home from this job every day. You're right.

So, anyway, get in the Uber. get in the Uber and have, you know, the entry-level Uber chat. Did you sit in the front? No, I went in the back of this occasion, yeah. I weirdly put my big bag in the front seat, not in the boot, because his boot was full. I just chugging the front, he put a seatbelt around my bag. That's lovely of you. And you do the entry-level chat, and I try not to do this, but every time you get into it a taxi or an Uber, you're like, busy day?

Yeah, busy being busy. When do you finish? When do you knock off? You know, there's the staples that you fire. I always find that's a good indicator of whether they want to chat or not. I always gauge it on them. Like if they give me not much there,

I'm like, oh, it's cool, I've tried, I'll just be quiet and look on my phone. Sometimes I love the ones who are chatting on their bloody wireless headphones. And you think that they're talking to hear on your head. Oh, no, you're actually. Yeah. You're in the middle of a phone conversation.

So that was the last thing I remember. Had a busy day. Boom. Next thing, next thing I know, I'm hearing Mr. Jonathan. Mr. Jonathan. Mr. Jonathan. I'm dreaming.

Who's calling me Mr. And he's just shaking me It's honestly By Eden past probably like an eight, nine minute ride from my house And he's like shaking me And he's like kindly put all my luggage out on the footnote He's like oh god Is he died?

Is he dead? He was about to get the D-Fibout Because I probably do look at that age We're like oh we've lost him We'll start organising the funeral But then he woke me up And then he like kind of guided me Guided me into the house

Took my bag with me A lovely day, Mr. Jonathan. A sweet old man he's taking inside. Make sure he doesn't trip and have a fall. Yeah. You really, I tell you what, he got some good stars for that one. So we want to open this up. 4487 on the TXO800 of the hits.

Where have you woken up? What woke you up? Yeah, was it something, just like Jono in the back of the Uber? Did you be woke up anywhere? Yeah. I feel like you don't want to admit this. I know, but you know what? Whatever.

I was one of those people that fell asleep in a bar toilet to the point where they were locking up. Well, one of those people, oh, classic. We all know one of them. Like when they were locking up and about to set the alarm and they did a final whip around. And I was using the toilet seat as a pillow. Oh, did you have your knees on the ground?

Yeah. Oh, that's a low moment. Yeah. I see why you didn't want to share that. Mrs. Megan, Mrs. Megan. Jono Ben and Megan, the podcast, the hats. And to the All Blacks in Chicago, over Ireland, over the weekend. And the Kiwis, a good one yesterday at Eden Park.

Geez, the Tongan supporters are amazing. Just incredible. I went along to that game. It was so cool. And just cheering the whole way through, even when Tonga were down, it's, yeah, it's what more fans should be like. Amazing atmosphere. And even just driving around the city with their flags and their cars and.

Huge. Who were like was selling Tongan flags? They'll be like. making a lot of money right now they probably had a quiet few years but now jeez business booming absolutely I saw one tied to the top of a tree like a really flimsy tree as well

not big strong branches that is commitment to Tonga right there I don't know who's going to take that down 0800 the hits telephone number what did you wake up to is the topic that we're doing I woke up after 24 hours of handball

with the Uber driver just gently kindly saying Mr Jonathan Mr Jonathan and with my luggage outside, kindly packed away. I think I said to him, oh, don't worry, I'm not drunk, I'm not... And I could see them in his eyes, he's like, oh, see, you've chosen to be like this. After an eight-minute ride as well. Yeah, that's what happens when you're awake for a long, long time playing airball. Well, Katie's on hold for a long, long time at the moment, for Lewis Capaldi tickets till 9 o'clock.

But have you been woken up by something, Katie? I've been woken up at the dentist just for a filling before, like, just being so exhausted that, yeah, gotta sleep while having like you know your teeth filed really but yeah that's a caution wow that is when you when they're drilling holes inside your teeth

you can still sleep that's remarkable wow yeah just having a little mooy well good on you Katie we'll put you back on hold waiting for Capaldi tickets if she drops off you can you can snatch them off her producer Troy your friend woke up in a

what a bus terminal somehow yeah he's a very small guy Kusal is his name A very small Shout out to Kusel And he fell asleep in the back of the bus And kind of curled up Into the bus driver

When he finished his shift Looked around No one's on the bus Locked the bus Shut the gate of the bus Exchange And then Kusal woke up And said

Oh God how do I get out A of the bus And B of the bus And he broke out of the bus He's a little button A secret button To open the door from the inside And then he jumped the barbed wire fence

And that was it That was out Yeah It must happen quite a bit A bit A friend of mine did that in Christchurch and we were at broadcasting school fell asleep in the back of the bus

after a big night out but didn't realize that was the bus down to Pigtin and woke up in like Kyle Calder was like whoa he just thought he was going home to like the Port Hills and woke up about three hours later going wow wow okay

I didn't have a friend of me I was in a taxi and it was on a work taxi too he lived on the north shore and the guy kept driving he woke up there were nearly in Fungare he just kept going The cab driver

Doesn't it have an end point You set the end point No it was a cab Yeah old school I was good The guys are so well Just keep going until he wakes It wakes up

Seems like the sensible way to do this Okay Thank you very much for your calls and tests Even though none of none of you called Apart from Katie John O'Ben and Megan The podcast The Hats

Now Friday obviously we finished 24 hours of handball Came home I rendered myself unconscious For a few hours And then I get Woken up and it's Halloween, obviously.

Yeah. And it's my son. He's 15, he's got some friends over. And one of the joys of hosting John and being the TV show for many years, Megan, was an abundance of suits. So many suits from Helen Stein brothers. Every week, here's a new suit. We wear a suit burn us.

Just to keep. Just suits for Africa. Yeah, we kept them at the office. Didn't send them to Africa. Probably could have. But they, yeah, we ended up with, like, in excesses. when the show wrapped up, we were like, everyone just go grab a suit. So, anyway, I've been left with a handful now.

And so I wake up and then it's my son and his friends, and they're all in my suits. And I never wear the suits, obviously. He's got no need to wear suits in this job. And I'm like, what are you doing? You look like you dressed up for a pubesite board meeting or something. And they're like, we're going trick or treating. And I said, there's what? And he's like, we're businessmen.

And I was like, well, that's not really Halloween. He's like, well, we're funny businessmen. I was like, you look like... Yeah, but funny he's not, it'd be scary businessmen of anything, but yeah. Yeah. You look like, you know, if you're going around door to door, Jehovah's Witness or something, around the neighbourhood,

knocking the three of you. I mean, the cost of living is scary, so maybe that's it. Capital gains, ooh, ooh. Well, no, they could have gone as like American Psycho, Christian Bale in that movie. So what we ended up doing, I was like, well, you can't just walk out in suits. You need to have it.

And so upstairs in the attic, I bought a few masks over the years. Right. You know, there was a horse's head, unicorn head, put that on, there was like a scream mask there was a really, really problematic Kim Jong-un mask. Have you

seen those ones? You didn't give that to one of the boys? Yeah, I did. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And so then I sent them on their way with suits and these masks and they're like, they look like they're about to do a casino eyes. It does. Or rob a bank? Yeah, it probably does. You're like the Joker movie? Yeah.

It's probably a great day to be robbing people's houses. It's a great day. My daughter had a great It really, full credit to her great, yeah, because we went to Indy, my daughter, and her friend and I went wandering around in costumes at the end of 24 hours of Hamill, we went around the neighbourhood and businesses and friends.

And then we came home, and just as we came home, there were some other kids coming up the driveway to our place. So we were walking with them, and they obviously didn't know that we lived there. So we got to the thing, and there was not, I think all the lollies had gone. And Indy went, oh, this is terrible.

I'll go inside and see if they've got anything better. Opens the door and walks on over. You can see these other kids go, oh my goodness. She's a gangster. It's just walked inside the house. Can you do this? Did she come out with lollies?

Yeah, she came out with lollies. They were like, how did this happen? You just burglarized this place. That was actually a really good gag. Did she not do the reveal gag? Oh, really? And I was too tired to do the reveal gag. And so I was like, that was a great gag.

A really good gag. Just walking into a house. But then, like, what do they think the protocol was moving forward? Are they receiving stolen goods? Can you just walk into people's houses? No, you can't. You're right. I probably should have revealed that was our house.

John O'Ben and Megan, the podcast, The Hits. Hey, lovely, do you have you with us this morning on New Zealand's breakfast, just checking in on Katie for, she's holding for Capaldi tickets. Hold us while you hold me while you wait. Still there, Katie? I'm still here. Okay, off to a solid start. We'll be back with her very shortly.

Now, AI, we've discussed a lot on this show. It provides a lot of content, doesn't it? And something that's popped up on a couple of our feeds on Instagram is this guy who listens to, you know, songs that are made. made now, but then they're, please put them into AI and they're like old school soul versions. Yeah, it's pretty incredible how you can just change a song from what you know it as and put it into another, another musical genre. You found Learn to Fly, the Food Fighters, listen to this.

It's kind of cool, hey. It's good. It's like Barry White. That's like not even people singing. That is AI. Yeah, pretty incredible. How? How? Don't even know.

Now, I love that song, the KFC song. KFC really, the old bloody Colonel released a banger with this one, didn't he? And so this guy put DMX. X going to give it to you through this AI machine. And listen to the soul version of this. So good. That's pretty cool. Beavers

They could be like teddy swamps Yeah That sounds a bit like Oh Is it too late now to say sorry Is it too late now Say sorry Oh my lord

So good Because I'm missing more than just your body They probably They probably made this in a matter of seconds I know That's the Friday thing Well Ben you Obviously have a rich musical history too

The author the who penned the novice show us your crack jingle not much of a penning but yeah sure yeah it is a massive claim to fame it is would you like to hear your your masterpiece we sold up okay show us your crack show us your crack oh no very sensual yeah you've made it sound sophisticated sounds like drax project I love this one Find your vision like you know When screens Because you're crappy

Oh, it's so good John O'Bennon and Megan The podcast The Hats In recovering from 24 hours Of playing handball last week To raise money for Cure Kids He raised over $500,000

As you can hear from my voice Still not quite back Were you sick or you just lost your voice? Yeah, I think a whole lot was going on with me Yeah Viral stuff I still don't think you're there Because it was Kids Can

What did I? say. Cure a Gets. Oh, jeez. We killed some kids and we raised some money for us well. Yeah. Not quite there. The brain's not quite back as well.

Yeah. But we had joining us, you know, some of the finest celebrities this nation has to offer. And you end up just talking nonsense to them a lot of the time because you're just waiting in line to play handball. So many people came down and joined us, though. It was really awesome. Yeah, it was. I remember talking to Finn Butcher, the Canoas.

Yeah. And because you're just waiting in line to play Hamble. Geez, a really deep dived on in season. got a lot of his stuff in storage in a storage unit, and he put it away before the last Olympics, and he still hasn't cleared out the unit. I'm like, how much you're paying for that a week? Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.

That's not. Gee, you forget what stuff you got when you put it in storage. He's like, absolutely, mate. Oh, do you go to logistics? He got it free for the first year, because he was an Olympian, and then second year onwards, the guys like, make, he'll start paying for us. Oh, yeah, probably have been a sweet conversation.

Yeah, well, you're right. But we had been awake for a long time, and we thought we were to reflect now on some conversations that we might have. forgotten that we have with some people. Like Frankie Venter, now she is up-and-coming singer, she's awesome and she got to perform at Eden Park.

She came along with us to play Hamble, but she got to perform with Coldplay, and they played her song in Soundcheck. Have a listen. During Soundcheck, Chris Martin played one of your songs. Yeah, he was like, I really like your song, Layla, like, can we just put it up on the PA? And he got the sound

guys to, like, search it up on Spotify, and yeah, they played it through the speakers, and he was, like, dancing to it and singing the chorus, and I was Like, yeah, I couldn't believe it. It was crazy. Wow. I was, like, dying. So you get some money from Chris Martin streaming that bad boy.

Dude, I haven't seen a cent, but honestly, but honestly, like, the push that I've had from that show is insane. Like, I feel like I owe so much in my career to it. So, yeah, I feel really lucky. That's Frankie Ventor. That's pretty cool. Yeah, that's really cool. I'm drunk. You do, Chris Martin.

Chris Martin played it on. That was early on. That was early on on day one. It was like 1 o'clock in the afternoon. Eric of Fairweather, Olympic swimmer. You probably find that in swimming as well. There's probably like the new generation, the new kids doing things going faster

than maybe the older generation now, right? Oh, absolutely. I've been doing it for ages, but, you know, it keeps you on your toes. Yeah, I was like, is that sassing Error? Like, where does it? Oh, God, now I've punished you with questions. And I've sassed her.

You're like, oh, you're probably fine all the young guns coming in. Oh, no, you know? I mean, you're great. Can we do a take two on this interview? She's a really screwing up, man. I wasn't trying to assess Erica. I was just trying to draw, okay, anyway. I had a shocker with her.

Yeah, I had a shocker. You would probably find all the young guns coming in and doing better than you. Oh, no. I was trying to relate to Hamble with the young kids. Also, Eric is 21, so. No, she's very young. And, yeah, much like you and Finn Butcher, I was like, oh, last time we caught up was at the Wheatwick's, you know, kids triathlon.

And I was like, I think I punished you with swimming-based questions. She was like, yeah, you did. And then I made things a lot worse for that conversation You're O from two with her then, aren't you're on the conversation. And Kai Kata France, UFC fighter, you know, fights and trains with Israel, Adesania. I remember talking to him and he was talking about how they're friends with Mark Zuckerberg. Yeah, who loves to fight. And Mark Zuckerberg sent him some glasses ahead of doing the Auckland marathon.

Have a listen. Mark Zuckerberg is a big UFC fan. He actually sent me some Oakley Mehta's glasses. Mark Zuckerberg. Yeah, yeah. Just because of our team, he's real connected with Izzy and Alex, so he found out that I was doing the marathon for our gym charity, Walker Felt Fair. He sent me out some glasses so I can get some footage.

It's unreal, like headphones in your glasses. Oh, these are the ones that film? Yeah, yeah. Take photos. It's technology's unreal, so. And he's ripped now, right? He, like, gets him. Yeah, he's done some training with him or something.

He flew Izzy and Alex Wokinowski out to his house in Lake Tuff. I think that's where his house, one of his house is. Just for a training session. Just to pick Izzy's brain and then he actually wants to fight eventually. So, yeah, I guess he can do it all. Was Izzy like that was the best PT session I've ever had to do? Well paid. The thing about Izzy, he was actually going pretty hard on him.

He was saying like he wasn't holding back. He's just like, I just wanted a test mark and make him like actually feel that like this is for real. This isn't just wrestling or made up. So you go to Kaukata France. Lovely guy. Wow, that was awesome. That was some of the memories from some of the people that came down. Some I remember, some I would like to forget.

This whole show we should just play memories and go, oh yeah, I forgot that bit. Yeah, I kind of offended that person, offended another person. We raised a lot of money. For who, Megan? Kids' King. That's right. We cured the kids.