Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL SHOW: Megan’s Creepy Reaction to the Hauraki Boys

Episode Date: March 30, 2026

On today’s show:  The Anonymous Meal Confessional: Tell us the meals you suffer through… Do tradies want us to talk to them? Our signatures get brutally roasted: “You don’t sign documents, you audition for them.” Rhys Darby, Rachel House, and Oscar Kightley join us to reflect on the Hunt for the Wilderpeople legacy. Things from the ’90s that vanished: quicksand, white dog poo, ashtrays in cars, frogs… Dear Megan: A wife gets the “ick” after her husband cries over breakfast. Megan catches shade for appearing extremely creepy in a workplace testicular cancer video. Instagram: @THEHITSBREAKFAST Facebook: 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 along to the podcast, producer grace, and with us right now, you've got something, a dilemma. I'm a bit energetic. I just, like, scold a whole energy drink, so I'm a bit, I'm a bit jittery. What kind of energy drink? I did a musashi purple with a great one.

Yeah, it's one of the big bangers, the old mishas. How many, did you go to the big can, small can? Big can, maybe. Yeah, that gets results, big results. I can feel it in my heart. I'm on my life. You are the last person on Earth who needs energy drinks. I think, but I peak a lot.

Like, I peak a lot, and then I just crash. Peaks and troughs. I think that's what ADHD is, I'm pretty sure. You've just described it. Okay, so my dilemma. What it needs is Torrine. Just to keep it alive. Do you keep the peak?

Torines, what's in the energy drink? Caffeine and Torrine. What's in Torreene? Who knows? What's in Torreene? No, no, who knows. I thought it was just caffeine. I think there's one thing.

I just don't read the back of it. It's like a science experiment. Okay. a naturally occurring compound in your body that plays several important roles, especially with the brain, heart and muscles. There you go. It's basically a vegetable. So I'm having veggies when I eat.

Essentially. Yeah, that's exactly what a mousache is. All the food pyramid. Okay, so what's your dilemma? My dilemma, I thought I'd come to you guys as, you know, well older than me. We've lived a lot of life. You've had a lot of birthdays. What did you say yesterday about us being 44?

You said, oh, you read an internet. You start dying or something. Oh no, your brain starts. Oh, cognitive. Cognitive. We were like Donald Trump doesn't have any cognitiveity. Didn't help that I couldn't remember it. I was that I think you said yesterday about us not remembering stuff.

I like saying now, I've decided I say I'm at level 41. Oh, nice. That's nice. That's a great way to put it. So what's your dilemma? Oh my God. Megan's just added to my dilemma, an idea. Okay, so my 25th birthday is coming up.

And I was like, 25. You know, that's 25. I was like, I want to have a birthday party. I was like, what should the name? be. So my options were Grace's 25th birthday party, or adding another one, level 25, or I do Grace's halfway to 50 party, or I do Grace's quarter of a century party. Oh, these, so this is this a title for when you do, start up with group chat? When I do a Facebook event that you want to be invited to, I'll. Yeah, true.

Why don't you go level 25, quarter of a century party? But that feels a bit obnoxious. Oh, okay. Okay. Because you guys are like three quarters of century, and I'm a quarter of a century. We're not three quarters of a century. You're like probably closer to. I do like level 25 Grace's level 25 party Yeah that's nice But doesn't quarter of a century sound way cooler Grace's a quarter of a century

Yeah but it's been done before I haven't heard level 25 Have you heard quarter of a century party? Yeah I've heard a quarter of a century party Yeah I always hear the people No the lap around the sun or what do people say on That's not a century That's not nothing to do with a century

Yeah no sorry I was just dog legging there But yeah I like level 25 If you come for it You've asked us what we prefer I'm saying level 25 Because it's quarter of a seat century feels like old but level 25 I like it because it's positive you're like I admit it to level 25 but century is cool that's like a hundred Cedrae oh yeah

why are you asking us then every time these guys are introduced in something you're like but oh just go the way you want do you know how millennials always say everything can be brought back to friends this feels like this feels like this feels like that thing where Rachel and Phoebe had a conversation and she was like, you're not pregnant. She was like, oh, and she was like, no, you are pregnant. I was just testing to see which one you wanted. Now we know which one you wanted.

But level 25 is pretty sick. Sounds like you're, yeah. You've made up your mind. No, but if I do 1125, everyone has to dress as a game character. That'd be pretty little. Can I thank you for not inviting? We're not invited anyway. I think you're not invited. You might get invited, Megan.

Oh, okay, great. I appreciate that. It just seems like something that I would feel out of place at. Hang out with Grace's 23, 24, 25 year old friends. You're like a three quarters of a century. You don't need to be at like quarter of a century party. Excuse me? My husband's 32.

Yeah. He can come, man. He's the last guy. You can draw them off and pick him up. You're not burying my clothes anymore. Damn. Well, I think we solved that. I think.

Anyway, you can enjoy the rest of the podcast. John O'Bien and Megan. The podcast. The Hats. Troy, welcome on in. Good morning. Lovely to have you here. I'm going to be here.

Geez, on Friday, you sent me some audio. You had confided in us that you weren't a huge fan of a meal that was consistently being cooked in your household. A pretty regular chicken and leaked pie. Yeah. Now, you said, I don't really like it, but I don't know how to approach it. And all of us said, don't say anything. Just suffer in pain until age 96.

You said, take it to my grave. Yeah, take it to your grave. Do not offend someone who's cooked a meal for you consistently. weekly. The trouble is you were saying it's not just one night a week because it's a pie. It's a big pie and it's just two of us, so it's lunches and dinners for two or three days.

You've got to kind of say something at some stage. Yeah. And I thought Friday was a good opportunity because I got home, we were in a great mood, we're laughing. It was sunny. It was sunny. Yep. She's just, you know, had some good news at works.

I was like, okay, this is great. Conditions are perfect. This is my moment to bring her down. So how did you bring it in? Well, she asked what meals we should prep for groceries. We're going to do groceries on Friday afternoon, and I was like, this is a good opportunity. Okay, how about we just take, maybe, could we take a week off the chicken leak pie? Yeah.

Pump the brakes on the chicken. Why? I said, it's just, we've had it quite a lot recently, like every week. Did you say it like that? Yeah, it sounded like a grano. And then she's like, do you not like it? I'm like, what's not that I don't like it? It's just every week.

Yeah, well, you keep saying it with a tone. And then to make some matters even worse, he hits the record button on his face. Oh, yeah. And as I was kind of fumbling my phone to secretly record it, she asked me, do you hate it? And then I was kind of distracted and I was like, yes. I mean, no, no, no. This is the reaction from your partner.

I'm just sick. Come here. You're bad. You're not. You just get me. I do. I told me it was the best one you've made this week. It's my tickling fine, not really good.

Wow, Troy. And you got the DFS, the DFS, the DFS. Dumb fat, stupid. Left field. Came out of left field. Yeah, out of nowhere, too. You're like, can I pull you up?

Your first words are, I feel like you're just about to say, I'm sick of it. Listen. I'm just sick. Come here. I'm just sick. Come here.

Come here. I was trying to record. Come here, give me a hug. Okay, so we want to open up a bit of a confessional. A confessional. You can be anonymous with it as well, but if you've got a meal,

maybe a partner, makes or your parents make, you can give us a call right now and just say, hey, get it out there, get it off your chest. Yeah, it can be done anonymously. But at least you don't have to take it to your grave. You can chuck it out to the universe. There's probably one that my family would,

they'll have said to me openly, actually. I make this, I'm really proud of it. Okay, it's just a big, okay, white bread. It's essentially French toast. Okay, you've lost it. A big, super thick, top white beer right now. Wait, is this dinner? No, no, it's like a breakfast, but it's,

It's essentially like you just soak it an egg, fry it, then I put cheese on top of it. Oh, yuck. And then I put tomato sauce on top of it and I love it. Oh, I love it. I love it. I was wrong with you. Are you like a toddler like this? Yes, we've established his palate.

It's very basic. Oh, it's like tomato sauce cheese and white bread. Nothing spicy. That's too spicy. It's like, yeah. It's like, oh my God. Cheese. I really love that.

What kind of cheese are you putting on it? Tasty. Tasty. Tasty. Oh, okay, rich guy. Yeah. Big baller over here. with a taste part of a toddler

apparently. John O'Bennon and Megan The podcast The Hits We've opened up this line And Jesus taken off Isn't it? The meals that you

Maybe You don't have the heart To tell the person That you don't like It's an amnesty This is a great way To tell them Without telling them

Well when people do tell you I were kind of like Johno as well There was a meal though I used to make My family loved it And I probably made it Just too much

It was like When they were younger It was like Fish Tacos Tacos healthy. They can make it themselves with tomato, cucumber, whatever they wanted within lettuce and as well as fish. And they were like, damn, we can't keep having this every week. Did you do it a weekly? Yeah. I get it though. Okay, okay. So I had to tap back.

It's hard making food for like everyone. And when you find something that everyone collectively enjoys, you're like, okay, let's do it again. Let's do it again. You have the same dinner every night. Yeah. Not anymore. No, you had six-day-old chicken soup last week and that really took its toll, didn't it? What are you replacing that meal with at the moment? I've just been eating what everyone else is eating at the moment. So this is the anonymous meal confessional, meals you're having to deal with on a regular basis.

I think we've changed some of these names, so whatever names we're using right now are safe to use, okay? Okay, Tyler, welcome. Oh, hey guys. Hi, what's your confessional? What meal can you not eat? I just, my wife has a thing for tuna fish and pasta, and even my baby girl won't eat it.

just do not like it one little bit, but it always ends up on the plate every second week. Is it like a tuna bake? Yeah, like a tuna bake, which doesn't sound too bad, and I love pasta, but tuna and pasta, to me, just don't go. I'm just not a fan. And so you're having to, you know, bite by bite, chew it down without saying a thing, Tyler? Yeah, I pinch my nose a little bit and just get on with it and try and get it down. but sometimes it's hard. What if you were like, do you know what would go really good in this instead of

Turner would be like, should we try with chicken? Yeah, that would work. Yeah, he's like, can I move him with you? Just make a suggestion. Yeah, maybe, maybe. That sounds really good, isn't it. I feel bad for you. Oh, well, good luck with that.

So we're going to give you $100 so ease the pressure at the fuel pub, right? Amazing. Thanks, guys. Thanks, Victor. Thanks, Tyler. There you go. You can hear the pain. Yeah.

He's like, oh, that would be. You're suffering. He's suffered. Sarah, welcome to the meal confessional, regular meals in your life that you haven't had the guts to tell the cook that you're not a fan of. Good morning. Thank you for having me. It's a safe space, Sarah. Don't worry.

Yes, I'm so nervous. Yeah, so this is a Christmas one. Okay. So I have a half, like, Russian family, and they make the weirdest. And I'm like not even joking. The Russian cuisine not a fan of, are you? No, like some things are okay. But every Christmas we end up with like this

sardine salad and it's just the most revolting thing. Sardine salad, sounds interesting. It does sound interesting. My dad sounds like he would love a sardine salad. Well, yeah, it's not, it's kind of like what you use for bait. Wow, oh, it's what you use for bait as well. Like, is it fresh? Are they cooked or are they tinned or?

I don't know how they get them. Oh. From the bait shop by the sounds of it. Like, net on the sardine salad yet. And do you have to eat the sardine salad once a year? Yeah. So they give you a vodka or anything exciting to wash it down with it? Yes, yeah, some spartsy wine.

Oh, yeah. I kind of just brush it. Yeah, I can imagine the Russians just, you're looking. wrestling a bear with their bear hands in the forest and eating that as well. They'll just eat to survive the Russians, wouldn't they? They don't care. Yeah. Well, the sardine salad has actually just won you.

$100 free fuel, Sarah. Thank you very much. Thank you so much. That's a huge help. Could be a little bit of dressing you put on top of the sardine salad. John O'Bennon and Megan, the podcast. Now, speaking of being friendly, small talk. It's the basis of being friendly with strangers, isn't it?

And you're good at it. You love a bit of small talk. I don't mind it to a certain point. Yeah. I like, yeah, great topics at the moment. Petrol, that's a go-to. Easy fill of content, the petrol. The weather turning as well.

Summer was a good one. Oh, geez, we haven't had much of a summer, you know. Is it because you feel obliged or are you actually genuinely interested? Because you go so deep. You're like, what did your parents do for a job? Where did your family grow up? What did you eat for dinner? Maybe it's because I don't like silence, sitting with my dark thoughts in my head.

But a tradie came over yesterday. Now, this is on the trady. He knocked on the door and I let him in. And he said, oh, I've just got to wait for my colleague to turn up. So he's turn up early. Right. I'm like, oh, grab a seat, mate, that's all good. He's like, I'll get started when, you know, my workmate turns up.

And so I'm like. I have a question. Yeah? Is this the same tradie that saw you on the toilet? The painter, no, the painter's gone. No, I love you. Okay, okay. Painters are gone.

We won't speak of that again. The painter. But I was like, okay, sitting on the couch, I'm going to have to engage in petrol prices, where they're there. Just some light banter while he's there. Then I was like, this small talk. I could see it ending, but I couldn't see an exit. Okay, now this is about five minutes in of small talk. Then I'm just looking around the kitchen.

I'm like, oh, there's some bread. I was like, do you, what are you for lunch, mate? Do you want a sandwich? He's like, no, thanks. And I was like, what's your favorite sandwich? And then... Well, you asked someone what was the favorite donut or something. Yeah.

A trip when we were away, a race around the country. I was like, oh no. As he was describing his favorite sandwich, which was tuna avow mayo. I was like, that's a good combo. I was like, oh, I'm just going to remove myself from this situation. So I just went ahead in the bedroom.

I was like, I'll be back shortly. And I just waited in there until I go. here his friend turn up. But that's what him. Wait in the van. You're right. He could have waited outside. Listen to a podcast.

Get into a, you know, doom scrolling session. Something normal. Yeah, because what is he going to do? If he's going to wait for his, yeah, you're right. I'm with you. Yeah, wait outside. Yeah, I had to pull out of that small talk. That doesn't feel very inviting, though.

Wait outside. But I never know, even when they're working in your house. No, I wouldn't tell him to wait outside, but he could have waited. Oh, you just said it in your head. No. Yeah. Yeah. Why didn't he wait outside for them and they come in together?

That's what I said to myself in the bedroom. I think I said that loud. What do you want to sign? Yeah. Yeah. Even when they're working, though, I feel so awkward because I'm like, do I need to like hang around but I don't want to seem like I'm looking over their shoulder. No, I've learned the lesson.

Go, do you want a coffee or anything? No, all good. I'll leave you to it. That was all Ben's advice, actually. Let us know if you need anything. Well, you're like, I'm not there. I'm not there. I'll get right in there.

So let me know if you need anything. John O'Benn and Megan, the podcast. The Hits. I was signing out some forms last night for one of my daughters, as you do as a parent. and she was sort of watching as I did it, Indy, my daughter, and got to the signature part, and then she was like, how come you're signing that? I was like, well, because you're under 18, that's what we do.

And she's like, can I sign it? And I was like, oh, yeah, oh, you probably can, and I'll sign next to it or whatever. And then she's like, I've never, I don't, what do I, how do I do I do? She hadn't designed a signature? No, she's like, do I just write my name? I was like, no, you put her signature down. You put down your flare, a little bit of personality into it.

She's like, I have never, she's like, it was just. never signed anything. Yeah, it was just a concept that she hadn't even thought of. And I was like, man, as a kid, and I want to see if I'm the only one, I would, I would, you can't hit the music now if you want. I would practice, I would practice. Multiple times. I was an autograph fiend, though.

I'd go out and try and get lots of people's autographs back in the day, mainly cricket players. Oh, God, would you run onto the field after cricket games and yank on their clothing going, please sign this, please sign this. And they come to a bookstore and, you know, book signing. I wouldn't buy the book, I'd just lie up and get them to sign. Matt and crew, can you serve my bet? Yeah, things like that. But I would practice signatures.

I was like, gee, God, it was. I think only one that would practice my signature multiple times. I don't know why, like, but maybe kids these days just aren't doing it. Did you have, how many options did you have of Ben Boyce? Was it Benjamin Boyce or just Ben Boyce? It's usually Ben Boyce. Maybe it might have started as Benjamin Boyce, but they went to Ben Boyce. But, yeah.

What I love nowadays, too, is when you sign the old digital documents, you can pick your own one. And isn't that just fraud? Because that's not your signature. Yeah. Well, no, you're talking about how you can save it on your laptop. No, it gives you options. So the program is going, oh, do you like this version of Jonathan Pro? And you can click on one of them and like, that's not my signature.

So I guess I can dodge you out of this one if it ever comes back to bite me. Oh. Yeah, on Adobe. You know, when you sign stuff on Adobe, when someone sends you on Adobe document. Sometimes it just comes through. Yeah. And I'm like, I can't be bothered. I'll just put that one looks fun for today.

And I'm thinking, in a court of law, that could definitely get me out of any legal trouble. Yeah, probably. But were you signing? Were you practicing? Yeah. I, if I had a piece of paper in front of me right now, I would be incessantly writing my signature.

It's like a doodling thing, but like it looks like I'm practicing my autograph. And so would you have just slight variations of the same design? Try out a few different options as well. But then as an adult, you know, the times you do do your signature, you always kind of mess it up a lot of the time. Yeah. Every time you're like, oh, that's. That's not my best work.

Yeah, that's not my best work. It used to be like when you had to sign for something, I used to match your card a few years ago. You were like, look at it, like, is that even the same? Tell you where you don't do your best work, when the courier comes in hands over the digital thing and you're like, I put about 3% here for the deciding my name here. Oh, I concentrate really hard, and they're like, just squiggle.

I'm like, no, I just want to. It's some acknowledgement of something, please. Because most times it's signing something, you know, really, you're like, it's something a bit more serious or things like that, you know, like it's not that fun. But now and again, very now to again, I mean, usually at a weekmix triathlon. We'll get people come up and sign a hits bucket hat or something.

Yeah, but that's not your signature. You just write Ben. Ben Boknettas, because you know Ben Meekin. I don't even get to do my, like, age nine, fled, signature, anything like that. Have you run it since age nine the same one? No, I think I changed it and probably my teens or whatever it is. I used to have something that was a bit extravagant. I don't think I ever used it for anything important.

But I was like, oh man, maybe I'm there. I'm good to know you guys might have practiced you think. Yeah, absolutely. I had to decide what I was going to do. M and then P and then P and then you guys don't you don't change your name Yeah, I was still say that

I changed my name and I had to redo it Why did you have to change your name a couple of times? What happened? What happened there, mate? I had a name and then I got married And then I changed it back and then I got married again So I've had a few. Did you get divorced? I thought we might have brought that up once or twice

Do you know your signature says a lot about you What we should do is we should each write our signatures and put it into AI and see what it says about our personality We'll come back with the results John O'Ben and Megan The podcast. The hits. Ben, you're just sharing a vulnerable moment in your childhood

where you spend a large part of your life practicing your signature. And I hope that one day people would want to see my signature. Normally it's just for signing something with the bank that I want to sign or something like that, you know? Tell you what, having looked at your signature, it's movie star quality. It's so fancy.

I can tell a lot of practices. No, I'm actually, I genuinely am jealous. You know, like if you went into Planet Hollywood or something and they'd be like, Ben Boy, sign this napkin, you'll be like, that's a movie star who's something. Thank you. I spent a lot of time on it. Big fancy bee. Yeah, the bees are the star of that show. The double bees. Double bees. And Megan, your signature is not too bad as well. Movie Star Quality. Yeah, it's just an MP Squiggle. Okay. So maybe TV Star Quality signature.

And Producer Grace, you've got us to write all of our signatures down. We can put the, do we put our signatures online? No, what I'll put in them online. No, probably not. I don't know what I'm putting them online. No, that would be a breach of security. But you put them into AI. and chat GBT to analyze each of our signatures. They're kind of online now anyway. Yeah, technically. Okay. So I'll do Ben's first.

Okay. Oh, here we go. Ben's is the I'm the main character scribble. Yeah. That tracks. Those loops not stylish. Their attention-seeking spirals begging to be noticed. These guys just said they were good.

We're not that it's doing too much. Like someone laughing too loudly at their own jokes. I do that as well. The savage truth is Ben, you don't sign documents, you audition for them. Oh, that is. Oh, shut up, chat, Jimmy, too. That is a brutal taste.

I thought it was pretty good. Yeah, I hate, no, I can't argue with that. Are you second guessing it now? Yeah, definitely. Definitely, too showy. Okay. Okay, Megan, you're next. Megan says the, I hate everything.

It's aggressive verticals, unresolved beef with life. Zero effort and readability. Figure it out your self-energy. And it says it's not a signature. It's a crime scene within. that is brilliant having looked at it that's a really good summary of your did you practice that as a child yeah I practiced that all the time okay okay then no describe Jono's one like yeah

okay what was your singing I do like a like a kind of big Jay then really little on athen and then a kind of a big P then a really little ryer so it's readable though yeah yeah so his is the fake professional or the LinkedIn personality cosplay so it's says suddenly readable, oh so now you care what people think. And it's giving, I've said circle back in a meeting. The savage truth is you don't naturally write like this. This is your corporate, older ego trying to get respect from strangers.

I was trying to fancy it up for the competition. Exactly. And I've been called out. Wow, brutal take down. I feel like it knows us. Yeah. Okay. Okay, well now we're all going to go home and practice new signatures.

Ben's going to do little bees now. Yeah, you're not so showy, that's for sure. Jono Ben and Megan, the podcast, the hits. It's the 10th anniversary of one of Altao's most iconic, not to mention highest grossing local film of all-time hunt for the world of people. Ten years, and it's back in cinemas for a limited time and select cinemas right around the country as of today. And joining us is three of the stars from that star-studded movie.

I mean, everyone from Sam Neal, Taika Waititi, of course, directed, but we've got Rees Darby, Flight of the Concords, Jumanji, play Psycho Sam. Is it a man? Or a bush. Bush. Ma! And the cops as well looking for Julian Denison's character.

We've got Rachel House from Moana and Minecraft. Oscar Kyle, you know from Brotown's wedding with us in the studio as well. I said at first you're more like Sarah Connor. No, I'm not. Yes. In the first movie too,

before she could do chin-ups. Yeah, it's very funny. And it's lovely to see you all. It's nice to see you. There's some royalty in studio with us today. I know. We should have tied it up a bit more. I love it to have you.

Yeah, now 10 years of Hunt for the World of People, it's back in selected theaters. That's pretty incredible to see it again. It is. And it feels good to celebrate something. In this country, you know, we don't celebrate our success enough. This is a real milestone to kind of go, you know what, 10 years ago we made this amazing thing that broke box office records. Highest grossing, baby. Yeah.

Highest grossing. So why not, why not re-celebrate? We know it's good. You don't turn up to a premiere and you go, oh, here we go, I hope it's good. We know it's good. So when was the last time you actually watched them? Have you watched it recently or you're waiting to watch it? No, the three of us have it's been 10 years.

It's been 10 years. So you don't go back on your work and just pop it on on a Saturday night. For every night. No. It's like a nightmare. Is it the first time generally that you see it at the premiere? I don't know if you do this, but sometimes I'll ask if I can watch it on my own just to make sure you're not going to get a shock.

And then she doesn't turn up to the premiere. Oh, why did you do it? I've seen it. I had an early long one, and it wasn't for me. Pretty incredible you look back at there, you know, Julian Denison being so young, you know. Now he's married and, you know, often. And all of you guys, I mean, it's amazing to think back what you've all done over the last 10 years. Yeah, and I see you popping up all the time, Rhys on Netflix. My kids are, yeah, my kids are watching, like, animated shows and I'm like, hang on a minute.

That penguin sounds familiar. That was the first thing I ever did. Jake and the Neverland Pirates. I saw that app. That was a good cameo, actually And Oscars just said you've got the new Jumanji coming out Yes, yeah Well, that's Christmas

He's not allowed to talk about it But at this point we think he might be swapping with the rock Yeah? No No, I'm not swapping Do you hang out on set? Like, does he like... Yeah, he's a good guy.

Yeah. Does he work out all the time? Yeah, and I don't know about these I don't know what routine he's on He's on different routines as you get older and stuff But there was moments there where you wait for him because he's, you know, he's had to have his... Doing 10 push-up. Yeah, well, he gets up at four and does workouts,

and then he has three different types of breakfasts. And, you know, there's... You know, that was back in the day. That was, you know, because it's been eight years between Jumanji's now. So I'm glad we're doing a third one. These have been real good. And once again, like Wilder people, family, adventure, comedy. Masterful bringing it back to the top of two there.

That's a professional there. And most of Jumangi takes. place outdoors? It does. It does. It brings me back to wilder people, which is, it's like an early gemungry, really. But how does it work with Tyke directing? I mean, you've all worked with Tyker a lot.

Do you have to audition for this back in the day for hunt for the world of people? Or is it sort of just a bit of a like, hey, got this role, that would be great for you? I wasn't actually supposed to be in this. Me neither. Yeah, I was just helping out kind of just be a bit of a script doctor. And I was the acting coach. And then like a week before we shot They had a table read and then suddenly

And me and Oscar had to read for it We were reading and I was like oh this is a bit odd We were joke about it hey darling during the shoe Yeah that's what I was about to say I can't imagine anyone else doing any of the roles When you're doing like say Psycho Sam Is that based on someone you know? Me

Definitely it's in the wheelhouse Like I always look at that character And I think if I didn't meet Rosie and get married I would have gone down that route. I would have been off the grid, conspiracy theorist. With my army training, I would be able to, you know, hunt and live.

Would you be in the bush right? I'd go bush. I've always said, you know. We've had the question this morning a couple of times, who would survive at both Oscar and I pointed. Do you know all the edible plants in our bush? Your bush. Okay.

How do you know? We get that back on track. Yeah. Hunt for the world of people, the 10 year anniversary. So great to have that back. And some of those, we'll put up all the details at the Hitsok Code. at N's your best thing over the last 10 years, what's top of mind? Personal or professional?

The one thing that you're like, that's pretty cool, reflecting back over 10 years. We'll start with you, Rees Darby. Last 10 years. I think our flag means death, you know, the comedy TV series and being able to do the second season of that here. That just felt like all stars aligned again. and it was a fantastic job. It's a great show. Good one plucking something out for the last 10 years.

Yeah, I know. I'm putting on the spot. Okay, right, Rachel, go to you. Hope for the world of people. Okay, yeah, okay. Yeah, okay. And Oscar. Pete wasn't happy with that.

No, no, I mean, you're voiced in Moana, you know, Minecraft. You've directed the mountain. We're not allowed to, you're not allowed to acknowledge other projects. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, I am going to say, well, but that was 10 years ago. ago. Yeah, thank you, Ray. but that's it. And Oscar Kightley,

the biggest thing from the last 10 years for you. Probably becoming a dad six years ago. Oh, we can't beat that. That's good. That's a highlight. Beautiful.

And we ended on a heartwarming moment. We did. We heard some weird bush analogy about all. Hey, I'm bush man. It's got to be done. It's got a whole new meaning now. Hey, I love to see you guys.

And congratulations on everything you do. Thank you. John O'Ben and Megan. The podcast. The HAD. Quicksand. Quick sand. Were you petrified of quicksand?

Yeah. I thought we were all going to end, all our lives were going to end through some sort of quicksand related accidents. It seemed to be in a lot of movies, cartoons, you know, TV shows, comic books, books, stories. It was a big thing through the 90s and stuff. You were like, well, what do I do if I get stuck in quicksand? You'd stay still, don't move. The point is not to fight.

That's always always it was a great in my head. Don't fight it. It's going to make it worse. But then if you're not finding it, you just slow. only just sinking into the quicksand. Yes, but slower than you would if you were fighting it. So don't fight it. I was like, okay, I've got a mental note.

If I ever fall into quicksand, don't fight it. Don't fight it. And there was always some sort of pesky kid on the schoolyard who made over a rumour that the sand part of the sand pit had quicksand that you could sink into the hole. But it just disappeared overnight. Quick sand no longer became a problem. I can't remember the last time I was concerned about quicksand.

No, you're right. Never really became an issue. I never encountered it once. So, yeah. I made it through. Almost disappointed. I was so ready for it. Yeah, we were prepared.

So we just want to open this up. 0,800, the hits, 4487. Stuff that just went missing for the 90s. The old rusty springed trampolines. You don't see many of them around nowadays. Sometimes when you're going down a state highway in the Coromandel, you're like, oh, there's some legend, the one still on the front lawn.

But for the most part. No padding. No padding. No nothing. Yeah. It was character building back in the day. Because the foam would eventually eat away. with mold and mils you and stuff. She had to get rid of the foam mat.

It was the only sensible option. Jeez, how many times did you land on those springs? Oh, lots. I mean, if your legs went in between. Yeah, spring up your jacksy. Yeah. You never want to spring up, Jesus. One thing is not to fight if spring goes up your jacksy, Megan.

Just go with it. Don't panic. That's all right. I learned. I don't know that. Stuff that was a, around when you're growing up as a kid and it's just gone. Just completely disappeared.

Yeah, stuff in the 90s, it seems to, yeah, have just gone. And we've got, we've got some Robbie Williams tickets. Have we got those to give away? We have. We've got more tickets to Robbie Williams. Of course, he's going to be here in November, playing Auckland and Christchurch as well. All the details. The tickets are on sale right now from Axis.

AXS.com. Go see Robbie Williams. I mean, he was big in the 90s. He was. But he hasn't disappeared. He's still been cranking out the tunes, you know. But what was big in the 90s? Well, yeah, a couple of years where he kind of went away.

Now he's come back. He's come back. True. A couple decades, but now he's returned. Return to make some cash, baby. John O'Ben and Megan, the podcast. That's things from the 90s, mainly from the 90s, from our childhoods that seem to have disappeared. Yeah.

We did get discussing the quicksand issue, which was a big part of all of our lives. Huge concern for every child growing up in New Zealand in the 90s was that they were going to slowly drown in quicksand. We said we'd never encountered it. But some people have. Looking online, yeah. There's a few people. In New Zealand. Recently.

Yeah, well, yeah, over the next couple years, someone, lady, yeah, let's try and get someone on before the end of the week. I think it'll be really interesting. Yeah, right. So there's a news report of a lady being stoking quicksad. Yeah, yeah. She used her teenage, you know, what, knowledge of quicksand's from her childhood to get herself out of there. Amazing.

Don't fight it? Yeah, and she used something where she kind of rolled forward or something, got her chest and something out. That's right. Something, I couldn't remember that one, but she did that, yeah. Well done to her. Yeah, that paid dividends, obviously. So, yeah, stuff that's just completely disappeared from the 90s. Bark on the old playgrounds?

Remember, that was the safety mat? Sharp sharp some bark down there, you're right, yeah. It was quite rigid the bark too, wasn't it? Splinters in your butt. Yeah, so Brad, stuff that's just disappeared from the 90s. Ah, white dog poo. Oh, yeah. It's a classic.

You know the powdery dog poo that you used to help with the Lord Mark? and I'd make a big job. I'm like, shall I pick it up or run it over? Yeah, definitely run it over. Poo! Yeah, definitely. That's gone. On now.

Obviously a change in diet, would you imagine? I believe so. I can't think of much other things that has changed. It's got to be their diet. Yeah, it does. Quick Google. Yeah, really seen today because improvements in pet nutrition, which I guess is good.

Yeah, right. What on earth were they eating back in that way? Turns their pooed and chalk. It's going to make you wonder It does At the same time You had the 1.5 litre bottles filled with water on the lawn

To deter that exact act You sure did, yes, yes What, because reflection? I don't know, what it was It didn't work It's like someone just started it And then everyone thought Well, this is science

And again overnight It just, the 1.5 litre bottles just disappeared Yeah Yeah, what's changing? I don't know, it was a simpler time, man it was a simpler time, Brad Sure was. Sure was.

We're going to hook you up with a hundred bucks to put on your gas tank. I appreciate you. I appreciate you calling the... So Mr. Texan going, my grandfather, big backer of the 1.5 litre water bottles on the lawn until a dog walked right up next to one and did what the dog did. He said, I could see my granddad's heartbreaking in real time. But we don't want a poo that's going to sink into the grass when it rains.

We'd rather put a massive plastic bottle on the lawn that won't break down. They look weird. Yeah. It's weird on the lawn. So I saw or either way. Yeah, exactly. Then if you really wanted to keep the big dogs away, the two-liter bottles. Two-liter bottles to do the trick.

Loana, welcome. Happy New Year. Happy New Year to you too. All right, talk to us. Stuff that you remember from the 90s that just disappeared from our life. Frogs. Oh, yeah. A lot of tadpoles.

I remember finding a lot of tadpoles as a kid. People used to bring tabpoles to school. And we had like a, did you have a fish tank that had tabpoles in it? and then you had to put the lid on so the frogs wouldn't jump away. Yeah. Where did you grow up, Luana? Southland. Southland.

All the frogs, they've just disappeared from Southland, have they? Yeah, we used to have, like, lots of railway sleepers around the gardens, and we used to be able to lift them up or big stones and just frogs under them. But I haven't seen one since I was a kid. Oh, that's kind of sad. What have been done to the frogs? Yeah. Ran away with smoking in cars.

Smoking inside, didn't it? Yeah. The frogs. Astrays, that's another one I was thinking last night. You know, like, oh, cars used to just have an ashtray. You always had an ashtray in there. And the thing that you'd push in. For the cigarettes.

Yeah. And then you'd try and get your brother with it. With the, uh, the circuit. Yeah. Yeah. It would get really hot. Your brand your sibling. Then the ashtray was always filled with a cigarette butts in some coins.

Did the fish through the ash tree get the five seat pieces. Hey, Luano, I'm going to give you $100 free fuel. Every cool that gets on either. this week gets free gas, mate. Perfect. Thank you so much. This is interesting. If we just got time, it is April Fool's Day tomorrow, but it reckons that the water bottles on the lawn

were credited to a broadcaster and gardening expert here in New Zealand who did it as an April Fool's joke. Oh, you are kidding. That's what it's credited in this. Eon Scarrow told a radio station that he said that bottles of water would stop the dogs from doing it, and people believed it. Yeah.

So this is what's crediting it to. That really gathered some steam. That was a great prank from Scarrow. Yeah. A decade's worth of pranking. If that's true, that's pretty impressive. John O'Ben and Megan, the podcast. The Hits.

Like saving ends 3 o'clock Sunday. Of course, so there we go. We were just looking out the window going, Jesus dark for 5 past 7 in the morning. Well, that would make sense then. Was the clock's back? Check your fire alarms. Four, back, yeah.

My fire, the battery was doing that thing, what it was wearing out. I'd do the beep. Can we just, as a smoke alarm industry, just make the battery low beep just 10 seconds apart? What's like this inconvenient sort of minute 15? And then you get distracted, forget about it. Yeah.

Is that there? And then you're wondering. Because you have to go around to all six in the household and stand underneath. You're right, just like, beep, beep, beep, beep. And you're like, okay, that one needs to change. It's like an easy solve, guys.

Yeah, Megan. Well, we've solved that problem. Now we're on to another one, right? Yeah, so people slide in. to my DMs with issues. Some of them don't always feel confident talking to Friends, family or even the other person involved. So we put it to the people

and get some advice for them. If you've got one, feel free to slide into my DMs. Always anonymous. This one... Although you do know the person's name. When they slide into the DMs. We won't say it on air. You can trust us. I don't tell you, that's why. Over to Shantel's letter this week.

After 15 years of marriage, my husband is giving me the I made him a nice breakfast over the weekend, which isn't that out of the ordinary, and he burst into tears. Like, is this man a pause? He's crying at everything, and I know I should find it sweet, but it's just giving me the ick. It feels like nothing is cute anymore, and I know people always joke about not liking their husbands after years. So what do I actually do? So, how good was the breakfast first?

because they might have been a restaurant quality scrambled eggs that this guy's received. Or terrible. 15 years, this isn't getting any better. Maybe it's a moment of realization for him. Oh, God. Do you think something else is going on with him? I don't want to catastrophize anything.

No. Catastrophize and what of that word is. But we do put these on our Facebook page and that is a common comment on this post is everyone's like, is he depressed? Like there's a lot going on in the world right now. Is he okay? Yeah.

Health issues. relationship, you know, work, I don't know, you know. Maybe he's got like a diagnosis. He doesn't know how to tell you. Maybe he's cheating on you and now he feels guilty because you brought him breakfast. Yeah. I mean, so many options. And we couldn't have picked more extreme options there just to showcase for you.

He's just getting, like, sensitive. He's terminal. He's having a fit. Maybe watch the Warriors. They had a loss after a couple of good wins. I mean, there's a lot of stuff to get emotional about. You're right. Look, my husband cries like all the time.

Like not hysterically, but like things make him well up all the time. It could just be like a silly little comment and I'm like, are you crying? Does he give you the heck? No. I think it's quite sweet, but it's not. The thing is, this guy's suddenly doing it. I've always known that about Andrew. Andrew's a cry.

Yeah, he's a cry. That's fine. But this guy suddenly turned into it, which would suggest that there's something going on. And so she wants to, what did she? Now, a lot of people in this situation, if they have the act 15 years deep into a marriage, they either leave them or they have an affair, don't they? We don't want those two options. We want a sensible resolution here.

My problem is that once you get the act, it's really hard to undo it. Unack it, yeah. But she also, so it's the crying, but she said nothing is cute anymore. So that suggests that there's other things he's doing that are giving him at the egg. Okay, so let's put it to you. Oh, 800 the hits, 4487, those are the ways to get in touch with us. Every caller that gets on the air gets $100 to put towards the gas tank. What would you do?

Maybe you've had this sort of happen in your relationship. I tell you what, at the Rock Radio Station, I once cried over a guy's leaving. I had to get up and make a speech, and I burst into tears. And tell you what, they did not know how to handle emotion at the Rock. I went in Hidden Studio B. I've seen you cry a few times. I think that's lovely. But then I'm not married to.

Yeah, is it giving, yeah, it might be giving other people the ick. John O'Ben and Megan, the podcast. The hits. Okay, today's dear Megan is a wife has messaged after 15 years of marriage that her husband is giving her the ick. It sounds like there's a few things going on, but the main one she's mentioned is she made him a nice breakfast at the weekend, and when she gave it to him, he cried. And she sees he's getting emotional and crying at a lot of things. It's a sudden thing, and she's... She doesn't like emotion.

She doesn't like his emotions. They're giving her the ick. Yeah. It does feel like a conversation needs to be had. I know they've breached out to us first and for the hits advice, but it does feel like a conversation. Not everyone's great communicators, though, like, and how do you bring that up? I don't like that you're crying a lot. Maybe just is everything okay?

Yeah. Is everything okay? Because it just seems like you're quite emotional at the moment. The old Kiwi classic, do you need a concrete pill? You know, that was one that always really helped with. mental health. Tilly, good morning. Happy New Year.

Oh, happy New Year. Good morning, guys. It's lovely to hear your voice again, Tilly. Loyal customer Tilly to the show. We appreciate your ears. Your tarting is, Tilly. What would you say to you if this was your friend, having troubles, getting with her crying husband,

what would you say to her? I think she should just be so lucky, you know. Like, men sometimes, men always find it hard to express their feelings. He's probably just a sensitive guy. appreciating her and thinking, oh gosh, look at my lovely wife, you know, she's doing all these things to me. I look at it like that. Good on you, Tilly.

Positive. We were like, he's having an affair. He's buddy doing this and that. It's guilt. He's going to have an affair. It's going to have an affair. It'll not be that. I've been there.

I know. It's not when you make them breakfast they cry. Did you say you've had an affair, Tilly? Oh, no. Oh, sorry. I misheard that. I was like, this is an odd place to confess. 15 years of marriage, same deal.

But no crying when I made breakfast. Maybe you should get better at making breakfast. Tilly, thanks for being on air, mate. Every caller on air this week gets $100 free fuel, so that will help with the trip to work. Oh, absolutely. I travel an hour a day. Oh, wow.

Wow. People are putting in some mileage every morning, are they? Yeah. Yeah, well, enjoy that free petrol, Tilly. Thanks for phoning through. I think you to take my call. Danny, what would you say in this situation? A crying husband after 15 years.

Morning, guys. Yeah, I've been in a similar situation. Obviously not crying over breakfast or still milk, but I definitely think that when you get older, you definitely get a lot more emotional. And for me, I think it's just communication. But, yeah, how do you bridge that communication link? Yeah.

Obviously, when you first got together, you obviously had a lot of passion, a lot of hate and all that going on. So I was just trying to, I suppose, rekindle that what you originally had to get over that ick. So, communication, yeah. You say you've been in this situation. Did one of you get the ick? Yes, my wife got the ick on me, a few things, actually. Right. You've been married for 18 years now.

So how did she just communicate and bring it up with you? A few times it was like a, when I first started, it was kind of like as a teasing thing going on. So it was about me chewing too loudly. I do that too. I get my wife the act for that too. Yeah, reach that stage of marriage. And I was just like, your ears have obviously got better or I've like chew?

You're like, I've been chewing like this my whole life. Yeah, yeah. Yeah. And so you guys obviously had an open conversation and worked through the differences? Yes, yes. Oh, good. Still working on it. We almost had to go counselling for it, but...

You're chewing in another room now? Not masticating like a cow anymore. To be honest, counselling is great. I recommend that for even couples that are happy as. We had... I've got a couple of friends of ours who went to counselling before they got married. And they said it was a game. You don't get taught how to communicate, you know, and that's what they can teach you in therapy.

It's probably quite good, but times are good. You can go and, you know, so, yeah, work it out. Find problems that you didn't know. Well, yeah, true. Appreciate your call this morning. Every call that gets on the ears we said before gets 100 bucks. So that's it. Communicate.

Thanks, Dan. That's the advice back. Yeah, well, at least ask if he's okay. Because it is a pretty tough time at the moment. It sounds like don't mock. Don't mock. Just come and go, hey, notice you've been a bit emotional lately. Yeah.

It's giving me the. John O'Ben and Megan The podcast The Hits Megan you're looking like a bit of a creep on the internet And we need to address this I know So Houdaki have done

Our radio station here Across the hallway Have done a video It's what is it for? It's for tisicular cancer Yeah about checking for lumps A worthy cause They're raising awareness for

And in this video All you've done is raise questions To be honest Yeah And I was distracted Because in the video They're all just fond their bits.

Yeah, they're checking. Checking, yeah. Yeah, checking for lumps, but they're checking for lumps in the workplace, and they were checking for lumps everywhere. And they, I remember when they filmed it, they came over to our studio, which has a big window, and they turned their back to us, and then we're filming something. So we didn't know, we didn't know what they were filming. I went over to the window, and I was trying to look at what they were doing.

I was like, what is happening? But in the video, Jeremy Wells is standing in front of me, fondling as goodies, and it looks like I'm trying to see. Really, coming a lot. We're running a lump lottery. Find a lump, win a youth. And the lump lottery ticket is in your pants. I'm checking my lump lottery ticket in front of Jono and Ben.

And Megan. Really? And you're really getting in there. I know, because I was like, what are they doing? What's happening? What I've learned with Hauraki, if they're filming outside the window, just don't engage. You're going to get such a look.

Don't even see us, which is quite good. Yeah. Not that I want to be, you know, that's a great message to be part of, but at the same time, they're always stitching you up somewhere. If someone's filming and you can't hear what they're saying, always a stitcher. I remember, like, the first time I ever, like, saw Jeremy Wells in real life was at broadcasting school. He came down, he was doing, like, Havoc and Newsboy at the time.

Great show, and I was just, like, a huge fan. And they were like, we're going to be filming some stuff here today. We're all like, oh, I was so excited. Stitch this up. Like, they had their speech, and they cut in these over-enthusiastic Americans in the audience, loving it as the audience shot. Huge stitch up. Oh, you guys didn't even get on TV.

All these sort of like, you know, like people from middle America just going nuts. And I was like, huge stitch up. That was your first lesson and stitched up in the edit. Exactly. Jeremy Wells,

a fine tradition of stitching people up in the edit. Well, I didn't sign a release for that. No, there you go. Go over and be like eight. Well, you're part of an ad now too, my hashtag sponsored. Yeah. But a good cause too.

Yes, exactly. A great cause. Fondle your bits and you can win a youth. I'd love to look less pervy and more supportive, you know? Yeah. Oh, hey, copter look. It's Jeremy Wells. Can't blame me.

Yeah, I mean, I'm only doing what everyone would have done. Who would have been like, would have wanted to be outside the window, fondling them for him, checking for him. John O'Ben and Megan, the podcast. The Hits. Now, we do some pretty fun things in this job, and we were asked to do a photo shoot at a petrol station. You know, fuel, and we're doing the free fuel.

this week. Every caller wins free fuel who gets on it. And when you say photo shoot they really glamorises it. It was basically all of us had to individually go to a petrol station. It would have been better

if we'd gone together because I was the last to do it and I forgot both of you guys have taken your little picture with the cover of darkness. We're meant to do it. I know. I know.

I know. patronising dig. You're taking your little pictures and we just did it when we're meant to do it. Grace, producer Grace asked us to take the pictures so we did it. It's like 4 a.m. That's like, I forgot.

Four days ago. Sue me. Sue me, I forgot. So I... There's a habit here of you. Anyway, that's fine. There's a lot going on. So Grace Panic text me yesterday and she's like, can you do the picture?

And I'm driving past a fuel pump and I was like, okay. She's like trying to unbed it four days ago. Okay. I pulled in and she was like, don't get anything like that you can see of the petrol station. Just get, you know. No branding. No nothing. Yeah.

So I was like, what am I going to do? It's so busy. I managed to find when I don't want. want to get fuel, one of the cheaper ones in the area. So this place is humming. Oh, gridlocked four-court. So you don't get fuel like for this? No. I went there to get bloody picture. Content, mate. Content. More important than petrol. I was like, okay, so it's more than just a selfie. Like I need to, I'm holding the fuel pump thing of a jingy. So I pull out the fuel pump. What are you doing with it? How are you working with it? Well, I was like, I don't know, you put it in your ear and you were just pointing to the sign.

So I was like, what's left for me? So I went for like a Charlie's Angels, the fuel. your pump is my like, gun thingy. Yeah, nice, good. You know? But then I was like, well, I have to set up, only both hands. I have to set up the phone with a self-timer.

And there's people wanting to use that pump. What is this crazy lady doing, pretending it's a sexy photo shoot with a petrol bowser? Yeah, and so I set up my phone and I was like, how long do I do 10 seconds? No, I'll do five. So I set up my phone. I'm doing a five-second timer.

Do you reckon the other motorists are like, damn, it's a really niche. Only fans account she's running there. Petrol It's so sexy right now If you go and look at our Instagram You can see the picture

I was doing like a sexy While I was trying Charlie's Angels like It's hard work making petroleum Sexy too It's not the most glamorous of all I took me a couple of pictures too So the people are sitting there waiting

And when one of them got out of the car And saw what I was doing They're like You know I like You know like your phone on the forecourt I was like Oh what Good messaging

Yeah. No, but that's one thing. You are allowed to phone on the forecourt now. How else do you pay for petrol? Yeah, just pay away. Yeah, that's okay now, right? Yeah, that's been and gone. You're like a cigarette on the forecourt now.

They don't care. There's no petrol anyway to catch a light. So, yeah, it's fair to say they weren't stoked about my photo shoot. So I hope you all appreciate that. Yeah, we'll go. Give it a like.