Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL SHOW: Megan's Dream About Liam Lawson's Flirty Message!

Episode Date: April 10, 2025

ON THE SHOW TODAY: We have a winner in our battle to find the best TV theme song — and Producer Grace delivers one heck of an announcement! Jono gets OCD about fitted sheets. Markets with Madison breaks down tariffs. Plus — what’s your rapper name? Facebook: The Hits Breakfast with Jono, Ben & Megan Instagram: THEHITSBREAKFAST  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Jono, Ben and Megan podcast, thanks to HelloFresh, your home advantage for delicious midweek dinners everyone will love. Welcome to the podcast on a Friday. We're about to kick things off with the winner of the best TV theme tune ever as voted by you. It's a competition we've ran over the last sort of week and a half on social media, on radio,

so many texts and calls. Lots of people voting it all started from the White Lotus that you thought potentially series two was the best tv theme tune of all time yes he's having beef too uh mike uh mike white is it no no my writer is michael white i think it was mike white yeah it's having beef with the guy who made that tv song he is my why i just questioned myself because i was like oh the show's the white lotus you idiot his last name's not white but it is white oh. That's probably why he called it The White Lotus. Didn't he call the composer a little bitch or something?

He said it was a bitch move. Oh, a bitch move. What was a bitch move? It was a bitch move. Changing the theme song. Well, here we go. All fans thought it was a stupid thing to do. I think they've had a few back and forwards.

But it's according to Mike White, who's the creator, from what I'm reading here, they had a few composers here they had some issues, creative differences and stuff like that, and he didn't know if he wanted to be involved anymore, so he was quitting. And Mike's like, well, this is the first I've kind of heard of it. Yeah, we've had a few emails, but it hasn't been that bad, and what you're doing now is a bitch move.

So anyway, so yeah. As well, yeah. I mean, I don't know if it was their thought, you know, that he wanted – I don't know if the creator wanted less of the bit that you like as well. Jeez, he's done some stuff, Mike White. He's Dawson's Creek. Isn't he?

Writer of Dawson's Creek. Wow. The White Lotus, obviously. It sounded like you were about to start a list and you stopped. Yeah, you did. Jeez, he's done some stuff. And then we're like, cool, you're like Dawson's Creek. Wait, is there more?

I thought he had done A lot of movies You said the other day You were like School of Rock Is what you said I was like Well I didn't know that Yeah let's have a look

Let's have a look I'd just say Writer on School of Rock Oh there we go Usually I make a lot of stuff up Half heard information I just spick him on me Four

He's involved in that one Chuck and Buck Yeah Chuck and who The good girl I think he helped Write the movie version of School of Rock. Yeah, helped to turn that into. Okay.

Orange County? What did he? Oh, no, he made School of Rock TV series. Oh, my God. He was Ned Sheebly on School of Rock. Oh, no. I don't know who that is. He was.

You were like, oh, my God. He was the real Ned Sheebly. Oh, was he? Come in here, Ellie. Come in here Ali Come in here producer Ali I'm getting confused here Because when you click on I'm so confused Oh okay

No yes Because there was There was also He also helped wrote There was a series School of Rock TV series As well that he also wrote Who remembers that

No I do I think I have seen that pop up Yeah There's a guy that Wasn't in that No he kind of looks like Yeah right

Yeah so this is why I'm getting confused. You click on that. But yes, okay, in the movie, was he... Yes, he was the real Ned Schneebly. Yeah, the real one. Because Dewey Finn was obviously Jack Black's real character, but then he played as Ned Schneebly. But the real Ned Schneebly was Mike White.

Yeah. Yeah. He's very talented. I don't know any of what you're talking about. Have you seen School of Rock? I have. It's really good. My daughter did the production last year as well,

so it's really good. You know the guy that's like the weak and has the really intense girlfriend and he flats with Jack Black. So Jack Black pretends to be him. Yeah, he takes the teacher's job.

Gotcha. And he's not actually Mr. Schneebly. Yeah, geez, oh, well, Pitch Perfect,

this guy, the emoji movie, great, great catalogue. Nacho Libre. Wow, what a character. Well, there we go. Butmoji Movie. Great, great catalogue. Nacho Libre. Wow. What a character. Well, there we go.

But whether we can talk about Mike White all day. Do we get any information out there? I don't know. I don't know. We might need to short this down afterwards. But anyway, here it is. The final of the Best Theme Tune of All Time. Yeah!

Jono, Ben and Megan. The Podcast. The Hits. Take 52 on The Hits. Battle of the TV Theme Songs The Grand Final Friends The Simpsons

Which is going to take out our competition Thank you to everyone that has voted And caught us up about this one. We're about to announce the winner of the best TV theme tune of all time. As voted by you, producer Grace. Battle of the TV theme songs. The champion

is... It's been a fierce two weeks of competition. Iconic intros, nostalgic notes, and 31 intense battles. We have laughed. Speaking of intense. Let me be, Ben.

This is coming out of nowhere. You guys, let me be. We've laughed. We've sung along. And yes, we've said goodbye to some absolute bangers. But only one theme could rise above the rest. Only one could claim the crown as the greatest TV theme song of all time. You've voted, you've battled it out, and

now it is time. The winner of the Hits 2025. And a new corporate voice for the Hits too. I'm 2025 battle of the TV theme songs with 61% of votes is

Friends. No! You got it. Congratulations to Ross and Rachel and all the other friends. Everyone do the clap, New Zealand. Here we go. The winning features.

John O'Benn and Megan. The podcast. The hits. Megan will be all over social media As Liam Lawson is back in the F1 right? Formula 1, the Bahrain Grand Prix this weekend Our boy from New Zealand Our Liam as you said Look after our Liam was a comment that Megan put on social media

We should be because he is a Kiwi And Formula 1 is a big deal Sorry every time I go to mock you I'm not mocking him because I'm a huge fan of what he's a big deal. And I'm sorry, every time I go to mock you, I'm not mocking him because I'm a huge fan of what he's doing. It's awesome and I'm right behind you.

And I see you liking all his posts as well. I do. It does sound like a blanket mocking though, doesn't it, for both of you, but it's not.

It's a focused Megan mocking. Liam is great. Love him. He's awesome. I want to carry on. You do you. He's our Liam, but on air right now,

I want to mock Megan. Look, did I have a dream last night that Liam commented on my comment? Yes. Oh my God, are you dreaming about it now? I woke up and I was like, oh my God, Liam commented on my comment. And then I went and looked and I was like, oh, nope. I was all set to come and tell you.

What's your ideal scenario with this whole commenting on his post? What's the end goal? I'm just trying to support him. But no, in your dream scenario. We could get him on the show. And he would say, Megan, I've been reading all your posts. Shut up, Ben.

That was very loaded. You're like, oh, yeah. Just look at age-wise. Anyway. It's purely platonic. No, you are a huge fan. You love Formula One. But what I want to bring up right now.

She's just saying her uterus isn't geriatric yet. What we need to focus on is the latest complimentary comment. Because our Liam, look after our Liam, it was nice. And then you had another one that was a little snarky about the old team, right? Yeah, supportive of him. So I didn't want them to all just be like motivational speeches. So he put up Back on the Horse this weekend for the next one. So I took that scenario and I said, ride that thing.

Did you spell it fang? Did you go T-H-A-N-G? Ride that fang. How's this one going? How's this comic going? Not well. If you could all go and like it, please, that'd be great. Because it's not going as well as the five and a half thousand likes of the other one.

One was huge, right? Look, in my dream, he replied. To ride that thing. Hey, what did he say back in your dream? He wrote easy with a little smirk. With a smirk. Mate, the more we talk about this, the less your dream of having him on this show

is going to become a reality. Yeah, he's going to go, I'm never going to go on that show. But I feel like he's not anyway. He's doing an interview with Dan Carter. So he's not coming on this show. So I'm just going to throw it all out there for laughs. Well, we're going to ride that thing

into the ad break right now. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. We were talking yesterday about a comedian back in New Zealand ahead of the comedy festival in the middle of Wellington with a crowd of over 700 people watching him fold a fitted sheet. Give us a cheer if you don't know how to fold a fitted sheet.

Fold that sheet. Fold that sheet. Fold that sheet. He's got them eating out of the palm of his hand Set to music Everyone's clapping along Dan Borman is naming As part of the comedy fest as well Eden Park will be like damn it we can put him

And probably more people turning up each week Imagine if there was a crowd there every time you're doing Your household chores. Jeez, it would give you the scrub in the toilet. Wouldn't it make you feel good, actually? Maybe that's it. That's what we need. Yeah.

Well, I didn't have a crowd last night. I had to change the duvet cover. And I've spoken at length previously. One of the most arduous tasks you can have on the chore spectrum. Yeah. What's your favourite one? Like, way to do it? Chores. No, for chores. I like vacuuming. I'm a big fan

of vacuuming. Yeah, it's alright. It's satisfying. It's like mowing the lawns, but inside. I don't think I have a favourite. You don't have a favourite chore? Scrubbing the toilet? I don't mind a lovely, clean toilet. I actually do the toilets pretty much exclusively in our house. I don't mind that either. Yeah.

But yeah, the duvet cover is just an absolute night. I had to do it three times last night. So I thought I had it round because I do it from the inside out and then flip it over. I do that one. Oh, okay, yeah. And then so I thought I had it the right way round and then did that again. I was like, damn it. I had it the right way round, not the other way.

And so I did that. I was like, I'll recorrect it. And then I did it again and I had it on sideways. I was like, I have to recorrect it again way around, not the other way. And so I was like, I'll recorrect it. And then I did it again, and I had it on sideways. I was like, I have to recorrect it again. And then I put it back on inside out again. Three times. That's probably about 15 minutes of cardio. Shaking as wide as your arms can go, you're shaking them.

And then I did the buttons up at the bottom. Yeah. And got to the end of them, and I was like, damn, there's three buttons spare here. And I unevenly done the buttons up on the bottom of the ends. Boy, oh boy, that is – and you can't live with it. It's like when I do my shoelaces up and one's shorter than the other. I can't. You can't live with that?

No, I can't. I have to undo it and restart again. It has to be even. Some people have their things. I was just reading about David Beckham actually in the news yesterday. He's got OCDs. He's quite public about it and wants to talk about it, normalising it. He'll spend hours after his family goes to bed cleaning the candles

and all sorts of stuff as well. And he'll drive family nuts. If he's got Pepsi cans in the fridge, they've got to be in an even line. They've got to be even. He's like, I'll put one away in the cupboard so there's only four or six. There won't be five and things like that. And Ben was like, I've found my people. Yeah probably have actually yeah you and david beckham how do you clean candles cleaning out the wax inside so it's all the work so it does yeah he's doing the

whole thing he's going documentary because he's got a fancy outdoor kitchen and it's pretty good that immaculate he's normalizing this and talking about because everyone on myself included has these things that you do that you go, oh, maybe I'm the only one. And sometimes I'm not cleaning the candles like that, but I can sympathise with him doing that thing. Do you know one thing that worries me about Ben? Is he wears uneven socks.

Yeah. He'll wear two, like a sock from a different, he'll just put on any sock. Yeah, some things I'm very particular about and other things I'm like, ah, don't worry about that. How can you do that? But if they're the same type of sock, it's fine. I had days of the week socks and I was like, I could wear a Monday with a Wednesday, it's fine. Oh, I could not do that? But if they're the same type of sock, it's fine. I had days of the week socks and I was like,

I could wear a Monday with a Wednesday, it's fine. I could not do that. That doesn't bug me. Would you wear a sports sock with a business sock? No, no. No, it'd have to be the same type of sock. If they were similar, then I might get away with that, but yeah. You're so particular about so many things.

Some things and then other things not. And then that would really throw me. Would you wear a red business sock with a navy blue business sock on one foot each? No, I wouldn't go that far. I'm not a monster. But if they're slightly different sizes? It's more the same style of socks but they have the different sort of things on it.

I wouldn't worry about it. Sociopath, not a monster. Yeah, exactly. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. We need to talk about what's going on in the world, particularly in New Zealand right now.

A lot of money, a lot of worry with money and the tariffs and all the things that are happening in America with Donald Trump, right? And how it's going to affect us here. What does it mean for us? Kiwi savers, mortgages. What's a tariff? Yeah, so many great questions. We don't have any of the answers to be honest. But thankfully

we have someone on that does. Her name is Madison Malone. She's markets with Madison from the New Zealand Herald and joins us this morning. Good morning. Good morning. Lovely to have you on the show. You know, talking business stocks, stock markets the NASDAQ and

the FTSE. The FTSE's another one? Yeah, it's another one of your favourite stocks. We're not talking about the UK guys. The FTSE's another one? Yeah, it's another one of your favourite stocks. We're not talking about the UK, guys. The FTSE's in the UK. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. You're right, you're right. Let's save that for another conversation. Normally people are a lot smarter than us

all across this sort of thing, like yourself, but it feels like everyone has been talking about it with what's been going on in America with the tariffs. I've never heard the word tariff so many times that they have over the last two weeks. You and I both. Honestly, it has been an absolutely chaotic week. So just to give you the lowdown on everything that's happened,

we all kind of knew that President DJT, Donald Trump, was going to go ahead with tariffs, which are effectively like taxes on goods that are coming into the US from other countries. So if you consider like New Zealand, you know, we're bringing things from China, from the US. So imagine if, say, Luxembourg would say, OK, all of those things coming in, we're going to slap extra taxes on them. So that if you want to buy something from China or somewhere else, then you're going to have to pay extra for it.

That's effectively what Donald Trump has done on all goods that are not made in America. So New Zealand with collateral damage in that, we got a 10% tariff, which was actually pretty kind compared to some other countries like China, which has got well over 100% tariffs on goods. Well, there are 145 this morning. He just keeps going up. Now, what is the theory behind this? He's trying to stimulate the American economy and industry. Or so he says. This is actually a really good question, because I think this has been lost in the entire conversation, right? I mean, politically, what he is trying to do is re-industrialize America. And in America, they have lost a lot of manufacturing jobs. We know that China is the factory of the world, as is Vietnam, Southeast Asia. They make all our clothes, all of our toys. And what he wants is all of those things to be made in America again. Effectively, it's America first policy so that

more jobs stay in America, that they're buying their own goods and can be self in America again. Effectively, it's America first policy so that more jobs stay in America, that they're buying their own goods and can be self-sufficient. And it's effectively America trying to unwind from China. What about here? Okay, because we hear, you know, maybe petrol could be cheaper, mortgage rates might be cheaper,

but then everyone's worried about like Kiwi savers and obviously exporters. I mean, it feels like there's a lot of bad as well as potentially some good things. Yeah, a mix of both. So the name of the game right now is uncertainty. And if you consider just investments, like investors and stock markets absolutely hate uncertainty.

There's nothing they dislike more. But uncertainty is always kind of got right now. So probably just get comfy with that one. There's really not much we can do about it. Then there's the question of insider trading, because a lot of billionaires would have probably made a lot of money. And then Donald Trump went on X and announced, hey, today's a good day to trade or whatever.

So he gave people the heads up. Yeah, which is likely illegal. I'm not going to say that it was criminal behaviour, but that is kind of against the rules. Yeah, kind of against the rules. Mind you, he gave us all a chance, didn't he? He said, now's a good day to do it. He did give us all a chance.

Well, that's the thing. And today he's like, will he let everyone know? Maybe markets should listen to him. And this goes to the whole point of tariffs, right? He's been campaigning on this for decades. So you can question kind of why was the market so surprised? We all knew he was going to do something like this. So say I've just started a sharesies account

and what would be a good bet for like your average driver? I don't know. Can you give that sort of advice here, Madison? I say no financial advice, guys. Damn it. But look, just whatever ride you're in for, expect it to be a little bumpy. Damn, well, our ulterior motive of getting you on

to make us richer didn't work out. Guys, I'm doing radio hits on a Friday morning. I'm not rich. We're just going to say, well, let's just say we give you some money. You put it where you want, and we'll come back and talk later, all right? I'll take it, lads. Thanks so much, guys.

Appreciate it. Catch Markets with Madison on the New Zealand Herald right now. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. New music we're playing now. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. New music we're playing on the hits. But he also got a new album. And one of the songs is a song about an old phone.

And he was on Jimmy Fallon, the talk show host, a talk show in America. And he was talking about where he got the inspiration for the song. He was in the court case, of course, the plagiarism court case. Many plagiarism cases. Yeah, and they wanted to look through his old phone for like messages or voice memos and recordings and things like that and he told the story about handing over his phone and how he didn't have a phone he hadn't used his

phone for a long period of time have a listen so i handed everything in but i haven't used if i moved to a tablet in 2015 just on email so i switched my phone off 2015 and left it in a box. And then when I went through that lawsuit, I got my phone out again and had to go through all the voice notes and the pictures and all that stuff for the lawyers. And I switched it on and it was like going into a time machine. The first text was my friend that had passed away the year before.

The second text was an argument with an ex-girlfriend. The third text was a family member I hadn't spoken to in 10 years. The fourth text was another mate that died. And I was kind of like scrolling down. It really, really spun me out. Yeah, it's crazy. Yeah, because he doesn't use a phone, like ever. Email on a tablet and stuff like that.

Is that his only method of communicating? Email on a tablet. It seems like that. It's easier for Ed, though, because he's got like an assistant, like a PR person that can be like, hey, Ed, this is important. Yeah, someone's going to call that person. Yeah. Whereas the rest of us, people are going to be like,

can you answer your phone? 100% Off the grid, you're right. He's living life like Annie and John Pryor, except they don't have a personal assistant. I just can't get a hold of them. Your parents. Yeah, all right.

You're mainly on a tablet. Now, if you ever wanted to know what your rap name was, well, Megan, you found something online that can help us out. I have found this on TikTok. It is a little bit silly, but it's a bit of fun for your Friday. So this is apparently how you can find your rap name. Okay. Have a listen.

Your new rap name is Little plus the last reason you were in the hospital and the last thing that you ate. What's your new rap name? It's great. So the last reason I was in hospital was for my wrist, my carpal tunnel surgery. How's your wrist now? Strongest wrists in radio. Stronger than ever.

So you're going to go little wrist? Little wrist, and I had some almonds this morning. Little wrist almond. That's not bad. That's a cute rap name. Little wrist almond. Or little carpal tunnel almond. Yeah, wrist almonds probably.

I don't know. I mean, yeah, it's cool. I had the elbow infection that I was in hospital for. Oh, yeah, your bulbous elbow. Yeah, and almonds probably. I don't know. I mean, yeah, it's cool. I had the elbow infection that I was in hospital for. Oh, yeah, your bulbous elbow. Yeah, and I just ate a muffin split just before going in. So I'd be little elbow muffin split.

Well, little elbow muffin's cute too. Yeah, little elbow muffin. Sounds like a strawberry shortcake or something like that, doesn't it? It sounds very cute. I had a mouth ulcer removed from the bottom of my mouth. So I'd just be a little ulcer tuna.

I ate a tuna sandwich. That was the last thing I ate last night. So, yeah, that's an appealing sign. Oh, 800, this is what we're going to do. 4, 4, 8, 7 on the text. What would be your rapper name? Factoring in little, last reason you were in hospital, and the last thing you ate.

Why did it all go little? There's so many littles, isn't there? Lil Wayne. Yeah, there's a, isn't there? Lil Wayne. Yeah, there's a lot of Lil rappers. Lil Jon. Lil Jon. I suppose if the mediums. Lil Yachty.

Biggie. I mean, Biggie Smalls and stuff. Oh, true. They do like sort of body shaming themselves, don't they, the hip hop community? Yeah. We interviewed Lil Yachty. Did you?

Oh, he was probably the most unenthusiastic guest we've ever had the chance. Opposite of Ed Sheeran, though. He had two phones. Like, he was operating two phones at the same time and a lot was going on and in the end

we just started talking about that and he warmed up and it was funny he was like oh this one these people were trying to get a hold of me here and this one

he talked through what was going on he spent the whole interview just like looking down his phone texting with one hand each and we're like

what's going on on those phones mate he's a rather busy operator I think he had two or three yeah opposite total opposite

of Ed Sheeran. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. Finding out everyone's rap names.

Yeah, you found this on Instagram? TikTok. The source of all great information. Your new rap name is little, plus the last

reason you were in the hospital and the last thing that you ate. What's your new rap name? Okay, there's so

many great texts coming through. Kick the music off. We're going to fire through some rap name? Okay, there's so many great texts coming through. Kick the music off. We're going to fire through some texts and calls here, Megan, because they're so good. Let's start with Emma. Good morning. What's your rap name?

My rap name is Little Stingray Burger Rice. Little Stingray Burger Rice. Did you have burgers and a rice as a meal? No, it's like mince and like onions and burger sauce mixed with rice. Oh, that's good. Literally burger flavoured rice. And the stingray was what? What was that?

Her stingray stabbed my leg at the beginning of 2024 when I was swimming. Oh my gosh. What does that feel like? Like getting a horsey bite. Like it felt like my dad was giving me a horsey bite. Oh my goodness. And so you went to hospital. How long were you in hospital for after a stingray bite?

Well, so I got my stitches, then I went home, and then the poison went through my body, and I went back and stayed in the night. Oh my goodness. I'm glad you're okay now. Holy moly. You've got a cool story and a cool rap name out of it, too. Little Stingray Burger Rice.

I like it. We're going to find you a merch back. We're going to send that out to you. Take care of yourself. Thanks so much. You're cool. Yeah, we collected from Merch Madness all the corporate clothing from New Zealand, giving that away.

Steven, your rap name with little, the last reason you were in a hospital, and what the last thing you ate was. So, my rap name is Little Anxiety Pizza. That's a great name. That is quite a good name, isn't it?

I'd listen to a Little Anxiety Pizza track. Hey, good on you, mate. Have a great day. We'll see you

at a merch madness pack. Jess. Good morning. Who are we talking to rap wise? I am Little Colonoscopy Rose. Merch Madness Pack. Jess. Good morning. Who are we talking to rap-wise? I am a little colonoscopy roast. A roast. A roast last Thursday.

A roast midweek as well too. It was good. Didn't have a colonoscopy last time. Do you have to drop your name at the start of the beat? Like, oh, little colonoscopy roast. Coming in on the track. That's a good name. That's a good name.

You sound overly tasty, going to hop flick you out a merch pack as well on the text machine a little heart palpitations soup a little vascular sandwich Rachel with us your rap name Rachel

hey little chemo cornflakes little chemo cornflakes did Little chemo cornflakes, did you say? So dark, but so good. I like the alliteration. I hope you're okay. Are you okay? Yeah, halfway through my round.

Well, little chemo cornflakes. We're going to send you out a merch madness pack, all right? Thank you for listening. Of course, thank you. You take care of yourself. Thank you so much for sharing. Thank you, everyone, for all so many great schools and texts we might check it out for some instagram stories some of these as well just the messages that we've got because they're so good

jono ben and megan the podcast the hits it's a beachy levels it is the hits breakfast jono ben and megan 7 11 friday morning last day before school holidays and it's the last day of the best TV theme tune of all time. You need to vote right now. The two semi-finalists, we've got Friends taking on SpongeBob and Simpsons taking on Full House. You can get to the hits breakfast on Instagram story and vote between now and 8 o'clock.

Who's going through to the final? It is frightening to know. We're going to have a winner of this before 9 o'clock. Playing out in full, the entire best theme ever. So who knows what we're going to play. Our lives are going to be empty after this. I just voted, but I don't want to tell you who for.

I reckon you voted for Full House. Shut up. She definitely voted for Full House. It's a banger. It's a banger. Now we wanted to talk about, just quickly, maybe shows that aren't particularly for you

in your demo that you seem to enjoy. And we brought in Harriet, our boss here, because you're a huge fan and it's an iconic show, right? Country Calendar, yes. Country, now you're 30? 31. 31.

So you feel like, and you watched it through your 20s. This is one of your favourite shows. I do love it. Every Sunday. So every Sunday you'll sit down and watch it? If I'm at home, I watch it every Sunday. I mean, it is. It feels like most of New Zealand watch it every Sunday.

It's such a great show. I'm also one of those people that watches the news every night. I know. And Seven Sharp. We need to caveat this with the fact that Harriet and Noffance, but you don't watch any streaming services because they keep trying to tell you there's really good TV out there for you. I did watch White Lotus.

Did you? And Drive to Survive. But they're probably the only TV shows I've watched in the last five years. You're the one keeping linear television afloat. Good on you. I love it. Do you? I do.

There is something refreshing when you do watch it. Something refreshing just having it all there for you. You don't have to make any. Or you make dinner and you just sit down. No decisions to be made. It's very confusing though because my kids grew up just watching streaming services and then we'd watch a movie on TV and they're like, where did the movie go?

What happened? You can't force forward the ads. Then we'd watch a movie on TV and they're like, where did the movie go? What happened? You can't force forward the ads. You have to watch a bed post commercial. But that was always the time that you went to the toilet or you'd go and get some snacks. Exactly. And that's what I do. It was a simpler time. It really was.

And it's a country calendar. That's why we ended up watching a lot of Mashes, kids. And we're like, well, I didn't understand any of it. And you learn a lot. About the war and stuff. And calling Lady Hot Lips. Hot Lips, which doesn't stack up around the office. I'll still be calling them Hot Lips around the office.

No one likes it. That's why Harriet's in here, actually, to talk to you about that. Okay, so we wanted to know this morning. Hot Lips Harriet. Is that what we're calling her? Oh, my God. She's your boss. Wanted to know this morning, what is the show that maybe isn't necessarily for you

that you tend to enjoy? I did fine growing up with the kids as well. They'd be watching Doc McStuffins or something, leave the room and you'd just be like, well, I'm here now. I need to find out what happens to the soft toy. Oh my God, I've been so invested in Bluey. You're like, oh, everyone's gone.

Oh well, this is great. They're like, hey guys, you need to find out. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. They have this new podcast out this week. It's called Inside Netball. And one of the hosts is former Silver Ferns captain Dean Wilson.

Kia ora, good morning. What's up, how's it going? We're doing well. Shooting hoops, kicking goals and releasing podcasts. And the sun is shining. I mean, what more can you ask for? That's right. It's lovely to have you on.

Now, is this your first podcast? Well, we've actually been doing this podcast for quite a while, but this is the first time we've collaborated, I suppose, with NZME. So, yeah. Welcome to the family. Yeah, all part of that. Till death do us part, all right? Oh, we'll see.

I don't think so. We'll see. Don't you worry. The lawyer in me comes out. Okay, all right. We'll take everything in the divorce. don't need to get the contract. Don't you worry. The lawyer in me comes out. We'll take everything in the divorce. We'll put blood on the contract. Now, I wanted to know, behind the scenes, pull back the curtain, because obviously you started as a shooter.

Then you moved to a wing attack player and netball. Do you also wing the podcast as well, or is it something you prepare for? Look, this is good. You've done your research. Oh, my goodness. Yes, look, there's three of us that are doing the podcast. Anna Stanley played for the Silver Ferns, obviously, Captain, and Jenny Woods, who many call the voice of netball.

So the three of us, we love a good yarn, get a few guests on, and, you know, awesome that we started with Grace Mweke. So no, it's fine. It's a bit of fun. She's a big bang. Now playing in Australia, isn't she, Grace? So she can't play for the Silver Ferns currently at the moment because she's playing in Australia, right?

Look, she is our absolute superstar for the Ferns. And yes, she's been ruled out. She's been told she's ineligible to play for the Silver Ferns because she's chosen to play in the Suncorp League in Australia as opposed to here in New Zealand in the ANZ. Just change the rules. Who made up that rule? Just change the rules. There's up that rule? Just change the rules.

There's people in the past, but you've got to have the precedent is you've got to have 100 test caps before they'll let you do that. So she doesn't have that. But, I mean, she shoots 51 goals a game. I mean, that in itself should set the precedent. Because I remember when Irene Van Dyke came from South Africa to play for the Silver Ferns because we were all like, Boo, Irene. boo, Irene.

Yes, Irene. We didn't have any problems with it. Yeah, we let her. Exactly. They changed the rules after that too. They were like, oh, that was a bit easy that she could go to New Zealand. But we are forever grateful for that. Grace is lovely.

She's awesome. We've had the pleasure of hanging out with her a couple of times. But one time we were emceeing something. It was a quiz night, remember? And we got Grace to do a back-to-back with someone from the audience. She's like, the amount of times people have made me do a back-to-back. Because she's obviously very tall. We're like, oh, no, we've gone for a very obvious gag.

So she was lovely about it, but I felt like really regretted that afterwards. However, in our defence, Ben, we were bullied into it too. It was someone at the party who was like, you should get them up on stage and measure them against Grace. And we're like, oh, well, he's kind of the manager of this whole thing. So yeah. Yeah, true.

Actually, you're right. I'm well with that. Yeah, fair enough. 20 years. I think it was 20 years old you got into the silver fancy. I've done my research again. Commonwealth Games, World Champs.

What do you miss the most about playing though? I know it probably sounds a bit cliche, but it is the people. It was awesome the friendships you made and you know, you got to travel for free around the world. That's always a bit of a bonus sitting on the beach in Jamaica and someone else

paid for it. So, oh look, to be fair, it seems like a lifetime ago. In fact, it was a lifetime ago. It was before I had my first son who's now 16 almost, turning, turning 16, 17, so yeah, it's hard to even remember. Now you mentioned your boys, now your son plays basketball for New Zealand, doesn't he? One of them does, yes.

Yeah. No, they both love their basketball and their rugby, so. Do you know my son plays basketball as well and we turned up to a tournament and he was playing against your son and then bloody your husband Jeff Wilson was coaching him. be. Do you know my son plays basketball as well and we turned up to a tournament and he was playing against your son and then bloody your husband Jeff Wilson was coaching. I was like, let's just get back in the van boys.

They've come from good stock. Jeff's given up on the coaching now. He's handed that over to the professionals. Well he smoked us that day. Both legendary New Zealand sports players, you and your husband. Do you sit around and watch each other's highlights and stuff like that? Well, it's pretty hard to find the old highlights from people,

but yes, you can't avoid some of the rugby ones that pop up. So the boys have seen their father, and they're like, oh, my gosh, and he's going to kill me for this. Hopefully he's not listening. Look at his hair. This backstreet boy here. He did have good luscious locks. Are you guys competitive at home?

Like if it's board game night, you and Jeff are like, I've got to win this. Hell yes. And in fact, most of the time it always ends in tears and fights. He was playing in the New Zealand Golf Open, right? And you were his caddy. And I was like, this has got to happen. Who's in charge here? Like what's happening with that? I literally pass in the New Zealand Golf Open, right? And you were his caddy. And I was like, this has got to, I mean, who's in charge here? Like, what's happening with that?

I literally pass him the club. I do not tell him which club to use. And if he asks me what my thought is on reading the green, I just go, well, what do you think? And I'm like, yeah, I reckon that's good. Although I reckon there's a market for a bickering couple on the golf course and the professional circuit. Hey, well, Aideen, hey, congratulations on the podcast.

Yeah, Inside Netball, first episode out this week with Grace Nowicki, of course, on it. Thanks so much for your time. I can't wait to check out the podcast. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. We got our guts out yesterday on this, the New Zealand Herald Daily Quiz.

Got to a nine. We're in a good slipstream. The questions felt like they were in our wheelhouse. Felt good. And we're back again with Quiz Queen producer Ellie. Welcome. Hello. Let's go.

Actually, before we start the New Zealand Herald Daily Quiz, Ellie. Yes. You hanging up your Quiz Queen crown today. It's your last day with us. I am. I am. You'll be back for a week here or there. I will. This is officially your last day with us. I am. I am. You'll be back for a week here or there,

but this is officially your last day. It is, yeah. So we wanted to take a moment to say thank you so much. It's been awesome working with you. We've loved it. You're such a bright spark every morning to have you. I refuse to say goodbye. We don't want you to leave.

It feels like we've just got started with you, but we understand the reasons behind it. Thank you. It's a shame for us, but great for you. Thank you. So much going on. It's been awesome. It's been amazing.

You're so caring and thoughtful. You think about people. You overanalyze us all at the same time. I do, I do. She also, she's starting to be like a psychiatrist. So the whole time we've been feeling, we've had eight months of analysis on our personalities. It's like you're getting therapy every time you're talking to Ellie. You're like, she's analysing me right now, but you are.

But that's what makes you awesome at your job and awesome as a person. So thank you so much. She's got your little gift that Grace has got there. That is so lovely, guys. Thank you so much. I've got some flowers. Thank you. Oh, and a Prezi card.

Thank you, guys. If you wanted to buy some Nerd Burger stuff, get your Prezi card so you can buy it wherever you like. Nerd Burger stuff. Ellie's got a gaming podcast. That nerdy stuff that you're into. I tease her, but I love Ellie so much. You've been a friend of mine for a long time and you will continue to be.

Oh, thank you guys. We'll miss you. I've loved working with you guys. I genuinely have. So thank you for having me. And I love all the listeners as well. So thanks for tuning in. I'll be back a little bit.

Obviously didn't love it that much. You got me. We love it that much you got me if you love it so much stick around don't go that's been my conversation all day all right mate question one of the herald daily quiz all right for what sport is jude bellingham famous football cricket or rugby oh now you come up with this. I know. I'm just giving you bloody flowers. I know we like the sport ones. But to be honest, I don't think I've ever heard that name. Jude Bellingham.

What did you say? Yeah, Jude Bellingham. Yeah. What have we got? Sorry, football, cricket or rugby? You had no cricket or rugby, Ben. We'd have to go football. That is correct.

Well done. Yeah, that's good. Proces of elimination. Well done. All right. Question number two. When was Netflix founded? Was it 2001,

1997, or 2005? We talked about this the other day. I think it was 97 because it started as a video distribution. Like they would deliver

like actual videotapes to houses. So it would have to be in the 90s, surely. Oh, I see. Yeah. Is that your answer? Yeah.

That is correct. Nice. That's correct. Nice. That's funny. We're like, well, you had this conversation a couple of weeks back. All right. Question number three. What marked the end of the Russian Empire? Was it the February Revolution, the Napoleonic Wars, or the Crimean War?

Crimean War? Crimean, sorry. Crimean River. Is this something we throw out to the... Should we throw it out there? Yeah, maybe. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast.

The hits. Sally Quiz as we try and get 10 out of 10 with your help. We're going to use our lifeline up. All right, now the question again, producer Ali. What marked the end of the Russian Empire? Was it the February Revolution, the Napoleonic Wars, or the Crime... Crimean.

Crimean War Sorry Oh my gosh So if the February Revolution's coming through the most times Well that would make sense right

like revolution but do they call it that when it's happening or do they call it that afterwards That's a great question Well anyway that's the only

thoughts we've got from the text machine so I guess we've got to lock it in That is correct Well done. All right. Thank you.

Feeling good for a Friday. We're on to four. This is for you, Megan, but it's a bit technical. I actually didn't get this one right. In what year did the first night race in Formula One take place? Was it 2007, 2008, or 2010? Yeah, this is a bit of a hard one, eh? Where do they do it?

In the Middle East, do they? Yeah, generally. It might be Bahrain or Singapore they do at night. Yeah, it's usually where it's really hot. First night race for Formula One. It's hard because the years are all very close together. Exactly. 2007, 2008, 2010.

Well, she's thinking, you're going to go 2008? Go the middle. That is correct. Yes! The middle never fails. The middle never fails. Trust me, the middle fails a lot of the middle. That is correct. Oh, my God. Yes. The middle never fails. The middle never fails. Trust me, the middle fails a lot of the time. You can't just say that for your school exact.

I did, and it failed many times. All right, question number five. Which New Zealand bird is known for its intelligence and ability to solve complex problems? Is it the fantail, the kea, or the tui? The kea was the first one that popped into my head. Yeah, pretty smart, right, the Kia? That is correct. Middle one never fails.

Yes! Well done! It's in that this whole time it's always been the middle one. Oh my god! It's been middle all along, guys, you idiots. Question number six. Which singer's rendition of I Will Survive became an anthem of empowerment in 1978? Gloria Gaynor, Diana Ross or Aretha

Franklin? Gloria Gaynor. So it's not the middle. It's not the middle. That is correct. Well done. Which state is home to the geographical centre of the contiguous United States? Contiguous is our answer. Neither do I actually.

Can we Google contiguous? Yeah I reckon. And the options are Missouri, Nebraska or Kansas. Contiguous means Yes. Yeah, I reckon. And the options are Missouri, Nebraska, or Kansas. Contiguous means sharing a common border or touching. Okay, so which state is home to the geographical center of the contiguous United States? So would that be having like a border with lots of other states maybe? I guess so. Like in the middle, surrounded by lots of, I don't know.

Yeah, it's a lot in the middle. Yeah, Kentucky. Sorry, the options were Missouri, Nebraska, or Kansas. So you didn't have Kentucky? No, not at all. No. Missouri, Nebraska, or – Nebraska? I've just seen the text machines.

I've got to tap out of this one. Sorry. You've seen the text machine? Yeah. Good honesty, Ben. I appreciate it. They're all in the middle, right? They're all in the middle.

Kansas is in the middle. I can do the alley facials, though. Nebraska. I don't know. I'm do the Ellie facials, though. Nebraska. I don't know. I'm just guessing. All right. That is incorrect. It's Kansas.

That was hard. I wouldn't have known that. Yeah, that was very hard. Kansas City Chiefs. Should have gone with Travis. Oh, yeah. No. Oh, well.

Oh, well. I'm sorry, Ellie. Did you see my whole daily quiz? Done and dusted.