Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL SHOW: Megan’s Furious the Office Didn’t Pick Her for This…

Episode Date: November 10, 2025

On today’s show: Ben's dad is out dad joking him with this! We finally bring a psychic medium to Megans house... We call out Jay-Jay Feeney for Getting people out of the Mariah game Megan gets competitive (again) over who’s trusted to reverse a work car. We confront Jono over having the memory of a goldfish! Suzanne Paul and Andrew Papas (Megan's hubby) launch a food podcast! Dear Megan: My husband has a secret work phone, dodgy or just government stuff? Kim Kardashian fails the bar exam (again), so we share our own epic fail stories Instagram: @THEHITSBREAKFASTFacebook: The Hits Breakfast with Jono, Ben & MeganSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Thanks to Hello Fresh, cook easy, delicious dinners, the whole family will love because nothing beats dinner time. What do you mean? It was like, for comfort. So you folded it over. Welcome to the podcast. Now Megan's accusing me of like, because I wear glasses sometimes and you thought I had an extra thing on my, well, face for comfort. Look, when you fold it up, when you fold it up, I was looking at it all day being like, oh, you've got like this weird little face pad. Like an old man face pad.

No, I haven't got an old bad face pad as well. on your chips. They're very dirty. No, they're fine. Oh my God, they're covered in fingerprints. Yeah, no, that's right.

Well, because I came on and off. Like, a clean dude who's always got your hands, sannie. Yeah, true. I need to go, all right, mate. This is not what the podcast

and audience wants to hear. They want to hear us bickering. They want to hear us bick. Although there is some bickering on the show. There's something that really, uh, you're not happy about.

A Dillmar game, the most trusted game is really, yeah. I don't care. Can I just caveat. But you don't you don't you? You hate losing. So I just, it's not so much losing.

It's just I feel like a character assassination. Right. Because we're asking these questions about who would be the most trusted on the show to dot, dot, dot, dot. Different things each day. And the one this morning, I got one vote. Yeah. And you deserve more than that one. You know.

Jono got more votes than me to do with a car. And he's a terrible driver. He is, he is. He scared me on the motorway one time because he flew. pass me in another lane and then cut in front of me and then was like to do do do and i thought it was just an asshole on a black outy but it was jono he was like that was him being friendly being like hey i was like he's erratic he's a he is he really is like if you go there he's like oh there's a shortcut through one time it was like honestly it was through a fruit and vegetable shop but through

the car park he's like it's a quick go because he's telling me where to go one time and i was like i was like what and you drive through here and then you avoid this traffic and i'm like he's got all these little things as well. It's like, or you could just stay on the road and not cut through a car park for a fruit veggie shop. Because Troy and Grace followed him one time. I can't remember where we were going. And I was like, why when we drove off, did you not follow me?

Because you guys came like 10 minutes later because he had a shortcut. Yeah, it's like he's trying to shake you off. Like the cops are, he's on there on my tail. And he's trying to get in there. You're like, where's he going now? What's he doing there? So you can see why I would be so offended that he got more. boats to do with anything to do with a car than I did.

Yeah. And he's quite a, like, and he loves one of those people as well. And it's, there are people like that. It loves a car park right up. It loves a driveway car park, loves a car park right up the front. You know, if I was like, you know, like just get in there. You know, someone's driveway, I'll just park there. He's a maniac.

It's also great to assassinate his character when he's not here. He's not here, to defend himself. So let's just keep it our little secret as well. Yeah, let's just do that and enjoy the podcast. Fire still raging on around Tongareo National Park. It's really scary stuff, right? Nearly 3,000 hectares of native bush has been burned and they're working on hotspots.

I've been working all night. I don't know if it's contained as of yet. Have you seen images of it? Yeah, it's huge. Wow, I worried it was going to get to the chateau, you know, yesterday as well. Shatot Tongarero. That's a beautiful building, that one, you know, as well. So, yeah, hopefully they can get it under control.

But I imagine you're right. It's very dry at the moment, so. I know we joked. about it yesterday but do we know what started it they're just super dry and no i don't know i know yeah and billy joel maybe or what he did he didn't start the way no he was always burning he was the one person that put it out there i don't know sorry you come to me i give you a bad gag i'm sorry about that no part of me enjoyed that no part of me like i didn't get any pleasure in it got a chuckle oh geez speaking of the dads and dad things as well spoke to my dad on the phone is he good at the

dad jokes? Yeah, he's terrible at dad jokes as well. But he does this thing that I've tried to avoid. Yes, I've picked up on the bad dad jokes, but I try and avoid this. And he did this to me yesterday. He was with someone that I do know, actually a friend's parent as well. But he does the thing where he's like, oh, I'm with them. And you're like, oh, cool. And then he's like, I'll hand you over to them. Oh, God. And now, not that I mind talking to, but it's like, we're talking with dad. And you have that whole, oh, no, no, no. And then you get onto the phone with them. And then you're like, oh, hey. they definitely hear you going no no no no no because i was like oh and it wasn't again a lovely

person loved talking to him but it was like hey it was just a quick little catch up with my dad and then they do oh i'll hand you hand you around and hand you off do your parents do that no thank god but then you'd have to do the the banter of like small talk over the phone with something you don't really want to talk to well yeah i was just a fine conversation lovely lovely guy and enjoyed it but i was like that wasn't in that moment that wasn't the person that I was talking to, but such a move from the parent as well. I, do you know, sometimes I call my parents and I've got a real point of calling them about something, and my mum will go on and on about the weather, like just on and on

about her garden, and I'm like, that's cool, that's cool, okay, and how's the weather for you? It's sunny, it's great, it's great. And then she's like, oh, yeah, I think tomorrow, I'm like, oh, move it on. You don't want to be that person that's like, shut up, mom, I've got a point. Yeah, and the other thing is voicemail, when they leave a voicemail, it's like they It's like a full podcast. It's like the name, the time, where they are, sometimes the weather creeps there as well. Do they ever get to the end and be like, anyway, I was just wanting you to catch up?

Yeah, the day of the week, everything is all in there. It's like, I know all these things. It starts by going, message received at three, four, you know, I know all this. You don't need the front foot and all this stuff as well. Thank God they don't put me on to one of their friends though. Love you, Marge, but I don't want to talk to you over the phone. And then you get a text from them, which is lovely. And then you get a call going, did you get the text?

The text is now completely redundant. So, yeah, lovely, lovely. We're heading that way, aren't we? I'd say Jono's already there. We're close. John O'Ben and Megan. The podcast. We're trying to get to the bottom of something that's been going on in your house.

We've been talking about this for a number of weeks. Yeah, it's been going on for a while now. So my daughter's three, and she initially started talking about beautiful Cassie in our home. Wait, who's beautiful? The Cassie For my home Is it Cassie? Yeah

Who's Cassie? Cassie for my home Is Cassie coming over to our home? Yeah Initially that's my husband Nervous laughing Very nervous laughter from him No

We thought maybe Andrew's having an affair With Beautiful Cassie I thought it could be the casino The Cassie but no It seems like Well On the text lots of people saying It could be a spirit in your house

And that's when my daughter started alluding to that Cassie's like young and her friend. And I don't know any one that she associates with at her daycare that's called Cassie. I asked around. There's no teachers. They sit in, she sits in her room and she talks out loud, right? As kids do, they play out loud.

But you're like, well, maybe. She talks and she sings and, yeah, it was a little bit weird. So we're like, well, can we get a medium? And we got Jess, who's a medium to come to your house? So yesterday we headed out all the way out to Megan's house, miles and miles. It's 25 minutes from the studio All the way out there as well All the way up to Megan's house

And so we had Jess standing there She'd done a little bit of a walk around your house And we were standing in the kitchen Firstly you'll hear John and I are quite preoccupied by the fact That your fridge has still got the plastic wrapping on it Yeah That was the first thing

And then Jess have a listen to this So here we are at Megan's house To peel the plastic of her room Yeah She's still keep the plastic on That's the spooky thing The scary thing about this house Is that's

You have you bloody peeled Oh, I want to take it off. We haven't come here today to peel the plastic of the fridge, however tempting that is. You're a medium, and we brought you along because, as we keep saying, Megan's daughter, keeps talking to someone, Cassie, in the house, right? And I was certain when I walked down, there wasn't anything in the house until I walked down to your daughter's room. And then there is definitely someone. A little girl standing in the corner of the room.

Can we go and meet her? Yeah. Let's go. Yeah, no, she'll talk to me now. Okay, let's go on. Don't! Hi, Sweener! This is where she hangs right in this corner.

This is in the corner where she's talking about is right where the doll's house is and that's where Aya sits and talks to herself, I thought. Do you want to talk to me? Do you want to talk to me? Do you want to tell me anything? She's shaking her head. And so, but she's very shy. Oh, I feel like we should give us some.

time. Could I, could I just have me? Yeah, absolutely. We're not for everyone, even ghosts. Yeah, yeah. So you were asked to leave. We're asked to leave the room. So you guys stayed in the room, you and Jess the medium and talking to Cassie, and we waited out in the lounge. So there's a lot going on. Jono and I and producer Troy were waiting in the lounge.

Winging in the lounge. Why are we here? Why do we drive all the way out there? And you were in the room with Jess. Have a listen. So it's been like 15 minutes spent. Do we need to wait around? What do I know? She's getting rid of the spirits, but is she getting rid of us from the house as well? Yeah.

Can I just ask, do you reckon Cassie, the ghost, is going to reimburse us for the petrol? For driving out here. She's a real sweetheart. She's just lost. She's just stuck. She doesn't, she wants to move on. Like, not, she... Soulfully, they need to move on.

But she doesn't want to move on, should I say. Oh. Because she wants to stay with you can. She didn't want to go. She wanted to stay with my daughter. and I think that really upsets me because then like Cassie is a little girl essentially and I'm like, get out of my house.

So next you're here in just a moment. We helped get Cassie, you know, to be allowed to come and go, right? And then there was some, it wasn't, it didn't just even there. Are we allowed to talk about this stuff? Are you okay talking about this next? There wasn't just Cassie in the room. There was more people in the room. We came back, it wasn't Jono.

Jono's quite ghostly looking, but it wasn't, it wasn't you too. It wasn't. Yeah, this is incredible. Now, sick around. This has changed the way that you think about this, right? Absolutely. It's like blown my mind. I know there are people listening right now,

and I'm quite skeptical about this thing, and I'm still very skeptical. But you have been convinced now after this conversation. Just keep an eye of mine. John O'Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hit. Your daughter.

I are three years old, and it's been talking about beautiful Cassie that comes to your home. Can I be honest and say, when everyone brought this up, I was like, funny bit for radio. Funny, let's go ahead and get a media and there'll be nothing in the house, blah, blah, blah. And I thought it would just be a funny. I just thought she had an imaginary friend.

Yeah, those kids do, you know, they chat away. But Jess, the medium movie took to your house, reckons that she could see a young girl and she could chat to a young girl who was very shy. I didn't want John O'Anne in the room. Understandably, no one wants us around. So we had to go out, but you guys had a conversation with Cassie. Yeah, she found it difficult to even talk to me. I sat down, so I wasn't like towering over her and I used my best mum voice and I was like,

it's okay, it's okay. And then she started like chatting and talking to us. So you guys were there together and you wanted to be able to help Cassie get, if you believe in this sort of stuff, get to the, get out, what was trapped, kind of like we were in your house all the way out. Yeah. So apparently she was in the room and she's been there ever since we got there and she couldn't move on.

So the point was to try and help her move on and I felt bad. because she said she liked playing with my daughter, Aya. But if you help them move on, if Aya invites her back, then she's welcome to come and go. That's the point. Jess brought out a lime and some sage as well. And I tried very hard to get a lime joke in here as well, Lime Scooter joke.

Have a listen. Why are you doing to put a lime? What's the lime do? The lime is just because you don't want to be smoking out the baby's room. Spirits not like lime. Lime scooter? Lime Scooter? Lime Scooter?

Just got to get a gag in there, guys. Mokitos. Dispirates. I don't know why I'm here. Limes, can you put a line down? It's past, it's past. Oh, okay. You guys are having a little funny thing.

I don't know why I'm here. I don't need to be here, but anyway. Okay, so we're going to go on? Are we allowed back in? Yeah, yeah. I'm coming, okay. Because I've been here for ages and I've just been sitting in the lounge. You're not salty at all.

Well, it was very unnecessary to the whole thing. I was very skeptical and still I am about it. But hey, there's some things that have changed your mind. that have changed your mind, so we took the sage down and we're about to light it. Four of us all standing around in your daughter's room, right? Yeah, about to light these. You know what they look like. I feel like we're at a party, and we've all gone to a road.

We're like, okay, all right. Sorry, sorry, we're not really helping, are we? I know, I was just saying, Joan. I actually feel really bad because just remember, we're not, we are helping her cross over. so she has the option to come in. Right, okay. Not just stage. I know.

Lit up some stage. It smells like a cosmic corner. It does. You know those shops? Yeah. And Jess is kind of waving that around the room, around I's room. Oh, that stinks though, Jess. I'm sorry about that.

So it's why I said the line for every day. It smells like compost, doesn't it? Yeah, it smells like... It smells like... Sage. Is that sage? Yeah. So, yeah.

Yes. How's she reacting? She's all right. She's smiling. Okay. Bye. So you believe it? You believe it?

Just there's so many things. Just the way that she, Aya always sits there and talks, and then she only sings when she's in this room. And apparently Cassie could only kind of be in this room. So a lot of that rings true for me. Oh. She's going to a better place.

Auckland City, which is about four hours away by car. But in spirit world, maybe that's a quicker trip. Oh, my God. Go. Get out of my house. Thank you. Do you need to sage us out? Do we sage us out?

All right. I'm staging myself out. All right. I'm out. I'm heading out. There's a long way home. God, you're a wind. Yeah, I am.

We hit me back. I'm just moaning the whole way. But anyway, you had a conversation. Now, the Cassie thing now you believe. And then they had a really interesting conversation. You and Jess the medium. So she said that my nana and granddad were also there. My nana was very concerned that the sage was going to get rid of her.

but it wouldn't. They are kind of like guardians and they're always there. They made a comment about how my parents had come up and stayed and they had recently been stayed with me and they said they were here.

My granddad said you and your mum drink too much wine when you're together. We always drink wine when we were together and pretty much never otherwise. They also mentioned a lot of health problems so my mum has some health problems that Jess would have no idea about.

These are the things. So we're still saying about your family and work stuff that we can't obviously go into. But you were like, oh my God, there's no way that Jess could have known these things. My favourite bit was, so she said, my granddad's making fun of my mum mowing the lawns. My mum is like mainly the sole lawn mower in our house. And she always mows it quite like high. She's, you know, she's manicures it, right? And so he was like, she's mowing the lawn too high.

She needs to put the thing down a little bit lower. So this is what your granddad was saying. The granddad was laughing, giving her crap about mowing the lawns. I get off the phone and I ring my mum and I go to tell her all the stuff that she's was saying. And she says, I've just come in from mowing the lawns. But your dad gave me crap and told me I had to mow it higher than I would usually. So my granddad, at that moment she was mowing the lawns apparently was saying to me, tell your mom to put the lawn mowel down. She's mowing it too high.

Explain that to me. There'll be a video out today on the Hits Breakfast from Just the Medium in your house. Some spooky stuff is going on, whether you believe it or not. No mention of Cassie yet. John O'Ben and Megan, the podcast. The Hits. The 11th of the 11th. Make a wish, as we said earlier this morning, but it's fast approaching the festive season,

Christmas time, and we started our game just over a week ago, the Mariah Carey all I want for Christmas game. Basically, you have to avoid that song. As long as you can, up until Christmas, And once everybody at the hits is out, then we'll play the song. But up until then, you're not going to hear it on our radio station. Not because we don't like it. It's just the most prolific Christmas song.

It's the hardest one we think to avoid. It has to be a Mariah Carey's version. You can hear it. People have been getting out through social media. A lot of people on social media, right? Yeah. Still cute on mute. When you're scrolling, put it on mute.

That's number one tip. Yeah. Other radio stations have been getting people out. Oh, if you get out on another radio station, no sympathy from us. on you. Going into stores has been the other thing. You can't sabotage anyone this year. So someone can't come up and play it to you on purpose. Yeah. Right?

Because we all got out via tash sabotaging us last year. So we brought that rule in this year. But there's been some PSAs this morning. We had a call saying that their son had got out on Fortnite, playing Fortnite.

Who would have thought Fortnite? Because you can buy a Mariah skin, which is like a costume. And you can buy the song as well. Quite a like a full-on violent game. And you wouldn't think Mariah Carey's all I want for Christmas had a lot of place in that game. She would have had to okay that, right?

Yeah, sure, why not? But you can. So he got out from Fortnite, but there's been something else that's come through this morning. Yes, good morning, Izzy. Good morning. And condolences, we understand. Yes.

Oh, are you out of the Mariah game, are you? I am, yes, sadly. Oh, what got you, Izzy? I was just sitting at my desk at the rest home. getting started for the day and I hear a little jingle in my ear and I turn around and the bloody breakfast shows

playing the song as they go into their ad break Oh not TVNZ breakfast Was it? Yes, yes, the one the only Yes is, you know And they wonder why linear television is struggling It's dog acts like this Yeah, this is early for them

This is really early Yeah, I wasn't expecting I've been really careful But no, I'm out I reckon they knew what they were doing Yeah, maybe. Sabotage, yeah. We're not intentional sabotage, though.

He's here on the game. I'd say there'd be a few of you then. It won't just be you, Izzy. Yeah, most likely. Well, we've lost another great soldier. Now, were the residents of the rest home also playing the game, too, I assume, Izzy? I don't know if they're aware that they are, but if they are, they're out. All right?

Well, hey, I'll be home shortly, all right? We see you a nice day out. good. He's had a lot of fun, but we'll bring him back shortly. Might be due a change. Did you change those sheets after last night? Hey, love me to talk to, Asie. You have a great day. Thank you. You too. See you, mate. Yeah, so that's

something to avoid TV and Z breakfast as well. Someone else was text to her and saying someone, you know, a great broadcaster, JJ Feeney from The Edge and more FM, right? She's got something up. On her Facebook. Should I call her? Oh, okay. You want to do this live, Megan. I don't know. I'm not. Also, I'm not great at doing this live.

No, mate, you're, okay, you're doing a job right here doing this live. This is, Megan, this is very unorthodox for you. I think you're just going to talk about it, but all right? Let's see if she answers. We have to tell her very quickly she's on the radio. She's getting everyone out of the Moria game this morning. Is she going to answer? I don't know.

Hi, it's JJ. Hi, it's Megan. You're live on the hits. It's been here as well. Okay. Hi, fiends. Okay. We just have a little bone to pick with you this morning.

Okay. Now, we're playing a game where everyone's trying to avoid listening to Mariah Carey's All I Want for Christmas for as long as possible. If you hear it, you're out of the game. You know what you've done. And you're getting people out. People are like, JJ. I had no idea.

I'm so sorry. You're putting it behind one of your Facebook and Instagram videos. People are clicking on there and they're like, And they're out of the game now. Oh, why didn't you guys give me the heads up? I'm sorry. I've got a bit of PTSD from radio, so I've been listening lately. No, fair enough, fair enough.

You need to take it down. Is it a client take it down? You know what? I am going to take it down just for you. The hero comes along. Give me a few minutes. It's coming down just for you guys. Oh, that's another great barrage song.

Here it comes on. We can listen to that one. It's not that we don't like the song We're just having a game to try and avoid it But let us know if you can avoid it for how long And if you get out of the game Yeah, you can start playing now fiends, take it down Okay, I will

I'm so sorry for ruining Christmas with everybody John O'Ben and Megan The podcast The Hits Good luck to those taking part on the NCAA exams today Right around the country, English, big one today Keep saying every day Don't remind them

They know it's happening I know it's happening I know, I always say good luck Good luck anyway Hopefully they know my daughter taking part in that today to Siena, so yeah, good luck for that one. John O'Ben and Megan's Ten Days of Trust with Dilma. Although there was a lot of karaoke singing going on in a bedroom last night,

which I don't think had a lot to do with her English study. I don't know. I don't know. Maybe she'd made, you know, how you can use AI to make you cramming into like songs and poetry. Do you think? Yeah, I feel like songs from Wicked and Lameh are not part of the English. But hey, I don't know. So good luck to her today.

But right now, thanks to Dilma. We're doing 10 days of trust. Dilma has been named New Zealand's most trusted tea brand for 10 years, most trusted tea brand giving back to the community and the environment, making the world a better tea. And we've been putting questions to the office and boy, oh boy, this is really, this has racked you up, Megan.

Well, I'm fine. No, I'm fine. I just like, there's a question and then I feel like there's a rightful answer and I just get a bit wound up when the rightful answer is not given. Look, I will back you on this. one. Now the question today is who would you trust to back the work car, you know, to drive

the work car and back the work car? Look, and I think given the fact that you guys always nominate me to drive, I always drive when we're going on work trips, I drive. I think Ben, you're probably too nervous and Jono's too reckless. Erratic, you know, no one wants them driving anything really. But I think the thing is that some people would think I would somehow take, you know, responsibilities and organizations. And so maybe people might be swayed towards me but Megan I will back you on this one I'll literally back you on this one to back the work car but it's not what the office might think I don't know I don't know okay good morning Sue morning your your job is to pick one of us and who the office

thought who did the office think yeah okay I think it's Ben okay the reason the reason is because he's just so organized and detail orientated that I think he'd get everything mapped out first, work out where you're going and get you there. Yeah, look, I thank you. I believe that. Megan's looking scoffing your face. This is what the office, Megan, very competitive, hates losing, even in this. A game that does not matter except for trying to give you money right now, Sue.

So let's see what the office had to say. All right, Megan. Who would you trust out of John Abeda, Megan, to reverse the work car into a park? John O, because he would just do it at such speed. It would just get done. Ben Jono Ben

Ben Ben Megan in the high heels Thank you Marissa This is a hard one I'm gonna say Jono I'm gonna go Ben

Is there more? I got one vote You go on that's it Megan Hey Sue, good news here We'll get to you in a second Megan We're up Good news is Sue you got yourself $100 you picked what the office would think

And a DILWRT price back Well done. There you go. Thank you so much. Great start to the day. So get off the phone right now. You don't want to be part of this because we're, Megan, okay, now I can see this is really, this is getting your. No, okay, so, Sue said because you would get all organized in everything.

You don't need to be organized to back the car. You just need to be a good driver. And that's, you're too anxious. Yeah, I can't believe I got one vote. I can't believe. John has got more votes than me. Okay, should we get someone in from the office? that's out there.

There's a few people there already. She'll get to the next. Get the boss who voted for Jono. All right. We're going to put the, we're going to confront the boss next about this. Megan not happy about the Dilma tea up there.

I don't, I don't mind. No, you do mind. That's the thing. Johno Ben and Megan is a podcast. We just did. What was meant to be a fun radio game, the Dilmartie,

10 days of trust. We put questions to the office. Who would they trust the most to do something? And Megan, you're not happy. Don't lie. Everyone knew how this was going to go down when you put us against each other.

that I was going to get competitive about it. You do. Now, the question this morning that was posed is to the office, who would you trust to reverse a work car into a parking spot? And, well, the office surprisingly voted for me, and Jono second as well. And Ben's like, I wouldn't have voted for, you wouldn't have voted for yourself. I wouldn't have voted for myself.

Neither of us would have voted for Jono. Exactly, so Megan, not happy. Oh, one vote. Like, why? Did anyone vote for me? Well, listen, why do you get our boss Mando in here? I get Mando and he can explain why. He said Ben, like, without any, like, I don't know, is it Megan or Ben?

I could do it, but I'd be very slow and tempted of that doing it, but I can do it, but I wouldn't trust me. Maybe that's why I could. But also, you've crashed a car. You've crashed your own car. I have, yeah. I know. I'm not aware of that by this. Like, I don't know why you're so, like, passionately, like, offended by this.

Matt Anderson, our boss is coming. He didn't vote for Megan to be able to. to reverse a car into a car park. Can I just say yesterday, I was, you know, thanked profusely by Megan for backing her for what was, what was, I can't even remember. Oh, yes, the, who would you most trust to calm you down? Yeah, and now, how, would you still think she was quite calm, I'm nervous reaction? I'm absolutely putting in to John. I will go into fight for my friends and I will also calm them down.

I'm just like, I throw things either way, you know? I'm like, very hot, volatile, volatile. It's okay, I admit that, but explain yourself? I honestly don't know. No, it was just my gut reaction. Plus, I feel like recently you had a... You hit something in the garage, didn't you? No?

Yeah, she did. Yeah, she did, eh? Yeah. Yeah. You remember the car got scratched. That someone hit me when I wasn't even in it. Did they? Okay, so sorry, can I just say subliminally, rightly or wrongly,

I had in my mind, please let me finish. I had recently that Megan has been involved in some sort of motor vehicle incidents. Yeah, she's not wrong. She's not, you're not wrong. Someone hit me when I wasn't in the car. You, I was in the car. worked with you when I parallel parked an 18 wheel of truck in heels.

Yeah, okay, I'll give you that. Anyway. Oh, so why am I the one being bailed? Because you didn't vote for me. No one else phoned to you. I think this sounds like a skill issue at your ears. This sounds like internalised misogyny. This is...

Only day two of this competition too. I'm chill guys. Did you get a win that you used to know? Yeah, but not by enough. It needed to be. Like Bronte, Brandon for Jo. You're like, Bronte. You're like, it's one other vote for someone else.

I don't think I got a single vote The first one, I don't mind Yeah, because that's you didn't deserve a vote And I don't think I deserve a vote This one either You're not doing good at calming me down I was going to say, based on yesterday's results We now need Jono to calm you down

She can't calm herself down, that's for sure He just sits there and gets the popcorn out It records me Yeah, chuck a couple of grenades in this Anyway, I just want everyone listening to know that I would be the best one To reverse a car Not as voted by your colleagues

Yeah It'll be back again tomorrow Sorry, the most controversial game in radio. I don't care. I'm so chill. John O'Ben and Megan, the podcast. The Hits. Yesterday after the show.

John, I was alerted to something that he was doing. It was almost like it was an intervention we had with him, right? Kind of an intervention, yeah. Now, Megan, something that's really frightening is I've just been informed. I've had the exact same conversation with you three days apart. now the Formula One was on this morning and I said oh those guys must be quite short you know to fit in the little cockpit of the vehicle

and you said yes and you politely and you're like and they're also 60 KGs and then producer grace is laughing cackling away next door she's like you had this exact same conversation Friday I have no recollection of this did you like how politely I took you through the conversation again you guys have had that conversation before or not It didn't seem to me like we'd had it before. It was only for producer grace raising the flag.

And Megan's like, yeah, it's like talking to your parents. Just politely. Sometimes you repeat yourself, it's okay. You gotta do it. The exact same. Like, did we talk about the height and everything of them? We literally started talking about the height, and then I said about, you know, because they're so short, they're quite light, and that's good for the car. Wow.

Wow. Did you hear this conversation? I don't think I was part of this conversation. I don't remember, unless I was part of, yeah. But then I talk about Formula One and Ben just true. Yeah, sometimes I tap in and tap out with that, to be honest, but sometimes I'm like, yeah, John asks a lot of questions. I'm like, well, he's clearly doesn't care,

because he asks you again and again, again. Yeah, when I do ask, I feel like I listen. But when I do, I'm like, okay, cool, I make it, and that's good, and that's good. And then I feel like Jono asks, but doesn't listen. I don't need a TED talk on it while the shows. Oh, you know, like, it's your thing you like it. I know, and that's the thing. Once you get me going, I.

Yeah, and that's good. It's your thing, and I like it. I love it. It's your thing, but I don't need a TED talk on it. I'll get little snippets. That's enough for me. That's probably why I was like happy to go through it again. I'm like, great.

He's talking to me about Formula One. Yeah, that's frightening. So thank you for noticing that, Grace. I'll try and not do that. Until tomorrow where he asks the same questions again. So the Formula One Drive is short. Yeah, sure. Oh, yeah.

I have a brand new podcast now on IHeartRadio today. It's called Forks's Sake. I've got to be careful how'd I said that one. It's your husband, Andrew, or Suzanne, Paul are hosting it together, which is pretty exciting. Yeah, and they join us now. Join in studio by two special guests, the amazing Suzanne Paul and my husband. Oh, who's not amazing, obviously, for the sound out.

It's just my husband. He's eight. Starting a new, or launching a new podcast today called Forks Sakes. It's to do with food and people, you know, what they love about their upbringing and food, right? Yeah, it's very fun. We sit around a dining table and we have a bite to eat, somebody to drink, and we talk to a guest for each episode. And, yeah, we talk about sort of like their family, their upbringing, what did they eat? It must be really hard to do a podcast and eat at the same time.

Did you find that, Suzanne? I said to you the other week, don't make anything crunchy again because he made these biscuits. They were like rock hard. And when I listen to the podcast, all I can hear is me going, clunk, clunk. She says that because of the sound, but it's really just because of her teeth. The old dentures, eh? So how did the two of you get to get together? to do a podcast.

He stalked me, love. You'll realize that what happens, Suzanne? Yeah. Yeah, I kept on seeing these messages from Susie P and I'm like, Who? Who? It was kind of. We started talking about a year ago and I was like,

I really want to do this podcast and I want... How did you meet? Well, we didn't. On Instagram, I messaged her on Instagram and I said, hey, I've got this idea, this is kind of how it's going to go. Let's meet up and I ended it with, before you say no, say yes. And then she was like, okay.

And then she was like, okay, let's meet up. And I was like, I did not think that was going to work. One thing I know about you, Suzanne, is you don't say no to anything. That's what I was just going to say. It was nothing special about him. I just say yes to everything. That's my rule. Well, you have done many, many things.

I'll take it. Many things over the years. We've talked many times about you coming to New Zealand. You had no real money. You were daughtered or selling a vacuum cleaners or something. Yes, I was. And then I've just won an award for services to the entertainment industry. Oh, congratulations.

I know. That's the first thing I've ever won. Did you ever tell us, Suzanne, did you ever explain what exactly luminous spheres were in your product, natural glow? Yes, reflected balls. Is that what they're, thousands of luminous spheres? Well, I'm not going to make an advert saying, yeah, these reflected. Both. So I coined the phrase, thousands of luminous spheres. Did you coin that phrase? Was that something you did? Yes, I invented it. I invented the whole nature.

Did you just make up luminous spheres? yeah I love it they sounded legit whatever they were hang on so do you have to make a meal every time you record yeah well it's like a little something so it might be like a dessert or baking something we've had a couple of guests on before and so uh when we do our research you know they might have something they grew up with i don't know on a blackberry farm so i'll make something with like blackberries or something you know that nostalgia that kind of vibe and then uh suzanne brings the wine and we have a good time do you always bake the things for the podcast you always

solely in charge of the cooking you tell me that i'm sure he goes in the supermarket and buys it and tells me it no then half the time he's like oh can you just make it can you just make it oh wow wow wow wow wow yeah i am still waiting for my invite i don't know i don't No, not yet, no. Who is on the podcast? Yeah. Tom Sainsbury. We've got Paula Bennett, Anita Wiglett, the drag queen.

David Seymour? David Seymour. He was funny. We don't talk about politics. Tom Sainsbury was tricky because he's vegan. He grew up on a farm too, didn't he talk? He grew up on a farm and it put him right off. That's okay.

The food I made for Tom Sainsbury seemed to go down well. Thank you, Megan. Did Andrew say that he made Tom's food? Yeah. I did. What did you make, Megan? I made him some nice. Megan Crick.

Crazy. Does Megan get credited for this podcast? Who is this woman? I'm so sorry. I've never heard this disrespect on a radio station before. Suzanne, it's a really thing you want to vent about working with Andrew. I know you can be very difficult.

Bit of a debor. It's very cheeky. He is. Thank you. Yes. And he's always talking about me being in the war. Very rude. John O'Bennon and Megan, the podcast.

The Hits. You're Tuesday morning the 11th of the 11th today. Is that make a wish? Is that what this? Yes, 11-11 make a wish. Yeah, that's pretty cool. Cool day. Dear Megan.

Was your wish to do Dear Megan on the radio? Always. My wish is to radio with you, Ben. Yeah. You've actually noticed you brought in some baking today too. Yeah, so that is... Is it just what you put it in front of me? You said nothing and that's all you said.

No, that's Troy's birthday baking because we made such a meal of his birthday on Friday. We did. I've brought in some birthday baking for them. Oh, very nice. Okay, well, right now we need to get more pressing issues. Yeah. Degress. Dear Megan, now someone has slid into your DMs.

Interesting dilemma this one. Yeah, so it reads, dear Megan, can you guys please help me? After two years together, I've only just found out that my husband has a work phone and it's not new. He's apparently had it for ages. And when I asked to see it, he got all defensive. To be fair, he works for a government agency. So I'm sure there is a lot of boring stuff and a lot of potentially confidential stuff. But I feel like he's being overly protective of it.

and the fact I didn't even know he had one concerns me. It's not so much about the snooping. It's the dodgy vibes and the hiding of the phone. Do you guys think that's weird? Okay, so let's put us in, like, Andrew, he's got a work phone that you didn't know about. So I'm kind of going on their vibe. I wouldn't necessarily want to go through it, but I'd be like, why did I not know you had a phone? Yeah.

Why were you hiding it? Yeah, because I'm the same. If a man in my partner had a phone that was work-related, I wouldn't be like, oh, show me what's on it. There's none of my business, really, if it's a work thing. But, yeah, really unusual that you wouldn't even know that that was the thing that they had for two years. And had it for ages.

Yeah. And if it was a work phone, surely you'd need it with you. Like, you'd see it. Someone has suggested on the Facebook page, if it's being hidden, it's likely not a work phone. That's from Shay. And I agree, Shea. Like, you definitely know that.

they had a work phone. Oh, okay, so you think it's a phone for other things? Well, they're saying it's a work phone, but... Secret pizza orders. Do government agency... This is a question as well. People can text in. Do government agency people need a specific work phone?

Or is he making that up? I don't... They've never worked. I'm just throwing grenades here, guys. I'm just saying it's shady and it's definite red flags. They say they do, that's so they do, for the argument's sake. But why did she not know he had it? Let's say, well, the boss is like Christopher Lacks.

I couldn't, you couldn't, he wouldn't let me tell. I wanted to tell you. I'm trying to stick up for someone, I don't know. They all wanted to tell you about the government. You know, the government, they wouldn't let me tell you about it. Amanda has a work phone that you've never seen. And she's like, don't worry about it, Ben, don't worry about it. Yeah, it's a bit weird, eh.

It is weird. Red flags. I don't know. What do you think? Oh, 800 the hits you can text us 4487. Is it a red flag? Is it justifiable that they have a government job and they need a specific? specific phone. Is it blowing up on the Facebook page?

It has. It's actually quite split. So someone says, I've got a work phone. I hate the bloody thing, so I always just keep it in my truck. Someone said, it's so weird. To have it that whole time, you've been together and not know. My wife has a work phone. She works for the government, and there's a lot of confidential stuff on there as well. But I trust her.

But you knew they had a phone. I think that's the real issue there. But maybe we're wrong. Maybe we're seeing something that you're not. We'd love your help. We need to get back to this person. They'll be listening probably right now. Oh, 800 of the Hits, 4487.

What should we say back to them? What would you do if you were in this situation? Is it dodgy? It seems a little bit sketchy to me. John O'Benon and Megan, the podcast. The Hats. And Megan. This one, blowing up the text machine,

blowing up our Facebook page. There is a little bit of a split, as you said before, on people's opinions. It's quite split, right down the middle, I'd say. So they have been together two years. found out that my husband has a work phone. It's not new. He's had it for ages. When I asked to see it, he got all defensive.

He works for a government agency. So would he have a work phone? Why is he hiding it? Is that a red flag? This is the question. She thinks it's dodgy. She thinks something's going on. Yeah, now we're not thinking it's particularly dodgy that maybe someone would have a work phone if they work for the government agency. It's just the fact that they

didn't know about it. Yeah. And a lot of people saying red flags, red flags, threw on the text. Someone else saying maybe he's a spy, you know, for another country. Ooh. Or shagging someone else, but it was... That's two wild extremes. It's definitely one of those two.

Yeah, lots of texts coming through. I have a work phone, always leave it in my Ute. My partner's only seen it a couple times when the partner's been in it. Didn't directly tell her I had one. But why is this person hiding it for so long? Yeah. Shannon on Facebook, see, that's a personal second phone you've called him with. That would be my opinion. Be cautious.

What do you reckon? Good morning, Sandy. Do you think it's dodgy? Sandy? Sandy? Oh, hey, guys. Hi. Yeah, no, I don't think it's dodgy. I just, I don't know. How did she find it down? Was she going through his things? So, yeah, that's... Good question. Yeah, I don't know. See, I just think she's obviously got trust issues.

So how did she find the film would be my first. question and secondly why are you going through his phone and why are you making it a big deal that you need to see his phone do you think it's weird that she didn't know about it for a couple of years or do you think that's just like one of those things work related yeah i just think he's not thought well i wouldn't think anything of it's a work phone i wouldn't even think to mention it to be honest with you i mean megan got a work laptop a work phone and a work car park that we didn't get but anyway we don't bring it up all the time yeah they were always asking to go through them keep what i'm doing on there trust what's on it megan trust issues been trust

issues. Thanks, Sandy. And Johan this morning, good morning. How are you? Morning, Megan. Nice thing. Oh, great. What do you reckon? What side are you sitting on? Work phones, work laptops. You take the damn things home and they are

on display. Unless he's 007 or something working for a top secret agency, I don't see what government agency could be that confidential that I think he's being dodged. Simple as that. And, you know, why How would you hide the fact that you have work devices?

Come on. Everybody has work devices. You don't hide it. That's the thing, is that she just didn't know. It's not so much I think she wants to go through it or anything. She's just like, how have we been together this long? And I've not known that you've got this separate phone. If I've got three phones and I have worked phones and pirate phones, I'll take them.

I'm chucked them on the dining room table. It's not hidden. Yeah. You know, your laptop. You don't hide your laptop away from your husband just because it's a work laptop, do you? No, no. You're rubbing out of faces. Come on.

Unless it's James Bond. Yeah. No, I do rub it in John O'Benz's faces all the time. Anyway, we didn't get one of those, but that's not a point right now. That's not the debate we're trying to solve. So, Megan, all right, we need to get back to this person. What are you thinking? I kind of going along with Yohan.

I think it's dodgy. There's the fact that she didn't know it existed. But do you know what? Like, if he's going to cheat, he's going to cheat. I don't think you need to go through the phone. I think you'll find out eventually. But to me, it's a red flag for sure. John O'Ben and Megan, the podcast.

We had a week in Christchurch. It is, of course, Cup Day happening today at Addington Park, New Zealand Cup. But it's also started on Saturday. We put a bet on Saturday. We had Nicola. She put a bet on from the nation on a horse well-written. And, well, the problem is, Megan, we split the bet. This is our problem.

We had $200, we should have put it all on well-written, because that won. Yeah, so that was a good thing. Yeah. But the fact is we put $100 on another horse, which didn't win. Then we put $100 on well-written, which won. That one, say, so basically we won 50 bucks, so we got 150 bucks, but overall she spent 200, so we actually went down. Yeah, so she should have just not bet anything and she would have been better off. We should just give it at 200 bucks.

Yeah, it was a cup day in a little game where we started playing. We played with the Melbourne Cup, was to call it a cafe, and we get to guess the price of a cup, a cup of tea, a cup of coffee, that sort of thing, and we'll see who the closest is to take out our little cup day. So that's disturbed someone in Christchurch this morning, a cafe. Okay, it's the worst day to be calling Christchurch because they're very busy, isn't it, you know? Like, we're really disturbing, like, on the busiest day of the year. Can you just play this game with us while you're flat out? Oh, hello, it's Jono Ben and Megan calling from the Hits radio station. Good morning.

Good morning. Hey, we wanted to play a quick game. I know it's a busy day, cup day. But we wanted to play a quick game with you. We wanted to guess the prices of our, firstly, a cup of tea and see who the closest is. Yeah, you can just come in, yeah. Okay, so Megan, you want to guess the price of a cup. We love Dilmarti, so price of a cup of tea, Megan?

I reckon $4. And I'm going to go $5.20. How much is a cup of tea at your cafe? Six dollars. Oh, okay, one for me, one for me. Okay, let's go flat white with coffee, not for us, but hey, okay. Standard flat white, five, 50. And I'm going to go 620 flat white.

Large one. You have a 6.50 one. So what about small size? The large one is 6.50 and small wine is 550. Oh, okay. I take that. I take that one. Okay, let's go something a bit different.

Let's go a coconut milk marcher, a price of a cup. So we don't have coconut milk and then matcher as well. Okay, all right. Okay, we need to go something a bit more adventurous. What about an ice latte? Okay. We do? Okay, ice latte.

I reckon $7. Oh, okay. I'm going to go $6.40. So what's the drink? Ice latte. Ice latte, yeah? How much? It's $6.50.

Oh, I took it out of my 10 cents, yes. I win the cup day in Christchurch. It's the closest we're going to have to win. Sorry to disturb you. I know it's very busy, dear. She's already gone back to you what you need to do. Have a great day. There we go.

She's like, oh, I'm ready to see. I love her people like that. busy, they'll tolerate us, and then they'll like, okay, you've done your thing. Well, like, say bye. There you go. I've got a victory cup day. Does it feel good? Well, you know, to be honest, it wouldn't probably feel as good as winning actual money, but yeah.

Hey, I got the closest guest to cups of things. John O'Ben and Megan, the podcast, the hits. Us approaching the festive season, and we're playing a little game. We started at just over a week ago. How long can we avoid listening to Mariah Carey's All I Want for Christmas? We're not playing it on the hits, even though we love the song until everyone's out of the game. And if you hear it on social media, go into a shop, you're out. But if someone tries to sabotage you, this is a new rule this year.

You can't be sabotaged. I like that rule. Yeah. Everyone's out to sabotage each other in radio, right? Yeah. Even my kids want to sabotage me on this game. It was a listener, Tash, who sabotaged us all last year. We ended up calling it sabotage.

But that's a rule this year. You can't do it. You can't get us out like that. Now, we keep saying things like social media, and I love your little saying, it's cute. Still cute on mute. Yeah, so mute social media, that's a big one, going into stores. We know are big ones. But then we've got someone we need to call back now, who alluded us to the fact that it popped up.

And I would have thought the most unlikely place. Jessica, you're still living in the game. Yes, I am. But your son is out. Now, I wouldn't have thought this place could get you out. Now, how did he get out? Yeah, no, I was quite surprised But he's like, but I'm already out

It got me out on Fortnite Fortnite, so Fortnite was So how did Mariah Carey's Wanted for Christmas end up on Fortnite? I know, that's a good question He was pretty gutted Yeah, so were they playing it as a soundtrack The game?

Yeah, it must have been on in the background Oh, he's playing Jeez, Fortnite It feels early for Fortnite too Yeah, that's what I thought Okay, so apparently you can get a Mariah Carey Is it like a skin, Kenya? And she costs 15...

Come in here, George. Come here, Troy. He wouldn't have had her skin, but... No, he wasn't wearing the Mariah skin. It's an odd conversation. But he wouldn't have chosen to listen to Mariah Care either. When we say skin, it's like the costume. The costume, yeah.

You can get last... So how much is it produced, Troy? It's $1,500 for the Mariah skin. V bucks. V bucks, yes, V bucks. I'm going to say $15. It's pricey, pricey. Their actual skin's $1,500.

They got that in the dark web. And then if you want the song is the dance. you can pay 2,700 V-bucks. Oh, so someone paid for that and then her son's out of the game? And out of the game. The low, low price of 2,700. Oh, wow. Yeah, well, there you go, hey, no places.

So I would have thought Fortnite out of, yeah. The virtual world's not even safe. Yeah, well, thank you very much for that letting us know. I'm sorry, your son's out of the game. Yeah, I'm still in. You lot, long live, Jessica. Thank you. Awesome, have a good day, guys.

I know, you're still in? I'm still in the game. I'm still in the game. Honestly, because it is an honesty policy. You can join the game at any stage that you want. But yeah, it is an honesty policy. And lead us know as well if you're out of the game, a couple of texts coming through and other nights survived and still in the Mariah game.

That's from Chase. Someone said I'm out of the game now scrolling on TikTok watching a baking reel. It feels like those sort of festify things, the baking, the decorating those, they love a Mariah Carey soundtrack, aren't they to those on TikTok and Instagram? We're really keen to see the moment or

the aftermath of when you get out as well. So if you get out, film yourself afterwards and send it through to us on Insta. We'd be keen to see that. Yeah, let us know if you're in or or you're out of the game, 4487 on the text. John O'Ben and Megan, the podcast, the hits. We want to talk about, you know,

there's a lot of exams going on in the moment. NCEA is happening this week and want to know how many times you've failed things. Lots of texts coming through with driver's license. The text saying I failed five times until I got my license. My friend failed 14 times. They got it in the end? They got it in the end.

My friend, this is another one as well. When they say, my friend, you're like, is it you or your friend? Failed their learner's test as well. Then failed their restricted before they even started. Went to pull out of the park and accidentally hit a car in front. And that was it before you even exiting me. Turn around and go back. Yeah.

Aaron joins us this morning. Taurong, good morning, Aaron. Hey, team, how are we? We're good. What did you fail multiple times? Well, I was a bit of a menace through my teenage years. And when I was at high school, when it came around to a school suit, it was back in those days. I turned up to my English exam, got my pen out and wrote my name on the top,

and sort of looked around and thought, nah, this ain't for me, so I'm out of there. That was it? Yeah, that was it. Similar situation with science, which was a couple of days later. So far, both of them, obviously. One I really enjoyed was home economics, mainly because of my teacher. What was involved in a home ec exam, though? Oh, I don't actually remember.

I think we had to bake muffins. Oh, amazing. Yeah, the muffins didn't turn out that flash, but hey, it was just great being there. My teacher was pretty awesome. I'm starting to what, yeah, you just want to be close to the teacher? You just went to school to eat. Yeah, well, sort of. I went to school to play rugby and softball and eat food, basically.

Yeah, nice. Bakes a muffin. So, well, thank you for sharing that with us. I mean, at least you wrote your name in the exams. I mean, that's something. Texas coming through, apparently there was a lady that's telling us a South Korean lady holds the world record for the most amount of failed driver's license test. She finally passed in 2010.

She spent over $10,000 in total. She took the test 960 times. Like, I'm all for persistence, and, like, kids, that's a great trait if you're going to persist but like 960 the person would see them coming and just be like oh you again you go this is the day you're like that's taking place over like I imagine you know even doing one a day that's taking place over years yeah years I mean good on her she got it in the end Jono Ben and Megan the podcast that it's a big week at the moment NCA on at the moment everyone talking about exams even Kim Kardashian was talking about exams so she's trying to be a lawyer right

and she has admitted in the past she failed the baby bar which is the little exam that you have to do she failed it three times before she passed. Sounds so cute though didn't that the baby bar. The baby bar. It sounds like a gymnast. He hasn't quite got you know. To her credit like I know the bar, I'm not a lawyer but the bar

is quite hard to pass. She's tried to pass the big bar now and she's failed and she's really honest about it and she's going to continue trying to be a lawyer but she failed the baby bar three times now she's failed the big bar once but she's still going. She's going to carry on and keep trying.

And that's the thing. And not that we hope that anyone listening right now that's doing exams at the moment is going to fail, but it happens from time to time. You sit, and that happens. You were saying before that Katie Perry song was playing that driver's license for you. I failed twice. So, John, I think he failed three times, but if you've driven with him, you'll probably know why.

Very erratic. He probably should have failed a fourth time. He said he got too excited the first time because the big day out was on. I was like, why were you something? excited about the big day. Like, what? Anyway, so that's why he was driving it. He did his driver's license on the morning of the big day out.

He was too excited about the big day out to concentrate or something. That's typical Joddo, right? That is typical Joddo. Don't get in a car with them, is my advice. But what did you fail multiple times? And are you willing to admit it? Because, you know, every no is a step closer to a yes. Yeah, it could be school exams, it could be driver's license tests.

We want to know the people that have failed the most. I remember my doing my driver's license, doing a right and mastered it, and then parking the car. and had a bit of a shocker when to park the car. And I was like, oh, oh, oh. And the guy just went, you don't normally park as bad as that, do you? And I went. So honestly, sister.

Nah, usually. Because I think he'd already done the paperwork. Like, it was fine. I was like, no, no, no. And he was all good. And that was, to be honest, yeah, probably do, to be on. So, yeah. Mine was because we had to drive in a manual, which I don't think you have to anymore.

No, you don't have to, right? And you had to do hill starts. And I remember going on the steepest hill and having to put the handbrake on. And I rolled down. Then I stalled. I was like, oh, this is not going well. Yes.